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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 43 61
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 94 88 80
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.79% 4.06% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 4.70% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 49 55
10th Percentile £345 £357 £375
25th Percentile £400 £419 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £625 £713 £733
England median daily rate £530 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +40.75% -34.03%
75th Percentile £55.60 - -
90th Percentile £63.79 - £57.47
England median hourly rate £50.40 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% -25.93%

All Process and 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 2,193 1,874 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.39% 86.48% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,055 1,596
10th Percentile £213 £265 £295
25th Percentile £358 £390 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £567 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 108 157
10th Percentile £16.67 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.87 £21.20 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -11.97% +33.81%
75th Percentile £52.13 £51.91 £46.88
90th Percentile £69.83 £68.65 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025. 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 +6 65 £469 -1.32% 40
Cheshire -32 14 £465 -11.43% 8
Merseyside -9 6 £500 +1.01% 3
Lancashire -14 5 £410 - 19
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 14 (14.89%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (7.45%) SAS
3 2 (2.13%) Apache
3 2 (2.13%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.06%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Payment Gateway
1 5 (5.32%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.06%) Finacle
3 1 (1.06%) Maximo
3 1 (1.06%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (1.06%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.40%) Power Platform
2 20 (21.28%) AWS
2 20 (21.28%) Azure
3 18 (19.15%) GCP
4 14 (14.89%) Snowflake
5 10 (10.64%) dbt
6 6 (6.38%) Prefect
7 5 (5.32%) Power Automate
8 4 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (4.26%) Serverless
9 3 (3.19%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (2.13%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.13%) Cloud Functions
10 2 (2.13%) GitHub
10 2 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.13%) Firewall
1 2 (2.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (24.47%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (21.28%) Power BI
3 12 (12.77%) Snowflake Schema
4 7 (7.45%) BigQuery
4 7 (7.45%) Metadata
4 7 (7.45%) Power Query
5 6 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (5.32%) Redis
6 5 (5.32%) Tableau
7 4 (4.26%) Big Data
7 4 (4.26%) Cognos Framework Manager
7 4 (4.26%) Cognos Report Studio
7 4 (4.26%) Looker
7 4 (4.26%) SQL Server
8 3 (3.19%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (3.19%) Cognos Transformer
8 3 (3.19%) Data Lake
8 3 (3.19%) OLAP
8 3 (3.19%) OLAP Cube
8 3 (3.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Git
2 4 (4.26%) JIRA
3 3 (3.19%) GitLab
4 2 (2.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
1 26 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (19.15%) Finance
3 11 (11.70%) Banking
4 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (3.19%) Games
7 3 (3.19%) Law
7 3 (3.19%) Local Government
7 3 (3.19%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.19%) Retail
8 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.06%) Military
8 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (31.91%) Architect
2 20 (21.28%) Developer
3 18 (19.15%) Data Architect
4 16 (17.02%) Data Engineer
5 14 (14.89%) Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (7.45%) Data Analyst
7 7 (7.45%) Senior
8 6 (6.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (5.32%) Power BI Developer
10 4 (4.26%) Cognos Developer
10 4 (4.26%) Payments Architect
10 4 (4.26%) Payments Solutions Architect
10 4 (4.26%) Salesforce Architect
11 3 (3.19%) Business Analyst
11 3 (3.19%) Integration Engineer
11 3 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (3.19%) Snowflake Developer
11 3 (3.19%) Software Engineer
11 3 (3.19%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.45%) Spring
1 7 (7.45%) Spring Boot
2 6 (6.38%) REST
3 4 (4.26%) Node.js
4 3 (3.19%) OAuth
4 3 (3.19%) OAuth2
4 3 (3.19%) OpenID
5 2 (2.13%) PySpark
5 2 (2.13%) pytest
5 2 (2.13%) RESTful
6 1 (1.06%) Apache Beam
6 1 (1.06%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (1.06%) GraphQL
6 1 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (1.06%) LangChain
6 1 (1.06%) SOAP
6 1 (1.06%) Vue
6 1 (1.06%) XML
6 1 (1.06%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.89%) Data Structures
2 8 (8.51%) Clustering
3 7 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.19%) Data Fabric
5 3 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.19%) NHS
6 2 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.13%) FMCG
6 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.13%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.06%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.06%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.06%) Replication
7 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.13%) Linux
1 2 (2.13%) Windows
1 2 (2.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (38.30%) Analytics
2 29 (30.85%) Business Intelligence
3 27 (28.72%) Data Governance
4 24 (25.53%) ETL
5 18 (19.15%) Data Architecture
6 17 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (17.02%) Data Engineering
8 15 (15.96%) Agile
8 15 (15.96%) Decision-Making
8 15 (15.96%) Translating Business Requirements
9 14 (14.89%) Data Pipeline
9 14 (14.89%) Data Science
9 14 (14.89%) Mentoring
10 12 (12.77%) CI/CD
10 12 (12.77%) Data Integration
10 12 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (12.77%) Visualisation
11 11 (11.70%) Actionable Insight
11 11 (11.70%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 40 (42.55%) SQL
2 22 (23.40%) Python
3 9 (9.57%) Java
4 7 (7.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (6.38%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.26%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.26%) T-SQL
6 4 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.06%) LookML
7 1 (1.06%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.06%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (15.96%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.70%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.51%) Degree
4 6 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.26%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.13%) CISM
6 2 (2.13%) CISSP
6 2 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.13%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.06%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.06%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.06%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.06%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (31.91%) Data Quality
2 7 (7.45%) GDPR
2 7 (7.45%) ISO 20022
3 4 (4.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 4 (4.26%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.13%) CRD IV
4 2 (2.13%) FINREP
4 2 (2.13%) IFRS
4 2 (2.13%) QA
5 1 (1.06%) GMP
5 1 (1.06%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.06%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (9.57%) Docker
2 2 (2.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.13%) Control-M
1 2 (2.13%) Terraform
2 1 (1.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.06%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.64%) Google
3 6 (6.38%) Cognos
4 5 (5.32%) Oracle
4 5 (5.32%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.26%) SAP
5 4 (4.26%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.19%) Informatica
7 2 (2.13%) Databricks
7 2 (2.13%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.13%) IBM
7 2 (2.13%) Pega
7 2 (2.13%) Zscaler
8 1 (1.06%) Ab Initio
8 1 (1.06%) Capita
8 1 (1.06%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.06%) Sage
8 1 (1.06%) SnapLogic