Data Modeller Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Modeller
Central London > City of London

The median Data Modeller daily rate in the City of London is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 114 137
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Data Modeller 8 9 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.47% 0.43% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.46% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 0
10th Percentile £333 £487 -
25th Percentile £374 £538 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.40% - -
75th Percentile £564 £638 -
90th Percentile £681 £738 -
Central London median daily rate £475 £625 -
% change year-on-year -24.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,591 1,962 2,659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 93.25% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,206 1,857
10th Percentile £325 £363 £357
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £775 £778 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.07 £25.06 £18.45
Median hourly rate £27.75 £57.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.74% +55.41% -10.30%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £49.69
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £71.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -2.78% -12.20%

Data Modeller
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Modeller' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Modeller job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Modeller
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Modeller job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Modeller job vacancies in the City of London

Data Modeller
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modeller in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modeller in the City of London

Data Modeller Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2025, Data Modeller contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Data Modeller in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 4 (50.00%) ERwin
3 3 (37.50%) Conceptual Models
3 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
3 3 (37.50%) Databricks
3 3 (37.50%) Logical Data Model
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) AWS
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (25.00%) GCP
4 2 (25.00%) Kafka
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
4 2 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) AI
5 1 (12.50%) BigQuery
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (12.50%) Collibra
5 1 (12.50%) DAMA

Data Modeller Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Collibra
2 1 (12.50%) dbt
2 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
2 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) BigQuery
2 1 (12.50%) Metadata
2 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (12.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) ERwin
2 1 (12.50%) ER Studio
2 1 (12.50%) PowerDesigner
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Reinsurance
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Data Lineage
3 3 (37.50%) Conceptual Models
3 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 3 (37.50%) Logical Data Model
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (12.50%) DAMA
5 1 (12.50%) Data Ingestion
5 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (12.50%) Master Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) Metadata Management
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Sparx