Data Modelling Contracts in England

Data Modelling
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Modelling over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 54 73
Rank change year-on-year +1 +19 -8
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 1,010 1,338 1,557
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.16% 3.64% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 4.20% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 1,004 1,098
10th Percentile £363 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £694
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 20
10th Percentile £25.58 £30.83 £19.00
25th Percentile £29.07 £35.64 £23.87
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.75 £44.38
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +5.35% -26.65%
75th Percentile £79.59 £53.44 £66.00
90th Percentile £97.98 £64.25 £68.88
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £46.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.65% +33.57% -38.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Modelling 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 22,171 31,821 44,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.22% 86.48% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,511 20,850 31,044
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 2,250 1,565
10th Percentile £14.21 £12.92 £10.68
25th Percentile £18.22 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.02 £36.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -20.49% -2.14% +52.24%
75th Percentile £63.29 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Modelling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Modelling in England

Data Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Modelling in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Modelling in England

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modelling in England

Data Modelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Modelling in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Modelling in England

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Modelling in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Modelling in England

Data Modelling
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 Modelling within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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 -9 595 £550 -5.98% 868
North of England +1 131 £550 +4.76% 180
South East +32 90 £525 +2.44% 320
Midlands +8 89 £506 +3.85% 105
North West +8 84 £550 +4.76% 108
West Midlands +21 71 £524 +23.29% 69
South West +10 45 £506 -7.95% 81
East of England +40 29 £580 +10.48% 81
Yorkshire -22 29 £495 -10.00% 63
North East +8 18 £390 -6.02% 13
East Midlands -3 18 £459 -16.55% 29
Data Modelling
UK

Data Modelling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 49 (4.85%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (3.66%) Apache Spark
3 32 (3.17%) Apache
4 30 (2.97%) Confluence
5 19 (1.88%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.89%) SAS
7 6 (0.59%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.30%) Luigi
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) IIS
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.099%) Appian
10 1 (0.099%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.099%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.099%) WebLogic
Applications
1 62 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.08%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.49%) Oracle Smart View
4 8 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.20%) Notepad++
7 1 (0.099%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 35 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 13 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.89%) Aladdin
6 7 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.50%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.40%) Maximo
9 4 (0.40%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.40%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.30%) Endur
10 3 (0.30%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.30%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.30%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 320 (31.68%) Azure
2 273 (27.03%) Power Platform
3 197 (19.50%) AWS
4 96 (9.50%) GCP
5 87 (8.61%) Snowflake
6 75 (7.43%) dbt
7 73 (7.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 62 (6.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 51 (5.05%) PowerApps
10 45 (4.46%) GitHub
11 38 (3.76%) Amazon S3
12 37 (3.66%) SaaS
13 34 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
14 33 (3.27%) Power Automate
14 33 (3.27%) Serverless
15 31 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
16 28 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
17 25 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
18 24 (2.38%) OCI
19 21 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.69%) Firewall
2 4 (0.40%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.20%) SAN
3 2 (0.20%) SMS
3 2 (0.20%) SNMP
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.099%) DNS
4 1 (0.099%) GPON
4 1 (0.099%) Network Security
4 1 (0.099%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (24.36%) Data Warehouse
2 241 (23.86%) Power BI
3 113 (11.19%) Data Lake
4 86 (8.51%) Tableau
5 81 (8.02%) Metadata
6 64 (6.34%) Big Data
7 62 (6.14%) SQL Server
8 59 (5.84%) Relational Database
9 58 (5.74%) NoSQL
10 50 (4.95%) Amazon Redshift
11 45 (4.46%) Snowflake Schema
12 37 (3.66%) Power Query
13 35 (3.47%) BigQuery
14 34 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
15 30 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
16 28 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 27 (2.67%) Oracle Reports
18 26 (2.57%) Hadoop
18 26 (2.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
19 25 (2.48%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 56 (5.54%) ERwin
2 49 (4.85%) JIRA
3 31 (3.07%) Git
4 15 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.29%) GitLab
6 12 (1.19%) PowerDesigner
7 10 (0.99%) ER Studio
8 7 (0.69%) Selenium
9 6 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.59%) Postman
10 5 (0.50%) MagicDraw
10 5 (0.50%) Subversion
11 4 (0.40%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.30%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.30%) MLflow
12 3 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.30%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 330 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 221 (21.88%) Finance
3 215 (21.29%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 75 (7.43%) Banking
6 40 (3.96%) Retail
7 35 (3.47%) Marketing
8 33 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (1.98%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (1.49%) Investment Banking
14 13 (1.29%) Military
14 13 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.99%) Legal
16 10 (0.99%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.79%) Local Government
18 6 (0.59%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 228 (22.57%) Architect
2 187 (18.51%) Data Engineer
3 155 (15.35%) Data Architect
4 154 (15.25%) Analyst
5 135 (13.37%) Developer
6 109 (10.79%) Senior
7 74 (7.33%) Data Modeller
8 71 (7.03%) Data Analyst
9 69 (6.83%) Lead
10 65 (6.44%) Business Analyst
11 57 (5.64%) Consultant
12 36 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
13 34 (3.37%) Senior Data Engineer
14 28 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 21 (2.08%) Data Consultant
16 19 (1.88%) Power BI Developer
16 19 (1.88%) Power Platform Developer
16 19 (1.88%) Technical Analyst
17 17 (1.68%) Data Business Analyst
18 16 (1.58%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.15%) Kafka
2 36 (3.56%) PySpark
3 25 (2.48%) REST
4 23 (2.28%) Oracle Fusion
5 21 (2.08%) JSON
5 21 (2.08%) React
6 20 (1.98%) Jinja
7 17 (1.68%) SOAP
8 16 (1.58%) XML
9 15 (1.49%) HTML
10 14 (1.39%) .NET
11 13 (1.29%) Lightning Web Components
11 13 (1.29%) Node.js
12 12 (1.19%) Web Services
13 11 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.99%) CSS
15 9 (0.89%) OAuth
16 8 (0.79%) Apache Avro
16 8 (0.79%) RESTful
17 7 (0.69%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.33%) Data Structures
2 49 (4.85%) Legacy Systems
3 31 (3.07%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.28%) Algorithms
5 22 (2.18%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.18%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.08%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.58%) Reference Data
8 15 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.89%) CMDB
11 9 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (0.89%) Replication
12 8 (0.79%) Data Fabric
12 8 (0.79%) Derivative
12 8 (0.79%) Taxonomies
13 7 (0.69%) Clustering
14 6 (0.59%) FMCG
14 6 (0.59%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.58%) Linux
2 6 (0.59%) Unix
3 2 (0.20%) Debian
3 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (30.59%) Analytics
2 307 (30.40%) Business Intelligence
3 282 (27.92%) ETL
4 246 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
5 219 (21.68%) Agile
6 204 (20.20%) Data Governance
7 183 (18.12%) Data Pipeline
8 171 (16.93%) Data Architecture
8 171 (16.93%) Visualisation
9 149 (14.75%) Data Integration
10 143 (14.16%) Migration
11 127 (12.57%) Data Engineering
12 126 (12.48%) Decision-Making
13 121 (11.98%) CI/CD
14 112 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
15 111 (10.99%) Data Analysis
16 106 (10.50%) Data Management
16 106 (10.50%) Data Visualisation
16 106 (10.50%) DevOps
17 91 (9.01%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 535 (52.97%) SQL
2 276 (27.33%) Python
3 50 (4.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 50 (4.95%) Java
4 42 (4.16%) PL/SQL
5 41 (4.06%) R
6 38 (3.76%) JavaScript
7 26 (2.57%) T-SQL
8 22 (2.18%) Scala
9 14 (1.39%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.19%) ABAP
11 11 (1.09%) C#
12 10 (0.99%) Bash
12 10 (0.99%) PowerShell
13 9 (0.89%) VBA
14 8 (0.79%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.50%) COBOL
16 4 (0.40%) C++
16 4 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 152 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 122 (12.08%) SC Cleared
3 108 (10.69%) Degree
4 40 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.48%) Master's Degree
6 17 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.89%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.89%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.40%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.30%) CCNA
12 3 (0.30%) CCNP
12 3 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.30%) HNC
12 3 (0.30%) PhD
12 3 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (18.81%) Data Quality
2 49 (4.85%) QA
3 44 (4.36%) GDPR
4 37 (3.66%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 9 (0.89%) IFRS
6 8 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.69%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.50%) NIST
8 5 (0.50%) PMO
9 4 (0.40%) Basel III
9 4 (0.40%) HL7
9 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.30%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.20%) MiFID
11 2 (0.20%) MISRA
11 2 (0.20%) MISRA C
12 1 (0.099%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.099%) EMIR
System Software
1 29 (2.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (4.36%) Terraform
2 28 (2.77%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.69%) Ansible
4 5 (0.50%) Kibana
5 4 (0.40%) Grafana
5 4 (0.40%) logstash
5 4 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.20%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.099%) MOM
7 1 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 162 (16.04%) Microsoft
2 127 (12.57%) Databricks
3 124 (12.28%) Oracle
4 97 (9.60%) SAP
5 49 (4.85%) Salesforce
6 45 (4.46%) Google
7 38 (3.76%) Informatica
8 24 (2.38%) Sparx
9 17 (1.68%) IBM
9 17 (1.68%) ServiceNow
10 15 (1.49%) Talend
11 14 (1.39%) Ariba
12 9 (0.89%) Workday
13 7 (0.69%) Siebel
14 6 (0.59%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.59%) MuleSoft
15 5 (0.50%) Ab Initio
15 5 (0.50%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.50%) Splunk
15 5 (0.50%) Teradata