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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 44 63
Rank change year-on-year -5 +19 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 133 91 76
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.27% 4.65% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 5.12% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 63 54
10th Percentile £344 £419 £404
25th Percentile £400 £463 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £573 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% +9.05% -0.42%
75th Percentile £578 £655 £597
90th Percentile £646 £702 £680
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £36.98 - -
25th Percentile £41.94 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £64.50 £70.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% +51.58% -32.09%
75th Percentile £85.00 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £90.00 - £59.72
England median hourly rate £73.12 £54.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +35.41% +16.93% -23.67%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,637 1,777 2,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 84.57% 90.80% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,651 1,150 1,579
10th Percentile £240 £290 £313
25th Percentile £375 £390 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 112 257
10th Percentile £19.32 £16.37 £10.98
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.92 £13.50
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.88 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.60% +35.66% -37.00%
75th Percentile £71.50 £60.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £84.13 £80.40 £51.91
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 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
Manchester +11 99 £469 -6.25% 44
Cheshire -21 17 £465 -19.83% 18
Lancashire -12 7 £463 - 17
Merseyside -25 4 £413 -34.00% 10
Data Modelling
England

Data Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 12 (9.02%) Confluence
2 10 (7.52%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.76%) Apache Spark
4 4 (3.01%) SAS
5 3 (2.26%) Apache
6 2 (1.50%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.75%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.26%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.75%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Salesforce CRM
1 5 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.26%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.75%) Maximo
4 1 (0.75%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 39 (29.32%) Azure
2 26 (19.55%) Power Platform
3 21 (15.79%) AWS
4 15 (11.28%) dbt
5 14 (10.53%) GCP
6 13 (9.77%) Power Automate
6 13 (9.77%) Snowflake
7 12 (9.02%) Serverless
8 11 (8.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (7.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (4.51%) Azure Functions
11 6 (4.51%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (4.51%) PowerApps
11 6 (4.51%) Prefect
11 6 (4.51%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (3.01%) PaaS
14 3 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.26%) Firewall
1 3 (2.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.75%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (25.56%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (15.04%) Power BI
3 17 (12.78%) SQL Server
4 15 (11.28%) Snowflake Schema
5 8 (6.02%) Data Lake
5 8 (6.02%) Power Query
6 7 (5.26%) Metadata
6 7 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (4.51%) Big Data
7 6 (4.51%) BigQuery
7 6 (4.51%) Data Vault
7 6 (4.51%) NoSQL
7 6 (4.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (3.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 5 (3.76%) Relational Database
8 5 (3.76%) Tableau
9 4 (3.01%) DynamoDB
9 4 (3.01%) Hadoop
10 3 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (2.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (12.03%) JIRA
2 12 (9.02%) Git
3 8 (6.02%) GitLab
4 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.50%) JUnit
4 2 (1.50%) Mockito
5 1 (0.75%) Hudson
5 1 (0.75%) Postman
5 1 (0.75%) RStudio
5 1 (0.75%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (24.06%) Social Skills
2 31 (23.31%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (22.56%) Finance
4 13 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.02%) Banking
6 7 (5.26%) Retail
7 6 (4.51%) Law
8 3 (2.26%) Games
8 3 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.50%) Legal
9 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.75%) Local Government
10 1 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (21.80%) Data Engineer
2 27 (20.30%) Developer
3 25 (18.80%) Architect
4 23 (17.29%) Analyst
5 13 (9.77%) Data Architect
5 13 (9.77%) Senior
6 8 (6.02%) Business Analyst
6 8 (6.02%) Lead
7 6 (4.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 6 (4.51%) Power BI Developer
8 5 (3.76%) Data Analyst
8 5 (3.76%) SAP Analyst
8 5 (3.76%) SAP Test Analyst
8 5 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (3.76%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 5 (3.76%) Snowflake Engineer
8 5 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.76%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (3.76%) Test Analyst
9 4 (3.01%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.02%) REST
2 6 (4.51%) Kafka
2 6 (4.51%) RESTful
2 6 (4.51%) Spring
2 6 (4.51%) Spring Boot
2 6 (4.51%) YAML
3 5 (3.76%) .NET
4 4 (3.01%) HTML5 Canvas
4 4 (3.01%) Middleware
5 3 (2.26%) .NET Core
5 3 (2.26%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.26%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (2.26%) Node.js
5 3 (2.26%) OAuth
5 3 (2.26%) OAuth2
5 3 (2.26%) OpenAPI
5 3 (2.26%) PySpark
5 3 (2.26%) React
5 3 (2.26%) SOAP
5 3 (2.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.28%) Data Structures
2 12 (9.02%) Clustering
3 10 (7.52%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (6.77%) Product Ownership
5 7 (5.26%) CMDB
5 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.51%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.76%) Public Cloud
8 4 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.01%) Replication
8 4 (3.01%) Taxonomies
9 3 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.26%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.50%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.50%) FMCG
10 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.50%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.76%) Windows
2 4 (3.01%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.26%) Linux
4 1 (0.75%) Unix
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (31.58%) Analytics
2 41 (30.83%) ETL
3 31 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (22.56%) CI/CD
5 28 (21.05%) Agile
6 27 (20.30%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (18.05%) Data Governance
8 20 (15.04%) Data Engineering
9 19 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
10 18 (13.53%) Decision-Making
10 18 (13.53%) Performance Tuning
11 17 (12.78%) Data Integration
12 16 (12.03%) Data Science
12 16 (12.03%) Translating Business Requirements
13 15 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
14 14 (10.53%) Data Analysis
14 14 (10.53%) DevOps
15 13 (9.77%) Data Architecture
15 13 (9.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 55 (41.35%) SQL
2 25 (18.80%) Python
3 11 (8.27%) Java
4 8 (6.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (6.02%) PL/SQL
4 8 (6.02%) T-SQL
5 7 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.76%) C#
7 4 (3.01%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.26%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.75%) Scala
10 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.51%) Degree
5 5 (3.76%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.26%) CISM
6 3 (2.26%) CISSP
6 3 (2.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.50%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.75%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.75%) IIBA
8 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (36.09%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.52%) GDPR
3 5 (3.76%) ISO 20022
4 4 (3.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (3.01%) GRC
5 3 (2.26%) QA
6 2 (1.50%) CRD IV
6 2 (1.50%) FINREP
6 2 (1.50%) IFRS
6 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.50%) PMO
7 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.75%) NCSC
7 1 (0.75%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (4.51%) Docker
2 3 (2.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (6.02%) Terraform
2 3 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.50%) SCCM
4 1 (0.75%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 18 (13.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.27%) Salesforce
3 10 (7.52%) SAP
4 9 (6.77%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.51%) Databricks
5 6 (4.51%) Google
6 5 (3.76%) Atlassian
7 4 (3.01%) BMC
7 4 (3.01%) Oracle
8 3 (2.26%) Cognos
9 2 (1.50%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.50%) Remedy
9 2 (1.50%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.75%) IDERA
10 1 (0.75%) Informatica
10 1 (0.75%) Sage
10 1 (0.75%) Siemens
10 1 (0.75%) SnapLogic
10 1 (0.75%) Workday
10 1 (0.75%) Zscaler