Analytics Contracts with Work from Home Options

Analytics
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 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 32 38 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 809 1,285 2,680
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.49% 5.19% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.25% 5.78% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 574 952 1,900
10th Percentile £370 £385 £396
25th Percentile £450 £458 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £668 £650
90th Percentile £788 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 22 17
10th Percentile £13.50 - £12.67
25th Percentile £22.13 £21.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £37.75 £22.16 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.35% -58.96% +157.14%
75th Percentile £46.48 £34.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £60.82 £54.93 £75.40
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +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 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £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 £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Analytics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Analytics trend for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
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 Analytics.

Analytics daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytics over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Analytics daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
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 Analytics.

Analytics hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analytics over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Analytics hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analytics
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 28 (3.46%) Apache Spark
2 22 (2.72%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (2.72%) Confluence
3 19 (2.35%) CMS
4 18 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.85%) Apache
5 15 (1.85%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.73%) SAS
7 6 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.37%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
10 1 (0.12%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) Moodle
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.87%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.37%) SPSS
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.25%) Sketch
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.12%) InVision
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.99%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 8 (0.99%) SAP FI-AP
4 7 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.74%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.62%) Endur
6 5 (0.62%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle 11i
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.49%) Shopify
7 4 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.37%) MIS ActiveH
8 3 (0.37%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.25%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 216 (26.70%) Azure
2 166 (20.52%) AWS
3 112 (13.84%) Power Platform
4 84 (10.38%) GCP
5 46 (5.69%) Google Analytics
6 45 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 33 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
8 32 (3.96%) Serverless
9 31 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (3.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 28 (3.46%) Snowflake
12 25 (3.09%) dbt
13 21 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
14 20 (2.47%) Azure Storage
14 20 (2.47%) Entra ID
15 19 (2.35%) GitHub
15 19 (2.35%) SaaS
16 16 (1.98%) Adobe Analytics
16 16 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
17 15 (1.85%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.60%) Firewall
2 18 (2.22%) DNS
3 17 (2.10%) DHCP
4 12 (1.48%) WAN
5 11 (1.36%) LAN
6 8 (0.99%) VoIP
7 7 (0.87%) Network Security
8 6 (0.74%) VPN
9 5 (0.62%) CTI
10 4 (0.49%) 3GPP
10 4 (0.49%) 4G
10 4 (0.49%) 5G
10 4 (0.49%) 5G NR
10 4 (0.49%) LTE
10 4 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.37%) HTTP
11 3 (0.37%) PBX
11 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (13.35%) Power BI
2 99 (12.24%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (5.44%) Tableau
4 42 (5.19%) Big Data
5 41 (5.07%) Data Lake
6 32 (3.96%) SQL Server
7 29 (3.58%) Amazon Redshift
8 25 (3.09%) BigQuery
9 22 (2.72%) NoSQL
10 21 (2.60%) Looker
11 20 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (2.10%) Amazon Athena
13 16 (1.98%) Snowflake Schema
14 14 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
14 14 (1.73%) Relational Database
15 13 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (1.61%) Hadoop
16 12 (1.48%) Delta Lake
17 11 (1.36%) Apache Arrow
17 11 (1.36%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 46 (5.69%) JIRA
2 37 (4.57%) Git
3 25 (3.09%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.36%) JMeter
5 10 (1.24%) Postman
6 8 (0.99%) GitLab
7 7 (0.87%) MLflow
8 6 (0.74%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.74%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.62%) Appium
9 5 (0.62%) Selenium
10 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.49%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.49%) Subversion
11 3 (0.37%) Maven
12 2 (0.25%) Bugzilla
12 2 (0.25%) JUnit
12 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.25%) TestNG
12 2 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 234 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 205 (25.34%) Finance
3 130 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.53%) Public Sector
5 58 (7.17%) Front Office
6 54 (6.67%) Banking
7 40 (4.94%) Marketing
8 35 (4.33%) Retail
9 30 (3.71%) Manufacturing
10 25 (3.09%) Investment Banking
11 23 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.60%) Telecoms
13 20 (2.47%) Legal
14 19 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.24%) Advertising
17 6 (0.74%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.62%) Automotive
18 5 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 139 (17.18%) Analyst
2 127 (15.70%) Developer
3 108 (13.35%) Data Engineer
4 96 (11.87%) Architect
5 79 (9.77%) Senior
6 63 (7.79%) Data Analyst
7 59 (7.29%) Lead
8 43 (5.32%) Consultant
9 39 (4.82%) Business Analyst
10 38 (4.70%) Data Architect
11 31 (3.83%) Software Engineer
12 28 (3.46%) Project Manager
13 26 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
13 26 (3.21%) Product Manager
14 23 (2.84%) Product Owner
15 22 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 19 (2.35%) Azure Data Engineer
18 18 (2.22%) Lead Data Engineer
19 17 (2.10%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.96%) PySpark
2 29 (3.58%) Middleware
3 25 (3.09%) HTML
4 22 (2.72%) React
4 22 (2.72%) Web Services
5 21 (2.60%) REST
6 20 (2.47%) .NET
6 20 (2.47%) ARM Templates
6 20 (2.47%) CSS
6 20 (2.47%) JSON
6 20 (2.47%) Node.js
7 18 (2.22%) Pandas
8 16 (1.98%) gRPC
9 15 (1.85%) AngularJS
9 15 (1.85%) Protocol Buffers
9 15 (1.85%) XML
10 14 (1.73%) Material-UI
11 13 (1.61%) GraphQL
12 12 (1.48%) FastAPI
12 12 (1.48%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.81%) Product Ownership
2 41 (5.07%) Derivative
3 39 (4.82%) Fixed Income
4 37 (4.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 36 (4.45%) Equities
6 32 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (3.71%) Hedge funds
8 29 (3.58%) Management Information System
9 23 (2.84%) Algorithms
10 18 (2.22%) Data Structures
11 17 (2.10%) PKI
12 14 (1.73%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.73%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.36%) Reference Data
14 10 (1.24%) Onboarding
14 10 (1.24%) Social Media
15 9 (1.11%) CMDB
15 9 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (1.11%) Distributed Computing
15 9 (1.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.92%) Windows
2 47 (5.81%) Linux
3 30 (3.71%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.10%) Unix
4 17 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.25%) Android
5 2 (0.25%) VMS
5 2 (0.25%) zOS
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (29.67%) Agile
2 172 (21.26%) Business Intelligence
3 154 (19.04%) Data Modelling
4 153 (18.91%) Data Analytics
5 115 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
6 111 (13.72%) ETL
7 108 (13.35%) DevOps
8 86 (10.63%) Visualisation
9 84 (10.38%) Data Management
10 81 (10.01%) Data Science
11 79 (9.77%) CI/CD
12 72 (8.90%) Data Pipeline
13 71 (8.78%) Machine Learning
13 71 (8.78%) Roadmaps
14 67 (8.28%) Software Engineering
15 64 (7.91%) Data Analysis
16 62 (7.66%) Data Engineering
17 59 (7.29%) Artificial Intelligence
17 59 (7.29%) Decision-Making
18 56 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 250 (30.90%) SQL
2 211 (26.08%) Python
3 73 (9.02%) Java
4 61 (7.54%) JavaScript
5 50 (6.18%) C#
6 33 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 32 (3.96%) TypeScript
8 29 (3.58%) Scala
9 24 (2.97%) Bicep
10 19 (2.35%) C++
11 18 (2.22%) VB
12 17 (2.10%) VBScript
13 16 (1.98%) R
14 14 (1.73%) ABAP
15 13 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (1.36%) Bash
17 9 (1.11%) Perl
17 9 (1.11%) Ruby
18 8 (0.99%) Kotlin
18 8 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (14.59%) Security Cleared
2 106 (13.10%) SC Cleared
3 93 (11.50%) Degree
4 29 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.09%) DV Cleared
6 22 (2.72%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.74%) PMP
11 5 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.62%) CISM
11 5 (0.62%) CISSP
11 5 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.62%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.37%) CCIE
13 3 (0.37%) CCNP
13 3 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (9.89%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.56%) QA
3 19 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.24%) GDPR
4 10 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.99%) NIST
5 8 (0.99%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.87%) NCSC
7 6 (0.74%) IFRS
7 6 (0.74%) PMO
8 5 (0.62%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.62%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.62%) SLA
9 4 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.37%) COBIT
10 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.37%) WCAG
11 2 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.25%) GxP
System Software
1 27 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (1.61%) Docker
5 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.12%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 28 (3.46%) Terraform
2 27 (3.34%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.60%) SCOM
4 19 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (2.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (2.10%) SCCM
5 17 (2.10%) WSUS
6 13 (1.61%) Ansible
7 12 (1.48%) Grafana
8 4 (0.49%) BladeLogic
8 4 (0.49%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.49%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 2 (0.25%) Kibana
9 2 (0.25%) Nessus
9 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.12%) CASB
10 1 (0.12%) Matomo
10 1 (0.12%) QRadar
10 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 140 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.02%) Databricks
3 72 (8.90%) Google
4 54 (6.67%) SAP
5 49 (6.06%) Oracle
6 27 (3.34%) Adobe
7 15 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.85%) Splunk
8 12 (1.48%) Ariba
9 11 (1.36%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.24%) Cisco
11 9 (1.11%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.99%) Informatica
12 8 (0.99%) OpenText
12 8 (0.99%) Optimizely
12 8 (0.99%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.87%) Talend
14 6 (0.74%) Facebook
14 6 (0.74%) IFS
14 6 (0.74%) Twitter