Data Strategy Contracts in the South East

Data Strategy
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Data Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Strategy 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 137 189 205
Rank change year-on-year +52 +16 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 14 19 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.47% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.39% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 15
10th Percentile £513 £503 £384
25th Percentile £544 £625 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £672 £898 £697
90th Percentile £750 £950 £748
England median daily rate £600 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £61.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.75 £70.09 £63.00
% change year-on-year +3.80% +11.25% -

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 2,707 4,880 5,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.67% 86.48% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,739 2,880 3,770
10th Percentile £260 £223 £249
25th Percentile £404 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -0.99% +3.59%
75th Percentile £610 £615 £619
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 423 224
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.32 £22.21
Median hourly rate £32.50 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% - +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.48 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £71.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +56.54%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Data Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in the South East

Data Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Strategy in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Data Strategy in the South East

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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 2 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Strategy in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Strategy in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Data Strategy in the South East

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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 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
Thames Valley +39 7 £563 -37.50% 10
Berkshire +35 4 £588 -34.72% 5
Hampshire +29 3 £650 -11.86% 11
Surrey +18 3 £625 -10.71% 5
Buckinghamshire +9 2 £515 +3.00% 4
Kent +9 1 £775 +19.23% 9
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 2
Data Strategy
England

Data Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) CATIA
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) GCP
4 1 (7.14%) IaaS
4 1 (7.14%) PaaS
4 1 (7.14%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Snowflake
4 1 (7.14%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Big Data
1 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.14%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) ERwin
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Data Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Data Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Pensions Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Data Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (7.14%) CAD Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Kafka
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
1 1 (7.14%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
3 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 5 (35.71%) Data Modelling
3 4 (28.57%) Analytics
3 4 (28.57%) Machine Learning
4 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) CRM
4 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Data Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Data Governance
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Transformation
4 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 2 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) C++
3 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Databricks
2 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) Adobe
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Palantir
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow