Alation Contract Job Trends in Central London

Alation
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Alation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 125 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Alation 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.20% 0.10% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.48% 0.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £325 - -
25th Percentile £351 £650 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% - -
75th Percentile £536 £750 -
90th Percentile £559 - -
London median daily rate £453 £563 £625
% change year-on-year -19.47% -10.00% -26.47%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Central London

Alation falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,032 786 923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.25% 39.82% 40.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 527 635
10th Percentile £350 £329 £391
25th Percentile £456 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% -0.44%
75th Percentile £656 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £758 £750
London median daily rate £543 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.33% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 4
10th Percentile £19.80 £20.82 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £25.56 £27.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +9.68% +2.48%
75th Percentile £64.06 £54.46 £49.38
90th Percentile £74.00 £79.48 £75.25
London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.90% +3.33% -31.82%

Alation
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Alation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Alation job vacancy trend in Central London

Alation
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Alation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Alation

Alation
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Alation in Central London over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Alation in Central London

Alation
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Alation within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
City of London -18 5 £425 -39.29% 5
Alation
London

Alation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Collibra
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Metadata
2 2 (40.00%) Ataccama
3 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata Repository
General
1 1 (20.00%) Advertising
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Publishing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (80.00%) Metadata Management
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Data Management
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Data Lineage
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (40.00%) Master Data Management
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Governance Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (20.00%) Instructional Design
5 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Informatica
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks