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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 90 77
Rank change year-on-year -62 -13 +46
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 812 782 912
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.78% 2.84% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 3.13% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 508 748
10th Percentile £190 £204 £300
25th Percentile £323 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £688
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -12.73% +14.58%
75th Percentile £621 £825 £850
90th Percentile £725 £875 £888
UK median daily rate £475 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -17.39% -14.81% +17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 113 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% -11.26%
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 38,747 25,016 28,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.80% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,944 15,923 18,325
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,477 1,517
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.23 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.80 £17.87 £18.13
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 £81.05 £69.79 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.26% -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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -64 409 £575 -17.86% 108
North of England -41 103 £400 - 41
Midlands -9 102 £388 +40.91% 26
South East -61 90 £400 -30.43% 48
West Midlands -24 77 £400 +45.45% 22
Yorkshire -10 63 £400 - 12
East of England -24 48 £350 -9.68% 18
South West -45 47 £350 +8.53% 31
North West -41 41 £400 +6.67% 25
East Midlands +2 25 £238 - 4
North East -41 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 44 (5.42%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.22%) 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 8 (0.99%) 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 (0.62%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.25%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 46 (5.67%) Aladdin
2 26 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 24 (2.96%) SAP PM
4 17 (2.09%) Maximo
5 12 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.99%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.74%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 6 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.74%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
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 80 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (8.87%) AWS
4 69 (8.50%) Power Platform
5 43 (5.30%) Entra ID
6 38 (4.68%) Snowflake
7 29 (3.57%) GCP
8 24 (2.96%) SaaS
9 18 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.60%) dbt
13 12 (1.48%) GitHub
14 11 (1.35%) OneDrive
14 11 (1.35%) Serverless
15 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
17 6 (0.74%) Amazon S3
17 6 (0.74%) Anthropic Claude
17 6 (0.74%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
2 23 (2.83%) 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
12 3 (0.37%) DMZ
12 3 (0.37%) Value-Added Service
12 3 (0.37%) Wireless
13 2 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.76%) Power BI
2 24 (2.96%) Metadata
3 19 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.23%) Tableau
6 9 (1.11%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.11%) GIS
7 7 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.74%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.49%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.49%) Star Schema
11 3 (0.37%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.37%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 52 (6.40%) JIRA
2 10 (1.23%) Git
3 7 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.62%) 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%) git-flow
7 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.25%) MSI
7 2 (0.25%) SpecFlow
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
1 297 (36.58%) Finance
2 279 (34.36%) Social Skills
3 99 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (8.37%) Banking
5 47 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (4.68%) Front Office
7 34 (4.19%) Public Sector
8 33 (4.06%) Manufacturing
9 32 (3.94%) Investment Banking
10 24 (2.96%) Legal
11 20 (2.46%) Local Government
12 19 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.22%) Back Office
13 18 (2.22%) Law
14 17 (2.09%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (1.72%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.48%) Marketing
18 11 (1.35%) Military
19 10 (1.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 147 (18.10%) Analyst
2 75 (9.24%) Architect
3 69 (8.50%) Lead
3 69 (8.50%) Support Engineer
4 62 (7.64%) Business Analyst
5 58 (7.14%) Consultant
6 51 (6.28%) Senior
7 48 (5.91%) IT Support
8 45 (5.54%) IT Engineer
9 38 (4.68%) Asset Management Analyst
10 33 (4.06%) IT Support Engineer
11 32 (3.94%) Data Analyst
11 32 (3.94%) Developer
12 30 (3.69%) Data Engineer
13 26 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (2.83%) Project Manager
15 22 (2.71%) ServiceNow Architect
16 21 (2.59%) Desktop Engineer
16 21 (2.59%) Desktop Support
16 21 (2.59%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.97%) Terraform
2 15 (1.85%) REST
3 10 (1.23%) React
4 9 (1.11%) .NET
4 9 (1.11%) Redfish
4 9 (1.11%) XML
5 7 (0.86%) Middleware
5 7 (0.86%) Node.js
5 7 (0.86%) Playwright
6 6 (0.74%) JSON
6 6 (0.74%) Kafka
6 6 (0.74%) RESTful
6 6 (0.74%) Web Services
7 5 (0.62%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.49%) ADO
8 4 (0.49%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.49%) PySpark
8 4 (0.49%) Redux
8 4 (0.49%) SOAP
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.98%) Onboarding
2 73 (8.99%) CMDB
3 48 (5.91%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.57%) Fixed Income
5 28 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 25 (3.08%) Cloud Native
6 25 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (3.08%) Video Conferencing
7 24 (2.96%) Derivative
8 23 (2.83%) Equities
9 22 (2.71%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.46%) Data Centre
11 18 (2.22%) Operational Technology
12 16 (1.97%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (1.85%) Hedge funds
14 14 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.48%) Smartphone
17 9 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 139 (17.12%) Windows
2 40 (4.93%) Windows 10
3 30 (3.69%) Linux
4 19 (2.34%) 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
1 155 (19.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 114 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (12.56%) Agile
4 100 (12.32%) ITIL
5 98 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 95 (11.70%) Validation
7 89 (10.96%) ITSM
8 86 (10.59%) IT Asset Management
9 80 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 77 (9.48%) Migration
11 76 (9.36%) Data Modelling
12 73 (8.99%) Analytics
13 66 (8.13%) Customer Service
14 65 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (7.64%) AI
16 60 (7.39%) Data Governance
16 60 (7.39%) Roadmaps
17 59 (7.27%) Decision-Making
18 54 (6.65%) Service Management
19 53 (6.53%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 86 (10.59%) SQL
2 73 (8.99%) Python
3 19 (2.34%) Java
4 17 (2.09%) PowerShell
5 14 (1.72%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.35%) C#
6 11 (1.35%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.74%) Perl
8 5 (0.62%) Bicep
9 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.49%) Bash
9 4 (0.49%) Korn
9 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.37%) Scala
10 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.25%) Swift
11 2 (0.25%) VB
12 1 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 112 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 86 (10.59%) SC Cleared
3 67 (8.25%) Degree
4 18 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.23%) 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 94 (11.58%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.94%) QA
3 29 (3.57%) SLA
4 11 (1.35%) GDPR
5 7 (0.86%) GRC
6 6 (0.74%) ISO 19650
7 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.62%) PMO
8 4 (0.49%) EMIR
8 4 (0.49%) GMP
8 4 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.49%) NIST
9 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.37%) GxP
9 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 2 (0.25%) COBIT
10 2 (0.25%) GAAP
10 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (9.98%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.48%) 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 48 (5.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (4.19%) SCCM
3 10 (1.23%) 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
1 213 (26.23%) Microsoft
2 124 (15.27%) ServiceNow
3 69 (8.50%) SAP
4 24 (2.96%) Google
5 20 (2.46%) HP
5 20 (2.46%) IBM
6 19 (2.34%) Apple
6 19 (2.34%) Databricks
6 19 (2.34%) Oracle
7 17 (2.09%) Snow
8 16 (1.97%) Cisco
9 14 (1.72%) Charles River
10 13 (1.60%) VMware
11 12 (1.48%) Adobe
12 11 (1.35%) Bloomberg
12 11 (1.35%) Salesforce
13 9 (1.11%) Samsung
14 8 (0.99%) Dell
14 8 (0.99%) Murex
14 8 (0.99%) Remedy