Data-Driven Decision Making Contracts

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data-Driven Decision Making skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 397 599 643
Rank change year-on-year +202 +44 +8
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 176 91 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.18% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 73 173
10th Percentile £401 £344 £380
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £725 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £493 £450
% change year-on-year +6.60% +9.44% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £58.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -22.76% +223.68%
75th Percentile £63.31 £48.75 £64.75
90th Percentile £70.49 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data-Driven Decision Making 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 36,537 50,741 79,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.91% 89.71% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,555 35,132 55,704
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £439 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £483
% change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 1,680 1,899
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.56
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Daily rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Hourly rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in the UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
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-Driven Decision Making within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +170 157 £525 -8.70% 248
London +129 80 £538 -6.52% 103
UK excluding London +99 78 £525 +6.60% 147
Work from Home +156 77 £500 - 102
North of England +56 32 £525 +23.53% 43
South East +23 24 £450 - 47
North West +43 22 £525 +44.83% 25
Midlands +31 9 £450 -30.77% 25
West Midlands +19 8 £450 -28.00% 19
Yorkshire +23 7 £550 +15.79% 13
Scotland +46 4 £626 +27.01% 6
South West +16 4 £575 +132.32% 14
East of England +12 3 £550 +4.76% 11
North East - 3 £533 - 5
Wales - 2 £465 - 3
East Midlands +11 1 £225 -65.38% 6

Data-Driven Decision Making
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 8 (4.55%) Confluence
2 5 (2.84%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.27%) govService
4 3 (1.70%) CMS
5 2 (1.14%) Apache
5 2 (1.14%) SAS
6 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.57%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.14%) SPSS
4 2 (1.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.14%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.57%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.57%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.57%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.57%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (23.86%) Azure
2 39 (22.16%) Power Platform
3 13 (7.39%) AWS
4 11 (6.25%) GCP
5 10 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (3.98%) SaaS
8 5 (2.84%) Smartsheet
9 4 (2.27%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (2.27%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.70%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.70%) GitHub
11 2 (1.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.14%) dbt
11 2 (1.14%) Google Analytics
11 2 (1.14%) Google Sheets
11 2 (1.14%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.14%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.57%) 3G
2 1 (0.57%) 4G
2 1 (0.57%) 5G
2 1 (0.57%) Broadband
2 1 (0.57%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (22.16%) Power BI
2 28 (15.91%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (13.64%) Tableau
4 16 (9.09%) Data Lake
5 11 (6.25%) Big Data
6 10 (5.68%) Relational Database
7 8 (4.55%) QlikView
8 7 (3.98%) Qlik Sense
9 6 (3.41%) Metadata
10 5 (2.84%) SQL Server
11 4 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (2.27%) KDB
11 4 (2.27%) Looker
11 4 (2.27%) MySQL
12 3 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (1.70%) Hadoop
12 3 (1.70%) HBase
12 3 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (6.25%) JIRA
2 6 (3.41%) Git
3 4 (2.27%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.14%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.14%) JUnit
4 2 (1.14%) RStudio
4 2 (1.14%) Selenium
5 1 (0.57%) ERwin
5 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
General
1 99 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 66 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (20.45%) Finance
4 16 (9.09%) Retail
5 14 (7.95%) Marketing
6 12 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (6.82%) Telecoms
7 11 (6.25%) Legal
7 11 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 11 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.41%) Banking
8 6 (3.41%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.27%) Automotive
11 3 (1.70%) Health Technology
12 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.14%) French Language
12 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.14%) Publishing
13 1 (0.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 28 (15.91%) Analyst
2 22 (12.50%) Developer
3 20 (11.36%) Lead
4 19 (10.80%) Data Analyst
5 18 (10.23%) Architect
6 14 (7.95%) Consultant
6 14 (7.95%) Data Engineer
7 12 (6.82%) Senior
8 11 (6.25%) Product Manager
9 10 (5.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 9 (5.11%) Business Analyst
11 8 (4.55%) Data Consultant
11 8 (4.55%) Product Owner
12 7 (3.98%) Data Governance Consultant
12 7 (3.98%) Governance Consultant
12 7 (3.98%) Senior Data Engineer
13 6 (3.41%) Data Manager
13 6 (3.41%) Power BI Developer
13 6 (3.41%) Qlik Developer
13 6 (3.41%) Qlik Sense Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.84%) JSON
2 4 (2.27%) Kafka
3 2 (1.14%) REST
3 2 (1.14%) Swagger
3 2 (1.14%) YAML
4 1 (0.57%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.57%) ODBC
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.80%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.27%) Life Science
4 4 (2.27%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.70%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.70%) FMCG
5 3 (1.70%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.70%) NHS
6 2 (1.14%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.14%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.14%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.14%) Social Media
6 2 (1.14%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.57%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (66.48%) Decision-Making
2 83 (47.16%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (37.50%) Analytics
4 58 (32.95%) Business Intelligence
5 52 (29.55%) Agile
6 49 (27.84%) Data Modelling
7 40 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (21.59%) ETL
9 37 (21.02%) Visualisation
10 36 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (19.32%) Data Governance
12 30 (17.05%) Data Analysis
12 30 (17.05%) Mentoring
13 27 (15.34%) Data Analytics
14 26 (14.77%) Data Integration
15 25 (14.20%) Project Management
16 24 (13.64%) Data Visualisation
17 23 (13.07%) Data Management
17 23 (13.07%) Data Pipeline
18 22 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 41 (23.30%) SQL
2 26 (14.77%) Python
3 10 (5.68%) Scala
4 5 (2.84%) Java
4 5 (2.84%) R
5 4 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.14%) C#
6 2 (1.14%) Perl
6 2 (1.14%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.57%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (18.75%) Degree
2 8 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.41%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.84%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.84%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.70%) CSPO
5 3 (1.70%) Postgraduate
5 3 (1.70%) SAP Certification
6 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.14%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (1.14%) MBA
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (23.86%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.68%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.84%) GDPR
4 3 (1.70%) QA
5 2 (1.14%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.14%) PSD2
6 1 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.57%) GRC
6 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.57%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (13.64%) Informatica
2 16 (9.09%) Databricks
3 14 (7.95%) Microsoft
4 9 (5.11%) Oracle
4 9 (5.11%) SAP
5 8 (4.55%) Facebook
5 8 (4.55%) Instagram
6 6 (3.41%) Google
7 4 (2.27%) Adobe
8 3 (1.70%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.70%) Brio
8 3 (1.70%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.14%) Citrix
9 2 (1.14%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.57%) Aprimo
10 1 (0.57%) Marketo
10 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.57%) Symantec
10 1 (0.57%) Varonis
10 1 (0.57%) VMware