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 £598, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 300 -
Rank change year-on-year -40 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Specialist 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.040% 0.021% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.022% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
UK median daily rate £500 £580 £270
% change year-on-year -13.79% +114.81% -48.57%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 11,581 8,927 13,698
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 93.88% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,368 6,046 9,253
10th Percentile £350 £327 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -2.78%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +1.69% -4.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 221 566
10th Percentile £18.50 £14.00 £14.26
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.00 £22.84
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.48 £44.87
Median % change year-on-year +66.76% -23.16% -14.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +51.79% -25.33% -16.67%

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 3 June 2026, 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 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) Apache Superset
2 4 (80.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Data Ingestion
2 4 (80.00%) Data Science
2 4 (80.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Tableau
2 4 (80.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Apache
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Employee Productivity
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365

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 4 (80.00%) Apache Superset
2 1 (20.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
2 4 (80.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Data Ingestion
2 4 (80.00%) Data Science
2 4 (80.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Employee Productivity
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft