Data Modelling Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Modelling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Modelling over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 84 103
Rank change year-on-year +14 +19 -25
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 434 489 596
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.40% 2.35% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 2.78% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 371 416
10th Percentile £350 £363 £369
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £602 £600 £631
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 16
10th Percentile £26.53 £24.14 -
25th Percentile £31.64 £27.75 £19.00
Median hourly rate £78.70 £30.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +158.03% -2.40% +63.36%
75th Percentile £96.64 £40.50 £64.88
90th Percentile £101.31 £57.45 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £48.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.25% +38.57% -27.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Modelling 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 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
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 £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Modelling in the UK excluding London

Data Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Modelling in the UK excluding London

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modelling in the UK excluding London

Data Modelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Modelling in the UK excluding London

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Modelling in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Modelling in the UK excluding London

Data Modelling
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 Modelling within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +3 135 £550 +4.76% 151
South East +38 93 £525 +2.44% 252
North West +14 88 £550 +4.76% 86
Midlands +14 84 £506 +1.25% 120
West Midlands +16 66 £524 +16.44% 78
Scotland +13 59 £450 -10.00% 42
South West +17 45 £525 -4.55% 93
Yorkshire -25 29 £495 -11.13% 58
East of England +27 25 £580 +16.00% 64
North East +9 18 £390 -14.10% 8
East Midlands 0 18 £459 -16.55% 31
Wales +6 9 £238 -47.22% 9
Northern Ireland - 4 £500 - 16
Data Modelling
UK

Data Modelling
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 22 (5.07%) Confluence
2 13 (3.00%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.53%) Apache
4 7 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.61%) SAS
4 7 (1.61%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.46%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) Luigi
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.23%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.84%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (4.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (2.07%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.92%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.69%) Maximo
6 3 (0.69%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.46%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 122 (28.11%) Azure
2 107 (24.65%) Power Platform
3 57 (13.13%) AWS
4 41 (9.45%) GCP
5 33 (7.60%) Snowflake
6 26 (5.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (5.53%) PowerApps
8 18 (4.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 14 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (3.00%) Amazon S3
10 13 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (2.30%) OCI
11 10 (2.30%) Serverless
12 9 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.07%) dbt
12 9 (2.07%) SaaS
13 8 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.84%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.92%) Firewall
2 2 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.46%) SAN
2 2 (0.46%) SMS
2 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.23%) GPON
3 1 (0.23%) HTTP
3 1 (0.23%) Internet
3 1 (0.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (20.51%) Power BI
2 84 (19.35%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (8.99%) Metadata
4 32 (7.37%) Data Lake
5 28 (6.45%) Relational Database
5 28 (6.45%) Tableau
6 19 (4.38%) NoSQL
7 18 (4.15%) Big Data
8 17 (3.92%) SQL Server
9 16 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (3.23%) Data Mining
10 14 (3.23%) Oracle Database
10 14 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (2.76%) Metadata Repository
12 10 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (2.30%) Power Query
13 9 (2.07%) Hadoop
13 9 (2.07%) MySQL
13 9 (2.07%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 33 (7.60%) ERwin
2 23 (5.30%) JIRA
3 21 (4.84%) Git
4 14 (3.23%) PowerDesigner
5 10 (2.30%) GitLab
6 9 (2.07%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (2.07%) PVCS
6 9 (2.07%) Subversion
7 8 (1.84%) ER Studio
7 8 (1.84%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.38%) Selenium
9 5 (1.15%) Postman
10 4 (0.92%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.69%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
13 1 (0.23%) Ant
13 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
General
1 158 (36.41%) Social Skills
2 89 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (18.20%) Finance
4 42 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 32 (7.37%) Banking
6 15 (3.46%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (2.53%) Marketing
9 10 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.61%) Automotive
11 6 (1.38%) Military
12 4 (0.92%) Back Office
12 4 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.92%) Retail
12 4 (0.92%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.69%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.69%) Publishing
14 2 (0.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 84 (19.35%) Architect
2 74 (17.05%) Data Engineer
3 69 (15.90%) Analyst
4 66 (15.21%) Developer
5 56 (12.90%) Data Architect
6 45 (10.37%) Senior
7 39 (8.99%) Data Modeller
8 35 (8.06%) Business Analyst
9 29 (6.68%) Data Analyst
10 26 (5.99%) Lead
11 23 (5.30%) Consultant
12 16 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (3.46%) Oracle Developer
14 14 (3.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 14 (3.23%) Senior Developer
15 11 (2.53%) Power BI Developer
15 11 (2.53%) Senior Data Engineer
15 11 (2.53%) Technical Analyst
16 10 (2.30%) Data Business Analyst
17 8 (1.84%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.23%) Kafka
2 12 (2.76%) PySpark
3 9 (2.07%) CSS
3 9 (2.07%) HTML
3 9 (2.07%) Java EE
3 9 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
4 8 (1.84%) REST
4 8 (1.84%) SAP Fiori
4 8 (1.84%) SOAP
4 8 (1.84%) XML
5 7 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.15%) CSS3
6 5 (1.15%) Django
6 5 (1.15%) HTML5
6 5 (1.15%) JMS
6 5 (1.15%) jQuery
6 5 (1.15%) React
6 5 (1.15%) SAPUI5
6 5 (1.15%) Web Services
7 4 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.29%) Data Structures
2 34 (7.83%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.00%) Algorithms
3 13 (3.00%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.00%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.00%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.76%) CMDB
5 11 (2.53%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.61%) Industry 4.0
8 7 (1.61%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.38%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 6 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.15%) Replication
11 4 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.92%) Life Science
11 4 (0.92%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.00%) Linux
2 4 (0.92%) Unix
3 3 (0.69%) Windows
4 2 (0.46%) Debian
4 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (28.57%) ETL
1 124 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (27.88%) Analytics
3 116 (26.73%) Agile
4 103 (23.73%) Business Intelligence
5 70 (16.13%) Data Architecture
5 70 (16.13%) Data Pipeline
6 67 (15.44%) Migration
7 61 (14.06%) Data Governance
8 58 (13.36%) Visualisation
9 55 (12.67%) Data Analysis
10 50 (11.52%) DevOps
11 49 (11.29%) Data Integration
11 49 (11.29%) Decision-Making
12 46 (10.60%) Data Migration
13 45 (10.37%) CI/CD
14 44 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
15 40 (9.22%) Data Engineering
15 40 (9.22%) Data Management
16 38 (8.76%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 219 (50.46%) SQL
2 93 (21.43%) Python
3 36 (8.29%) PL/SQL
4 30 (6.91%) Java
5 21 (4.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (3.46%) R
7 14 (3.23%) JavaScript
7 14 (3.23%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.07%) Apex Code
8 9 (2.07%) C
8 9 (2.07%) ProC
9 8 (1.84%) ABAP
10 7 (1.61%) Bash
11 6 (1.38%) Scala
12 5 (1.15%) COBOL
13 4 (0.92%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.92%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.69%) C++
14 3 (0.69%) VBA
15 2 (0.46%) C#
Qualifications
1 55 (12.67%) Degree
2 52 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (5.30%) Master's Degree
5 15 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.53%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.84%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.46%) CCNA
10 2 (0.46%) CCNP
10 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.46%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.23%) CITP
11 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (15.67%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.45%) QA
3 11 (2.53%) GDPR
4 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.92%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.92%) IFRS
5 4 (0.92%) IFRS 9
5 4 (0.92%) NIST
6 3 (0.69%) PMO
7 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.46%) Basel III
7 2 (0.46%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.46%) MISRA
7 2 (0.46%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (2.76%) Docker
2 3 (0.69%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.07%) Terraform
3 6 (1.38%) MOM
4 4 (0.92%) Ansible
4 4 (0.92%) Kibana
4 4 (0.92%) logstash
5 2 (0.46%) Grafana
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 57 (13.13%) Oracle
3 50 (11.52%) Databricks
4 46 (10.60%) SAP
5 24 (5.53%) Google
6 14 (3.23%) Sparx
7 12 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.76%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.07%) Informatica
9 7 (1.61%) IBM
9 7 (1.61%) Talend
10 6 (1.38%) Rockwell
10 6 (1.38%) Siemens
11 5 (1.15%) Ariba
11 5 (1.15%) Siebel
12 4 (0.92%) Cloudera
12 4 (0.92%) IDERA
12 4 (0.92%) Splunk
12 4 (0.92%) Workday
13 3 (0.69%) Anaplan