NCDA Contract Job Trends in England

NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for NCDA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 475 -
Rank change year-on-year -76 - -
Contract jobs citing NCDA 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.012% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.008% 0.039% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £522 -
25th Percentile £492 £535 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £566 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.76% - -
75th Percentile £496 £593 -
90th Percentile - £604 -
UK median daily rate £475 £608 -
% change year-on-year -21.81% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

NCDA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,989 7,663 11,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.27% 30.19% 31.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,972 4,719 7,248
10th Percentile £325 £294 £290
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 381 891
10th Percentile £16.01 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.13 £25.26 £20.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% +12.36% -4.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.99 £82.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.25 £44.00
% change year-on-year -37.52% -8.52% -7.37%

NCDA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

NCDA job vacancy trend in England

NCDA
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NCDA

NCDA
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 NCDA within the England region over the 6 months to 24 February 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
South East - 1 £494 - 1
NCDA
UK

NCDA
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Storage Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam