Data Design Contract Job Trends in England

Data Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 477 478
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Design 61 38 86
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.13% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.15% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 22 59
10th Percentile £450 £478 £474
25th Percentile £535 £503 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £716 £725 £729
90th Percentile £775 £749 £763
UK median daily rate £591 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +2.78% -8.00% +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £46.18
UK median hourly rate - - £46.18

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,831 25,521 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.70% 88.62% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,689 15,759 22,371
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 840 1,378
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Design job vacancy trend in England

Data Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Data Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Design in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Design in England

Data Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Data Design
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 Data Design within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
London +15 39 £672 +14.30% 8
Midlands -27 8 £567 +51.13%
West Midlands - 8 £567 -
South East -12 4 £591 +39.06% 5
East of England -22 4 £600 -17.24% 1
South West -13 3 £720 +44.00% 2
North West -33 2 £550 -1.79% 3
North of England -44 2 £550 -4.35% 10
Data Design
UK

Data Design
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 4 (6.56%) Apache
2 3 (4.92%) NetWeaver
2 3 (4.92%) SAS
3 2 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (3.28%) Confluence
4 1 (1.64%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (21.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.92%) Maximo
2 3 (4.92%) SAP MDG
2 3 (4.92%) SAP MDG-F
2 3 (4.92%) SAP MDG-M
2 3 (4.92%) SAP MDG-S
2 3 (4.92%) SAP Travel Management
2 3 (4.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 19 (31.15%) Azure
2 11 (18.03%) Power Platform
3 9 (14.75%) AWS
4 8 (13.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 7 (11.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (9.84%) Snowflake
7 4 (6.56%) SaaS
8 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (4.92%) dbt
8 3 (4.92%) PaaS
9 2 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (3.28%) Collibra
9 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.64%) Azure AKS
10 1 (1.64%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.64%) iPaaS
10 1 (1.64%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (36.07%) Metadata
2 18 (29.51%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (21.31%) Data Lake
4 11 (18.03%) Power BI
5 9 (14.75%) SQL Server
6 8 (13.11%) Metadata Repository
7 6 (9.84%) Relational Database
8 5 (8.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (4.92%) Data Vault
9 3 (4.92%) NoSQL
9 3 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (4.92%) RDBMS
9 3 (4.92%) SAP Data Services
10 2 (3.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (3.28%) Apache Hive
10 2 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (3.28%) Big Data
10 2 (3.28%) Delta Lake
10 2 (3.28%) Oracle Database
10 2 (3.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) ERwin
2 3 (4.92%) JIRA
3 2 (3.28%) ER Studio
3 2 (3.28%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (1.64%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.64%) Git
4 1 (1.64%) Liquibase
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 29 (47.54%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.95%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (19.67%) Finance
4 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.56%) Banking
5 4 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.92%) Legal
6 3 (4.92%) Retail
7 2 (3.28%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.64%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (42.62%) Architect
2 20 (32.79%) Data Architect
3 9 (14.75%) Consultant
4 7 (11.48%) Data Modeller
5 6 (9.84%) Lead
6 4 (6.56%) Functional Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Data Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Management Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) Maximo Consultant
8 2 (3.28%) Business Architect
8 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Architect
8 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Data Architect
8 2 (3.28%) ETL Specialist
8 2 (3.28%) Senior
8 2 (3.28%) Senior Data Modeller
8 2 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) JSON
1 3 (4.92%) SAP TM
1 3 (4.92%) Web Services
2 2 (3.28%) XML
3 1 (1.64%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.64%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.64%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.64%) JSON Schema
3 1 (1.64%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Reference Data
2 6 (9.84%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.56%) Life Science
4 3 (4.92%) Data Fabric
5 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.28%) FMCG
5 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.28%) Pricing Data
6 1 (1.64%) Derivative
6 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.64%) IoT
6 1 (1.64%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Replication
6 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (63.93%) Data Modelling
2 27 (44.26%) Data Architecture
2 27 (44.26%) Data Governance
3 20 (32.79%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (31.15%) Analytics
5 18 (29.51%) Metadata Management
6 15 (24.59%) ETL
7 10 (16.39%) Agile
7 10 (16.39%) Conceptual Models
7 10 (16.39%) Enterprise Architecture
7 10 (16.39%) Event-Driven
7 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (14.75%) Data Analysis
8 9 (14.75%) Data Engineering
8 9 (14.75%) Migration
8 9 (14.75%) Physical Data Model
8 9 (14.75%) Strategic Thinking
9 8 (13.11%) AI
9 8 (13.11%) Data Integration
9 8 (13.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 25 (40.98%) SQL
2 9 (14.75%) Python
3 5 (8.20%) T-SQL
4 3 (4.92%) ABAP
4 3 (4.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.64%) Java
6 1 (1.64%) Korn
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.56%) Degree
4 3 (4.92%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (37.70%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.56%) GDPR
3 2 (3.28%) QA
4 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.64%) IFRS
4 1 (1.64%) IFRS 17
4 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.64%) SLA
4 1 (1.64%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (22.95%) SAP
2 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
3 10 (16.39%) Databricks
4 5 (8.20%) Oracle
4 5 (8.20%) Sparx
5 4 (6.56%) Remedy
6 3 (4.92%) Informatica
6 3 (4.92%) MicroStrategy
6 3 (4.92%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.28%) Ariba
7 2 (3.28%) Talend
8 1 (1.64%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.64%) Concur
8 1 (1.64%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.64%) Trayport
8 1 (1.64%) Workday