Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Data Strategy
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 2.33% - 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% - 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £639 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 - -
75th Percentile £666 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £551 - £488
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £79.17
East of England median hourly rate £82.25 £80.50 £79.17
% change year-on-year +2.17% +1.68% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 80 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 77.91% 76.92% 87.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 36 56
10th Percentile £220 £208 £213
25th Percentile £325 £299 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £419 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -11.84% -20.83%
75th Percentile £575 £524 £609
90th Percentile £718 £656 £700
East of England median daily rate £475 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -1.61% -3.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 5
10th Percentile £14.34 £45.22 -
25th Percentile £17.21 £46.72 £11.25
Median hourly rate £23.75 £61.25 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.22% +337.50% -12.50%
75th Percentile £24.76 £70.00 £42.25
90th Percentile £25.15 - £64.40
East of England median hourly rate £20.09 £37.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -46.43% +70.45% -5.46%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Data Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Data Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Strategy within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Ipswich - 2 £653 - 2
Data Strategy
East of England

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks