DAO Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Access Object (DAO)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DAO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 374 -
Rank change year-on-year -103 - -
Contract jobs citing DAO 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.013% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.041% 0.059% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £461 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.13% - -
75th Percentile £484 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £524 £400 £1,250
% change year-on-year +30.94% -68.00% +233.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

DAO falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,861 3,364 3,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.16% 21.67% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,122 2,228 2,133
10th Percentile £355 £319 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £569 £608
90th Percentile £681 £649 £685
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 135 163
10th Percentile £29.44 £32.95 £27.15
25th Percentile £56.25 £45.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% +10.11%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.85 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.51% -10.96% +2.67%

DAO
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DAO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

DAO job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

DAO
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DAO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DAO

DAO
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DAO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DAO

DAO
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAO within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £473 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £473 - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1
DAO
UK

DAO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Governance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO