Data Strategy Contracts in England

Data Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 298 371
Rank change year-on-year +15 +73 +104
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 211 261 311
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.70% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.81% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 193 215
10th Percentile £351 £477 £420
25th Percentile £463 £555 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 £579
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +20.90% -7.36%
75th Percentile £700 £775 £700
90th Percentile £798 £925 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £691 £600
% change year-on-year -16.82% +15.21% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £36.78 £62.37 £34.08
25th Percentile £53.31 £65.17 £35.00
Median hourly rate £72.75 £70.09 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% +11.25% -
75th Percentile £82.25 £74.75 £66.00
90th Percentile - £77.40 -
UK median hourly rate £72.75 £70.09 £49.00
% change year-on-year +3.80% +43.03% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Strategy 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £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 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in England

Data Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Strategy in England

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Strategy in England

Data Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Strategy in England

Data Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Strategy in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Strategy in England

Data Strategy
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 Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +7 123 £591 -18.48% 291
North of England +10 34 £463 -31.58% 36
North West +3 20 £613 -7.62% 26
South West +39 15 £625 -1.96% 25
Midlands +19 15 £488 -14.85% 28
Yorkshire +10 13 £145 -81.29% 8
West Midlands +12 11 £525 -7.89% 17
East of England +36 10 £575 +27.78% 9
South East +36 9 £575 -14.81% 123
East Midlands +10 4 £358 -39.06% 7
North East +1 3 £775 - 2
Data Strategy
UK

Data Strategy
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 15 (7.11%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.27%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (3.32%) Apache
4 5 (2.37%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.90%) Confluence
6 1 (0.47%) Luigi
6 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) CATIA
2 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.42%) Eloqua
2 3 (1.42%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.95%) iTrent
3 2 (0.95%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 68 (32.23%) Azure
2 46 (21.80%) AWS
3 42 (19.91%) Power Platform
4 29 (13.74%) Snowflake
5 28 (13.27%) GCP
6 13 (6.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (4.74%) Serverless
8 8 (3.79%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.32%) SaaS
10 6 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.84%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.37%) GitHub
12 4 (1.90%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.90%) dbt
12 4 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.42%) Firewall
1 3 (1.42%) LAN
1 3 (1.42%) WAN
2 2 (0.95%) DNS
2 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.95%) VPN
3 1 (0.47%) 5G
3 1 (0.47%) Internet
3 1 (0.47%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (30.81%) Data Warehouse
2 42 (19.91%) Power BI
3 23 (10.90%) Data Lake
4 22 (10.43%) Big Data
5 21 (9.95%) Tableau
6 17 (8.06%) Metadata
7 14 (6.64%) Relational Database
8 12 (5.69%) Data Mining
9 11 (5.21%) NoSQL
9 11 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (4.74%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (4.74%) Data Vault
11 9 (4.27%) Delta Lake
11 9 (4.27%) SQL Server
12 8 (3.79%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (3.79%) BigQuery
12 8 (3.79%) Hadoop
12 8 (3.79%) RDBMS
13 7 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (2.84%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 14 (6.64%) ERwin
2 6 (2.84%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.90%) JIRA
4 3 (1.42%) ER Studio
4 3 (1.42%) Maven
4 3 (1.42%) MLflow
5 2 (0.95%) GitLab
6 1 (0.47%) Git
6 1 (0.47%) LSMW
6 1 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 50 (23.70%) Finance
2 49 (23.22%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.11%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.69%) Marketing
6 11 (5.21%) Banking
7 10 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.32%) Financial Institution
8 7 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.84%) Front Office
9 6 (2.84%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.84%) Retail
10 5 (2.37%) Back Office
10 5 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.90%) Local Government
11 4 (1.90%) Military
12 3 (1.42%) Automotive
12 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 62 (29.38%) Architect
2 50 (23.70%) Data Architect
3 31 (14.69%) Lead
4 29 (13.74%) Senior
5 25 (11.85%) Analyst
5 25 (11.85%) Data Engineer
6 16 (7.58%) Data Analyst
7 12 (5.69%) Data Modeller
8 9 (4.27%) Head of Analytics
8 9 (4.27%) Senior Data Engineer
9 8 (3.79%) Consultant
9 8 (3.79%) Data Manager
9 8 (3.79%) Head of Engineering
9 8 (3.79%) Senior Architect
9 8 (3.79%) Senior Data Architect
10 6 (2.84%) Azure Architect
10 6 (2.84%) Business Analyst
10 6 (2.84%) Data Consultant
10 6 (2.84%) Data Migration Lead
10 6 (2.84%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.69%) Kafka
2 5 (2.37%) Middleware
3 4 (1.90%) D3.js
3 4 (1.90%) PyTorch
3 4 (1.90%) REST
3 4 (1.90%) SOAP
3 4 (1.90%) TensorFlow
4 3 (1.42%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.42%) Hibernate
4 3 (1.42%) JPA
4 3 (1.42%) Plotly
4 3 (1.42%) React
4 3 (1.42%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.42%) Spring
4 3 (1.42%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.42%) Web Services
5 2 (0.95%) Node.js
5 2 (0.95%) PySpark
5 2 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.47%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.00%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (6.16%) Data Structures
3 12 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.79%) Reference Data
5 4 (1.90%) FMCG
5 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.90%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.42%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.42%) Life Science
6 3 (1.42%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.95%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.95%) Data Fabric
7 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.95%) IoT
7 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.37%) Linux
2 4 (1.90%) Windows
3 1 (0.47%) Unix
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (41.71%) Data Governance
2 85 (40.28%) Analytics
3 79 (37.44%) Data Modelling
4 58 (27.49%) Data Architecture
5 51 (24.17%) Business Intelligence
6 46 (21.80%) Migration
7 45 (21.33%) Decision-Making
8 43 (20.38%) Data Science
9 42 (19.91%) ETL
10 40 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (18.48%) Data Management
12 33 (15.64%) Machine Learning
12 33 (15.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (15.64%) Visualisation
13 32 (15.17%) Artificial Intelligence
13 32 (15.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (14.22%) Data Analysis
15 29 (13.74%) Data Engineering
16 27 (12.80%) Data Integration
16 27 (12.80%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 71 (33.65%) SQL
2 47 (22.27%) Python
3 9 (4.27%) T-SQL
4 8 (3.79%) Java
5 5 (2.37%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.37%) R
6 3 (1.42%) Bicep
7 2 (0.95%) C#
7 2 (0.95%) C++
7 2 (0.95%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.95%) Scala
7 2 (0.95%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.47%) ABAP
8 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.47%) C
8 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.47%) PHP
8 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.47%) Rust
8 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (9.48%) Degree
2 19 (9.00%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.42%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.95%) CISM
6 2 (0.95%) CISSP
6 2 (0.95%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.47%) CISA
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (28.44%) Data Quality
2 22 (10.43%) GDPR
3 12 (5.69%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.79%) QA
5 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.95%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.95%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.47%) GRC
7 1 (0.47%) NIST
7 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (4.74%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (6.16%) Terraform
2 7 (3.32%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.42%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 32 (15.17%) Databricks
2 29 (13.74%) Microsoft
3 20 (9.48%) SAP
4 16 (7.58%) Google
5 11 (5.21%) Oracle
5 11 (5.21%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.37%) Sparx
7 4 (1.90%) Informatica
8 3 (1.42%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.95%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.95%) Ariba
9 2 (0.95%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.95%) Talend
10 1 (0.47%) Conga
10 1 (0.47%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.47%) Foundry
10 1 (0.47%) Palantir
10 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.47%) TSYS