Data Design Contract Job Trends

Data Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Data Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 496 504
Rank change year-on-year -17 +8 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Design 73 39 99
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.11% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.13% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 22 67
10th Percentile £449 £478 £469
25th Percentile £525 £503 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -8.00% +2.42%
75th Percentile £715 £725 £729
90th Percentile £753 £749 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £568 £600
% change year-on-year -3.08% -5.42% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £46.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £46.18

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Design 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 32,432 29,959 38,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.29% 88.23% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,397 18,286 25,908
10th Percentile £300 £307 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,093 972 1,488
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.62 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £31.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.98% -29.21% +39.26%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Data Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Design over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Design in the UK

Data Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Data Design
Top 12 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 Design within the UK over the 6 months to 21 December 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 -7 61 £600 +4.35% 23
London +15 39 £672 +14.30% 8
UK excluding London -20 26 £550 -3.08% 20
Work from Home +5 24 £600 - 7
Midlands -27 8 £567 +51.13%
West Midlands - 8 £567 -
Scotland - 5 £449 - 1
South East -12 4 £591 +39.06% 5
East of England -22 4 £600 -17.24% 1
South West -13 3 £720 +44.00% 2
North West -33 2 £550 -1.79% 3
North of England -44 2 £550 -4.35% 10

Data Design
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 (6.85%) Apache
2 3 (4.11%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (4.11%) NetWeaver
2 3 (4.11%) SAS
3 2 (2.74%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (23.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.48%) SAP Travel Management
3 3 (4.11%) Maximo
3 3 (4.11%) SAP MDG
3 3 (4.11%) SAP MDG-F
3 3 (4.11%) SAP MDG-M
3 3 (4.11%) SAP MDG-S
3 3 (4.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.03%) Azure
2 11 (15.07%) AWS
2 11 (15.07%) Power Platform
2 11 (15.07%) Snowflake
3 8 (10.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 7 (9.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (6.85%) dbt
7 4 (5.48%) SaaS
8 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (4.11%) PaaS
9 2 (2.74%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.74%) Collibra
9 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.37%) Azure AKS
10 1 (1.37%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.37%) Matillion
10 1 (1.37%) n8n
10 1 (1.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (36.99%) Metadata
2 18 (24.66%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (17.81%) Data Lake
4 11 (15.07%) Power BI
5 9 (12.33%) SQL Server
6 8 (10.96%) Metadata Repository
7 6 (8.22%) Relational Database
8 5 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (6.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (5.48%) BigQuery
9 4 (5.48%) NoSQL
10 3 (4.11%) Big Data
10 3 (4.11%) Data Vault
10 3 (4.11%) RDBMS
10 3 (4.11%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (2.74%) Apache Hive
11 2 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (2.74%) Oracle Database
11 2 (2.74%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.85%) ERwin
2 3 (4.11%) JIRA
3 2 (2.74%) ER Studio
3 2 (2.74%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (1.37%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.37%) Git
4 1 (1.37%) GitLab
4 1 (1.37%) Liquibase
4 1 (1.37%) MLflow
4 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 39 (53.42%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.77%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (20.55%) Finance
4 6 (8.22%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.48%) Banking
6 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.11%) Legal
7 3 (4.11%) Retail
8 2 (2.74%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (35.62%) Architect
2 20 (27.40%) Data Architect
3 10 (13.70%) Analyst
3 10 (13.70%) Consultant
3 10 (13.70%) Data Modeller
4 8 (10.96%) Data Analyst
5 6 (8.22%) Lead
6 5 (6.85%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (5.48%) Functional Consultant
7 4 (5.48%) Management Consultant
8 3 (4.11%) Azure Architect
8 3 (4.11%) Azure Data Architect
8 3 (4.11%) Maximo Consultant
8 3 (4.11%) SAP Analyst
8 3 (4.11%) SAP Data Analyst
9 2 (2.74%) Data Warehouse Specialist
9 2 (2.74%) Enterprise Data Architect
9 2 (2.74%) ETL Specialist
9 2 (2.74%) Senior
9 2 (2.74%) Senior Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) JSON
1 4 (5.48%) SAP TM
2 3 (4.11%) Web Services
3 2 (2.74%) XML
4 1 (1.37%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (1.37%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.37%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.37%) JSON Schema
4 1 (1.37%) Kafka
4 1 (1.37%) MACH
4 1 (1.37%) Pandas
4 1 (1.37%) PySpark
4 1 (1.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Reference Data
2 6 (8.22%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.48%) Life Science
4 3 (4.11%) Data Fabric
5 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.74%) FMCG
5 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.74%) IoT
5 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.74%) Pricing Data
6 1 (1.37%) Derivative
6 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.37%) Replication
6 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (64.38%) Data Modelling
2 36 (49.32%) Data Governance
3 28 (38.36%) Data Architecture
4 23 (31.51%) Metadata Management
5 20 (27.40%) Analytics
5 20 (27.40%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (23.29%) ETL
7 13 (17.81%) Migration
7 13 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (15.07%) Data Engineering
9 10 (13.70%) Agile
9 10 (13.70%) Conceptual Models
9 10 (13.70%) Enterprise Architecture
9 10 (13.70%) Event-Driven
10 9 (12.33%) Data Analysis
10 9 (12.33%) Data Management
10 9 (12.33%) Data Strategy
10 9 (12.33%) Machine Learning
10 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (12.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 31 (42.47%) SQL
2 10 (13.70%) Python
3 5 (6.85%) T-SQL
4 3 (4.11%) ABAP
4 3 (4.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.37%) Java
6 1 (1.37%) Korn
Qualifications
1 13 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (5.48%) Degree
4 3 (4.11%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (41.10%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.85%) GDPR
3 2 (2.74%) QA
4 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.37%) IFRS
4 1 (1.37%) IFRS 17
4 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.37%) SLA
4 1 (1.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (5.48%) Docker
2 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (24.66%) SAP
2 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
3 11 (15.07%) Databricks
4 9 (12.33%) Oracle
5 7 (9.59%) Salesforce
6 5 (6.85%) Sparx
7 4 (5.48%) Remedy
7 4 (5.48%) Teradata
8 3 (4.11%) Informatica
8 3 (4.11%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (2.74%) Ariba
9 2 (2.74%) Talend
10 1 (1.37%) Bloomberg
10 1 (1.37%) Concur
10 1 (1.37%) MuleSoft
10 1 (1.37%) Trayport
10 1 (1.37%) Workday