Analytics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 53 51
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Analytics 790 921 1,324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.79% 4.04% 4.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 4.53% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 634 873
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £416 £420 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £516 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% +0.68% +5.13%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £613
90th Percentile £725 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 31 37
10th Percentile £13.50 £20.56 £10.50
25th Percentile £21.35 £21.00 £29.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% -10.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £43.75 £59.75 -
90th Percentile £59.73 £78.00 £45.60
UK median hourly rate £30.37 £32.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.98% -7.71% +29.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,348 20,314 27,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.29% 89.18% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,293 13,939 19,042
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 1,244 1,338
10th Percentile £12.45 £10.63 £12.47
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.72 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.70 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +1 204 £540 +8.00% 247
North of England -9 178 £501 -8.17% 340
Midlands +6 143 £550 +6.28% 189
North West +6 112 £500 -4.76% 234
West Midlands +12 111 £550 +4.76% 111
Scotland +15 106 £491 -1.70% 76
South West +33 101 £531 +3.66% 111
Yorkshire -10 62 £507 -7.40% 79
East of England +5 49 £500 - 94
East Midlands +1 32 £475 +5.56% 79
Wales +26 18 £550 -3.46% 18
North East +4 7 - - 32
Northern Ireland +4 5 £400 -5.88% 19
Analytics
UK

Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 32 (4.05%) SAS
2 24 (3.04%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (2.91%) SharePoint
4 19 (2.41%) Confluence
5 12 (1.52%) CMS
6 6 (0.76%) WordPress
7 5 (0.63%) Apache
8 3 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.38%) Drupal
8 3 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.25%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.13%) Jadu
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.63%) SPSS
6 4 (0.51%) Sketch
6 4 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 25 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.76%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.76%) SAP FI-AP
4 4 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.51%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.51%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.38%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.25%) Maximo
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.25%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.13%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 174 (22.03%) Azure
2 143 (18.10%) Power Platform
3 70 (8.86%) AWS
4 46 (5.82%) Snowflake
5 40 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 37 (4.68%) Serverless
7 34 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
8 32 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (3.80%) GCP
9 30 (3.80%) Google Analytics
10 25 (3.16%) Amazon S3
11 24 (3.04%) Entra ID
12 20 (2.53%) Azure Storage
12 20 (2.53%) OCI
13 18 (2.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (2.03%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.03%) SaaS
15 15 (1.90%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
17 13 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.68%) Firewall
2 28 (3.54%) DNS
3 26 (3.29%) WAN
4 25 (3.16%) DHCP
5 21 (2.66%) VPN
6 19 (2.41%) Network Security
7 18 (2.28%) LAN
8 14 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (1.27%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.14%) MPLS
10 9 (1.14%) PBX
10 9 (1.14%) VoIP
10 9 (1.14%) WLAN
11 8 (1.01%) Internet
11 8 (1.01%) Intranet
12 7 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (17.22%) Power BI
2 93 (11.77%) Tableau
3 71 (8.99%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (7.34%) Big Data
5 43 (5.44%) Data Lake
6 32 (4.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 28 (3.54%) MySQL
8 27 (3.42%) SQL Server
9 26 (3.29%) Hadoop
10 22 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (2.78%) Relational Database
11 20 (2.53%) BigQuery
12 16 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (1.77%) Amazon Athena
15 12 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
15 12 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
16 10 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
16 10 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 46 (5.82%) JIRA
2 31 (3.92%) Git
3 26 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.14%) Cypress.io
5 7 (0.89%) GitLab
6 6 (0.76%) JMeter
6 6 (0.76%) JUnit
7 5 (0.63%) Postman
8 4 (0.51%) kappa
9 3 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.38%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.38%) Selenium
10 2 (0.25%) Maven
10 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.25%) Storybook
11 1 (0.13%) AppScan
11 1 (0.13%) Dreamweaver
11 1 (0.13%) ERwin
11 1 (0.13%) MLflow
11 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 219 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 167 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
3 152 (19.24%) Finance
4 76 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 39 (4.94%) Legal
5 39 (4.94%) Marketing
6 32 (4.05%) Telecoms
7 26 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (3.16%) Manufacturing
9 21 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.53%) Retail
11 19 (2.41%) Banking
12 18 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.89%) Military
15 6 (0.76%) Law
16 5 (0.63%) Local Government
16 5 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.51%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 170 (21.52%) Analyst
2 104 (13.16%) Developer
3 92 (11.65%) Data Analyst
4 82 (10.38%) Architect
5 58 (7.34%) Lead
6 56 (7.09%) Senior
7 52 (6.58%) Data Engineer
8 40 (5.06%) Consultant
9 32 (4.05%) Data Architect
10 29 (3.67%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.54%) Azure Engineer
12 24 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (3.04%) Support Specialist
13 22 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 21 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.53%) Active Directory Support
16 19 (2.41%) SOC Analyst
16 19 (2.41%) Support Engineer
17 15 (1.90%) Analytics Manager
17 15 (1.90%) Azure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.04%) ARM Templates
2 22 (2.78%) HTML
2 22 (2.78%) REST
2 22 (2.78%) Web Services
3 19 (2.41%) Kafka
4 18 (2.28%) React
5 17 (2.15%) CSS
6 15 (1.90%) XML
7 14 (1.77%) Apache NiFi
8 11 (1.39%) AWS CDK
8 11 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
8 11 (1.39%) PySpark
8 11 (1.39%) Spring
8 11 (1.39%) Spring Boot
9 10 (1.27%) .NET
9 10 (1.27%) Middleware
10 9 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (1.14%) Gherkin
11 8 (1.01%) JSON
12 7 (0.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.20%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (4.56%) Credit Risk
3 36 (4.56%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.42%) Data Structures
5 26 (3.29%) Security Operations Centre
6 25 (3.16%) CSOC
7 22 (2.78%) Data Centre
8 20 (2.53%) PKI
9 19 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
9 19 (2.41%) Social Media
10 18 (2.28%) Public Cloud
11 16 (2.03%) Distributed Applications
12 13 (1.65%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.52%) Cloud Native
13 12 (1.52%) Life Science
14 11 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.39%) Security Posture
15 8 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (1.01%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 74 (9.37%) Linux
2 63 (7.97%) Windows
3 22 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (2.66%) Windows Server
5 20 (2.53%) Unix
5 20 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (1.77%) Android
6 14 (1.77%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.76%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.25%) zOS
9 1 (0.13%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (23.80%) Business Intelligence
2 178 (22.53%) Agile
3 173 (21.90%) Data Analytics
4 141 (17.85%) Data Modelling
5 131 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (14.68%) ETL
7 99 (12.53%) Visualisation
8 97 (12.28%) Data Analysis
9 90 (11.39%) Decision-Making
10 85 (10.76%) Actionable Insight
11 79 (10.00%) DevOps
12 77 (9.75%) Data Management
13 73 (9.24%) Project Management
14 72 (9.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 69 (8.73%) Migration
16 63 (7.97%) Data Science
17 62 (7.85%) Cybersecurity
18 61 (7.72%) CI/CD
18 61 (7.72%) Dashboard Development
19 60 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 191 (24.18%) SQL
2 110 (13.92%) Python
3 44 (5.57%) Java
4 38 (4.81%) PowerShell
5 27 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 26 (3.29%) C#
7 24 (3.04%) Bicep
8 23 (2.91%) R
9 20 (2.53%) VB
9 20 (2.53%) VBScript
10 13 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.39%) TypeScript
12 10 (1.27%) ABAP
13 8 (1.01%) Bash
13 8 (1.01%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.76%) C
15 6 (0.76%) PHP
15 6 (0.76%) Search Processing Language
16 5 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 147 (18.61%) Security Cleared
2 136 (17.22%) Degree
3 86 (10.89%) SC Cleared
4 77 (9.75%) DV Cleared
5 29 (3.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 26 (3.29%) SANS
7 23 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.14%) CCIE
9 9 (1.14%) CCIE Data Center
9 9 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.01%) CISSP
11 4 (0.51%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.51%) CCNP
11 4 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.51%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.51%) PMP
12 3 (0.38%) APMG
12 3 (0.38%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.95%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.43%) QA
3 21 (2.66%) GDPR
4 19 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.03%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (1.65%) PMO
7 10 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
8 9 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (1.01%) GxP
10 7 (0.89%) IFRS
10 7 (0.89%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.63%) GAMP
11 5 (0.63%) NIST
11 5 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.51%) NCSC
13 3 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.25%) SLA
15 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 26 (3.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 25 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.65%) Docker
5 6 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.63%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.38%) HDFS
8 1 (0.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.54%) Grafana
3 26 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (2.78%) Terraform
5 20 (2.53%) SCCM
5 20 (2.53%) SCOM
5 20 (2.53%) WSUS
6 7 (0.89%) Ansible
7 5 (0.63%) SysTrack
8 4 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.51%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 3 (0.38%) Graylog
9 3 (0.38%) Kibana
10 2 (0.25%) Nagios
11 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.13%) Nessus
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.13%) QRadar
11 1 (0.13%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 151 (19.11%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.96%) SAP
3 49 (6.20%) Google
4 46 (5.82%) Oracle
5 32 (4.05%) Alteryx
5 32 (4.05%) Databricks
6 25 (3.16%) Atlassian
7 17 (2.15%) Denodo
7 17 (2.15%) Talend
8 16 (2.03%) Red Hat
8 16 (2.03%) Splunk
9 15 (1.90%) Adobe
10 14 (1.77%) IFS
10 14 (1.77%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.52%) Cisco
12 8 (1.01%) Ab Initio
12 8 (1.01%) Ariba
12 8 (1.01%) Facebook
12 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.89%) Twitter