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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 107 96
Rank change year-on-year -37 -11 +34
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 595 648 833
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.87% 2.40% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 2.70% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 496 627
10th Percentile £156 £274 £201
25th Percentile £300 £500 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £675 £788 £750
90th Percentile £825 £850 £788
UK median daily rate £450 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -28.00% +4.17% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 18 46
10th Percentile £14.97 £14.60 £12.58
25th Percentile £15.62 £18.51 £16.14
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.95 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +20.99% -15.65%
75th Percentile - £24.19 £29.75
90th Percentile £26.51 £31.00 £44.70
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £22.95 £18.93
% change year-on-year -17.76% +21.21% -7.66%

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 28,047 24,036 31,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.31% 89.14% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,899 14,761 21,230
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,744 772 1,471
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -75 278 £525 -22.22% 80
South East +26 86 £470 -1.05% 87
South West +21 72 £225 -50.00% 20
East of England +32 60 £300 +60.00% 23
North of England -47 49 £186 -48.97% 34
Midlands -25 35 £410 +2.50% 25
North West -28 31 £250 -42.80% 19
West Midlands -33 21 £431 -11.54% 17
East Midlands -15 15 £200 -33.50% 8
Yorkshire -53 10 £413 +68.37% 12
North East -4 8 £106 -81.57% 3
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 26 (4.37%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (3.03%) Apache
3 9 (1.51%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.34%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.50%) Confluence
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) Appian
8 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.17%) FileNet
8 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (4.71%) Aladdin
2 20 (3.36%) Maximo
3 15 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.01%) Markit EDM
6 5 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.50%) SAP PM
7 3 (0.50%) Workfront
8 2 (0.34%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.34%) Eagle PACE
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (11.26%) AWS
2 53 (8.91%) Azure
2 53 (8.91%) Snowflake
3 42 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (5.21%) dbt
5 29 (4.87%) Power Platform
6 24 (4.03%) GCP
7 18 (3.03%) SaaS
8 17 (2.86%) Amazon S3
9 16 (2.69%) Serverless
10 9 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.18%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (1.18%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.18%) PaaS
13 6 (1.01%) OCI
14 5 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.84%) IaaS
14 5 (0.84%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.52%) VPN
2 14 (2.35%) Wireless
3 10 (1.68%) LAN
3 10 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.51%) WAN
5 6 (1.01%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (0.67%) DHCP
6 4 (0.67%) DNS
6 4 (0.67%) Firewall
7 3 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.17%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.17%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.17%) Network Security
9 1 (0.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (5.04%) Amazon Athena
2 25 (4.20%) Dremio
3 24 (4.03%) Apache Arrow
3 24 (4.03%) Apache Iceberg
4 23 (3.87%) Data Lake
4 23 (3.87%) Power BI
5 17 (2.86%) Apache Ignite
6 13 (2.18%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.68%) GIS
7 10 (1.68%) Tableau
8 9 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.18%) DynamoDB
9 7 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.01%) Metadata
11 5 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.84%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (3.70%) JIRA
2 11 (1.85%) SpecFlow
3 6 (1.01%) Git
4 4 (0.67%) TestRail
5 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.17%) GitLab
6 1 (0.17%) Hudson
6 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.17%) Selenium
6 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.17%) WinAutomation
General
1 209 (35.13%) Social Skills
2 193 (32.44%) Finance
3 67 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.75%) Banking
5 53 (8.91%) Organisational Skills
6 52 (8.74%) Front Office
7 39 (6.55%) Investment Banking
8 36 (6.05%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.18%) Legal
10 12 (2.02%) Back Office
10 12 (2.02%) Local Government
10 12 (2.02%) Military
11 11 (1.85%) Marketing
11 11 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.68%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.68%) Law
13 9 (1.51%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (21.34%) Analyst
2 68 (11.43%) IT Support
3 49 (8.24%) Senior
4 46 (7.73%) Asset Management Analyst
5 44 (7.39%) Support Engineer
6 43 (7.23%) IT Engineer
7 42 (7.06%) Business Analyst
8 40 (6.72%) Architect
9 35 (5.88%) Technical Support
10 33 (5.55%) IT Support Engineer
10 33 (5.55%) Lead
11 31 (5.21%) Support Analyst
12 27 (4.54%) Consultant
12 27 (4.54%) Developer
13 26 (4.37%) AWS Engineer
14 25 (4.20%) Data Analyst
14 25 (4.20%) Software Engineer
15 24 (4.03%) AWS Software Engineer
15 24 (4.03%) Python Engineer
15 24 (4.03%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.37%) NumPy
1 26 (4.37%) Pandas
2 24 (4.03%) SciPy
3 20 (3.36%) AngularJS
4 17 (2.86%) gRPC
4 17 (2.86%) Protocol Buffers
5 14 (2.35%) Playwright
5 14 (2.35%) REST
6 13 (2.18%) Node.js
7 10 (1.68%) React
8 9 (1.51%) CSS
8 9 (1.51%) HTML
8 9 (1.51%) XML
9 7 (1.18%) SOAP
9 7 (1.18%) Spring
9 7 (1.18%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.18%) Vue
10 6 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.84%) HTML5
11 5 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.73%) CMDB
2 37 (6.22%) Driving Licence
3 36 (6.05%) Equities
4 34 (5.71%) Fixed Income
5 29 (4.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 28 (4.71%) Onboarding
7 23 (3.87%) Derivative
8 22 (3.70%) Cloud Native
9 19 (3.19%) Hedge funds
10 18 (3.03%) Pricing Data
11 16 (2.69%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.85%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.85%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.34%) NHS
15 6 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.01%) Credit Risk
15 6 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (13.11%) Windows
2 21 (3.53%) Windows 10
3 13 (2.18%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.51%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.51%) Linux
5 9 (1.51%) Unix
6 6 (1.01%) Android
7 4 (0.67%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.34%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (15.13%) Agile
3 86 (14.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 71 (11.93%) Investment Management
5 70 (11.76%) Customer Service
6 69 (11.60%) Migration
7 61 (10.25%) ITIL
8 59 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 55 (9.24%) Ticket Management
10 44 (7.39%) IT Asset Management
11 40 (6.72%) User Acceptance Testing
12 35 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (5.88%) Data Modelling
13 34 (5.71%) Roadmaps
14 31 (5.21%) Analytics
14 31 (5.21%) Business Intelligence
14 31 (5.21%) DevOps
14 31 (5.21%) ITSM
14 31 (5.21%) Project Management
15 30 (5.04%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 92 (15.46%) SQL
2 61 (10.25%) Python
3 49 (8.24%) JavaScript
4 40 (6.72%) TypeScript
5 31 (5.21%) Java
6 13 (2.18%) C#
7 4 (0.67%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.67%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.50%) Bash
8 3 (0.50%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.50%) R
9 2 (0.34%) Jython
9 2 (0.34%) Scala
9 2 (0.34%) VB
10 1 (0.17%) ABAP
10 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.17%) COBOL
10 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.17%) VBA
10 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 133 (22.35%) Security Cleared
2 108 (18.15%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.55%) Degree
4 12 (2.02%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.01%) ECDL
5 6 (1.01%) PMP
6 5 (0.84%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (0.84%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.67%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (0.67%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.67%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.17%) APMG
9 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.17%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.17%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.17%) MCTS
9 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.54%) SLA
2 20 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.03%) QA
4 9 (1.51%) NIST
5 8 (1.34%) GDPR
6 6 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 6 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.01%) PMO
7 4 (0.67%) MiFID
7 4 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.50%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.34%) Basel III
9 2 (0.34%) GAAP
9 2 (0.34%) GRC
9 2 (0.34%) IFRS
9 2 (0.34%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.34%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.34%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 48 (8.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.50%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (3.03%) SCCM
2 12 (2.02%) Terraform
3 9 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.01%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.50%) Ansible
5 3 (0.50%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.34%) Grafana
6 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.34%) Puppet
6 2 (0.34%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.17%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) IBM BigFix
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.17%) Salt
7 1 (0.17%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 97 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 55 (9.24%) ServiceNow
3 30 (5.04%) SAP
4 26 (4.37%) IBM
5 24 (4.03%) HP
6 22 (3.70%) Databricks
7 18 (3.03%) Oracle
8 17 (2.86%) Dell
9 15 (2.52%) Charles River
10 13 (2.18%) Computacenter
10 13 (2.18%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.85%) Adobe
12 9 (1.51%) Snow
13 8 (1.34%) Bloomberg
14 6 (1.01%) Apple
14 6 (1.01%) ESRI
15 5 (0.84%) SimCorp
16 4 (0.67%) Google
16 4 (0.67%) Splunk
17 3 (0.50%) Workday