Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Data Strategy
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.59% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £875 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - -
75th Percentile £925 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £683 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +5.00% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

Data Strategy 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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 142 110 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.02% 74.83% 82.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 69 102
10th Percentile £170 £223 £263
25th Percentile £241 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £435 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -17.14% +0.96%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £620
90th Percentile £654 £638 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £22.50 - £27.85
25th Percentile £24.38 - £29.13
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +76.97%
75th Percentile £73.42 - £34.13
90th Percentile £74.97 - £34.35
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
% change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Southampton

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Data Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared