Asset Management Contract Job Trends in England

Asset Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Asset Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 110 99
Rank change year-on-year -46 -11 +33
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 597 643 849
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.82% 2.43% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 2.72% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 494 637
10th Percentile £163 £250 £201
25th Percentile £263 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £788 £750
90th Percentile £825 £850 £788
UK median daily rate £469 £625 £585
% change year-on-year -24.96% +6.84% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 18 57
10th Percentile £14.95 £14.60 £13.12
25th Percentile £15.62 £18.51 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.69 £22.09 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.41% +10.45% -6.94%
75th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £36.28
90th Percentile £27.35 £31.90 £40.12
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.58% +10.45% +8.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Asset 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,832 23,662 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.43% 87.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,449 14,467 21,997
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,786 760 1,829
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.98
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.67% +12.44%

Asset Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Asset Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Asset Management job vacancy trend in England

Asset Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Asset Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Asset Management

Asset Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Asset Management in England over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Asset Management in England

Asset Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Asset Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Asset Management

Asset Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Asset Management in England over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Asset Management in England

Asset Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Asset Management within the England region over the 6 months to 28 January 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
London -78 276 £545 -19.26% 86
South East +19 83 £470 -1.16% 114
South West +26 73 £225 -55.00% 32
East of England +35 57 £338 +80.00% 45
North of England -60 57 £307 -16.03% 45
North West -27 41 £367 -8.38% 25
Midlands -34 40 £368 -24.62% 47
West Midlands -37 23 £450 -14.29% 28
East Midlands -15 18 £200 -43.00% 19
North East -8 8 £106 -81.57% 5
Yorkshire -60 8 £588 +327.27% 16
Asset Management
UK

Asset Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.01%) Apache
3 8 (1.34%) ArcGIS
3 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.17%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.67%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) Appian
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 26 (4.36%) Aladdin
2 21 (3.52%) Maximo
2 21 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.51%) SAP PM
4 7 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (1.01%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.34%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.34%) Eagle PACE
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.34%) SAP EHS
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.17%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.17%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.17%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 56 (9.38%) AWS
2 49 (8.21%) Azure
3 47 (7.87%) Snowflake
4 43 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (5.53%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.85%) dbt
7 22 (3.69%) GCP
8 18 (3.02%) SaaS
9 17 (2.85%) Amazon S3
10 15 (2.51%) Serverless
11 9 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.34%) OCI
13 7 (1.17%) AWS Step Functions
14 6 (1.01%) Entra ID
15 5 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.84%) OneDrive
15 5 (0.84%) Power Automate
16 4 (0.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.51%) VPN
2 14 (2.35%) Wireless
3 11 (1.84%) LAN
4 10 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.68%) WAN
5 6 (1.01%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (0.67%) DHCP
6 4 (0.67%) DNS
6 4 (0.67%) Firewall
7 3 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.17%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.17%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.17%) Network Security
9 1 (0.17%) SMS
9 1 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.52%) Power BI
2 22 (3.69%) Amazon Athena
3 17 (2.85%) Dremio
4 16 (2.68%) Apache Arrow
4 16 (2.68%) Apache Iceberg
4 16 (2.68%) Data Lake
5 14 (2.35%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.84%) Apache Ignite
6 11 (1.84%) Tableau
7 10 (1.68%) GIS
8 9 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.17%) DynamoDB
9 7 (1.17%) Metadata
9 7 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (3.85%) JIRA
2 12 (2.01%) SpecFlow
3 6 (1.01%) Git
4 4 (0.67%) TestRail
5 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.17%) GitLab
6 1 (0.17%) Hudson
6 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.17%) Selenium
6 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.17%) WinAutomation
General
1 211 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 181 (30.32%) Finance
3 69 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (8.88%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (8.71%) Banking
6 42 (7.04%) Front Office
7 40 (6.70%) Public Sector
8 35 (5.86%) Investment Banking
9 15 (2.51%) Legal
10 12 (2.01%) Local Government
10 12 (2.01%) Military
11 11 (1.84%) Back Office
12 10 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.68%) Law
12 10 (1.68%) Marketing
13 9 (1.51%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.51%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.34%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 136 (22.78%) Analyst
2 72 (12.06%) IT Support
3 48 (8.04%) Business Analyst
4 47 (7.87%) Asset Management Analyst
4 47 (7.87%) Senior
5 45 (7.54%) IT Engineer
5 45 (7.54%) Support Engineer
6 39 (6.53%) Lead
7 37 (6.20%) Architect
7 37 (6.20%) Technical Support
8 33 (5.53%) IT Support Engineer
9 32 (5.36%) Support Analyst
10 27 (4.52%) Data Analyst
11 25 (4.19%) Consultant
11 25 (4.19%) Developer
12 24 (4.02%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.69%) Asset Management Business Analyst
14 18 (3.02%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (3.02%) Data Engineer
14 18 (3.02%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.02%) AngularJS
1 18 (3.02%) NumPy
1 18 (3.02%) Pandas
2 16 (2.68%) SciPy
3 15 (2.51%) Playwright
4 14 (2.35%) REST
5 11 (1.84%) gRPC
5 11 (1.84%) Node.js
5 11 (1.84%) Protocol Buffers
6 9 (1.51%) CSS
6 9 (1.51%) HTML
6 9 (1.51%) XML
7 8 (1.34%) React
8 7 (1.17%) SOAP
8 7 (1.17%) Spring
8 7 (1.17%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.01%) .NET
10 5 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.84%) RESTful
10 5 (0.84%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.87%) CMDB
2 37 (6.20%) Driving Licence
3 29 (4.86%) Equities
4 27 (4.52%) Fixed Income
4 27 (4.52%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.69%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (3.02%) Derivative
8 15 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.35%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 13 (2.18%) Hedge funds
11 12 (2.01%) Pricing Data
12 11 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.84%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.34%) NHS
15 6 (1.01%) Credit Risk
15 6 (1.01%) Virtual Team
16 5 (0.84%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 80 (13.40%) Windows
2 24 (4.02%) Windows 10
3 13 (2.18%) Mac OS
4 12 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.68%) Linux
5 10 (1.68%) Unix
6 9 (1.51%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.01%) Android
8 5 (0.84%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.67%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (14.07%) Agile
4 72 (12.06%) Migration
5 71 (11.89%) Customer Service
6 66 (11.06%) Investment Management
7 62 (10.39%) ITIL
8 52 (8.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 47 (7.87%) Ticket Management
10 45 (7.54%) User Acceptance Testing
11 44 (7.37%) IT Asset Management
12 41 (6.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (6.03%) Data Modelling
14 34 (5.70%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (5.53%) Roadmaps
16 31 (5.19%) DevOps
16 31 (5.19%) ITSM
16 31 (5.19%) Process Improvement
16 31 (5.19%) Workflow
17 30 (5.03%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 96 (16.08%) SQL
2 53 (8.88%) Python
3 44 (7.37%) JavaScript
4 34 (5.70%) TypeScript
5 24 (4.02%) Java
6 15 (2.51%) C#
7 6 (1.01%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.67%) Bash
8 4 (0.67%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.67%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.50%) R
10 2 (0.34%) Jython
10 2 (0.34%) Scala
10 2 (0.34%) VB
11 1 (0.17%) ABAP
11 1 (0.17%) COBOL
11 1 (0.17%) Korn
11 1 (0.17%) VBA
11 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 126 (21.11%) Security Cleared
2 100 (16.75%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.53%) Degree
4 12 (2.01%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.01%) ECDL
6 5 (0.84%) ISTQB
6 5 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.67%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.67%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.67%) PMP
8 3 (0.50%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.50%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.17%) CCAB
10 1 (0.17%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.17%) CISM
10 1 (0.17%) Dell Certification
10 1 (0.17%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.86%) SLA
2 26 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.68%) QA
4 9 (1.51%) GDPR
5 7 (1.17%) NIST
6 6 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 6 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.84%) PMO
8 4 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.50%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.50%) IFRS
9 3 (0.50%) MiFID
10 2 (0.34%) Basel III
10 2 (0.34%) GAAP
10 2 (0.34%) GRC
10 2 (0.34%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.34%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 50 (8.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.50%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.17%) Firmware
3 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.17%) KVM
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (3.69%) SCCM
2 11 (1.84%) Terraform
3 9 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.50%) Ansible
5 3 (0.50%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.50%) IBM BigFix
5 3 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.34%) Grafana
6 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.34%) Puppet
6 2 (0.34%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.17%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.17%) Salt
7 1 (0.17%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 55 (9.21%) ServiceNow
3 37 (6.20%) SAP
4 26 (4.36%) IBM
5 25 (4.19%) HP
6 22 (3.69%) Databricks
7 19 (3.18%) Oracle
8 16 (2.68%) Charles River
8 16 (2.68%) Dell
9 14 (2.35%) Computacenter
10 12 (2.01%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.51%) Adobe
11 9 (1.51%) Snow
12 6 (1.01%) Apple
12 6 (1.01%) Bloomberg
12 6 (1.01%) ESRI
13 5 (0.84%) SimCorp
14 4 (0.67%) Avaloq
14 4 (0.67%) Splunk
14 4 (0.67%) Workday