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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 88 76
Rank change year-on-year -68 -12 +45
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 812 785 916
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 2.83% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 3.12% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 513 752
10th Percentile £190 £205 £300
25th Percentile £325 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £688
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -12.73% +14.58%
75th Percentile £624 £825 £850
90th Percentile £736 £875 £888
UK median daily rate £475 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -17.39% -14.81% +17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 113 27
10th Percentile £15.38 £18.51 £14.76
25th Percentile £16.01 - £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £18.87 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +11.29% +4.08% -11.90%
75th Percentile £24.29 - £31.00
90th Percentile £29.07 £21.01 £35.00
UK median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +2.44% +4.08% -11.26%

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 38,994 25,199 28,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.94% 90.85% 85.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,152 16,049 18,388
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,574 1,473 1,544
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.25 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.22 £17.87 £18.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +67.00% -37.90% -4.71%

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 23 August 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 23 August 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 23 August 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 -64 407 £590 -15.71% 150
North of England -31 102 £400 - 53
Midlands -9 100 £388 +40.91% 33
South East -53 95 £400 -28.89% 88
West Midlands -14 76 £400 +45.45% 28
Yorkshire -14 60 £375 -6.25% 19
East of England -19 49 £358 -4.53% 18
South West -40 46 £350 +8.53% 25
North West -33 43 £400 +6.67% 31
East Midlands +1 24 £238 - 5
North East -43 4 - - 4
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 41 (5.05%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.34%) Confluence
3 15 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.99%) CMS
5 6 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.12%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.12%) Predix
Applications
1 38 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.74%) Navisworks
6 6 (0.74%) ProjectWise
6 6 (0.74%) Revit
7 5 (0.62%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.25%) InDesign
10 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.12%) Maya
10 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 43 (5.30%) Aladdin
2 27 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 23 (2.83%) SAP PM
4 17 (2.09%) Maximo
5 11 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.86%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.74%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.62%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.62%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.37%) Cloudability
9 3 (0.37%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.25%) Global One
10 2 (0.25%) Remedy AR System
10 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
10 2 (0.25%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 131 (16.13%) Azure
2 78 (9.61%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (9.36%) AWS
4 69 (8.50%) Power Platform
5 42 (5.17%) Entra ID
6 38 (4.68%) Snowflake
7 33 (4.06%) GCP
8 25 (3.08%) SaaS
9 18 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.60%) dbt
12 13 (1.60%) GitHub
13 11 (1.35%) OneDrive
13 11 (1.35%) Serverless
14 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (0.74%) Amazon S3
16 6 (0.74%) Anthropic Claude
16 6 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (2.71%) VPN
3 16 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.48%) LAN
5 10 (1.23%) DNS
6 9 (1.11%) SAN
7 8 (0.99%) DHCP
7 8 (0.99%) WAN
7 8 (0.99%) WebEx
8 7 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (0.86%) Firewall
8 7 (0.86%) HTTP
9 6 (0.74%) Network Security
9 6 (0.74%) SSL
10 5 (0.62%) Internet
11 4 (0.49%) VoIP
11 4 (0.49%) Wireless
12 3 (0.37%) DMZ
12 3 (0.37%) Value-Added Service
13 2 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.76%) Power BI
2 18 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (2.22%) Metadata
3 16 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.23%) Tableau
5 9 (1.11%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.11%) GIS
6 6 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
6 6 (0.74%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.62%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.49%) Star Schema
9 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.37%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.37%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 54 (6.65%) JIRA
2 12 (1.48%) Git
3 7 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.62%) JMeter
5 4 (0.49%) GitLab
5 4 (0.49%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.37%) Selenium
6 3 (0.37%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.25%) git-flow
7 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.25%) MSI
7 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.12%) Appium
8 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 309 (38.05%) Finance
2 275 (33.87%) Social Skills
3 98 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.74%) Banking
5 46 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (4.80%) Front Office
7 35 (4.31%) Manufacturing
8 33 (4.06%) Investment Banking
9 28 (3.45%) Public Sector
10 25 (3.08%) Legal
11 19 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 19 (2.34%) Law
12 18 (2.22%) Local Government
13 17 (2.09%) Back Office
13 17 (2.09%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.72%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.48%) Marketing
16 11 (1.35%) Military
17 10 (1.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 145 (17.86%) Analyst
2 73 (8.99%) Lead
3 69 (8.50%) Architect
4 67 (8.25%) Support Engineer
5 62 (7.64%) Business Analyst
6 55 (6.77%) Consultant
7 52 (6.40%) Senior
8 48 (5.91%) IT Support
9 45 (5.54%) IT Engineer
10 38 (4.68%) Asset Management Analyst
11 37 (4.56%) Developer
12 33 (4.06%) IT Support Engineer
13 31 (3.82%) Data Analyst
13 31 (3.82%) Data Engineer
14 24 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (2.83%) Project Manager
16 21 (2.59%) Desktop Support
16 21 (2.59%) IT Analyst
17 20 (2.46%) Desktop Engineer
18 19 (2.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.97%) Terraform
2 15 (1.85%) REST
3 14 (1.72%) React
4 11 (1.35%) Node.js
5 10 (1.23%) Redfish
6 9 (1.11%) .NET
6 9 (1.11%) XML
7 8 (0.99%) Playwright
7 8 (0.99%) Redux
8 7 (0.86%) Kafka
8 7 (0.86%) Middleware
9 6 (0.74%) JSON
9 6 (0.74%) RESTful
9 6 (0.74%) Web Services
10 5 (0.62%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.49%) ADO
11 4 (0.49%) Azure Blueprints
11 4 (0.49%) PySpark
11 4 (0.49%) SOAP
12 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.34%) Onboarding
2 69 (8.50%) CMDB
3 48 (5.91%) Management Information System
4 33 (4.06%) Fixed Income
5 28 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.33%) Equities
7 26 (3.20%) Derivative
8 25 (3.08%) Cloud Native
8 25 (3.08%) Video Conferencing
9 23 (2.83%) Data Structures
10 21 (2.59%) Data Centre
10 21 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (2.22%) Operational Technology
12 17 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.97%) Driving Licence
14 15 (1.85%) Hedge funds
15 14 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
17 12 (1.48%) Smartphone
18 9 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 137 (16.87%) Windows
2 39 (4.80%) Windows 10
3 33 (4.06%) Linux
4 20 (2.46%) Mac OS
5 17 (2.09%) Windows Server
6 14 (1.72%) Android
7 6 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.62%) SUSE
9 4 (0.49%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.49%) Unix
9 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.37%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.12%) CentOS
12 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (18.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 114 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (13.30%) Agile
4 102 (12.56%) ITIL
5 98 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (11.58%) Validation
7 86 (10.59%) IT Asset Management
7 86 (10.59%) ITSM
8 78 (9.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 75 (9.24%) Migration
10 72 (8.87%) Analytics
10 72 (8.87%) Data Modelling
11 66 (8.13%) Business Intelligence
12 62 (7.64%) Customer Service
13 60 (7.39%) Decision-Making
14 58 (7.14%) Roadmaps
15 56 (6.90%) AI
16 54 (6.65%) Data Governance
17 53 (6.53%) Investment Management
18 52 (6.40%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (10.47%) SQL
2 78 (9.61%) Python
3 20 (2.46%) Java
4 19 (2.34%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.09%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.97%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.48%) C#
8 6 (0.74%) Perl
9 5 (0.62%) Bicep
10 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.49%) Bash
10 4 (0.49%) Korn
10 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.37%) Scala
11 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.25%) Swift
12 2 (0.25%) VB
13 1 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 107 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 80 (9.85%) SC Cleared
3 68 (8.37%) Degree
4 18 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.99%) A+ Certification
7 8 (0.99%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.74%) PMP
8 6 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (0.62%) CISSP
10 4 (0.49%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.49%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.37%) IIBA
11 3 (0.37%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (10.47%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.82%) QA
2 31 (3.82%) SLA
3 11 (1.35%) GDPR
4 7 (0.86%) GRC
5 6 (0.74%) ISO 19650
6 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.62%) PMO
7 4 (0.49%) EMIR
7 4 (0.49%) GMP
7 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.49%) NIST
8 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.37%) GxP
8 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 2 (0.25%) COBIT
9 2 (0.25%) GAAP
9 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (9.73%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.60%) Firmware
3 8 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.25%) Docker
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.12%) KVM
7 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 46 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (4.19%) SCCM
3 11 (1.35%) Dell DRAC
4 9 (1.11%) Ansible
5 4 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.37%) Grafana
6 3 (0.37%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.25%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.25%) Control-M
7 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.12%) Autotask
8 1 (0.12%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.12%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.12%) MOM
8 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.12%) SCOM
8 1 (0.12%) ServiceCenter
8 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 209 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 123 (15.15%) ServiceNow
3 69 (8.50%) SAP
4 24 (2.96%) Google
5 20 (2.46%) Databricks
5 20 (2.46%) HP
5 20 (2.46%) IBM
5 20 (2.46%) Oracle
6 19 (2.34%) Apple
7 17 (2.09%) Snow
8 16 (1.97%) Cisco
9 15 (1.85%) Charles River
10 13 (1.60%) VMware
11 12 (1.48%) Adobe
11 12 (1.48%) Salesforce
12 11 (1.35%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.11%) Samsung
14 8 (0.99%) Dell
14 8 (0.99%) Murex
14 8 (0.99%) Remedy