Data Discovery Contract Job Trends in the North West

Data Discovery
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Data Discovery skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 119 130
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 -
Contract jobs citing Data Discovery 2 3 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.092% 0.12% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.15% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 15
10th Percentile £440 £440 -
25th Percentile £467 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +2.88% -
75th Percentile £557 £519 £557
90th Percentile £583 £530 £627
England median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -11.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Data Discovery 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,931 2,006 2,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.46% 83.41% 87.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 1,120 1,693
10th Percentile £275 £294 £271
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% -2.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £595
90th Percentile £680 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 107 163
10th Percentile £13.61 £16.40 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.32 £29.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +28.79% +46.67%
75th Percentile £49.84 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £72.70 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.94% +51.21%

Data Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Data Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Discovery in the North West

Data Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Discovery

Data Discovery
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Discovery in the North West over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Discovery in the North West

Data Discovery
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Discovery within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. 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
Manchester -8 1 £600 +20.00%
Cheshire - 1 £425 -
Data Discovery
England

Data Discovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Test Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft