Data Matching Contract Job Trends in the South East

Data Matching (Record Linkage)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Matching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 - 197
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Data Matching 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.015% - 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% - 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.09%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £638 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +30.77% -11.36% +29.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Data Matching 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 5,304 3,062 4,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.30% 90.09% 82.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,352 1,906 2,681
10th Percentile £280 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 522 264 406
10th Percentile £15.78 £13.50 £13.13
25th Percentile £25.36 £15.12 £18.35
Median hourly rate £57.25 £23.25 £54.62
Median % change year-on-year +146.24% -57.43% +9.24%
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Matching job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Matching
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Data Matching
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Data Matching
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 Matching within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Berkshire - 1 £300 -
Thames Valley - 1 £300 -
Data Matching
England

Data Matching
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks