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 citing Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	58	49	49
Rank change year-on-year	-9	0	+12
Contract jobs citing Data Management	32	23	16
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands	2.30%	2.71%	2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.07%	3.13%	2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	19	10
10^th Percentile	£230	£313	£301
25^th Percentile	£375	£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	£650	£594	£469
90^th Percentile	£695	£725	£549
England median daily rate	£525	£493	£523
% change year-on-year	+6.60%	-5.83%	-9.04%
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	£25.00	£27.92	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-10.44%	-20.24%	+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 citing process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,044	736	637
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands	75.16%	86.79%	84.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	414	516	395
10^th Percentile	£225	£216	£267
25^th Percentile	£377	£350	£356
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£468	£415	£445
Median % change year-on-year	+12.83%	-6.74%	-6.81%
75^th Percentile	£575	£523	£550
90^th Percentile	£675	£638	£613
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	224	65	28
10^th Percentile	£12.76	£16.17	£14.90
25^th Percentile	£13.46	£17.87	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£17.35	£18.87	£23.25
Median % change year-on-year	-8.06%	-18.84%	+3.33%
75^th Percentile	£25.75	£25.15	£50.00
90^th Percentile	£32.45	-	£51.50
England median hourly rate	£36.50	£25.15	£40.33
% change year-on-year	+45.13%	-37.63%	-9.38%

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 25 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 25 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Leicestershire	-1	10	£625	+53.37%	2
Northamptonshire	+13	8	£404	-9.73%	8
Nottinghamshire	-	7	-	-	7
Derbyshire	-19	4	-	-	1
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 25 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 citing Data Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Quality	43.8%	14
2	Problem-Solving	40.6%	13
2	Validation	40.6%	13
4	Continuous Improvement	37.5%	12
4	Data Governance	37.5%	12
4	Power BI	37.5%	12
4	Power Platform	37.5%	12
8	AI	34.4%	11
8	Decision-Making	34.4%	11
8	SAP	34.4%	11
11	Data Analysis	28.1%	9
12	Analytics	25.0%	8
12	Business Intelligence	25.0%	8
12	Data Modelling	25.0%	8
12	Microsoft	25.0%	8
12	Workday	25.0%	8
17	Actionable Insight	21.9%	7
17	Dashboard Development	21.9%	7
17	Oracle	21.9%	7
17	Process Improvement	21.9%	7
17	Project Management	21.9%	7
17	User Experience	21.9%	7
23	Azure	18.8%	6
23	Data Engineering	18.8%	6
23	Data Validation	18.8%	6
23	ETL	18.8%	6
23	GDPR	18.8%	6
23	Master Data Management	18.8%	6
23	Migration	18.8%	6
23	SQL	18.8%	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	40.6%	13
1	Validation	40.6%	13
3	Continuous Improvement	37.5%	12
3	Data Governance	37.5%	12
5	AI	34.4%	11
5	Decision-Making	34.4%	11
7	Data Analysis	28.1%	9
8	Analytics	25.0%	8
8	Business Intelligence	25.0%	8
8	Data Modelling	25.0%	8
11	Actionable Insight	21.9%	7
11	Dashboard Development	21.9%	7
11	Process Improvement	21.9%	7
11	Project Management	21.9%	7
11	User Experience	21.9%	7
16	Data Engineering	18.8%	6
16	Data Validation	18.8%	6
16	ETL	18.8%	6
16	Master Data Management	18.8%	6
16	Migration	18.8%	6