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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 58 59
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 146 70 83
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.07% 3.40% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 3.84% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 51 60
10th Percentile £362 £413 £411
25th Percentile £413 £469 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +7.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £578 £655 £585
90th Percentile £638 £703 £600
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 4
10th Percentile £41.94 - -
25th Percentile £50.13 £27.14 £37.55
Median hourly rate £75.00 £29.27 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +156.24% -27.41% -20.15%
75th Percentile £85.00 £51.95 £49.51
90th Percentile £90.00 £64.28 £61.06
England median hourly rate £65.00 £48.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +35.42% +12.94% +17.24%

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 2,991 1,825 2,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.36% 88.76% 84.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,750 1,210 1,426
10th Percentile £300 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -8.08% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £585
90th Percentile £675 £665 £675
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 111 267
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.13 £14.72
Median hourly rate £50.00 £31.76 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.43% +5.87% -1.77%
75th Percentile £76.00 £61.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.00 £66.61
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +12 111 £500 -4.76% 41
Cheshire -5 16 £402 -30.69% 5
Merseyside -14 11 £441 -37.00% 9
Lancashire -5 4 £463 -5.13% 25
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 17 (11.64%) Confluence
2 4 (2.74%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.05%) SAS
4 1 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.68%) Apache
4 1 (0.68%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.42%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.37%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.68%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 43 (29.45%) Azure
2 35 (23.97%) Power Platform
3 26 (17.81%) AWS
4 16 (10.96%) dbt
5 12 (8.22%) Serverless
6 11 (7.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (7.53%) Power Automate
7 10 (6.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (6.85%) GCP
8 8 (5.48%) SaaS
8 8 (5.48%) Snowflake
9 7 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (4.79%) PowerApps
10 6 (4.11%) Azure Functions
10 6 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (2.74%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.74%) GitHub
12 4 (2.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.68%) Firewall
1 1 (0.68%) SMS
1 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (21.92%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (19.18%) Power BI
3 19 (13.01%) SQL Server
4 13 (8.90%) Data Lake
5 11 (7.53%) Snowflake Schema
5 11 (7.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (6.85%) Metadata
7 8 (5.48%) Relational Database
8 7 (4.79%) Looker
8 7 (4.79%) Power Query
8 7 (4.79%) Semantic Layer
9 6 (4.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (3.42%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (3.42%) Data Vault
10 5 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (3.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (3.42%) Tableau
11 4 (2.74%) Delta Lake
11 4 (2.74%) DynamoDB
11 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (13.70%) JIRA
2 11 (7.53%) Git
3 6 (4.11%) GitLab
4 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.37%) JUnit
4 2 (1.37%) Mockito
5 1 (0.68%) Hudson
5 1 (0.68%) Postman
5 1 (0.68%) RStudio
5 1 (0.68%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (31.51%) Finance
2 45 (30.82%) Social Skills
3 29 (19.86%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.70%) Banking
5 12 (8.22%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.22%) Retail
6 5 (3.42%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.42%) Marketing
7 4 (2.74%) Legal
8 3 (2.05%) Law
9 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Automotive
10 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (19.18%) Analyst
1 28 (19.18%) Developer
2 24 (16.44%) Data Engineer
3 21 (14.38%) Architect
4 18 (12.33%) Senior
5 13 (8.90%) Business Analyst
6 10 (6.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 10 (6.85%) Data Architect
6 10 (6.85%) Power BI Developer
7 9 (6.16%) Lead
7 9 (6.16%) Technical Analyst
8 8 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.11%) Data Analyst
9 6 (4.11%) Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.42%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (2.74%) Data Manager
11 4 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
11 4 (2.74%) Product Manager
11 4 (2.74%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.48%) Kafka
2 7 (4.79%) .NET
3 6 (4.11%) REST
3 6 (4.11%) RESTful
3 6 (4.11%) YAML
4 5 (3.42%) HTML5 Canvas
4 5 (3.42%) SOAP
5 4 (2.74%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.74%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (2.74%) Middleware
5 4 (2.74%) PySpark
6 3 (2.05%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.05%) CSS
6 3 (2.05%) Entity Framework
6 3 (2.05%) HTML
6 3 (2.05%) OpenAPI
6 3 (2.05%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (2.05%) React
6 3 (2.05%) Swagger
6 3 (2.05%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.59%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (8.22%) Data Structures
3 11 (7.53%) Product Ownership
4 10 (6.85%) CMDB
5 9 (6.16%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.79%) Cloud Native
6 7 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (4.11%) Clustering
7 6 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.74%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (2.74%) Replication
8 4 (2.74%) Taxonomies
9 3 (2.05%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (2.05%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.37%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.37%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.37%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.74%) Windows
2 3 (2.05%) Unix
3 2 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.68%) Linux
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (32.88%) Analytics
2 41 (28.08%) Agile
3 40 (27.40%) ETL
4 37 (25.34%) CI/CD
5 36 (24.66%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (21.23%) Data Pipeline
7 27 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (16.44%) Migration
10 23 (15.75%) Data Governance
11 22 (15.07%) Data Engineering
12 21 (14.38%) Data Integration
13 20 (13.70%) Data Analysis
14 19 (13.01%) Data Transformation
15 17 (11.64%) Decision-Making
15 17 (11.64%) Validation
16 16 (10.96%) AI
16 16 (10.96%) DevOps
16 16 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 15 (10.27%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 69 (47.26%) SQL
2 28 (19.18%) Python
3 11 (7.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (6.16%) C#
4 9 (6.16%) T-SQL
5 8 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.11%) PL/SQL
7 5 (3.42%) Java
8 4 (2.74%) Apex Code
8 4 (2.74%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.05%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.37%) Scala
11 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (9.59%) Security Cleared
2 10 (6.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.79%) Degree
5 2 (1.37%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.37%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.68%) CISM
6 1 (0.68%) CISSP
6 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.68%) IIBA
6 1 (0.68%) ISEB
6 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (34.25%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.16%) GDPR
3 6 (4.11%) GRC
3 6 (4.11%) QA
4 4 (2.74%) Solvency II
5 3 (2.05%) IFRS
5 3 (2.05%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.37%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.37%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.16%) Terraform
2 3 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.27%) Databricks
3 12 (8.22%) Salesforce
4 11 (7.53%) ServiceNow
5 9 (6.16%) Oracle
6 7 (4.79%) SAP
7 6 (4.11%) Atlassian
8 5 (3.42%) BMC
9 3 (2.05%) Adobe
9 3 (2.05%) IBM
9 3 (2.05%) Remedy
9 3 (2.05%) Teradata
10 2 (1.37%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.37%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.37%) Workday
11 1 (0.68%) EXASOL
11 1 (0.68%) IDERA
11 1 (0.68%) IFS
11 1 (0.68%) Infor
11 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft