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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 340 405
Rank change year-on-year -127 +65 +102
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 111 127 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.53% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.58% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 71 76
10th Percentile £313 £313 £260
25th Percentile £400 £381 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +6.06% +4.21%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £596
90th Percentile £733 £603 £675
UK median daily rate £458 £488 £495
% change year-on-year -6.15% -1.52% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 27
10th Percentile £15.00 £21.25 £14.26
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.64 £15.39
Median hourly rate £28.55 £27.94 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +2.18% +58.39% -16.87%
75th Percentile £30.59 £40.11 £26.88
90th Percentile £34.30 £45.75 £59.50
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £27.22 £17.64
% change year-on-year +4.89% +54.31% -16.87%

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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -46 60 £500 -8.05% 33
North of England -69 16 £437 -5.51% 14
Yorkshire -45 13 £450 -4.00% 3
South East -77 12 £688 +14.67% 12
East of England -19 11 £293 -49.13% 3
Midlands -75 9 £438 +12.90% 8
West Midlands -63 8 £444 +14.52% 3
North West -49 3 £369 -18.11% 9
South West -30 2 - - 6
East Midlands -24 1 £380 -39.20% 5
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 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.60%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.70%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.90%) Apache
4 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.90%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.90%) R Markdown
Applications
1 21 (18.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.31%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.90%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 27 (24.32%) Power Platform
2 12 (10.81%) Azure
3 4 (3.60%) Adobe Analytics
4 3 (2.70%) AWS
4 3 (2.70%) GCP
4 3 (2.70%) Google Analytics
4 3 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.80%) Google Data Studio
5 2 (1.80%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (1.80%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.90%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.90%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.90%) Miro
6 1 (0.90%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.80%) VPN
2 1 (0.90%) Broadband
2 1 (0.90%) Firewall
2 1 (0.90%) Internet
2 1 (0.90%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (24.32%) Power BI
2 16 (14.41%) Tableau
3 7 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.60%) Metadata
5 2 (1.80%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.80%) GIS
5 2 (1.80%) Looker
5 2 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.80%) Power Query
5 2 (1.80%) Spatial Data
5 2 (1.80%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.90%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.90%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.90%) MySQL
6 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.90%) QGIS
6 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Charles Proxy
1 2 (1.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.90%) Git
General
1 38 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.13%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (20.72%) Finance
4 19 (17.12%) Public Sector
5 16 (14.41%) Marketing
6 10 (9.01%) Banking
7 9 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.50%) Local Government
9 4 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.70%) Back Office
10 3 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.70%) Publishing
11 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.80%) Front Office
11 2 (1.80%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.80%) Law
11 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.90%) Arabic Language
12 1 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (26.13%) Analyst
2 20 (18.02%) Data Analyst
3 15 (13.51%) Senior
4 10 (9.01%) Consultant
5 9 (8.11%) Lead
6 7 (6.31%) Data Scientist
7 6 (5.41%) Architect
8 5 (4.50%) Coordinator
8 5 (4.50%) Performance Analyst
8 5 (4.50%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (4.50%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (3.60%) Data Architect
9 4 (3.60%) Developer
9 4 (3.60%) Implementation Consultant
9 4 (3.60%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.60%) Senior Implementation Consultant
9 4 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.60%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (2.70%) SQL Data Analyst
10 3 (2.70%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.60%) CSS
1 4 (3.60%) HTML
2 3 (2.70%) ADO
2 3 (2.70%) JSON
2 3 (2.70%) Pandas
2 3 (2.70%) REST
3 2 (1.80%) GeoJSON
3 2 (1.80%) PostGIS
4 1 (0.90%) Kafka
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.90%) PySpark
4 1 (0.90%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.50%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.60%) Acoustics
4 4 (3.60%) Life Science
4 4 (3.60%) NHS
5 3 (2.70%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.70%) Equities
5 3 (2.70%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.70%) Multi-touch
5 3 (2.70%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.80%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.80%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.80%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.80%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.80%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.50%) Linux
2 3 (2.70%) Android
3 1 (0.90%) Unix
3 1 (0.90%) VMS
3 1 (0.90%) Windows
3 1 (0.90%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (27.03%) Decision-Making
1 30 (27.03%) Validation
2 29 (26.13%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (19.82%) Visualisation
4 21 (18.92%) Data Analysis
5 20 (18.02%) Actionable Insight
5 20 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (17.12%) Analytics
7 17 (15.32%) Agile
8 14 (12.61%) Data Protection
9 13 (11.71%) Data Management
10 12 (10.81%) Data Visualisation
11 11 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (9.91%) Mathematics
11 11 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (9.01%) AI
13 9 (8.11%) Data Modelling
13 9 (8.11%) Machine Learning
13 9 (8.11%) Project Management
13 9 (8.11%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 38 (34.23%) Python
2 30 (27.03%) SQL
3 17 (15.32%) R
4 5 (4.50%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.70%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.80%) Bash
8 1 (0.90%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.90%) JCL
8 1 (0.90%) REXX
8 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (15.32%) Degree
2 7 (6.31%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.60%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.70%) PhD
6 1 (0.90%) ACCA
6 1 (0.90%) CIMA
6 1 (0.90%) CISM
6 1 (0.90%) CISSP
6 1 (0.90%) CRISC
6 1 (0.90%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.90%) PMP
6 1 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.81%) GDPR
2 8 (7.21%) Data Quality
3 6 (5.41%) QA
4 3 (2.70%) PMO
5 2 (1.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.90%) GRC
6 1 (0.90%) NCSC
6 1 (0.90%) PERC
6 1 (0.90%) SLA
6 1 (0.90%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Firmware
2 1 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.90%) logstash
2 1 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.50%) Adobe
2 5 (4.50%) Google
3 2 (1.80%) BT
3 2 (1.80%) Databricks
3 2 (1.80%) ESRI
3 2 (1.80%) Workday
4 1 (0.90%) Amplitude
4 1 (0.90%) BMC
4 1 (0.90%) Broadcom
4 1 (0.90%) Cloudera
4 1 (0.90%) Dell
4 1 (0.90%) Facebook
4 1 (0.90%) Hortonworks
4 1 (0.90%) IBM
4 1 (0.90%) Palantir
4 1 (0.90%) SAP
4 1 (0.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.90%) Siemens
4 1 (0.90%) Splunk