Data Sovereignty Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Data Sovereignty
UK > UK excluding London
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Sovereignty in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Sovereignty over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 378 | 360 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -18 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Sovereignty | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | - | 0.012% | 0.006% |
| As % of the General category | - | 0.020% | 0.010% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £900 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +350.00% | - |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £600 | £388 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.50% | +54.84% | -13.89% |
All General Skills
UK excluding London
Data Sovereignty falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills | 15,426 | 9,779 | 9,639 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 54.26% | 60.32% | 56.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,090 | 5,946 | 5,284 |
| 10th Percentile | £259 | £206 | £209 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £360 | £360 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -1.04% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £662 | £680 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,527 | 1,003 | 717 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £13.46 | £14.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.36 | £15.62 | £15.73 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.95 | £21.00 | £29.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.33% | -27.59% | +11.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £54.40 | £40.46 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.80 | £67.00 | £70.25 |
| UK median hourly rate | £27.30 | £24.34 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.16% | -21.48% | +12.73% |
Data Sovereignty Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Sovereignty relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Data Sovereignty Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Sovereignty.
