DAMA DMBOK Contract Job Trends in England

DAMA International Guide to Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring DAMA DMBOK skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 519 583
Rank change year-on-year +4 +64 +184
Contract jobs citing DAMA DMBOK 5 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.018% 0.010% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.011% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £438 - £593
25th Percentile £494 - £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £900 £644
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +39.81% -16.94%
75th Percentile £663 - £673
90th Percentile - - £689
UK median daily rate £625 £900 £644
% change year-on-year -30.56% +39.81% -16.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

DAMA DMBOK 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 25,818 27,322 36,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.93% 86.54% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,369 16,640 25,071
10th Percentile £298 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £639 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,635 1,055 1,472
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.27 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -6.74% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.42 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £39.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.52% -7.06% +30.61%

DAMA DMBOK
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DAMA DMBOK relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

DAMA DMBOK job vacancy trend in England

DAMA DMBOK
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAMA DMBOK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAMA DMBOK

DAMA DMBOK
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DAMA DMBOK in England over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DAMA DMBOK in England

DAMA DMBOK
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 DAMA DMBOK within the England region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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 +9 4 £625 -30.56% 3
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 2
DAMA DMBOK
UK

DAMA DMBOK
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Collibra
2 2 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (20.00%) Alation
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (20.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (20.00%) Metadata
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) GCP Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) GCP Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Snowflake Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Snowflake Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BW Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) DAMA
3 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (20.00%) Logical Data Model
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP