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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 119 105
Rank change year-on-year -47 -14 +51
Contract jobs citing Data Management 764 646 727
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 2.34% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.58% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 359 405
10th Percentile £313 £277 £333
25th Percentile £413 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £684
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 36 36
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.21 £21.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £20.69 £26.04
Median hourly rate £34.20 £31.66 £39.84
Median % change year-on-year +8.02% -20.53% +20.73%
75th Percentile £44.79 £73.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £81.00 £66.50
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.91% -5.71% +6.06%

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 38,948 25,051 28,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.90% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,873 15,912 17,703
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,701 1,483 1,330
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.73 £66.58
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -52 366 £525 -4.55% 875
Midlands -14 106 £550 +22.22% 101
South East -14 100 £495 +16.47% 218
North of England -70 93 £400 -8.57% 191
West Midlands -12 80 £550 +26.44% 70
North West -49 50 £411 -11.61% 113
South West -39 44 £535 +2.88% 117
Yorkshire -32 42 £400 - 61
East of England -24 32 £576 -4.00% 109
East Midlands -13 25 £525 +16.67% 31
North East -41 2 £425 -2.86% 19
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 30 (3.93%) Confluence
2 25 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.70%) SAS
4 11 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.31%) CMS
6 9 (1.18%) WordPress
7 8 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.79%) Apache
8 6 (0.79%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.52%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.52%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.52%) Mule
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 63 (8.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.52%) Windchill
6 3 (0.39%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.39%) Revit
7 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (3.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.83%) Aladdin
3 13 (1.70%) Teamcenter
4 7 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.79%) SAP HR
6 5 (0.65%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.52%) iTrent
7 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.39%) Maximo
8 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.26%) Primavera
9 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.13%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 147 (19.24%) Azure
2 109 (14.27%) Power Platform
3 58 (7.59%) AWS
4 35 (4.58%) Collibra
5 32 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (4.06%) SaaS
7 27 (3.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 26 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (3.14%) PowerApps
11 22 (2.88%) GCP
12 21 (2.75%) Power Automate
13 20 (2.62%) Snowflake
14 18 (2.36%) GitHub
15 15 (1.96%) Alation
15 15 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
17 12 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
18 11 (1.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.65%) Network Security
2 4 (0.52%) Firewall
2 4 (0.52%) SMS
3 3 (0.39%) LAN
3 3 (0.39%) WAN
4 2 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
4 2 (0.26%) FTP
4 2 (0.26%) HTTP
4 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) Internet
4 2 (0.26%) PSTN
4 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.26%) VPN
4 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.13%) 2G
5 1 (0.13%) 3G
5 1 (0.13%) 4G
5 1 (0.13%) 5G
5 1 (0.13%) SAN
5 1 (0.13%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (17.54%) Metadata
2 89 (11.65%) Power BI
3 50 (6.54%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (6.15%) Data Lake
5 37 (4.84%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.27%) Tableau
7 23 (3.01%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.96%) GIS
10 12 (1.57%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.44%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.18%) MySQL
14 8 (1.05%) Ataccama
14 8 (1.05%) Pentaho
14 8 (1.05%) Spatial Data
15 7 (0.92%) Metadata Repository
15 7 (0.92%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 51 (6.68%) JIRA
2 17 (2.23%) Git
3 16 (2.09%) Selenium
4 12 (1.57%) ERwin
4 12 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 10 (1.31%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.18%) Postman
7 8 (1.05%) ER Studio
8 7 (0.92%) JMeter
9 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.79%) GitLab
10 5 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.52%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.52%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.39%) Gradle
12 3 (0.39%) JUnit
12 3 (0.39%) Maven
12 3 (0.39%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 259 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 216 (28.27%) Finance
3 154 (20.16%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 58 (7.59%) Banking
6 41 (5.37%) Manufacturing
7 40 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (4.19%) Marketing
10 28 (3.66%) Retail
11 26 (3.40%) Aerospace
12 21 (2.75%) Legal
13 20 (2.62%) Local Government
14 18 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.83%) Front Office
16 13 (1.70%) Billing
16 13 (1.70%) Investment Banking
16 13 (1.70%) Military
17 11 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (1.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 116 (15.18%) Analyst
2 107 (14.01%) Architect
3 87 (11.39%) Lead
4 73 (9.55%) Data Architect
5 72 (9.42%) Senior
6 56 (7.33%) Developer
7 53 (6.94%) Data Analyst
8 46 (6.02%) Consultant
9 45 (5.89%) Administrator
9 45 (5.89%) Data Engineer
10 44 (5.76%) Business Analyst
11 28 (3.66%) Data Manager
12 26 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.88%) Data Consultant
14 16 (2.09%) Senior Developer
15 15 (1.96%) Project Manager
16 14 (1.83%) Data Business Analyst
16 14 (1.83%) Data Management Specialist
17 13 (1.70%) Data Administrator
17 13 (1.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.06%) REST
2 22 (2.88%) JSON
3 21 (2.75%) Middleware
3 21 (2.75%) Terraform
3 21 (2.75%) XML
4 20 (2.62%) Kafka
5 15 (1.96%) .NET
6 14 (1.83%) RESTful
7 12 (1.57%) PySpark
8 11 (1.44%) HTML
9 10 (1.31%) SOAP
10 9 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (1.05%) OAuth
12 6 (0.79%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.79%) LDAP
12 6 (0.79%) OpenTofu
12 6 (0.79%) Playwright
12 6 (0.79%) Web Services
13 5 (0.65%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.29%) Management Information System
2 50 (6.54%) Onboarding
3 49 (6.41%) Data Structures
4 37 (4.84%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.58%) Reference Data
6 33 (4.32%) Product Ownership
7 27 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.57%) FMCG
10 12 (1.57%) Life Science
11 11 (1.44%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.31%) Data Fabric
12 10 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.05%) Autonomous Agent
13 8 (1.05%) CMDB
13 8 (1.05%) Taxonomies
14 7 (0.92%) Equities
14 7 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.83%) Linux
2 10 (1.31%) Windows
3 2 (0.26%) Unix
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (33.64%) Data Governance
2 206 (26.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 172 (22.51%) Agile
4 167 (21.86%) Migration
5 163 (21.34%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (21.20%) Analytics
7 156 (20.42%) Data Modelling
8 142 (18.59%) Validation
9 135 (17.67%) AI
10 118 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 117 (15.31%) Decision-Making
12 111 (14.53%) Data Architecture
13 104 (13.61%) Business Intelligence
13 104 (13.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 97 (12.70%) Roadmaps
15 93 (12.17%) ETL
16 86 (11.26%) DevOps
17 85 (11.13%) Data Migration
17 85 (11.13%) Metadata Management
18 74 (9.69%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 164 (21.47%) SQL
2 75 (9.82%) Python
3 41 (5.37%) Java
4 29 (3.80%) C#
5 19 (2.49%) C
6 17 (2.23%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.70%) X++
8 8 (1.05%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.79%) VBA
10 5 (0.65%) Bicep
11 4 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.52%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.52%) R
12 3 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.13%) C++
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 145 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 112 (14.66%) SC Cleared
3 64 (8.38%) Degree
4 27 (3.53%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.92%) OCP
8 7 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.79%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.65%) PMP
11 4 (0.52%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.52%) CIPD
12 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.39%) ISEB
12 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.26%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (36.13%) Data Quality
2 77 (10.08%) GDPR
3 54 (7.07%) QA
4 22 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.83%) PMO
6 8 (1.05%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.79%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.65%) NCSC
9 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.39%) BS7666
9 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.39%) PERC
9 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.39%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.26%) COBIT
10 2 (0.26%) GMP
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.26%) MiFID
10 2 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.31%) Docker
3 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (1.05%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.39%) MOM
3 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.26%) Ansible
4 2 (0.26%) CASB
4 2 (0.26%) Grafana
4 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 130 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.16%) SAP
3 67 (8.77%) Databricks
4 63 (8.25%) Oracle
5 45 (5.89%) Salesforce
6 34 (4.45%) Informatica
7 19 (2.49%) Google
7 19 (2.49%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.70%) Workday
9 10 (1.31%) Bloomberg
10 9 (1.18%) IBM
11 8 (1.05%) Charles River
11 8 (1.05%) Concur
11 8 (1.05%) Denodo
11 8 (1.05%) ESRI
11 8 (1.05%) Foundry
11 8 (1.05%) Talend
12 7 (0.92%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.92%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.79%) Palantir