Data Management Contract Job Trends in England

Data Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 96 103
Rank change year-on-year -69 +7 +67
Contract jobs citing Data Management 649 662 773
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 2.72% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 2.98% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 430 476
10th Percentile £345 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% - -
75th Percentile £600 £725 £675
90th Percentile £735 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 26 58
10th Percentile £13.13 £20.50 £15.62
25th Percentile £19.03 £23.32 £20.11
Median hourly rate £29.07 £30.56 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -28.09% +5.79%
75th Percentile £50.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £80.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -0.77% -22.35% +5.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Data 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 34,728 22,194 31,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.24% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,149 14,504 20,626
10th Percentile £322 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 949 2,251
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.38 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.22 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.78 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.86% -20.55% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.46% -21.77% +0.06%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in England

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Management

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in England

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Management

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in England

Data 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 Data Management within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 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 -51 335 £496 -22.20% 119
South East -33 86 £450 -14.29% 77
Midlands -31 81 £513 -2.38% 35
West Midlands -24 66 £513 -2.38% 21
South West 0 54 £500 -4.76% 28
North of England -92 47 £488 -2.50% 63
North West -67 28 £500 -4.76% 37
East of England -53 27 £505 +1.00% 17
Yorkshire -50 18 £410 -13.68% 22
East Midlands -32 14 £525 +2.44% 14
North East - 2 £400 - 4
Data Management
UK

Data 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 39 (6.01%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.47%) Confluence
3 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.54%) HCL Notes
4 10 (1.54%) Mendix
5 9 (1.39%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.39%) SAS
6 8 (1.23%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.23%) CMS
7 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.46%) Apache
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 60 (9.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.62%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.62%) Windchill
8 3 (0.46%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.46%) Revit
9 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.15%) CATIA
9 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (3.70%) Teamcenter
2 21 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.77%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.46%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.46%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.46%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.46%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.31%) iTrent
7 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.15%) Primavera
8 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 121 (18.64%) Azure
2 111 (17.10%) Power Platform
3 54 (8.32%) AWS
4 32 (4.93%) PowerApps
5 31 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (4.31%) SaaS
7 25 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (3.70%) Collibra
8 24 (3.70%) GCP
9 20 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (3.08%) Serverless
10 19 (2.93%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 18 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
13 13 (2.00%) Azure Functions
14 12 (1.85%) Entra ID
14 12 (1.85%) OneDrive
15 11 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.69%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.16%) LAN
2 11 (1.69%) WAN
3 10 (1.54%) Unified Communications
3 10 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.08%) PSTN
5 4 (0.62%) Intranet
6 3 (0.46%) SMS
7 2 (0.31%) Diameter Protocol
7 2 (0.31%) Network Security
7 2 (0.31%) SAN
7 2 (0.31%) WLAN
8 1 (0.15%) 3G
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
8 1 (0.15%) DWDM
8 1 (0.15%) Internet
8 1 (0.15%) MPLS
8 1 (0.15%) NAS
8 1 (0.15%) SDH
8 1 (0.15%) SIGTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (14.02%) Power BI
2 74 (11.40%) Metadata
3 57 (8.78%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (5.55%) Data Lake
5 30 (4.62%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.85%) Tableau
7 16 (2.47%) GIS
7 16 (2.47%) Oracle Database
8 13 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (1.69%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.39%) Data Mining
11 9 (1.39%) Metadata Repository
11 9 (1.39%) MySQL
12 8 (1.23%) Spatial Data
12 8 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.08%) Delta Lake
13 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (7.40%) JIRA
2 16 (2.47%) Git
3 13 (2.00%) GitLab
4 11 (1.69%) ERwin
4 11 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.39%) Selenium
6 5 (0.77%) JMeter
6 5 (0.77%) JUnit
7 4 (0.62%) Postman
7 4 (0.62%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.62%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.46%) Appium
8 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.46%) Toad
8 3 (0.46%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.31%) MLflow
9 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.15%) Newman
General
1 222 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 188 (28.97%) Finance
3 137 (21.11%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 42 (6.47%) Banking
6 32 (4.93%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.16%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (4.01%) Marketing
9 25 (3.85%) Aerospace
10 23 (3.54%) Financial Institution
11 22 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.00%) Local Government
13 12 (1.85%) Retail
14 9 (1.39%) Aviation
14 9 (1.39%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.23%) Back Office
15 8 (1.23%) Legal
15 8 (1.23%) Military
15 8 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (18.95%) Analyst
2 86 (13.25%) Architect
3 70 (10.79%) Senior
4 68 (10.48%) Lead
5 61 (9.40%) Data Architect
6 58 (8.94%) Data Analyst
7 54 (8.32%) Business Analyst
8 38 (5.86%) Consultant
8 38 (5.86%) Developer
9 35 (5.39%) Data Engineer
10 31 (4.78%) Data Manager
11 28 (4.31%) Administrator
12 18 (2.77%) Data Business Analyst
13 17 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
14 16 (2.47%) Project Manager
15 15 (2.31%) Senior Manager
16 14 (2.16%) Configuration Management Specialist
16 14 (2.16%) Configuration Specialist
16 14 (2.16%) Governance Analyst
16 14 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.31%) REST
2 13 (2.00%) .NET
3 12 (1.85%) JSON
3 12 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (1.85%) React
4 11 (1.69%) XML
5 10 (1.54%) HTML5 Canvas
5 10 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
6 8 (1.23%) Kafka
6 8 (1.23%) Middleware
7 7 (1.08%) PySpark
8 6 (0.92%) RESTful
8 6 (0.92%) YAML
9 5 (0.77%) CSS
9 5 (0.77%) JDO
9 5 (0.77%) Web Services
10 4 (0.62%) ADO
10 4 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.62%) HTML
10 4 (0.62%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.70%) Onboarding
3 28 (4.31%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (3.54%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (3.24%) Reference Data
7 18 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.62%) Product Ownership
9 13 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.85%) FMCG
11 10 (1.54%) Life Science
11 10 (1.54%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.23%) IoT
13 7 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.08%) Replication
14 6 (0.92%) Fixed Income
14 6 (0.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.00%) Windows
2 4 (0.62%) Linux
3 2 (0.31%) Android
3 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (26.19%) Data Governance
2 164 (25.27%) Migration
3 149 (22.96%) Agile
4 145 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
5 139 (21.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 138 (21.26%) Data Modelling
7 126 (19.41%) Analytics
8 106 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
9 94 (14.48%) Validation
10 88 (13.56%) Decision-Making
11 86 (13.25%) AI
12 82 (12.63%) Data Architecture
12 82 (12.63%) ETL
13 76 (11.71%) Data Migration
14 71 (10.94%) Data Analysis
15 69 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 67 (10.32%) DevOps
17 64 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
18 58 (8.94%) CI/CD
19 57 (8.78%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 132 (20.34%) SQL
2 77 (11.86%) Python
3 20 (3.08%) C#
4 19 (2.93%) Java
5 17 (2.62%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.47%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (1.54%) Formula Language
7 10 (1.54%) LotusScript
8 9 (1.39%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.23%) C
9 8 (1.23%) VBA
10 7 (1.08%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.08%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.92%) Bicep
11 6 (0.92%) X++
12 5 (0.77%) C++
12 5 (0.77%) R
13 3 (0.46%) Scala
14 2 (0.31%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 120 (18.49%) Security Cleared
2 100 (15.41%) SC Cleared
3 87 (13.41%) Degree
4 23 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.39%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.23%) CBAP
7 8 (1.23%) IIBA
8 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.77%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.62%) OCP
10 4 (0.62%) PMP
11 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (27.89%) Data Quality
2 54 (8.32%) QA
3 53 (8.17%) GDPR
4 14 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.54%) PMO
6 5 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.77%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.62%) BS7666
7 4 (0.62%) COREP
7 4 (0.62%) FINREP
7 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.62%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.46%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.31%) DICOM
9 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.31%) HL7
9 2 (0.31%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (0.62%) Docker
2 3 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (1.08%) Terraform
4 4 (0.62%) Grafana
5 3 (0.46%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 118 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.24%) Oracle
3 55 (8.47%) SAP
4 44 (6.78%) Databricks
5 31 (4.78%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.54%) Informatica
7 14 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.69%) Google
9 10 (1.54%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.54%) Kofax
9 10 (1.54%) Lotus
10 7 (1.08%) Siemens
10 7 (1.08%) Talend
11 6 (0.92%) Adobe
11 6 (0.92%) Autodesk
11 6 (0.92%) ESRI
12 5 (0.77%) Charles River
12 5 (0.77%) GoldenSource
12 5 (0.77%) Murex
12 5 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud