Semantic Layer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Semantic Layer
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Semantic Layer skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Semantic Layer over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 384 441
Rank change year-on-year +48 +57 +62
Contract jobs citing Semantic Layer 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.005% 0.026%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.20% 0.039% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £339 - £495
25th Percentile £383 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £533 - £609
90th Percentile £573 - £626
UK median daily rate £575 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

Semantic Layer falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,045 2,585 3,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.74% 12.72% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 1,838 2,500
10th Percentile £313 £313 £338
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £598
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.38% -3.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 102 112
10th Percentile £18.69 £13.55 £21.32
25th Percentile £22.85 £17.68 £32.15
Median hourly rate £31.64 £40.00 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% -28.19% +59.14%
75th Percentile £65.62 £60.75 £67.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.75 £75.73
UK median hourly rate £33.81 £40.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year -15.49% -31.73% +27.37%

Semantic Layer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Semantic Layer in the UK excluding London

Semantic Layer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Semantic Layer in the UK excluding London

Semantic Layer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Semantic Layer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Semantic Layer in the UK excluding London

Semantic Layer
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 Semantic Layer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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 - 3 £460 - 5
West Midlands - 1 £320 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £320 -
Semantic Layer
UK

Semantic Layer
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (25.00%) DataOps
3 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks