Data-Driven Decision Making Contracts in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK > England

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 569 592
Rank change year-on-year +181 +23 -31
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 156 79 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.16% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.17% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 63 159
10th Percentile £413 £406 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £644
90th Percentile £779 £868 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile - - £29.68
25th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £34.44
Median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +7.34% +142.47%
75th Percentile £61.50 £48.75 £55.44
90th Percentile £69.91 - £61.03
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £44.25
% change year-on-year -10.53% +7.34% +132.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data-Driven Decision Making 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in England.

Daily rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
London +144 86 £525 -16.00% 113
North of England +53 28 £520 +22.35% 43
South East +28 24 £450 - 39
North West +40 18 £518 +42.76% 28
Midlands +25 9 £450 -28.00% 22
West Midlands +28 8 £450 -28.00% 13
Yorkshire +28 7 £525 +10.53% 14
East of England +14 3 £550 +10.00% 13
North East - 3 £533 - 2
East Midlands +19 1 £225 -65.38% 9
South West +12 1 £600 +142.42% 14
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Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.21%) Apache Spark
1 5 (3.21%) Confluence
2 4 (2.56%) govService
3 3 (1.92%) CMS
4 2 (1.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 2 (1.28%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.28%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.64%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.64%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.64%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.64%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.79%) Power Platform
2 27 (17.31%) Azure
3 11 (7.05%) AWS
4 6 (3.85%) GCP
5 5 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (3.21%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.56%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (1.92%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.92%) SaaS
7 3 (1.92%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.28%) dbt
8 2 (1.28%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.28%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.28%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.28%) Serverless
8 2 (1.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.28%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.64%) 3G
2 1 (0.64%) 4G
2 1 (0.64%) 5G
2 1 (0.64%) Broadband
2 1 (0.64%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (21.79%) Power BI
2 25 (16.03%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (14.74%) Tableau
4 11 (7.05%) Big Data
5 10 (6.41%) Data Lake
6 9 (5.77%) Relational Database
7 8 (5.13%) QlikView
8 6 (3.85%) Metadata
8 6 (3.85%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (3.21%) SQL Server
10 4 (2.56%) Looker
10 4 (2.56%) MySQL
11 3 (1.92%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.92%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.92%) HBase
11 3 (1.92%) PostHog
11 3 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (5.13%) JIRA
2 2 (1.28%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.28%) JUnit
2 2 (1.28%) Selenium
2 2 (1.28%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.64%) ERwin
3 1 (0.64%) Git
3 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.64%) RStudio
General
1 89 (57.05%) Social Skills
2 63 (40.38%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (20.51%) Finance
4 15 (9.62%) Marketing
5 13 (8.33%) Retail
6 12 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.77%) Legal
7 9 (5.77%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.85%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.56%) Automotive
9 4 (2.56%) Banking
10 3 (1.92%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Publishing
12 1 (0.64%) Back Office
12 1 (0.64%) Front Office
12 1 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (14.10%) Analyst
2 20 (12.82%) Lead
3 18 (11.54%) Data Analyst
3 18 (11.54%) Developer
4 15 (9.62%) Architect
5 14 (8.97%) Consultant
5 14 (8.97%) Data Engineer
6 12 (7.69%) Senior
7 11 (7.05%) Product Manager
8 7 (4.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 7 (4.49%) Data Consultant
8 7 (4.49%) Data Governance Consultant
8 7 (4.49%) Governance Consultant
8 7 (4.49%) Senior Data Engineer
9 6 (3.85%) Data Architect
9 6 (3.85%) Informatica Architect
9 6 (3.85%) Product Owner
9 6 (3.85%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.85%) Qlik Developer
9 6 (3.85%) Qlik Sense Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.56%) Kafka
2 3 (1.92%) JSON
3 2 (1.28%) REST
3 2 (1.28%) Swagger
3 2 (1.28%) YAML
4 1 (0.64%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.64%) CSS
4 1 (0.64%) CSS3
4 1 (0.64%) HTML
4 1 (0.64%) HTML5
4 1 (0.64%) ODBC
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.97%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.92%) FMCG
4 3 (1.92%) Life Science
4 3 (1.92%) NHS
5 2 (1.28%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.28%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.28%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.28%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.64%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.64%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.64%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.64%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (73.72%) Decision-Making
2 74 (47.44%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (39.74%) Analytics
4 50 (32.05%) Business Intelligence
5 47 (30.13%) Data Modelling
6 36 (23.08%) Agile
6 36 (23.08%) Data Governance
7 34 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (19.23%) ETL
8 30 (19.23%) Visualisation
9 29 (18.59%) Mentoring
10 26 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (16.03%) Data Analysis
12 24 (15.38%) Data Analytics
12 24 (15.38%) Data Integration
13 23 (14.74%) Actionable Insight
14 22 (14.10%) Roadmaps
15 21 (13.46%) Data Pipeline
16 20 (12.82%) Data Management
16 20 (12.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (23.72%) SQL
2 24 (15.38%) Python
3 10 (6.41%) Scala
4 5 (3.21%) Java
5 4 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.92%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.92%) R
7 2 (1.28%) C#
7 2 (1.28%) Perl
7 2 (1.28%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (14.10%) Degree
2 9 (5.77%) SC Cleared
2 9 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.21%) Master's Degree
3 5 (3.21%) SAP Certification
4 3 (1.92%) CSPO
4 3 (1.92%) Postgraduate
5 2 (1.28%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (1.28%) MBA
6 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (26.28%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.41%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.92%) GDPR
3 3 (1.92%) QA
4 1 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.64%) GRC
4 1 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.64%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (15.38%) Informatica
2 16 (10.26%) Databricks
2 16 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.13%) Facebook
3 8 (5.13%) Instagram
4 7 (4.49%) SAP
5 5 (3.21%) Oracle
5 5 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.56%) Adobe
7 3 (1.92%) Brio
7 3 (1.92%) Google
8 2 (1.28%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.28%) Citrix
8 2 (1.28%) Marketo
8 2 (1.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.64%) BigPanda
9 1 (0.64%) Okta
9 1 (0.64%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.64%) Snowplow
9 1 (0.64%) Varonis