Data Collection Contracts

Data Collection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Collection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Collection over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 532 575
Rank change year-on-year +108 +43 -120
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 158 152 286
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.27% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.30% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 102 189
10th Percentile £260 £301 £300
25th Percentile £352 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £505
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.94% +15.43%
75th Percentile £623 £630 £575
90th Percentile £675 £750 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £455 £419
% change year-on-year -6.59% +8.66% -1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 4
10th Percentile £14.26 £18.64 £24.98
25th Percentile £15.39 £19.61 £29.81
Median hourly rate £17.64 £21.22 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% -46.95% +93.82%
75th Percentile £26.88 £42.49 £46.69
90th Percentile £59.50 £55.24 £47.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.79 £21.22 £35.00
% change year-on-year -25.59% -39.37% +86.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Collection 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Collection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Collection.

Daily rate trend for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Collection over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Collection.

Hourly rate trend for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Collection over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +122 137 £495 +4.21% 221
UK excluding London +59 67 £425 -6.59% 139
London +95 66 £538 +7.50% 86
Work from Home +100 48 £358 -28.50% 82
Midlands +32 18 £355 -25.65% 25
East of England +24 17 £465 +3.91% 14
South East +12 15 £650 +13.04% 31
West Midlands +26 11 £450 -0.55% 14
North of England +23 9 £450 +2.86% 41
South West +3 7 £490 +15.29% 24
East Midlands +17 6 £200 -60.00% 11
North West +15 6 £475 +8.57% 26
Scotland +38 5 £181 -59.72% 5
Yorkshire +15 3 £233 - 13

Data Collection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.80%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.53%) Confluence
2 4 (2.53%) SAS
3 2 (1.27%) CMS
3 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.63%) Apache
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (12.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.96%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.53%) AutoCAD
6 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.27%) Trello
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Relativity
1 2 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.27%) Workfront
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.63%) SmartPlant
2 1 (0.63%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 28 (17.72%) Power Platform
2 25 (15.82%) Azure
3 13 (8.23%) Google Analytics
4 11 (6.96%) Adobe Analytics
4 11 (6.96%) GCP
5 7 (4.43%) Google Data Studio
6 6 (3.80%) PaaS
7 5 (3.16%) AWS
8 4 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.53%) Google Sheets
8 4 (2.53%) SaaS
8 4 (2.53%) Veeva
9 3 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.90%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.27%) GitHub
11 1 (0.63%) IBM Blueworks
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.80%) DNS
1 6 (3.80%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.16%) HTTP
2 5 (3.16%) Internet
2 5 (3.16%) VPN
3 4 (2.53%) SSH
4 2 (1.27%) SAN
5 1 (0.63%) DHCP
5 1 (0.63%) Firewall
5 1 (0.63%) Modbus
5 1 (0.63%) RFID
5 1 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (17.72%) Power BI
2 12 (7.59%) Tableau
3 8 (5.06%) BigQuery
4 6 (3.80%) Looker
4 6 (3.80%) Power Query
5 3 (1.90%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.90%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.90%) Metadata
6 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.27%) Big Data
6 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.27%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.63%) QlikView
7 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.80%) JIRA
2 5 (3.16%) Postman
3 4 (2.53%) Git
3 4 (2.53%) Mercurial
4 3 (1.90%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.63%) RStudio
General
1 50 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.15%) Finance
3 34 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (20.89%) Public Sector
5 25 (15.82%) Marketing
6 13 (8.23%) Banking
7 12 (7.59%) Local Government
7 12 (7.59%) Retail
8 10 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.16%) Advertising
11 4 (2.53%) Automotive
11 4 (2.53%) Legal
11 4 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.53%) Multimedia
11 4 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.53%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.90%) Electronics
12 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (26.58%) Analyst
2 17 (10.76%) Data Analyst
3 13 (8.23%) Senior
4 10 (6.33%) Architect
4 10 (6.33%) Performance Analyst
5 8 (5.06%) Data Engineer
6 7 (4.43%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (4.43%) Lean Specialist
6 7 (4.43%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.80%) Consultant
7 6 (3.80%) Data Architect
7 6 (3.80%) Forensic Manager
7 6 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (3.80%) Technical Manager
8 5 (3.16%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.16%) Process Improvement Specialist
9 4 (2.53%) Administrator
9 4 (2.53%) Business Analyst
9 4 (2.53%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.59%) JSON
2 10 (6.33%) Pandas
3 7 (4.43%) jQuery
3 7 (4.43%) Node.js
4 5 (3.16%) .NET
4 5 (3.16%) CSS
4 5 (3.16%) DOM
4 5 (3.16%) HTML
4 5 (3.16%) NumPy
4 5 (3.16%) SciPy
4 5 (3.16%) Swagger
5 4 (2.53%) LDAP
5 4 (2.53%) React
6 2 (1.27%) PySpark
7 1 (0.63%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (17.72%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.70%) Social Media
3 8 (5.06%) Digital Media
3 8 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (5.06%) Marketing Technology
3 8 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.16%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.16%) Multi-touch
5 4 (2.53%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.53%) Taxonomies
6 3 (1.90%) CMDB
6 3 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.90%) Wiki
7 2 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.27%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.27%) NHS
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.43%) Windows
2 5 (3.16%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (24.05%) Analytics
3 30 (18.99%) Data Analysis
4 28 (17.72%) Business Intelligence
5 26 (16.46%) Data Management
5 26 (16.46%) Decision-Making
6 24 (15.19%) Computer Science
6 24 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (13.92%) Visualisation
8 21 (13.29%) Machine Learning
9 20 (12.66%) Validation
10 19 (12.03%) Agile
11 18 (11.39%) Process Improvement
11 18 (11.39%) Project Management
11 18 (11.39%) Statistics
12 17 (10.76%) Data Visualisation
13 16 (10.13%) Data Protection
13 16 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (9.49%) Collaborative Working
14 15 (9.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.72%) Python
2 22 (13.92%) SQL
3 19 (12.03%) JavaScript
4 13 (8.23%) C#
5 11 (6.96%) R
6 5 (3.16%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.53%) VB
8 3 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.90%) Java
8 3 (1.90%) VBA
9 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (17.72%) Degree
2 24 (15.19%) Security Cleared
3 23 (14.56%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.96%) Master's Degree
5 10 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 7 (4.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 6 (3.80%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.53%) PhD
10 3 (1.90%) ACCA
11 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.63%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.66%) QA
2 14 (8.86%) Data Quality
3 11 (6.96%) GDPR
4 7 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 7 (4.43%) ISO17020
5 5 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.53%) CDISC
7 3 (1.90%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.90%) PMO
8 2 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.63%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 4 (2.53%) Hyper-V
1 4 (2.53%) NFS
2 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 26 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.76%) Google
3 15 (9.49%) Adobe
4 9 (5.70%) Tealium
5 6 (3.80%) Ensighten
5 6 (3.80%) Monetate
5 6 (3.80%) Omniture
5 6 (3.80%) Optimizely
5 6 (3.80%) SAP
6 4 (2.53%) Databricks
6 4 (2.53%) Oracle
6 4 (2.53%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.90%) Facebook
7 3 (1.90%) YouTube
8 2 (1.27%) Anaplan
8 2 (1.27%) Brandwatch
8 2 (1.27%) Hootsuite
8 2 (1.27%) Instagram
8 2 (1.27%) Marketo
8 2 (1.27%) Twitter