Data Analytics Contracts

Data Analytics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analytics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 243 207
Rank change year-on-year +3 -36 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 445 670 1,241
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 1.13% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.26% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 460 893
10th Percentile £350 £350 £408
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +7.23%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £734 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £515
% change year-on-year -2.42% +4.47% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 23
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.30 £9.92
25th Percentile £15.66 £24.50 £19.15
Median hourly rate £30.25 £40.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.31% +15.71% +9.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £79.19 £38.75
90th Percentile - - £52.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.06 £78.00 £25.52
% change year-on-year -73.01% +205.64% -44.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analytics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +12 383 £550 +1.85% 417
London -15 202 £563 -1.10% 212
UK excluding London +10 183 £525 -2.42% 210
Work from Home +21 161 £515 -4.41% 195
Midlands +37 79 £550 +1.85% 51
West Midlands +26 64 £550 +1.85% 42
South East +3 38 £450 - 34
North of England +16 32 £550 +10.00% 58
North West +23 26 £569 +33.82% 28
East Midlands +28 15 £383 -28.84% 9
Wales +32 13 £538 - 4
Scotland +4 8 £450 -23.40% 14
East of England +9 7 £307 -18.81% 17
South West +3 7 £600 -6.80% 30
Yorkshire +2 5 £515 -6.36% 16
North East +18 1 - - 14

Data Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (3.60%) SAS
1 16 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.35%) Confluence
3 5 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.90%) govService
4 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.67%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) Apache
6 2 (0.45%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.67%) SPSS
6 2 (0.45%) CPLEX
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) InVision
7 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.57%) Endur
2 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.90%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 3 (0.67%) Shopify
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Utilities
Cloud Services
1 106 (23.82%) Power Platform
2 103 (23.15%) Azure
3 60 (13.48%) AWS
4 31 (6.97%) GCP
5 17 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 17 (3.82%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.70%) Adobe Analytics
8 11 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 11 (2.47%) Google Analytics
9 9 (2.02%) PaaS
10 8 (1.80%) GitHub
10 8 (1.80%) Serverless
11 7 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.35%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.35%) IaaS
12 6 (1.35%) SaaS
13 5 (1.12%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.04%) Firewall
2 13 (2.92%) Network Security
3 12 (2.70%) VPN
4 9 (2.02%) LAN
4 9 (2.02%) MPLS
4 9 (2.02%) PBX
4 9 (2.02%) VoIP
4 9 (2.02%) WAN
4 9 (2.02%) WLAN
5 5 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.12%) Cisco Firepower
5 5 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (1.12%) DHCP
5 5 (1.12%) DNS
5 5 (1.12%) Internet
5 5 (1.12%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.45%) Intranet
7 2 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (23.60%) Power BI
2 58 (13.03%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (9.44%) Tableau
4 34 (7.64%) Big Data
5 28 (6.29%) MySQL
6 26 (5.84%) Data Lake
7 25 (5.62%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (3.60%) BigQuery
9 12 (2.70%) SQL Server
10 11 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (2.47%) Looker
10 11 (2.47%) Metadata
11 10 (2.25%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (2.25%) KDB
12 9 (2.02%) Hadoop
13 8 (1.80%) NoSQL
13 8 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (1.80%) QlikView
13 8 (1.80%) Relational Database
14 7 (1.57%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 31 (6.97%) Git
2 23 (5.17%) JIRA
3 10 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.57%) Postman
5 6 (1.35%) GitLab
5 6 (1.35%) Selenium
6 4 (0.90%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.90%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.67%) Maven
8 2 (0.45%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.45%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.45%) Storybook
9 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.22%) TestNG
9 1 (0.22%) TestRail
General
1 117 (26.29%) Social Skills
2 110 (24.72%) Finance
3 109 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.54%) Banking
5 37 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 36 (8.09%) Retail
7 23 (5.17%) Telecoms
8 21 (4.72%) Marketing
9 14 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.15%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.25%) Investment Banking
11 9 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.80%) Front Office
12 8 (1.80%) Legal
13 7 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.35%) Advertising
14 6 (1.35%) Retail Banking
15 5 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 94 (21.12%) Analyst
2 64 (14.38%) Architect
3 56 (12.58%) Senior
4 54 (12.13%) Data Analyst
5 46 (10.34%) Developer
6 31 (6.97%) Project Manager
7 30 (6.74%) Analytics Manager
7 30 (6.74%) Data Engineer
8 28 (6.29%) Data Analytics Manager
9 26 (5.84%) Data Manager
10 24 (5.39%) Lead
11 21 (4.72%) Data Architect
12 17 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (3.37%) Business Analyst
13 15 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.70%) Consultant
15 11 (2.47%) Azure Architect
15 11 (2.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 10 (2.25%) Enterprise Architect
16 10 (2.25%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.60%) Web Services
2 13 (2.92%) PySpark
3 11 (2.47%) .NET
3 11 (2.47%) HTML
4 9 (2.02%) CSS
4 9 (2.02%) jQuery
5 8 (1.80%) JSON
5 8 (1.80%) Middleware
6 6 (1.35%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.35%) REST
7 5 (1.12%) Pandas
7 5 (1.12%) Swagger
8 4 (0.90%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.90%) DOM
8 4 (0.90%) Flask
8 4 (0.90%) Node.js
8 4 (0.90%) React
8 4 (0.90%) Spring
8 4 (0.90%) Vue
9 3 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.11%) Management Information System
2 19 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.37%) Security Posture
4 14 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 12 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.47%) Fixed Income
6 11 (2.47%) NHS
6 11 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
7 9 (2.02%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.57%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.57%) CMDB
9 6 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.12%) Life Science
10 5 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.12%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.90%) Equities
11 4 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.49%) Linux
1 20 (4.49%) Windows
2 10 (2.25%) Unix
3 7 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.45%) VMS
4 2 (0.45%) zOS
5 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (100.00%) Analytics
2 127 (28.54%) Business Intelligence
3 119 (26.74%) Agile
4 88 (19.78%) ETL
5 85 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (17.53%) Data Modelling
7 73 (16.40%) Project Management
8 70 (15.73%) Visualisation
9 57 (12.81%) Data Analysis
10 55 (12.36%) Data Management
10 55 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (10.34%) DevOps
12 43 (9.66%) Migration
13 42 (9.44%) Scrum
14 41 (9.21%) Requirements Gathering
15 40 (8.99%) Machine Learning
16 39 (8.76%) Business Analysis
16 39 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (8.76%) Data Integration
17 37 (8.31%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 147 (33.03%) SQL
2 94 (21.12%) Python
3 16 (3.60%) C#
4 14 (3.15%) R
5 13 (2.92%) Java
6 12 (2.70%) Shell Script
7 11 (2.47%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (2.25%) Scala
9 9 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.57%) Search Processing Language
11 5 (1.12%) F#
11 5 (1.12%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.12%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.12%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.90%) ABAP
12 4 (0.90%) C++
12 4 (0.90%) COBOL
12 4 (0.90%) Perl
12 4 (0.90%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (15.06%) Degree
2 62 (13.93%) Security Cleared
3 52 (11.69%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (4.04%) CISSP
6 17 (3.82%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.70%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.02%) CCIE
9 9 (2.02%) CCIE Data Center
10 4 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.90%) CCNP
10 4 (0.90%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.67%) CISM
12 2 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.89%) Data Quality
2 27 (6.07%) QA
3 11 (2.47%) PMO
4 10 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.57%) GDPR
6 5 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.12%) GAMP
6 5 (1.12%) GxP
6 5 (1.12%) SLA
7 3 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.22%) MiFID
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.45%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 20 (4.49%) Grafana
2 15 (3.37%) Terraform
3 10 (2.25%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.90%) Ansible
5 3 (0.67%) Graylog
5 3 (0.67%) Matomo
5 3 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.45%) Nagios
7 1 (0.22%) Argo
7 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.22%) Nessus
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.22%) Puppet
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 92 (20.67%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.74%) Google
3 29 (6.52%) Databricks
4 24 (5.39%) Oracle
5 18 (4.04%) Adobe
5 18 (4.04%) Denodo
5 18 (4.04%) Talend
6 15 (3.37%) SAP
7 13 (2.92%) Informatica
8 10 (2.25%) IFS
8 10 (2.25%) Splunk
9 9 (2.02%) Cisco
10 7 (1.57%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.57%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.35%) IBM
11 6 (1.35%) Optimizely
12 5 (1.12%) Autodesk
12 5 (1.12%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.12%) Symantec
12 5 (1.12%) Tealium