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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 79 117
Rank change year-on-year -53 +38 +41
Contract jobs citing Data Management 668 794 779
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.02% 2.99% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 3.35% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 502 525
10th Percentile £313 £325 £400
25th Percentile £405 £416 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% -5.98%
75th Percentile £585 £700 £663
90th Percentile £700 £824 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 40
10th Percentile £12.63 £21.63 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.56 £26.39 £24.14
Median hourly rate £22.75 £32.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -8.45% -49.29%
75th Percentile £40.00 £49.84 £48.83
90th Percentile £73.35 £95.25 £63.83
UK median hourly rate £24.21 £32.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -25.52% -14.47% -42.64%

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 29,029 23,736 33,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.78% 89.47% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,558 14,524 22,275
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £643 £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 1,797 756 1,886
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +12.38%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 31 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 -48 358 £500 -9.09% 114
Midlands -17 85 £477 -9.24% 48
South East -49 71 £492 -6.29% 93
West Midlands -9 69 £491 -10.73% 32
North of England -70 67 £455 -9.00% 57
South West +10 54 £463 +2.78% 24
North West -59 32 £513 +2.50% 40
Yorkshire -32 31 £402 -24.79% 13
East of England -28 23 £505 -8.18% 28
East Midlands -24 16 £439 +5.92% 16
North East -21 4 £438 -18.60% 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 34 (5.09%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.29%) Confluence
3 19 (2.84%) SAS
4 10 (1.50%) HCL Notes
4 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.35%) Mendix
6 7 (1.05%) Apache
6 7 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.75%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.45%) WordPress
9 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 60 (8.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (4.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.40%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.90%) ProjectWise
7 4 (0.60%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.60%) Revit
8 3 (0.45%) Windchill
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.15%) CATIA
10 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.95%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.75%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.45%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle SCM
6 3 (0.45%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.30%) Eagle PACE
7 2 (0.30%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.30%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.30%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.30%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.30%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.15%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 118 (17.66%) Azure
2 96 (14.37%) Power Platform
3 59 (8.83%) AWS
4 38 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (4.79%) GCP
6 28 (4.19%) Collibra
7 26 (3.89%) PowerApps
8 24 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.29%) OCI
9 22 (3.29%) SaaS
10 20 (2.99%) Serverless
11 18 (2.69%) OpenShift
11 18 (2.69%) Power Automate
12 17 (2.54%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (2.40%) Snowflake
14 15 (2.25%) Azure Functions
14 15 (2.25%) PaaS
15 14 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (1.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.35%) LAN
2 7 (1.05%) WAN
3 6 (0.90%) Unified Communications
3 6 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.60%) Firewall
4 4 (0.60%) PSTN
5 3 (0.45%) NAS
6 2 (0.30%) SAN
6 2 (0.30%) SMS
6 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) 2G
7 1 (0.15%) HTTP
7 1 (0.15%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) IPv4
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) SMTP
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (13.02%) Power BI
2 54 (8.08%) Metadata
3 46 (6.89%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (4.34%) Tableau
5 24 (3.59%) SQL Server
6 19 (2.84%) Data Lake
7 17 (2.54%) Oracle Database
8 12 (1.80%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
10 10 (1.50%) MySQL
10 10 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (1.35%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.05%) Big Data
12 7 (1.05%) GIS
13 6 (0.90%) Metadata Repository
13 6 (0.90%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.75%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.60%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 64 (9.58%) JIRA
2 41 (6.14%) GitLab
3 30 (4.49%) Git
4 24 (3.59%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.25%) Selenium
6 14 (2.10%) JUnit
7 9 (1.35%) ERwin
8 5 (0.75%) Postman
9 4 (0.60%) Appium
9 4 (0.60%) JMeter
10 3 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.45%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.30%) TestRail
11 2 (0.30%) Toad
12 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.15%) TestNG
General
1 279 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 219 (32.78%) Finance
3 158 (23.65%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (9.13%) Banking
5 49 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 37 (5.54%) Marketing
7 30 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.74%) Financial Institution
10 20 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.40%) Retail
12 15 (2.25%) Legal
12 15 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.95%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.95%) Local Government
13 13 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.80%) Military
15 9 (1.35%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 135 (20.21%) Analyst
2 71 (10.63%) Architect
3 65 (9.73%) Data Analyst
4 61 (9.13%) Business Analyst
5 60 (8.98%) Lead
6 59 (8.83%) Developer
6 59 (8.83%) Senior
7 50 (7.49%) Consultant
8 33 (4.94%) Data Architect
9 30 (4.49%) Data Manager
10 24 (3.59%) Administrator
11 21 (3.14%) Data Engineer
12 17 (2.54%) Data Modeller
12 17 (2.54%) Governance Analyst
13 16 (2.40%) Data Business Analyst
13 16 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.25%) Oracle Consultant
15 14 (2.10%) Test Specialist
16 13 (1.95%) Power Platform Developer
16 13 (1.95%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.89%) REST
2 30 (4.49%) Oracle Fusion
3 23 (3.44%) SOAP
4 18 (2.69%) .NET
5 17 (2.54%) React
6 15 (2.25%) pytest
7 11 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
8 10 (1.50%) Middleware
8 10 (1.50%) Visualforce
9 9 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (1.35%) JSON
9 9 (1.35%) Kafka
9 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
9 9 (1.35%) XML
10 8 (1.20%) RESTful
11 7 (1.05%) Node.js
12 6 (0.90%) CSS
12 6 (0.90%) OAuth
12 6 (0.90%) PySpark
12 6 (0.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.74%) Management Information System
2 43 (6.44%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.09%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.04%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.40%) Reference Data
8 14 (2.10%) CMDB
9 11 (1.65%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.35%) Synthetic Data
12 7 (1.05%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.05%) Fixed Income
12 7 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.90%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.90%) Life Science
13 6 (0.90%) Reinsurance
13 6 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.25%) Windows
2 7 (1.05%) Android
2 7 (1.05%) Apple iOS
2 7 (1.05%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Unix
3 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (30.54%) Agile
2 202 (30.24%) Problem-Solving
3 170 (25.45%) Data Governance
4 152 (22.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 151 (22.60%) Analytics
6 117 (17.51%) Data Modelling
7 105 (15.72%) DevOps
8 103 (15.42%) Business Intelligence
8 103 (15.42%) Migration
9 88 (13.17%) CI/CD
10 84 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 82 (12.28%) Validation
12 77 (11.53%) Project Management
13 73 (10.93%) Decision-Making
14 68 (10.18%) Visualisation
15 66 (9.88%) Data Analysis
16 61 (9.13%) AI
17 60 (8.98%) Roadmaps
18 58 (8.68%) Data Strategy
18 58 (8.68%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 140 (20.96%) SQL
2 85 (12.72%) Python
3 33 (4.94%) JavaScript
4 19 (2.84%) C#
5 18 (2.69%) PowerShell
6 15 (2.25%) Java
7 11 (1.65%) Apex Code
7 11 (1.65%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.50%) Formula Language
8 10 (1.50%) LotusScript
9 8 (1.20%) Groovy
10 7 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.05%) VBA
11 6 (0.90%) R
12 5 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.75%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.60%) C++
13 4 (0.60%) Korn
14 3 (0.45%) Perl
14 3 (0.45%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 127 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 101 (15.12%) SC Cleared
3 93 (13.92%) Degree
4 23 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.84%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.35%) OCA
6 9 (1.35%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (1.20%) IIBA
8 7 (1.05%) CBAP
9 5 (0.75%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.60%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.60%) PMP
10 4 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.45%) PhD
12 2 (0.30%) CIPD
12 2 (0.30%) CISSP
12 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (23.20%) Data Quality
2 67 (10.03%) QA
3 62 (9.28%) GDPR
4 15 (2.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.80%) PMO
6 7 (1.05%) ISO 19650
7 6 (0.90%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.75%) IFRS
9 4 (0.60%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.45%) GxP
10 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.45%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.30%) Basel III
11 2 (0.30%) EMIR
11 2 (0.30%) GAAP
11 2 (0.30%) MiFID
11 2 (0.30%) NCSC
11 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.15%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 22 (3.29%) Docker
2 5 (0.75%) Firmware
3 4 (0.60%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.50%) Terraform
3 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.45%) Grafana
5 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.30%) Consul
6 2 (0.30%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.30%) SCCM
6 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Ansible
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 124 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 78 (11.68%) Oracle
3 53 (7.93%) SAP
4 37 (5.54%) Salesforce
5 33 (4.94%) Databricks
6 30 (4.49%) ServiceNow
7 25 (3.74%) Informatica
8 16 (2.40%) Google
9 11 (1.65%) Workday
10 10 (1.50%) Lotus
10 10 (1.50%) Talend
11 9 (1.35%) Kofax
12 8 (1.20%) Bloomberg
13 7 (1.05%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.90%) Autodesk
15 5 (0.75%) Charles River
15 5 (0.75%) EMC
15 5 (0.75%) MuleSoft
16 4 (0.60%) Anaplan
16 4 (0.60%) Dynatrace