Dataform Contract Job Trends in England

Google Cloud Dataform
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Dataform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 471 537
Rank change year-on-year -127 +66 +100
Contract jobs citing Dataform 5 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.012% 0.021% 0.016%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.034% 0.054% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £500 £315 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £318 £100
Median % change year-on-year +68.92% +218.19% -
75th Percentile £575 £354 -
90th Percentile - £411 £325
UK median daily rate £538 £318 £100
% change year-on-year +68.92% +218.19% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Dataform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,873 9,206 11,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.07% 37.77% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,111 6,274 8,526
10th Percentile £325 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £510 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 224 329
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.01 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +69.97% +16.52% -38.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £37.75 £42.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +32.14% +30.23% -44.55%

Dataform
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Dataform job vacancy trend in England

Dataform
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Dataform

Dataform
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 Dataform within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 -72 5 £538 +19.44% 1
Dataform
UK

Dataform
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (20.00%) Looker
2 1 (20.00%) Semantic Layer
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) GCP Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) GCP Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Science
3 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Observability
3 2 (40.00%) Statistics
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (20.00%) Logistics
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Google