Linked Data Contracts

Linked Data
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linked Data in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linked Data over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 596 712 854
Rank change year-on-year +116 +142 -165
Contract jobs citing Linked Data 4 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.031% 0.020% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £415 £419
25th Percentile - £419 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £479 £475 £591
90th Percentile £544 - £709
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +35.29% -5.56% -

All Generic Skills
UK

Linked Data is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,086 19,646 29,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.26% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,417 13,497 20,479
10th Percentile £263 £309 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £676 £657
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 722
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -17.49% +3.52%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +28.41% +10.00% -16.67%

Linked Data
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Linked Data in the UK

Linked Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Linked Data in the UK

Linked Data
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linked Data over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linked Data in the UK

Linked Data
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Linked Data in the UK

Linked Data
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linked Data 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 +120 4 £443 -1.56%
London +113 3 £443 -1.56%
UK excluding London +58 1 £575 +35.29%
South West - 1 £575 -

Linked Data
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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
1 3 (75.00%) Power Query
1 3 (75.00%) PowerPivot
2 1 (25.00%) GIS
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata Repository
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Identification
1 3 (75.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
1 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Records Management
2 1 (25.00%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality