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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 90 78
Rank change year-on-year -68 -12 +45
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 789 785 910
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 2.84% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 3.13% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 524 750
10th Percentile £190 £202 £300
25th Percentile £318 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £600 £688
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% -12.73% +17.52%
75th Percentile £624 £825 £850
90th Percentile £738 £875 £888
UK median daily rate £475 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -17.39% -14.81% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 105 26
10th Percentile £15.89 £18.51 -
25th Percentile £17.72 - £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £18.87 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +11.29% +4.08% -9.98%
75th Percentile £24.29 - £31.00
90th Percentile £28.07 £21.01 £35.00
UK median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +2.44% +4.08% -7.03%

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 38,785 25,097 28,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,091 16,007 18,621
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,429 1,649
10th Percentile £14.48 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -60 396 £583 -16.79% 306
North of England -28 108 £400 - 64
Midlands -10 95 £375 +20.00% 47
South East -58 91 £400 -28.89% 91
West Midlands -21 72 £400 +28.00% 38
Yorkshire -10 65 £375 -6.25% 20
South West -45 45 £350 -5.41% 39
North West -29 44 £400 - 39
East of England -23 42 £358 +19.33% 23
East Midlands -5 23 £238 - 9
North East -43 4 - - 5
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 38 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.53%) Confluence
3 15 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.89%) CMS
5 6 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.13%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.13%) Predix
Applications
1 36 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.76%) Navisworks
6 6 (0.76%) ProjectWise
6 6 (0.76%) Revit
7 5 (0.63%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.25%) InDesign
10 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.13%) Maya
10 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 42 (5.32%) Aladdin
2 25 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (2.66%) SAP PM
4 16 (2.03%) Maximo
5 9 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.89%) NEC Housing
6 7 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.76%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.63%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.51%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.38%) Front Arena
11 2 (0.25%) Global One
11 2 (0.25%) Remedy AR System
11 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
11 2 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 2 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
11 2 (0.25%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 123 (15.59%) Azure
2 74 (9.38%) AWS
3 72 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 41 (5.20%) Entra ID
6 37 (4.69%) Snowflake
7 30 (3.80%) GCP
8 24 (3.04%) SaaS
9 18 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (1.90%) GitHub
11 14 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.65%) dbt
12 13 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.39%) OneDrive
14 10 (1.27%) Serverless
15 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
17 6 (0.76%) Amazon S3
17 6 (0.76%) Anthropic Claude
17 6 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (2.79%) VPN
3 15 (1.90%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.39%) LAN
5 10 (1.27%) DNS
6 9 (1.14%) SAN
7 8 (1.01%) DHCP
7 8 (1.01%) WAN
7 8 (1.01%) WebEx
8 7 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (0.89%) Firewall
8 7 (0.89%) HTTP
8 7 (0.89%) Network Security
9 6 (0.76%) SSL
10 5 (0.63%) Internet
10 5 (0.63%) Wireless
11 4 (0.51%) VoIP
12 3 (0.38%) DMZ
12 3 (0.38%) MPLS
12 3 (0.38%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (7.48%) Power BI
2 17 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (2.15%) Metadata
2 17 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.14%) Data Lake
3 9 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.14%) Tableau
4 8 (1.01%) GIS
5 6 (0.76%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
6 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.51%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.38%) Db2
8 3 (0.38%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.38%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 55 (6.97%) JIRA
2 13 (1.65%) Git
3 7 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.63%) JMeter
5 4 (0.51%) GitLab
5 4 (0.51%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.38%) Selenium
6 3 (0.38%) 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 (0.13%) Appium
8 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.13%) XCUITest
General
1 303 (38.40%) Finance
2 266 (33.71%) Social Skills
3 93 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.13%) Banking
5 40 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (4.82%) Front Office
7 35 (4.44%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.31%) Investment Banking
9 25 (3.17%) Public Sector
10 24 (3.04%) Legal
11 19 (2.41%) Law
12 18 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (2.15%) Back Office
13 17 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (2.03%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.90%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.77%) Local Government
17 13 (1.65%) Marketing
18 10 (1.27%) Military
18 10 (1.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 133 (16.86%) Analyst
2 69 (8.75%) Lead
3 65 (8.24%) Support Engineer
4 64 (8.11%) Architect
5 57 (7.22%) Business Analyst
6 52 (6.59%) Senior
7 51 (6.46%) Consultant
8 46 (5.83%) IT Support
9 44 (5.58%) IT Engineer
10 37 (4.69%) Developer
11 34 (4.31%) Asset Management Analyst
12 33 (4.18%) IT Support Engineer
13 32 (4.06%) Data Engineer
14 27 (3.42%) Data Analyst
15 26 (3.30%) Project Manager
16 24 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
17 22 (2.79%) Desktop Support
18 21 (2.66%) Desktop Engineer
18 21 (2.66%) IT Analyst
19 20 (2.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.03%) REST
2 14 (1.77%) React
3 11 (1.39%) Node.js
4 10 (1.27%) Redfish
5 9 (1.14%) XML
6 8 (1.01%) .NET
6 8 (1.01%) Kafka
6 8 (1.01%) Playwright
6 8 (1.01%) Redux
7 7 (0.89%) Middleware
8 6 (0.76%) JSON
8 6 (0.76%) RESTful
8 6 (0.76%) Web Services
9 5 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.51%) ADO
10 4 (0.51%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.51%) PySpark
10 4 (0.51%) SOAP
11 3 (0.38%) Software Packaging
11 3 (0.38%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 82 (10.39%) Onboarding
2 67 (8.49%) CMDB
3 48 (6.08%) Management Information System
4 32 (4.06%) Fixed Income
5 27 (3.42%) Equities
6 26 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 25 (3.17%) Derivative
8 24 (3.04%) Cloud Native
8 24 (3.04%) Data Structures
8 24 (3.04%) Video Conferencing
9 22 (2.79%) Data Centre
9 22 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
10 19 (2.41%) Operational Technology
11 17 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.90%) Hedge funds
13 14 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.65%) Driving Licence
15 11 (1.39%) Smartphone
16 10 (1.27%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 130 (16.48%) Windows
2 37 (4.69%) Linux
2 37 (4.69%) Windows 10
3 20 (2.53%) Mac OS
4 19 (2.41%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.65%) Android
6 8 (1.01%) Unix
7 5 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.63%) SUSE
7 5 (0.63%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.51%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.38%) AIX
10 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) CentOS
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 108 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (12.93%) Agile
4 101 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 96 (12.17%) ITIL
6 88 (11.15%) IT Asset Management
6 88 (11.15%) ITSM
6 88 (11.15%) Validation
7 76 (9.63%) Migration
8 75 (9.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 73 (9.25%) Data Modelling
10 71 (9.00%) Analytics
11 63 (7.98%) Roadmaps
12 60 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
12 60 (7.60%) Customer Service
13 58 (7.35%) AI
14 55 (6.97%) Decision-Making
15 53 (6.72%) Inventory Management
16 52 (6.59%) Data Governance
17 50 (6.34%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (10.77%) SQL
2 78 (9.89%) Python
3 21 (2.66%) Java
4 20 (2.53%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.28%) PowerShell
6 16 (2.03%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.39%) C#
8 6 (0.76%) Bash
8 6 (0.76%) Perl
9 5 (0.63%) Bicep
10 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.51%) Korn
10 4 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.38%) Scala
11 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.25%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.25%) Swift
12 2 (0.25%) VB
13 1 (0.13%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 102 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 76 (9.63%) SC Cleared
3 67 (8.49%) Degree
4 19 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.01%) A+ Certification
6 8 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (1.01%) PMI Certification
7 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (0.63%) CISSP
8 5 (0.63%) PMP
9 4 (0.51%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.38%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.38%) IIBA
10 3 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.38%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.38%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.01%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.93%) QA
3 29 (3.68%) SLA
4 10 (1.27%) GDPR
5 8 (1.01%) GRC
6 6 (0.76%) ISO 19650
7 4 (0.51%) EMIR
7 4 (0.51%) GMP
7 4 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.51%) NIST
7 4 (0.51%) PMO
8 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.38%) GxP
9 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.25%) IFRS
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.39%) Firmware
3 7 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.38%) Docker
5 3 (0.38%) KVM
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 44 (5.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (4.18%) SCCM
3 16 (2.03%) Terraform
4 11 (1.39%) Dell DRAC
5 10 (1.27%) Ansible
6 5 (0.63%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.51%) Grafana
7 4 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.38%) IBM BigFix
8 3 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.25%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.25%) Control-M
9 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.25%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Autotask
10 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.13%) MobiControl
10 1 (0.13%) MOM
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 195 (24.71%) Microsoft
2 123 (15.59%) ServiceNow
3 64 (8.11%) SAP
4 21 (2.66%) Google
4 21 (2.66%) IBM
5 20 (2.53%) Oracle
6 18 (2.28%) Apple
6 18 (2.28%) Databricks
6 18 (2.28%) HP
7 17 (2.15%) Cisco
8 16 (2.03%) Snow
9 15 (1.90%) Charles River
10 13 (1.65%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.39%) Adobe
11 11 (1.39%) VMware
12 10 (1.27%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.14%) Murex
13 9 (1.14%) Samsung
14 8 (1.01%) Autodesk
14 8 (1.01%) Remedy