Data Management Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Data Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	60	52	49
Rank change year-on-year	-8	-3	+12
Contract jobs citing Data Management	31	23	17
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands	2.24%	2.71%	2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.99%	3.12%	2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted	14	19	10
10^th Percentile	£239	£313	£301
25^th Percentile	£382	£384	£333
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£450	£380
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	+18.42%	-43.70%
75^th Percentile	£638	£594	£469
90^th Percentile	£693	£725	£549
England median daily rate	£518	£498	£525
% change year-on-year	+4.02%	-5.24%	-8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	1
10^th Percentile	£15.19	-	-
25^th Percentile	£18.37	-	-
Median hourly rate	£24.33	-	£39.68
75^th Percentile	£24.99	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£26.13	£25.75	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+1.48%	-26.43%	+6.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Data Management 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 East Midlands.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	1,038	737	647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands	74.84%	86.81%	84.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	421	509	397
10^th Percentile	£230	£220	£267
25^th Percentile	£381	£350	£356
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£415	£445
Median % change year-on-year	+14.46%	-6.74%	-9.09%
75^th Percentile	£575	£519	£550
90^th Percentile	£675	£632	£613
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	217	68	28
10^th Percentile	£12.76	£16.17	£14.90
25^th Percentile	£13.46	£17.87	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£17.87	£18.87	£23.25
Median % change year-on-year	-5.30%	-18.84%	-7.00%
75^th Percentile	£25.75	£25.15	£50.00
90^th Percentile	£33.00	-	£51.50
England median hourly rate	£38.25	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+52.09%	-40.82%	-5.56%

Data Management Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Data Management Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Management.

Data Management Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in the East Midlands

Data Management Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Management.

Data Management Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 October 2026. 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
Leicestershire	-5	10	£625	+53.37%	3
Northamptonshire	+14	8	£404	-9.73%	8
Nottinghamshire	-	6	£525	-	6
Derbyshire	-14	4	-	-
Lincolnshire	-	2	£475	-	2
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Data Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region with a requirement for Data Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	45.2%	14
2	Data Quality	41.9%	13
2	Power BI	41.9%	13
2	Power Platform	41.9%	13
2	Validation	41.9%	13
6	Continuous Improvement	38.7%	12
6	Data Governance	38.7%	12
6	Decision-Making	38.7%	12
9	AI	35.5%	11
10	SAP	32.3%	10
11	Analytics	29.0%	9
11	Business Intelligence	29.0%	9
11	Data Analysis	29.0%	9
11	Data Modelling	29.0%	9
15	Microsoft	25.8%	8
15	Workday	25.8%	8
17	Actionable Insight	22.6%	7
17	Dashboard Development	22.6%	7
17	Data Engineering	22.6%	7
17	Oracle	22.6%	7
17	Process Improvement	22.6%	7
17	Project Management	22.6%	7
17	SQL	22.6%	7
17	User Experience	22.6%	7
25	Azure	19.4%	6
25	Data Validation	19.4%	6
25	ETL	19.4%	6
25	GDPR	19.4%	6
25	Master Data Management	19.4%	6
25	Migration	19.4%	6

Data Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	45.2%	14
2	Validation	41.9%	13
3	Continuous Improvement	38.7%	12
3	Data Governance	38.7%	12
3	Decision-Making	38.7%	12
6	AI	35.5%	11
7	Analytics	29.0%	9
7	Business Intelligence	29.0%	9
7	Data Analysis	29.0%	9
7	Data Modelling	29.0%	9
11	Actionable Insight	22.6%	7
11	Dashboard Development	22.6%	7
11	Data Engineering	22.6%	7
11	Process Improvement	22.6%	7
11	Project Management	22.6%	7
11	User Experience	22.6%	7
17	Data Validation	19.4%	6
17	ETL	19.4%	6
17	Master Data Management	19.4%	6
17	Migration	19.4%	6