Data Collection Contracts in England

Data Collection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Collection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Collection over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 404 528
Rank change year-on-year +66 +124 -10
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 128 142 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.38% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.44% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 79 100
10th Percentile £313 £222 £200
25th Percentile £381 £350 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £472 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -0.65% -5.00%
75th Percentile £599 £620 £594
90th Percentile £638 £675 £752
UK median daily rate £500 £486 £488
% change year-on-year +2.89% -0.32% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 4
10th Percentile £23.65 £14.76 £14.68
25th Percentile £25.50 £15.39 £16.81
Median hourly rate £27.39 £17.64 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.24% -4.65% -53.75%
75th Percentile £31.20 £26.88 £19.93
90th Percentile £34.27 £66.25 £20.70
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £17.64 £18.50
% change year-on-year +44.56% -4.65% -53.75%

All Process and 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 22,022 32,609 47,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.79% 86.68% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,510 21,557 33,589
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 2,153 1,678
10th Percentile £14.99 £13.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.25 £15.89 £16.72
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +56.54%
75th Percentile £64.64 £58.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £71.25 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £32.50 £36.65
% change year-on-year -2.65% -11.33% +47.41%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Collection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Collection in England

Data Collection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Collection in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Collection in England

Data Collection
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Collection in England over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Collection in England

Data Collection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Collection in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 2 April 2025. 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 +22 48 £550 -3.51% 229
Midlands +34 25 £388 -8.82% 22
South East +68 24 £500 -23.08% 46
West Midlands +31 24 £388 -13.89% 14
North of England +22 17 £456 +73.81% 48
North West +2 10 £450 - 25
Yorkshire +18 7 £475 +108.85% 16
South West +35 4 £450 - 23
East of England +10 2 £575 +15.00% 15
East Midlands +11 1 £625 +212.50% 8
Data Collection
UK

Data Collection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.81%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.34%) R Markdown
3 2 (1.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.78%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.78%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Relativity
1 2 (1.56%) Sprinklr
1 2 (1.56%) Workfront
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (24.22%) Power Platform
2 14 (10.94%) Adobe Analytics
2 14 (10.94%) Azure
3 8 (6.25%) GCP
4 6 (4.69%) Google Analytics
5 4 (3.13%) Google Data Studio
6 3 (2.34%) AWS
6 3 (2.34%) Google Tag Manager
6 3 (2.34%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.56%) SaaS
7 2 (1.56%) Salesforce Einstein
7 2 (1.56%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.78%) Commercetools
8 1 (0.78%) Contentful
8 1 (0.78%) dbt
8 1 (0.78%) Figma
8 1 (0.78%) Fivetran
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.91%) Firewall
2 3 (2.34%) Internet
2 3 (2.34%) Wireless
3 2 (1.56%) 802.11
3 2 (1.56%) VLAN
3 2 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.78%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.78%) SNMP
4 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (24.22%) Power BI
2 23 (17.97%) Tableau
3 9 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.69%) Qlik Sense
5 4 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.13%) Looker
6 3 (2.34%) Big Data
6 3 (2.34%) BigQuery
6 3 (2.34%) Hadoop
6 3 (2.34%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.56%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.56%) EDRMS
7 2 (1.56%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.56%) MySQL
7 2 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.56%) QlikView
7 2 (1.56%) Spark SQL
7 2 (1.56%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.56%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.78%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (9.38%) JIRA
2 5 (3.91%) Selenium
3 4 (3.13%) GitLab
4 3 (2.34%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.78%) CANoe
5 1 (0.78%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 29 (22.66%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (18.75%) Marketing
4 23 (17.97%) Finance
5 14 (10.94%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.91%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.13%) Automotive
8 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.34%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.34%) Retail
9 2 (1.56%) Banking
9 2 (1.56%) Electronics
9 2 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Legal
10 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.78%) Local Government
10 1 (0.78%) Military
10 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (25.78%) Analyst
2 16 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 13 (10.16%) Senior
4 12 (9.38%) Data Engineer
5 11 (8.59%) Data Scientist
6 9 (7.03%) Senior Data Scientist
7 8 (6.25%) Lead
8 7 (5.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (5.47%) Consultant
9 6 (4.69%) Architect
9 6 (4.69%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.69%) Developer
9 6 (4.69%) FPGA Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) Performance Analyst
11 3 (2.34%) Automation Developer
11 3 (2.34%) Data Architect
11 3 (2.34%) Head of Analytics
11 3 (2.34%) Power BI Analyst
11 3 (2.34%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.34%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.69%) Kafka
2 5 (3.91%) CSS
2 5 (3.91%) HTML
2 5 (3.91%) jQuery
3 4 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (3.13%) Regular Expression
4 3 (2.34%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (2.34%) Shiny
5 2 (1.56%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.56%) OSGi
5 2 (1.56%) Pandas
5 2 (1.56%) PySpark
5 2 (1.56%) REST
6 1 (0.78%) D3.js
6 1 (0.78%) JSON
6 1 (0.78%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.78%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.78%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.78%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.25%) Algorithms
1 8 (6.25%) Multi-touch
2 7 (5.47%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.69%) FPGA
3 6 (4.69%) Verilog
4 5 (3.91%) IoT
5 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.13%) Social Media
6 3 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.34%) FMCG
6 3 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.56%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.56%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.56%) SCADA
8 1 (0.78%) CMDB
8 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.78%) NHS
8 1 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.47%) Linux
2 6 (4.69%) Unix
3 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (31.25%) Analytics
2 34 (26.56%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (26.56%) Data Analysis
3 32 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (25.00%) Validation
4 30 (23.44%) Visualisation
5 25 (19.53%) Agile
6 21 (16.41%) Decision-Making
6 21 (16.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (13.28%) Data Science
7 17 (13.28%) Data Visualisation
8 16 (12.50%) Machine Learning
8 16 (12.50%) Mathematics
9 14 (10.94%) Data Modelling
9 14 (10.94%) Process Improvement
9 14 (10.94%) Project Management
9 14 (10.94%) Test Automation
9 14 (10.94%) Workflow
10 13 (10.16%) Actionable Insight
10 13 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 36 (28.13%) Python
2 29 (22.66%) SQL
3 12 (9.38%) R
4 10 (7.81%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.47%) Java
6 6 (4.69%) Shell Script
6 6 (4.69%) SystemVerilog
6 6 (4.69%) Tcl
7 3 (2.34%) Bash
8 2 (1.56%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.56%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.78%) ABAP
9 1 (0.78%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (20.31%) Degree
2 11 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.47%) PhD
5 5 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.91%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.34%) CCNA
6 3 (2.34%) CCNP
6 3 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.63%) QA
2 15 (11.72%) Data Quality
3 11 (8.59%) GDPR
4 8 (6.25%) Accessibility
5 4 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (2.34%) WCAG
7 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.13%) Kibana
1 4 (3.13%) logstash
2 3 (2.34%) Ansible
2 3 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.78%) Grafana
3 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 14 (10.94%) Adobe
2 13 (10.16%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.81%) Atlassian
3 10 (7.81%) Google
4 6 (4.69%) Xilinx
5 5 (3.91%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.34%) Cisco
7 3 (2.34%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.34%) Infoblox
7 3 (2.34%) SAP
8 2 (1.56%) AirMagnet
8 2 (1.56%) Aruba
8 2 (1.56%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (1.56%) Facebook
8 2 (1.56%) Juniper
8 2 (1.56%) Marketo
8 2 (1.56%) Meraki
8 2 (1.56%) Qualys
8 2 (1.56%) Siemens