Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in the South East

Data Strategy
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 160 181
Rank change year-on-year +13 +21 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 26 19 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.68% 0.46% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.54% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 21
10th Percentile £373 £416 £450
25th Percentile £422 £572 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +6.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £743 £698 £760
90th Percentile £1,000 £746 £850
England median daily rate £575 £650 £653
% change year-on-year -11.54% -0.38% +8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - £47.63

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Data Strategy 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,331 3,496 4,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.75% 84.55% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,104 2,122 3,197
10th Percentile £218 £258 £225
25th Percentile £389 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £699
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 169 250
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £16.23
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.30
Median % change year-on-year -64.48% +11.47% +39.47%
75th Percentile £34.83 £70.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Strategy

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Strategy in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Strategy

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Strategy within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Hampshire +12 10 £464 -28.65% 5
Thames Valley +5 8 £638 +13.33% 37
Berkshire +13 7 £638 -7.27% 32
Surrey +3 5 £500 -20.00% 1
West Sussex - 2 £500 - 3
Data Strategy
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.85%) SAP GRC
2 1 (3.85%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 3 (11.54%) Tricentis Tosca
3 2 (7.69%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Power BI
2 4 (15.38%) Data Lake
2 4 (15.38%) Tableau
3 2 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.69%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.85%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) GitLab
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Local Government
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (11.54%) Head of Analytics
2 3 (11.54%) QA Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Senior
3 2 (7.69%) Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Head of Data Analytics
3 2 (7.69%) QA Leader
3 2 (7.69%) User Researcher
4 1 (3.85%) CDIO
4 1 (3.85%) CIO
4 1 (3.85%) Data Analytics Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Data Migration Lead
4 1 (3.85%) Head of Strategy
4 1 (3.85%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (3.85%) SAP Data Migration Lead
4 1 (3.85%) SAP Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.85%) Middleware
2 1 (3.85%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.69%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.85%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Analytics
1 11 (42.31%) Data Governance
2 10 (38.46%) Agile
2 10 (38.46%) Data Modelling
3 9 (34.62%) Actionable Insight
3 9 (34.62%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
4 7 (26.92%) Data Migration
4 7 (26.92%) Migration
4 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (23.08%) Data Management
5 6 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 6 (23.08%) Validation
6 5 (19.23%) AI
6 5 (19.23%) Data Science
6 5 (19.23%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (15.38%) Data Integration
7 4 (15.38%) Master Data Management
7 4 (15.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) SQL
2 6 (23.08%) Python
3 4 (15.38%) R
4 3 (11.54%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) OCA
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.85%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (34.62%) Data Quality
2 5 (19.23%) GDPR
3 4 (15.38%) QA
4 2 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (7.69%) GRC
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle
1 4 (15.38%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Google
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) Arqiva
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow