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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 113 100
Rank change year-on-year -30 -13 +34
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 664 633 837
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.87% 2.46% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 2.73% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 488 628
10th Percentile £166 £250 £188
25th Percentile £300 £470 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £593
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.49% +5.57%
75th Percentile £638 £788 £750
90th Percentile £825 £863 £800
UK median daily rate £475 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -20.83% +1.69% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 19 57
10th Percentile £15.07 £16.07 £13.12
25th Percentile £15.62 £18.51 £16.50
Median hourly rate £18.50 £21.01 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% +5.05% +8.11%
75th Percentile £19.40 £24.09 £33.75
90th Percentile £46.00 £25.04 £40.00
UK median hourly rate £18.50 £21.01 £18.04
% change year-on-year -11.95% +16.48% -2.50%

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 30,906 23,179 32,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.22% 90.17% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,822 14,560 21,758
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £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 1,906 762 2,042
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.23
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +2.25% -2.20%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.94
90th Percentile £72.52 £75.23 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -15.38% -1.71% -5.53%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -70 319 £550 -18.52% 51
South East +11 95 £450 -5.26% 33
North of England -58 71 £313 -14.25% 32
South West +23 70 £325 -26.55% 19
East of England +16 55 £550 +175.00% 14
North West -27 45 £385 -3.75% 15
Midlands -36 42 £325 -27.78% 9
West Midlands -46 25 £369 -24.36% 7
Yorkshire -68 18 £333 +35.71% 16
East Midlands -10 17 £200 -43.00% 2
North East -10 8 £106 -81.57% 1
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 9 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.20%) Confluence
3 7 (1.05%) ArcGIS
3 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.75%) Apache
5 4 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Appian
7 1 (0.15%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.45%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.15%) Maya
7 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (4.22%) Aladdin
1 28 (4.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (3.16%) Maximo
3 15 (2.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
5 11 (1.66%) SAP PM
6 7 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.60%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.30%) Bloomberg AIM
9 2 (0.30%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.30%) SAP EHS
9 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.30%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 66 (9.94%) Azure
2 63 (9.49%) AWS
3 46 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (6.17%) Snowflake
5 39 (5.87%) Power Platform
6 33 (4.97%) GCP
7 19 (2.86%) SaaS
8 16 (2.41%) Amazon S3
9 14 (2.11%) Serverless
10 13 (1.96%) dbt
10 13 (1.96%) OCI
11 11 (1.66%) Entra ID
12 10 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.05%) AWS Step Functions
15 6 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.90%) GitHub
16 5 (0.75%) PaaS
16 5 (0.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.92%) VPN
2 19 (2.86%) Wireless
3 12 (1.81%) LAN
4 11 (1.66%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.36%) WAN
6 6 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.75%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.75%) Firewall
7 5 (0.75%) InfiniBand
7 5 (0.75%) NetScaler
7 5 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (0.60%) DHCP
8 4 (0.60%) DNS
8 4 (0.60%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (0.60%) MPLS
8 4 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.30%) Network Security
10 1 (0.15%) SMS
10 1 (0.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.97%) Power BI
2 18 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
5 11 (1.66%) Tableau
6 10 (1.51%) GIS
7 9 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.05%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.05%) Dremio
8 7 (1.05%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.05%) Metadata
8 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.90%) Apache Arrow
9 6 (0.90%) Apache Iceberg
9 6 (0.90%) DB2
10 5 (0.75%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (4.67%) JIRA
2 14 (2.11%) SpecFlow
3 10 (1.51%) Git
4 4 (0.60%) GitLab
4 4 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.45%) Jasmine
6 2 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Hudson
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
7 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.15%) WinAutomation
General
1 230 (34.64%) Finance
1 230 (34.64%) Social Skills
2 75 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (8.73%) Banking
4 55 (8.28%) Organisational Skills
5 43 (6.48%) Front Office
6 38 (5.72%) Public Sector
7 35 (5.27%) Investment Banking
8 22 (3.31%) Legal
9 18 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.41%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.26%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.96%) Marketing
14 11 (1.66%) Law
14 11 (1.66%) Retail Banking
15 10 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.51%) Local Government
15 10 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.36%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 134 (20.18%) Analyst
2 69 (10.39%) IT Support
3 56 (8.43%) Lead
4 50 (7.53%) Business Analyst
5 49 (7.38%) IT Engineer
6 48 (7.23%) Support Engineer
7 45 (6.78%) Asset Management Analyst
8 40 (6.02%) Developer
8 40 (6.02%) Senior
9 38 (5.72%) Architect
10 35 (5.27%) IT Support Engineer
10 35 (5.27%) Technical Support
11 31 (4.67%) Project Manager
12 28 (4.22%) Support Analyst
13 27 (4.07%) Data Analyst
14 26 (3.92%) Consultant
15 21 (3.16%) Asset Management Business Analyst
15 21 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (3.01%) Data Engineer
17 18 (2.71%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.86%) Node.js
2 18 (2.71%) React
3 17 (2.56%) Playwright
3 17 (2.56%) REST
4 14 (2.11%) AngularJS
5 12 (1.81%) Redux
6 8 (1.20%) CSS
6 8 (1.20%) HTML
6 8 (1.20%) NumPy
6 8 (1.20%) Pandas
6 8 (1.20%) XML
7 7 (1.05%) SOAP
7 7 (1.05%) Spring
7 7 (1.05%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.90%) .NET
8 6 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.90%) SciPy
9 5 (0.75%) HTML5
9 5 (0.75%) RESTful
9 5 (0.75%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.23%) CMDB
2 43 (6.48%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.97%) Driving Licence
4 32 (4.82%) Equities
4 32 (4.82%) Fixed Income
5 24 (3.61%) Derivative
6 22 (3.31%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.16%) Management Information System
8 18 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (2.56%) Data Structures
10 16 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.81%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.36%) Data Centre
15 7 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (1.05%) Hedge funds
15 7 (1.05%) NHS
16 6 (0.90%) IoT
16 6 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 86 (12.95%) Windows
2 26 (3.92%) Windows 10
3 25 (3.77%) Linux
4 17 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.26%) Mac OS
5 15 (2.26%) Unix
6 6 (0.90%) AIX
6 6 (0.90%) Android
6 6 (0.90%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.60%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.60%) Windows 8
8 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (14.76%) Agile
3 95 (14.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 79 (11.90%) Migration
5 73 (10.99%) Customer Service
6 70 (10.54%) IT Asset Management
7 65 (9.79%) ITIL
8 59 (8.89%) Investment Management
9 58 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 52 (7.83%) ITSM
11 52 (7.83%) User Acceptance Testing
12 46 (6.93%) Roadmaps
13 42 (6.33%) Data Modelling
14 41 (6.17%) Workflow
15 40 (6.02%) Business Intelligence
16 38 (5.72%) Project Management
16 38 (5.72%) Ticket Management
17 35 (5.27%) Configuration Management
17 35 (5.27%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 91 (13.70%) SQL
2 66 (9.94%) Python
3 48 (7.23%) JavaScript
4 38 (5.72%) TypeScript
5 22 (3.31%) Java
6 17 (2.56%) C#
7 14 (2.11%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.66%) Bash
9 5 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.30%) Jython
11 2 (0.30%) R
11 2 (0.30%) Scala
12 1 (0.15%) ABAP
12 1 (0.15%) Bicep
12 1 (0.15%) Go
12 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.15%) VB
12 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 120 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 94 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 42 (6.33%) Degree
4 7 (1.05%) DV Cleared
5 6 (0.90%) ECDL
6 5 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.60%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.60%) PMP
7 4 (0.60%) RIBA
8 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.15%) CFA
10 1 (0.15%) Dell Certification
10 1 (0.15%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.12%) SLA
2 30 (4.52%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.71%) QA
4 11 (1.66%) GDPR
5 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.90%) NIST
6 5 (0.75%) GRC
6 5 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 4 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.60%) PMO
7 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.45%) IFRS
8 3 (0.45%) MiFID
9 2 (0.30%) Basel III
9 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.30%) GAAP
9 2 (0.30%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 54 (8.13%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.90%) Hyper-V
2 6 (0.90%) KVM
2 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.60%) Docker
4 3 (0.45%) Firmware
4 3 (0.45%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (3.77%) SCCM
2 14 (2.11%) Terraform
3 11 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.20%) Ansible
5 8 (1.20%) IBM BigFix
6 7 (1.05%) Grafana
6 7 (1.05%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.90%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.60%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.60%) Salt
9 2 (0.30%) Control-M
9 2 (0.30%) Nessus
9 2 (0.30%) Puppet
9 2 (0.30%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.15%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 113 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 86 (12.95%) ServiceNow
3 43 (6.48%) SAP
4 28 (4.22%) IBM
5 23 (3.46%) Oracle
6 22 (3.31%) Databricks
7 19 (2.86%) HP
8 16 (2.41%) Charles River
9 13 (1.96%) Dell
9 13 (1.96%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.66%) Computacenter
10 11 (1.66%) Snow
11 9 (1.36%) Adobe
11 9 (1.36%) Splunk
12 8 (1.20%) Cisco
13 7 (1.05%) Workday
14 6 (0.90%) Aruba
14 6 (0.90%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.75%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.75%) ESRI