Data Technician Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Data Technician
England > Yorkshire

The median Data Technician daily rate in Yorkshire is £335, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 - 105
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Contract jobs requiring a Data Technician 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.053% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £319
25th Percentile £318 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - £339
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.37%
75th Percentile £353 - £359
90th Percentile - - £360
England median daily rate £416 £198 £298
% change year-on-year +110.63% -33.61% -11.19%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,739 921 1,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 91.46% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,168 550 1,063
10th Percentile £264 £213 £233
25th Percentile £384 £356 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.00% -1.48%
75th Percentile £549 £556 £588
90th Percentile £644 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 35 41
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.79 £11.11
25th Percentile £18.17 £16.66 £12.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +14.29% -19.54%
75th Percentile £57.25 £33.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.10 £53.75
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.54% +24.29%

Data Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Technician' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Data Technician job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Data Technician
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire

Data Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire

Data Technician Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Data Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Data Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Data Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware