Hybrid/Remote Data Analytics Specialist Contract Job Trends

Data Analytics Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Analytics Specialist daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 315 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Specialist 10 1 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.098% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.009% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £565 - -
25th Percentile - £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -
75th Percentile - £675 -
90th Percentile £577 - -
UK median daily rate £575 £638 -
% change year-on-year -9.80% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,503 11,296 16,780
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.10% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,215 7,149 11,556
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 206 378
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.26 £26.24
Median hourly rate £43.69 £38.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -27.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

Data Analytics Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Analytics Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Analytics Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Data Analytics Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Data Analytics Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Data Analytics Specialist job vacancies

Data Analytics Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Data Analytics Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Data Analytics Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Analytics
2 9 (90.00%) Azure
2 9 (90.00%) Power BI
2 9 (90.00%) Power Platform
3 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (80.00%) Data Lake
3 8 (80.00%) Degree
3 8 (80.00%) Master's Degree
3 8 (80.00%) Matrix Organization
3 8 (80.00%) Record to Report
3 8 (80.00%) SAP
3 8 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (80.00%) Snowflake
4 2 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (10.00%) Data Extraction
5 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
5 1 (10.00%) Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Data Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Defect Management
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Docker

Data Analytics Specialist Skill Set
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 1 (10.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 8 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Azure
1 9 (90.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (80.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) OpenShift
3 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) Power BI
2 8 (80.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (10.00%) JUnit
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
1 8 (80.00%) Influencing Skills
1 8 (80.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (10.00%) pytest
1 1 (10.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Analytics
2 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (80.00%) Matrix Organization
2 8 (80.00%) Record to Report
3 2 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (10.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Degree
1 8 (80.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft