Analytics Contracts with Work from Home 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 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 38 36
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 821 1,239 2,616
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.56% 5.19% 5.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.38% 5.79% 6.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 935 1,881
10th Percentile £360 £375 £400
25th Percentile £438 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £660 £663
90th Percentile £800 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 19
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.58
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.00 £28.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -44.44% +116.00%
75th Percentile £54.66 £43.06 £72.50
90th Percentile £73.30 £61.05 £77.30
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £32.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.22% -7.71% +29.63%

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 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 31 (3.78%) Apache Spark
2 22 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (2.44%) Apache
5 19 (2.31%) CMS
6 18 (2.19%) SAS
7 17 (2.07%) Confluence
8 14 (1.71%) SharePoint
9 7 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.61%) WordPress
11 4 (0.49%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.12%) CICS
13 1 (0.12%) Drupal
13 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
13 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.12%) Mendix
13 1 (0.12%) Moodle
13 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.85%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.37%) SPSS
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.24%) Sketch
7 2 (0.24%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.12%) InVision
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.97%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 8 (0.97%) SAP FI-AP
4 6 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.61%) MIS ActiveH
5 5 (0.61%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.49%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 4 (0.49%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.49%) Shopify
7 3 (0.37%) OPENHousing
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.24%) OpenLink RightAngle
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 219 (26.67%) Azure
2 178 (21.68%) AWS
3 108 (13.15%) Power Platform
4 81 (9.87%) GCP
5 50 (6.09%) Google Analytics
6 36 (4.38%) Azure Monitor
7 35 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (3.78%) dbt
8 31 (3.78%) Snowflake
9 29 (3.53%) Serverless
10 27 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (3.05%) Azure Storage
11 25 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (3.05%) Entra ID
12 21 (2.56%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.44%) GitHub
14 18 (2.19%) SaaS
15 17 (2.07%) Adobe Analytics
16 16 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.05%) Firewall
2 23 (2.80%) DNS
3 22 (2.68%) DHCP
4 14 (1.71%) WAN
5 13 (1.58%) LAN
6 8 (0.97%) VoIP
7 7 (0.85%) Network Security
8 5 (0.61%) CTI
8 5 (0.61%) VPN
9 4 (0.49%) 3GPP
9 4 (0.49%) 4G
9 4 (0.49%) 5G
9 4 (0.49%) 5G NR
9 4 (0.49%) HTTP
9 4 (0.49%) LTE
9 4 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.37%) PBX
10 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (12.42%) Power BI
2 98 (11.94%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (7.31%) Tableau
4 53 (6.46%) Data Lake
5 52 (6.33%) Big Data
6 38 (4.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 34 (4.14%) SQL Server
8 25 (3.05%) BigQuery
9 22 (2.68%) Looker
9 22 (2.68%) NoSQL
10 20 (2.44%) Relational Database
11 19 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
12 18 (2.19%) Amazon Athena
12 18 (2.19%) Dremio
13 16 (1.95%) Hadoop
13 16 (1.95%) Snowflake Schema
14 15 (1.83%) Apache Arrow
14 15 (1.83%) MySQL
15 14 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
15 14 (1.71%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 47 (5.72%) Git
2 38 (4.63%) JIRA
3 27 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.34%) JMeter
4 11 (1.34%) Postman
5 8 (0.97%) GitLab
5 8 (0.97%) MLflow
6 7 (0.85%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.73%) Selenium
8 5 (0.61%) Appium
8 5 (0.61%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.49%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.49%) Subversion
10 3 (0.37%) Maven
11 2 (0.24%) Bugzilla
11 2 (0.24%) JUnit
11 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.24%) TestNG
11 2 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 242 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 216 (26.31%) Finance
3 120 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.67%) Front Office
4 63 (7.67%) Public Sector
5 61 (7.43%) Banking
6 45 (5.48%) Marketing
7 36 (4.38%) Retail
8 28 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (3.17%) Investment Banking
9 26 (3.17%) Manufacturing
10 24 (2.92%) Legal
11 23 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.34%) Advertising
13 11 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.73%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.61%) Automotive
15 5 (0.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 146 (17.78%) Analyst
2 122 (14.86%) Developer
3 106 (12.91%) Data Engineer
4 92 (11.21%) Architect
5 81 (9.87%) Senior
6 65 (7.92%) Data Analyst
7 57 (6.94%) Consultant
7 57 (6.94%) Lead
8 44 (5.36%) Business Analyst
9 36 (4.38%) Data Architect
10 31 (3.78%) Product Manager
11 28 (3.41%) Azure Engineer
12 27 (3.29%) Project Manager
13 26 (3.17%) Product Owner
13 26 (3.17%) Software Engineer
14 21 (2.56%) Active Directory Support
15 20 (2.44%) Finance Manager
15 20 (2.44%) Financial Analyst
16 19 (2.31%) Finance Business Analyst
16 19 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.63%) PySpark
2 30 (3.65%) HTML
2 30 (3.65%) Middleware
3 25 (3.05%) REST
4 24 (2.92%) ARM Templates
4 24 (2.92%) CSS
5 23 (2.80%) Web Services
6 22 (2.68%) .NET
6 22 (2.68%) JSON
6 22 (2.68%) React
7 19 (2.31%) Pandas
8 16 (1.95%) AngularJS
8 16 (1.95%) Node.js
9 15 (1.83%) Kafka
9 15 (1.83%) XML
10 14 (1.71%) gRPC
11 13 (1.58%) RESTful
12 12 (1.46%) FastAPI
12 12 (1.46%) GraphQL
12 12 (1.46%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.72%) Derivative
1 47 (5.72%) Product Ownership
2 45 (5.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 44 (5.36%) Fixed Income
4 43 (5.24%) Equities
5 37 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (4.38%) Hedge funds
7 32 (3.90%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.92%) Algorithms
9 22 (2.68%) Data Structures
10 21 (2.56%) PKI
11 16 (1.95%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.71%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.58%) Social Media
14 11 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (1.22%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (1.22%) Reference Data
16 9 (1.10%) Credit Risk
16 9 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
16 9 (1.10%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.67%) Windows
2 53 (6.46%) Linux
3 34 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (1.95%) Unix
6 2 (0.24%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.24%) ThreadX
6 2 (0.24%) VMS
6 2 (0.24%) zOS
7 1 (0.12%) AIX
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (31.30%) Agile
2 158 (19.24%) Business Intelligence
2 158 (19.24%) Data Analytics
3 153 (18.64%) Data Modelling
4 124 (15.10%) ETL
5 113 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
6 107 (13.03%) DevOps
7 85 (10.35%) Data Science
8 83 (10.11%) Visualisation
9 82 (9.99%) CI/CD
9 82 (9.99%) Data Management
10 75 (9.14%) Data Pipeline
10 75 (9.14%) Machine Learning
10 75 (9.14%) Roadmaps
11 73 (8.89%) Software Engineering
12 65 (7.92%) Data Analysis
12 65 (7.92%) Data Engineering
12 65 (7.92%) Decision-Making
13 64 (7.80%) Scrum
14 63 (7.67%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 262 (31.91%) SQL
2 212 (25.82%) Python
3 73 (8.89%) Java
4 59 (7.19%) JavaScript
5 57 (6.94%) C#
6 39 (4.75%) PowerShell
7 29 (3.53%) TypeScript
8 28 (3.41%) Bicep
9 24 (2.92%) Scala
10 22 (2.68%) VB
11 21 (2.56%) VBScript
12 19 (2.31%) C++
12 19 (2.31%) R
13 14 (1.71%) ABAP
14 11 (1.34%) Bash
15 10 (1.22%) PL/SQL
16 9 (1.10%) Perl
17 8 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.97%) Ruby
18 6 (0.73%) VBA
Qualifications
1 120 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 105 (12.79%) Degree
3 103 (12.55%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (3.53%) DV Cleared
5 25 (3.05%) Master's Degree
6 21 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
9 6 (0.73%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.73%) PMP
10 5 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.61%) CISM
10 5 (0.61%) CISSP
10 5 (0.61%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.37%) CCIE
11 3 (0.37%) CCIE Data Center
11 3 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (11.08%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.48%) QA
3 22 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.46%) GDPR
4 12 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.97%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.85%) NCSC
6 7 (0.85%) NIST
7 5 (0.61%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.61%) IFRS
7 5 (0.61%) PMO
7 5 (0.61%) SLA
8 4 (0.49%) IFRS 9
8 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.37%) COBIT
9 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.37%) WCAG
10 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (4.14%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
2 22 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (1.95%) Docker
4 3 (0.37%) HDFS
5 2 (0.24%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.12%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.29%) Terraform
3 25 (3.05%) SCOM
4 24 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (2.56%) SCCM
5 21 (2.56%) WSUS
6 18 (2.19%) Grafana
7 13 (1.58%) Ansible
8 4 (0.49%) BladeLogic
8 4 (0.49%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.49%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 2 (0.24%) Kibana
9 2 (0.24%) Nessus
9 2 (0.24%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.12%) Nagios
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 148 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 75 (9.14%) Google
3 73 (8.89%) Databricks
4 47 (5.72%) SAP
5 46 (5.60%) Oracle
6 29 (3.53%) Adobe
7 13 (1.58%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.58%) Splunk
8 12 (1.46%) Denodo
8 12 (1.46%) Talend
9 11 (1.34%) Cisco
9 11 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.10%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.97%) Informatica
11 8 (0.97%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.97%) OpenText
11 8 (0.97%) Optimizely
12 6 (0.73%) Facebook
12 6 (0.73%) IFS
12 6 (0.73%) PeopleSoft