Data Analysis Contracts in England

Data Analysis
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 99 115
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 -6
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 889 1,192 1,707
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.44% 2.47% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 2.75% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 814 1,147
10th Percentile £313 £308 £347
25th Percentile £400 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 51 91
10th Percentile £18.21 £20.47 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.86 £21.24 £20.39
Median hourly rate £29.00 £32.30 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.22% -7.71% +51.09%
75th Percentile £50.88 £63.13 £59.38
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £31.27 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.26% -10.66% +50.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,464 43,415 63,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.38% 90.10% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,624 30,476 45,458
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,526 1,738
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +4 499 £500 -4.76% 449
North of England +27 104 £475 -1.30% 156
South East -5 92 £460 -10.25% 158
Midlands +39 74 £400 - 125
North West +8 66 £475 +1.33% 83
West Midlands +47 57 £400 -15.79% 75
South West +10 46 £519 +9.21% 54
East of England +3 36 £525 +22.09% 55
Yorkshire +15 32 £450 -13.25% 56
East Midlands +5 16 £405 +19.12% 50
North East +13 4 £431 -13.80% 18
Data Analysis
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Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.47%) SAS
3 20 (2.25%) Confluence
4 15 (1.69%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.24%) MTS
6 10 (1.12%) IIS
7 9 (1.01%) Apache
8 6 (0.67%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.56%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.34%) Appian
11 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.11%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Jadu
12 1 (0.11%) Moodle
12 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 129 (14.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (3.82%) MS Visio
4 33 (3.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.79%) Simulink
8 5 (0.56%) SPSS
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.22%) InVision
9 2 (0.22%) Mingle
9 2 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.22%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.11%) Stata
10 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.14%) Endur
3 11 (1.24%) Aligne
3 11 (1.24%) EuroRunner
4 9 (1.01%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.67%) SimCorp Dimension
6 5 (0.56%) Primavera
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.34%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.34%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.34%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.34%) Shopify
9 2 (0.22%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.22%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.22%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 210 (23.62%) Power Platform
2 109 (12.26%) Azure
3 61 (6.86%) AWS
4 28 (3.15%) Snowflake
5 26 (2.92%) Power Automate
6 20 (2.25%) Collibra
7 18 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (1.91%) GCP
8 17 (1.91%) PowerApps
9 13 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (1.46%) Serverless
10 10 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.12%) WhatsApp
11 8 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (0.90%) OCI
12 7 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (0.67%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.91%) Internet
2 11 (1.24%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (1.12%) Network Security
4 7 (0.79%) 5G
5 5 (0.56%) 2G
5 5 (0.56%) 3G
5 5 (0.56%) 4G
5 5 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (0.45%) Wireless
7 2 (0.22%) SNA
8 1 (0.11%) AMQP
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.11%) DMZ
8 1 (0.11%) Firewall
8 1 (0.11%) Modbus
8 1 (0.11%) MQTT
8 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (22.83%) Power BI
2 88 (9.90%) Tableau
3 82 (9.22%) Data Warehouse
4 75 (8.44%) SQL Server
5 59 (6.64%) Big Data
6 36 (4.05%) Metadata
7 35 (3.94%) Data Lake
8 28 (3.15%) Data Mining
9 23 (2.59%) Hadoop
10 21 (2.36%) Oracle Database
11 16 (1.80%) Qlik Sense
12 14 (1.57%) BusinessObjects
13 13 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.35%) GIS
15 11 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
16 10 (1.12%) Power Query
16 10 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 9 (1.01%) NoSQL
18 8 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (5.62%) JIRA
2 10 (1.12%) Git
3 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 7 (0.79%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.67%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.67%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.56%) LSMW
5 5 (0.56%) Maven
6 4 (0.45%) ERwin
6 4 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.45%) Selenium
7 3 (0.34%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.22%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.22%) Deequ
8 2 (0.22%) FitNesse
8 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.22%) kappa
8 2 (0.22%) RStudio
9 1 (0.11%) PyCharm
General
1 306 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 250 (28.12%) Finance
3 220 (24.75%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 70 (7.87%) Banking
6 40 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (3.82%) Marketing
8 29 (3.26%) Manufacturing
9 28 (3.15%) Retail
10 27 (3.04%) Telecoms
11 26 (2.92%) Back Office
12 25 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (2.70%) Legal
14 21 (2.36%) Front Office
15 20 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (2.02%) Investment Banking
18 11 (1.24%) Mandarin Language
19 10 (1.12%) Financial Institution
20 9 (1.01%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 320 (36.00%) Analyst
2 151 (16.99%) Data Analyst
3 130 (14.62%) Business Analyst
4 78 (8.77%) Senior
5 69 (7.76%) Developer
6 53 (5.96%) Data Scientist
7 45 (5.06%) Architect
8 43 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
9 42 (4.72%) Consultant
10 36 (4.05%) Lead
11 35 (3.94%) Data Engineer
12 33 (3.71%) Data Architect
13 26 (2.92%) Data Business Analyst
14 19 (2.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 18 (2.02%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 18 (2.02%) C# Developer
15 18 (2.02%) Power BI Developer
15 18 (2.02%) Senior Data Analyst
16 14 (1.57%) Data Consultant
17 13 (1.46%) Quality Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.37%) .NET
2 15 (1.69%) .NET Framework
3 11 (1.24%) Apache NiFi
3 11 (1.24%) Pandas
3 11 (1.24%) WinForms
4 10 (1.12%) PySpark
4 10 (1.12%) WPF
5 9 (1.01%) JSON
5 9 (1.01%) Kafka
5 9 (1.01%) WCF
5 9 (1.01%) XML
6 8 (0.90%) Matplotlib
6 8 (0.90%) Web Services
7 7 (0.79%) scikit-learn
8 6 (0.67%) NumPy
8 6 (0.67%) REST
8 6 (0.67%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.56%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.56%) HTML
9 5 (0.56%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.30%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.27%) Algorithms
3 35 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.26%) Data Structures
5 23 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (1.57%) NHS
8 13 (1.46%) Distributed Applications
8 13 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
9 12 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
9 12 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.35%) Derivative
9 12 (1.35%) Market Risk
9 12 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.24%) Equities
11 8 (0.90%) Solar Panel
12 7 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (0.79%) Hedge funds
12 7 (0.79%) IoT
13 6 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.37%) Windows
2 24 (2.70%) Linux
3 18 (2.02%) Unix
4 8 (0.90%) Android
4 8 (0.90%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (26.10%) Business Intelligence
2 186 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
3 184 (20.70%) Data Modelling
4 181 (20.36%) Agile
5 178 (20.02%) Visualisation
6 177 (19.91%) Analytics
7 128 (14.40%) Decision-Making
8 108 (12.15%) Data Science
9 100 (11.25%) Data Visualisation
10 96 (10.80%) Data Management
10 96 (10.80%) Migration
10 96 (10.80%) Project Management
10 96 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 90 (10.12%) Data Governance
12 81 (9.11%) ETL
13 78 (8.77%) Actionable Insight
14 73 (8.21%) Computer Science
15 60 (6.75%) Business Analysis
15 60 (6.75%) Data Migration
16 56 (6.30%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 293 (32.96%) SQL
2 197 (22.16%) Python
3 50 (5.62%) R
4 42 (4.72%) C#
5 40 (4.50%) T-SQL
6 31 (3.49%) VBA
7 30 (3.37%) PL/SQL
8 24 (2.70%) Java
9 20 (2.25%) PowerShell
10 19 (2.14%) C++
11 17 (1.91%) VB
12 15 (1.69%) MATLAB
13 14 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (1.35%) VB.NET
15 10 (1.12%) JavaScript
16 9 (1.01%) Scala
17 8 (0.90%) Bash
18 7 (0.79%) C
19 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
20 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 133 (14.96%) Degree
2 88 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 56 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.82%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.37%) Master's Degree
6 26 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (1.46%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.24%) PMP
11 8 (0.90%) CBAP
12 7 (0.79%) PhD
13 6 (0.67%) CIMA
13 6 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (0.67%) Postgraduate
14 5 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.45%) CISSP
15 4 (0.45%) HNC
15 4 (0.45%) SAP Certification
16 3 (0.34%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (12.60%) Data Quality
2 69 (7.76%) QA
3 34 (3.82%) PMO
4 22 (2.47%) GDPR
4 22 (2.47%) SLA
5 16 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.90%) IFRS
7 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.90%) NIST
8 5 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.56%) GRC
9 4 (0.45%) WCAG
10 3 (0.34%) EMIR
10 3 (0.34%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.34%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.22%) Basel III
11 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 6 (0.67%) Docker
2 3 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.34%) HDFS
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.45%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.34%) MOM
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.11%) Grafana
3 1 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.11%) SCCM
3 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 96 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 68 (7.65%) Oracle
3 64 (7.20%) SAP
4 33 (3.71%) Salesforce
5 27 (3.04%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.81%) Databricks
7 18 (2.02%) Citrix
7 18 (2.02%) Google
8 15 (1.69%) Alteryx
8 15 (1.69%) Dell
9 12 (1.35%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.01%) Splunk
11 8 (0.90%) Adobe
11 8 (0.90%) Cadence
11 8 (0.90%) Dataiku
11 8 (0.90%) Remedy
12 7 (0.79%) IBM
12 7 (0.79%) Trillium
13 6 (0.67%) iManage
13 6 (0.67%) SimCorp