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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 370 444
Rank change year-on-year -50 +74 +97
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 121 124 105
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.45% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.51% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 62 66
10th Percentile £272 £313 £218
25th Percentile £387 £365 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +2.56% +4.84%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £611
90th Percentile £688 £649 £669
UK median daily rate £482 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.70% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 7
10th Percentile £20.66 £17.06 £23.63
25th Percentile £33.13 £19.76 £24.31
Median hourly rate £42.50 £21.50 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year +97.67% -15.29% +36.01%
75th Percentile £59.80 £22.88 £31.44
90th Percentile £65.00 £25.55 £48.30
UK median hourly rate £37.75 £21.00 £25.81
% change year-on-year +79.76% -18.64% +38.32%

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 27,971 24,304 31,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.38% 88.87% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,863 14,942 21,444
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,750 794 1,430
10th Percentile £15.21 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -26 51 £500 -5.48% 26
North of England -39 22 £500 +71.82% 9
East of England -3 18 £400 - 8
Yorkshire -40 14 £525 +51.78% 2
South East -22 13 £600 +20.00% 25
Midlands -54 12 £507 +26.75% 1
West Midlands -50 11 £507 +26.81% 1
North West -23 8 £267 -8.25% 7
South West -2 1 - - 3
East Midlands -25 1 £380 -
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 (5.79%) Apache Pig
2 3 (2.48%) Apache
2 3 (2.48%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.83%) Confluence
3 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (14.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.13%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.65%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.83%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.83%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.49%) Power Platform
2 15 (12.40%) Azure
3 9 (7.44%) GCP
4 6 (4.96%) AWS
5 5 (4.13%) Figma
6 4 (3.31%) Adobe Analytics
6 4 (3.31%) Google Analytics
7 3 (2.48%) GitHub
7 3 (2.48%) Miro
8 2 (1.65%) Commercetools
8 2 (1.65%) Contentful
8 2 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.65%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.83%) Cloud Run
9 1 (0.83%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.83%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.48%) Firewall
2 2 (1.65%) 2G
2 2 (1.65%) 5G
2 2 (1.65%) LTE
2 2 (1.65%) Mobile Backhaul
2 2 (1.65%) VoIP
3 1 (0.83%) BGP
3 1 (0.83%) IPsec
3 1 (0.83%) LAN
3 1 (0.83%) SNMP
3 1 (0.83%) VLAN
3 1 (0.83%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.49%) Power BI
2 11 (9.09%) Data Mining
3 8 (6.61%) Apache Hive
3 8 (6.61%) Hadoop
3 8 (6.61%) Tableau
4 7 (5.79%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.48%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.48%) MySQL
5 3 (2.48%) OLTP
5 3 (2.48%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.65%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.65%) Power Query
7 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.83%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.83%) MS Access
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Git
2 2 (1.65%) GitLab
2 2 (1.65%) Jaeger
2 2 (1.65%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.65%) JIRA
3 1 (0.83%) MLflow
3 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (37.19%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (17.36%) Marketing
4 16 (13.22%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.44%) Finance
6 8 (6.61%) Multimedia
6 8 (6.61%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (5.79%) Legal
7 7 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.96%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.13%) Banking
10 4 (3.31%) Electronics
10 4 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.31%) Retail
11 3 (2.48%) Back Office
11 3 (2.48%) Local Government
11 3 (2.48%) Military
11 3 (2.48%) Wearables
12 2 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (22.31%) Analyst
2 21 (17.36%) Data Scientist
3 17 (14.05%) Data Analyst
4 10 (8.26%) Data Engineer
4 10 (8.26%) Senior
5 8 (6.61%) Developer
6 6 (4.96%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.96%) Lead
7 5 (4.13%) Audio Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Senior User Researcher
8 4 (3.31%) Software Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) User Researcher
9 3 (2.48%) Designer
9 3 (2.48%) Power BI Developer
9 3 (2.48%) Python Engineer
9 3 (2.48%) Security Analyst
9 3 (2.48%) Service Designer
10 2 (1.65%) Report Analyst
10 2 (1.65%) Security Engineer
10 2 (1.65%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.79%) RESTful
2 5 (4.13%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (3.31%) FastAPI
3 4 (3.31%) React
4 3 (2.48%) ADO
4 3 (2.48%) Middleware
4 3 (2.48%) Pandas
4 3 (2.48%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.65%) Flash
5 2 (1.65%) JSON
5 2 (1.65%) PySpark
5 2 (1.65%) Smart Contracts
5 2 (1.65%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.83%) CrewAI
6 1 (0.83%) CSS
6 1 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.83%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.83%) LangChain
6 1 (0.83%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.83%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.70%) Algorithms
2 9 (7.44%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.13%) AI Agents
4 5 (4.13%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.13%) Virtual Reality
5 4 (3.31%) Acoustics
5 4 (3.31%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (3.31%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.48%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.48%) Equities
6 3 (2.48%) Multi-touch
6 3 (2.48%) NHS
6 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.48%) Social Media
7 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.65%) IoT
7 2 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.40%) Linux
2 5 (4.13%) Windows
3 1 (0.83%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (28.10%) Machine Learning
2 31 (25.62%) Analytics
3 30 (24.79%) Validation
4 27 (22.31%) Decision-Making
4 27 (22.31%) Visualisation
5 24 (19.83%) Data Science
6 23 (19.01%) Data Analysis
7 22 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
8 21 (17.36%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (14.88%) Data Visualisation
10 13 (10.74%) Data Protection
11 12 (9.92%) AI
11 12 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (9.92%) Statistical Modelling
12 11 (9.09%) Bayesian Methods
12 11 (9.09%) Data Modelling
12 11 (9.09%) Marketing Mix
12 11 (9.09%) Roadmaps
12 11 (9.09%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 58 (47.93%) Python
2 34 (28.10%) SQL
3 14 (11.57%) R
4 11 (9.09%) Java
4 11 (9.09%) Scala
5 8 (6.61%) Shell Script
6 7 (5.79%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (3.31%) Bash
9 2 (1.65%) Bourne shell
9 2 (1.65%) C++
9 2 (1.65%) Go
9 2 (1.65%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.65%) Rust
9 2 (1.65%) Solidity
10 1 (0.83%) C
10 1 (0.83%) C#
10 1 (0.83%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (10.74%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.92%) Degree
3 7 (5.79%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.31%) CISSP
4 4 (3.31%) PhD
5 3 (2.48%) CEH
5 3 (2.48%) CISM
5 3 (2.48%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.48%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.65%) CCSK
6 2 (1.65%) CISA
6 2 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.65%) OSCP
7 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.83%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 10 (8.26%) GDPR
3 8 (6.61%) QA
4 5 (4.13%) Accessibility
5 4 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (3.31%) NIST
6 2 (1.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.65%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.65%) SLA
6 2 (1.65%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.83%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.83%) GAMP
7 1 (0.83%) IFRS
7 1 (0.83%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.83%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.83%) PERC
System Software
1 3 (2.48%) Docker
1 3 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) KVM
2 1 (0.83%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (1.65%) Grafana
1 2 (1.65%) Prometheus
1 2 (1.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.83%) Ansible
2 1 (0.83%) Cacti
2 1 (0.83%) Fluentd
2 1 (0.83%) Kibana
2 1 (0.83%) Kubeflow
2 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) logstash
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.83%) Rsyslog
2 1 (0.83%) SCCM
2 1 (0.83%) Terraform
2 1 (0.83%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.61%) Adobe
2 8 (6.61%) Splunk
3 5 (4.13%) Google
4 3 (2.48%) Databricks
5 2 (1.65%) OneTrust
5 2 (1.65%) Optimizely
5 2 (1.65%) SAP
5 2 (1.65%) VMware
6 1 (0.83%) AlgoSec
6 1 (0.83%) Cisco
6 1 (0.83%) Facebook
6 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.83%) Juniper
6 1 (0.83%) LexisNexis
6 1 (0.83%) NetApp
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle
6 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.83%) Siemens
6 1 (0.83%) Sophos