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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 41 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 912 686 895
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.34% 4.81% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.93% 5.33% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 458 649
10th Percentile £379 £364 £413
25th Percentile £462 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £645 £650 £700
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
England median daily rate £526 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.66% -6.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 15
10th Percentile £28.67 £39.38 £35.25
25th Percentile £30.11 £48.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.24% +5.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £40.13 £58.06 £61.75
90th Percentile £42.90 £65.00 £64.52
England median hourly rate £50.40 £52.50 £49.50
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.06% -28.00%

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 13,159 12,860 16,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.43% 90.25% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 8,233 11,465
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 159 244
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.44 £54.50 £54.34
90th Percentile £69.24 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 +13 117 £525 -9.48% 58
West London -11 16 £600 +9.79% 11
East London +3 7 £473 -24.40% 5
South London -5 5 £500 -0.10% 6
North London +4 1 - - 1
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 75 (8.22%) Apache Spark
2 50 (5.48%) Apache Airflow
3 35 (3.84%) Apache
4 22 (2.41%) Confluence
5 13 (1.43%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.99%) Appian
7 8 (0.88%) ArcGIS
8 7 (0.77%) Camunda
9 6 (0.66%) CMS
10 5 (0.55%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.33%) Luigi
11 3 (0.33%) SAS
12 2 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.11%) Apache Pig
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.43%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Trello
7 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.88%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.77%) Endur
6 5 (0.55%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.33%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.33%) SAP EWM
7 3 (0.33%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.22%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.22%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.22%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.22%) SAP R/3
8 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.22%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 324 (35.53%) Azure
2 252 (27.63%) Power Platform
3 222 (24.34%) AWS
4 116 (12.72%) Azure Data Factory
5 95 (10.42%) Snowflake
6 78 (8.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 75 (8.22%) GCP
8 69 (7.57%) Serverless
9 67 (7.35%) Azure DevOps
10 62 (6.80%) dbt
11 61 (6.69%) Amazon S3
12 47 (5.15%) GitHub
13 42 (4.61%) AWS Lambda
14 38 (4.17%) Power Automate
15 32 (3.51%) PowerApps
16 30 (3.29%) Collibra
16 30 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
17 28 (3.07%) Azure Logic Apps
18 24 (2.63%) Azure Functions
19 22 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.44%) HTTP
2 3 (0.33%) Firewall
3 2 (0.22%) NAS
3 2 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.22%) RFID
3 2 (0.22%) VPN
4 1 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.11%) Internet
4 1 (0.11%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (24.45%) Power BI
2 199 (21.82%) Data Warehouse
3 120 (13.16%) Metadata
4 92 (10.09%) Data Lake
5 71 (7.79%) NoSQL
6 65 (7.13%) SQL Server
7 60 (6.58%) Tableau
8 57 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 48 (5.26%) Data Vault
10 47 (5.15%) Relational Database
11 46 (5.04%) Snowflake Schema
12 39 (4.28%) Big Data
13 36 (3.95%) Star Schema
14 35 (3.84%) Amazon Redshift
15 34 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
16 30 (3.29%) Delta Lake
17 29 (3.18%) Power Query
18 28 (3.07%) BigQuery
18 28 (3.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 26 (2.85%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 87 (9.54%) Git
2 62 (6.80%) JIRA
3 40 (4.39%) ERwin
4 18 (1.97%) PowerDesigner
5 16 (1.75%) ER Studio
6 13 (1.43%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.21%) GitLab
8 8 (0.88%) MLflow
9 6 (0.66%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.44%) JMeter
11 3 (0.33%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.33%) Maven
11 3 (0.33%) Selenium
11 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.22%) LSMW
12 2 (0.22%) Terragrunt
13 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 290 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 288 (31.58%) Finance
3 171 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (10.53%) Banking
5 75 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 31 (3.40%) Retail
7 30 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (3.29%) Marketing
8 28 (3.07%) Investment Banking
9 25 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (2.63%) Front Office
11 21 (2.30%) Back Office
12 19 (2.08%) Financial Institution
13 17 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.43%) Local Government
16 12 (1.32%) Billing
16 12 (1.32%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.21%) Legal
18 9 (0.99%) Law
Job Titles
1 186 (20.39%) Data Engineer
2 166 (18.20%) Architect
3 143 (15.68%) Analyst
4 108 (11.84%) Developer
5 99 (10.86%) Lead
6 94 (10.31%) Data Architect
7 93 (10.20%) Senior
8 90 (9.87%) Business Analyst
9 64 (7.02%) Data Modeller
10 56 (6.14%) Data Analyst
11 55 (6.03%) Consultant
12 40 (4.39%) Azure Engineer
13 38 (4.17%) Azure Data Engineer
14 32 (3.51%) Senior Data Engineer
15 29 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (2.52%) Technical Business Analyst
17 22 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
17 22 (2.41%) Technical Analyst
18 21 (2.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
19 19 (2.08%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (9.43%) PySpark
2 51 (5.59%) Kafka
3 47 (5.15%) REST
4 29 (3.18%) .NET
5 23 (2.52%) JSON
6 21 (2.30%) XML
7 20 (2.19%) Node.js
7 20 (2.19%) OAuth
8 18 (1.97%) Pandas
8 18 (1.97%) SOAP
9 17 (1.86%) RESTful
10 16 (1.75%) Middleware
11 15 (1.64%) HTML
12 14 (1.54%) Web Services
13 12 (1.32%) .NET Core
14 11 (1.21%) scikit-learn
15 10 (1.10%) Lightning Web Components
15 10 (1.10%) OAuth2
15 10 (1.10%) OpenAPI
16 9 (0.99%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 63 (6.91%) Cloud Native
3 52 (5.70%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.28%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.41%) Reinsurance
6 19 (2.08%) Reference Data
7 15 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.54%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.43%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.32%) Derivative
10 12 (1.32%) Equities
11 10 (1.10%) CMDB
11 10 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.99%) Fixed Income
13 8 (0.88%) Replication
13 8 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.10%) Linux
1 10 (1.10%) Unix
2 1 (0.11%) Windows
2 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (33.55%) Analytics
2 283 (31.03%) Agile
3 275 (30.15%) Business Intelligence
4 267 (29.28%) ETL
5 266 (29.17%) Data Governance
6 212 (23.25%) Data Engineering
7 191 (20.94%) Data Pipeline
8 187 (20.50%) Data Architecture
9 178 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
10 161 (17.65%) CI/CD
11 153 (16.78%) DevOps
12 145 (15.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 134 (14.69%) AI
13 134 (14.69%) Migration
14 130 (14.25%) Data Integration
15 122 (13.38%) Visualisation
16 101 (11.07%) Decision-Making
17 99 (10.86%) Data Analysis
18 94 (10.31%) Data Science
19 85 (9.32%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 462 (50.66%) SQL
2 298 (32.68%) Python
3 63 (6.91%) Java
4 46 (5.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 43 (4.71%) C#
5 43 (4.71%) Scala
6 27 (2.96%) R
7 26 (2.85%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.86%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.54%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.21%) Bicep
10 11 (1.21%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.10%) Apex Code
12 9 (0.99%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.55%) Bash
13 5 (0.55%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.44%) ABAP
14 4 (0.44%) Korn
14 4 (0.44%) VBA
15 3 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 149 (16.34%) Security Cleared
2 124 (13.60%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.35%) Degree
4 31 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.85%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.43%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.21%) DV Cleared
9 9 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.77%) CFA
10 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.55%) CBAP
11 5 (0.55%) IIBA
11 5 (0.55%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.44%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.33%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.22%) ISEB
14 2 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 265 (29.06%) Data Quality
2 76 (8.33%) GDPR
3 44 (4.82%) QA
4 19 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.99%) MiFID
6 8 (0.88%) PMO
7 7 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (0.77%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.66%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.44%) NIST
11 3 (0.33%) Basel III
11 3 (0.33%) IFRS
12 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.22%) DICOM
12 2 (0.22%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (3.62%) Docker
2 4 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 58 (6.36%) Terraform
2 33 (3.62%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.44%) Ansible
5 3 (0.33%) Grafana
6 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.11%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 169 (18.53%) Databricks
2 154 (16.89%) Microsoft
3 53 (5.81%) Oracle
3 53 (5.81%) SAP
4 43 (4.71%) Salesforce
5 36 (3.95%) ServiceNow
6 31 (3.40%) Google
7 20 (2.19%) Sparx
8 19 (2.08%) Guidewire
9 16 (1.75%) Informatica
10 11 (1.21%) IBM
11 10 (1.10%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.10%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.99%) Pega
13 7 (0.77%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.77%) Charles River
13 7 (0.77%) ESRI
13 7 (0.77%) Palantir
13 7 (0.77%) Workday
14 6 (0.66%) Foundry