Data Modelling Contracts

Data Modelling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Data Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Modelling over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 53 72
Rank change year-on-year 0 +19 -9
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 1,172 1,566 1,908
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.01% 3.59% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 4.16% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 1,153 1,319
10th Percentile £360 £400 £410
25th Percentile £428 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 23
10th Percentile £25.90 £30.37 £19.00
25th Percentile £30.36 £35.00 £19.74
Median hourly rate £52.50 £48.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +38.57% -27.46%
75th Percentile £78.10 £53.75 £65.25
90th Percentile £97.41 £64.53 £68.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.70 £30.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +158.03% -2.40% +63.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Modelling 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 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Modelling within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 0 1,014 £534 -2.95% 973
London -12 599 £550 -8.33% 581
UK excluding London +16 434 £503 -4.29% 415
Work from Home -3 433 £513 -6.82% 542
North of England +6 136 £550 +4.76% 105
South East +38 93 £525 +2.44% 96
North West +12 89 £561 +6.90% 65
Midlands +13 84 £513 +2.50% 85
West Midlands +19 66 £525 +16.56% 64
Scotland +9 58 £450 -10.00% 28
South West +15 45 £525 -4.55% 67
Yorkshire -19 29 £495 -11.13% 36
East of England +29 25 £580 +16.00% 28
North East +9 18 £390 -14.10% 4
East Midlands 0 18 £459 -16.55% 18
Wales +10 9 £238 -47.22% 6
Northern Ireland - 4 £500 - 12

Data Modelling
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 49 (4.18%) Apache Airflow
1 49 (4.18%) Confluence
2 43 (3.67%) Apache Spark
3 37 (3.16%) Apache
4 24 (2.05%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.94%) SAS
6 7 (0.60%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.26%) Luigi
8 2 (0.17%) CMS
8 2 (0.17%) IIS
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.085%) Appian
9 1 (0.085%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.085%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.085%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.28%) Oracle Smart View
4 11 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Notepad++
6 2 (0.17%) Trello
7 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.085%) Simulink
7 1 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 13 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
5 11 (0.94%) Aladdin
6 7 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.43%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.26%) Maximo
10 3 (0.26%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.26%) SAP EWM
11 2 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 358 (30.55%) Azure
2 295 (25.17%) Power Platform
3 223 (19.03%) AWS
4 121 (10.32%) GCP
5 92 (7.85%) Snowflake
6 75 (6.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 75 (6.40%) dbt
7 66 (5.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 55 (4.69%) PowerApps
9 48 (4.10%) GitHub
10 47 (4.01%) Amazon S3
11 41 (3.50%) Serverless
12 40 (3.41%) SaaS
13 35 (2.99%) Power Automate
14 34 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
15 30 (2.56%) OCI
16 29 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
17 28 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
18 25 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.60%) Firewall
2 4 (0.34%) HTTP
3 3 (0.26%) Internet
3 3 (0.26%) SMS
4 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.17%) SAN
4 2 (0.17%) SNMP
4 2 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.085%) GPON
5 1 (0.085%) Intranet
5 1 (0.085%) Network Security
5 1 (0.085%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (22.95%) Data Warehouse
2 256 (21.84%) Power BI
3 120 (10.24%) Data Lake
4 101 (8.62%) Tableau
5 99 (8.45%) Metadata
6 83 (7.08%) Relational Database
7 72 (6.14%) Big Data
8 68 (5.80%) NoSQL
9 63 (5.38%) SQL Server
10 52 (4.44%) Amazon Redshift
11 48 (4.10%) Snowflake Schema
12 42 (3.58%) BigQuery
13 41 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
14 37 (3.16%) Power Query
15 32 (2.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 32 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
16 31 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
17 30 (2.56%) RDBMS
18 29 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 26 (2.22%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 64 (5.46%) ERwin
2 61 (5.20%) JIRA
3 50 (4.27%) Git
4 20 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.45%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.37%) ER Studio
6 16 (1.37%) GitLab
6 16 (1.37%) Subversion
7 15 (1.28%) PowerDesigner
8 11 (0.94%) PVCS
9 7 (0.60%) Postman
9 7 (0.60%) Selenium
10 5 (0.43%) MagicDraw
10 5 (0.43%) MLflow
11 4 (0.34%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 377 (32.17%) Social Skills
2 247 (21.08%) Analytical Skills
2 247 (21.08%) Finance
3 129 (11.01%) Public Sector
4 90 (7.68%) Banking
5 39 (3.33%) Marketing
6 38 (3.24%) Retail
7 36 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.37%) Investment Banking
10 16 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.11%) Military
11 13 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.02%) Back Office
13 11 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (0.94%) Legal
14 10 (0.85%) Automotive
14 10 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 261 (22.27%) Architect
2 207 (17.66%) Data Engineer
3 184 (15.70%) Analyst
4 176 (15.02%) Data Architect
5 163 (13.91%) Developer
6 126 (10.75%) Senior
7 90 (7.68%) Data Modeller
8 83 (7.08%) Data Analyst
8 83 (7.08%) Lead
9 74 (6.31%) Business Analyst
10 66 (5.63%) Consultant
11 41 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (2.90%) Senior Data Engineer
13 33 (2.82%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 27 (2.30%) Oracle Developer
15 25 (2.13%) Technical Analyst
16 23 (1.96%) Data Consultant
16 23 (1.96%) Power BI Developer
17 22 (1.88%) Senior Developer
18 21 (1.79%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.86%) Kafka
2 45 (3.84%) PySpark
3 33 (2.82%) REST
4 29 (2.47%) JSON
5 26 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 23 (1.96%) XML
7 21 (1.79%) Jinja
7 21 (1.79%) React
8 20 (1.71%) SOAP
9 18 (1.54%) .NET
10 14 (1.19%) HTML
10 14 (1.19%) Web Services
11 13 (1.11%) CSS
11 13 (1.11%) Node.js
12 12 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
13 11 (0.94%) AngularJS
13 11 (0.94%) Java EE
13 11 (0.94%) RESTful
13 11 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
14 9 (0.77%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.91%) Data Structures
2 62 (5.29%) Legacy Systems
3 41 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 30 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.22%) Algorithms
5 26 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 23 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (1.79%) Reference Data
8 20 (1.71%) CMDB
9 19 (1.62%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (0.94%) Derivative
12 10 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.77%) Data Fabric
13 9 (0.77%) Replication
13 9 (0.77%) Taxonomies
14 8 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (0.68%) Life Science
14 8 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.28%) Linux
2 6 (0.51%) Unix
3 3 (0.26%) Windows
4 2 (0.17%) Debian
4 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (30.03%) Analytics
2 336 (28.67%) Business Intelligence
3 324 (27.65%) ETL
4 284 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
5 261 (22.27%) Agile
6 228 (19.45%) Data Governance
7 201 (17.15%) Data Architecture
8 199 (16.98%) Data Pipeline
9 196 (16.72%) Visualisation
10 169 (14.42%) Data Integration
11 156 (13.31%) Migration
12 143 (12.20%) Decision-Making
13 138 (11.77%) CI/CD
13 138 (11.77%) Data Engineering
14 134 (11.43%) Data Analysis
14 134 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
15 126 (10.75%) DevOps
16 125 (10.67%) Data Management
17 120 (10.24%) Data Visualisation
18 108 (9.22%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 597 (50.94%) SQL
2 307 (26.19%) Python
3 81 (6.91%) Java
4 62 (5.29%) PL/SQL
5 51 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 44 (3.75%) JavaScript
6 44 (3.75%) R
7 31 (2.65%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.30%) Scala
9 14 (1.19%) ABAP
9 14 (1.19%) C#
10 13 (1.11%) Apex Code
10 13 (1.11%) C
11 12 (1.02%) PowerShell
12 11 (0.94%) ProC
13 10 (0.85%) VBA
14 9 (0.77%) Bash
15 7 (0.60%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.43%) COBOL
16 5 (0.43%) PHP
Qualifications
1 176 (15.02%) Security Cleared
2 142 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 134 (11.43%) Degree
4 50 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (2.99%) Master's Degree
6 23 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.28%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.34%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.26%) CCNA
12 3 (0.26%) CCNP
12 3 (0.26%) HNC
12 3 (0.26%) PhD
12 3 (0.26%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (18.69%) Data Quality
2 61 (5.20%) QA
3 43 (3.67%) GDPR
4 39 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (0.68%) HIPAA
6 8 (0.68%) IFRS
7 6 (0.51%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.43%) NIST
8 5 (0.43%) PMO
9 4 (0.34%) HL7
10 3 (0.26%) Basel III
10 3 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.17%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.17%) MiFID
11 2 (0.17%) MISRA C
System Software
1 37 (3.16%) Docker
2 7 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.085%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.085%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 47 (4.01%) Terraform
2 36 (3.07%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.85%) Ansible
4 7 (0.60%) MOM
5 5 (0.43%) Kibana
6 4 (0.34%) Grafana
6 4 (0.34%) logstash
6 4 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.26%) Packer
7 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.26%) Puppet
8 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.17%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.17%) SCCM
9 1 (0.085%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 182 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 151 (12.88%) Oracle
3 144 (12.29%) Databricks
4 108 (9.22%) SAP
5 62 (5.29%) Google
6 53 (4.52%) Salesforce
7 39 (3.33%) Informatica
8 30 (2.56%) Sparx
9 28 (2.39%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.45%) IBM
11 15 (1.28%) Talend
12 14 (1.19%) Ariba
13 10 (0.85%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.77%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.68%) Teradata
15 8 (0.68%) Workday
16 7 (0.60%) Rockwell
16 7 (0.60%) Siemens
17 6 (0.51%) Cloudera
17 6 (0.51%) Palantir