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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 113 99
Rank change year-on-year -38 -14 +37
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 639 618 855
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.88% 2.40% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 2.67% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 477 640
10th Percentile £164 £250 £188
25th Percentile £300 £477 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £788 £750
90th Percentile £825 £855 £800
UK median daily rate £475 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 15 62
10th Percentile £15.17 £17.01 £13.37
25th Percentile £15.62 £18.51 £16.70
Median hourly rate £18.50 £22.09 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +10.45% +8.11%
75th Percentile £18.87 £24.09 £36.21
90th Percentile £46.00 £24.19 £40.00
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.58% +10.45% +8.34%

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 29,729 23,178 33,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.40% 89.84% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,995 14,353 22,084
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,873 724 1,981
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.17 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.18 £73.65
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -1.68%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -59 311 £550 -18.52% 81
South East +11 87 £469 -1.26% 75
South West +23 69 £205 -56.84% 20
North of England -61 63 £300 -17.81% 32
East of England +25 54 £400 +117.69% 20
North West -28 44 £380 -13.14% 18
Midlands -35 43 £325 -27.78% 21
West Midlands -45 26 £369 -24.36% 16
East Midlands -6 17 £200 -43.00% 5
Yorkshire -65 11 £300 +114.29% 13
North East -6 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 12 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.25%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.10%) Apache
3 7 (1.10%) ArcGIS
3 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.78%) Confluence
5 4 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.16%) Appian
7 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.16%) SAS
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.16%) Maya
7 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (4.38%) Aladdin
2 25 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 22 (3.44%) Maximo
4 13 (2.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
5 11 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
5 11 (1.72%) SAP PM
6 7 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.78%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.47%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.31%) Bloomberg AIM
9 2 (0.31%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.31%) SAP EHS
9 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.31%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 64 (10.02%) AWS
2 62 (9.70%) Azure
3 45 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (6.73%) Snowflake
5 37 (5.79%) Power Platform
6 33 (5.16%) GCP
7 20 (3.13%) SaaS
8 17 (2.66%) Amazon S3
8 17 (2.66%) dbt
9 15 (2.35%) Serverless
10 11 (1.72%) OCI
11 9 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.41%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.10%) AWS Step Functions
13 5 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.78%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.78%) PaaS
13 5 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.91%) VPN
2 17 (2.66%) Wireless
3 13 (2.03%) LAN
4 11 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.41%) WAN
6 6 (0.94%) Firewall
6 6 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (0.94%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.63%) DHCP
7 4 (0.63%) DNS
7 4 (0.63%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.63%) InfiniBand
7 4 (0.63%) NetScaler
7 4 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.47%) MPLS
9 2 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.16%) Network Security
10 1 (0.16%) SMS
10 1 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.85%) Power BI
2 16 (2.50%) Amazon Athena
3 15 (2.35%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.88%) Tableau
6 11 (1.72%) Dremio
6 11 (1.72%) GIS
7 10 (1.56%) Apache Arrow
7 10 (1.56%) Apache Iceberg
7 10 (1.56%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.10%) DynamoDB
9 7 (1.10%) Metadata
9 7 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.94%) Apache Ignite
10 6 (0.94%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (4.54%) JIRA
2 13 (2.03%) SpecFlow
3 8 (1.25%) Git
4 3 (0.47%) GitLab
4 3 (0.47%) Jasmine
4 3 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.31%) TestRail
6 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) Hudson
6 1 (0.16%) Selenium
6 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) WinAutomation
General
1 221 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 215 (33.65%) Finance
3 73 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (8.29%) Banking
6 46 (7.20%) Front Office
7 40 (6.26%) Public Sector
8 33 (5.16%) Investment Banking
9 18 (2.82%) Legal
10 16 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.03%) Aerospace
12 13 (2.03%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.88%) Marketing
13 12 (1.88%) Military
14 11 (1.72%) Law
14 11 (1.72%) Local Government
15 10 (1.56%) Back Office
16 9 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (21.44%) Analyst
2 70 (10.95%) IT Support
3 49 (7.67%) Business Analyst
4 48 (7.51%) Lead
5 47 (7.36%) IT Engineer
6 46 (7.20%) Support Engineer
7 45 (7.04%) Asset Management Analyst
8 44 (6.89%) Senior
9 39 (6.10%) Architect
10 37 (5.79%) Developer
11 35 (5.48%) Technical Support
12 33 (5.16%) IT Support Engineer
13 30 (4.69%) Support Analyst
14 28 (4.38%) Data Analyst
15 27 (4.23%) Project Manager
16 26 (4.07%) Consultant
17 21 (3.29%) Asset Management Business Analyst
17 21 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
18 20 (3.13%) Data Engineer
19 19 (2.97%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.82%) Node.js
2 17 (2.66%) AngularJS
2 17 (2.66%) React
3 16 (2.50%) Playwright
3 16 (2.50%) REST
4 12 (1.88%) NumPy
4 12 (1.88%) Pandas
5 10 (1.56%) SciPy
6 9 (1.41%) CSS
6 9 (1.41%) HTML
7 8 (1.25%) Redux
7 8 (1.25%) SOAP
7 8 (1.25%) XML
8 7 (1.10%) .NET
8 7 (1.10%) Spring
8 7 (1.10%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.94%) gRPC
9 6 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.94%) Protocol Buffers
10 5 (0.78%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.89%) CMDB
2 37 (5.79%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.16%) Driving Licence
4 31 (4.85%) Equities
5 30 (4.69%) Fixed Income
6 23 (3.60%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.29%) Derivative
8 18 (2.82%) Management Information System
9 17 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (2.35%) Data Structures
10 15 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.72%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.41%) Hedge funds
15 8 (1.25%) NHS
16 7 (1.10%) Data Centre
16 7 (1.10%) Pricing Data
17 6 (0.94%) Credit Risk
17 6 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 88 (13.77%) Windows
2 28 (4.38%) Windows 10
3 20 (3.13%) Linux
4 18 (2.82%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.19%) Unix
5 14 (2.19%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.56%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.10%) Android
8 4 (0.63%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.63%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.47%) AIX
9 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (14.87%) Agile
3 93 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 77 (12.05%) Migration
5 69 (10.80%) Customer Service
6 65 (10.17%) ITIL
7 64 (10.02%) Investment Management
8 58 (9.08%) IT Asset Management
9 54 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (7.98%) User Acceptance Testing
11 42 (6.57%) ITSM
12 41 (6.42%) Ticket Management
13 39 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
14 38 (5.95%) Data Modelling
15 37 (5.79%) Workflow
16 36 (5.63%) Roadmaps
17 33 (5.16%) Process Improvement
17 33 (5.16%) Validation
18 32 (5.01%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (14.87%) SQL
2 63 (9.86%) Python
3 48 (7.51%) JavaScript
4 37 (5.79%) TypeScript
5 24 (3.76%) Java
6 16 (2.50%) C#
7 12 (1.88%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.25%) Bash
9 6 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.31%) Jython
11 2 (0.31%) R
11 2 (0.31%) Scala
12 1 (0.16%) ABAP
12 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.16%) COBOL
12 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.16%) VB
12 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 122 (19.09%) Security Cleared
2 95 (14.87%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.26%) Degree
4 10 (1.56%) DV Cleared
5 6 (0.94%) ECDL
6 5 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
7 4 (0.63%) PMP
8 3 (0.47%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.47%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.31%) RIBA
10 1 (0.16%) CISSP
10 1 (0.16%) ISEB
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.16%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.54%) Data Quality
1 29 (4.54%) SLA
2 18 (2.82%) QA
3 11 (1.72%) GDPR
4 7 (1.10%) NIST
5 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 5 (0.78%) PMO
7 4 (0.63%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.47%) GRC
8 3 (0.47%) IFRS
8 3 (0.47%) MiFID
9 2 (0.31%) Basel III
9 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.31%) GAAP
9 2 (0.31%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 54 (8.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.47%) Docker
2 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.47%) ISA Server
2 3 (0.47%) KVM
2 3 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.31%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (4.38%) SCCM
2 13 (2.03%) Terraform
3 12 (1.88%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.10%) Ansible
6 6 (0.94%) Grafana
6 6 (0.94%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.78%) IBM BigFix
8 4 (0.63%) Salt
9 3 (0.47%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.47%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.31%) Control-M
10 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.31%) Nessus
10 2 (0.31%) Puppet
10 2 (0.31%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 112 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 76 (11.89%) ServiceNow
3 43 (6.73%) SAP
4 26 (4.07%) IBM
5 22 (3.44%) Databricks
5 22 (3.44%) Oracle
6 20 (3.13%) HP
7 15 (2.35%) Charles River
8 13 (2.03%) Dell
9 12 (1.88%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.72%) Computacenter
10 11 (1.72%) Snow
11 9 (1.41%) Adobe
12 8 (1.25%) Splunk
13 7 (1.10%) Cisco
14 6 (0.94%) Apple
14 6 (0.94%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.94%) Google
14 6 (0.94%) Workday
15 5 (0.78%) Aruba