Data Collection Contract Job Trends in England

Data Collection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Collection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 387 409
Rank change year-on-year -135 +22 +50
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 108 125 118
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.23% 0.45% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.49% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 65 57
10th Percentile £305 £275 £232
25th Percentile £331 £400 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £635 £600 £550
90th Percentile £802 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £483 £494 £450
% change year-on-year -2.33% +9.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 15
10th Percentile £12.71 £17.19 -
25th Percentile £21.14 £22.04 £14.05
Median hourly rate £22.20 £43.50 £18.54
Median % change year-on-year -48.97% +134.69% -37.17%
75th Percentile £28.54 £45.75 £22.88
90th Percentile £41.25 £62.17 £41.00
UK median hourly rate £21.65 £37.50 £18.77
% change year-on-year -42.27% +99.81% -44.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Data Collection 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,245 25,511 27,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.84% 90.89% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,668 16,179 17,039
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,000 1,593 1,140
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.51 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.79 £20.24
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.81 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -9.60%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Collection job vacancy trend in England

Data Collection
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Collection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Collection

Data Collection
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Collection in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Collection in England

Data Collection
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Collection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Collection

Data Collection
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Collection in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Collection in England

Data Collection
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Collection within the England region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
London -93 42 £500 -9.09% 234
North of England -73 25 £440 +3.53% 35
Yorkshire -27 18 £440 -12.00% 9
South East -71 16 £615 +2.49% 58
East of England -29 9 £788 +95.78% 38
Midlands -46 8 £333 -34.48% 24
West Midlands -54 5 £451 -11.23% 16
North West -52 4 - - 18
North East - 4 £440 - 8
South West -28 3 - - 21
East Midlands - 3 £225 - 8
Data Collection
UK

Data Collection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.63%) Confluence
2 3 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.85%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 20 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.78%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.93%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.93%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.85%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (37.04%) Power Platform
2 19 (17.59%) Azure
3 11 (10.19%) GCP
4 9 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
5 8 (7.41%) Entra ID
6 7 (6.48%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (5.56%) SaaS
8 5 (4.63%) Anthropic Claude
8 5 (4.63%) ChatGPT
9 4 (3.70%) AWS
9 4 (3.70%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.78%) Google Analytics
10 3 (2.78%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.85%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (1.85%) Miro
11 2 (1.85%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.93%) GitHub
12 1 (0.93%) Google Data Studio
12 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.33%) DHCP
1 9 (8.33%) DNS
1 9 (8.33%) Firewall
1 9 (8.33%) TCP/IP
1 9 (8.33%) VPN
2 8 (7.41%) SSH
3 6 (5.56%) Network Security
4 5 (4.63%) IP Telephony
4 5 (4.63%) PSTN
4 5 (4.63%) VoIP
5 1 (0.93%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.93%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (36.11%) Power BI
2 21 (19.44%) Tableau
3 11 (10.19%) Looker
4 9 (8.33%) BigQuery
5 5 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.78%) Metadata
6 3 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.85%) Flink
7 2 (1.85%) GIS
7 2 (1.85%) Spatial Data
7 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.93%) Big Data
8 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.93%) Power Query
8 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (6.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.93%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.93%) Charles Proxy
2 1 (0.93%) Fiddler
General
1 39 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.85%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (21.30%) Public Sector
4 18 (16.67%) Finance
5 8 (7.41%) Marketing
6 7 (6.48%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.56%) Banking
8 5 (4.63%) Legal
8 5 (4.63%) Local Government
8 5 (4.63%) Retail
9 4 (3.70%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.70%) Military
10 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.85%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.85%) Publishing
12 1 (0.93%) Electronics
12 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (36.11%) Analyst
2 20 (18.52%) Senior
3 17 (15.74%) Data Analyst
4 13 (12.04%) Developer
5 8 (7.41%) Applications Developer
5 8 (7.41%) Architect
5 8 (7.41%) Digital Analyst
5 8 (7.41%) Report Developer
5 8 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (6.48%) Applications Specialist
6 7 (6.48%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) Report Specialist
6 7 (6.48%) Senior Digital Analyst
7 6 (5.56%) Consultant
7 6 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Performance Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Support Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Telephony Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.11%) Terraform
2 9 (8.33%) ARM Templates
3 7 (6.48%) REST
4 2 (1.85%) CSS
4 2 (1.85%) GeoJSON
4 2 (1.85%) HTML
4 2 (1.85%) Kafka
4 2 (1.85%) PostGIS
5 1 (0.93%) iOS SDK
5 1 (0.93%) PySpark
5 1 (0.93%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.93%) RESTful
5 1 (0.93%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 12 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (7.41%) CMDB
5 7 (6.48%) ARM Cortex
6 5 (4.63%) Driving Licence
7 4 (3.70%) Cloud Native
7 4 (3.70%) Data Structures
7 4 (3.70%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.78%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.85%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.85%) BYOD
9 2 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.93%) IoT
10 1 (0.93%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.33%) Linux
1 9 (8.33%) Windows
1 9 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.85%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.85%) VMS
3 1 (0.93%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (37.96%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (33.33%) Validation
3 35 (32.41%) Analytics
4 30 (27.78%) Decision-Making
5 25 (23.15%) Actionable Insight
6 22 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (20.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (20.37%) Visualisation
7 20 (18.52%) AI
8 18 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (15.74%) Data Analysis
10 16 (14.81%) Service Management
11 15 (13.89%) Dashboard Development
11 15 (13.89%) ITIL
12 14 (12.96%) Data Modelling
13 13 (12.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (11.11%) Asset Management
14 12 (11.11%) Data Governance
15 11 (10.19%) Agile
15 11 (10.19%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (33.33%) SQL
2 29 (26.85%) Python
3 10 (9.26%) JavaScript
4 9 (8.33%) Bash
4 9 (8.33%) Bicep
4 9 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 9 (8.33%) R
5 5 (4.63%) Google Apps Script
6 3 (2.78%) Java
7 1 (0.93%) C
7 1 (0.93%) C++
7 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.93%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.93%) Swift
7 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.89%) Degree
3 11 (10.19%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.41%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.93%) CISM
7 1 (0.93%) CISSP
7 1 (0.93%) CRISC
7 1 (0.93%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.93%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (18.52%) Data Quality
2 13 (12.04%) SLA
3 10 (9.26%) QA
4 5 (4.63%) GDPR
5 3 (2.78%) PMO
6 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.93%) NCSC
6 1 (0.93%) PERC
System Software
1 10 (9.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (6.48%) Ansible
1 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (6.48%) SCCM
2 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (28.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.26%) ServiceNow
3 9 (8.33%) Google
4 7 (6.48%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (6.48%) Remedy
5 6 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 5 (4.63%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.78%) Adobe
8 2 (1.85%) Amplitude
8 2 (1.85%) Databricks
8 2 (1.85%) ESRI
8 2 (1.85%) Facebook
8 2 (1.85%) NEC
8 2 (1.85%) Sparx
9 1 (0.93%) mParticle
9 1 (0.93%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.93%) Palantir
9 1 (0.93%) SAP
9 1 (0.93%) Tealium
9 1 (0.93%) Workday