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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 165 182
Rank change year-on-year +21 +17 +69
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 18 16 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.52% 0.35% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.42% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 23
10th Percentile £369 £413 £450
25th Percentile £375 £422 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +12.50% -5.70%
75th Percentile £572 £722 £760
90th Percentile £649 £750 £838
England median daily rate £550 £650 £645
% change year-on-year -15.38% +0.78% +7.50%
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 3,112 3,806 4,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.17% 82.60% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,939 2,269 3,336
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £378 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
75th Percentile £592 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 251 255
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.83 £23.79
Median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.85% +9.24% +64.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%

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
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

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Strategy in the South East

Data Strategy
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

Data Strategy
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 19 September 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 +7 6 £625 +38.89% 32
Hampshire - 6 £420 - 4
Berkshire +18 5 £625 -10.71% 29
Surrey +7 3 £375 -46.43% 7
West Sussex - 2 £500 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SAP GRC
1 1 (5.56%) SAP MDG
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Snowflake
4 1 (5.56%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Power BI
2 4 (22.22%) Data Lake
3 3 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (16.67%) Tableau
4 2 (11.11%) Semantic Layer
4 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (5.56%) Automotive
3 1 (5.56%) Marketing
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Developer
2 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Head of Analytics
2 2 (11.11%) Head of Data Analytics
2 2 (11.11%) Power BI Developer
2 2 (11.11%) Senior
2 2 (11.11%) User Researcher
3 1 (5.56%) Analytics Manager
3 1 (5.56%) CIO
3 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.56%) QA Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
1 1 (5.56%) ODBC
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.56%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 8 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (38.89%) Analytics
3 7 (38.89%) Data Governance
4 6 (33.33%) Agile
4 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (27.78%) Data Migration
5 5 (27.78%) Migration
6 4 (22.22%) Data Integration
6 4 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (22.22%) Master Data Management
6 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (16.67%) Data Architecture
7 3 (16.67%) DataOps
7 3 (16.67%) User Experience
7 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) Python
3 3 (16.67%) R
4 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) OCA
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) Data Quality
2 3 (16.67%) GDPR
3 2 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (11.11%) GRC
4 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Google
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 2 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow