Data Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Data Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Management over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 187 177
Rank change year-on-year +65 -10 -24
Contract jobs citing Data Management 361 314 439
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.77% 1.34% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.49% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 186 286
10th Percentile £332 £313 £331
25th Percentile £425 £371 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £665 £609 £600
90th Percentile £750 £694 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 11
10th Percentile £14.54 £23.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.50 £30.39 £29.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% +14.79% +3.12%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.63 £48.88
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.00 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year -0.44% -5.47% +59.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Management 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,229 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.55% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,247 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,039 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
South West +65 98 £530 +8.72% 52
North of England +42 88 £500 -3.85% 88
North West +39 69 £500 -3.85% 48
Midlands +41 66 £588 +56.67% 61
West Midlands +49 58 £617 +70.17% 34
South East -6 53 £504 -8.36% 80
East of England +15 39 £535 +12.63% 35
Scotland +48 35 £538 +13.16% 32
Yorkshire +31 22 £513 -10.87% 31
East Midlands +5 7 £550 +14.58% 27
North East +17 3 - - 10
Data Management
UK

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (2.77%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.49%) Apache
2 9 (2.49%) SAS
3 7 (1.94%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.66%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.39%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.28%) CMS
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 58 (16.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (7.48%) Spreadsheet
4 24 (6.65%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (3.32%) Acrobat
6 10 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.83%) MicroStation
7 3 (0.83%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.55%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.94%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.11%) Infor SunSystems
4 4 (1.11%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.83%) ENOVIA
5 3 (0.83%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.83%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.83%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.83%) SAP PLM
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.55%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.55%) SmartPlant
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.28%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.28%) Odoo
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 55 (15.24%) Azure
2 46 (12.74%) Power Platform
3 21 (5.82%) Snowflake
4 20 (5.54%) AWS
4 20 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.60%) Power Automate
6 11 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (2.77%) Amazon S3
7 10 (2.77%) Serverless
8 8 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.94%) Collibra
9 7 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.66%) Azure Stack
10 6 (1.66%) GCP
10 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.39%) Amazon EMR
11 5 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.43%) Network Security
2 15 (4.16%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (1.39%) FTP
4 3 (0.83%) LAN
4 3 (0.83%) WAN
5 2 (0.55%) RS-232
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) DNS
6 1 (0.28%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.28%) Firewall
6 1 (0.28%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.28%) MPLS
6 1 (0.28%) SAN
6 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
6 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.47%) Power BI
2 33 (9.14%) Metadata
3 32 (8.86%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (7.76%) Big Data
5 18 (4.99%) SQL Server
6 15 (4.16%) Data Lake
7 14 (3.88%) Tableau
8 7 (1.94%) Ataccama
8 7 (1.94%) Data Mining
8 7 (1.94%) GIS
8 7 (1.94%) Metadata Repository
8 7 (1.94%) Qlik Sense
9 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (1.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.39%) MySQL
11 4 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (1.11%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (1.11%) MS Access
11 4 (1.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 41 (11.36%) JIRA
2 14 (3.88%) Git
3 8 (2.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.39%) ERwin
5 2 (0.55%) Gradle
5 2 (0.55%) JUnit
5 2 (0.55%) kappa
5 2 (0.55%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.28%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.28%) LSMW
General
1 118 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 96 (26.59%) Finance
3 84 (23.27%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.80%) Public Sector
5 36 (9.97%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (7.20%) Manufacturing
7 25 (6.93%) Pharmaceutical
8 18 (4.99%) Aerospace
9 15 (4.16%) Law
9 15 (4.16%) Marketing
10 12 (3.32%) Electronics
10 12 (3.32%) Legal
10 12 (3.32%) Retail
11 11 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.22%) Banking
12 8 (2.22%) Billing
12 8 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.39%) Military
13 5 (1.39%) Publishing
14 3 (0.83%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (23.82%) Architect
2 59 (16.34%) Analyst
3 45 (12.47%) Data Architect
4 43 (11.91%) Data Analyst
5 40 (11.08%) Lead
6 30 (8.31%) Data Manager
7 27 (7.48%) Solutions Architect
8 25 (6.93%) Project Leader
9 23 (6.37%) Senior
10 19 (5.26%) Data Engineer
11 17 (4.71%) Developer
12 16 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (3.60%) Administrator
13 13 (3.60%) Data Quality Analyst
13 13 (3.60%) Quality Analyst
14 12 (3.32%) Author
14 12 (3.32%) Technical Author
15 11 (3.05%) Enterprise Architect
16 10 (2.77%) Business Analyst
16 10 (2.77%) QA Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.03%) XML
2 15 (4.16%) Apache NiFi
3 12 (3.32%) JSON
3 12 (3.32%) SGML
4 7 (1.94%) REST
5 4 (1.11%) CSS
5 4 (1.11%) HTML
6 3 (0.83%) Kafka
7 2 (0.55%) Android Jetpack
7 2 (0.55%) Dagger
7 2 (0.55%) Jetpack Compose
7 2 (0.55%) Node.js
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.55%) PySpark
7 2 (0.55%) React
7 2 (0.55%) Retrofit
7 2 (0.55%) SOAP
8 1 (0.28%) Hugging Face
8 1 (0.28%) LangChain
8 1 (0.28%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.02%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.43%) Cyber Defence
2 16 (4.43%) Distributed Applications
3 15 (4.16%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.32%) Animation
5 11 (3.05%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.49%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.94%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.39%) NHS
8 5 (1.39%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.39%) Wiki
9 4 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.11%) e-Health
9 4 (1.11%) Life Science
9 4 (1.11%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.83%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.83%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (0.83%) FMCG
10 3 (0.83%) Lidar
10 3 (0.83%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.65%) Windows
2 17 (4.71%) Unix
3 15 (4.16%) Android
3 15 (4.16%) Linux
4 13 (3.60%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.22%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.55%) zOS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (23.55%) Agile
2 78 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (20.22%) Migration
4 71 (19.67%) Analytics
5 68 (18.84%) Business Intelligence
6 62 (17.17%) Data Governance
6 62 (17.17%) Project Management
6 62 (17.17%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (14.96%) Data Analysis
7 54 (14.96%) Project Delivery
8 51 (14.13%) Data Modelling
9 49 (13.57%) Data Migration
10 44 (12.19%) Data Architecture
11 36 (9.97%) Computer Science
12 32 (8.86%) Data Pipeline
12 32 (8.86%) Data Strategy
13 31 (8.59%) PRINCE2
14 30 (8.31%) Data Engineering
15 29 (8.03%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 29 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 65 (18.01%) SQL
2 32 (8.86%) Python
3 14 (3.88%) Java
4 7 (1.94%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.66%) C#
6 5 (1.39%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.11%) ABAP
7 4 (1.11%) Bash
8 3 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.83%) R
8 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.55%) C
9 2 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.55%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.55%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.28%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) PHP
10 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (20.50%) Security Cleared
2 58 (16.07%) Degree
3 49 (13.57%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.93%) SC Cleared
5 24 (6.65%) APMP
6 9 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.94%) ACCA
8 6 (1.66%) ISEB
9 4 (1.11%) CIMA
10 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.83%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.55%) PhD
11 2 (0.55%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.28%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.28%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.28%) MCSA
12 1 (0.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (21.05%) Data Quality
2 34 (9.42%) PMO
3 24 (6.65%) QA
4 16 (4.43%) GDPR
5 15 (4.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (3.60%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.55%) GxP
8 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) COBIT
9 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.83%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.83%) Terraform
2 2 (0.55%) Ansible
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.28%) Control-M
3 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 54 (14.96%) SAP
3 16 (4.43%) Informatica
3 16 (4.43%) Oracle
4 14 (3.88%) Adobe
5 12 (3.32%) Databricks
6 11 (3.05%) Alteryx
7 10 (2.77%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.94%) Dataiku
8 7 (1.94%) Trillium
9 6 (1.66%) Remedy
9 6 (1.66%) Talend
10 5 (1.39%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.39%) Autodesk
10 5 (1.39%) Sparx
11 4 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.11%) Siemens
11 4 (1.11%) Sun
12 3 (0.83%) Google
12 3 (0.83%) Hyperion