Physical Data Model Contract Job Trends in the South West

Physical Data Model
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Physical Data Model skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 106 150
Rank change year-on-year -26 +44 +23
Contract jobs citing Physical Data Model 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.14% 0.24% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.27% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - £380 £529
25th Percentile £825 £425 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year +88.89% -20.00% -19.35%
75th Percentile £881 £519 £584
90th Percentile £885 £643 £586
England median daily rate £555 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +11.00% -16.67% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,340 1,508 2,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 79.81% 90.03% 83.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,261 996 1,736
10th Percentile £313 £240 £259
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £713
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 107 336
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.50 £51.63 £26.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +35.42% -21.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%

Physical Data Model
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Physical Data Model job vacancy trend in the South West

Physical Data Model
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Physical Data Model
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 Physical Data Model within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 March 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
Wiltshire - 2 £863 - 1
Bristol -23 1 - - 1
Physical Data Model
England

Physical Data Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
2 3 (75.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) Logistics
4 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality