Data Categorisation Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Categorization
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Categorisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 - 407
Rank change year-on-year - - +73
Contract jobs citing Data Categorisation 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% - 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £448
25th Percentile £575 - £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £452
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.88%
75th Percentile £625 - £454
90th Percentile - - £455
UK median daily rate £600 - £452
% change year-on-year - - +12.88%

All Process & 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 16,708 11,957 18,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.03% 89.13% 86.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,170 7,113 11,221
10th Percentile £240 £232 £250
25th Percentile £381 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 635 1,739
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.46 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.12 £15.47
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -12.06% +7.69%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.86 £61.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -1.68%

Data Categorisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Categorisation job vacancy trend 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 16 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
South West - 1 £600 - 1
Data Categorisation
UK

Data Categorisation
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 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality