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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 392 412
Rank change year-on-year -144 +20 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 104 125 119
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.23% 0.45% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.49% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 61 59
10th Percentile £305 £275 £232
25th Percentile £331 £400 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £508 £418
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +21.56% -7.22%
75th Percentile £644 £600 £538
90th Percentile £800 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £462 £504 £450
% change year-on-year -8.34% +11.89% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 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 £30.59 £45.75 £22.88
90th Percentile £40.75 £62.17 £41.00
UK median hourly rate £21.93 £37.50 £18.77
% change year-on-year -41.53% +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 39,045 25,398 28,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.94% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,601 16,100 17,122
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £643
90th Percentile £738 £730 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,948 1,574 1,187
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +52.09% -39.40% -2.35%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -90 43 £500 -10.71% 245
North of England -70 25 £440 -2.22% 47
Yorkshire -33 18 £440 -12.00% 11
South East -67 12 £615 +2.49% 67
East of England -27 8 £788 +95.78% 36
Midlands -44 8 £333 -34.48% 24
West Midlands -53 5 £451 -11.23% 15
South West -36 4 - - 19
North West -48 4 - - 29
North East - 4 £440 - 7
East Midlands - 3 £225 - 9
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 (4.81%) Confluence
2 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.92%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.96%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 20 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.88%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.88%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.96%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.92%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (36.54%) Power Platform
2 16 (15.38%) Azure
3 10 (9.62%) GCP
4 6 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (4.81%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.81%) SaaS
6 4 (3.85%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.85%) ChatGPT
6 4 (3.85%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.88%) AWS
7 3 (2.88%) Google Analytics
7 3 (2.88%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.92%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.92%) Miro
8 2 (1.92%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.96%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.96%) SAP Fieldglass
9 1 (0.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.77%) DHCP
1 6 (5.77%) DNS
1 6 (5.77%) Firewall
1 6 (5.77%) SSH
1 6 (5.77%) TCP/IP
1 6 (5.77%) VPN
2 5 (4.81%) IP Telephony
2 5 (4.81%) PSTN
2 5 (4.81%) VoIP
3 4 (3.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (35.58%) Power BI
2 20 (19.23%) Tableau
3 10 (9.62%) Looker
4 8 (7.69%) BigQuery
5 5 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.88%) Metadata
6 3 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.92%) Flink
7 2 (1.92%) GIS
7 2 (1.92%) Spatial Data
7 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.96%) Big Data
8 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.96%) Power Query
8 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (6.73%) JIRA
General
1 35 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 28 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (21.15%) Public Sector
4 19 (18.27%) Finance
5 7 (6.73%) Marketing
5 7 (6.73%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.77%) Banking
7 5 (4.81%) Retail
8 4 (3.85%) Legal
8 4 (3.85%) Local Government
8 4 (3.85%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.92%) Military
10 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.92%) Publishing
11 1 (0.96%) Billing
11 1 (0.96%) Indonesian Language
11 1 (0.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (36.54%) Analyst
2 17 (16.35%) Data Analyst
3 16 (15.38%) Senior
4 12 (11.54%) Developer
5 8 (7.69%) Architect
6 7 (6.73%) Applications Developer
6 7 (6.73%) Digital Analyst
6 7 (6.73%) Report Developer
6 7 (6.73%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (5.77%) Applications Specialist
7 6 (5.77%) Lead
7 6 (5.77%) Performance Analyst
7 6 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) Report Specialist
7 6 (5.77%) Senior Digital Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Consultant
8 5 (4.81%) IT Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) IT Support
8 5 (4.81%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.65%) Terraform
2 7 (6.73%) REST
3 6 (5.77%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.92%) CSS
4 2 (1.92%) GeoJSON
4 2 (1.92%) HTML
4 2 (1.92%) Kafka
4 2 (1.92%) PostGIS
5 1 (0.96%) Pandas
5 1 (0.96%) PySpark
5 1 (0.96%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.96%) RESTful
5 1 (0.96%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.42%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.65%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.73%) CMDB
4 6 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.81%) Driving Licence
6 4 (3.85%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.85%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.88%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.88%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.92%) BYOD
8 2 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.96%) Multi-touch
9 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.96%) PropTech
9 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.77%) Linux
1 6 (5.77%) Windows
1 6 (5.77%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.92%) VMS
3 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (34.62%) Validation
3 30 (28.85%) Analytics
3 30 (28.85%) Decision-Making
4 24 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
5 22 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (20.19%) Visualisation
7 19 (18.27%) AI
7 19 (18.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (16.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (16.35%) Data Analysis
9 13 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
9 13 (12.50%) Data Modelling
9 13 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (11.54%) Agile
10 12 (11.54%) Service Management
11 11 (10.58%) Asset Management
11 11 (10.58%) ITIL
12 10 (9.62%) Data Visualisation
12 10 (9.62%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 37 (35.58%) SQL
2 28 (26.92%) Python
3 9 (8.65%) JavaScript
3 9 (8.65%) R
4 6 (5.77%) Bash
4 6 (5.77%) Bicep
4 6 (5.77%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.81%) Google Apps Script
6 3 (2.88%) Java
7 1 (0.96%) C
7 1 (0.96%) C++
7 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.96%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.96%) Swift
7 1 (0.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (18.27%) Security Cleared
2 14 (13.46%) Degree
3 10 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.81%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.92%) PhD
6 2 (1.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.96%) CISM
7 1 (0.96%) CISSP
7 1 (0.96%) CRISC
7 1 (0.96%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (18.27%) Data Quality
2 12 (11.54%) SLA
3 9 (8.65%) QA
4 5 (4.81%) GDPR
5 3 (2.88%) PMO
6 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (6.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) Ansible
1 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (3.85%) SCCM
2 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (25.96%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.65%) Google
2 9 (8.65%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.77%) Remedy
4 4 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.85%) HubSpot
4 4 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.92%) Adobe
5 2 (1.92%) Amplitude
5 2 (1.92%) Databricks
5 2 (1.92%) ESRI
5 2 (1.92%) Facebook
5 2 (1.92%) NEC
5 2 (1.92%) Sparx
6 1 (0.96%) OneLogin
6 1 (0.96%) Palantir
6 1 (0.96%) SAP
6 1 (0.96%) Workday