Analytics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytics over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 51 51
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytics 774 952 1,332
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.82% 4.13% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 4.61% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 505 652 868
10th Percentile £339 £340 £359
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £509 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% +1.80% +5.26%
75th Percentile £615 £613 £600
90th Percentile £725 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 37
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.09 £10.27
25th Percentile £21.35 £21.00 £21.04
Median hourly rate £25.00 £22.16 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -36.69% +52.91%
75th Percentile £43.75 £38.75 -
90th Percentile £59.73 £78.12 £40.95
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% -8.57% +29.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Analytics 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,110 20,642 27,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.43% 89.51% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,201 14,252 18,911
10th Percentile £250 £255 £236
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £476
Median % change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,261 1,359
10th Percentile £12.31 £10.75 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.71 £61.30
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
South East +4 201 £550 +10.00% 216
North of England -4 170 £500 -7.36% 329
Midlands +10 144 £560 +11.94% 187
West Midlands +9 111 £573 +9.05% 114
Scotland +18 104 £494 +1.28% 76
North West +1 103 £495 -4.58% 208
South West +29 95 £500 -4.76% 106
Yorkshire -8 64 £507 -6.11% 86
East of England +8 50 £500 +2.56% 82
East Midlands +9 33 £550 +22.22% 73
Wales +28 19 £551 -6.30% 26
North East +4 8 £710 +20.85% 37
Northern Ireland +4 3 £400 -3.03% 18
Analytics
UK

Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (3.49%) SAS
2 25 (3.23%) Confluence
3 22 (2.84%) SharePoint
4 20 (2.58%) Apache Spark
5 19 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (1.81%) CMS
7 5 (0.65%) WordPress
8 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.39%) Drupal
8 3 (0.39%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.26%) Apache
9 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.13%) Jadu
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 32 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.65%) SPSS
6 3 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.39%) Sketch
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 26 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.78%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 6 (0.78%) SAP FI-AP
4 5 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.65%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.52%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.52%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.26%) Maximo
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.26%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
7 2 (0.26%) RMDS
7 2 (0.26%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 178 (23.00%) Azure
2 144 (18.60%) Power Platform
3 74 (9.56%) AWS
4 47 (6.07%) Azure Data Factory
5 46 (5.94%) Snowflake
6 34 (4.39%) Serverless
7 31 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
7 31 (4.01%) Google Analytics
8 29 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (3.62%) GCP
10 24 (3.10%) Amazon S3
11 22 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (2.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 21 (2.71%) Entra ID
12 21 (2.71%) PowerApps
13 20 (2.58%) OCI
14 17 (2.20%) Azure Storage
15 16 (2.07%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.81%) SaaS
17 13 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.39%) Firewall
2 25 (3.23%) DNS
3 22 (2.84%) DHCP
3 22 (2.84%) WAN
4 20 (2.58%) VPN
5 16 (2.07%) LAN
6 15 (1.94%) Network Security
7 10 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.16%) MPLS
8 9 (1.16%) PBX
8 9 (1.16%) VoIP
8 9 (1.16%) WLAN
9 8 (1.03%) Internet
9 8 (1.03%) Intranet
9 8 (1.03%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (18.22%) Power BI
2 91 (11.76%) Tableau
3 74 (9.56%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (7.11%) Big Data
5 43 (5.56%) Data Lake
6 31 (4.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 30 (3.88%) MySQL
8 29 (3.75%) SQL Server
9 24 (3.10%) Hadoop
10 23 (2.97%) Relational Database
11 20 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
12 18 (2.33%) BigQuery
13 17 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
14 16 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
15 14 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 11 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
17 10 (1.29%) Crystal Reports
17 10 (1.29%) NoSQL
17 10 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 52 (6.72%) JIRA
2 31 (4.01%) Git
3 25 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.90%) Cypress.io
4 7 (0.90%) GitLab
5 6 (0.78%) JMeter
6 5 (0.65%) JUnit
6 5 (0.65%) Postman
7 4 (0.52%) kappa
8 3 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.39%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.39%) Maven
8 3 (0.39%) Selenium
9 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.26%) gulp
9 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.26%) Storybook
9 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.13%) MLflow
General
1 209 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 164 (21.19%) Analytical Skills
3 153 (19.77%) Finance
4 72 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.17%) Marketing
6 37 (4.78%) Legal
7 32 (4.13%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.49%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (2.45%) Banking
10 19 (2.45%) Retail
11 18 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (0.90%) Military
14 6 (0.78%) Law
15 5 (0.65%) Local Government
16 4 (0.52%) Automotive
16 4 (0.52%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 161 (20.80%) Analyst
2 104 (13.44%) Developer
3 90 (11.63%) Data Analyst
4 80 (10.34%) Architect
5 58 (7.49%) Lead
6 56 (7.24%) Senior
7 52 (6.72%) Data Engineer
8 34 (4.39%) Consultant
9 33 (4.26%) Project Manager
10 32 (4.13%) Data Architect
11 26 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
12 24 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (3.10%) Support Specialist
13 23 (2.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 19 (2.45%) SOC Analyst
15 17 (2.20%) Active Directory Support
16 16 (2.07%) Analytics Manager
17 15 (1.94%) Azure Specialist
17 15 (1.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.84%) ARM Templates
2 21 (2.71%) Web Services
3 20 (2.58%) HTML
3 20 (2.58%) REST
4 15 (1.94%) CSS
4 15 (1.94%) Kafka
4 15 (1.94%) React
4 15 (1.94%) XML
5 12 (1.55%) Spring Boot
6 11 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (1.42%) PySpark
6 11 (1.42%) Spring
7 10 (1.29%) Apache NiFi
8 9 (1.16%) AWS CDK
8 9 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (1.16%) JSON
9 8 (1.03%) .NET
9 8 (1.03%) Gherkin
10 7 (0.90%) Middleware
10 7 (0.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.81%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 36 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.39%) Credit Risk
5 26 (3.36%) Security Operations Centre
6 25 (3.23%) CSOC
7 24 (3.10%) Data Structures
8 23 (2.97%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.20%) PKI
10 16 (2.07%) Public Cloud
10 16 (2.07%) Social Media
11 15 (1.94%) Cyber Defence
12 13 (1.68%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.55%) Distributed Applications
13 12 (1.55%) Life Science
14 11 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.29%) Cloud Native
15 10 (1.29%) Security Posture
16 8 (1.03%) NHS
17 7 (0.90%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.01%) Linux
2 54 (6.98%) Windows
3 19 (2.45%) Windows Server
3 19 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (2.07%) Unix
6 10 (1.29%) Android
6 10 (1.29%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.78%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (25.06%) Business Intelligence
2 175 (22.61%) Data Analytics
3 173 (22.35%) Agile
4 140 (18.09%) Data Modelling
5 132 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (14.99%) ETL
7 102 (13.18%) Visualisation
8 92 (11.89%) Data Analysis
9 88 (11.37%) Decision-Making
10 84 (10.85%) DevOps
11 78 (10.08%) Actionable Insight
12 77 (9.95%) Project Management
13 74 (9.56%) Data Management
14 73 (9.43%) Migration
15 70 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (8.01%) Dashboard Development
17 61 (7.88%) Data Science
18 60 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
19 57 (7.36%) CI/CD
19 57 (7.36%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 192 (24.81%) SQL
2 111 (14.34%) Python
3 43 (5.56%) Java
4 35 (4.52%) PowerShell
5 26 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 22 (2.84%) C#
7 21 (2.71%) Bicep
8 20 (2.58%) R
9 17 (2.20%) VB
9 17 (2.20%) VBScript
10 12 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (1.29%) ABAP
11 10 (1.29%) TypeScript
12 9 (1.16%) Shell Script
13 8 (1.03%) Scala
14 7 (0.90%) Bash
14 7 (0.90%) PHP
14 7 (0.90%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 136 (17.57%) Security Cleared
2 131 (16.93%) Degree
3 84 (10.85%) SC Cleared
4 66 (8.53%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 26 (3.36%) SANS
6 23 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.16%) CCIE
8 9 (1.16%) CCIE Data Center
8 9 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.03%) CISSP
10 4 (0.52%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.52%) CCNP
10 4 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.52%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.52%) PMP
11 3 (0.39%) CISM
11 3 (0.39%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.07%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.39%) QA
3 21 (2.71%) GDPR
4 18 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.68%) PMO
6 12 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (1.55%) Disclosure Scotland
7 10 (1.29%) GxP
8 9 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (1.03%) IFRS
9 8 (1.03%) IFRS 9
10 6 (0.78%) NIST
10 6 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.65%) GAMP
12 4 (0.52%) NCSC
13 3 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.26%) SLA
15 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 23 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
2 22 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.68%) Docker
5 6 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.52%) HDFS
7 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (4.01%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.62%) Grafana
3 23 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (2.71%) Terraform
5 19 (2.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (2.20%) SCCM
6 17 (2.20%) SCOM
6 17 (2.20%) WSUS
7 9 (1.16%) Ansible
8 6 (0.78%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.65%) SysTrack
10 4 (0.52%) Graylog
10 4 (0.52%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (0.39%) Kibana
11 3 (0.39%) Nagios
12 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.13%) Hadoop YARN
13 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.13%) Puppet
13 1 (0.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 144 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.11%) SAP
3 48 (6.20%) Google
4 46 (5.94%) Oracle
5 36 (4.65%) Databricks
6 32 (4.13%) Alteryx
7 24 (3.10%) Atlassian
8 18 (2.33%) Splunk
8 18 (2.33%) Talend
9 17 (2.20%) Denodo
10 14 (1.81%) Adobe
10 14 (1.81%) IFS
10 14 (1.81%) Red Hat
10 14 (1.81%) Salesforce
11 13 (1.68%) Cisco
12 8 (1.03%) Ab Initio
12 8 (1.03%) Ariba
12 8 (1.03%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.90%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.78%) Facebook