Data Design Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Data Design
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Data Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 80 95
Rank change year-on-year -21 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Data Design 4 5 15
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.25% 0.44% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.52% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £556 £713 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £725 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +38.10% -
75th Percentile £631 £738 £538
90th Percentile £643 - £560
England median daily rate £596 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +3.57% -8.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Data Design 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,350 956 1,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.38% 84.01% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 411 795
10th Percentile £187 £231 £247
25th Percentile £363 £338 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £585 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 184 359
10th Percentile £14.15 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +40.78% -3.14%
75th Percentile £60.96 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Data Design job vacancy trend in the East of England

Data Design
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Design

Data Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Design

Data Design
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Design within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Bedfordshire -8 3 £650 -10.34% 3
Hertfordshire - 1 £550 - 1
Data Design
England

Data Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (25.00%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Maximo Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Life Science
2 1 (25.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Conceptual Models
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Ontologies
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Ariba