Data Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £370 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 109 131
Rank change year-on-year +31 +22 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 54 41 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.04% 1.43% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 1.52% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 29 30
10th Percentile £243 £280 £304
25th Percentile £309 £320 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £500 £430
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% +16.21% +7.56%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £484
90th Percentile £555 £550 £501
South East median daily rate £400 £456 £433
% change year-on-year -12.33% +5.37% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - £16.25 -
25th Percentile £70.00 £20.63 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £28.16 -
Median % change year-on-year +184.09% - -
75th Percentile £90.00 £32.30 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £80.00 £22.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year +261.01% +13.52% -21.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,447 2,705 3,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.45% 96.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,370 1,838 2,370
10th Percentile £213 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £403 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 82 100
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.16 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.95 £49.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +182.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £78.97 £57.86
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire +9 42 £363 -29.61% 7
Buckinghamshire +29 8 £400 +15.11% 3
Oxfordshire +5 4 £233 - 2
Data Analyst
South East

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (46.30%) SQL
1 25 (46.30%) Business Intelligence
1 25 (46.30%) Tableau
2 22 (40.74%) Analytics
2 22 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (40.74%) Power BI
2 22 (40.74%) Power Platform
3 20 (37.04%) Finance
4 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (27.78%) Decision-Making
6 13 (24.07%) Python
6 13 (24.07%) Data Quality
6 13 (24.07%) Visualisation
6 13 (24.07%) Data Cleansing
7 12 (22.22%) Data Modelling
7 12 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
8 11 (20.37%) Data Analysis
8 11 (20.37%) Dashboard Development
9 10 (18.52%) Alteryx
9 10 (18.52%) Credit Risk
9 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
10 9 (16.67%) Snowflake
10 9 (16.67%) Data Analytics
10 9 (16.67%) SAS
10 9 (16.67%) Legal
10 9 (16.67%) Salesforce
11 8 (14.81%) Telecoms
11 8 (14.81%) Statistics
11 8 (14.81%) Azure
11 8 (14.81%) R

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (16.67%) SAS
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (12.96%) SPSS
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.74%) Power Platform
2 9 (16.67%) Snowflake
3 8 (14.81%) Azure
4 5 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.70%) AWS
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.85%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (46.30%) Tableau
2 22 (40.74%) Power BI
3 7 (12.96%) Qlik Sense
4 5 (9.26%) Big Data
4 5 (9.26%) Data Lake
5 4 (7.41%) Data Mining
5 4 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (7.41%) PowerPivot
6 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.70%) Power Query
6 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
6 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.85%) GIS
7 1 (1.85%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
1 2 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (37.04%) Finance
3 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
4 9 (16.67%) Legal
5 8 (14.81%) Telecoms
6 6 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (9.26%) Manufacturing
8 3 (5.56%) Local Government
8 3 (5.56%) Retail
9 2 (3.70%) Banking
9 2 (3.70%) General Ledger
9 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.85%) Advertising
10 1 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.85%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.96%) D3.js
2 1 (1.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Credit Risk
2 3 (5.56%) IoT
2 3 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.85%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (46.30%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (40.74%) Analytics
3 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.78%) Decision-Making
5 13 (24.07%) Data Cleansing
5 13 (24.07%) Visualisation
6 12 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
6 12 (22.22%) Data Modelling
7 11 (20.37%) Dashboard Development
7 11 (20.37%) Data Analysis
8 9 (16.67%) Data Analytics
9 8 (14.81%) Statistics
10 7 (12.96%) Agile
10 7 (12.96%) Data Governance
11 6 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 6 (11.11%) Mathematics
11 6 (11.11%) Six Sigma
12 5 (9.26%) Computer Science
12 5 (9.26%) Data Visualisation
13 4 (7.41%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (46.30%) SQL
2 13 (24.07%) Python
3 8 (14.81%) R
4 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.85%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) GDPR
3 1 (1.85%) IFRS
3 1 (1.85%) IFRS 9
3 1 (1.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) Alteryx
2 9 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
4 4 (7.41%) Databricks
5 2 (3.70%) Ceridian
5 2 (3.70%) Concur
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle
6 1 (1.85%) Adobe
6 1 (1.85%) Informatica
6 1 (1.85%) Workday