Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Data Strategy
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 55 72
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 1.54% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 0.24% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £869 - -
25th Percentile £898 £763 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £992 £775 £650
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +19.23% +18.18%
75th Percentile £1,038 £788 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 £500 £700
% change year-on-year +15.00% -28.57% +20.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

Data Strategy 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 in Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 489 415 688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 83.73% 85.22% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 281 511
10th Percentile £375 £340 £350
25th Percentile £512 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -
75th Percentile £713 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 5 14
10th Percentile £12.50 - £14.36
25th Percentile £13.75 - £25.21
Median hourly rate £22.27 £12.79 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year +74.08% -74.03% -24.81%
75th Percentile £24.50 £60.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £25.15 - £74.75
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £59.84
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.62% -7.94%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Data Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Strategy within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 11 December 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
Salisbury - 8 £992 - 1
Chippenham - 1 - -
Data Strategy
South West

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (11.11%) Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) Head of Strategy
1 1 (11.11%) Lead
1 1 (11.11%) Migration Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Data Management
2 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) AI
2 6 (66.67%) Analytics
2 6 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 6 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 6 (66.67%) Data Science
3 5 (55.56%) Coaching
3 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
3 5 (55.56%) Creative Thinking
3 5 (55.56%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Storytelling
3 5 (55.56%) Strategic Thinking
3 5 (55.56%) Systems Thinking
3 5 (55.56%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) SAP