Data Matching Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Matching (Record Linkage)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Data Matching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 126 146
Rank change year-on-year - +20 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Matching 0 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - 0.096% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.10% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £638 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £713 £575
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate - £675 £550
% change year-on-year - +22.73% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,606 1,918 2,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.08% 91.60% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,173 1,745
10th Percentile £325 £372 £363
25th Percentile £418 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +0.87%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £750 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +54.55% -36.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £70.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.05%

Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Data Matching job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Matching
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Data Matching
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Matching.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Matching