Analytics Contracts with Work from Home Options

Analytics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytics over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 40 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 +6
Contract jobs citing Analytics 831 1,375 2,659
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.39% 5.28% 5.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.13% 5.88% 6.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 994 1,869
10th Percentile £366 £385 £388
25th Percentile £450 £458 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £661 £650
90th Percentile £788 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 22 14
10th Percentile £13.50 - £20.54
25th Percentile £17.64 £21.00 £25.16
Median hourly rate £35.50 £24.83 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.97% -52.70% +159.26%
75th Percentile £43.75 £38.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £60.13 £56.50 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.69% -8.14% +29.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Analytics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,547 23,386 40,461
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.81% 89.84% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,028 16,509 29,350
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 544 541
10th Percentile £15.03 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.18 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Analytics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analytics trend for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analytics.

Analytics daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytics over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Analytics daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Analytics over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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 29 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (3.01%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.53%) Confluence
4 18 (2.17%) Apache
5 16 (1.93%) CMS
5 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.93%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.68%) SAS
7 6 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.36%) WordPress
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.12%) Moodle
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.36%) SPSS
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) Sketch
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.12%) InVision
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.08%) Oracle 11i
3 9 (1.08%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (0.96%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 8 (0.96%) SAP FI-AP
5 7 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.72%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.60%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.48%) Endur
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.48%) Shopify
8 4 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.36%) MIS ActiveH
9 3 (0.36%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 215 (25.87%) Azure
2 165 (19.86%) AWS
3 127 (15.28%) Power Platform
4 86 (10.35%) GCP
5 48 (5.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 48 (5.78%) Google Analytics
6 34 (4.09%) Serverless
7 33 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 31 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
9 30 (3.61%) dbt
9 30 (3.61%) Snowflake
10 28 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.29%) Azure Storage
12 19 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
13 18 (2.17%) Amazon S3
13 18 (2.17%) Entra ID
13 18 (2.17%) SaaS
14 17 (2.05%) Adobe Analytics
15 16 (1.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.77%) Firewall
2 17 (2.05%) DNS
3 15 (1.81%) DHCP
4 9 (1.08%) LAN
4 9 (1.08%) WAN
5 8 (0.96%) Network Security
6 7 (0.84%) VPN
7 4 (0.48%) 3GPP
7 4 (0.48%) 4G
7 4 (0.48%) 5G
7 4 (0.48%) 5G NR
7 4 (0.48%) LTE
7 4 (0.48%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (0.48%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.36%) MPLS
8 3 (0.36%) PBX
8 3 (0.36%) VoIP
8 3 (0.36%) WLAN
9 2 (0.24%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (14.56%) Power BI
2 100 (12.03%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (5.66%) Tableau
4 38 (4.57%) Data Lake
5 35 (4.21%) Big Data
6 34 (4.09%) SQL Server
7 28 (3.37%) Amazon Redshift
8 24 (2.89%) BigQuery
9 23 (2.77%) Looker
9 23 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (2.65%) NoSQL
11 19 (2.29%) Amazon Athena
12 18 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
14 14 (1.68%) Oracle ODI
15 13 (1.56%) Apache Arrow
15 13 (1.56%) Apache Ignite
15 13 (1.56%) Dremio
16 12 (1.44%) Relational Database
17 11 (1.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 45 (5.42%) JIRA
2 28 (3.37%) Git
3 22 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.96%) JMeter
5 7 (0.84%) MLflow
5 7 (0.84%) Postman
6 6 (0.72%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.72%) GitLab
7 5 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.48%) Maven
8 4 (0.48%) Subversion
9 3 (0.36%) Axure RP
9 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.36%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.24%) Appium
10 2 (0.24%) gulp
10 2 (0.24%) Selenium
11 1 (0.12%) Travis CI
General
1 225 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 194 (23.35%) Finance
3 138 (16.61%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 61 (7.34%) Front Office
6 53 (6.38%) Banking
7 41 (4.93%) Marketing
8 31 (3.73%) Manufacturing
9 29 (3.49%) Retail
10 28 (3.37%) Investment Banking
11 24 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (2.05%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.81%) Legal
15 14 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.20%) Advertising
18 7 (0.84%) Automotive
19 6 (0.72%) Publishing
20 5 (0.60%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 141 (16.97%) Developer
2 134 (16.13%) Analyst
3 122 (14.68%) Data Engineer
4 88 (10.59%) Architect
5 82 (9.87%) Senior
6 63 (7.58%) Lead
7 61 (7.34%) Data Analyst
8 43 (5.17%) Consultant
9 39 (4.69%) Software Engineer
10 38 (4.57%) Data Architect
11 35 (4.21%) Business Analyst
12 30 (3.61%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 29 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
14 27 (3.25%) Project Manager
15 24 (2.89%) Product Manager
16 22 (2.65%) Azure Data Engineer
17 21 (2.53%) AWS Engineer
18 20 (2.41%) Lead Data Engineer
18 20 (2.41%) Python Engineer
19 19 (2.29%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.73%) PySpark
2 28 (3.37%) React
3 24 (2.89%) Pandas
3 24 (2.89%) REST
4 23 (2.77%) HTML
5 22 (2.65%) Node.js
6 21 (2.53%) CSS
6 21 (2.53%) gRPC
6 21 (2.53%) JSON
6 21 (2.53%) Protocol Buffers
7 19 (2.29%) Material-UI
8 17 (2.05%) .NET
8 17 (2.05%) ARM Templates
8 17 (2.05%) Middleware
9 16 (1.93%) Web Services
10 15 (1.81%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.81%) GraphQL
11 14 (1.68%) NumPy
11 14 (1.68%) SciPy
12 13 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.17%) Product Ownership
2 40 (4.81%) Fixed Income
3 37 (4.45%) Derivative
4 34 (4.09%) Equities
5 33 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 28 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (3.13%) Hedge funds
7 26 (3.13%) Management Information System
8 25 (3.01%) Algorithms
9 21 (2.53%) Mobile App
10 18 (2.17%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.81%) PKI
12 13 (1.56%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.32%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.32%) Reference Data
13 11 (1.32%) Social Media
14 9 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (1.08%) Equity Derivative
14 9 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.38%) Windows
2 42 (5.05%) Linux
3 27 (3.25%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.81%) Unix
4 15 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.24%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) VMS
6 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.24%) zOS
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (27.92%) Agile
2 189 (22.74%) Business Intelligence
3 168 (20.22%) Data Modelling
4 157 (18.89%) Data Analytics
5 117 (14.08%) ETL
6 112 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (11.55%) DevOps
8 93 (11.19%) Visualisation
9 86 (10.35%) Data Management
10 81 (9.75%) Data Science
11 74 (8.90%) Roadmaps
12 73 (8.78%) Data Pipeline
13 71 (8.54%) CI/CD
14 68 (8.18%) Data Engineering
14 68 (8.18%) Software Engineering
15 67 (8.06%) Data Analysis
15 67 (8.06%) Machine Learning
16 63 (7.58%) Decision-Making
17 57 (6.86%) Data Visualisation
18 56 (6.74%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 253 (30.45%) SQL
2 213 (25.63%) Python
3 80 (9.63%) Java
4 72 (8.66%) JavaScript
5 48 (5.78%) C#
6 41 (4.93%) TypeScript
7 34 (4.09%) Scala
8 32 (3.85%) PowerShell
9 19 (2.29%) Bicep
9 19 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (2.29%) R
10 18 (2.17%) C++
11 15 (1.81%) VB
11 15 (1.81%) VBScript
12 13 (1.56%) ABAP
13 12 (1.44%) Ruby
13 12 (1.44%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.32%) Bash
14 11 (1.32%) Kotlin
15 9 (1.08%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 111 (13.36%) SC Cleared
3 89 (10.71%) Degree
4 26 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 8 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.96%) CISSP
9 7 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.60%) CISM
10 5 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.60%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.60%) PMP
11 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.36%) CCIE
12 3 (0.36%) CCIE Data Center
12 3 (0.36%) CCNP
12 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (10.47%) Data Quality
2 43 (5.17%) QA
3 17 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.96%) NIST
6 7 (0.84%) NCSC
7 6 (0.72%) PMO
8 5 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.60%) GDPR
8 5 (0.60%) IFRS
8 5 (0.60%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.60%) SLA
9 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.36%) COBIT
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.36%) WCAG
11 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.24%) GxP
12 1 (0.12%) GAAP
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (1.81%) Docker
3 15 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.12%) HDFS
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) XenApp
5 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (2.89%) Kubernetes
1 24 (2.89%) Terraform
2 19 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (2.17%) SCOM
4 16 (1.93%) SCCM
5 15 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (1.81%) Ansible
5 15 (1.81%) WSUS
6 13 (1.56%) Grafana
7 4 (0.48%) BladeLogic
7 4 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.48%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 2 (0.24%) Kibana
8 2 (0.24%) Nessus
8 2 (0.24%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.12%) QRadar
9 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 135 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 74 (8.90%) Databricks
3 65 (7.82%) Google
4 60 (7.22%) Oracle
5 55 (6.62%) SAP
6 29 (3.49%) Adobe
7 19 (2.29%) Splunk
8 17 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.56%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.44%) Ariba
11 11 (1.32%) Informatica
12 9 (1.08%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.08%) OpenText
12 9 (1.08%) Optimizely
13 7 (0.84%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.72%) Cisco
14 6 (0.72%) IFS
14 6 (0.72%) Omniture
15 5 (0.60%) Citrix
15 5 (0.60%) IBM