DAMA Contracts in England

DAMA International
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DAMA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DAMA over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 523 620
Rank change year-on-year +19 +97 +178
DemandTrendContract jobs citing DAMA 7 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.030% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.035% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £483 £586 £711
25th Percentile £486 £675 £728
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £725 £788
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% -7.94% +26.00%
75th Percentile £730 £803 £878
90th Percentile £783 £863 £914
UK median daily rate £575 £725 £600
% change year-on-year -20.69% +20.83% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £67.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £67.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

DAMA 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,065 28,471 39,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.81% 85.74% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,944 18,288 27,235
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £422 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £753 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,485 1,509 1,388
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.04 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.55 £18.13 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +54.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DAMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DAMA in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAMA

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DAMA in England over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DAMA in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAMA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DAMA

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DemandTrendContract 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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +29 6 £500 -41.18% 3
South East - 1 £700 - 4
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Alation
1 3 (42.86%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Metadata
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Data Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Data Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Data Science Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
1 2 (28.57%) Taxonomies
2 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Governance
2 4 (57.14%) Data Management
2 4 (57.14%) Data Science
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Data Governance Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Data Lineage
3 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Data Privacy
3 3 (42.86%) Data Security
3 3 (42.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (42.86%) Information Management
3 3 (42.86%) Metadata Management
3 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) ArchiMate
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) GDPR
2 4 (57.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
3 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
4 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Informatica