Analytics Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Analytics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 -6
Contract jobs citing Analytics 694 830 1,373
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.01% 5.41% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.69% 6.16% 5.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 578 997
10th Percentile £325 £366 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £663 £638 £656
90th Percentile £825 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 21
10th Percentile £14.97 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.13 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.81 £37.75 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -18.40% +70.35% -36.69%
75th Percentile £33.40 £46.48 £35.00
90th Percentile £43.60 £60.82 £56.50
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £30.19 £32.00
% change year-on-year +4.82% -5.67% -8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Analytics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analytics trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytics.

Analytics daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analytics over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Analytics daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Analytics.

Analytics hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analytics over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Analytics hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (4.47%) Apache Spark
2 26 (3.75%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (3.46%) Confluence
4 16 (2.31%) CMS
5 15 (2.16%) Apache
6 10 (1.44%) SAS
7 8 (1.15%) WordPress
8 5 (0.72%) Drupal
8 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.58%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.29%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.29%) JBoss
11 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
Applications
1 30 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.86%) Trello
6 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.58%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.29%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) InVision
8 1 (0.14%) Notepad++
8 1 (0.14%) Sketch
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.14%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (4.03%) Aladdin
2 19 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.43%) iTrent
5 3 (0.43%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.43%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.43%) Shopify
6 2 (0.29%) CiviCRM
6 2 (0.29%) Magento
6 2 (0.29%) Maximo
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 188 (27.09%) Azure
2 151 (21.76%) AWS
3 110 (15.85%) Power Platform
4 82 (11.82%) GCP
5 44 (6.34%) dbt
6 43 (6.20%) GitHub
7 38 (5.48%) Snowflake
8 31 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.75%) Serverless
10 25 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 25 (3.60%) SaaS
11 23 (3.31%) Google Analytics
12 21 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (2.88%) Amazon S3
14 19 (2.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 18 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
17 15 (2.16%) Adobe Analytics
18 13 (1.87%) Entra ID
18 13 (1.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.59%) DNS
1 11 (1.59%) Firewall
2 8 (1.15%) VPN
3 5 (0.72%) Network Security
3 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.43%) DHCP
4 3 (0.43%) Internet
5 2 (0.29%) HTTP
5 2 (0.29%) Intranet
5 2 (0.29%) LAN
5 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) WAN
6 1 (0.14%) 4G
6 1 (0.14%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.14%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.14%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.14%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.14%) LTE
6 1 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (15.13%) Power BI
2 93 (13.40%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (8.21%) Data Lake
4 41 (5.91%) Big Data
4 41 (5.91%) Tableau
5 24 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (3.31%) Metadata
7 22 (3.17%) Hadoop
8 21 (3.03%) Amazon Athena
8 21 (3.03%) Relational Database
9 17 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (2.31%) BigQuery
11 15 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
12 13 (1.87%) SQL Server
13 12 (1.73%) Apache Iceberg
13 12 (1.73%) Dremio
13 12 (1.73%) Looker
14 11 (1.59%) Data Mining
15 10 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (4.90%) JIRA
2 14 (2.02%) Git
3 13 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.15%) MLflow
5 5 (0.72%) ERwin
5 5 (0.72%) GitLab
6 4 (0.58%) Selenium
6 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.43%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.43%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) JMeter
8 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.14%) MagicDraw
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.14%) XMLSpy
General
1 227 (32.71%) Finance
2 218 (31.41%) Social Skills
3 155 (22.33%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (11.53%) Banking
5 74 (10.66%) Marketing
6 70 (10.09%) Front Office
7 64 (9.22%) Public Sector
8 30 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (3.60%) Retail
10 19 (2.74%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.02%) Legal
13 13 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.30%) Automotive
15 7 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.86%) Advertising
16 6 (0.86%) Publishing
17 5 (0.72%) Back Office
17 5 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (15.85%) Analyst
2 100 (14.41%) Developer
3 94 (13.54%) Data Engineer
4 74 (10.66%) Senior
5 71 (10.23%) Architect
6 56 (8.07%) Lead
7 45 (6.48%) Business Analyst
8 38 (5.48%) Consultant
8 38 (5.48%) Data Analyst
9 27 (3.89%) Data Architect
10 23 (3.31%) Data Scientist
11 22 (3.17%) C# Developer
12 20 (2.88%) Business Manager
12 20 (2.88%) Data Manager
12 20 (2.88%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
13 19 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.59%) C++ Developer
14 18 (2.59%) C++/C# Developer
14 18 (2.59%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.76%) Kafka
2 35 (5.04%) Web Services
3 28 (4.03%) AngularJS
3 28 (4.03%) PySpark
3 28 (4.03%) React
4 25 (3.60%) .NET
5 21 (3.03%) Pandas
6 20 (2.88%) .NET Core
6 20 (2.88%) ASP.NET
7 18 (2.59%) NumPy
7 18 (2.59%) WCF
8 17 (2.45%) Jinja
8 17 (2.45%) Redux
8 17 (2.45%) Vue
9 16 (2.31%) HTML
9 16 (2.31%) Oracle Fusion
9 16 (2.31%) XML
10 12 (1.73%) CSS
11 10 (1.44%) Middleware
11 10 (1.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.48%) Fixed Income
2 41 (5.91%) Hedge funds
3 33 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 30 (4.32%) Derivative
5 25 (3.60%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.17%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.59%) Algorithms
7 18 (2.59%) Legacy Applications
8 17 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.31%) Equities
10 13 (1.87%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.87%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.44%) Market Risk
13 9 (1.30%) Life Science
13 9 (1.30%) Social Media
14 8 (1.15%) CMDB
14 8 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.46%) Linux
2 17 (2.45%) Windows
3 7 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.43%) Unix
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (28.24%) Agile
2 178 (25.65%) Business Intelligence
3 133 (19.16%) Data Modelling
4 129 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (16.86%) Data Analytics
6 108 (15.56%) DevOps
7 87 (12.54%) CI/CD
7 87 (12.54%) Visualisation
8 85 (12.25%) ETL
9 81 (11.67%) Data Science
9 81 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 79 (11.38%) Data Engineering
11 78 (11.24%) Decision-Making
12 75 (10.81%) Machine Learning
13 73 (10.52%) Data Pipeline
14 72 (10.37%) Data Governance
15 60 (8.65%) Data Management
15 60 (8.65%) Migration
15 60 (8.65%) Project Management
16 57 (8.21%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 247 (35.59%) SQL
2 214 (30.84%) Python
3 52 (7.49%) JavaScript
4 42 (6.05%) Java
5 30 (4.32%) C#
6 26 (3.75%) R
7 25 (3.60%) TypeScript
8 24 (3.46%) C++
9 20 (2.88%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.59%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.87%) Scala
12 10 (1.44%) Bicep
13 9 (1.30%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.15%) Bash
15 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.43%) ABAP
16 3 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.43%) PHP
17 2 (0.29%) REXX
Qualifications
1 89 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 83 (11.96%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.82%) Degree
4 24 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.03%) Master's Degree
6 18 (2.59%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (1.15%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.15%) PMP
9 7 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.01%) CISSP
10 5 (0.72%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.72%) PhD
11 4 (0.58%) CISM
11 4 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.43%) MBA
13 2 (0.29%) CEH
13 2 (0.29%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (9.08%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.03%) GDPR
3 19 (2.74%) QA
4 18 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 8 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.86%) NIST
8 5 (0.72%) WCAG
9 4 (0.58%) SLA
10 3 (0.43%) Basel II
10 3 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.43%) MiFID
10 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.29%) COBIT
11 2 (0.29%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.29%) EMIR
11 2 (0.29%) PERC
11 2 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (4.32%) Docker
2 13 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) Platform Symphony
6 1 (0.14%) HDFS
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.14%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.14%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.14%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (6.48%) Terraform
2 38 (5.48%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.45%) Ansible
4 16 (2.31%) Grafana
5 7 (1.01%) Argo
6 4 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.43%) Kibana
7 3 (0.43%) Kubeflow
7 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.43%) MOM
7 3 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.29%) Puppet
8 2 (0.29%) QRadar
9 1 (0.14%) CASB
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 82 (11.82%) Databricks
2 73 (10.52%) Microsoft
3 64 (9.22%) Google
4 60 (8.65%) Oracle
5 42 (6.05%) SAP
6 28 (4.03%) Adobe
7 26 (3.75%) ServiceNow
8 23 (3.31%) BISAM
9 11 (1.59%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.15%) Teradata
11 7 (1.01%) VMware
11 7 (1.01%) Workday
12 6 (0.86%) Ariba
12 6 (0.86%) IBM
12 6 (0.86%) Splunk
13 5 (0.72%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.72%) Cloudera
13 5 (0.72%) Sage
13 5 (0.72%) Sparx
14 4 (0.58%) Bloomberg