DAO Contracts

Data Access Object (DAO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring DAO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DAO over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 573 682
Rank change year-on-year +32 +109 +190
Contract jobs citing DAO 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.007% 0.004%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.068% 0.034% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £385 - -
25th Percentile £395 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £1,250 £375
Median % change year-on-year -68.00% +233.33% -55.88%
75th Percentile £402 £1,406 £388
90th Percentile £405 £1,500 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 - £375

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

DAO falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,358 8,873 12,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.51% 21.48% 22.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,965 6,072 8,986
10th Percentile £350 £350 £380
25th Percentile £413 £428 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -1.36% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £472 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.54% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 260 156
10th Percentile £30.08 £22.73 £30.38
25th Percentile £38.16 £43.00 £48.17
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £67.38 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.71 £74.44 £79.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £58.30 £58.81
% change year-on-year +7.20% -0.87% +4.38%

DAO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DAO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DAO in the UK

DAO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DAO.

Daily rate trend for DAO in the UK

DAO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DAO.

Hourly rate trend for DAO in the UK

DAO
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAO within the UK over the 6 months to 22 July 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
England +40 5 £400 -68.00% 1
London +31 3 £394 -68.50% 1
Work from Home +27 3 £400 -68.00% 2
UK excluding London - 2 £400 -
South East - 2 £400 -

DAO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Collibra
General
1 5 (100.00%) Legal
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Informatica
1 2 (40.00%) OneTrust