Data Collection Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Collection
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Collection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Collection over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 335 372
Rank change year-on-year +80 +37 +34
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 84 64 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.36% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 27 47
10th Percentile £290 £196 £157
25th Percentile £365 £270 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £597 £500 £581
90th Percentile £600 £553 £593
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 23 2
10th Percentile £16.19 £14.58 £18.32
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.39 £18.81
Median hourly rate £21.54 £15.79 £19.61
Median % change year-on-year +36.38% -19.48% -43.97%
75th Percentile £27.77 £26.88 £20.42
90th Percentile £34.18 £66.25 £20.90
UK median hourly rate £22.07 £17.64 £19.61
% change year-on-year +25.11% -10.05% -56.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Collection 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 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Collection in the UK excluding London

Data Collection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Collection in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Collection in the UK excluding London

Data Collection
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Collection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Collection in the UK excluding London

Data Collection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Collection in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Collection in the UK excluding London

Data Collection
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Collection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Collection in the UK excluding London

Data Collection
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 Collection within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +62 31 £600 -7.69% 107
Midlands +19 18 £388 -5.49% 54
West Midlands +21 17 £388 -13.89% 32
North of England +29 15 £463 +2.78% 84
North West +17 9 £450 -5.26% 43
Scotland +19 8 £400 +190.91% 13
Yorkshire +10 6 £469 +101.23% 34
South West +43 5 £450 -2.70% 52
Wales - 5 £161 - 8
East of England +12 2 £575 +23.66% 41
Northern Ireland - 2 £425 - 4
East Midlands +9 1 £625 +212.50% 19
Data Collection
UK

Data Collection
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.57%) R Markdown
2 2 (2.38%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.76%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.19%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) iTrent
1 1 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.76%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (1.19%) Azure
3 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.19%) GCP
3 1 (1.19%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.19%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.19%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (1.19%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (1.19%) SaaS
3 1 (1.19%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.57%) 802.11
1 3 (3.57%) VLAN
1 3 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (3.57%) Wireless
2 2 (2.38%) Firewall
3 1 (1.19%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.19%) SNMP
3 1 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.05%) Power BI
2 7 (8.33%) Tableau
3 6 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (7.14%) Qlik Sense
4 3 (3.57%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.38%) Apache Hive
5 2 (2.38%) Big Data
5 2 (2.38%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (2.38%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.38%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.38%) MySQL
5 2 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.38%) QlikView
5 2 (2.38%) Spark SQL
5 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.38%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.19%) GIS
6 1 (1.19%) Looker
Development Applications
1 10 (11.90%) JIRA
2 5 (5.95%) Selenium
3 2 (2.38%) GitLab
3 2 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.19%) CANoe
4 1 (1.19%) Git
General
1 39 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 9 (10.71%) Finance
5 7 (8.33%) Marketing
6 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.19%) Automotive
6 1 (1.19%) Electronics
6 1 (1.19%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.19%) Local Government
6 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.19%) Military
6 1 (1.19%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 27 (32.14%) Analyst
2 13 (15.48%) Data Analyst
3 10 (11.90%) FPGA Engineer
4 6 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 5 (5.95%) Developer
5 5 (5.95%) Lead
6 3 (3.57%) Data Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Performance Analyst
6 3 (3.57%) Product Owner
6 3 (3.57%) Senior
6 3 (3.57%) Wireless Engineer
7 2 (2.38%) Automation Developer
7 2 (2.38%) Big Data Developer
7 2 (2.38%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (2.38%) Hadoop Developer
7 2 (2.38%) Power BI Analyst
7 2 (2.38%) Programme Analyst
7 2 (2.38%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (2.38%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) 802.1X
1 3 (3.57%) Shiny
2 2 (2.38%) Kafka
2 2 (2.38%) PySpark
3 1 (1.19%) .NET
3 1 (1.19%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.19%) CSS
3 1 (1.19%) HTML
3 1 (1.19%) Loki
3 1 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.19%) REST
3 1 (1.19%) RESTful
3 1 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.90%) FPGA
1 10 (11.90%) Verilog
2 7 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 5 (5.95%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.19%) FMCG
6 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.19%) NHS
6 1 (1.19%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Linux
1 10 (11.90%) Unix
2 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (23.81%) Validation
2 18 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (19.05%) Agile
5 15 (17.86%) Visualisation
6 13 (15.48%) Data Analysis
6 13 (15.48%) Workflow
7 12 (14.29%) Analytics
7 12 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 12 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (13.10%) Data Modelling
8 11 (13.10%) Decision-Making
8 11 (13.10%) Test Automation
9 10 (11.90%) FPGA Design
9 10 (11.90%) Software Engineering
10 8 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (9.52%) Demand Management
10 8 (9.52%) Mathematics
11 7 (8.33%) Business Case
11 7 (8.33%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (26.19%) Python
2 14 (16.67%) SQL
3 10 (11.90%) Shell Script
3 10 (11.90%) SystemVerilog
3 10 (11.90%) Tcl
4 5 (5.95%) Java
5 4 (4.76%) R
6 2 (2.38%) Bash
6 2 (2.38%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.19%) ABAP
7 1 (1.19%) C#
7 1 (1.19%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (17.86%) Degree
2 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.95%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.38%) CCNA
6 2 (2.38%) CCNP
6 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.19%) HNC
7 1 (1.19%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.24%) QA
2 6 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 6 (7.14%) GDPR
3 3 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.57%) WCAG
4 1 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.19%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Ansible
1 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.19%) Grafana
2 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.90%) Atlassian
2 10 (11.90%) Xilinx
3 4 (4.76%) Adobe
3 4 (4.76%) Cisco
4 3 (3.57%) AirMagnet
4 3 (3.57%) Aruba
4 3 (3.57%) Ekahau
4 3 (3.57%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (3.57%) Juniper
4 3 (3.57%) Meraki
5 2 (2.38%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.38%) Google
5 2 (2.38%) Infoblox
5 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.19%) IFS
6 1 (1.19%) Informatica
6 1 (1.19%) SAP
6 1 (1.19%) Siemens
6 1 (1.19%) SolarWinds