Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Data Strategy
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 4.08% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £639 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 - -
75th Percentile £666 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £653 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43 40 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 87.76% 81.63% 98.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 19 43
10th Percentile £367 £300 £256
25th Percentile £425 £331 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% -20.83%
75th Percentile £713 £488 £638
90th Percentile £745 £619 £700
Suffolk median daily rate £450 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £15.84 - £16.23
25th Percentile £16.36 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £17.46 £70.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -75.06% +152.25% +73.44%
75th Percentile £18.32 - £35.31
90th Percentile £18.68 - £39.48
Suffolk median hourly rate £23.75 £61.25 £14.00
% change year-on-year -61.22% +337.50% -12.50%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Data Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks