Data Sharing Contract Job Trends in the South West

Data Sharing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West citing Data Sharing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	153	-	135
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+18
Contract jobs citing Data Sharing	7	0	3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West	0.19%	-	0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.24%	-	0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	6	0	3
10^th Percentile	£325	-	-
25^th Percentile	£335	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£438	-	£600
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+45.45%
75^th Percentile	£600	-	£619
90^th Percentile	£638	-	£630
England median daily rate	£600	£500	£550
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	-9.09%	+2.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Data Sharing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the South West.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	2,897	1,838	2,071
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West	78.42%	90.05%	84.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,611	1,061	1,213
10^th Percentile	£345	£222	£300
25^th Percentile	£456	£375	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£538	£513	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+4.88%	-2.38%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£738	£725	£734
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	484	272	178
10^th Percentile	£14.10	£15.25	£18.57
25^th Percentile	£21.24	£18.87	£40.00
Median hourly rate	£57.50	£25.15	£65.50
Median % change year-on-year	+128.63%	-61.60%	+9.17%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£63.75	£72.25
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£68.00	£74.00
England median hourly rate	£37.50	£25.15	£41.16
% change year-on-year	+49.11%	-38.89%	-7.52%

Data Sharing Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Data Sharing Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Sharing.

Data Sharing Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Sharing in the South West over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Sharing in the South West

Data Sharing Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Sharing.

Data Sharing Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Sharing within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Bristol	-	6	£438	-	1
Data Sharing England

Data Sharing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Sharing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region citing Data Sharing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Governance	100.0%	7
1	Microsoft	100.0%	7
3	GDPR	85.7%	6
4	Data Protection	71.4%	5
4	Stakeholder Engagement	71.4%	5
6	Microsoft 365	57.1%	4
7	Decision-Making	42.9%	3
7	Information Governance	42.9%	3
7	Regulatory Compliance	42.9%	3
7	Stakeholder Management	42.9%	3
11	BPSS Clearance	28.6%	2
11	Business Intelligence	28.6%	2
11	Commercial Awareness	28.6%	2
11	Contract Negotiation	28.6%	2
11	CRM	28.6%	2
11	Dashboard Development	28.6%	2
11	Data Analysis	28.6%	2
11	Data Analysis Expressions	28.6%	2
11	Data Visualisation	28.6%	2
11	Degree	28.6%	2
11	Digital Transformation Programme	28.6%	2
11	GIS	28.6%	2
11	HTML	28.6%	2
11	Information Management	28.6%	2
11	Information Security	28.6%	2
11	JavaScript	28.6%	2
11	Microsoft Excel	28.6%	2
11	OneDrive	28.6%	2
11	Performance Management	28.6%	2
11	Performance Metrics	28.6%	2

Data Sharing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Governance	100.0%	7
2	Data Protection	71.4%	5
2	Stakeholder Engagement	71.4%	5
4	Decision-Making	42.9%	3
4	Information Governance	42.9%	3
4	Regulatory Compliance	42.9%	3
4	Stakeholder Management	42.9%	3
8	Business Intelligence	28.6%	2
8	Commercial Awareness	28.6%	2
8	Contract Negotiation	28.6%	2
8	CRM	28.6%	2
8	Dashboard Development	28.6%	2
8	Data Analysis	28.6%	2
8	Data Visualisation	28.6%	2
8	Digital Transformation Programme	28.6%	2
8	Information Management	28.6%	2
8	Information Security	28.6%	2
8	Performance Management	28.6%	2
8	Performance Metrics	28.6%	2
8	Programme Delivery	28.6%	2