Alation Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Alation
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 139 121 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Alation 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.22% 0.11% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.53% 0.28% -
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 - -
Central London median daily rate £425 £700 -
% change year-on-year -39.29% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 940 722 830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.12% 40.40% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 487 560
10th Percentile £363 £332 £400
25th Percentile £458 £435 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £658 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £758 £768
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 3
10th Percentile £19.45 £23.84 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £26.23 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £34.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.08% +27.13% -10.74%
75th Percentile £41.25 £58.96 £59.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £86.43 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -4.41% +9.68% +2.48%

Alation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Alation job vacancy trend in the City of London

Alation
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Alation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Alation

Alation
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Alation in the City of London

Alation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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