Physical Data Model Contract Job Trends in the North West

Physical Data Model
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Physical Data Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 122 129
Rank change year-on-year -26 +7 +37
Contract jobs citing Physical Data Model 3 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.14% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.16% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile - - £698
25th Percentile £458 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £725
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -37.93% -
75th Percentile £473 - £738
90th Percentile - - £741
England median daily rate £600 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
England median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Physical Data Model 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 2,285 1,864 2,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.11% 88.34% 87.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,508 1,087 1,674
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 £551 £570 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £683
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 101 204
10th Percentile £16.28 £16.06 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.85 £22.72 £16.19
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.40 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year +37.96% -5.34% -14.13%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.85 £74.75 £55.11
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%

Physical Data Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Physical Data Model relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Physical Data Model job vacancy trend in the North West

Physical Data Model
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Physical Data Model.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Physical Data Model

Physical Data Model
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Physical Data Model.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Physical Data Model

Physical Data Model
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 Physical Data Model within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cheshire - 2 £465 -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Physical Data Model
England

Physical Data Model
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Architect
3 1 (33.33%) SAP BW Architect
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 3 (100.00%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Client Onboarding
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) OOA/OOD
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Responsibility
3 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) DAMA
3 1 (33.33%) DAMA DMBOK
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP