Statistics Contracts

Statistics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Statistics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Statistics 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 326 379 417
Rank change year-on-year +53 +38 -87
Contract jobs citing Statistics 263 345 536
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.60% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.67% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 201 325
10th Percentile £258 £206 £208
25th Percentile £380 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £589 £625
90th Percentile £600 £788 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £450 £432
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.17% +4.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 38 35
10th Percentile £15.39 £16.85 £19.52
25th Percentile £15.85 £16.98 £19.91
Median hourly rate £24.00 £19.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% -29.13% +22.22%
75th Percentile £42.88 £22.02 £43.88
90th Percentile £46.18 £65.00 £59.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.25 £19.49 £19.91
% change year-on-year +19.29% -2.11% +15.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Statistics 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%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Statistics over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Statistics over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics 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 +84 243 £488 -5.80% 424
UK excluding London +26 133 £488 +8.33% 235
London +55 97 £500 -6.98% 238
Work from Home +57 80 £493 +9.56% 191
North of England +57 57 £493 -24.15% 57
North West +58 52 £493 -19.51% 34
South East +3 32 £315 -6.67% 77
East of England +23 17 £388 +3.33% 32
Midlands +13 15 £480 +20.00% 26
West Midlands +20 9 £400 -21.95% 14
Wales +11 7 £380 -33.91% 7
East Midlands +13 6 £575 +43.75% 12
Yorkshire +6 5 £320 -53.45% 16
South West 0 3 £525 +1.45% 24
Scotland +24 2 £425 -9.33% 13

Statistics
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 20 (7.60%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.70%) SAS
3 7 (2.66%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.66%) Documentum
4 6 (2.28%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (2.28%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.14%) CMS
5 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.76%) Apache
7 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.38%) Drupal
7 1 (0.38%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (14.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.80%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (3.42%) SPSS
5 4 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.76%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.76%) Revit
6 2 (0.76%) Simulink
6 2 (0.76%) Stata
7 1 (0.38%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Workfront
2 1 (0.38%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.07%) Power Platform
2 29 (11.03%) Azure
3 16 (6.08%) AWS
4 15 (5.70%) GCP
5 3 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.76%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.76%) GitHub
6 2 (0.76%) Mimecast
6 2 (0.76%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.76%) Vertex AI
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.38%) dbt
7 1 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.38%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.38%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.80%) DNS
2 8 (3.04%) 3G
2 8 (3.04%) 4G
2 8 (3.04%) 5G
3 6 (2.28%) Diameter Protocol
3 6 (2.28%) Firewall
3 6 (2.28%) GGSN
3 6 (2.28%) LTE
3 6 (2.28%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (2.28%) RANAP
3 6 (2.28%) SAN
3 6 (2.28%) SGSN
3 6 (2.28%) VoLTE
3 6 (2.28%) WAN
3 6 (2.28%) Wireshark
4 5 (1.90%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (1.52%) DWDM
5 4 (1.52%) IP Telephony
5 4 (1.52%) Network Security
5 4 (1.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (14.83%) Tableau
2 37 (14.07%) Power BI
3 29 (11.03%) Big Data
4 17 (6.46%) Hadoop
5 16 (6.08%) SQL Server
6 14 (5.32%) Data Mining
7 11 (4.18%) PowerPivot
8 9 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.42%) Relational Database
8 9 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.66%) EDMS
11 6 (2.28%) BigQuery
11 6 (2.28%) Metadata
11 6 (2.28%) Microsoft Power View
11 6 (2.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (1.90%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
13 4 (1.52%) Looker
14 3 (1.14%) Presto
Development Applications
1 5 (1.90%) Git
2 4 (1.52%) JIRA
3 3 (1.14%) RStudio
3 3 (1.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Poetry
4 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 112 (42.59%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (15.97%) Finance
4 30 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.46%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (6.08%) Telecoms
7 15 (5.70%) Marketing
8 13 (4.94%) Banking
9 12 (4.56%) Retail
10 8 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.04%) Local Government
10 8 (3.04%) Publishing
11 7 (2.66%) Multimedia
11 7 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.90%) Advertising
12 5 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.14%) Retail Finance
14 3 (1.14%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (22.81%) Analyst
2 39 (14.83%) Data Scientist
3 27 (10.27%) Data Analyst
4 23 (8.75%) Senior
5 14 (5.32%) Capacity Manager
5 14 (5.32%) Problem Manager
6 12 (4.56%) Availability Manager
6 12 (4.56%) Capacity and Availability Manager
7 8 (3.04%) Developer
7 8 (3.04%) Performance Analyst
8 7 (2.66%) Administrator
8 7 (2.66%) Document Controller
8 7 (2.66%) Network Engineer
8 7 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (2.66%) Software Asset Manager
8 7 (2.66%) Software Manager
9 6 (2.28%) Credit Analyst
9 6 (2.28%) Qualitative Analyst
9 6 (2.28%) Quantitative Analyst
9 6 (2.28%) SharePoint Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.18%) HTML
1 11 (4.18%) scikit-learn
1 11 (4.18%) TensorFlow
2 10 (3.80%) Pandas
3 8 (3.04%) CSS
3 8 (3.04%) PySpark
4 6 (2.28%) PyTorch
5 4 (1.52%) D3.js
6 3 (1.14%) Kafka
6 3 (1.14%) React Native
7 2 (0.76%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.76%) ADO
7 2 (0.76%) JSON
7 2 (0.76%) Lambda Expressions
7 2 (0.76%) Node.js
7 2 (0.76%) NumPy
7 2 (0.76%) RESTful
7 2 (0.76%) SciPy
7 2 (0.76%) Shiny
7 2 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.11%) Management Information System
2 30 (11.41%) Algorithms
3 25 (9.51%) Virtual Team
4 12 (4.56%) Credit Risk
4 12 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.80%) CMDB
6 9 (3.42%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.66%) Derivative
7 7 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.28%) Credit Derivative
9 5 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.90%) HP Storage
9 5 (1.90%) Life Science
10 4 (1.52%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.52%) Social Media
11 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.14%) NHS
12 2 (0.76%) FMCG
12 2 (0.76%) PKI
12 2 (0.76%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.04%) Linux
1 8 (3.04%) Windows
2 7 (2.66%) Solaris
3 5 (1.90%) AIX
4 2 (0.76%) HPUX
4 2 (0.76%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) Debian
5 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (30.04%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (27.00%) Mathematics
3 65 (24.71%) Data Science
4 60 (22.81%) Computer Science
5 55 (20.91%) Visualisation
6 53 (20.15%) Business Intelligence
7 51 (19.39%) Machine Learning
7 51 (19.39%) Mentoring
8 49 (18.63%) Data Analysis
9 45 (17.11%) Quality Management
10 43 (16.35%) Analytics
11 42 (15.97%) Data Visualisation
12 39 (14.83%) Service Management
13 36 (13.69%) ITIL
14 34 (12.93%) Data Modelling
15 32 (12.17%) Problem Management
16 29 (11.03%) Project Management
17 25 (9.51%) Agile
17 25 (9.51%) Decision-Making
17 25 (9.51%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (41.06%) Python
2 81 (30.80%) SQL
3 43 (16.35%) R
4 13 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.18%) C++
6 8 (3.04%) Java
6 8 (3.04%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.52%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.14%) Bash
8 3 (1.14%) Scala
9 2 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.76%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.76%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.38%) C
10 1 (0.38%) Perl
10 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (38.78%) Degree
2 66 (25.10%) Security Cleared
3 58 (22.05%) SC Cleared
4 33 (12.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (8.37%) Master's Degree
5 22 (8.37%) PhD
6 15 (5.70%) Numerate Degree
7 8 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.04%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.66%) Postgraduate
9 6 (2.28%) CCNA
10 3 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.76%) CCNP
11 2 (0.76%) CCSP
11 2 (0.76%) CISSP
11 2 (0.76%) MBA
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.38%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.31%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.42%) QA
3 7 (2.66%) SLA
4 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.14%) PMO
6 2 (0.76%) Basel III
6 2 (0.76%) GDPR
7 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (3.04%) Docker
1 8 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.76%) XenApp
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.66%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.90%) EMC NetWorker
2 5 (1.90%) HP Data Protector
2 5 (1.90%) NetBackup
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.76%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.76%) Terraform
4 2 (0.76%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 20 (7.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.18%) Cisco
3 9 (3.42%) VMware
4 7 (2.66%) Databricks
4 7 (2.66%) Oracle
5 6 (2.28%) Empirix
5 6 (2.28%) NetScout
5 6 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.90%) Brocade
6 5 (1.90%) EMC
6 5 (1.90%) HP
6 5 (1.90%) Symantec
7 4 (1.52%) Avaya
8 3 (1.14%) Adobe
8 3 (1.14%) Google
8 3 (1.14%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.14%) Splunk
8 3 (1.14%) Teradata
9 2 (0.76%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.76%) SonicWALL