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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 42 54
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +55
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 133 94 79
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.20% 4.86% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.99% 5.36% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 64 57
10th Percentile £344 £419 £408
25th Percentile £400 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £573 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% +9.05% -0.19%
75th Percentile £575 £665 £600
90th Percentile £634 £703 £673
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% -26.70%

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 2,668 1,754 2,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 84.27% 90.69% 86.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,666 1,144 1,559
10th Percentile £256 £300 £311
25th Percentile £375 £391 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £660 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 112 251
10th Percentile £19.52 £16.37 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.72 £13.41
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.64 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.68% +34.64% -34.72%
75th Percentile £71.91 £60.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.40 £51.91
England median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +6 99 £481 -3.75% 44
Cheshire -26 17 £465 -19.83% 18
Lancashire -13 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 11 (8.27%) 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 24 (18.05%) Power Platform
3 21 (15.79%) AWS
4 15 (11.28%) dbt
5 13 (9.77%) GCP
5 13 (9.77%) Snowflake
6 12 (9.02%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (9.02%) Power Automate
7 11 (8.27%) Serverless
8 10 (7.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (4.51%) Azure Functions
10 6 (4.51%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (4.51%) PowerApps
10 6 (4.51%) Prefect
10 6 (4.51%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (3.01%) PaaS
13 3 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
13 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 33 (24.81%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (13.53%) Power BI
3 17 (12.78%) SQL Server
4 14 (10.53%) Snowflake Schema
5 8 (6.02%) Data Lake
5 8 (6.02%) Metadata
5 8 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (5.26%) Power Query
7 6 (4.51%) Big Data
7 6 (4.51%) Data Vault
7 6 (4.51%) NoSQL
7 6 (4.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (3.76%) BigQuery
8 5 (3.76%) Relational Database
8 5 (3.76%) Tableau
9 4 (3.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
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 11 (8.27%) 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 30 (22.56%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (22.56%) Finance
3 14 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 12 (9.02%) Banking
5 6 (4.51%) Retail
6 5 (3.76%) Law
7 3 (2.26%) Games
7 3 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.50%) Legal
8 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Local Government
9 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
6 12 (9.02%) Senior
7 8 (6.02%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.26%) Lead
9 6 (4.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 6 (4.51%) Power BI Developer
10 5 (3.76%) Data Analyst
10 5 (3.76%) SAP Analyst
10 5 (3.76%) SAP Test Analyst
10 5 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (3.76%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Snowflake Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.76%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (3.76%) Test Analyst
11 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Architect
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%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (3.01%) Middleware
5 3 (2.26%) .NET Core
5 3 (2.26%) AngularJS
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
5 3 (2.26%) Visualforce
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 8 (6.02%) Onboarding
6 7 (5.26%) CMDB
7 6 (4.51%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (3.76%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.76%) Public Cloud
9 4 (3.01%) Replication
9 4 (3.01%) Taxonomies
10 3 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (2.26%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.50%) AI Agents
11 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.50%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.50%) FMCG
11 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 41 (30.83%) Analytics
2 40 (30.08%) ETL
3 31 (23.31%) CI/CD
4 29 (21.80%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (21.05%) Agile
6 25 (18.80%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (18.05%) Data Governance
8 20 (15.04%) Data Pipeline
9 19 (14.29%) Data Engineering
10 17 (12.78%) Data Integration
10 17 (12.78%) Decision-Making
10 17 (12.78%) Performance Tuning
11 16 (12.03%) Data Science
11 16 (12.03%) Translating Business Requirements
12 15 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (10.53%) Data Analysis
13 14 (10.53%) DevOps
14 13 (9.77%) Actionable Insight
14 13 (9.77%) Microservices
14 13 (9.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 55 (41.35%) SQL
2 27 (20.30%) Python
3 11 (8.27%) Java
4 8 (6.02%) PL/SQL
5 7 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.26%) T-SQL
6 5 (3.76%) C#
7 4 (3.01%) Apex Code
7 4 (3.01%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.75%) Scala
9 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (11.28%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (6.77%) 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%) Azure Certification
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%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (36.09%) Data Quality
2 11 (8.27%) 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 19 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.02%) Salesforce
3 10 (7.52%) SAP
4 9 (6.77%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.76%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.76%) Databricks
5 5 (3.76%) Google
6 4 (3.01%) BMC
6 4 (3.01%) Oracle
7 3 (2.26%) Cognos
8 2 (1.50%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.50%) Remedy
8 2 (1.50%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.75%) IDERA
9 1 (0.75%) Informatica
9 1 (0.75%) Sage
9 1 (0.75%) Siemens
9 1 (0.75%) SnapLogic
9 1 (0.75%) Workday
9 1 (0.75%) Zscaler