Data Collection Contract Job Trends

Data Collection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Data Collection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 411 427
Rank change year-on-year -145 +16 +72
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 118 134 132
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.41% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.45% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 69 68
10th Percentile £292 £274 £226
25th Percentile £344 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +23.53% -10.53%
75th Percentile £599 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £603 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £439 £488 £444
% change year-on-year -10.05% +9.86% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 15
10th Percentile £17.61 £15.93 £13.12
25th Percentile £21.14 £20.61 £14.05
Median hourly rate £26.37 £30.53 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year -13.63% +109.08% -32.44%
75th Percentile £31.47 £45.75 £31.25
90th Percentile £41.25 - £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.37 £22.07 £14.60
% change year-on-year +19.46% +51.16% -31.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Data Collection 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,374 29,740 33,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.72% 90.47% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,858 18,514 21,188
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,725 1,782
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £18.17
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% +0.86%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +19.72%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Collection relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Collection job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Collection
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Collection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Collection

Data Collection
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Collection over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Collection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Collection

Data Collection
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Collection over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Collection within the UK over the 6 months to 18 August 2026. 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 -145 103 £458 -16.77% 98
UK excluding London -113 59 £439 -10.05% 82
London -75 46 £500 -9.09% 26
Work from Home -66 28 £400 -5.88% 25
North of England -76 23 £440 -7.37% 21
Yorkshire -39 18 £440 -6.13% 6
South East -91 16 £615 +2.49% 24
Midlands -47 9 £333 +10.83% 15
East of England -18 8 £293 -49.13% 9
West Midlands -44 6 £451 +50.17% 5
North West -49 5 - - 9
East Midlands - 3 £225 - 10
South West -44 2 - - 9
Northern Ireland +5 1 £350 -17.65%
Scotland -15 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £440 - 7

Data Collection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (4.24%) Confluence
2 2 (1.69%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.69%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.85%) Apache
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.85%) R Markdown
3 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (21.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.93%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.54%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.85%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.85%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) NEC Housing
1 2 (1.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (28.81%) Power Platform
2 18 (15.25%) Azure
3 6 (5.08%) Adobe Analytics
3 6 (5.08%) Azure Monitor
3 6 (5.08%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.24%) AWS
4 5 (4.24%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.39%) GCP
5 4 (3.39%) Google Analytics
6 3 (2.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.54%) GitHub
6 3 (2.54%) Google Data Studio
6 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.54%) Miro
7 2 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.69%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.69%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.24%) DHCP
1 5 (4.24%) DNS
1 5 (4.24%) Firewall
1 5 (4.24%) SSH
1 5 (4.24%) TCP/IP
1 5 (4.24%) VPN
2 3 (2.54%) IP Telephony
2 3 (2.54%) Network Security
2 3 (2.54%) PSTN
2 3 (2.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (28.81%) Power BI
2 19 (16.10%) Tableau
3 8 (6.78%) Metadata
4 4 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.39%) Looker
5 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.69%) GIS
5 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.69%) Spatial Data
5 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.85%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.85%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.85%) Power Query
6 1 (0.85%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 9 (7.63%) JIRA
2 2 (1.69%) Charles Proxy
General
1 37 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 31 (26.27%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (23.73%) Public Sector
4 26 (22.03%) Finance
5 8 (6.78%) Marketing
6 6 (5.08%) Banking
6 6 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.39%) Legal
8 4 (3.39%) Local Government
8 4 (3.39%) Retail
9 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.54%) Military
9 3 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.69%) Back Office
10 2 (1.69%) Law
10 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (33.90%) Analyst
2 20 (16.95%) Data Analyst
3 13 (11.02%) Senior
4 12 (10.17%) Architect
5 9 (7.63%) Lead
6 8 (6.78%) Consultant
7 7 (5.93%) Performance Analyst
8 6 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (4.24%) Analytics Consultant
9 5 (4.24%) Data Architect
9 5 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (4.24%) SQL Analyst
9 5 (4.24%) Support Officer
10 4 (3.39%) Data Manager
10 4 (3.39%) Data Scientist
10 4 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (3.39%) SQL Data Analyst
10 4 (3.39%) Technical Analyst
11 3 (2.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 3 (2.54%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.24%) ARM Templates
2 4 (3.39%) CSS
2 4 (3.39%) HTML
2 4 (3.39%) REST
3 3 (2.54%) JSON
3 3 (2.54%) PySpark
4 2 (1.69%) GeoJSON
4 2 (1.69%) Pandas
4 2 (1.69%) PostGIS
5 1 (0.85%) Kafka
5 1 (0.85%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.85%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.85%) RESTful
5 1 (0.85%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.85%) Shiny
5 1 (0.85%) Spring
5 1 (0.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.56%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.78%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.93%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.08%) Augmented Reality
4 6 (5.08%) Virtual Reality
5 5 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.39%) Acoustics
6 4 (3.39%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (3.39%) Data Structures
6 4 (3.39%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.54%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.54%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.54%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (2.54%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.69%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.69%) BYOD
8 2 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.47%) Linux
2 6 (5.08%) Windows
3 5 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.54%) Android
5 2 (1.69%) VMS
6 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (36.44%) Validation
2 35 (29.66%) Business Intelligence
2 35 (29.66%) Decision-Making
3 31 (26.27%) Analytics
4 27 (22.88%) Actionable Insight
5 26 (22.03%) Visualisation
6 25 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (17.80%) Agile
8 20 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (16.95%) Data Analysis
9 14 (11.86%) AI
9 14 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (11.02%) Data Protection
10 13 (11.02%) Data Visualisation
11 12 (10.17%) Dashboard Development
12 10 (8.47%) Analytical Thinking
12 10 (8.47%) DevOps
12 10 (8.47%) Machine Learning
12 10 (8.47%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 36 (30.51%) Python
2 35 (29.66%) SQL
3 14 (11.86%) R
4 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.24%) Bash
5 5 (4.24%) Bicep
5 5 (4.24%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.85%) C
6 1 (0.85%) C++
6 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.85%) Java
6 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.85%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (18.64%) Degree
2 16 (13.56%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.93%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.69%) PhD
6 2 (1.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.85%) CISM
7 1 (0.85%) CISSP
7 1 (0.85%) CRISC
7 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.85%) PMP
7 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.80%) Data Quality
2 10 (8.47%) GDPR
3 9 (7.63%) QA
4 6 (5.08%) SLA
5 4 (3.39%) PMO
6 2 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.85%) NCSC
7 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.69%) Firmware
2 2 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.69%) VMware NSX
2 2 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.93%) Terraform
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.39%) Ansible
3 4 (3.39%) SCCM
4 2 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.69%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.69%) vRealize
5 1 (0.85%) QRadar
5 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.93%) Google
3 6 (5.08%) Adobe
4 4 (3.39%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.39%) Databricks
4 4 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.54%) Amplitude
5 3 (2.54%) SAP
6 2 (1.69%) ESRI
6 2 (1.69%) Facebook
6 2 (1.69%) NEC
6 2 (1.69%) Sparx
6 2 (1.69%) VMware
6 2 (1.69%) Workday
7 1 (0.85%) BT
7 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.85%) Dell
7 1 (0.85%) Informatica
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle
7 1 (0.85%) Qualys