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 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 226 238 211
Rank change year-on-year +12 -27 +29
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 439 637 1,221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 1.11% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.24% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 435 879
10th Percentile £350 £350 £405
25th Percentile £416 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £653
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £525 £524
% change year-on-year -0.95% +0.16% +4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 22
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.21 £9.92
25th Percentile £15.81 £21.88 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £59.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.63% +68.57% +45.83%
75th Percentile £43.75 £79.19 £37.81
90th Percentile - - £45.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.06 £78.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -73.01% +122.86% +45.83%

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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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 20 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 20 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 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
England +8 384 £538 -0.37% 512
London +8 209 £563 -2.17% 290
UK excluding London +8 173 £520 -0.95% 260
Work from Home +25 153 £504 -4.00% 260
Midlands +27 71 £450 -16.36% 51
West Midlands +28 57 £525 -2.78% 38
South East -1 36 £450 -10.00% 60
North of England +29 34 £550 +10.00% 64
North West +23 28 £550 +22.22% 33
East Midlands +20 14 £365 -27.00% 13
Wales +31 12 £550 - 7
South West -3 9 £538 -17.31% 35
East of England +7 8 £363 -15.52% 17
Scotland +9 6 £509 -15.56% 21
Yorkshire +10 5 £515 -10.43% 16
North East - 1 - - 15

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 17 (3.87%) SAS
2 14 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.37%) Confluence
4 5 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.91%) govService
5 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.68%) CMS
7 2 (0.46%) Apache
7 2 (0.46%) CICS
8 1 (0.23%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.23%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.14%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.91%) CPLEX
7 3 (0.68%) SPSS
8 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.23%) InVision
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.23%) Stata
Business Applications
1 8 (1.82%) Endur
2 5 (1.14%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.68%) Shopify
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.23%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 104 (23.69%) Power Platform
2 101 (23.01%) Azure
3 61 (13.90%) AWS
4 33 (7.52%) GCP
5 17 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.87%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 14 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (2.51%) Adobe Analytics
8 11 (2.51%) Google Analytics
9 8 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (1.59%) GitHub
10 7 (1.59%) PaaS
10 7 (1.59%) Serverless
11 6 (1.37%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.37%) IaaS
12 5 (1.14%) Azure Stack
12 5 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.19%) Firewall
2 12 (2.73%) VPN
3 9 (2.05%) LAN
3 9 (2.05%) MPLS
3 9 (2.05%) Network Security
3 9 (2.05%) PBX
3 9 (2.05%) VoIP
3 9 (2.05%) WAN
3 9 (2.05%) WLAN
4 5 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (1.14%) DHCP
4 5 (1.14%) DNS
4 5 (1.14%) Internet
4 5 (1.14%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.46%) Intranet
6 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (23.46%) Power BI
2 60 (13.67%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (10.25%) Tableau
4 32 (7.29%) Big Data
5 28 (6.38%) MySQL
6 25 (5.69%) Amazon Redshift
7 23 (5.24%) Data Lake
8 16 (3.64%) BigQuery
9 13 (2.96%) KDB
9 13 (2.96%) SQL Server
10 12 (2.73%) Looker
11 11 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (2.28%) Crystal Reports
13 9 (2.05%) Metadata
13 9 (2.05%) Relational Database
14 8 (1.82%) Hadoop
14 8 (1.82%) NoSQL
14 8 (1.82%) QlikView
15 7 (1.59%) Data Mining
15 7 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (7.06%) Git
2 26 (5.92%) JIRA
3 10 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.05%) Selenium
5 8 (1.82%) GitLab
6 7 (1.59%) Postman
7 4 (0.91%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.91%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.91%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.68%) Maven
9 2 (0.46%) Bugzilla
9 2 (0.46%) JMeter
9 2 (0.46%) JUnit
9 2 (0.46%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.46%) Storybook
9 2 (0.46%) TestNG
9 2 (0.46%) TestRail
10 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 115 (26.20%) Social Skills
2 114 (25.97%) Finance
3 108 (24.60%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.79%) Banking
5 35 (7.97%) Retail
6 34 (7.74%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.01%) Telecoms
8 18 (4.10%) Marketing
9 14 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.28%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.82%) Front Office
12 7 (1.59%) Legal
13 6 (1.37%) Advertising
13 6 (1.37%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.37%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.91%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 95 (21.64%) Analyst
2 59 (13.44%) Architect
3 57 (12.98%) Senior
4 54 (12.30%) Data Analyst
5 52 (11.85%) Developer
6 31 (7.06%) Project Manager
7 30 (6.83%) Analytics Manager
8 28 (6.38%) Data Analytics Manager
9 26 (5.92%) Data Engineer
9 26 (5.92%) Lead
10 25 (5.69%) Data Manager
11 19 (4.33%) Data Architect
12 17 (3.87%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (3.64%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.96%) KDB Developer
14 13 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.73%) Consultant
15 12 (2.73%) Enterprise Architect
16 11 (2.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 10 (2.28%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.64%) Web Services
2 12 (2.73%) HTML
2 12 (2.73%) PySpark
3 11 (2.51%) .NET
4 9 (2.05%) CSS
4 9 (2.05%) jQuery
4 9 (2.05%) Middleware
5 7 (1.59%) JSON
5 7 (1.59%) Pandas
6 6 (1.37%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.14%) Flask
7 5 (1.14%) pytest
7 5 (1.14%) REST
7 5 (1.14%) Swagger
8 4 (0.91%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.91%) Django
8 4 (0.91%) DOM
8 4 (0.91%) Node.js
8 4 (0.91%) Spring
8 4 (0.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.57%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.10%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.96%) Data Structures
4 13 (2.96%) Fixed Income
5 11 (2.51%) NHS
5 11 (2.51%) Security Posture
6 10 (2.28%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.05%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.59%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.59%) CMDB
8 7 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.14%) Life Science
10 5 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.14%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (0.91%) Equities
11 4 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.56%) Windows
2 19 (4.33%) Linux
3 10 (2.28%) Unix
4 7 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.46%) VMS
5 2 (0.46%) zOS
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (100.00%) Analytics
2 127 (28.93%) Agile
3 124 (28.25%) Business Intelligence
4 88 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (19.59%) ETL
6 75 (17.08%) Data Modelling
7 70 (15.95%) Project Management
8 69 (15.72%) Visualisation
9 56 (12.76%) Data Analysis
10 55 (12.53%) Data Management
11 54 (12.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 50 (11.39%) DevOps
13 44 (10.02%) Requirements Gathering
14 43 (9.79%) Data Integration
14 43 (9.79%) Scrum
15 41 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (8.66%) Business Analysis
16 38 (8.66%) Computer Science
16 38 (8.66%) Data Governance
16 38 (8.66%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 148 (33.71%) SQL
2 99 (22.55%) Python
3 16 (3.64%) C#
3 16 (3.64%) R
4 14 (3.19%) Java
5 11 (2.51%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.51%) Shell Script
6 10 (2.28%) Scala
7 9 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.59%) Search Processing Language
9 5 (1.14%) ABAP
9 5 (1.14%) C
9 5 (1.14%) F#
9 5 (1.14%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.14%) VBA
10 4 (0.91%) C++
10 4 (0.91%) COBOL
10 4 (0.91%) Perl
10 4 (0.91%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (15.26%) Degree
2 62 (14.12%) Security Cleared
3 52 (11.85%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.19%) CISSP
6 13 (2.96%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.73%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.05%) CCIE
9 9 (2.05%) CCIE Data Center
10 7 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.91%) CCNP
11 4 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.91%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.68%) CISM
12 3 (0.68%) PMP
13 2 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.46%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.48%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.92%) QA
3 11 (2.51%) PMO
4 10 (2.28%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.59%) GDPR
6 5 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.14%) GAMP
6 5 (1.14%) GxP
6 5 (1.14%) SLA
7 3 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.23%) MiFID
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
8 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.82%) Docker
2 2 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 21 (4.78%) Grafana
2 14 (3.19%) Terraform
3 8 (1.82%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.91%) Ansible
5 3 (0.68%) Graylog
5 3 (0.68%) Matomo
5 3 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.46%) Nagios
7 1 (0.23%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.23%) Nessus
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.23%) Puppet
7 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.23%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 88 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.52%) Google
3 27 (6.15%) Databricks
4 24 (5.47%) Oracle
5 19 (4.33%) Denodo
5 19 (4.33%) Talend
6 17 (3.87%) Adobe
7 15 (3.42%) SAP
8 10 (2.28%) IFS
8 10 (2.28%) Informatica
8 10 (2.28%) Splunk
9 9 (2.05%) Cisco
10 8 (1.82%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.37%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.37%) IBM
11 6 (1.37%) Optimizely
12 5 (1.14%) Ensighten
12 5 (1.14%) Monetate
12 5 (1.14%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.14%) Tealium