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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 74 63
Rank change year-on-year +20 -11 +1
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 1,542 1,884 3,281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.57% 3.19% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.14% 3.55% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,295 2,254
10th Percentile £400 £413 £406
25th Percentile £463 £475 £475
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 £761 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 14
10th Percentile £30.83 £19.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £35.64 £19.74 £22.24
Median hourly rate £46.75 £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.57% -33.33% +64.06%
75th Percentile £53.44 £65.25 £64.00
90th Percentile £64.25 £68.20 £72.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.41 £31.25 £19.13
% change year-on-year +13.32% +63.36% -18.40%

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 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 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 +20 1,346 £550 -4.35% 590
London +23 871 £591 -1.46% 333
Work from Home +29 627 £550 -4.35% 280
UK excluding London +18 488 £525 -4.55% 281
North of England +35 154 £525 -5.91% 81
South East -26 98 £513 -2.38% 61
Midlands +35 91 £488 -14.10% 52
North West +55 82 £525 +7.69% 48
South West +40 74 £550 -16.67% 25
Yorkshire +6 66 £552 +1.28% 24
West Midlands +4 59 £450 -21.74% 39
Scotland +16 58 £500 -5.66% 23
East Midlands +43 31 £550 +57.14% 13
East of England +6 28 £500 +25.00% 24
North East +4 9 £454 -24.33% 9
Wales -9 4 £450 -18.03% 15

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 46 (2.98%) Apache Spark
2 37 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (2.14%) SharePoint
4 31 (2.01%) Apache
5 27 (1.75%) Confluence
6 26 (1.69%) SAS
7 7 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.32%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.065%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.065%) CMS
10 1 (0.065%) IIS
10 1 (0.065%) JBoss
10 1 (0.065%) Luigi
10 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.065%) WildFly
Applications
1 66 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.05%) MS Visio
3 26 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.45%) SPSS
6 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.065%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 46 (2.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 29 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.58%) Loan IQ
4 9 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 7 (0.45%) Siebel CRM
7 6 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
7 6 (0.39%) ION MarketView
7 6 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.39%) Unica
8 5 (0.32%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.32%) Shopify
9 4 (0.26%) FastStats
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
10 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 393 (25.49%) Azure
2 314 (20.36%) Power Platform
3 213 (13.81%) AWS
4 120 (7.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 85 (5.51%) GCP
6 72 (4.67%) Serverless
7 70 (4.54%) Snowflake
8 69 (4.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 57 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
10 55 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
11 37 (2.40%) Amazon S3
12 34 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
13 32 (2.08%) dbt
14 27 (1.75%) PowerApps
15 26 (1.69%) OCI
16 25 (1.62%) AWS Step Functions
16 25 (1.62%) Power Automate
17 23 (1.49%) Azure Stack
17 23 (1.49%) Collibra
17 23 (1.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.36%) SAN
1 21 (1.36%) TCP/IP
2 11 (0.71%) FIX Connectivity
3 7 (0.45%) Internet
4 6 (0.39%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.32%) Firewall
6 4 (0.26%) Network Security
7 2 (0.13%) FTP
7 2 (0.13%) HTTP
7 2 (0.13%) VPN
8 1 (0.065%) DNS
8 1 (0.065%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.065%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.065%) SSL
8 1 (0.065%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 390 (25.29%) Data Warehouse
2 298 (19.33%) Power BI
3 141 (9.14%) SQL Server
4 137 (8.88%) Metadata
5 131 (8.50%) Data Lake
6 130 (8.43%) Big Data
7 124 (8.04%) NoSQL
8 115 (7.46%) Tableau
9 92 (5.97%) Relational Database
10 70 (4.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 58 (3.76%) Data Vault
12 52 (3.37%) BigQuery
13 51 (3.31%) Amazon Redshift
14 49 (3.18%) Azure SQL Database
15 47 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
16 43 (2.79%) Metadata Repository
17 39 (2.53%) Snowflake Schema
18 34 (2.20%) Star Schema
19 33 (2.14%) Hadoop
20 31 (2.01%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 62 (4.02%) JIRA
2 58 (3.76%) ERwin
3 30 (1.95%) Git
4 22 (1.43%) Jenkins
5 20 (1.30%) ER Studio
6 12 (0.78%) 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%) Deequ
13 4 (0.26%) kappa
13 4 (0.26%) Maven
14 3 (0.19%) JUnit
General
1 397 (25.75%) Social Skills
2 360 (23.35%) Finance
3 275 (17.83%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (10.31%) Public Sector
5 88 (5.71%) Marketing
6 79 (5.12%) Banking
7 50 (3.24%) Manufacturing
8 45 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
8 45 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 41 (2.66%) Front Office
10 38 (2.46%) Retail
11 34 (2.20%) Electronics
12 32 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 25 (1.62%) Publishing
15 22 (1.43%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (0.97%) Investment Banking
18 14 (0.91%) Back Office
19 13 (0.84%) Billing
Job Titles
1 371 (24.06%) Architect
2 274 (17.77%) Data Engineer
3 265 (17.19%) Data Architect
4 242 (15.69%) Developer
5 239 (15.50%) Analyst
6 146 (9.47%) Senior
7 121 (7.85%) Data Analyst
8 89 (5.77%) Data Modeller
9 86 (5.58%) Business Analyst
10 83 (5.38%) Consultant
11 78 (5.06%) Lead
12 52 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
13 47 (3.05%) Azure Data Engineer
14 46 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
15 42 (2.72%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 39 (2.53%) Enterprise Architect
17 34 (2.20%) Data Scientist
17 34 (2.20%) Python Developer
17 34 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
18 33 (2.14%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (5.32%) JSON
2 72 (4.67%) XML
3 67 (4.35%) PySpark
4 50 (3.24%) REST
5 35 (2.27%) Kafka
6 33 (2.14%) Web Services
7 30 (1.95%) Apache Avro
8 24 (1.56%) Spring Boot
9 21 (1.36%) Middleware
10 20 (1.30%) React
10 20 (1.30%) Spring
11 19 (1.23%) CSS
11 19 (1.23%) HTML
11 19 (1.23%) JSON Schema
12 18 (1.17%) .NET
13 17 (1.10%) Pandas
14 15 (0.97%) Node.js
15 14 (0.91%) LDAP
16 12 (0.78%) OAuth
16 12 (0.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.51%) Data Structures
2 70 (4.54%) Product Ownership
2 70 (4.54%) Reference Data
3 55 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 50 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 40 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
6 35 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.43%) Derivative
9 19 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.04%) CMDB
12 13 (0.84%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (0.84%) Virtual Team
12 13 (0.84%) Wiki
13 12 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.71%) Distributed Computing
14 11 (0.71%) Fixed Income
14 11 (0.71%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.85%) Linux
1 44 (2.85%) Unix
2 30 (1.95%) Windows
3 21 (1.36%) Debian
3 21 (1.36%) Ubuntu
4 12 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.065%) Android
5 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.065%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (27.89%) Business Intelligence
2 378 (24.51%) Analytics
2 378 (24.51%) ETL
3 311 (20.17%) Agile
4 301 (19.52%) Data Governance
5 245 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
6 234 (15.18%) Data Integration
7 233 (15.11%) Data Architecture
8 219 (14.20%) Data Analysis
9 192 (12.45%) Visualisation
10 187 (12.13%) Migration
11 179 (11.61%) Data Management
12 171 (11.09%) Data Pipeline
13 164 (10.64%) Data Engineering
14 146 (9.47%) Data Strategy
15 134 (8.69%) Data Migration
16 130 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
17 129 (8.37%) Data Visualisation
18 122 (7.91%) Computer Science
18 122 (7.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 633 (41.05%) SQL
2 366 (23.74%) Python
3 113 (7.33%) Java
4 48 (3.11%) Scala
5 47 (3.05%) T-SQL
6 45 (2.92%) C#
7 44 (2.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 43 (2.79%) R
9 38 (2.46%) JavaScript
10 33 (2.14%) PL/SQL
11 18 (1.17%) Perl
12 17 (1.10%) PowerShell
12 17 (1.10%) TypeScript
13 14 (0.91%) ABAP
14 10 (0.65%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.58%) C
16 6 (0.39%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.39%) Go
16 6 (0.39%) Rust
17 5 (0.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 200 (12.97%) Security Cleared
2 166 (10.77%) SC Cleared
3 155 (10.05%) Degree
4 74 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (2.20%) DV Cleared
6 28 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 25 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.10%) AWS Certification
10 12 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.32%) MCITP
12 5 (0.32%) MCTS
13 4 (0.26%) CBAP
14 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.13%) IBM Certification
16 1 (0.065%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 296 (19.20%) Data Quality
2 75 (4.86%) QA
3 57 (3.70%) GDPR
4 21 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 13 (0.84%) IFRS
6 9 (0.58%) EMIR
6 9 (0.58%) MiFID
6 9 (0.58%) SLA
7 7 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
8 6 (0.39%) IFRS 17
8 6 (0.39%) IFRS 9
8 6 (0.39%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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%) GRC
12 2 (0.13%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (1.88%) Docker
2 23 (1.49%) 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%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 30 (1.95%) Terraform
3 6 (0.39%) Grafana
3 6 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
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%) Rancher
Vendors
1 265 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 150 (9.73%) Databricks
3 138 (8.95%) Oracle
4 120 (7.78%) SAP
5 81 (5.25%) Sparx
6 55 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 52 (3.37%) Google
7 52 (3.37%) Informatica
8 35 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.36%) Red Hat
9 21 (1.36%) VMware
10 15 (0.97%) IBM
10 15 (0.97%) Talend
11 12 (0.78%) Bloomberg
11 12 (0.78%) Guidewire
12 11 (0.71%) ION Trading
12 11 (0.71%) MarketAxess
12 11 (0.71%) Tradeweb
13 10 (0.65%) Foundry
13 10 (0.65%) Palantir