Hybrid/Remote Data Analysis Expressions Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 283 332
Rank change year-on-year +2 +49 +111
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 37 33 59
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.27% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.04% 0.77% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 17 46
10th Percentile £298 £285 £318
25th Percentile £363 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £725 £618 £638
UK median daily rate £438 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,567 4,295 5,715
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.03% 35.40% 32.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,369 2,852 4,196
10th Percentile £350 £330 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £787 £750
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 60 147
10th Percentile £35.48 £21.25 £34.70
25th Percentile £52.94 £26.50 £51.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% -4.48% -3.85%
75th Percentile £67.06 £66.63 £77.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £64.50 £62.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +3.20% +3.31% -3.20%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analysis Expressions and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Analysis Expressions over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Data Analysis Expressions daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Analysis Expressions
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 37 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 14 (37.84%) Azure
3 8 (21.62%) PowerApps
4 6 (16.22%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (16.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 6 (16.22%) Power Automate
5 3 (8.11%) dbt
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.70%) Fivetran
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.70%) SaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Serverless
7 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (100.00%) Power BI
2 23 (62.16%) Power Query
3 10 (27.03%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (10.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (10.81%) Data Lake
4 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
5 3 (8.11%) Relational Database
6 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (5.41%) Metadata
6 2 (5.41%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
7 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
General
1 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (32.43%) Finance
3 7 (18.92%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.11%) Investment Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Local Government
6 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Developer
2 15 (40.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 15 (40.54%) Power BI Developer
3 4 (10.81%) Analyst
3 4 (10.81%) Consultant
3 4 (10.81%) Data Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 3 (8.11%) Power BI Consultant
4 3 (8.11%) Power BI Specialist
5 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Business Performance Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Performance Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Data Analytics Specialist
6 1 (2.70%) Data Scientist
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Specialist
6 1 (2.70%) Power BI Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Report Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Report Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) LangChain
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (2.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (8.11%) Reference Data
2 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (97.30%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (83.78%) Data Modelling
3 18 (48.65%) Visualisation
4 14 (37.84%) Analytics
5 11 (29.73%) Decision-Making
5 11 (29.73%) ETL
6 9 (24.32%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (21.62%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (18.92%) Data Pipeline
8 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (16.22%) Agile
10 5 (13.51%) Data Governance
11 4 (10.81%) CI/CD
11 4 (10.81%) Dashboard Development
11 4 (10.81%) Data Extraction
11 4 (10.81%) Migration
11 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 3 (8.11%) Batch Processing
12 3 (8.11%) Data Analysis
12 3 (8.11%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 25 (67.57%) SQL
2 8 (21.62%) Python
3 2 (5.41%) R
4 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) Databricks
2 2 (5.41%) Oracle