Conceptual Models Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Conceptual Modelling
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Conceptual Models skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 157 177
Rank change year-on-year -67 +20 +35
Contract jobs citing Conceptual Models 5 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.081% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £572 £550 £528
90th Percentile £611 £610 £534
England median daily rate £625 £600 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% +14.29% -19.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Conceptual Models 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,243 2,961 3,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.44% 89.97% 85.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,295 1,902 2,432
10th Percentile £312 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 156 364
10th Percentile £16.07 £13.60 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.68 £18.51 £12.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £27.31 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +97.71% +54.13% -39.21%
75th Percentile £71.50 £58.34 £45.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.96 £57.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

Conceptual Models
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Conceptual Models job vacancy trend in the North of England

Conceptual Models
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Conceptual Models.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Conceptual Models

Conceptual Models
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Conceptual Models within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Yorkshire -52 3 £550 -15.38% 4
North East - 3 £550 -
North West -39 2 £625 +38.89%
Conceptual Models
England

Conceptual Models
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (20.00%) Metadata
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) ERwin
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Data Architecture
1 4 (80.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Logical Data Model
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Epics
3 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft