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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 346 444
Rank change year-on-year -74 +98 +81
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 123 131 126
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.50% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.56% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 61 74
10th Percentile £273 £291 £215
25th Percentile £396 £365 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £573 £623
90th Percentile £688 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £482 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.70% - +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 21
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.97 -
25th Percentile £20.66 £21.25 £15.39
Median hourly rate £40.50 £22.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.02% +23.61% -3.54%
75th Percentile £55.85 £26.88 £26.88
90th Percentile £64.75 £28.84 £66.25
UK median hourly rate £33.75 £21.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +56.98% - +15.22%

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 28,613 23,512 33,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.45% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,292 14,362 22,132
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,780 759 1,832
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.72% +12.50%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 27 January 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 -24 50 £500 -9.09% 33
North of England -47 22 £475 +63.23% 20
East of England +4 19 £400 - 17
South East -31 15 £644 +28.80% 43
Yorkshire -38 13 £526 +52.10% 5
Midlands -72 12 £498 +28.39% 18
West Midlands -52 11 £507 +30.84% 7
North West -28 9 £268 -7.90% 13
South West -17 1 - - 13
East Midlands -25 1 £380 - 11
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 7 (5.69%) Apache Pig
2 4 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.44%) Apache
3 3 (2.44%) IIS
4 2 (1.63%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (13.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.07%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.63%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.51%) Power Platform
2 12 (9.76%) Azure
3 7 (5.69%) GCP
4 5 (4.07%) Google Analytics
5 4 (3.25%) Adobe Analytics
5 4 (3.25%) AWS
6 3 (2.44%) GitHub
6 3 (2.44%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (1.63%) Commercetools
7 2 (1.63%) Contentful
7 2 (1.63%) Figma
7 2 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.63%) PaaS
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.81%) Google Data Studio
8 1 (0.81%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.81%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.81%) SaaS
8 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.44%) Firewall
2 2 (1.63%) 2G
2 2 (1.63%) 5G
2 2 (1.63%) LTE
2 2 (1.63%) Mobile Backhaul
2 2 (1.63%) VoIP
3 1 (0.81%) BGP
3 1 (0.81%) Broadband
3 1 (0.81%) Internet
3 1 (0.81%) IPsec
3 1 (0.81%) LAN
3 1 (0.81%) SNMP
3 1 (0.81%) VLAN
3 1 (0.81%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (19.51%) Power BI
2 11 (8.94%) Data Mining
3 8 (6.50%) Apache Hive
3 8 (6.50%) Hadoop
3 8 (6.50%) Tableau
4 7 (5.69%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.44%) MySQL
5 3 (2.44%) OLTP
6 2 (1.63%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.63%) Power Query
6 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.81%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.81%) Looker
7 1 (0.81%) MS Access
7 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.81%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Git
1 2 (1.63%) GitLab
1 2 (1.63%) Jaeger
1 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (38.21%) Social Skills
2 24 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (17.07%) Marketing
4 17 (13.82%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.32%) Finance
5 9 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.50%) Multimedia
6 8 (6.50%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.88%) Local Government
7 6 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.07%) Banking
8 5 (4.07%) Legal
9 4 (3.25%) Electronics
9 4 (3.25%) Retail
10 3 (2.44%) Back Office
10 3 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.44%) Military
10 3 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.44%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 26 (21.14%) Analyst
2 20 (16.26%) Data Scientist
3 17 (13.82%) Data Analyst
4 11 (8.94%) Senior
5 10 (8.13%) Data Engineer
6 9 (7.32%) Developer
7 6 (4.88%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.88%) Lead
8 5 (4.07%) Audio Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) Consultant
9 4 (3.25%) Power BI Developer
9 4 (3.25%) Senior User Researcher
9 4 (3.25%) Software Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) User Researcher
10 3 (2.44%) Administrator
10 3 (2.44%) Coordinator
10 3 (2.44%) Project Coordinator
10 3 (2.44%) Python Engineer
10 3 (2.44%) Security Analyst
11 2 (1.63%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.69%) RESTful
2 5 (4.07%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (3.25%) FastAPI
3 4 (3.25%) React
4 3 (2.44%) ADO
4 3 (2.44%) Middleware
5 2 (1.63%) Flash
5 2 (1.63%) JSON
5 2 (1.63%) Pandas
5 2 (1.63%) PySpark
5 2 (1.63%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.63%) Smart Contracts
6 1 (0.81%) CSS
6 1 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.81%) Kafka
6 1 (0.81%) LangChain
6 1 (0.81%) Lucene
6 1 (0.81%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.81%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.63%) Algorithms
2 9 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.07%) AI Agents
4 5 (4.07%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.07%) Virtual Reality
5 4 (3.25%) Acoustics
5 4 (3.25%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.44%) Equities
6 3 (2.44%) NHS
6 3 (2.44%) Social Media
7 2 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.63%) IoT
7 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.63%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.63%) Multi-touch
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.20%) Linux
2 5 (4.07%) Windows
3 1 (0.81%) Android
3 1 (0.81%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.02%) Machine Learning
2 28 (22.76%) Decision-Making
2 28 (22.76%) Validation
3 27 (21.95%) Analytics
4 26 (21.14%) Visualisation
5 25 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (19.51%) Data Analysis
7 23 (18.70%) Data Science
8 19 (15.45%) Actionable Insight
8 19 (15.45%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (14.63%) Data Visualisation
10 13 (10.57%) Agile
11 12 (9.76%) Data Protection
12 11 (8.94%) AI
12 11 (8.94%) Data Modelling
12 11 (8.94%) Statistical Modelling
13 10 (8.13%) Bayesian Methods
13 10 (8.13%) Data Cleansing
13 10 (8.13%) Marketing Mix
13 10 (8.13%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 55 (44.72%) Python
2 33 (26.83%) SQL
3 14 (11.38%) R
4 11 (8.94%) Java
4 11 (8.94%) Scala
5 8 (6.50%) Shell Script
6 7 (5.69%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (3.25%) Bash
9 2 (1.63%) Bourne shell
9 2 (1.63%) C++
9 2 (1.63%) Go
9 2 (1.63%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.63%) Rust
9 2 (1.63%) Solidity
10 1 (0.81%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.81%) C
10 1 (0.81%) C#
10 1 (0.81%) JCL
10 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (11.38%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.32%) Degree
3 8 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.44%) CEH
5 3 (2.44%) CISSP
5 3 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.44%) PhD
6 2 (1.63%) CCSK
6 2 (1.63%) CISA
6 2 (1.63%) CISM
6 2 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.63%) OSCP
7 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) GDPR
2 8 (6.50%) QA
3 7 (5.69%) Data Quality
4 5 (4.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.44%) NIST
6 2 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.63%) SLA
6 2 (1.63%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.81%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.81%) GAMP
7 1 (0.81%) PERC
7 1 (0.81%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.63%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (0.81%) KVM
3 1 (0.81%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (1.63%) Grafana
1 2 (1.63%) logstash
1 2 (1.63%) Prometheus
1 2 (1.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.81%) Cacti
2 1 (0.81%) Fluentd
2 1 (0.81%) Kibana
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.81%) Rsyslog
2 1 (0.81%) SCCM
2 1 (0.81%) Terraform
2 1 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.32%) Splunk
3 6 (4.88%) Google
4 5 (4.07%) Adobe
5 3 (2.44%) Databricks
6 2 (1.63%) OneTrust
6 2 (1.63%) Optimizely
6 2 (1.63%) SAP
6 2 (1.63%) VMware
7 1 (0.81%) BMC
7 1 (0.81%) BT
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco
7 1 (0.81%) Facebook
7 1 (0.81%) IBM
7 1 (0.81%) Juniper
7 1 (0.81%) NetApp
7 1 (0.81%) Oracle
7 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.81%) Siemens
7 1 (0.81%) Sophos