Data Design Contract Job Trends in the South East

Data Design
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 173 197
Rank change year-on-year -11 +24 +29
Contract jobs citing Data Design 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.092% 0.026% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.030% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £488 - £411
25th Percentile £544 £413 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £425 £563
Median % change year-on-year +39.06% -24.44% -10.86%
75th Percentile £600 £438 £634
90th Percentile £615 - £674
England median daily rate £600 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Data Design 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,730 3,324 4,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.41% 87.91% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,439 2,067 2,895
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.44% +1.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 129 232
10th Percentile £14.62 £19.19 £16.53
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £25.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £53.94
Median % change year-on-year -55.47% -7.31% +43.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.73 £65.89
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Data Design job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Design
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Design

Data Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Design in the South East over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Design in the South East

Data Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Design

Data Design
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Design within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Thames Valley -1 4 £591 +39.06%
Berkshire - 4 £591 -
Data Design
England

Data Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (75.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) SAP MDG
1 3 (75.00%) SAP MDG-F
1 3 (75.00%) SAP MDG-M
1 3 (75.00%) SAP MDG-S
1 3 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Financial Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) OO
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (25.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) ABAP
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Workday