Data Analysis Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 119 118
Rank change year-on-year +32 -1 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 356 509 995
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.42% 2.08% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.32% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 373 731
10th Percentile £350 £300 £350
25th Percentile £403 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.50% +12.89%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £618
90th Percentile £649 £663 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 19
10th Percentile - £18.97 £15.95
25th Percentile £20.77 £22.13 £19.88
Median hourly rate £25.25 £29.08 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% -10.54% +32.65%
75th Percentile £32.22 £49.38 £49.63
90th Percentile £35.50 £62.88 £51.80
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £29.58 £35.00
% change year-on-year -1.96% -15.49% +55.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Analysis 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,922 21,983 40,479
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.64% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,713 15,568 29,399
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 508 539
10th Percentile £14.74 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

Data Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Analysis trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Analysis.

Data Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Data Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Analysis.

Data Analysis hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Data Analysis hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.09%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.09%) Confluence
3 6 (1.69%) ArcGIS
3 6 (1.69%) SAS
4 5 (1.40%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.84%) Apache
5 3 (0.84%) Appian
5 3 (0.84%) MTS
6 2 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.28%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) IIS
7 1 (0.28%) Jadu
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.28%) Moodle
Applications
1 50 (14.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.46%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (6.46%) MS Visio
3 12 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.28%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.28%) SPSS
6 1 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Endur
2 4 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.84%) Aligne
3 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.84%) EuroRunner
4 2 (0.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.56%) Primavera
4 2 (0.56%) Shopify
5 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (26.40%) Power Platform
2 47 (13.20%) Azure
3 21 (5.90%) AWS
4 11 (3.09%) Collibra
5 10 (2.81%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.53%) GCP
7 8 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (2.25%) OCI
8 7 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.97%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.69%) Google Sheets
10 5 (1.40%) GitHub
10 5 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.40%) Serverless
11 4 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.12%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.12%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 4 (1.12%) SaaS
11 4 (1.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.40%) 4G
1 5 (1.40%) 5G
2 4 (1.12%) 2G
2 4 (1.12%) 3G
2 4 (1.12%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.56%) HTTP
3 2 (0.56%) SNA
4 1 (0.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.28%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (0.28%) SSL
4 1 (0.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (26.40%) Power BI
2 36 (10.11%) Tableau
3 30 (8.43%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (7.30%) SQL Server
5 21 (5.90%) Big Data
6 12 (3.37%) Metadata
7 11 (3.09%) GIS
8 9 (2.53%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (2.25%) Hadoop
10 7 (1.97%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.97%) Power Query
10 7 (1.97%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.69%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.40%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.40%) Oracle BI EE
12 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (1.12%) Amazon QuickSight
13 4 (1.12%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.12%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 27 (7.58%) JIRA
2 7 (1.97%) Git
3 6 (1.69%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.12%) JMeter
4 4 (1.12%) Selenium
4 4 (1.12%) SoapUI
5 3 (0.84%) ERwin
5 3 (0.84%) Maven
6 2 (0.56%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.56%) RStudio
6 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) Deequ
7 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.28%) PyCharm
General
1 122 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 106 (29.78%) Analytical Skills
3 100 (28.09%) Finance
4 38 (10.67%) Public Sector
5 29 (8.15%) Banking
6 16 (4.49%) Retail
7 12 (3.37%) Marketing
8 11 (3.09%) Back Office
9 10 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.69%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.69%) Front Office
11 6 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.69%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.69%) Military
11 6 (1.69%) Publishing
12 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 151 (42.42%) Analyst
2 76 (21.35%) Data Analyst
3 61 (17.13%) Business Analyst
4 34 (9.55%) Senior
5 30 (8.43%) Data Scientist
6 24 (6.74%) Developer
7 16 (4.49%) Data Engineer
8 15 (4.21%) Consultant
9 13 (3.65%) Architect
10 12 (3.37%) Data Business Analyst
10 12 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 11 (3.09%) Integration Engineer
11 11 (3.09%) Lead
12 9 (2.53%) Banking Analyst
12 9 (2.53%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (2.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 8 (2.25%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (2.25%) Senior Data Analyst
14 7 (1.97%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.53%) .NET
1 9 (2.53%) Web Services
2 7 (1.97%) Pandas
2 7 (1.97%) PySpark
2 7 (1.97%) XML
3 6 (1.69%) scikit-learn
4 4 (1.12%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.12%) SOAP
4 4 (1.12%) Spring
4 4 (1.12%) TensorFlow
5 3 (0.84%) EDI
5 3 (0.84%) jQuery
5 3 (0.84%) JSON
5 3 (0.84%) Kafka
5 3 (0.84%) Matplotlib
5 3 (0.84%) REST
5 3 (0.84%) XGBoost
6 2 (0.56%) ggplot2
6 2 (0.56%) JSON Schema
6 2 (0.56%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.62%) Algorithms
2 17 (4.78%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.65%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.09%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.25%) NHS
7 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.84%) Cyberattack
9 3 (0.84%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.84%) Market Risk
9 3 (0.84%) Multi-touch
9 3 (0.84%) Social Media
10 2 (0.56%) FMCG
10 2 (0.56%) Genomics
10 2 (0.56%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.56%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.40%) Linux
2 4 (1.12%) Unix
2 4 (1.12%) Windows
3 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (29.49%) Business Intelligence
2 86 (24.16%) Data Modelling
3 84 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (22.47%) Agile
4 80 (22.47%) Visualisation
5 63 (17.70%) Analytics
6 59 (16.57%) Data Science
7 52 (14.61%) Decision-Making
8 47 (13.20%) Data Visualisation
9 41 (11.52%) ETL
10 34 (9.55%) Migration
10 34 (9.55%) Project Management
11 33 (9.27%) Business Analysis
11 33 (9.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (8.99%) Computer Science
12 32 (8.99%) Data Governance
13 30 (8.43%) Data Management
14 29 (8.15%) Machine Learning
15 26 (7.30%) Project Delivery
16 25 (7.02%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 134 (37.64%) SQL
2 81 (22.75%) Python
3 17 (4.78%) R
4 14 (3.93%) C#
5 13 (3.65%) T-SQL
6 12 (3.37%) PL/SQL
7 9 (2.53%) Java
8 8 (2.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (1.97%) VBA
10 6 (1.69%) C++
10 6 (1.69%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.40%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.84%) Bash
13 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.56%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.56%) Perl
13 2 (0.56%) Scala
13 2 (0.56%) VB
14 1 (0.28%) PHP
14 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 55 (15.45%) Degree
2 38 (10.67%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.37%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.25%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.97%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.97%) PMP
7 5 (1.40%) ISEB
8 4 (1.12%) CBAP
8 4 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.12%) HNC
8 4 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.12%) PhD
9 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.56%) CISSP
10 2 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.56%) CSPO
10 2 (0.56%) IIBA
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.80%) Data Quality
2 26 (7.30%) QA
3 9 (2.53%) GDPR
4 6 (1.69%) SLA
5 5 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.40%) PMO
6 4 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.56%) P3O
8 2 (0.56%) PSD2
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) MiFID
9 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.12%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.56%) Terraform
3 1 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 55 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.27%) Oracle
3 17 (4.78%) Salesforce
4 16 (4.49%) Google
5 13 (3.65%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.37%) SAP
7 6 (1.69%) Databricks
8 4 (1.12%) BT
8 4 (1.12%) HP
9 3 (0.84%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.84%) Intel
9 3 (0.84%) Phenom
9 3 (0.84%) Splunk
9 3 (0.84%) Teradata
10 2 (0.56%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.56%) Datix
10 2 (0.56%) FIS
10 2 (0.56%) IBM
10 2 (0.56%) IDERA
10 2 (0.56%) Sitecore