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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 45 61
Rank change year-on-year -7 +16 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 113 88 83
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.24% 4.19% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 4.73% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 54 54
10th Percentile £335 £368 £354
25th Percentile £382 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £575 £631 £619
90th Percentile £625 £709 £734
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 £50.40 £55.50 £48.50
% change year-on-year -9.19% +14.43% -30.71%

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 2,318 1,859 2,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.01% 88.48% 86.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,518 1,097 1,655
10th Percentile £213 £275 £306
25th Percentile £358 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £683
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 98 211
10th Percentile £16.41 £16.19 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.85 £22.72 £15.84
Median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.46% +5.03% -20.00%
75th Percentile £59.38 £52.13 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.58 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - +1.21%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 80 £463 -2.63% 47
Cheshire -31 16 £479 -12.60% 7
Lancashire -16 8 £418 - 25
Merseyside -16 5 £456 -7.83% 8
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 (15.04%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (6.19%) SAS
3 3 (2.65%) Confluence
4 2 (1.77%) Apache
4 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (5.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.42%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (4.42%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) Finacle
3 1 (0.88%) Maximo
3 1 (0.88%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.35%) Azure
2 22 (19.47%) AWS
2 22 (19.47%) Power Platform
3 18 (15.93%) GCP
4 15 (13.27%) Snowflake
5 14 (12.39%) dbt
6 9 (7.96%) Prefect
7 8 (7.08%) Serverless
8 6 (5.31%) Power Automate
8 6 (5.31%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (4.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (4.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (3.54%) PaaS
10 4 (3.54%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (1.77%) AWS Step Functions
12 2 (1.77%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.54%) Firewall
1 4 (3.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (27.43%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (16.81%) Power BI
3 14 (12.39%) Snowflake Schema
4 8 (7.08%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (6.19%) BigQuery
5 7 (6.19%) Metadata
6 6 (5.31%) Power Query
6 6 (5.31%) Relational Database
6 6 (5.31%) SQL Server
6 6 (5.31%) Tableau
7 5 (4.42%) Data Lake
7 5 (4.42%) Redis
8 4 (3.54%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (3.54%) Big Data
8 4 (3.54%) Cognos Framework Manager
8 4 (3.54%) Cognos Report Studio
8 4 (3.54%) DynamoDB
8 4 (3.54%) Looker
8 4 (3.54%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.65%) Cognos Transformer
Development Applications
1 11 (9.73%) Git
2 8 (7.08%) GitLab
3 7 (6.19%) JIRA
4 2 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.77%) JUnit
4 2 (1.77%) Mockito
4 2 (1.77%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (25.66%) Analytical Skills
1 29 (25.66%) Finance
1 29 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.73%) Public Sector
3 10 (8.85%) Banking
4 7 (6.19%) Retail
5 5 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Games
6 3 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Law
6 3 (2.65%) Local Government
6 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.88%) Military
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (29.20%) Architect
2 25 (22.12%) Developer
3 22 (19.47%) Analyst
3 22 (19.47%) Data Engineer
4 17 (15.04%) Data Architect
5 8 (7.08%) Senior
5 8 (7.08%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (6.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 6 (5.31%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.31%) Power BI Developer
7 6 (5.31%) SAP Analyst
7 6 (5.31%) SAP Test Analyst
7 6 (5.31%) Test Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Data Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Snowflake Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (3.54%) Operations Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Senior Technical Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.08%) REST
2 7 (6.19%) Spring
2 7 (6.19%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.54%) Middleware
3 4 (3.54%) RESTful
3 4 (3.54%) YAML
4 3 (2.65%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.65%) Node.js
4 3 (2.65%) OAuth
4 3 (2.65%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.65%) OpenAPI
4 3 (2.65%) OpenID
4 3 (2.65%) SOAP
4 3 (2.65%) Swagger
4 3 (2.65%) Visualforce
5 2 (1.77%) CSS
5 2 (1.77%) HTML
5 2 (1.77%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (1.77%) PySpark
5 2 (1.77%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.27%) Data Structures
2 12 (10.62%) Clustering
3 9 (7.96%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.31%) Public Cloud
5 5 (4.42%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.42%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.54%) CMDB
6 4 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.65%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.65%) NHS
7 3 (2.65%) Taxonomies
7 3 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.77%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.77%) FMCG
8 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.88%) Replication
9 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.54%) Linux
1 4 (3.54%) Windows
1 4 (3.54%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (32.74%) Analytics
2 29 (25.66%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (24.78%) ETL
4 26 (23.01%) Data Governance
5 21 (18.58%) CI/CD
6 20 (17.70%) Agile
6 20 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (16.81%) Data Engineering
7 19 (16.81%) Data Science
7 19 (16.81%) Translating Business Requirements
8 18 (15.93%) Decision-Making
9 17 (15.04%) Data Architecture
10 16 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (13.27%) Data Pipeline
11 15 (13.27%) Mentoring
11 15 (13.27%) Performance Tuning
12 14 (12.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (10.62%) Visualisation
14 11 (9.73%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 45 (39.82%) SQL
2 24 (21.24%) Python
3 12 (10.62%) Java
4 10 (8.85%) PL/SQL
5 7 (6.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (5.31%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.54%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.65%) Apex Code
8 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.88%) LookML
9 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (15.93%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.50%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (8.85%) Degree
4 6 (5.31%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.54%) CISM
5 4 (3.54%) CISSP
5 4 (3.54%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.54%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.88%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) IIBA
8 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.88%) PMP
8 1 (0.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (32.74%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.19%) GDPR
2 7 (6.19%) ISO 20022
3 4 (3.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 4 (3.54%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.77%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.77%) CRD IV
4 2 (1.77%) FINREP
4 2 (1.77%) IFRS
4 2 (1.77%) QA
5 1 (0.88%) GRC
5 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (8.85%) Docker
2 4 (3.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.54%) Terraform
2 3 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.77%) Control-M
3 2 (1.77%) SCCM
4 1 (0.88%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 14 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.85%) Google
3 9 (7.96%) Salesforce
4 8 (7.08%) SAP
4 8 (7.08%) ServiceNow
5 6 (5.31%) Cognos
6 5 (4.42%) Oracle
7 4 (3.54%) Dynatrace
8 3 (2.65%) Informatica
9 2 (1.77%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.77%) BMC
9 2 (1.77%) IBM
9 2 (1.77%) Pega
9 2 (1.77%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.77%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.88%) Capita
10 1 (0.88%) Databricks
10 1 (0.88%) Sage
10 1 (0.88%) Siemens
10 1 (0.88%) SnapLogic