Data Design Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Data Design
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Data Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 56 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Design 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.58% 0.22% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £331 £675 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.79% - -
75th Percentile £358 £725 -
90th Percentile £383 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £338 £700 -
% change year-on-year -51.79% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

Data Design 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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 753 418 696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 86.95% 92.48% 86.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 280 421
10th Percentile £318 £263 £294
25th Percentile £419 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 25
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £31.54 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.38 £41.00 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year -64.94% +233.33% -72.38%
75th Percentile £33.13 £98.08 £12.53
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £15.24
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.63 £27.50 £12.53
% change year-on-year -35.91% +119.47% -53.59%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Data Design job vacancy trend in Leeds

Data Design
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Data Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Data Design

Data Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (40.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Logical Data Model
2 2 (40.00%) Metadata Management
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Dimensional Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle