Statistics Contracts in England

Statistics
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Statistics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Statistics over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 378 405
Rank change year-on-year +78 +27 -78
Contract jobs citing Statistics 245 276 423
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.57% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.63% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 167 260
10th Percentile £266 £270 £252
25th Percentile £384 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £518 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% +1.91% +1.56%
75th Percentile £538 £603 £611
90th Percentile £623 £800 £738
UK median daily rate £490 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -4.34% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 31
10th Percentile - £18.73 £19.52
25th Percentile £15.39 £19.00 £20.39
Median hourly rate £24.00 £20.74 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.75% -35.20% +41.41%
75th Percentile £42.88 £34.58 £48.88
90th Percentile £46.18 £65.00 £59.38
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £19.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +23.14% -29.13% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Statistics 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 31,438 43,665 64,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.37% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,640 45,549
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £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 2,250 1,536 1,740
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.96 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +48.60% +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%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in England

Statistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Statistics in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Statistics in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Statistics in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Statistics in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Statistics in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Statistics in England

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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 Statistics within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 +51 100 £500 -6.98% 240
North of England +57 57 £493 -24.15% 56
North West +56 52 £493 -19.51% 36
South East +3 31 £323 -4.44% 76
East of England +25 17 £388 +3.33% 29
Midlands +18 15 £480 +20.00% 27
West Midlands +23 9 £400 -21.95% 14
East Midlands +14 6 £575 +43.75% 13
Yorkshire +5 5 £320 -53.45% 13
South West +3 3 £525 +1.45% 27
Statistics
UK

Statistics
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 20 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.90%) SAS
3 7 (2.86%) Documentum
4 6 (2.45%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (2.45%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (2.04%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.22%) CMS
6 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.41%) Apache
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.41%) Drupal
7 1 (0.41%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (14.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.08%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (2.45%) SPSS
5 4 (1.63%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.82%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.82%) Revit
6 2 (0.82%) Simulink
6 2 (0.82%) Stata
7 1 (0.41%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Workfront
2 1 (0.41%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.88%) Power Platform
2 23 (9.39%) Azure
3 12 (4.90%) AWS
4 11 (4.49%) GCP
5 3 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.82%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.82%) GitHub
6 2 (0.82%) Mimecast
6 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.82%) Vertex AI
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.41%) Dagster
7 1 (0.41%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.41%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.27%) 3G
1 8 (3.27%) 4G
1 8 (3.27%) 5G
1 8 (3.27%) DNS
2 6 (2.45%) Diameter Protocol
2 6 (2.45%) GGSN
2 6 (2.45%) LTE
2 6 (2.45%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (2.45%) RANAP
2 6 (2.45%) SAN
2 6 (2.45%) SGSN
2 6 (2.45%) VoLTE
2 6 (2.45%) WAN
2 6 (2.45%) Wireshark
3 5 (2.04%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (1.63%) DWDM
4 4 (1.63%) Firewall
4 4 (1.63%) IP Telephony
4 4 (1.63%) VoIP
5 3 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.10%) Tableau
2 34 (13.88%) Power BI
3 29 (11.84%) Big Data
4 17 (6.94%) Hadoop
5 15 (6.12%) SQL Server
6 12 (4.90%) Data Mining
7 11 (4.49%) PowerPivot
8 9 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (3.27%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.86%) EDMS
11 6 (2.45%) BigQuery
11 6 (2.45%) Metadata
11 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Power View
11 6 (2.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (2.04%) NoSQL
12 5 (2.04%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 3 (1.22%) Presto
Development Applications
1 5 (2.04%) Git
2 4 (1.63%) JIRA
3 3 (1.22%) RStudio
3 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.22%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.41%) GitLab
4 1 (0.41%) Poetry
4 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 105 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 103 (42.04%) Social Skills
3 41 (16.73%) Finance
4 26 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (6.53%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.31%) Banking
8 12 (4.90%) Marketing
8 12 (4.90%) Retail
9 8 (3.27%) Local Government
9 8 (3.27%) Publishing
10 7 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.86%) Multimedia
11 6 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.04%) Advertising
13 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.22%) Retail Finance
14 3 (1.22%) Wholesale Banking
15 2 (0.82%) German Language
Job Titles
1 54 (22.04%) Analyst
2 32 (13.06%) Data Scientist
3 25 (10.20%) Data Analyst
4 20 (8.16%) Senior
5 14 (5.71%) Capacity Manager
5 14 (5.71%) Problem Manager
6 12 (4.90%) Availability Manager
6 12 (4.90%) Capacity and Availability Manager
7 8 (3.27%) Performance Analyst
8 7 (2.86%) Developer
8 7 (2.86%) Document Controller
8 7 (2.86%) Software Asset Manager
8 7 (2.86%) Software Manager
9 6 (2.45%) Administrator
9 6 (2.45%) Credit Analyst
9 6 (2.45%) DBA
9 6 (2.45%) Network Engineer
9 6 (2.45%) Qualitative Analyst
9 6 (2.45%) Quantitative Analyst
9 6 (2.45%) SharePoint Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.49%) HTML
1 11 (4.49%) scikit-learn
1 11 (4.49%) TensorFlow
2 8 (3.27%) CSS
3 7 (2.86%) Pandas
4 6 (2.45%) PySpark
4 6 (2.45%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.22%) D3.js
5 3 (1.22%) Kafka
5 3 (1.22%) React Native
6 2 (0.82%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.82%) ADO
6 2 (0.82%) JSON
6 2 (0.82%) Lambda Expressions
6 2 (0.82%) Node.js
6 2 (0.82%) RESTful
6 2 (0.82%) Web Services
7 1 (0.41%) OpenLayers
7 1 (0.41%) Seaborn
7 1 (0.41%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 43 (17.55%) Management Information System
2 29 (11.84%) Algorithms
3 25 (10.20%) Virtual Team
4 10 (4.08%) CMDB
4 10 (4.08%) Credit Risk
5 9 (3.67%) Data Structures
5 9 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.86%) Derivative
8 6 (2.45%) Credit Derivative
9 5 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.04%) HP Storage
9 5 (2.04%) Life Science
10 4 (1.63%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.63%) Social Media
11 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.22%) NHS
12 2 (0.82%) FMCG
12 2 (0.82%) PKI
12 2 (0.82%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.27%) Linux
1 8 (3.27%) Windows
2 7 (2.86%) Solaris
3 5 (2.04%) AIX
4 2 (0.82%) HPUX
4 2 (0.82%) Unix
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Debian
5 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (25.71%) Mathematics
3 55 (22.45%) Data Science
4 52 (21.22%) Computer Science
5 50 (20.41%) Business Intelligence
6 49 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 49 (20.00%) Visualisation
7 47 (19.18%) Machine Learning
8 45 (18.37%) Quality Management
9 42 (17.14%) Analytics
9 42 (17.14%) Data Analysis
10 39 (15.92%) Data Visualisation
10 39 (15.92%) Service Management
11 34 (13.88%) Data Modelling
12 33 (13.47%) ITIL
13 32 (13.06%) Problem Management
14 26 (10.61%) Project Management
15 25 (10.20%) Virtual Team Management
16 22 (8.98%) Artificial Intelligence
16 22 (8.98%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 97 (39.59%) Python
2 75 (30.61%) SQL
3 36 (14.69%) R
4 13 (5.31%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.49%) C++
6 8 (3.27%) Java
6 8 (3.27%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.63%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.22%) Bash
9 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.82%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.82%) Scala
9 2 (0.82%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.41%) C
10 1 (0.41%) Perl
10 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (36.33%) Degree
2 68 (27.76%) Security Cleared
3 60 (24.49%) SC Cleared
4 30 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (8.98%) Master's Degree
6 20 (8.16%) PhD
7 13 (5.31%) Numerate Degree
8 8 (3.27%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.45%) CCNA
9 6 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.04%) Postgraduate
11 3 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.82%) CCNP
12 2 (0.82%) MBA
13 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.41%) CFA
13 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.41%) PMP
13 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.27%) QA
3 7 (2.86%) SLA
4 3 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.22%) PMO
5 2 (0.82%) Basel III
5 2 (0.82%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (3.27%) Docker
1 8 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.82%) XenApp
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.04%) EMC NetWorker
2 5 (2.04%) HP Data Protector
2 5 (2.04%) NetBackup
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.82%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.82%) Terraform
4 2 (0.82%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 19 (7.76%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.49%) Cisco
3 9 (3.67%) VMware
4 7 (2.86%) Databricks
4 7 (2.86%) Oracle
5 6 (2.45%) Empirix
5 6 (2.45%) NetScout
6 5 (2.04%) Brocade
6 5 (2.04%) EMC
6 5 (2.04%) HP
6 5 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.04%) Symantec
7 4 (1.63%) Avaya
8 3 (1.22%) Adobe
8 3 (1.22%) Splunk
8 3 (1.22%) Teradata
9 2 (0.82%) Cadence
9 2 (0.82%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.82%) SonicWALL