Data Matching Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Data Matching (Record Linkage)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Matching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Matching 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.051% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
South East median daily rate £300 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +22.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Matching falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,633 1,131 1,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.53% 92.48% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 688 841
10th Percentile £325 £343 £281
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £606 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 45 100
10th Percentile £31.25 £14.75 £16.90
25th Percentile £76.69 £18.87 £41.19
Median hourly rate £84.00 £37.28 £61.33
Median % change year-on-year +125.32% -39.21% +3.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 £75.24
90th Percentile £106.20 £87.40 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £57.25 £23.25 £54.62
% change year-on-year +146.24% -57.43% +9.24%

Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Matching relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Data Matching job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Data Matching
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Matching.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Matching

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Matching within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 July 2026. 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
Reading - 1 £300 -
Data Matching
South East

Data Matching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks