Data-Driven Decision Making Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Data-Driven Decision Making
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.67% - 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% - 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £390 - -
25th Percentile £413 - £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £533
75th Percentile £469 - £549
90th Percentile £480 - -
North East median daily rate £450 - £533

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

Data-Driven Decision Making 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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 384 225 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 85.33% 89.29% 85.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 136 107
10th Percentile £170 £303 £183
25th Percentile £363 £349 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £477
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -9.85% -13.27%
75th Percentile £524 £575 £588
90th Percentile £588 £626 £670
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 32
10th Percentile £17.88 £13.94 £11.50
25th Percentile £44.50 £14.75 £12.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £16.00 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year +243.75% +14.37% -37.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £18.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £69.66 £19.75 £50.00
North East median hourly rate £57.50 £16.50 £15.73
% change year-on-year +248.48% +4.90% -56.00%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Data-Driven Decision Making
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 3 £450 - 1
Data-Driven Decision Making
North East

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (33.33%) Amazon S3
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) UiPath