Data Categorisation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Categorization
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Categorisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Categorisation over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Categorisation 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £353 - -
25th Percentile £358 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - -
75th Percentile £373 - -
90th Percentile £377 - -
UK median daily rate £365 £600 -
% change year-on-year -39.17% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Categorisation 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,705 14,932 19,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.12% 82.82% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,203 8,845 12,723
10th Percentile £238 £250 £260
25th Percentile £367 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,396 1,346 1,209
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +8.72% +75.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £76.02
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £41.90
% change year-on-year -40.16% +0.31% +52.36%

Data Categorisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Categorisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Categorisation in the UK excluding London

Data Categorisation
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Data Categorisation
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 Data Categorisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
South East - 3 £365 -
Data Categorisation
UK

Data Categorisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Business Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving