Data Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 169 165
Rank change year-on-year +19 -4 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 291 338 465
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.44% 1.46% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.55% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 216 324
10th Percentile £244 £231 £200
25th Percentile £350 £335 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £500 £503 £500
90th Percentile £555 £575 £550
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £464
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.48% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 38 46
10th Percentile £12.93 £14.67 £11.48
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.43 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.43 £18.57 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.40% -15.59% +23.42%
75th Percentile £40.00 £23.75 £35.00
90th Percentile - £32.30 -
UK median hourly rate £21.66 £19.75 £22.38
% change year-on-year +9.70% -11.77% +20.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,742 21,812 29,390
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.30% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,456 15,203 20,621
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,269 1,109 1,458
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.36
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
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 Data Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
North of England +16 81 £444 +4.41% 41
South East +24 74 £400 -11.11% 42
North West +27 59 £431 +7.81% 21
Scotland +56 51 £465 +5.68% 10
Midlands +14 40 £375 +7.14% 32
South West -17 27 £425 -10.53% 13
West Midlands +8 22 £431 +22.78% 23
East of England +4 19 £450 - 24
Yorkshire -9 19 £450 -10.00% 18
East Midlands +26 18 £363 +3.57% 9
Northern Ireland +4 3 £338 -43.75%
North East +9 2 £500 - 2
Wales +9 2 - - 5
Data Analyst
UK

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 117 (40.21%) SQL
2 112 (38.49%) Business Intelligence
3 99 (34.02%) Power BI
3 99 (34.02%) Power Platform
4 95 (32.65%) Finance
5 92 (31.62%) Analytics
6 89 (30.58%) Analytical Skills
7 78 (26.80%) Data Analysis
8 77 (26.46%) Social Skills
9 62 (21.31%) Visualisation
10 57 (19.59%) Python
11 56 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (17.87%) Tableau
13 51 (17.53%) Data Quality
14 44 (15.12%) Data Modelling
15 42 (14.43%) Data Management
16 40 (13.75%) Data Visualisation
17 37 (12.71%) Data Governance
17 37 (12.71%) Actionable Insight
18 34 (11.68%) Migration
18 34 (11.68%) JIRA
19 33 (11.34%) Agile
20 31 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel
20 31 (10.65%) Microsoft
20 31 (10.65%) Alteryx
21 30 (10.31%) Snowflake
21 30 (10.31%) Oracle
21 30 (10.31%) Legal
22 29 (9.97%) Data Cleansing
23 28 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 19 (6.53%) SAS
2 10 (3.44%) Confluence
3 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.41%) SPSS
3 3 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 99 (34.02%) Power Platform
2 30 (10.31%) Snowflake
3 22 (7.56%) Power Automate
4 17 (5.84%) Azure
5 13 (4.47%) PowerApps
6 11 (3.78%) Collibra
7 8 (2.75%) GCP
7 8 (2.75%) Google Analytics
8 7 (2.41%) AWS
8 7 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.37%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.03%) Google Tag Manager
11 3 (1.03%) OCI
12 2 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.34%) Azure App Service
13 1 (0.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.34%) Google Data Studio
13 1 (0.34%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.34%) Intranet
1 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (34.02%) Power BI
2 52 (17.87%) Tableau
3 17 (5.84%) SQL Server
4 16 (5.50%) Data Mining
5 15 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (4.81%) Data Lake
6 14 (4.81%) Qlik Sense
7 9 (3.09%) Big Data
7 9 (3.09%) Hadoop
8 8 (2.75%) Metadata
9 7 (2.41%) Ataccama
9 7 (2.41%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (2.06%) Impala
10 6 (2.06%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.72%) Power Query
11 5 (1.72%) PowerPivot
11 5 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (1.37%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 34 (11.68%) JIRA
2 8 (2.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.72%) PyCharm
4 4 (1.37%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.69%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.69%) ERwin
5 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
General
1 95 (32.65%) Finance
2 89 (30.58%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (26.46%) Social Skills
4 30 (10.31%) Legal
5 23 (7.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 21 (7.22%) Banking
7 16 (5.50%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.50%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.47%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (4.47%) Retail
9 10 (3.44%) Marketing
10 7 (2.41%) Local Government
11 6 (2.06%) Billing
12 4 (1.37%) Back Office
12 4 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.37%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.41%) D3.js
2 6 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.69%) Middleware
3 2 (0.69%) PySpark
4 1 (0.34%) BREW
4 1 (0.34%) XML
4 1 (0.34%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.50%) Credit Risk
2 13 (4.47%) Data Structures
3 12 (4.12%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.37%) e-Health
8 4 (1.37%) NHS
9 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.03%) IoT
10 2 (0.69%) Life Science
10 2 (0.69%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.69%) Social Media
11 1 (0.34%) CMDB
11 1 (0.34%) FMCG
11 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.34%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.37%) Unix
2 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (38.49%) Business Intelligence
2 92 (31.62%) Analytics
3 78 (26.80%) Data Analysis
4 62 (21.31%) Visualisation
5 56 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (15.12%) Data Modelling
7 42 (14.43%) Data Management
8 40 (13.75%) Data Visualisation
9 37 (12.71%) Actionable Insight
9 37 (12.71%) Data Governance
10 34 (11.68%) Migration
11 33 (11.34%) Agile
12 29 (9.97%) Data Cleansing
13 28 (9.62%) Decision-Making
13 28 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (9.28%) Data Analytics
15 25 (8.59%) Dashboard Development
16 23 (7.90%) Data Integration
17 22 (7.56%) Data Migration
18 19 (6.53%) Data Extraction
Programming Languages
1 117 (40.21%) SQL
2 57 (19.59%) Python
3 16 (5.50%) R
4 7 (2.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.37%) Groovy
5 4 (1.37%) Java
5 4 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.69%) VBA
7 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.34%) Scala
7 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (8.59%) Degree
2 17 (5.84%) SC Cleared
2 17 (5.84%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.34%) ACCA
4 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.34%) CIMA
4 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (17.53%) Data Quality
2 21 (7.22%) GDPR
3 17 (5.84%) QA
4 7 (2.41%) PMO
5 4 (1.37%) Good Clinical Practice
5 4 (1.37%) GxP
6 2 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.34%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (1.03%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 31 (10.65%) Alteryx
1 31 (10.65%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.31%) Oracle
3 26 (8.93%) SAP
4 16 (5.50%) Salesforce
5 12 (4.12%) Atlassian
5 12 (4.12%) Splunk
6 11 (3.78%) Google
7 7 (2.41%) Databricks
7 7 (2.41%) Dataiku
7 7 (2.41%) Trillium
8 4 (1.37%) Ariba
8 4 (1.37%) Denodo
8 4 (1.37%) IFS
9 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.03%) Informatica
9 3 (1.03%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.69%) Concur
10 2 (0.69%) IDERA
10 2 (0.69%) Liquidlogic