Linked Data Contract Job Trends in the South East

Linked Data
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linked Data in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linked Data over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 197
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linked Data 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - - 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £588 £115 £443
% change year-on-year +410.87% -74.04% -

All Generic Skills
South East

Linked Data falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,297 1,077 1,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.86% 32.35% 30.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 619 960
10th Percentile £204 £237 £205
25th Percentile £363 £384 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £520 £497
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% +4.63% -4.42%
75th Percentile £598 £624 £600
90th Percentile £685 £675 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 44 101
10th Percentile £12.50 £20.07 £18.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £25.93 £25.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -31.45% +36.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.81 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.00 £69.98 £77.50
England median hourly rate £28.13 £37.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -23.99% -3.03% +52.62%

Linked Data
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Linked Data job vacancy trend in the South East

Linked Data
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Linked Data
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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