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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Analytics 684 822 1,336
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.91% 5.43% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.58% 6.17% 5.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 576 977
10th Percentile £325 £363 £377
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £666 £638 £650
90th Percentile £825 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 22
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% -49.35%
75th Percentile £33.40 £46.48 £34.50
90th Percentile £43.60 £60.82 £55.20
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £30.37 £32.00
% change year-on-year +4.18% -5.09% -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 9,024 13,319 22,924
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 87.90% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,199 8,917 16,193
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% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 575 527
10th Percentile £13.96 £15.17 £18.67
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.52 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.01% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.75 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.15 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

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 6 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 6 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 30 (4.39%) Apache Spark
2 26 (3.80%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (3.22%) Confluence
4 16 (2.34%) CMS
5 15 (2.19%) Apache
6 10 (1.46%) SAS
7 8 (1.17%) WordPress
8 6 (0.88%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.58%) Drupal
9 4 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.58%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.44%) 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 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
Applications
1 30 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.73%) Oracle Smart View
5 5 (0.73%) Trello
6 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
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 (0.15%) InVision
8 1 (0.15%) Notepad++
8 1 (0.15%) Sketch
8 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (4.09%) Aladdin
2 17 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.44%) iTrent
6 3 (0.44%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.44%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.44%) Shopify
7 2 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.29%) Magento
7 2 (0.29%) Maximo
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 182 (26.61%) Azure
2 151 (22.08%) AWS
3 107 (15.64%) Power Platform
4 79 (11.55%) GCP
5 44 (6.43%) dbt
6 41 (5.99%) GitHub
7 36 (5.26%) Snowflake
8 31 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (4.09%) SaaS
10 25 (3.65%) Serverless
11 23 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (3.22%) Google Analytics
13 21 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (2.78%) Amazon S3
15 18 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 16 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (2.05%) Adobe Analytics
17 14 (2.05%) OCI
18 12 (1.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.75%) DNS
2 11 (1.61%) Firewall
3 8 (1.17%) VPN
4 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.58%) Network Security
6 3 (0.44%) DHCP
6 3 (0.44%) HTTP
6 3 (0.44%) Internet
7 2 (0.29%) Intranet
7 2 (0.29%) LAN
7 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.29%) WAN
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
8 1 (0.15%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.15%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.15%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.15%) LTE
8 1 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (14.91%) Power BI
2 92 (13.45%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (8.19%) Data Lake
4 43 (6.29%) Big Data
5 39 (5.70%) Tableau
6 26 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (3.07%) Amazon Athena
7 21 (3.07%) Hadoop
7 21 (3.07%) Metadata
7 21 (3.07%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.34%) BigQuery
8 16 (2.34%) Oracle Reports
9 15 (2.19%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (1.90%) Looker
10 13 (1.90%) SQL Server
11 12 (1.75%) Apache Iceberg
11 12 (1.75%) Data Mining
11 12 (1.75%) Dremio
12 10 (1.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 31 (4.53%) JIRA
2 13 (1.90%) Git
3 12 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.17%) MLflow
5 5 (0.73%) ERwin
6 4 (0.58%) GitLab
6 4 (0.58%) Selenium
6 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.44%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.29%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.29%) JMeter
8 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.15%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 227 (33.19%) Finance
2 217 (31.73%) Social Skills
3 155 (22.66%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.84%) Banking
5 70 (10.23%) Front Office
5 70 (10.23%) Marketing
6 60 (8.77%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (3.36%) Retail
9 20 (2.92%) Investment Banking
10 18 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (2.19%) Legal
12 13 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.61%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.88%) Advertising
15 6 (0.88%) Automotive
15 6 (0.88%) General Ledger
16 5 (0.73%) Back Office
16 5 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 106 (15.50%) Analyst
2 101 (14.77%) Developer
3 90 (13.16%) Data Engineer
4 75 (10.96%) Senior
5 70 (10.23%) Architect
6 58 (8.48%) Lead
7 43 (6.29%) Business Analyst
8 41 (5.99%) Consultant
9 36 (5.26%) Data Analyst
10 27 (3.95%) Data Architect
11 22 (3.22%) C# Developer
11 22 (3.22%) Data Scientist
12 20 (2.92%) Business Manager
12 20 (2.92%) Data Manager
13 19 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (2.63%) C++ Developer
14 18 (2.63%) C++/C# Developer
14 18 (2.63%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.70%) Kafka
2 35 (5.12%) Web Services
3 28 (4.09%) AngularJS
3 28 (4.09%) PySpark
4 27 (3.95%) React
5 26 (3.80%) .NET
6 21 (3.07%) Pandas
7 20 (2.92%) .NET Core
7 20 (2.92%) ASP.NET
8 18 (2.63%) NumPy
8 18 (2.63%) WCF
9 17 (2.49%) Jinja
9 17 (2.49%) Redux
9 17 (2.49%) Vue
10 16 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (2.34%) XML
11 14 (2.05%) HTML
12 10 (1.46%) CSS
12 10 (1.46%) Middleware
12 10 (1.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.58%) Fixed Income
2 41 (5.99%) Hedge funds
3 33 (4.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 31 (4.53%) Derivative
5 25 (3.65%) Product Ownership
6 23 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
7 18 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.49%) Algorithms
9 16 (2.34%) Equities
10 14 (2.05%) Cloud Native
10 14 (2.05%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.75%) Market Risk
11 12 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.32%) Life Science
14 8 (1.17%) CMDB
14 8 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.17%) Social Media
15 7 (1.02%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.36%) Linux
2 18 (2.63%) Windows
3 7 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.29%) Android
6 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Unix
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (27.78%) Agile
2 176 (25.73%) Business Intelligence
3 129 (18.86%) Data Modelling
4 126 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
5 116 (16.96%) Data Analytics
6 104 (15.20%) DevOps
7 85 (12.43%) CI/CD
8 83 (12.13%) Visualisation
9 82 (11.99%) ETL
10 81 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 77 (11.26%) Data Engineering
11 77 (11.26%) Data Science
12 76 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
13 74 (10.82%) Decision-Making
14 72 (10.53%) Machine Learning
15 71 (10.38%) Data Governance
16 59 (8.63%) Migration
17 58 (8.48%) Data Management
18 57 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
18 57 (8.33%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 247 (36.11%) SQL
2 210 (30.70%) Python
3 50 (7.31%) JavaScript
4 41 (5.99%) Java
5 30 (4.39%) C#
6 26 (3.80%) R
7 25 (3.65%) TypeScript
8 24 (3.51%) C++
9 20 (2.92%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.49%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.90%) Scala
12 10 (1.46%) Bicep
13 9 (1.32%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.17%) Bash
15 3 (0.44%) ABAP
15 3 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.44%) Go
15 3 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.44%) PHP
15 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (12.28%) Security Cleared
2 80 (11.70%) Degree
3 78 (11.40%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.63%) AWS Certification
5 18 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (1.17%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.17%) PMP
8 6 (0.88%) CISSP
9 5 (0.73%) PhD
10 4 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.44%) CISM
11 3 (0.44%) MBA
12 2 (0.29%) CEH
12 2 (0.29%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.24%) GDPR
3 19 (2.78%) QA
4 18 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.88%) NIST
8 5 (0.73%) Basel II
8 5 (0.73%) WCAG
9 4 (0.58%) SLA
10 3 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.44%) MiFID
10 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.29%) Basel III
11 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (4.39%) Docker
2 13 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) Platform Symphony
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.15%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.15%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (6.29%) Terraform
2 37 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.49%) Grafana
4 16 (2.34%) Ansible
5 7 (1.02%) Argo
6 6 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.73%) Kibana
8 4 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.44%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.44%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.29%) Puppet
10 2 (0.29%) QRadar
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.15%) SCCM
11 1 (0.15%) SCOM
11 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 78 (11.40%) Databricks
2 71 (10.38%) Microsoft
3 63 (9.21%) Google
4 61 (8.92%) Oracle
5 40 (5.85%) SAP
6 26 (3.80%) Adobe
7 25 (3.65%) ServiceNow
8 23 (3.36%) BISAM
9 11 (1.61%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.17%) Teradata
11 7 (1.02%) Ariba
11 7 (1.02%) VMware
11 7 (1.02%) Workday
12 6 (0.88%) IBM
12 6 (0.88%) Splunk
13 5 (0.73%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.73%) Cloudera
13 5 (0.73%) Sage
14 4 (0.58%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.58%) Sparx