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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 91 78
Rank change year-on-year -61 -13 +45
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 815 766 905
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.79% 2.80% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 3.08% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 497 741
10th Percentile £190 £200 £313
25th Percentile £313 £388 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £600 £688
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -12.73% +14.58%
75th Percentile £619 £825 £850
90th Percentile £717 £875 £888
UK median daily rate £475 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -17.39% -14.81% +17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 114 25
10th Percentile £15.38 £18.51 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.01 - £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 £29.07 £20.40 £34.00
UK median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +2.44% +4.08% -9.98%

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 38,700 24,856 28,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,864 15,818 18,112
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 £631 £625 £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 2,605 1,463 1,438
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.56
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -60 412 £575 -17.86% 731
Midlands -5 105 £388 +24.00% 42
North of England -49 96 £400 +5.26% 83
South East -57 93 £400 -29.20% 128
West Midlands -7 79 £400 +28.00% 32
Yorkshire -12 60 £400 +5.26% 28
East of England -20 51 £290 -25.16% 41
South West -44 44 £350 +8.53% 49
North West -43 37 £400 +6.67% 50
East Midlands +2 26 £200 - 10
North East -45 4 - - 6
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 43 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.09%) Confluence
3 15 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.23%) CMS
5 7 (0.86%) 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 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.74%) Navisworks
5 6 (0.74%) ProjectWise
5 6 (0.74%) Revit
6 5 (0.61%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.25%) InDesign
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 47 (5.77%) Aladdin
2 27 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 26 (3.19%) SAP PM
4 17 (2.09%) Maximo
5 13 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.98%) NEC Housing
6 8 (0.98%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.74%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.61%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.49%) Front Arena
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.49%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.49%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.49%) SAP PS
9 4 (0.49%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.37%) Cloudability
10 3 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 127 (15.58%) Azure
2 83 (10.18%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (8.83%) Power Platform
4 71 (8.71%) AWS
5 44 (5.40%) Entra ID
6 41 (5.03%) Snowflake
7 25 (3.07%) GCP
8 23 (2.82%) SaaS
9 20 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 16 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (1.96%) dbt
10 16 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.84%) GitHub
11 15 (1.84%) Serverless
12 12 (1.47%) OneDrive
13 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (0.86%) Anthropic Claude
15 7 (0.86%) Azure Storage
15 7 (0.86%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (2.70%) VPN
3 16 (1.96%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.47%) LAN
5 10 (1.23%) DNS
6 8 (0.98%) DHCP
6 8 (0.98%) SAN
6 8 (0.98%) WAN
6 8 (0.98%) WebEx
7 7 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
7 7 (0.86%) Firewall
7 7 (0.86%) HTTP
8 6 (0.74%) Network Security
8 6 (0.74%) SSL
9 4 (0.49%) Internet
9 4 (0.49%) Value-Added Service
10 3 (0.37%) DMZ
10 3 (0.37%) VoIP
10 3 (0.37%) Wireless
11 2 (0.25%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.10%) Power BI
2 25 (3.07%) Metadata
3 19 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.23%) Tableau
5 9 (1.10%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.10%) GIS
6 7 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (0.74%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.49%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.37%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (6.13%) JIRA
2 10 (1.23%) Git
3 6 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.61%) JMeter
5 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.49%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.37%) GitLab
6 3 (0.37%) Selenium
7 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.25%) MSI
7 2 (0.25%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.12%) Appium
8 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.12%) git-flow
8 1 (0.12%) Mockito
8 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 297 (36.44%) Finance
2 279 (34.23%) Social Skills
3 105 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (7.98%) Banking
5 49 (6.01%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (4.54%) Front Office
6 37 (4.54%) Public Sector
7 32 (3.93%) Manufacturing
8 30 (3.68%) Investment Banking
9 23 (2.82%) Legal
10 21 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.58%) Local Government
11 18 (2.21%) Law
11 18 (2.21%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.09%) Back Office
12 17 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.60%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.47%) Military
15 11 (1.35%) Marketing
16 10 (1.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 153 (18.77%) Analyst
2 78 (9.57%) Architect
3 72 (8.83%) Support Engineer
4 65 (7.98%) Business Analyst
4 65 (7.98%) Lead
5 59 (7.24%) Consultant
6 50 (6.13%) IT Support
7 49 (6.01%) Senior
8 46 (5.64%) IT Engineer
9 41 (5.03%) Asset Management Analyst
10 35 (4.29%) IT Support Engineer
11 33 (4.05%) Data Analyst
12 32 (3.93%) Data Engineer
13 30 (3.68%) Developer
14 27 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (2.82%) ServiceNow Architect
16 22 (2.70%) Project Manager
17 21 (2.58%) Desktop Engineer
17 21 (2.58%) Desktop Support
17 21 (2.58%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.09%) Terraform
2 16 (1.96%) REST
3 12 (1.47%) .NET
4 9 (1.10%) React
4 9 (1.10%) XML
5 7 (0.86%) Middleware
5 7 (0.86%) Redfish
5 7 (0.86%) RESTful
5 7 (0.86%) Web Services
6 6 (0.74%) JSON
6 6 (0.74%) Playwright
7 5 (0.61%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.61%) Kafka
7 5 (0.61%) PySpark
8 4 (0.49%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.49%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.49%) Node.js
8 4 (0.49%) SOAP
9 3 (0.37%) ADO
9 3 (0.37%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 83 (10.18%) Onboarding
2 76 (9.33%) CMDB
3 47 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.44%) Product Ownership
5 27 (3.31%) Cloud Native
5 27 (3.31%) Fixed Income
6 26 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (3.19%) Video Conferencing
7 21 (2.58%) Data Structures
8 20 (2.45%) Derivative
9 19 (2.33%) Equities
10 18 (2.21%) Data Centre
11 17 (2.09%) Operational Technology
12 16 (1.96%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (1.84%) Hedge funds
14 13 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.47%) Smartphone
16 9 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 139 (17.06%) Windows
2 40 (4.91%) Windows 10
3 28 (3.44%) Linux
4 20 (2.45%) Mac OS
5 16 (1.96%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.84%) Android
7 6 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.61%) SUSE
8 5 (0.61%) Unix
9 4 (0.49%) Alpine Linux
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
1 161 (19.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 116 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (12.27%) ITIL
4 99 (12.15%) Agile
5 98 (12.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 98 (12.02%) Validation
6 90 (11.04%) ITSM
7 85 (10.43%) IT Asset Management
8 80 (9.82%) Migration
9 79 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 77 (9.45%) Data Modelling
11 76 (9.33%) Analytics
12 69 (8.47%) AI
13 68 (8.34%) Customer Service
14 67 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
15 63 (7.73%) Data Governance
16 60 (7.36%) Decision-Making
17 59 (7.24%) Roadmaps
18 57 (6.99%) Service Management
19 53 (6.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 92 (11.29%) SQL
2 74 (9.08%) Python
3 20 (2.45%) Java
4 18 (2.21%) PowerShell
5 13 (1.60%) C#
6 11 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.10%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.86%) Perl
9 5 (0.61%) Bash
9 5 (0.61%) Bicep
9 5 (0.61%) Korn
9 5 (0.61%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.37%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.37%) Scala
12 2 (0.25%) Swift
12 2 (0.25%) VB
13 1 (0.12%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 114 (13.99%) Security Cleared
2 88 (10.80%) SC Cleared
3 64 (7.85%) Degree
4 18 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.98%) A+ Certification
7 8 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 7 (0.86%) PMP
9 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (0.61%) CISSP
11 4 (0.49%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.49%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.37%) IIBA
12 3 (0.37%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (12.02%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.80%) QA
3 28 (3.44%) SLA
4 11 (1.35%) GDPR
5 6 (0.74%) GRC
5 6 (0.74%) ISO 19650
6 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.61%) 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 82 (10.06%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.23%) Firmware
3 8 (0.98%) 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
Systems Management
1 48 (5.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (4.29%) SCCM
3 10 (1.23%) Ansible
4 8 (0.98%) Dell DRAC
5 4 (0.49%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.25%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.25%) Control-M
7 2 (0.25%) Grafana
7 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
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%) ServiceCenter
8 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 218 (26.75%) Microsoft
2 124 (15.21%) ServiceNow
3 70 (8.59%) SAP
4 24 (2.94%) Google
5 21 (2.58%) Databricks
6 20 (2.45%) HP
7 19 (2.33%) Apple
7 19 (2.33%) IBM
8 18 (2.21%) Oracle
9 17 (2.09%) Cisco
10 16 (1.96%) Snow
11 14 (1.72%) Charles River
12 13 (1.60%) Adobe
12 13 (1.60%) Bloomberg
13 12 (1.47%) VMware
14 10 (1.23%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.23%) Samsung
15 9 (1.10%) Autodesk
15 9 (1.10%) Murex
16 8 (0.98%) NEC