Data Design Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Design
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 119 141
Rank change year-on-year -5 +22 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Design 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.051% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.057% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £488 - £393
25th Percentile £544 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £425 £481
Median % change year-on-year +39.06% -11.69% -23.73%
75th Percentile £600 £438 £533
90th Percentile £615 - £554
South East median daily rate £591 £425 £563
% change year-on-year +39.06% -24.44% -10.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data Design 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,826 1,743 2,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.24% 89.38% 91.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,027 1,459
10th Percentile £263 £277 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £610
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 50 100
10th Percentile £15.29 £19.25 £19.22
25th Percentile £17.88 £29.75 £25.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +12.31% +140.61%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.05 £72.62
South East median hourly rate £22.38 £47.51 £54.56
% change year-on-year -52.89% -12.92% +45.49%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Data Design job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Data Design
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Design

Data Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Design in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Design in the Thames Valley

Data Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Design

Data Design
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Design within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Berkshire - 4 £591 - 1
Data Design
South East

Data Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) SAP MDG
1 3 (75.00%) SAP MDG-F
1 3 (75.00%) SAP MDG-M
1 3 (75.00%) SAP MDG-S
1 3 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Financial Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) OO
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (25.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) ABAP
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Workday