Data Warehouse Contracts

Data Warehousing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Warehouse skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Warehouse over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 109 98
Rank change year-on-year -13 -11 -14
Contract jobs citing Data Warehouse 778 1,303 2,335
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.83% 2.29% 2.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.65% 12.81% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 969 1,709
10th Percentile £400 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 16
10th Percentile - £35.00 £20.06
25th Percentile £31.25 £40.58 £32.38
Median hourly rate £50.50 £64.00 £44.21
Median % change year-on-year -21.09% +44.77% +70.03%
75th Percentile £53.75 £79.19 £62.50
90th Percentile £62.45 £81.50 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.75 £49.79 £35.00
% change year-on-year -36.23% +42.24% +46.17%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Data Warehouse is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,304 10,170 17,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.15% 17.86% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,237 7,238 12,433
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £549
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.73% +9.80%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £751 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +11.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 178 185
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.98 £32.30 £22.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +27.37% +75.24%
75th Percentile £61.53 £73.41 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £79.28 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £56.40 £35.00
% change year-on-year -29.08% +61.14% +45.83%

Data Warehouse
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Warehouse in the UK

Data Warehouse
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Warehouse in the UK

Data Warehouse
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Warehouse over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Warehouse in the UK

Data Warehouse
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Warehouse in the UK

Data Warehouse
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Warehouse over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Warehouse in the UK

Data Warehouse
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Warehouse within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 -18 684 £550 - 462
London -7 451 £573 -0.43% 248
Work from Home +5 323 £525 -4.55% 237
UK excluding London -32 238 £500 -2.20% 265
North of England +31 86 £500 -4.76% 61
North West +25 66 £500 - 39
South East -21 43 £500 -4.76% 73
Midlands -29 43 £525 -2.33% 50
West Midlands -2 33 £525 -2.33% 37
South West -4 29 £550 +10.00% 27
Scotland +21 25 £475 -3.06% 14
Yorkshire +8 17 £500 -9.09% 15
East of England -20 16 £500 +56.25% 28
East Midlands -1 10 £463 +15.63% 13
North East +17 7 £650 +8.33% 7
Wales +13 3 £325 -35.00% 8

Data Warehouse
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 (6.94%) Apache Spark
2 30 (3.86%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.34%) Apache
4 10 (1.29%) SAS
4 10 (1.29%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.03%) Confluence
6 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) JBoss
7 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 18 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.39%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.39%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.26%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.26%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) HFM
5 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 280 (35.99%) Azure
2 226 (29.05%) Power Platform
3 166 (21.34%) AWS
4 95 (12.21%) GCP
5 86 (11.05%) Snowflake
6 84 (10.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 60 (7.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 59 (7.58%) Serverless
9 41 (5.27%) Amazon S3
10 40 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
11 38 (4.88%) dbt
12 34 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
13 33 (4.24%) GitHub
14 25 (3.21%) Amazon EMR
15 24 (3.08%) Azure Stack
16 23 (2.96%) Power Automate
17 22 (2.83%) PowerApps
18 19 (2.44%) Amazon Kinesis
19 15 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
19 15 (1.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.77%) Internet
2 2 (0.26%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (27.63%) Power BI
2 159 (20.44%) Data Lake
3 137 (17.61%) SQL Server
4 102 (13.11%) Big Data
5 80 (10.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 62 (7.97%) Tableau
7 59 (7.58%) Relational Database
8 57 (7.33%) Amazon Redshift
9 48 (6.17%) Metadata
10 45 (5.78%) BigQuery
11 43 (5.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 41 (5.27%) Azure SQL Database
13 35 (4.50%) NoSQL
14 33 (4.24%) Snowflake Schema
15 31 (3.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 29 (3.73%) Amazon Athena
17 24 (3.08%) Hadoop
17 24 (3.08%) Star Schema
18 23 (2.96%) MySQL
19 21 (2.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 34 (4.37%) JIRA
2 32 (4.11%) Git
3 30 (3.86%) ERwin
4 15 (1.93%) ER Studio
5 11 (1.41%) GitLab
6 8 (1.03%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.77%) Visual Studio Team System
9 5 (0.64%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.64%) kappa
9 5 (0.64%) Selenium
10 4 (0.51%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.39%) Deequ
11 3 (0.39%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.26%) Bugzilla
12 2 (0.26%) JMeter
12 2 (0.26%) JUnit
12 2 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.26%) TestNG
General
1 176 (22.62%) Social Skills
2 131 (16.84%) Finance
3 96 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (10.93%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.50%) Banking
6 20 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.44%) Retail
8 12 (1.54%) Marketing
8 12 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.16%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.03%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.90%) Back Office
12 7 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.90%) Legal
13 6 (0.77%) Publishing
14 4 (0.51%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.51%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 201 (25.84%) Data Engineer
2 164 (21.08%) Architect
3 131 (16.84%) Data Architect
4 117 (15.04%) Developer
5 87 (11.18%) Analyst
6 65 (8.35%) Senior
7 44 (5.66%) Data Analyst
8 36 (4.63%) Data Modeller
8 36 (4.63%) Project Manager
9 34 (4.37%) Azure Engineer
10 33 (4.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 31 (3.98%) Business Analyst
11 31 (3.98%) Lead
12 27 (3.47%) Azure Data Engineer
13 25 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
13 25 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 21 (2.70%) Consultant
16 20 (2.57%) Senior Data Engineer
17 18 (2.31%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.20%) PySpark
2 44 (5.66%) JSON
3 38 (4.88%) XML
4 31 (3.98%) Kafka
5 24 (3.08%) REST
6 23 (2.96%) .NET
7 14 (1.80%) Apache Avro
8 12 (1.54%) Web Services
9 9 (1.16%) ARM Templates
10 8 (1.03%) Middleware
10 8 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.77%) AWS CDK
11 6 (0.77%) JSON Schema
11 6 (0.77%) Spark Streaming
12 5 (0.64%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.64%) Node.js
12 5 (0.64%) ODBC
12 5 (0.64%) RESTful
13 4 (0.51%) ADO
13 4 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.63%) Data Structures
2 29 (3.73%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 22 (2.83%) NHS
5 18 (2.31%) Reference Data
6 17 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (1.16%) Freedom of Information
9 9 (1.16%) Freedom of Information Act
10 8 (1.03%) Hedge funds
11 7 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.90%) Reinsurance
11 7 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.77%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.64%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.41%) Linux
2 7 (0.90%) Unix
3 5 (0.64%) CentOS
3 5 (0.64%) Windows
4 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (49.49%) Data Modelling
2 349 (44.86%) ETL
3 270 (34.70%) Business Intelligence
4 247 (31.75%) Analytics
5 176 (22.62%) Agile
6 143 (18.38%) Migration
7 138 (17.74%) Data Pipeline
8 134 (17.22%) Data Integration
9 126 (16.20%) Data Governance
10 117 (15.04%) Data Engineering
10 117 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
11 109 (14.01%) DevOps
12 101 (12.98%) Visualisation
13 95 (12.21%) Data Migration
14 88 (11.31%) Data Analysis
15 83 (10.67%) Data Architecture
15 83 (10.67%) Data Management
16 78 (10.03%) Data Science
17 76 (9.77%) CI/CD
18 66 (8.48%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 421 (54.11%) SQL
2 214 (27.51%) Python
3 66 (8.48%) Java
4 53 (6.81%) T-SQL
5 42 (5.40%) C#
6 36 (4.63%) Scala
7 29 (3.73%) PL/SQL
8 22 (2.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 18 (2.31%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.54%) R
11 11 (1.41%) JavaScript
12 9 (1.16%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.03%) Bash
13 8 (1.03%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.90%) Go
14 7 (0.90%) XPath
14 7 (0.90%) XQuery
15 6 (0.77%) VB
16 4 (0.51%) VBA
16 4 (0.51%) X++
Qualifications
1 73 (9.38%) Security Cleared
2 66 (8.48%) Degree
3 54 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.67%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.39%) MCITP
10 3 (0.39%) MCTS
11 2 (0.26%) IBM Certification
11 2 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.26%) PhD
11 2 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (20.18%) Data Quality
2 14 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.54%) GDPR
4 9 (1.16%) SLA
5 8 (1.03%) QA
6 5 (0.64%) IFRS
6 5 (0.64%) IFRS 17
6 5 (0.64%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.26%) GxP
8 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.13%) CDISC
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (2.44%) Docker
2 6 (0.77%) HDFS
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (4.50%) Terraform
2 15 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.03%) Ansible
4 7 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.26%) Ambari
5 2 (0.26%) Control-M
5 2 (0.26%) Grafana
5 2 (0.26%) Oozie
6 1 (0.13%) Ganglia
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 153 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 97 (12.47%) Databricks
3 91 (11.70%) Oracle
4 42 (5.40%) Google
5 34 (4.37%) SAP
6 25 (3.21%) Informatica
7 14 (1.80%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.67%) AVEVA
9 12 (1.54%) Foundry
9 12 (1.54%) Palantir
10 11 (1.41%) Sparx
11 8 (1.03%) Remedy
12 7 (0.90%) Ab Initio
12 7 (0.90%) Nexthink
13 6 (0.77%) Talend
14 5 (0.64%) Autodesk
14 5 (0.64%) Snow
15 4 (0.51%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.51%) Brio
15 4 (0.51%) Embarcadero