Data Matching Contracts

Data Matching (Record Linkage)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Matching skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Matching over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 694 828
Rank change year-on-year +120 +134 -141
Contract jobs citing Data Matching 9 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.019% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.021% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 9
10th Percentile £396 £358 £448
25th Percentile £428 £363 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £385 £600
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -35.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £463 £638
90th Percentile £570 £503 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £376 £444
% change year-on-year +24.77% -15.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.89
Median hourly rate - - £13.58
75th Percentile - - £14.27
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £13.58

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Matching is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,484 53,362 80,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.34% 89.87% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,149 37,016 56,462
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,744 1,921
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.34 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +6.69% +75.00% -8.00%

Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Matching in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Matching in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Matching over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Matching in the UK

Data Matching
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Matching in the UK

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Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Matching within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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 +116 6 £538 +19.44% 9
Work from Home +126 4 £500 +31.49% 3
London +108 4 £500 +17.65% 4
UK excluding London +54 4 £469 +24.77% 6
Wales - 2 £396 - 1
South East +22 1 £525 +22.09% 2
East of England - 1 £550 - 3

Data Matching
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SPSS
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Data Mining
2 1 (11.11%) Metadata
2 1 (11.11%) OLAP
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) PowerCenter
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Data Scientist
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Informatica Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SSRS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Credit Risk
1 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Data Science
2 4 (44.44%) ETL
3 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Data Management
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Data Extraction
4 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
4 2 (22.22%) Statistical Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Use Case
4 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (22.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
1 3 (33.33%) R
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (11.11%) Informatica