Hybrid/Remote Exploratory Data Analysis Contract Job Trends

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Exploratory Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 332 406
Rank change year-on-year +23 +74 +180
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Data Analysis 3 6 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.031% 0.049% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.056% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £413 £346 £365
25th Percentile £431 £352 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £356 £413
Median % change year-on-year +33.43% -13.70% -41.07%
75th Percentile £819 £423 £434
90th Percentile £1,018 £529 £443
UK median daily rate £475 £378 £375
% change year-on-year +25.66% +0.80% -46.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £24.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.36 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Exploratory Data Analysis 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 9,005 10,808 17,015
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 88.06% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,988 6,794 11,934
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 227 401
10th Percentile £14.78 £18.50 £18.49
25th Percentile £20.50 £26.25 £26.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -18.10% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.82% -10.59% +26.87%

Exploratory Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Exploratory Data Analysis job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Exploratory Data Analysis over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

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

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Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Exploratory Data Analysis
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (33.33%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Head of AI
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Data Science
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Applied Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Dimensional Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) R
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality