Data Analysis Contracts

Data Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 107 116
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 1,001 1,315 2,030
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.32% 2.35% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.62% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 909 1,371
10th Percentile £312 £308 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £478 £450
% change year-on-year -5.76% +6.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 44 93
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.48 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £26.66 £27.58 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% -21.20% +44.33%
75th Percentile £49.06 £52.66 £49.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £32.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.60% -7.71% +59.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the UK 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
England +10 897 £495 -1.00% 929
London 0 491 £500 -0.50% 375
UK excluding London +23 414 £450 -5.76% 581
Work from Home +18 331 £500 +5.26% 322
North of England +15 108 £475 -5.00% 161
South East -28 86 £463 -10.19% 128
Midlands +43 79 £400 - 116
North West +11 70 £475 - 96
West Midlands +48 62 £400 -16.67% 70
South West +22 49 £513 +10.81% 66
Scotland +10 46 £475 -1.55% 46
East of England +13 41 £488 +18.90% 56
Yorkshire +14 32 £450 -14.29% 42
East Midlands +2 16 £405 +19.12% 46
Wales +19 8 £412 -3.06% 13
North East +12 4 £431 -13.80% 27
Northern Ireland -3 2 £375 -26.47% 9

Data Analysis
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 35 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.60%) SAS
3 23 (2.30%) Confluence
4 18 (1.80%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.20%) IIS
6 11 (1.10%) Apache
7 9 (0.90%) MTS
8 8 (0.80%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.50%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.30%) Appian
11 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.100%) Jadu
12 1 (0.100%) Moodle
12 1 (0.100%) WebLogic
Applications
1 154 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (3.20%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (1.10%) SPSS
7 7 (0.70%) Simulink
8 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.20%) Gliffy
9 2 (0.20%) Mingle
10 1 (0.100%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.100%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.100%) Stata
Business Applications
1 19 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.50%) Endur
3 10 (1.00%) Aladdin
4 9 (0.90%) Aligne
4 9 (0.90%) EuroRunner
5 7 (0.70%) SimCorp Dimension
6 5 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.50%) Primavera
7 4 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.30%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.30%) Shopify
9 2 (0.20%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.20%) Maximo
9 2 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.20%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 226 (22.58%) Power Platform
2 125 (12.49%) Azure
3 64 (6.39%) AWS
4 37 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 31 (3.10%) Snowflake
6 29 (2.90%) PowerApps
7 22 (2.20%) GCP
8 21 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.60%) Collibra
10 14 (1.40%) OCI
10 14 (1.40%) Serverless
11 10 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.00%) WhatsApp
12 9 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (0.90%) Google Sheets
13 8 (0.80%) Amazon S3
13 8 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.80%) Internet
2 15 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (1.40%) Network Security
4 7 (0.70%) 5G
5 6 (0.60%) 4G
6 5 (0.50%) 2G
6 5 (0.50%) 3G
6 5 (0.50%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.30%) HTTP
7 3 (0.30%) Wireless
8 2 (0.20%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.20%) SNA
9 1 (0.100%) AMQP
9 1 (0.100%) DMZ
9 1 (0.100%) Firewall
9 1 (0.100%) Modbus
9 1 (0.100%) MQTT
9 1 (0.100%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.100%) SSL
9 1 (0.100%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (21.88%) Power BI
2 98 (9.79%) Tableau
3 92 (9.19%) Data Warehouse
4 75 (7.49%) SQL Server
5 67 (6.69%) Big Data
6 40 (4.00%) Data Lake
7 36 (3.60%) Data Mining
7 36 (3.60%) Metadata
8 25 (2.50%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.10%) Hadoop
10 16 (1.60%) GIS
10 16 (1.60%) Qlik Sense
11 15 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (1.40%) Power Query
13 12 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
13 12 (1.20%) Relational Database
13 12 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (1.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 71 (7.09%) JIRA
2 16 (1.60%) Git
3 9 (0.90%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.80%) Eclipse
4 8 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.70%) ERwin
5 7 (0.70%) Selenium
6 6 (0.60%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.50%) LSMW
7 5 (0.50%) Maven
8 4 (0.40%) JMeter
8 4 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.40%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.30%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.20%) Deequ
10 2 (0.20%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.20%) FitNesse
10 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.20%) RStudio
General
1 339 (33.87%) Social Skills
2 281 (28.07%) Finance
3 252 (25.17%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (11.39%) Public Sector
5 85 (8.49%) Banking
6 40 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 39 (3.90%) Marketing
8 35 (3.50%) Back Office
9 31 (3.10%) Manufacturing
10 30 (3.00%) Retail
11 28 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (2.60%) Telecoms
13 25 (2.50%) Front Office
13 25 (2.50%) Legal
14 22 (2.20%) Investment Banking
15 21 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.20%) Financial Institution
18 11 (1.10%) Local Government
18 11 (1.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 364 (36.36%) Analyst
2 182 (18.18%) Data Analyst
3 132 (13.19%) Business Analyst
4 85 (8.49%) Developer
4 85 (8.49%) Senior
5 59 (5.89%) Architect
6 50 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
7 48 (4.80%) Data Scientist
8 47 (4.70%) Consultant
9 40 (4.00%) Lead
10 38 (3.80%) Data Engineer
11 33 (3.30%) Data Architect
12 25 (2.50%) Data Business Analyst
13 24 (2.40%) Senior Data Analyst
14 22 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 22 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 22 (2.20%) C# Developer
15 21 (2.10%) Power BI Developer
16 19 (1.90%) Technical Analyst
17 16 (1.60%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.70%) .NET
2 18 (1.80%) .NET Framework
3 15 (1.50%) Apache NiFi
3 15 (1.50%) PySpark
4 14 (1.40%) Pandas
5 13 (1.30%) WinForms
6 12 (1.20%) WPF
6 12 (1.20%) XML
7 11 (1.10%) WCF
7 11 (1.10%) Web Services
8 10 (1.00%) JSON
9 8 (0.80%) Kafka
9 8 (0.80%) Matplotlib
9 8 (0.80%) SailPoint
10 7 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.70%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.60%) NumPy
11 6 (0.60%) REST
12 5 (0.50%) ADO
12 5 (0.50%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.09%) Management Information System
2 39 (3.90%) Algorithms
3 35 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.10%) Data Structures
5 30 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (1.70%) Distributed Applications
8 16 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
8 16 (1.60%) NHS
9 13 (1.30%) Derivative
9 13 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
10 12 (1.20%) Equities
10 12 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.00%) Market Risk
12 10 (1.00%) Social Media
13 9 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.80%) Genomics
14 8 (0.80%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.60%) Windows
2 30 (3.00%) Linux
3 23 (2.30%) Unix
4 12 (1.20%) Android
4 12 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.100%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.100%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.100%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (26.07%) Business Intelligence
2 217 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
3 206 (20.58%) Analytics
4 204 (20.38%) Data Modelling
5 195 (19.48%) Visualisation
6 188 (18.78%) Agile
7 147 (14.69%) Decision-Making
8 121 (12.09%) Data Visualisation
9 114 (11.39%) Data Management
10 113 (11.29%) Data Science
11 107 (10.69%) Project Management
11 107 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 98 (9.79%) Migration
13 95 (9.49%) Data Governance
14 90 (8.99%) Actionable Insight
15 89 (8.89%) Computer Science
16 81 (8.09%) ETL
17 70 (6.99%) Business Analysis
18 61 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
19 59 (5.89%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 340 (33.97%) SQL
2 225 (22.48%) Python
3 51 (5.09%) R
4 46 (4.60%) C#
5 41 (4.10%) T-SQL
6 34 (3.40%) VBA
7 31 (3.10%) PL/SQL
8 23 (2.30%) PowerShell
9 22 (2.20%) Java
10 21 (2.10%) C++
11 20 (2.00%) VB
12 18 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (1.60%) MATLAB
14 14 (1.40%) VB.NET
15 12 (1.20%) JavaScript
16 9 (0.90%) Bash
17 8 (0.80%) Scala
18 7 (0.70%) C
19 5 (0.50%) Perl
20 4 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 163 (16.28%) Degree
2 107 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 68 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 39 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 36 (3.60%) Master's Degree
6 29 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 12 (1.20%) PhD
8 12 (1.20%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.10%) PMP
10 9 (0.90%) CIMA
10 9 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (0.70%) CBAP
12 6 (0.60%) ACCA
12 6 (0.60%) Postgraduate
13 5 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.40%) CISSP
14 4 (0.40%) HNC
14 4 (0.40%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (12.29%) Data Quality
2 81 (8.09%) QA
3 41 (4.10%) PMO
4 25 (2.50%) GDPR
5 22 (2.20%) Actionable Recommendations
5 22 (2.20%) SLA
6 13 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.90%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.80%) IFRS
9 6 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.60%) NIST
10 4 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.30%) EMIR
11 3 (0.30%) GRC
11 3 (0.30%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.30%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.20%) Basel III
12 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (0.90%) Docker
2 3 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.30%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 7 (0.70%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.40%) Grafana
2 4 (0.40%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.30%) MOM
4 2 (0.20%) Terraform
5 1 (0.100%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.100%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.100%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.100%) Kibana
5 1 (0.100%) logstash
5 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.100%) Rancher
5 1 (0.100%) SCCM
5 1 (0.100%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.100%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 116 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.79%) Oracle
3 60 (5.99%) SAP
4 37 (3.70%) Salesforce
5 31 (3.10%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.90%) Databricks
7 23 (2.30%) Citrix
8 20 (2.00%) Google
9 17 (1.70%) Alteryx
10 16 (1.60%) Red Hat
11 15 (1.50%) Dell
12 11 (1.10%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.80%) Cadence
13 8 (0.80%) Dataiku
13 8 (0.80%) Remedy
14 7 (0.70%) IBM
14 7 (0.70%) SimCorp
14 7 (0.70%) Splunk
14 7 (0.70%) Trillium
15 6 (0.60%) iManage