Data Modelling Contract Job Trends in London

Data Modelling
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 48 36
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +27
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 1,207 599 882
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.97% 4.73% 4.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.82% 5.15% 5.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 414 659
10th Percentile £388 £363 £415
25th Percentile £455 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £715
90th Percentile £750 £775 £828
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 18
10th Percentile £20.89 - £35.00
25th Percentile £23.45 £29.07 £41.56
Median hourly rate £27.71 £52.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -47.22% +6.60% -8.37%
75th Percentile £35.73 £60.31 £53.44
90th Percentile £40.54 £65.00 £62.58
England median hourly rate £77.90 £55.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +40.36% +20.18% -26.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Data Modelling 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,428 11,636 15,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 91.87% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,331 7,886 11,336
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 168 334
10th Percentile £18.37 £16.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.75 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.00 £50.56 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £63.40 £66.93
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Modelling job vacancy trend in London

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling in London over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modelling in London

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Modelling in London over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Modelling in London

Data Modelling
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Modelling within the London region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Central London +32 150 £550 -4.35% 78
West London +3 33 £603 -3.60% 10
South London -9 11 £469 -2.60% 5
East London -1 10 £450 -28.00% 4
North London +1 1 £495 -30.62%
Data Modelling
England

Data Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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
1 106 (8.78%) Apache Spark
2 66 (5.47%) Apache Airflow
3 53 (4.39%) Apache
4 34 (2.82%) Confluence
5 24 (1.99%) SharePoint
6 17 (1.41%) Appian
7 11 (0.91%) Palantir Foundry
8 10 (0.83%) Camunda
9 7 (0.58%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.58%) CMS
9 7 (0.58%) SAS
10 4 (0.33%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.083%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.083%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.083%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 47 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.66%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.25%) Trello
8 1 (0.083%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (0.75%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.50%) SAP BPC
6 5 (0.41%) BambooHR
6 5 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.33%) Findur
7 4 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.33%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
8 3 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.25%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
8 3 (0.25%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.17%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 446 (36.95%) Azure
2 316 (26.18%) Power Platform
3 300 (24.86%) AWS
4 155 (12.84%) Azure Data Factory
5 114 (9.44%) GCP
6 113 (9.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 102 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
8 100 (8.29%) Snowflake
9 97 (8.04%) Amazon S3
10 84 (6.96%) Serverless
11 83 (6.88%) dbt
12 71 (5.88%) GitHub
13 54 (4.47%) AWS Lambda
14 52 (4.31%) Power Automate
15 43 (3.56%) PowerApps
16 41 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
17 36 (2.98%) Collibra
17 36 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
18 26 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
19 24 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.41%) RTP
2 4 (0.33%) HTTP
3 3 (0.25%) Firewall
3 3 (0.25%) VPN
4 2 (0.17%) FTP
4 2 (0.17%) NAS
4 2 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.17%) RFID
5 1 (0.083%) 4G
5 1 (0.083%) 5G
5 1 (0.083%) DNS
5 1 (0.083%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.083%) MQTT
5 1 (0.083%) Network Security
5 1 (0.083%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 276 (22.87%) Power BI
2 236 (19.55%) Data Warehouse
3 145 (12.01%) Metadata
4 127 (10.52%) Data Lake
5 92 (7.62%) SQL Server
6 81 (6.71%) Tableau
7 70 (5.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 66 (5.47%) NoSQL
9 65 (5.39%) Snowflake Schema
10 60 (4.97%) BigQuery
10 60 (4.97%) Delta Lake
11 58 (4.81%) Amazon Redshift
12 52 (4.31%) Amazon Athena
13 51 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
14 43 (3.56%) Relational Database
14 43 (3.56%) Star Schema
15 42 (3.48%) Data Vault
16 35 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 33 (2.73%) Big Data
18 29 (2.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 113 (9.36%) Git
2 80 (6.63%) JIRA
3 33 (2.73%) ERwin
4 19 (1.57%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.49%) GitLab
6 17 (1.41%) MLflow
7 16 (1.33%) PowerDesigner
8 11 (0.91%) SonarQube
9 8 (0.66%) ER Studio
10 6 (0.50%) JMeter
11 3 (0.25%) Maven
11 3 (0.25%) MSTest
11 3 (0.25%) Selenium
11 3 (0.25%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.17%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.17%) git-flow
12 2 (0.17%) LSMW
12 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.17%) Toad
General
1 406 (33.64%) Finance
2 355 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 254 (21.04%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (10.02%) Banking
5 113 (9.36%) Public Sector
6 45 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.15%) Marketing
8 29 (2.40%) Financial Institution
9 25 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (2.07%) Retail
10 22 (1.82%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.57%) Front Office
12 18 (1.49%) Billing
12 18 (1.49%) Investment Banking
12 18 (1.49%) Legal
13 13 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (0.91%) Back Office
15 10 (0.83%) Law
15 10 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 288 (23.86%) Data Engineer
2 207 (17.15%) Architect
3 179 (14.83%) Analyst
4 160 (13.26%) Developer
5 146 (12.10%) Senior
6 128 (10.60%) Lead
7 102 (8.45%) Data Architect
8 97 (8.04%) Business Analyst
9 72 (5.97%) Data Analyst
10 70 (5.80%) Data Modeller
11 49 (4.06%) Senior Data Engineer
12 45 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
13 43 (3.56%) Azure Data Engineer
14 41 (3.40%) Consultant
15 38 (3.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 38 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (2.65%) Snowflake Data Engineer
16 32 (2.65%) Snowflake Engineer
17 28 (2.32%) Data Business Analyst
17 28 (2.32%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (8.62%) PySpark
2 79 (6.55%) REST
3 78 (6.46%) Kafka
4 43 (3.56%) .NET
5 35 (2.90%) JSON
6 34 (2.82%) OAuth
7 29 (2.40%) SOAP
8 27 (2.24%) XML
9 26 (2.15%) Pandas
10 25 (2.07%) Middleware
11 24 (1.99%) Great Expectations
12 23 (1.91%) Node.js
12 23 (1.91%) RESTful
13 20 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
14 19 (1.57%) Lightning Web Components
15 18 (1.49%) pytest
15 18 (1.49%) Web Services
16 16 (1.33%) OAuth2
17 15 (1.24%) scikit-learn
18 13 (1.08%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 112 (9.28%) Cloud Native
2 95 (7.87%) Data Structures
3 69 (5.72%) Legacy Systems
4 55 (4.56%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 32 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 28 (2.32%) Reference Data
8 26 (2.15%) CMDB
9 22 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.66%) Management Information System
11 19 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.57%) Reinsurance
12 18 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
13 16 (1.33%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (0.99%) Equities
16 11 (0.91%) Clustering
16 11 (0.91%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.41%) Linux
2 16 (1.33%) Unix
3 8 (0.66%) Windows
4 3 (0.25%) zOS
5 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (36.70%) Analytics
2 380 (31.48%) ETL
3 362 (29.99%) Agile
4 336 (27.84%) Business Intelligence
5 300 (24.86%) Data Governance
6 297 (24.61%) Data Pipeline
7 292 (24.19%) Data Engineering
8 290 (24.03%) CI/CD
9 239 (19.80%) DevOps
10 234 (19.39%) Data Architecture
11 211 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
12 208 (17.23%) AI
13 194 (16.07%) Migration
14 183 (15.16%) Stakeholder Management
15 165 (13.67%) Decision-Making
16 157 (13.01%) Validation
17 144 (11.93%) Data Integration
18 128 (10.60%) Visualisation
19 124 (10.27%) Integration Patterns
20 119 (9.86%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 609 (50.46%) SQL
2 420 (34.80%) Python
3 79 (6.55%) Java
4 65 (5.39%) C#
4 65 (5.39%) Scala
5 64 (5.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 34 (2.82%) JavaScript
7 26 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 25 (2.07%) R
9 19 (1.57%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.49%) Apex Code
10 18 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 11 (0.91%) Bicep
11 11 (0.91%) Ruby
12 8 (0.66%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.50%) Bash
13 6 (0.50%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.50%) SOQL
14 5 (0.41%) LookML
14 5 (0.41%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 231 (19.14%) Security Cleared
2 186 (15.41%) SC Cleared
3 79 (6.55%) Degree
4 41 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.49%) Azure Certification
6 20 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.08%) Master's Degree
8 12 (0.99%) CBAP
9 11 (0.91%) AWS Certification
9 11 (0.91%) IIBA
10 10 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.58%) CISSP
12 7 (0.58%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.41%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.33%) CFA
14 4 (0.33%) ISEB
14 4 (0.33%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.33%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 372 (30.82%) Data Quality
2 92 (7.62%) GDPR
3 65 (5.39%) QA
4 19 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.24%) PMO
6 12 (0.99%) Solvency II
7 8 (0.66%) NIST
8 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.50%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.33%) GRC
11 4 (0.33%) IFRS
11 4 (0.33%) MiFID
11 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.25%) Basel III
12 3 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.25%) SLA
12 3 (0.25%) WCAG
13 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (3.98%) Docker
2 6 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.083%) HDFS
3 1 (0.083%) RACF
Systems Management
1 113 (9.36%) Terraform
2 46 (3.81%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.58%) Grafana
4 7 (0.58%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.41%) SCCM
6 4 (0.33%) Ansible
7 1 (0.083%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.083%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 237 (19.64%) Databricks
2 214 (17.73%) Microsoft
3 93 (7.71%) Oracle
4 64 (5.30%) ServiceNow
5 62 (5.14%) Salesforce
6 58 (4.81%) SAP
7 44 (3.65%) Google
8 28 (2.32%) Informatica
9 25 (2.07%) Workday
10 20 (1.66%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.24%) Guidewire
11 15 (1.24%) IBM
12 12 (0.99%) Palantir
12 12 (0.99%) Sparx
13 11 (0.91%) Foundry
13 11 (0.91%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.91%) Pega
14 10 (0.83%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.75%) Ariba
15 9 (0.75%) Confluent