DAO Contract Job Trends in England

Data Access Object (DAO)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring DAO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 625 502 531
Rank change year-on-year -123 +29 +59
Contract jobs citing DAO 6 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.018% 0.003%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.060% 0.070% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £473 £385 -
25th Percentile £490 £395 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £400 £1,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.94% -68.00% +233.33%
75th Percentile £552 £402 -
90th Percentile £566 £405 -
UK median daily rate £524 £400 £1,250
% change year-on-year +30.94% -68.00% +233.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

DAO falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,923 7,112 8,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.32% 25.53% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,524 4,834 5,399
10th Percentile £380 £353 £363
25th Percentile £443 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 172 180
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.29 £27.68
25th Percentile £51.56 £42.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £66.83 £55.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +21.51% -12.60% +0.68%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.85 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.51% -10.96% +2.67%

DAO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

DAO job vacancy trend in England

DAO
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAO

DAO
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAO

DAO
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAO within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
London -95 4 £575 +46.03%
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £473 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £473 - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1
DAO
UK

DAO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Collibra
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Head of Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Head of Data Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Governance Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Governance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Governance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 3 (50.00%) Data Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Change Control
4 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Coaching
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
5 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (16.67%) Planning and Forecasting
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) QA