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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 324 379
Rank change year-on-year +65 +55 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 81 67 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.63% 0.33% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.39% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 27 42
10th Percentile £306 £196 £184
25th Percentile £365 £248 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £465
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% +9.41%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £584
90th Percentile - £580 £588
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £475
% change year-on-year -1.52% +4.21% -5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 23 3
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.12 £18.64
25th Percentile £19.17 £15.34 £19.61
Median hourly rate £24.29 £15.79 £21.22
Median % change year-on-year +53.80% -25.59% -39.37%
75th Percentile £29.49 £26.88 £42.49
90th Percentile £34.24 £61.50 £55.24
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £17.64 £21.22
% change year-on-year +50.23% -16.87% -46.95%

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 11,721 17,088 20,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.59% 84.28% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,292 10,221 14,248
10th Percentile £234 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 2,065 1,263
10th Percentile £14.08 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.49 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.69
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +60 32 £600 -7.69% 85
Midlands +15 18 £388 +9.15% 48
West Midlands +10 17 £388 -13.89% 30
North of England +21 15 £463 +2.78% 59
North West +18 9 £450 -5.26% 32
Scotland +9 8 £400 +120.69% 14
Yorkshire +20 6 £469 +101.23% 23
South West +40 5 £450 -8.16% 37
East of England +11 2 £575 +23.66% 26
Wales - 2 - - 6
East Midlands +5 1 £625 +212.50% 17
Northern Ireland - 1 £425 - 2
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 (3.70%) R Markdown
2 2 (2.47%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.23%) CANalyzer
4 1 (1.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.52%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.94%) Adobe Analytics
3 2 (2.47%) Azure
3 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.23%) Azure AKS
4 1 (1.23%) Azure App Service
4 1 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (1.23%) GCP
4 1 (1.23%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.23%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.23%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (1.23%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (1.23%) SaaS
4 1 (1.23%) Serverless
4 1 (1.23%) Twilio
4 1 (1.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.70%) 802.11
1 3 (3.70%) VLAN
1 3 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (3.70%) Wireless
2 2 (2.47%) Firewall
3 1 (1.23%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.23%) SMS
3 1 (1.23%) SNMP
3 1 (1.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.52%) Power BI
2 6 (7.41%) Qlik Sense
2 6 (7.41%) Tableau
3 5 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.47%) Apache Hive
5 2 (2.47%) Big Data
5 2 (2.47%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.47%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.47%) MySQL
5 2 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.47%) QlikView
5 2 (2.47%) Spark SQL
5 2 (2.47%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.23%) Looker
6 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (12.35%) JIRA
2 5 (6.17%) Selenium
3 2 (2.47%) GitLab
3 2 (2.47%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.23%) CANoe
4 1 (1.23%) Git
General
1 37 (45.68%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.11%) Finance
5 7 (8.64%) Marketing
6 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.23%) Automotive
6 1 (1.23%) Electronics
6 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.23%) Local Government
6 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (30.86%) Analyst
2 12 (14.81%) FPGA Engineer
3 11 (13.58%) Data Analyst
4 6 (7.41%) Business Analyst
4 6 (7.41%) Developer
5 5 (6.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) Lead
6 3 (3.70%) Data Engineer
6 3 (3.70%) Performance Analyst
6 3 (3.70%) Product Owner
6 3 (3.70%) Senior
6 3 (3.70%) Wireless Engineer
7 2 (2.47%) Automation Developer
7 2 (2.47%) Azure Developer
7 2 (2.47%) Big Data Developer
7 2 (2.47%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (2.47%) Hadoop Developer
7 2 (2.47%) Programme Analyst
7 2 (2.47%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (2.47%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.70%) 802.1X
1 3 (3.70%) Shiny
2 2 (2.47%) Kafka
2 2 (2.47%) PySpark
2 2 (2.47%) REST
3 1 (1.23%) .NET
3 1 (1.23%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.23%) CSS
3 1 (1.23%) Express.js
3 1 (1.23%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.23%) FHIR
3 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.23%) HTML
3 1 (1.23%) LangChain
3 1 (1.23%) Loki
3 1 (1.23%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.81%) FPGA
1 12 (14.81%) Verilog
2 6 (7.41%) Algorithms
3 5 (6.17%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.23%) FMCG
6 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.23%) NHS
6 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.81%) Linux
1 12 (14.81%) Unix
2 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.93%) Validation
2 17 (20.99%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (18.52%) Agile
3 15 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (17.28%) Visualisation
5 13 (16.05%) Workflow
6 12 (14.81%) FPGA Design
6 12 (14.81%) Software Engineering
6 12 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (13.58%) Data Analysis
7 11 (13.58%) Test Automation
8 10 (12.35%) Analytics
8 10 (12.35%) Process Improvement
9 9 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 9 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 8 (9.88%) Demand Management
11 7 (8.64%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (8.64%) Business Case
11 7 (8.64%) Mathematics
11 7 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.40%) Python
2 13 (16.05%) SQL
3 12 (14.81%) Shell Script
3 12 (14.81%) SystemVerilog
3 12 (14.81%) Tcl
4 5 (6.17%) Java
5 3 (3.70%) R
6 2 (2.47%) Bash
6 2 (2.47%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.23%) Bicep
7 1 (1.23%) C#
7 1 (1.23%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 13 (16.05%) Degree
2 6 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.94%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.47%) CCNA
6 2 (2.47%) CCNP
6 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.23%) HNC
7 1 (1.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (17.28%) QA
2 6 (7.41%) GDPR
3 4 (4.94%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.70%) WCAG
5 1 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.23%) HL7
5 1 (1.23%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.70%) Ansible
3 2 (2.47%) Terraform
4 1 (1.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft
1 12 (14.81%) Xilinx
2 10 (12.35%) Atlassian
3 4 (4.94%) Adobe
3 4 (4.94%) Cisco
4 3 (3.70%) AirMagnet
4 3 (3.70%) Aruba
4 3 (3.70%) Ekahau
4 3 (3.70%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (3.70%) Juniper
4 3 (3.70%) Meraki
5 2 (2.47%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.47%) Google
5 2 (2.47%) Infoblox
5 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.23%) IFS
6 1 (1.23%) Informatica
6 1 (1.23%) Siemens
6 1 (1.23%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.23%) TikTok