DataFlux Contract Job Trends in the North of England

DataFlux
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of DataFlux products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DataFlux over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAS DataFlux.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DataFlux 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.016% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £750 - -

All Vendors
North of England

DataFlux falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,567 1,686 2,059
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 42.02% 51.59% 43.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,628 1,086 1,221
10th Percentile £284 £230 £250
25th Percentile £400 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £573 £582
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 72 211
10th Percentile £15.34 £18.10 £10.95
25th Percentile £22.84 £21.24 £12.53
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +116.67% -55.59%
75th Percentile £68.13 £60.00 £20.77
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £45.88
England median hourly rate £30.15 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.64% +22.22% -44.10%

DataFlux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

DataFlux job vacancy trend in the North of England

DataFlux
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

DataFlux
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 DataFlux within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 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
North East - 1 £750 - 1
DataFlux
England

DataFlux
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared