DTS Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring DTS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 501 536
Rank change year-on-year -44 +35 +175
Contract jobs citing DTS 5 12 21
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.041% 0.056%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.093% 0.23% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 15
10th Percentile £463 £298 £234
25th Percentile £538 £331 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +54.29% -20.45% +67.17%
75th Percentile £719 £561 £700
90th Percentile £738 £602 £760
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +70.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.50 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 - -
75th Percentile £24.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.00 - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

DTS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,359 5,330 6,297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.24% 18.17% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,740 3,560 4,487
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £623 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 74 127
10th Percentile £20.68 £18.15 £17.79
25th Percentile £29.00 £23.10 £25.22
Median hourly rate £43.50 £37.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -18.80% -10.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £64.52
90th Percentile £84.30 £66.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £30.40 £46.18
% change year-on-year +43.09% -34.17% -7.73%

DTS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

DTS job vacancy trend in England

DTS
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DTS

DTS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DTS in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DTS in England

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DTS

DTS
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 DTS within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East -4 3 £713 +23.38% 1
London 0 2 £425 +21.43% 3
DTS
UK

DTS
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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Applications Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Resilience Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Programme Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Business Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (20.00%) Critical Success Factor
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PgMP
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft