Data-Driven Decision Making Contracts in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data-Driven Decision Making skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 567 583
Rank change year-on-year +191 +16 -11
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 155 79 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.16% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.18% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 62 165
10th Percentile £413 £367 £372
25th Percentile £425 £453 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £643 £650 £663
90th Percentile £773 £725 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £58.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -22.76% +236.99%
75th Percentile £63.31 £48.75 £64.75
90th Percentile £70.49 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £61.50
% change year-on-year -10.53% -22.76% +223.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data-Driven Decision Making is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in England.

Daily rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in England

Data-Driven Decision Making
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-Driven Decision Making within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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 +136 79 £538 -6.52% 139
North of England +57 31 £525 +23.53% 45
South East +27 24 £450 - 59
North West +36 22 £525 +44.83% 26
Midlands +16 9 £450 -29.41% 27
West Midlands +23 8 £450 -28.00% 22
Yorkshire +23 6 £525 +10.53% 13
South West +12 4 £575 +132.32% 16
East of England +11 3 £550 +4.76% 14
North East - 3 £533 - 6
East Midlands +13 1 £225 -65.38% 5
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UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
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 6 (3.87%) Confluence
2 5 (3.23%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.58%) govService
4 3 (1.94%) CMS
5 2 (1.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.65%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.65%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.65%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.65%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.94%) Power Platform
2 31 (20.00%) Azure
3 12 (7.74%) AWS
4 8 (5.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (3.87%) GCP
6 5 (3.23%) Smartsheet
7 4 (2.58%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.94%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.94%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.29%) dbt
9 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.29%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.29%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.29%) SaaS
9 2 (1.29%) Serverless
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.29%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.65%) 3G
2 1 (0.65%) 4G
2 1 (0.65%) 5G
2 1 (0.65%) Broadband
2 1 (0.65%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (21.94%) Power BI
2 26 (16.77%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (14.19%) Tableau
4 15 (9.68%) Data Lake
5 11 (7.10%) Big Data
6 9 (5.81%) Relational Database
7 8 (5.16%) QlikView
8 7 (4.52%) Qlik Sense
9 6 (3.87%) Metadata
10 5 (3.23%) SQL Server
11 4 (2.58%) MySQL
12 3 (1.94%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (1.94%) Hadoop
12 3 (1.94%) HBase
12 3 (1.94%) KDB
12 3 (1.94%) PostHog
12 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 9 (5.81%) JIRA
2 2 (1.29%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.29%) JUnit
2 2 (1.29%) Selenium
2 2 (1.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.65%) ERwin
3 1 (0.65%) Git
3 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.65%) RStudio
General
1 85 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 62 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (21.94%) Finance
4 12 (7.74%) Marketing
4 12 (7.74%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (7.74%) Telecoms
5 11 (7.10%) Retail
6 9 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.52%) Legal
8 6 (3.87%) Banking
8 6 (3.87%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.87%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.58%) Automotive
11 3 (1.94%) Health Technology
12 2 (1.29%) French Language
12 2 (1.29%) Publishing
13 1 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.65%) Military
13 1 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (14.19%) Analyst
2 21 (13.55%) Developer
3 20 (12.90%) Lead
4 17 (10.97%) Data Analyst
5 13 (8.39%) Architect
5 13 (8.39%) Consultant
5 13 (8.39%) Data Engineer
6 12 (7.74%) Senior
7 11 (7.10%) Product Manager
8 10 (6.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 8 (5.16%) Product Owner
10 7 (4.52%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.52%) Data Consultant
10 7 (4.52%) Data Governance Consultant
10 7 (4.52%) Governance Consultant
10 7 (4.52%) Senior Data Engineer
11 6 (3.87%) Data Manager
11 6 (3.87%) Informatica Architect
11 6 (3.87%) Power BI Developer
11 6 (3.87%) Qlik Sense Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.58%) Kafka
2 3 (1.94%) JSON
3 2 (1.29%) REST
3 2 (1.29%) Swagger
3 2 (1.29%) YAML
4 1 (0.65%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.65%) ODBC
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.97%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.58%) Life Science
3 4 (2.58%) Reference Data
4 3 (1.94%) FMCG
4 3 (1.94%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.94%) NHS
5 2 (1.29%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.29%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.29%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.65%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.65%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (70.32%) Decision-Making
2 73 (47.10%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (38.06%) Analytics
4 53 (34.19%) Business Intelligence
5 47 (30.32%) Data Modelling
6 43 (27.74%) Agile
7 34 (21.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (21.94%) Data Governance
7 34 (21.94%) ETL
8 32 (20.65%) Visualisation
9 30 (19.35%) Mentoring
10 29 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (16.13%) Data Integration
12 24 (15.48%) Data Analysis
12 24 (15.48%) Data Analytics
13 22 (14.19%) Data Pipeline
13 22 (14.19%) Roadmaps
14 21 (13.55%) Data Management
15 20 (12.90%) Data Visualisation
15 20 (12.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.23%) SQL
2 21 (13.55%) Python
3 10 (6.45%) Scala
4 4 (2.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (2.58%) Java
5 2 (1.29%) C#
5 2 (1.29%) Perl
5 2 (1.29%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.65%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.65%) R
6 1 (0.65%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (16.77%) Degree
2 6 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.23%) Master's Degree
3 5 (3.23%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.23%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.94%) CSPO
4 3 (1.94%) Postgraduate
4 3 (1.94%) SAP Certification
5 2 (1.29%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (1.29%) MBA
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (26.45%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.94%) GDPR
3 3 (1.94%) QA
4 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.65%) GRC
4 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.65%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (15.48%) Informatica
2 15 (9.68%) Databricks
3 14 (9.03%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.16%) Facebook
4 8 (5.16%) Instagram
5 5 (3.23%) Oracle
6 4 (2.58%) Adobe
6 4 (2.58%) SAP
7 3 (1.94%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.94%) Brio
7 3 (1.94%) Google
7 3 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.29%) Citrix
8 2 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Aprimo
9 1 (0.65%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.65%) Marketo
9 1 (0.65%) Symantec
9 1 (0.65%) Talend
9 1 (0.65%) VMware