Data Modelling Contracts

Data Modelling
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Modelling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Modelling over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 71 67
Rank change year-on-year +14 -4 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 1,480 1,761 3,052
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.42% 3.17% 3.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 3.54% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 1,198 2,080
10th Percentile £388 £407 £410
25th Percentile £460 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -0.30% +11.65%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -7.82% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 21 13
10th Percentile £35.00 - £40.20
25th Percentile £37.55 £19.00 £50.25
Median hourly rate £43.75 £35.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -42.15% +124.07%
75th Percentile £51.75 £64.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £67.29 £66.00 £73.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.33 £27.74 £19.91
% change year-on-year +45.39% +39.30% -17.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Modelling 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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Modelling within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +18 1,290 £550 -4.35% 553
London +19 816 £575 -4.17% 297
Work from Home +23 567 £539 -2.05% 273
UK excluding London +16 505 £507 -7.82% 257
North of England +42 189 £525 -4.55% 100
South East -24 99 £500 -4.76% 48
Yorkshire +18 98 £511 -11.13% 28
North West +44 87 £525 +5.00% 60
Midlands +22 77 £475 -17.39% 40
South West +33 73 £550 -16.64% 25
Scotland +15 62 £490 -4.85% 17
West Midlands -4 45 £425 -27.35% 27
East Midlands +31 31 £550 +57.14% 13
East of England -19 19 £513 +28.13% 15
North East +6 7 £415 -40.71% 12
Wales -2 4 £450 -16.20% 7

Data Modelling
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 60 (4.05%) Apache Spark
2 36 (2.43%) Apache
3 33 (2.23%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 27 (1.82%) SAS
6 26 (1.76%) Confluence
7 7 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.068%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.068%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.068%) CMS
11 1 (0.068%) Mendix
11 1 (0.068%) nginx
11 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.068%) WildFly
Applications
1 58 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.77%) MS Visio
3 24 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.54%) SPSS
5 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 39 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
1 39 (2.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.54%) SAP MDG
4 7 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.41%) Adobe Campaign
5 6 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.41%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.41%) SAP IS-U
6 5 (0.34%) ION MarketView
6 5 (0.34%) MIS ActiveH
6 5 (0.34%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.34%) Unica
7 4 (0.27%) FastStats
7 4 (0.27%) Misys Midas
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.27%) Shopify
7 4 (0.27%) Siebel CRM
7 4 (0.27%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 423 (28.58%) Azure
2 312 (21.08%) Power Platform
3 221 (14.93%) AWS
4 111 (7.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 90 (6.08%) GCP
6 85 (5.74%) Snowflake
7 71 (4.80%) Serverless
8 69 (4.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 55 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (3.24%) Amazon S3
12 44 (2.97%) dbt
13 32 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
14 27 (1.82%) GitHub
15 23 (1.55%) PowerApps
16 22 (1.49%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.49%) SaaS
17 20 (1.35%) AWS Step Functions
17 20 (1.35%) Azure Stack
17 20 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.88%) SAN
1 13 (0.88%) TCP/IP
2 9 (0.61%) FIX Connectivity
3 7 (0.47%) Internet
4 6 (0.41%) Firewall
4 6 (0.41%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.34%) Network Security
6 2 (0.14%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.14%) FTP
6 2 (0.14%) HTTP
6 2 (0.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.068%) DNS
7 1 (0.068%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.068%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.068%) MPLS
7 1 (0.068%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.068%) VPLS
7 1 (0.068%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 378 (25.54%) Data Warehouse
2 300 (20.27%) Power BI
3 150 (10.14%) SQL Server
4 146 (9.86%) Data Lake
5 133 (8.99%) Big Data
6 132 (8.92%) NoSQL
7 122 (8.24%) Tableau
8 118 (7.97%) Metadata
9 107 (7.23%) Relational Database
10 70 (4.73%) Amazon Redshift
11 66 (4.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 59 (3.99%) Data Vault
13 56 (3.78%) Snowflake Schema
14 50 (3.38%) BigQuery
15 48 (3.24%) Hadoop
16 46 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
16 46 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
17 42 (2.84%) Metadata Repository
18 39 (2.64%) Qlik Sense
19 34 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 70 (4.73%) JIRA
2 60 (4.05%) Git
3 44 (2.97%) ERwin
4 26 (1.76%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.15%) ER Studio
6 11 (0.74%) Selenium
7 10 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.61%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.61%) JMeter
9 7 (0.47%) Eclipse
9 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.41%) MLflow
11 5 (0.34%) GitLab
11 5 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.27%) Deequ
12 4 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.20%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.20%) JUnit
13 3 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
13 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 365 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 328 (22.16%) Finance
3 276 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (9.66%) Public Sector
5 79 (5.34%) Banking
6 72 (4.86%) Marketing
7 41 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 35 (2.36%) Manufacturing
10 34 (2.30%) Retail
11 31 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 28 (1.89%) Front Office
12 28 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (1.69%) Electronics
13 25 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.55%) Publishing
15 17 (1.15%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.01%) Investment Banking
17 14 (0.95%) Billing
18 13 (0.88%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 332 (22.43%) Architect
2 264 (17.84%) Data Engineer
3 233 (15.74%) Developer
4 228 (15.41%) Data Architect
5 223 (15.07%) Analyst
6 146 (9.86%) Senior
7 111 (7.50%) Data Analyst
8 101 (6.82%) Data Modeller
9 79 (5.34%) Lead
10 78 (5.27%) Business Analyst
11 74 (5.00%) Consultant
12 48 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
13 46 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
14 45 (3.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 44 (2.97%) Azure Data Engineer
16 41 (2.77%) Data Scientist
17 37 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
18 33 (2.23%) Project Manager
19 32 (2.16%) Senior Data Engineer
20 29 (1.96%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (4.93%) JSON
2 70 (4.73%) PySpark
3 67 (4.53%) XML
4 47 (3.18%) REST
5 40 (2.70%) Kafka
6 37 (2.50%) HTML
7 34 (2.30%) CSS
7 34 (2.30%) Web Services
8 29 (1.96%) Apache Avro
9 24 (1.62%) AngularJS
10 22 (1.49%) Spring Boot
11 19 (1.28%) JSON Schema
11 19 (1.28%) Middleware
11 19 (1.28%) React
11 19 (1.28%) RESTful
12 17 (1.15%) OAuth
13 16 (1.08%) .NET
13 16 (1.08%) GraphQL
14 15 (1.01%) Pandas
14 15 (1.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.74%) Data Structures
2 72 (4.86%) Reference Data
3 68 (4.59%) Product Ownership
4 50 (3.38%) Management Information System
5 44 (2.97%) Algorithms
6 35 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
8 24 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.28%) Derivative
10 16 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.01%) CMDB
12 14 (0.95%) Virtual Team
13 12 (0.81%) NHS
14 11 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
14 11 (0.74%) Freedom of Information
15 10 (0.68%) Freedom of Information Act
15 10 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 9 (0.61%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.04%) Unix
2 28 (1.89%) Linux
3 25 (1.69%) Windows
4 13 (0.88%) Debian
4 13 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 12 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.20%) VMS
7 1 (0.068%) Android
7 1 (0.068%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (27.16%) Business Intelligence
2 376 (25.41%) Analytics
3 375 (25.34%) ETL
4 311 (21.01%) Agile
5 297 (20.07%) Data Governance
6 242 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
7 228 (15.41%) Data Integration
8 218 (14.73%) Data Architecture
9 201 (13.58%) Data Analysis
10 189 (12.77%) Visualisation
11 178 (12.03%) Data Pipeline
12 172 (11.62%) Migration
13 166 (11.22%) Data Engineering
14 162 (10.95%) Data Management
15 140 (9.46%) Computer Science
16 128 (8.65%) Data Science
16 128 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
17 126 (8.51%) Data Visualisation
18 122 (8.24%) Data Strategy
18 122 (8.24%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 625 (42.23%) SQL
2 353 (23.85%) Python
3 105 (7.09%) Java
4 57 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 52 (3.51%) Scala
6 46 (3.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 45 (3.04%) T-SQL
8 43 (2.91%) PL/SQL
9 40 (2.70%) R
10 32 (2.16%) C#
11 18 (1.22%) Perl
11 18 (1.22%) PowerShell
12 14 (0.95%) ABAP
12 14 (0.95%) TypeScript
13 13 (0.88%) C++
14 12 (0.81%) C
15 10 (0.68%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.54%) Go
17 5 (0.34%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.34%) Bash
Qualifications
1 184 (12.43%) Degree
2 179 (12.09%) Security Cleared
3 143 (9.66%) SC Cleared
4 88 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.70%) Master's Degree
6 28 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 26 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 18 (1.22%) PMP
10 15 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (0.34%) CBAP
13 5 (0.34%) MCITP
13 5 (0.34%) MCTS
14 3 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.20%) SnowPro
15 2 (0.14%) APMP
15 2 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 289 (19.53%) Data Quality
2 75 (5.07%) QA
3 54 (3.65%) GDPR
4 20 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.74%) IFRS
6 10 (0.68%) SLA
7 7 (0.47%) EMIR
7 7 (0.47%) IFRS 9
7 7 (0.47%) MiFID
8 6 (0.41%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.41%) IFRS 17
9 5 (0.34%) Dodd-Frank
9 5 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.27%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.27%) MISRA
10 4 (0.27%) MISRA C
10 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (1.89%) Docker
2 24 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.47%) HDFS
4 1 (0.068%) Cronacle
4 1 (0.068%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 41 (2.77%) Terraform
2 35 (2.36%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.27%) Grafana
5 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.068%) Ansible
7 1 (0.068%) Control-M
7 1 (0.068%) Ganglia
7 1 (0.068%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.068%) Kibana
7 1 (0.068%) Rancher
Vendors
1 246 (16.62%) Microsoft
2 141 (9.53%) Databricks
3 127 (8.58%) SAP
4 125 (8.45%) Oracle
5 65 (4.39%) Sparx
6 61 (4.12%) Google
7 56 (3.78%) ServiceNow
8 48 (3.24%) Salesforce
9 42 (2.84%) Informatica
10 16 (1.08%) Guidewire
11 15 (1.01%) Ab Initio
12 13 (0.88%) Red Hat
12 13 (0.88%) VMware
13 12 (0.81%) Adobe
14 11 (0.74%) Ariba
14 11 (0.74%) Cloudera
14 11 (0.74%) Foundry
14 11 (0.74%) Palantir
14 11 (0.74%) Talend
15 10 (0.68%) Cadence