Data Modeller Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Modeller
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Modeller daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 329 379
Rank change year-on-year -31 +50 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Data Modeller 32 23 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.17% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 19
10th Percentile £393 £413 £480
25th Percentile £448 £569 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +2.61% +6.98%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £630
UK median daily rate £563 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -4.66% +7.27% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,483 13,723 18,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.17% 92.39% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,121 8,182 11,804
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £371 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,659 774 1,222
10th Percentile £13.88 £15.26 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.24 £18.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +84.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.45
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +45.77%

Data Modeller
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Modeller' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Modeller job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Modeller
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Modeller job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Modeller job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Modeller
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modeller in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modeller in the UK excluding London

Data Modeller
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Modeller job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Modeller job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Modeller
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 Modeller within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Scotland +24 23 £495 -16.31%
West Midlands -25 4 £625 +21.95%
Midlands -44 4 £625 +21.95%
South East -16 3 £625 +0.81% 1
North of England -54 3 £375 -38.78% 2
Yorkshire -36 2 £350 -46.15%
North West -32 1 £400 -23.81% 2
Wales - 1 £750 -
East of England - 1 £550 -
Data Modeller
UK

Data Modeller Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Data Modeller contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Modeller in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 19 (59.38%) SQL
3 16 (50.00%) Logical Data Model
4 14 (43.75%) Data Architecture
5 13 (40.63%) Data Governance
6 11 (34.38%) ERwin
6 11 (34.38%) Python
7 10 (31.25%) Physical Data Model
8 9 (28.13%) Snowflake
9 7 (21.88%) Conceptual Models
9 7 (21.88%) Data Lineage
9 7 (21.88%) Metadata
10 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
10 6 (18.75%) Metadata Management
11 5 (15.63%) Agile
11 5 (15.63%) Asset Management
11 5 (15.63%) Databricks
11 5 (15.63%) ER Studio
11 5 (15.63%) Oracle
12 4 (12.50%) Analytics
12 4 (12.50%) Azure
12 4 (12.50%) Coaching
12 4 (12.50%) Data Quality
12 4 (12.50%) Data Strategy
12 4 (12.50%) Data Transformation
12 4 (12.50%) Data Vault
12 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (12.50%) UML
13 3 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
13 3 (9.38%) BigQuery

Data Modeller Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Snowflake
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (9.38%) dbt
3 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.25%) AWS
5 1 (3.13%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) Metadata
2 4 (12.50%) Data Vault
3 3 (9.38%) BigQuery
3 3 (9.38%) Power BI
3 3 (9.38%) Power Query
3 3 (9.38%) Relational Database
4 2 (6.25%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.13%) Big Data
5 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.13%) IBM InfoSphere
5 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (34.38%) ERwin
2 5 (15.63%) ER Studio
3 1 (3.13%) PowerDesigner
General
1 17 (53.13%) Finance
2 12 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.25%) BBC
2 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.13%) CMDB
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 16 (50.00%) Logical Data Model
3 14 (43.75%) Data Architecture
4 13 (40.63%) Data Governance
5 10 (31.25%) Physical Data Model
6 7 (21.88%) Conceptual Models
6 7 (21.88%) Data Lineage
7 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
7 6 (18.75%) Metadata Management
8 5 (15.63%) Agile
8 5 (15.63%) Asset Management
9 4 (12.50%) Analytics
9 4 (12.50%) Coaching
9 4 (12.50%) Data Strategy
9 4 (12.50%) Data Transformation
9 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (12.50%) UML
10 3 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (9.38%) Data Design
10 3 (9.38%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 19 (59.38%) SQL
2 11 (34.38%) Python
3 3 (9.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Databricks
1 5 (15.63%) Oracle
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Sparx
2 3 (9.38%) Teradata
3 2 (6.25%) Virgin Media
4 1 (3.13%) IBM
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow