Data Categorisation Contracts

Data Categorization
UK

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

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 595 709 850
Rank change year-on-year +114 +141 -
Contract jobs citing Data Categorisation 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.006% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £448 - -
25th Percentile £449 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +12.88% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £454 £425 £388
90th Percentile £455 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £452 £400 -
% change year-on-year +12.88% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Categorisation 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 37,562 53,490 80,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.88% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 37,115 56,434
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 1,742 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%

Data Categorisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Categorisation in the UK

Data Categorisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Categorisation in the UK

Data Categorisation
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Categorisation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +49 3 £452 +12.88% 1
Scotland - 3 £452 -
Work from Home +123 1 £456 +14.00% 1

Data Categorisation
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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Quality Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Product Management
1 3 (100.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland