Data Modelling Contract Job Trends in the North West

Data Modelling
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Data Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 71 43
Rank change year-on-year +14 -28 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 155 68 87
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.83% 3.04% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 3.41% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 52 48
10th Percentile £363 £358 £356
25th Percentile £429 £398 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £548
90th Percentile £639 £648 £590
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 5
10th Percentile £54.03 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 £27.14 £37.55
Median hourly rate £72.50 £29.27 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +147.69% -27.41% -12.68%
75th Percentile £83.13 £36.67 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.38 £39.83 -
England median hourly rate £59.25 £43.50 £40.33
% change year-on-year +36.21% +7.87% -19.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,359 1,994 2,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.00% 89.02% 83.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,905 1,320 1,102
10th Percentile £300 £255 £300
25th Percentile £403 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £678 £650
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 149 113
10th Percentile £14.30 £14.07 £17.32
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £26.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +88.90% -37.64% +15.21%
75th Percentile £72.47 £44.78 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £38.13 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +51.59% -40.82% -5.56%

Data Modelling Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Modelling relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Data Modelling job vacancy trend in the North West

Data Modelling Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Data Modelling Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling in the North West over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modelling in the North West

Data Modelling Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Modelling in the North West over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Modelling in the North West

Data Modelling 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 Modelling within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Manchester +14 119 £525 +15.07% 102
Cheshire +8 17 £519 +11.02% 12
Merseyside -7 15 £441 -11.80% 11
Lancashire -28 2 - - 10
Cumbria -28 1 - -
Data Modelling
England

Data Modelling Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Analytics34.2%53
2Agile30.3%47
3Business Intelligence27.7%43
3ETL27.7%43
5Data Pipeline27.1%42
6CI/CD26.5%41
7Stakeholder Management25.8%40
8Migration24.5%38
9AI20.0%31
9Validation20.0%31
11Data Engineering19.4%30
12Data Governance18.7%29
12Problem-Solving18.7%29
14Data Integration18.1%28
15Data Architecture16.1%25
16Data Transformation14.8%23
17DevOps14.2%22
18Performance Tuning12.9%20
19Data Analysis11.0%17
19Decision-Making11.0%17