Data Interpretation Contracts

Data Interpretation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Interpretation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Interpretation over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 665 772
Rank change year-on-year +113 +107 -109
Contract jobs citing Data Interpretation 35 30 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.053% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.060% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 35
10th Percentile £309 £170 £204
25th Percentile £345 £255 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £438 £438 £650
90th Percentile £495 £475 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £330 £375
% change year-on-year +13.50% -11.90% +74.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 11
10th Percentile - - £12.30
25th Percentile - - £12.63
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £14.50
75th Percentile £24.56 - £14.75
90th Percentile £54.00 - £32.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 - £14.50
% change year-on-year - - -30.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Interpretation 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 36,749 50,370 79,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 89.70% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 34,859 55,702
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £486
% change year-on-year - +2.87% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,511 1,675 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +44.08% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%

Data Interpretation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Interpretation over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Interpretation in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Interpretation over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Interpretation within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +107 34 £385 +2.67% 63
UK excluding London +59 24 £375 +13.50% 42
Work from Home +128 17 £390 -2.50% 32
London +86 10 £390 -5.45% 26
Midlands +25 7 £300 -26.83% 7
South East +7 7 £375 - 11
North of England +35 6 £400 +6.67% 13
East Midlands +15 5 - - 6
South West - 4 £450 - 3
North West - 4 £400 - 6
West Midlands +16 2 £300 -26.83% 1
Yorkshire +15 2 - - 4

Data Interpretation
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 5 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (17.14%) SPSS
3 3 (8.57%) Sketch
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.43%) SaaS
3 3 (8.57%) Figma
4 1 (2.86%) GCP
4 1 (2.86%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (2.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (34.29%) Power BI
2 4 (11.43%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (11.43%) Tableau
3 2 (5.71%) Data Mining
3 2 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.71%) Power Query
4 1 (2.86%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.86%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
General
1 22 (62.86%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Finance
3 6 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Local Government
7 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Administrator
3 5 (14.29%) Data Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Developer
5 3 (8.57%) React Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
5 3 (8.57%) Service Level Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Service Manager
5 3 (8.57%) UX Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Accountant
6 2 (5.71%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Digital Product Owner
6 2 (5.71%) JavaScript Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Product Owner
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Product Owner
7 1 (2.86%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) D3.js
2 3 (8.57%) CSS
2 3 (8.57%) HTML
2 3 (8.57%) PySpark
2 3 (8.57%) React
3 1 (2.86%) LangChain
3 1 (2.86%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (8.57%) Biopharmaceutical
2 3 (8.57%) Data Structures
2 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Data Analysis
2 12 (34.29%) Agile
3 10 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 10 (28.57%) Visualisation
4 9 (25.71%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (25.71%) Analytics
4 9 (25.71%) Computer Science
4 9 (25.71%) Data Modelling
4 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (20.00%) Data Collection
6 6 (17.14%) Data Science
6 6 (17.14%) ITIL
6 6 (17.14%) User Experience
7 5 (14.29%) Anthropology
7 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
7 5 (14.29%) Qualitative Research
7 5 (14.29%) Sociology
7 5 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) Python
2 9 (25.71%) SQL
3 8 (22.86%) R
4 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Degree
2 6 (17.14%) Master's Degree
3 4 (11.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) ACCA
5 2 (5.71%) CIMA
5 2 (5.71%) CIPFA
6 1 (2.86%) CISA
6 1 (2.86%) CISM
6 1 (2.86%) CISSP
6 1 (2.86%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.71%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Remedy
3 1 (2.86%) Blue Prism
3 1 (2.86%) Google
3 1 (2.86%) OneTrust