DAO Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Data Access Object (DAO)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring DAO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DAO 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.013% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.062% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £524 £400 £1,250
% change year-on-year +30.94% -68.00% +233.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

DAO falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,607 1,012 843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 21.11% 25.17% 20.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 727 557
10th Percentile £375 £345 £350
25th Percentile £425 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 6 15
10th Percentile £46.80 £28.00 £14.41
25th Percentile £62.50 £31.50 £31.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £53.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +32.08% +14.77% -
75th Percentile £73.00 £84.06 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.00 £73.30
England median hourly rate £66.83 £55.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +21.51% -12.60% +0.68%

DAO
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

DAO job vacancy trend in the North of England

DAO
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

DAO
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DAO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DAO

DAO
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 DAO within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 September 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 - 1 - - 1
DAO
England

DAO
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Governance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO