Data Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Data Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 116 123
Rank change year-on-year +16 +7 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 41 42 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.39% 1.30% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.38% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 28 59
10th Percentile £350 £234 £200
25th Percentile £356 £302 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £406
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.48% -1.58%
75th Percentile £451 £438 £491
90th Percentile £503 £511 £637
England median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.95% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 14
10th Percentile - £24.13 £25.73
25th Percentile - £28.44 -
Median hourly rate - £36.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% +117.46%
75th Percentile - £43.44 -
90th Percentile - £47.38 -
England median hourly rate £21.43 £22.16 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.29% -11.36% +35.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands +10 24 £443 +10.69% 14
East Midlands +14 17 £363 -3.33% 9
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (43.90%) SQL
2 17 (41.46%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (34.15%) Python
4 13 (31.71%) Oracle
4 13 (31.71%) Analytics
5 12 (29.27%) Finance
6 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (24.39%) Test Scripting
7 9 (21.95%) Data Analytics
7 9 (21.95%) Power BI
7 9 (21.95%) Power Platform
7 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
8 7 (17.07%) Data Quality
8 7 (17.07%) Logistic Regression
8 7 (17.07%) R
8 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
8 7 (17.07%) Data Analysis
9 6 (14.63%) Migration
9 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
9 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
9 6 (14.63%) Hadoop
9 6 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (14.63%) Data Science
10 5 (12.20%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (12.20%) Decision Tree
10 5 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
10 5 (12.20%) Business Strategy
10 5 (12.20%) Visualisation
10 5 (12.20%) User Acceptance Testing

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (2.44%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.95%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.32%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (4.88%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon Kinesis
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon MSK
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (2.44%) Azure App Service
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.44%) OCI
4 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) Power BI
2 6 (14.63%) Hadoop
3 5 (12.20%) Impala
3 5 (12.20%) Oracle Database
4 4 (9.76%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (7.32%) Data Mining
6 2 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (4.88%) Tableau
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.44%) Big Data
7 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
7 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
7 1 (2.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (2.44%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (2.44%) Power Query
7 1 (2.44%) Presto
7 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 12 (29.27%) Finance
2 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Banking
4 3 (7.32%) Retail
5 2 (4.88%) Billing
5 2 (4.88%) Local Government
5 2 (4.88%) Marketing
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) BREW
1 1 (2.44%) Middleware
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) FMCG
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (31.71%) Analytics
3 10 (24.39%) Test Scripting
4 9 (21.95%) Data Analytics
5 7 (17.07%) Data Analysis
5 7 (17.07%) Logistic Regression
6 6 (14.63%) Data Science
6 6 (14.63%) Migration
7 5 (12.20%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (12.20%) Agile
7 5 (12.20%) Business Strategy
7 5 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (12.20%) Data Mapping
7 5 (12.20%) Data Migration
7 5 (12.20%) Decision Tree
7 5 (12.20%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (12.20%) Visualisation
8 4 (9.76%) Manual Testing
8 4 (9.76%) Performance Testing
8 4 (9.76%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (43.90%) SQL
2 14 (34.15%) Python
3 7 (17.07%) R
4 2 (4.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.44%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
1 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) ACCA
4 1 (2.44%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Oracle
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.76%) Denodo
4 3 (7.32%) Databricks
5 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.44%) Alteryx
6 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.44%) Sage
6 1 (2.44%) Splunk
6 1 (2.44%) Talend
6 1 (2.44%) Teradata