Data Manager Contracts in the East Midlands

Data Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Data Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 65 80
Rank change year-on-year +13 +15 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Data Manager 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.75% 0.13% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.14% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £355 £510
Median % change year-on-year +33.80% -30.39% -7.27%
75th Percentile £488 - £663
90th Percentile - - £685
England median daily rate £525 £575 £545
% change year-on-year -8.70% +5.50% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.90 £25.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +19.61% -61.54% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 472 725 980
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 93.79% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 483 754
10th Percentile £200 £163 £213
25th Percentile £350 £258 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £565
90th Percentile £600 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 79 62
10th Percentile £11.44 £11.81 £11.80
25th Percentile £18.25 £14.00 £15.35
Median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
Median % change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%
75th Percentile £28.79 £26.15 £31.50
90th Percentile £35.38 £51.91 £64.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured Data Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in the East Midlands

Data Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Manager in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Data Manager in the East Midlands

Data Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Manager in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Data Manager in the East Midlands

Data Manager
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 Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 - 2 £475 - 4
Nottinghamshire - 2 £475 -
Data Manager
England

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (50.00%) DAMA
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) JD Edwards
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (25.00%) Personalization
3 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
3 1 (25.00%) PySpark
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) DAMA
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Personalization
3 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) JD Edwards