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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 51 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytics 772 949 1,325
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.81% 4.10% 4.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 4.59% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 654 865
10th Percentile £338 £343 £362
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% +2.60% +4.71%
75th Percentile £613 £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 35
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.09 £10.15
25th Percentile £21.35 £21.00 £21.81
Median hourly rate £25.00 £22.16 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -36.69% +54.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £38.75 -
90th Percentile £59.73 £78.12 £45.67
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £32.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.91% -8.14% +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 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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 20 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 20 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 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
South East +3 201 £550 +10.00% 397
North of England -9 169 £501 -7.31% 374
Midlands +5 142 £550 +8.86% 204
West Midlands +8 112 £570 +8.57% 126
North West 0 105 £500 -3.61% 233
Scotland +13 104 £494 +0.97% 93
South West +22 98 £531 +1.19% 117
Yorkshire -10 61 £507 -6.11% 106
East of England +9 50 £500 - 108
East Midlands +7 30 £475 - 78
Wales +26 19 £551 -6.30% 24
North East +7 8 £710 +18.33% 38
Northern Ireland +2 3 £400 -3.03% 20
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 28 (3.63%) SAS
2 25 (3.24%) Confluence
3 22 (2.85%) SharePoint
4 20 (2.59%) Apache Spark
5 19 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (1.68%) 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%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.13%) Jadu
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.30%) 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 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.04%) 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%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.13%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 175 (22.67%) Azure
2 145 (18.78%) Power Platform
3 69 (8.94%) AWS
4 47 (6.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 46 (5.96%) Snowflake
6 34 (4.40%) Serverless
7 31 (4.02%) Google Analytics
8 30 (3.89%) Azure Monitor
9 29 (3.76%) GCP
9 29 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (2.98%) Amazon S3
11 21 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 21 (2.72%) Entra ID
11 21 (2.72%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.59%) OCI
13 17 (2.20%) Azure Storage
14 16 (2.07%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.81%) SaaS
16 13 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.27%) Firewall
2 25 (3.24%) DNS
3 24 (3.11%) WAN
4 22 (2.85%) DHCP
5 20 (2.59%) VPN
6 17 (2.20%) LAN
7 15 (1.94%) Network Security
8 10 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (1.17%) MPLS
9 9 (1.17%) PBX
9 9 (1.17%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.17%) VoIP
9 9 (1.17%) WLAN
10 8 (1.04%) Internet
10 8 (1.04%) Intranet
11 7 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (18.39%) Power BI
2 93 (12.05%) Tableau
3 74 (9.59%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (6.74%) Big Data
5 43 (5.57%) Data Lake
6 31 (4.02%) Amazon Redshift
7 28 (3.63%) MySQL
8 26 (3.37%) SQL Server
9 23 (2.98%) Hadoop
10 21 (2.72%) Relational Database
11 19 (2.46%) BigQuery
11 19 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
16 10 (1.30%) Crystal Reports
16 10 (1.30%) NoSQL
16 10 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 51 (6.61%) JIRA
2 30 (3.89%) Git
3 23 (2.98%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.78%) Cypress.io
4 6 (0.78%) GitLab
4 6 (0.78%) JMeter
5 5 (0.65%) JUnit
5 5 (0.65%) Postman
6 4 (0.52%) kappa
7 3 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.39%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.26%) Maven
8 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.26%) Storybook
8 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.13%) AppScan
9 1 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.13%) ERwin
9 1 (0.13%) MLflow
General
1 212 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 163 (21.11%) Analytical Skills
3 152 (19.69%) Finance
4 74 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 42 (5.44%) Marketing
6 37 (4.79%) Legal
7 31 (4.02%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.50%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.46%) Banking
11 19 (2.46%) Retail
12 18 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.91%) Military
15 6 (0.78%) Law
15 6 (0.78%) Local Government
16 4 (0.52%) Automotive
16 4 (0.52%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 164 (21.24%) Analyst
2 100 (12.95%) Developer
3 92 (11.92%) Data Analyst
4 80 (10.36%) Architect
5 60 (7.77%) Lead
6 55 (7.12%) Senior
7 52 (6.74%) Data Engineer
8 33 (4.27%) Consultant
8 33 (4.27%) Project Manager
9 32 (4.15%) Data Architect
10 26 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
11 24 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
11 24 (3.11%) Support Specialist
12 22 (2.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 22 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (2.46%) SOC Analyst
14 17 (2.20%) Active Directory Support
15 16 (2.07%) Analytics Manager
16 15 (1.94%) Azure Specialist
16 15 (1.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.72%) ARM Templates
1 21 (2.72%) Web Services
2 20 (2.59%) HTML
2 20 (2.59%) REST
3 15 (1.94%) CSS
3 15 (1.94%) React
3 15 (1.94%) XML
4 14 (1.81%) Kafka
5 11 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (1.42%) PySpark
6 10 (1.30%) Apache NiFi
6 10 (1.30%) Spring
6 10 (1.30%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.17%) AWS CDK
7 9 (1.17%) Middleware
8 8 (1.04%) .NET
8 8 (1.04%) Gherkin
8 8 (1.04%) JSON
9 7 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.96%) Management Information System
2 37 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 36 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.40%) Credit Risk
5 26 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
6 25 (3.24%) CSOC
7 24 (3.11%) Data Structures
8 22 (2.85%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.46%) Social Media
10 17 (2.20%) PKI
10 17 (2.20%) Public Cloud
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 (1.30%) Cloud Native
15 10 (1.30%) Security Posture
16 8 (1.04%) NHS
17 7 (0.91%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.03%) Linux
2 54 (6.99%) Windows
3 19 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 17 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (2.07%) Unix
7 10 (1.30%) Android
7 10 (1.30%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.78%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.26%) zOS
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (25.26%) Business Intelligence
2 173 (22.41%) Agile
2 173 (22.41%) Data Analytics
3 139 (18.01%) Data Modelling
4 130 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
5 115 (14.90%) ETL
6 104 (13.47%) Visualisation
7 94 (12.18%) Data Analysis
8 90 (11.66%) Decision-Making
9 82 (10.62%) DevOps
10 81 (10.49%) Actionable Insight
11 76 (9.84%) Project Management
12 74 (9.59%) Data Management
13 71 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 68 (8.81%) Migration
15 63 (8.16%) Data Science
16 62 (8.03%) Dashboard Development
17 60 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
18 57 (7.38%) Cybersecurity
19 56 (7.25%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 191 (24.74%) SQL
2 111 (14.38%) Python
3 38 (4.92%) Java
4 33 (4.27%) PowerShell
5 23 (2.98%) JavaScript
6 21 (2.72%) Bicep
6 21 (2.72%) C#
6 21 (2.72%) R
7 17 (2.20%) VB
7 17 (2.20%) VBScript
8 13 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (1.30%) ABAP
10 9 (1.17%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.04%) Scala
11 8 (1.04%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.91%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.78%) Bash
13 6 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.78%) PHP
13 6 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 137 (17.75%) Security Cleared
2 131 (16.97%) Degree
3 84 (10.88%) SC Cleared
4 67 (8.68%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 26 (3.37%) SANS
6 23 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.17%) CCIE
8 9 (1.17%) CCIE Data Center
8 9 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.04%) 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 (6.09%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.40%) QA
3 21 (2.72%) GDPR
4 18 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.68%) PMO
6 12 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (1.42%) Disclosure Scotland
8 10 (1.30%) GxP
9 9 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (1.04%) IFRS
10 8 (1.04%) IFRS 9
11 6 (0.78%) NIST
11 6 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.65%) GAMP
13 4 (0.52%) NCSC
14 3 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.26%) SLA
16 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 23 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
2 22 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.30%) Docker
5 6 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.52%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.39%) HDFS
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (3.37%) Grafana
1 26 (3.37%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 19 (2.46%) Terraform
4 17 (2.20%) SCCM
4 17 (2.20%) SCOM
4 17 (2.20%) WSUS
5 7 (0.91%) Ansible
6 5 (0.65%) SysTrack
7 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.52%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 3 (0.39%) Graylog
8 3 (0.39%) Kibana
9 2 (0.26%) Nagios
10 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.13%) Nessus
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) QRadar
10 1 (0.13%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 141 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.12%) SAP
3 49 (6.35%) Google
4 45 (5.83%) Oracle
5 36 (4.66%) Databricks
6 32 (4.15%) Alteryx
7 24 (3.11%) Atlassian
8 18 (2.33%) Talend
9 17 (2.20%) Denodo
10 16 (2.07%) Splunk
11 15 (1.94%) Adobe
12 14 (1.81%) IFS
12 14 (1.81%) Salesforce
13 13 (1.68%) Red Hat
14 12 (1.55%) Cisco
15 8 (1.04%) Ab Initio
15 8 (1.04%) Ariba
15 8 (1.04%) Facebook
15 8 (1.04%) ServiceNow
16 7 (0.91%) Twitter