Data Modelling Contracts

Data Modelling
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Modelling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Modelling over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 70 64
Rank change year-on-year +17 -6 -3
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 1,548 1,912 3,274
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.58% 3.20% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.14% 3.56% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,322 2,256
10th Percentile £400 £410 £406
25th Percentile £463 £475 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +12.75%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £759
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 23 14
10th Percentile £30.37 £19.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £19.74 £22.24
Median hourly rate £48.50 £35.00 £48.25
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% -27.46% +38.09%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.25 £64.00
90th Percentile £64.53 £68.20 £72.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 £31.25 £19.13
% change year-on-year -2.40% +63.36% -16.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Modelling 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 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
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% +8.25%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Modelling within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +23 1,348 £550 -4.35% 499
London +28 871 £600 - 272
Work from Home +28 633 £550 -0.90% 234
UK excluding London +18 487 £525 -4.55% 236
North of England +31 155 £525 -8.70% 79
South East -28 99 £513 -2.38% 40
Midlands +25 86 £500 -10.31% 47
North West +43 82 £525 - 49
South West +42 75 £550 -15.38% 20
Yorkshire +8 67 £554 +0.73% 23
Scotland +12 58 £500 -5.66% 13
West Midlands +8 57 £463 -18.50% 31
East of England +5 29 £500 +17.65% 23
East Midlands +40 28 £550 +46.67% 15
North East +7 9 £454 -24.33% 7
Wales -8 4 £450 -18.03% 16

Data Modelling
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 45 (2.91%) Apache Spark
2 36 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (2.13%) SharePoint
4 31 (2.00%) Confluence
5 28 (1.81%) Apache
5 28 (1.81%) SAS
6 7 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.065%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.065%) CMS
9 1 (0.065%) IIS
9 1 (0.065%) JBoss
9 1 (0.065%) Luigi
9 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.065%) WildFly
Applications
1 66 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.97%) MS Visio
3 27 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (0.45%) SPSS
7 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.065%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 48 (3.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 28 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.58%) Loan IQ
4 9 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.45%) SAP MDG
5 7 (0.45%) Siebel CRM
6 6 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
6 6 (0.39%) ION MarketView
6 6 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.39%) Unica
7 5 (0.32%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.32%) Shopify
8 4 (0.26%) FastStats
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
9 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
9 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 392 (25.32%) Azure
2 308 (19.90%) Power Platform
3 216 (13.95%) AWS
4 116 (7.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 85 (5.49%) GCP
6 73 (4.72%) Serverless
7 69 (4.46%) Snowflake
8 65 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 61 (3.94%) AWS Lambda
10 52 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
11 41 (2.65%) Amazon S3
12 36 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (1.94%) dbt
14 28 (1.81%) OCI
15 26 (1.68%) AWS Step Functions
16 24 (1.55%) PowerApps
17 23 (1.49%) Azure Stack
18 22 (1.42%) GitHub
18 22 (1.42%) Power Automate
19 20 (1.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.42%) SAN
2 21 (1.36%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.71%) FIX Connectivity
4 7 (0.45%) Internet
5 6 (0.39%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.32%) Firewall
7 4 (0.26%) Network Security
8 3 (0.19%) DNS
9 2 (0.13%) Broadband
9 2 (0.13%) FTP
9 2 (0.13%) HTTP
9 2 (0.13%) VPN
10 1 (0.065%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.065%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.065%) SSL
10 1 (0.065%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 393 (25.39%) Data Warehouse
2 291 (18.80%) Power BI
3 136 (8.79%) SQL Server
4 130 (8.40%) Metadata
5 129 (8.33%) Big Data
6 126 (8.14%) Data Lake
7 119 (7.69%) NoSQL
8 116 (7.49%) Tableau
9 91 (5.88%) Relational Database
10 71 (4.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (3.68%) Amazon Redshift
11 57 (3.68%) Data Vault
12 52 (3.36%) BigQuery
13 49 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 49 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
14 42 (2.71%) Metadata Repository
15 38 (2.45%) Snowflake Schema
16 36 (2.33%) Hadoop
17 35 (2.26%) Star Schema
18 30 (1.94%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 67 (4.33%) JIRA
2 59 (3.81%) ERwin
3 28 (1.81%) Git
4 22 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.36%) ER Studio
6 13 (0.84%) Eclipse
7 11 (0.71%) Bitbucket
7 11 (0.71%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.65%) Selenium
8 10 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 9 (0.58%) JMeter
10 7 (0.45%) GitLab
11 6 (0.39%) MLflow
11 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.26%) kappa
13 4 (0.26%) Maven
14 3 (0.19%) Deequ
14 3 (0.19%) JUnit
General
1 396 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 355 (22.93%) Finance
3 277 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (10.27%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.75%) Marketing
6 80 (5.17%) Banking
7 50 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 47 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
8 47 (3.04%) Telecoms
9 43 (2.78%) Front Office
10 36 (2.33%) Retail
11 33 (2.13%) Electronics
11 33 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 25 (1.61%) Publishing
14 21 (1.36%) Financial Institution
15 19 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (1.03%) Investment Banking
17 13 (0.84%) Back Office
18 12 (0.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 373 (24.10%) Architect
2 272 (17.57%) Data Engineer
3 260 (16.80%) Data Architect
4 247 (15.96%) Analyst
5 244 (15.76%) Developer
6 146 (9.43%) Senior
7 125 (8.07%) Data Analyst
8 89 (5.75%) Data Modeller
9 88 (5.68%) Business Analyst
10 81 (5.23%) Consultant
11 78 (5.04%) Lead
12 51 (3.29%) Azure Engineer
13 50 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
14 44 (2.84%) Azure Data Engineer
15 42 (2.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 38 (2.45%) Enterprise Architect
17 36 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
18 34 (2.20%) Python Developer
18 34 (2.20%) SQL Developer
19 33 (2.13%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (5.30%) JSON
2 71 (4.59%) XML
3 66 (4.26%) PySpark
4 51 (3.29%) REST
5 37 (2.39%) Kafka
6 31 (2.00%) Web Services
7 27 (1.74%) Apache Avro
8 24 (1.55%) Spring Boot
9 21 (1.36%) Middleware
10 20 (1.29%) React
10 20 (1.29%) Spring
11 19 (1.23%) .NET
12 18 (1.16%) JSON Schema
13 17 (1.10%) CSS
13 17 (1.10%) HTML
14 16 (1.03%) Pandas
15 15 (0.97%) Node.js
16 14 (0.90%) LDAP
17 13 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
18 12 (0.78%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.81%) Data Structures
2 70 (4.52%) Product Ownership
3 69 (4.46%) Reference Data
4 55 (3.55%) Algorithms
5 51 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 38 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
7 35 (2.26%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.42%) Derivative
10 19 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (0.84%) CMDB
13 13 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (0.84%) Freedom of Information
13 13 (0.84%) Virtual Team
14 12 (0.78%) Wiki
15 11 (0.71%) Distributed Computing
15 11 (0.71%) Fixed Income
15 11 (0.71%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.84%) Linux
1 44 (2.84%) Unix
2 25 (1.61%) Windows
3 21 (1.36%) Debian
3 21 (1.36%) Ubuntu
4 7 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.065%) Android
5 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.065%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (27.58%) Business Intelligence
2 387 (25.00%) ETL
3 379 (24.48%) Analytics
4 312 (20.16%) Agile
5 290 (18.73%) Data Governance
6 249 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (15.50%) Data Integration
8 232 (14.99%) Data Architecture
9 224 (14.47%) Data Analysis
10 191 (12.34%) Visualisation
11 189 (12.21%) Migration
12 183 (11.82%) Data Management
13 172 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
14 163 (10.53%) Data Engineering
15 146 (9.43%) Data Strategy
16 135 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 132 (8.53%) Data Migration
18 128 (8.27%) Data Visualisation
19 121 (7.82%) DevOps
20 120 (7.75%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 638 (41.21%) SQL
2 363 (23.45%) Python
3 112 (7.24%) Java
4 46 (2.97%) T-SQL
5 45 (2.91%) R
5 45 (2.91%) Scala
6 44 (2.84%) C#
6 44 (2.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 34 (2.20%) JavaScript
8 33 (2.13%) PL/SQL
9 19 (1.23%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.10%) Perl
10 17 (1.10%) TypeScript
11 13 (0.84%) ABAP
12 10 (0.65%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.58%) C
14 6 (0.39%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.39%) Go
15 5 (0.32%) Bash
15 5 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 206 (13.31%) Security Cleared
2 170 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 150 (9.69%) Degree
4 73 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (2.20%) DV Cleared
6 27 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 26 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.10%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.84%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.19%) CBAP
12 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.13%) IBM Certification
14 1 (0.065%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.065%) PMP
14 1 (0.065%) Siebel Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (19.06%) Data Quality
2 74 (4.78%) QA
3 57 (3.68%) GDPR
4 21 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 14 (0.90%) IFRS
6 9 (0.58%) EMIR
6 9 (0.58%) MiFID
6 9 (0.58%) SLA
7 8 (0.52%) IFRS 9
8 7 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
8 7 (0.45%) IFRS 17
9 5 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.32%) Solvency II
10 4 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.19%) PMO
12 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.13%) COBIT
12 2 (0.13%) GRC
12 2 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (1.81%) Docker
2 18 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.32%) HDFS
4 1 (0.065%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.065%) Cronacle
4 1 (0.065%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.065%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.065%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 30 (1.94%) Terraform
3 6 (0.39%) Grafana
4 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.065%) Ansible
6 1 (0.065%) Control-M
6 1 (0.065%) Ganglia
6 1 (0.065%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.065%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.065%) Kibana
6 1 (0.065%) Rancher
Vendors
1 257 (16.60%) Microsoft
2 148 (9.56%) Oracle
3 144 (9.30%) Databricks
4 119 (7.69%) SAP
5 82 (5.30%) Sparx
6 57 (3.68%) Salesforce
7 55 (3.55%) Google
8 54 (3.49%) Informatica
9 37 (2.39%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.36%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.36%) VMware
11 15 (0.97%) IBM
12 14 (0.90%) Talend
13 12 (0.78%) Bloomberg
14 11 (0.71%) Guidewire
14 11 (0.71%) ION Trading
14 11 (0.71%) MarketAxess
14 11 (0.71%) Tradeweb
15 10 (0.65%) Foundry
15 10 (0.65%) Palantir