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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 51 61
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 119 85 82
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.39% 4.05% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.05% 4.57% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 52 55
10th Percentile £336 £393 £343
25th Percentile £384 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £625 £711 £715
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £29.53 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +40.75% -34.03%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £55.60 - £57.47
England median hourly rate £57.30 £57.50 £48.50
% change year-on-year -0.35% +18.56% -29.45%

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 2,355 1,859 2,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.87% 88.61% 87.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,534 1,108 1,617
10th Percentile £215 £265 £306
25th Percentile £358 £380 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £570 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 100 217
10th Percentile £16.35 £16.06 £12.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.35 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.46% +5.03% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.19 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.03 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +16 87 £460 -3.16% 49
Cheshire -37 16 £479 -13.00% 7
Lancashire -9 8 £463 - 25
Merseyside -13 4 £413 -34.00% 2
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 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (5.88%) SAS
3 5 (4.20%) Confluence
4 2 (1.68%) Apache
5 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.84%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (5.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.20%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (4.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.84%) Finacle
3 1 (0.84%) Maximo
3 1 (0.84%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 24 (20.17%) Azure
2 21 (17.65%) AWS
2 21 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 18 (15.13%) GCP
4 15 (12.61%) dbt
5 14 (11.76%) Snowflake
6 9 (7.56%) Prefect
6 9 (7.56%) Serverless
7 7 (5.88%) Power Automate
8 6 (5.04%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (4.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (4.20%) PowerApps
10 4 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (3.36%) PaaS
11 3 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (2.52%) Azure Functions
11 3 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.52%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.36%) Firewall
1 4 (3.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (26.89%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (14.29%) Power BI
3 15 (12.61%) Snowflake Schema
4 8 (6.72%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (5.88%) BigQuery
5 7 (5.88%) Metadata
6 6 (5.04%) Power Query
6 6 (5.04%) Relational Database
6 6 (5.04%) Tableau
7 5 (4.20%) Data Lake
7 5 (4.20%) Redis
7 5 (4.20%) SQL Server
8 4 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (3.36%) Big Data
8 4 (3.36%) Cognos Framework Manager
8 4 (3.36%) Cognos Report Studio
8 4 (3.36%) DynamoDB
8 4 (3.36%) Looker
8 4 (3.36%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (10.08%) Git
2 9 (7.56%) JIRA
3 8 (6.72%) GitLab
4 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.68%) JUnit
4 2 (1.68%) Mockito
4 2 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.84%) RStudio
5 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (25.21%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (24.37%) Finance
3 28 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 13 (10.92%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.40%) Banking
6 7 (5.88%) Retail
7 5 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.52%) Games
8 3 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.52%) Law
8 3 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.68%) Local Government
9 2 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.84%) Military
Job Titles
1 33 (27.73%) Architect
2 25 (21.01%) Developer
3 24 (20.17%) Analyst
4 23 (19.33%) Data Engineer
5 17 (14.29%) Data Architect
6 10 (8.40%) Senior
7 8 (6.72%) Business Analyst
7 8 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.04%) SAP Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) SAP Test Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Snowflake Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Test Analyst
9 5 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (4.20%) Data Analyst
10 4 (3.36%) Cognos Developer
10 4 (3.36%) Enterprise Architect
10 4 (3.36%) Operations Analyst
10 4 (3.36%) Senior Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.72%) REST
2 7 (5.88%) Spring
2 7 (5.88%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.36%) Middleware
3 4 (3.36%) RESTful
3 4 (3.36%) YAML
4 3 (2.52%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (2.52%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.52%) Node.js
4 3 (2.52%) OAuth
4 3 (2.52%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.52%) OpenAPI
4 3 (2.52%) OpenID
4 3 (2.52%) SOAP
4 3 (2.52%) Swagger
4 3 (2.52%) Visualforce
5 2 (1.68%) CSS
5 2 (1.68%) HTML
5 2 (1.68%) PySpark
5 2 (1.68%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.61%) Data Structures
2 13 (10.92%) Clustering
3 9 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.04%) Public Cloud
5 5 (4.20%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.20%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.36%) CMDB
6 4 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.36%) Taxonomies
7 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.52%) NHS
7 3 (2.52%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.68%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.68%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.68%) FMCG
8 2 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.84%) Replication
9 1 (0.84%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Linux
1 4 (3.36%) Windows
1 4 (3.36%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.77%) Analytics
2 31 (26.05%) ETL
3 27 (22.69%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (21.85%) Data Governance
5 23 (19.33%) CI/CD
5 23 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (17.65%) Data Science
7 20 (16.81%) Agile
8 19 (15.97%) Data Engineering
8 19 (15.97%) Decision-Making
8 19 (15.97%) Translating Business Requirements
9 17 (14.29%) Data Architecture
10 16 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.45%) Mentoring
10 16 (13.45%) Performance Tuning
10 16 (13.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
11 14 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (10.08%) Data Integration
13 11 (9.24%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 46 (38.66%) SQL
2 26 (21.85%) Python
3 12 (10.08%) Java
4 11 (9.24%) PL/SQL
5 7 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.36%) T-SQL
6 4 (3.36%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.52%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.84%) LookML
8 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (15.13%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.92%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (7.56%) Degree
5 6 (5.04%) ISTQB
6 4 (3.36%) CISM
6 4 (3.36%) CISSP
6 4 (3.36%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (3.36%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.84%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.84%) IIBA
9 1 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.84%) PMP
9 1 (0.84%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (32.77%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.56%) GDPR
3 7 (5.88%) ISO 20022
4 4 (3.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (3.36%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.68%) CRD IV
5 2 (1.68%) FINREP
5 2 (1.68%) IFRS
5 2 (1.68%) QA
6 1 (0.84%) GRC
6 1 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.84%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (8.40%) Docker
2 4 (3.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.36%) Terraform
2 3 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.68%) Control-M
3 2 (1.68%) SCCM
4 1 (0.84%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 15 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.24%) Salesforce
3 10 (8.40%) Google
4 8 (6.72%) SAP
4 8 (6.72%) ServiceNow
5 6 (5.04%) Cognos
6 5 (4.20%) Oracle
7 4 (3.36%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.52%) Informatica
9 2 (1.68%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.68%) BMC
9 2 (1.68%) Databricks
9 2 (1.68%) IBM
9 2 (1.68%) Pega
9 2 (1.68%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.68%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.84%) IDERA
10 1 (0.84%) Sage
10 1 (0.84%) Siemens
10 1 (0.84%) SnapLogic