Data Matching (Record Linkage)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Matching skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Matching over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 133 | 145 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +12 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Matching | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | - | 0.039% | 0.034% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.045% | 0.037% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £513 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £525 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +10.53% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | - | £525 | £430 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +22.09% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley
Data Matching 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 | 1,536 | 2,199 | 2,687 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 92.14% | 84.67% | 90.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 920 | 1,202 | 1,826 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £251 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.44% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £615 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -0.49% | +3.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 104 | 152 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £13.76 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.75 | £19.25 | £21.45 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.91 | £49.50 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -49.69% | -1.00% | +194.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £67.58 | £66.33 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.10 | £86.86 | £75.59 |
| South East median hourly rate | £23.25 | £54.88 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -57.63% | +9.75% | +122.22% |
Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Data Matching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Data Matching
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Matching in the Thames Valley.