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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 107 86
Rank change year-on-year -44 -21 +41
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 863 718 874
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.85% 2.57% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 2.82% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 442 697
10th Percentile £190 £200 £275
25th Percentile £325 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £621 £825 £850
90th Percentile £738 £873 £888
UK median daily rate £488 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -15.22% -14.81% +17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 126 24
10th Percentile £15.89 £17.96 -
25th Percentile £18.33 £18.60 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.20 £18.87 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +4.08% -4.58%
75th Percentile £29.07 - £29.13
90th Percentile £111.25 - £32.05
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +11.29% +4.08% -4.58%

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 39,430 25,460 28,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 90.97% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,919 16,157 17,165
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,918 1,560 1,201
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.28 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -47 410 £575 -17.86% 882
South East -35 112 £450 -16.28% 150
Midlands -1 104 £400 -17.95% 76
North of England -28 103 £400 +5.26% 133
West Midlands +10 81 £413 -21.43% 44
East of England -14 72 £358 -10.50% 69
Yorkshire -5 58 £400 +5.26% 47
North West -27 46 £400 -16.23% 74
South West -46 41 £350 +55.56% 77
East Midlands -3 23 £275 +44.74% 32
North East -43 4 - - 13
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 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.74%) Confluence
3 13 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.27%) CMS
5 4 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) CIMPLICITY
8 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.12%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) Predix
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.93%) Navisworks
4 8 (0.93%) ProjectWise
4 8 (0.93%) Revit
5 7 (0.81%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 42 (4.87%) Aladdin
2 27 (3.13%) SAP PM
3 25 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 19 (2.20%) Maximo
5 12 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 11 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
7 8 (0.93%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 8 (0.93%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.93%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.58%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.58%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.58%) SAP PS
8 5 (0.58%) SAP QM
8 5 (0.58%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.46%) Front Arena
9 4 (0.46%) Summit
10 3 (0.35%) Cloudability
10 3 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.23%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 116 (13.44%) Azure
2 98 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (9.15%) Power Platform
4 62 (7.18%) AWS
5 52 (6.03%) Entra ID
6 39 (4.52%) Snowflake
7 29 (3.36%) SaaS
8 28 (3.24%) GCP
9 19 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (1.74%) GitHub
11 15 (1.74%) Serverless
12 14 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (1.39%) dbt
13 12 (1.39%) OneDrive
14 10 (1.16%) GitHub Copilot
14 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (0.93%) Amazon S3
16 7 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
16 7 (0.81%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (2.09%) VPN
3 14 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.27%) SAN
5 10 (1.16%) LAN
5 10 (1.16%) WebEx
6 9 (1.04%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (0.93%) DNS
7 8 (0.93%) HTTP
8 7 (0.81%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.81%) Firewall
9 6 (0.70%) DHCP
9 6 (0.70%) Network Security
9 6 (0.70%) SSL
9 6 (0.70%) WAN
10 5 (0.58%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (0.46%) Internet
11 4 (0.46%) VoIP
11 4 (0.46%) Wireless
12 3 (0.35%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.00%) Power BI
2 25 (2.90%) Metadata
3 16 (1.85%) GIS
4 15 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.16%) Tableau
6 8 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
7 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.81%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.81%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.70%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.58%) Looker
9 5 (0.58%) MS Access
9 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.35%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 44 (5.10%) JIRA
2 10 (1.16%) Git
3 4 (0.46%) JMeter
3 4 (0.46%) LoadRunner
3 4 (0.46%) MSI
4 2 (0.23%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.23%) GitLab
4 2 (0.23%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.23%) Selenium
4 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.23%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.12%) Mockito
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 305 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 292 (33.84%) Finance
3 116 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (7.76%) Banking
5 49 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (4.75%) Public Sector
7 40 (4.63%) Manufacturing
8 33 (3.82%) Front Office
9 28 (3.24%) Investment Banking
10 26 (3.01%) Legal
11 25 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.78%) Local Government
13 17 (1.97%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.62%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.62%) Law
15 13 (1.51%) Back Office
16 12 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.27%) Aerospace
17 11 (1.27%) Retail
18 10 (1.16%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 165 (19.12%) Analyst
2 76 (8.81%) Architect
3 72 (8.34%) Support Engineer
4 71 (8.23%) Lead
5 70 (8.11%) Business Analyst
6 60 (6.95%) Consultant
7 53 (6.14%) IT Support
8 52 (6.03%) Senior
9 48 (5.56%) IT Engineer
10 46 (5.33%) Asset Management Analyst
11 38 (4.40%) IT Support Engineer
12 33 (3.82%) Data Analyst
13 29 (3.36%) Developer
14 27 (3.13%) Data Engineer
15 24 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.55%) ServiceNow Architect
17 21 (2.43%) Project Manager
18 20 (2.32%) Administrator
18 20 (2.32%) Desktop Support
18 20 (2.32%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.43%) REST
2 16 (1.85%) XML
3 14 (1.62%) Terraform
4 13 (1.51%) .NET
5 12 (1.39%) React
6 8 (0.93%) JSON
6 8 (0.93%) Web Services
7 7 (0.81%) AngularJS
7 7 (0.81%) Node.js
8 6 (0.70%) RESTful
8 6 (0.70%) SOAP
9 5 (0.58%) PySpark
9 5 (0.58%) Redfish
10 4 (0.46%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.46%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.46%) Middleware
11 3 (0.35%) Gherkin
11 3 (0.35%) HTML
11 3 (0.35%) Kafka
11 3 (0.35%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.43%) Onboarding
2 85 (9.85%) CMDB
3 53 (6.14%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 24 (2.78%) Fixed Income
6 24 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
7 23 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
8 20 (2.32%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.20%) Data Structures
9 19 (2.20%) Hedge funds
10 18 (2.09%) Driving Licence
10 18 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (2.09%) Operational Technology
11 16 (1.85%) Derivative
11 16 (1.85%) Equities
11 16 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.39%) Smartphone
13 11 (1.27%) SCADA
14 9 (1.04%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 142 (16.45%) Windows
2 39 (4.52%) Windows 10
3 24 (2.78%) Linux
4 22 (2.55%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.97%) Android
6 14 (1.62%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.58%) SUSE
7 5 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.58%) Unix
8 4 (0.46%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.35%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (21.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 119 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (12.28%) ITSM
5 105 (12.17%) ITIL
6 103 (11.94%) Validation
7 97 (11.24%) IT Asset Management
8 91 (10.54%) Agile
9 84 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 82 (9.50%) Migration
11 80 (9.27%) AI
12 77 (8.92%) Data Modelling
13 73 (8.46%) Business Intelligence
14 71 (8.23%) Analytics
14 71 (8.23%) Customer Service
15 69 (8.00%) Service Management
16 64 (7.42%) Decision-Making
17 63 (7.30%) Data Governance
18 61 (7.07%) Roadmaps
19 58 (6.72%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (11.01%) SQL
2 74 (8.57%) Python
3 21 (2.43%) PowerShell
4 19 (2.20%) Java
5 14 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.39%) C#
7 11 (1.27%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.81%) Korn
8 7 (0.81%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.70%) Bash
10 5 (0.58%) Bicep
10 5 (0.58%) Perl
11 4 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.23%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.12%) Scala
13 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 134 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 105 (12.17%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.76%) Degree
4 23 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (1.16%) A+ Certification
7 9 (1.04%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.04%) PMP
8 7 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.58%) CISSP
10 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.46%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.46%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.46%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.23%) CCNP
13 2 (0.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (12.28%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.17%) QA
3 30 (3.48%) SLA
4 9 (1.04%) GDPR
5 8 (0.93%) GRC
5 8 (0.93%) ISO 19650
6 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.70%) PMO
7 4 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.46%) EMIR
7 4 (0.46%) GMP
7 4 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.46%) NIST
8 3 (0.35%) GxP
8 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 2 (0.23%) COBIT
9 2 (0.23%) COSHH
9 2 (0.23%) GAAP
9 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (9.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.93%) Firmware
2 8 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.35%) Docker
4 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.12%) KVM
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (4.29%) SCCM
3 10 (1.16%) Ansible
4 6 (0.70%) Dell DRAC
5 4 (0.46%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.23%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.12%) Autotask
7 1 (0.12%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.12%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.12%) MOM
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 241 (27.93%) Microsoft
2 134 (15.53%) ServiceNow
3 71 (8.23%) SAP
4 30 (3.48%) Google
5 23 (2.67%) IBM
6 21 (2.43%) Snow
7 19 (2.20%) Apple
7 19 (2.20%) Oracle
8 18 (2.09%) Cisco
8 18 (2.09%) Databricks
8 18 (2.09%) HP
9 14 (1.62%) Bloomberg
10 13 (1.51%) Remedy
11 12 (1.39%) Charles River
12 11 (1.27%) Adobe
12 11 (1.27%) Autodesk
12 11 (1.27%) VMware
13 10 (1.16%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.16%) Samsung
14 8 (0.93%) OpenAI