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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 376 418
Rank change year-on-year -143 +42 +66
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 107 129 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.48% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.53% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 66 73
10th Percentile £325 £300 £237
25th Percentile £422 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +23.53% -6.59%
75th Percentile £604 £600 £588
90th Percentile £750 £603 £675
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £431
% change year-on-year -6.00% +15.94% -9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 31
10th Percentile £21.14 £21.46 £14.05
25th Percentile £21.67 £25.38 £14.23
Median hourly rate £26.37 £30.38 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year -13.20% +92.37% -26.93%
75th Percentile £30.59 £42.93 £23.69
90th Percentile £32.71 £45.75 £66.25
UK median hourly rate £26.37 £27.94 £15.79
% change year-on-year -5.64% +76.95% -26.93%

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 38,237 24,502 31,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.52% 90.81% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,096 15,746 20,754
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,253 2,276
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.01 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.37 £70.16 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -74 50 £514 -6.59% 30
North of England -72 26 £439 -3.89% 15
Yorkshire -41 19 £445 -3.78% 2
South East -76 12 £688 +14.67% 11
Midlands -62 9 £450 +28.48% 9
West Midlands -65 9 £450 +43.77% 3
East of England -17 8 £293 -49.13% 4
North West -43 7 £369 -18.11% 11
South West -38 2 - - 6
North East - 1 £440 - 2
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 4 (3.74%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.80%) ArcGIS
2 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) Apache
3 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.93%) Confluence
3 1 (0.93%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.93%) R Markdown
Applications
1 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.48%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.93%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.93%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (28.04%) Power Platform
2 13 (12.15%) Azure
3 4 (3.74%) Adobe Analytics
3 4 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.80%) AWS
4 3 (2.80%) GCP
4 3 (2.80%) Google Analytics
4 3 (2.80%) Google Data Studio
5 2 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.87%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (1.87%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
6 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.93%) GitHub
6 1 (0.93%) IaaS
6 1 (0.93%) PaaS
6 1 (0.93%) SaaS
6 1 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.87%) VPN
2 1 (0.93%) Broadband
2 1 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (28.04%) Power BI
2 18 (16.82%) Tableau
3 5 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.74%) Metadata
5 2 (1.87%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.87%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.87%) GIS
5 2 (1.87%) Looker
5 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.87%) Spatial Data
5 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.93%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.93%) Power Query
6 1 (0.93%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Charles Proxy
1 2 (1.87%) JIRA
General
1 29 (27.10%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.23%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (25.23%) Finance
3 25 (23.36%) Public Sector
4 12 (11.21%) Marketing
5 9 (8.41%) Banking
6 7 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.74%) Legal
7 4 (3.74%) Local Government
8 3 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.80%) Law
8 3 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.87%) Front Office
9 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Publishing
10 1 (0.93%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.93%) Indonesian Language
Job Titles
1 31 (28.97%) Analyst
2 22 (20.56%) Data Analyst
3 12 (11.21%) Senior
4 11 (10.28%) Consultant
5 8 (7.48%) Lead
6 7 (6.54%) Data Scientist
6 7 (6.54%) Performance Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Architect
8 5 (4.67%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (4.67%) SQL Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Coordinator
9 4 (3.74%) Data Architect
9 4 (3.74%) Implementation Consultant
9 4 (3.74%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.74%) Senior Implementation Consultant
9 4 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.74%) SQL Data Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (2.80%) Developer
10 3 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) CSS
1 4 (3.74%) HTML
2 3 (2.80%) JSON
2 3 (2.80%) Pandas
2 3 (2.80%) REST
3 2 (1.87%) GeoJSON
3 2 (1.87%) PostGIS
3 2 (1.87%) PySpark
4 1 (0.93%) Kafka
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.93%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.41%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.48%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (7.48%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.74%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.74%) Life Science
4 3 (2.80%) Acoustics
4 3 (2.80%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (2.80%) Multi-touch
4 3 (2.80%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (1.87%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.87%) BYOD
5 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.87%) NHS
5 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.87%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.87%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Linux
2 3 (2.80%) Android
3 2 (1.87%) VMS
4 1 (0.93%) Unix
4 1 (0.93%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (30.84%) Validation
2 30 (28.04%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (28.04%) Decision-Making
3 22 (20.56%) Analytics
3 22 (20.56%) Visualisation
4 21 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (18.69%) Actionable Insight
6 19 (17.76%) Agile
6 19 (17.76%) Data Analysis
7 15 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (12.15%) Data Management
9 12 (11.21%) Data Visualisation
10 11 (10.28%) AI
10 11 (10.28%) Data Protection
10 11 (10.28%) Data Science
10 11 (10.28%) Machine Learning
10 11 (10.28%) Mathematics
10 11 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (9.35%) Statistics
12 9 (8.41%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (32.71%) Python
2 32 (29.91%) SQL
3 18 (16.82%) R
4 5 (4.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.93%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.93%) Bash
6 1 (0.93%) JCL
6 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.93%) REXX
6 1 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (18.69%) Degree
2 8 (7.48%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.80%) PhD
6 1 (0.93%) ACCA
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.93%) CIMA
6 1 (0.93%) CISM
6 1 (0.93%) CISSP
6 1 (0.93%) CRISC
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.93%) PMP
6 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.28%) Data Quality
1 11 (10.28%) GDPR
2 6 (5.61%) QA
3 4 (3.74%) SLA
4 3 (2.80%) PMO
5 2 (1.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.93%) GRC
6 1 (0.93%) NCSC
6 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.87%) Firmware
2 1 (0.93%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) logstash
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) Google
3 4 (3.74%) Adobe
4 2 (1.87%) BT
4 2 (1.87%) Databricks
4 2 (1.87%) ESRI
4 2 (1.87%) Facebook
4 2 (1.87%) NEC
4 2 (1.87%) SAP
4 2 (1.87%) Workday
5 1 (0.93%) Amplitude
5 1 (0.93%) Broadcom
5 1 (0.93%) Cloudera
5 1 (0.93%) Dell
5 1 (0.93%) Hortonworks
5 1 (0.93%) IBM
5 1 (0.93%) OneLogin
5 1 (0.93%) Palantir
5 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.93%) Splunk