Data Lineage Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Lineage
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 121 139
Rank change year-on-year +13 +18 -
Contract jobs citing Data Lineage 6 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.37% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.26% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £428 £422 -
25th Percentile £456 £437 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £468 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.27% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £524 £492 £588
90th Percentile £536 £503 £595
South East median daily rate £469 £468 £550
% change year-on-year +0.27% -15.00% -6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data Lineage 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 1,472 1,895 2,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.81% 85.40% 90.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 897 1,066 1,678
10th Percentile £270 £280 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £524
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.72% +4.85%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 81 90
10th Percentile £14.20 £18.70 £16.39
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.41 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% +16.98% +163.16%
75th Percentile £44.68 £67.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £86.08 £75.03
South East median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -63.85% +8.21% +75.90%

Data Lineage
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Data Lineage as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Lineage in the Thames Valley

Data Lineage
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Data Lineage
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 Lineage within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 September 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 +19 4 £499 -2.11% 5
Buckinghamshire +5 2 £438 +2.94%
Data Lineage
South East

Data Lineage
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) IPsec
1 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Solutions Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Reference Data Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) DAMA
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Science
3 2 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow