Data Analysis Contracts

Data Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 104 115
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 999 1,344 2,068
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.35% 2.35% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.62% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 910 1,404
10th Percentile £313 £312 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £619
90th Percentile £718 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 55 98
10th Percentile £17.93 £19.74 £15.48
25th Percentile £22.79 £21.24 £19.90
Median hourly rate £29.00 £31.27 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -10.66% +45.83%
75th Percentile £50.00 £64.00 £57.64
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £32.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.60% -7.71% +59.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analysis 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 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +9 888 £500 - 855
London +7 497 £500 -4.76% 354
UK excluding London +16 400 £450 -5.26% 533
Work from Home +34 359 £500 +5.26% 389
North of England +16 103 £475 - 140
South East -21 91 £475 -6.86% 103
Midlands +47 75 £400 - 120
North West +8 65 £475 +2.70% 79
West Midlands +46 57 £400 -15.79% 74
Scotland +19 47 £503 +5.79% 34
South West +20 46 £519 +9.21% 67
East of England +9 35 £488 +13.37% 56
Yorkshire +22 32 £450 -14.29% 46
East Midlands +6 17 £410 +20.59% 46
Wales +22 6 £396 -6.82% 17
North East +13 4 £431 -5.53% 15
Northern Ireland +2 2 £375 -29.25% 8

Data Analysis
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 33 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.70%) SAS
3 23 (2.30%) Confluence
4 21 (2.10%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.10%) MTS
6 10 (1.00%) Apache
6 10 (1.00%) IIS
7 8 (0.80%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.50%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.30%) Appian
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.10%) CMS
11 1 (0.10%) Jadu
11 1 (0.10%) Moodle
11 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 153 (15.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (4.10%) MS Visio
4 36 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.90%) SPSS
7 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (0.70%) Simulink
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) InVision
9 2 (0.20%) Mingle
9 2 (0.20%) Sketch
9 2 (0.20%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.10%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.10%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.10%) Stata
10 1 (0.10%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.90%) Endur
3 11 (1.10%) Aligne
3 11 (1.10%) EuroRunner
4 9 (0.90%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.60%) SimCorp Dimension
6 5 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.50%) Primavera
7 4 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.40%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.40%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.30%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.30%) Shopify
9 2 (0.20%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.20%) Maximo
9 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 236 (23.62%) Power Platform
2 125 (12.51%) Azure
3 70 (7.01%) AWS
4 36 (3.60%) Power Automate
5 30 (3.00%) Snowflake
6 27 (2.70%) PowerApps
7 23 (2.30%) GCP
8 20 (2.00%) Collibra
9 19 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (1.60%) Serverless
11 15 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (1.50%) OCI
12 14 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.00%) WhatsApp
14 9 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
15 8 (0.80%) Google Sheets
16 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.70%) Internet
2 11 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (1.00%) Network Security
4 8 (0.80%) 5G
5 6 (0.60%) 4G
6 5 (0.50%) 2G
6 5 (0.50%) 3G
6 5 (0.50%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (0.40%) Wireless
8 2 (0.20%) HTTP
8 2 (0.20%) SNA
9 1 (0.10%) AMQP
9 1 (0.10%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.10%) DMZ
9 1 (0.10%) Firewall
9 1 (0.10%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.10%) Modbus
9 1 (0.10%) MQTT
9 1 (0.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (22.92%) Power BI
2 96 (9.61%) Tableau
3 89 (8.91%) Data Warehouse
4 79 (7.91%) SQL Server
5 64 (6.41%) Big Data
6 38 (3.80%) Data Lake
6 38 (3.80%) Metadata
7 33 (3.30%) Data Mining
8 24 (2.40%) Hadoop
8 24 (2.40%) Oracle Database
9 16 (1.60%) Qlik Sense
10 15 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (1.50%) Power Query
11 14 (1.40%) BusinessObjects
11 14 (1.40%) GIS
12 13 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
12 13 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.00%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 71 (7.11%) JIRA
2 12 (1.20%) Git
3 9 (0.90%) Eclipse
4 7 (0.70%) ERwin
4 7 (0.70%) Selenium
4 7 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 7 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.60%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.50%) Maven
7 4 (0.40%) JMeter
7 4 (0.40%) LSMW
7 4 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.40%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.30%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.20%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.20%) FitNesse
9 2 (0.20%) kappa
9 2 (0.20%) RStudio
General
1 342 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 282 (28.23%) Finance
3 254 (25.43%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (11.51%) Public Sector
5 77 (7.71%) Banking
6 45 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (4.00%) Marketing
8 32 (3.20%) Manufacturing
9 30 (3.00%) Back Office
9 30 (3.00%) Retail
10 28 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 25 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.50%) Legal
12 22 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.00%) Front Office
13 20 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
14 18 (1.80%) Investment Banking
15 11 (1.10%) Mandarin Language
15 11 (1.10%) Publishing
16 10 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 368 (36.84%) Analyst
2 182 (18.22%) Data Analyst
3 142 (14.21%) Business Analyst
4 93 (9.31%) Senior
5 76 (7.61%) Developer
6 62 (6.21%) Data Scientist
7 52 (5.21%) Architect
8 51 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
9 46 (4.60%) Consultant
10 41 (4.10%) Data Engineer
11 38 (3.80%) Lead
12 35 (3.50%) Data Architect
13 26 (2.60%) Data Business Analyst
13 26 (2.60%) Senior Data Analyst
14 21 (2.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 21 (2.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 20 (2.00%) Power BI Developer
16 19 (1.90%) C# Developer
17 16 (1.60%) Project Manager
17 16 (1.60%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.20%) .NET
2 16 (1.60%) .NET Framework
3 15 (1.50%) Pandas
4 14 (1.40%) XML
5 12 (1.20%) PySpark
6 11 (1.10%) Apache NiFi
6 11 (1.10%) Web Services
6 11 (1.10%) WinForms
7 10 (1.00%) JSON
7 10 (1.00%) WPF
8 9 (0.90%) Kafka
8 9 (0.90%) WCF
9 8 (0.80%) Matplotlib
9 8 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (0.80%) SailPoint
10 7 (0.70%) scikit-learn
11 6 (0.60%) NumPy
11 6 (0.60%) REST
12 5 (0.50%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.21%) Management Information System
2 45 (4.50%) Algorithms
3 35 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 32 (3.20%) Data Structures
5 27 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (1.50%) NHS
8 14 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
9 13 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.30%) Distributed Applications
10 12 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
10 12 (1.20%) Derivative
10 12 (1.20%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.10%) Equities
11 11 (1.10%) Onboarding
12 9 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.90%) Genomics
13 8 (0.80%) Hedge funds
13 8 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.80%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.10%) Windows
2 24 (2.40%) Linux
3 21 (2.10%) Unix
4 8 (0.80%) Android
4 8 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (26.43%) Business Intelligence
2 214 (21.42%) Data Modelling
3 212 (21.22%) Visualisation
4 211 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
5 200 (20.02%) Analytics
6 198 (19.82%) Agile
7 141 (14.11%) Decision-Making
8 122 (12.21%) Data Science
8 122 (12.21%) Data Visualisation
9 110 (11.01%) Data Management
10 109 (10.91%) Migration
10 109 (10.91%) Project Management
11 104 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
12 96 (9.61%) Data Governance
13 91 (9.11%) ETL
14 84 (8.41%) Actionable Insight
15 80 (8.01%) Computer Science
16 73 (7.31%) Business Analysis
17 68 (6.81%) Machine Learning
18 63 (6.31%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 329 (32.93%) SQL
2 220 (22.02%) Python
3 58 (5.81%) R
4 44 (4.40%) C#
5 42 (4.20%) T-SQL
6 33 (3.30%) VBA
7 31 (3.10%) PL/SQL
8 25 (2.50%) Java
9 20 (2.00%) C++
9 20 (2.00%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 18 (1.80%) VB
12 15 (1.50%) MATLAB
13 14 (1.40%) VB.NET
14 10 (1.00%) JavaScript
14 10 (1.00%) Scala
15 8 (0.80%) Bash
16 7 (0.70%) C
17 5 (0.50%) Perl
18 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 150 (15.02%) Degree
2 110 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 74 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.50%) DV Cleared
5 31 (3.10%) Master's Degree
6 28 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.30%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.10%) PMP
10 9 (0.90%) CIMA
10 9 (0.90%) PhD
11 8 (0.80%) CBAP
12 6 (0.60%) ACCA
12 6 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (0.60%) Postgraduate
13 5 (0.50%) ISEB
13 5 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.40%) CISSP
14 4 (0.40%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (11.51%) Data Quality
2 81 (8.11%) QA
3 42 (4.20%) PMO
4 24 (2.40%) GDPR
5 22 (2.20%) SLA
6 16 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.10%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.80%) IFRS
9 8 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.80%) NIST
10 5 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (0.50%) GRC
11 4 (0.40%) WCAG
12 3 (0.30%) EMIR
12 3 (0.30%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.30%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.20%) Basel III
13 2 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 9 (0.90%) Docker
2 3 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.30%) HDFS
3 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (0.70%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.40%) Grafana
2 4 (0.40%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.30%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.30%) MOM
4 2 (0.20%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.20%) Terraform
5 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.10%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.10%) SCCM
5 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 118 (11.81%) Microsoft
2 84 (8.41%) Oracle
3 64 (6.41%) SAP
4 35 (3.50%) Salesforce
5 32 (3.20%) ServiceNow
6 27 (2.70%) Databricks
7 22 (2.20%) Google
8 19 (1.90%) Citrix
9 16 (1.60%) Alteryx
10 15 (1.50%) Dell
11 12 (1.20%) Red Hat
12 10 (1.00%) Atlassian
12 10 (1.00%) Splunk
13 8 (0.80%) Cadence
13 8 (0.80%) Dataiku
13 8 (0.80%) Remedy
14 7 (0.70%) Adobe
14 7 (0.70%) IBM
14 7 (0.70%) Trillium
15 6 (0.60%) HP