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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 54 74
Rank change year-on-year +2 +20 -10
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 1,163 1,552 1,884
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.97% 3.58% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 4.14% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,137 1,295
10th Percentile £360 £400 £413
25th Percentile £429 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £630 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £761
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 23
10th Percentile £25.79 £30.83 £19.00
25th Percentile £29.71 £35.64 £19.74
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.30% +33.57% -38.60%
75th Percentile £78.40 £53.44 £65.25
90th Percentile £97.60 £64.25 £68.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.70 £35.41 £31.25
% change year-on-year +122.24% +13.32% +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 26,635 37,480 53,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.90% 86.37% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,151 24,166 36,804
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,086 2,447 1,751
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%
75th Percentile £61.28 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +2 1,011 £530 -3.64% 1,316
London -10 598 £550 -6.98% 742
UK excluding London +12 431 £500 -4.76% 745
Work from Home -7 419 £500 -9.09% 728
North of England +1 133 £550 +4.76% 173
South East +30 93 £525 +2.44% 261
North West +12 85 £550 +4.76% 104
Midlands +12 85 £517 +6.00% 121
West Midlands +19 67 £525 +16.67% 78
Scotland +15 57 £450 -10.00% 35
South West +5 43 £513 -6.82% 88
Yorkshire -18 29 £495 -10.33% 62
East of England +29 26 £580 +16.00% 79
North East +7 19 £401 -11.62% 8
East Midlands -2 18 £459 -16.55% 36
Wales +12 8 £237 -47.39% 8
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 54 (4.64%) Apache Airflow
2 51 (4.39%) Confluence
3 45 (3.87%) Apache Spark
4 36 (3.10%) Apache
5 25 (2.15%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.12%) SAS
7 7 (0.60%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.26%) Luigi
9 2 (0.17%) CMS
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.086%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.086%) Appian
10 1 (0.086%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.086%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.086%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.086%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.086%) WebLogic
Applications
1 71 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.24%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.38%) Oracle Smart View
4 11 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.17%) Notepad++
7 2 (0.17%) Trello
8 1 (0.086%) Simulink
8 1 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 13 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (0.86%) Aladdin
6 7 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
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 General Ledger
8 5 (0.43%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.34%) Maximo
9 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.34%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.26%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.26%) SAP EWM
11 2 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 358 (30.78%) Azure
2 297 (25.54%) Power Platform
3 224 (19.26%) AWS
4 117 (10.06%) GCP
5 94 (8.08%) Snowflake
6 80 (6.88%) dbt
7 75 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 68 (5.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 53 (4.56%) PowerApps
10 46 (3.96%) Amazon S3
10 46 (3.96%) GitHub
11 41 (3.53%) SaaS
12 40 (3.44%) Serverless
13 37 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
14 36 (3.10%) Power Automate
15 31 (2.67%) OCI
16 30 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
17 29 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
17 29 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
18 23 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.52%) 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 (0.086%) DNS
5 1 (0.086%) GPON
5 1 (0.086%) Intranet
5 1 (0.086%) Network Security
5 1 (0.086%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 272 (23.39%) Data Warehouse
2 261 (22.44%) Power BI
3 121 (10.40%) Data Lake
4 97 (8.34%) Metadata
4 97 (8.34%) Tableau
5 77 (6.62%) Relational Database
6 72 (6.19%) Big Data
7 66 (5.67%) NoSQL
8 64 (5.50%) SQL Server
9 53 (4.56%) Amazon Redshift
10 46 (3.96%) Snowflake Schema
11 42 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
12 41 (3.53%) BigQuery
13 38 (3.27%) Power Query
14 33 (2.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 33 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
15 30 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
16 29 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 28 (2.41%) RDBMS
18 27 (2.32%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 67 (5.76%) JIRA
2 64 (5.50%) ERwin
3 48 (4.13%) Git
4 17 (1.46%) GitLab
4 17 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.46%) Oracle Forms
5 16 (1.38%) Subversion
6 15 (1.29%) PowerDesigner
7 14 (1.20%) ER Studio
8 11 (0.95%) PVCS
9 7 (0.60%) Postman
9 7 (0.60%) Selenium
10 5 (0.43%) MagicDraw
11 4 (0.34%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.34%) MLflow
11 4 (0.34%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 378 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 258 (22.18%) Finance
3 248 (21.32%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 88 (7.57%) Banking
6 40 (3.44%) Retail
7 37 (3.18%) Marketing
8 36 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 18 (1.55%) Investment Banking
12 17 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.12%) Military
15 12 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.95%) Legal
17 10 (0.86%) Back Office
17 10 (0.86%) Telecoms
18 9 (0.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 264 (22.70%) Architect
2 208 (17.88%) Data Engineer
3 185 (15.91%) Analyst
4 178 (15.31%) Data Architect
5 162 (13.93%) Developer
6 123 (10.58%) Senior
7 89 (7.65%) Data Modeller
8 84 (7.22%) Data Analyst
9 80 (6.88%) Lead
10 78 (6.71%) Business Analyst
11 65 (5.59%) Consultant
12 40 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
13 34 (2.92%) Senior Data Engineer
14 32 (2.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 27 (2.32%) Oracle Developer
16 25 (2.15%) Technical Analyst
17 23 (1.98%) Data Consultant
18 21 (1.81%) Data Business Analyst
18 21 (1.81%) Power BI Developer
18 21 (1.81%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.90%) Kafka
2 46 (3.96%) PySpark
3 31 (2.67%) REST
4 30 (2.58%) JSON
5 26 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
6 22 (1.89%) React
6 22 (1.89%) XML
7 20 (1.72%) Jinja
8 19 (1.63%) SOAP
9 18 (1.55%) .NET
10 15 (1.29%) HTML
11 14 (1.20%) Node.js
11 14 (1.20%) Web Services
12 13 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
13 12 (1.03%) CSS
13 12 (1.03%) RESTful
13 12 (1.03%) SAP Fiori
14 11 (0.95%) Java EE
15 10 (0.86%) AngularJS
15 10 (0.86%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 84 (7.22%) Data Structures
2 57 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
3 38 (3.27%) Product Ownership
4 29 (2.49%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.24%) Algorithms
6 25 (2.15%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.55%) Reference Data
9 18 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.46%) CMDB
11 11 (0.95%) Data Fabric
11 11 (0.95%) Derivative
12 9 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.77%) Replication
12 9 (0.77%) Taxonomies
13 8 (0.69%) Life Science
13 8 (0.69%) NHS
14 7 (0.60%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.38%) Linux
2 7 (0.60%) Unix
3 2 (0.17%) Debian
3 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (29.84%) Analytics
2 339 (29.15%) Business Intelligence
3 331 (28.46%) ETL
4 277 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
5 254 (21.84%) Agile
6 232 (19.95%) Data Governance
7 207 (17.80%) Data Pipeline
8 200 (17.20%) Data Architecture
9 192 (16.51%) Visualisation
10 172 (14.79%) Data Integration
11 160 (13.76%) Migration
12 142 (12.21%) Data Engineering
13 141 (12.12%) Decision-Making
14 137 (11.78%) Stakeholder Management
15 135 (11.61%) Data Analysis
16 134 (11.52%) CI/CD
17 126 (10.83%) DevOps
18 124 (10.66%) Data Management
19 120 (10.32%) Data Visualisation
20 107 (9.20%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 604 (51.93%) SQL
2 309 (26.57%) Python
3 72 (6.19%) Java
4 63 (5.42%) PL/SQL
5 56 (4.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 42 (3.61%) JavaScript
6 42 (3.61%) R
7 31 (2.67%) T-SQL
8 24 (2.06%) Scala
9 14 (1.20%) Apex Code
10 13 (1.12%) ABAP
10 13 (1.12%) C
11 12 (1.03%) C#
11 12 (1.03%) PowerShell
12 11 (0.95%) ProC
13 10 (0.86%) Bash
13 10 (0.86%) VBA
14 8 (0.69%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.43%) COBOL
15 5 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 169 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 137 (11.78%) SC Cleared
3 126 (10.83%) Degree
4 45 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 18 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.38%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.38%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.29%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.34%) SnowPro
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%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (18.57%) Data Quality
2 60 (5.16%) QA
3 45 (3.87%) GDPR
4 38 (3.27%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 9 (0.77%) IFRS
6 8 (0.69%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.60%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.43%) NIST
8 5 (0.43%) PMO
9 4 (0.34%) Basel III
9 4 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.34%) HL7
10 3 (0.26%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.17%) MiFID
11 2 (0.17%) MISRA
11 2 (0.17%) MISRA C
12 1 (0.086%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 36 (3.10%) Docker
2 5 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (4.13%) Terraform
2 34 (2.92%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.69%) Ansible
4 5 (0.43%) Grafana
4 5 (0.43%) Kibana
4 5 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.34%) logstash
6 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.17%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.086%) MOM
7 1 (0.086%) Packer
7 1 (0.086%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.086%) Puppet
7 1 (0.086%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 184 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 152 (13.07%) Oracle
3 149 (12.81%) Databricks
4 99 (8.51%) SAP
5 60 (5.16%) Google
6 56 (4.82%) Salesforce
7 39 (3.35%) Informatica
8 29 (2.49%) Sparx
9 27 (2.32%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.55%) IBM
11 15 (1.29%) Talend
12 14 (1.20%) Ariba
13 10 (0.86%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.77%) Workday
15 8 (0.69%) Teradata
16 7 (0.60%) Alteryx
16 7 (0.60%) Siebel
17 6 (0.52%) Cloudera
17 6 (0.52%) Foundry
17 6 (0.52%) Palantir