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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 120 108
Rank change year-on-year -48 -12 +45
Contract jobs citing Data Management 756 645 710
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 2.36% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 2.59% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 365 400
10th Percentile £320 £284 £330
25th Percentile £413 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £688
90th Percentile £745 £742 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £536
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.76% -6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 33 41
10th Percentile £16.65 £17.00 £19.83
25th Percentile £21.08 £21.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.32 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% -13.37% +6.06%
75th Percentile £48.00 £72.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £80.30 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £31.66 £34.47
% change year-on-year +18.45% -8.14% +4.44%

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 38,700 24,856 28,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,864 15,818 18,112
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,605 1,463 1,438
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.56
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -45 364 £525 -4.55% 760
Midlands -15 111 £550 +22.22% 90
South East -27 97 £473 +11.29% 172
North of England -76 89 £400 -8.57% 141
West Midlands -11 83 £550 +30.95% 67
North West -49 47 £475 - 87
Yorkshire -39 41 £400 - 47
South West -34 40 £536 -6.78% 101
East of England -17 34 £576 -4.00% 79
East Midlands -12 27 £525 +13.51% 23
North East -47 2 £425 -2.86% 8
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 33 (4.37%) Confluence
2 30 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.59%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.59%) SAS
4 10 (1.32%) CMS
5 9 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.06%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.93%) Apache
7 7 (0.93%) WordPress
8 6 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.53%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.53%) Mule
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.26%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 61 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.40%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.40%) Revit
7 3 (0.40%) Windchill
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 31 (4.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.98%) Aladdin
3 13 (1.72%) Teamcenter
4 7 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.66%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.53%) iTrent
7 4 (0.53%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.40%) Maximo
8 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.40%) SAP HR
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
1 153 (20.24%) Azure
2 113 (14.95%) Power Platform
3 62 (8.20%) AWS
4 35 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (4.23%) SaaS
6 31 (4.10%) Collibra
7 28 (3.70%) PowerApps
8 27 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 26 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (3.04%) GCP
12 22 (2.91%) Power Automate
13 21 (2.78%) Snowflake
14 18 (2.38%) GitHub
15 16 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
17 12 (1.59%) Serverless
17 12 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
18 11 (1.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.66%) Firewall
1 5 (0.66%) Network Security
2 4 (0.53%) SMS
3 3 (0.40%) Internet
3 3 (0.40%) Intranet
3 3 (0.40%) LAN
3 3 (0.40%) 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%) 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%) 4G
5 1 (0.13%) 5G
5 1 (0.13%) SS7
5 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (16.93%) Metadata
2 91 (12.04%) Power BI
3 49 (6.48%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (6.08%) Data Lake
5 37 (4.89%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.31%) Tableau
7 22 (2.91%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (2.25%) GIS
10 14 (1.85%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.46%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.32%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.19%) Big Data
13 9 (1.19%) MySQL
13 9 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (1.06%) Spatial Data
15 7 (0.93%) Data Mining
15 7 (0.93%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 55 (7.28%) JIRA
2 18 (2.38%) Git
3 17 (2.25%) Selenium
4 13 (1.72%) ERwin
5 12 (1.59%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.32%) Postman
7 9 (1.19%) ER Studio
8 8 (1.06%) JMeter
9 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.79%) GitLab
10 5 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.66%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.53%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.53%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.40%) Gradle
12 3 (0.40%) JUnit
12 3 (0.40%) MLflow
12 3 (0.40%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.40%) WebDriver
General
1 254 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 219 (28.97%) Finance
3 153 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (10.05%) Public Sector
5 58 (7.67%) Banking
6 35 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (4.37%) Manufacturing
8 30 (3.97%) Marketing
9 25 (3.31%) Retail
10 21 (2.78%) Aerospace
11 19 (2.51%) Legal
12 17 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (2.25%) Local Government
13 13 (1.72%) Billing
13 13 (1.72%) Front Office
13 13 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.59%) Investment Banking
15 11 (1.46%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 119 (15.74%) Analyst
2 110 (14.55%) Architect
3 83 (10.98%) Lead
4 72 (9.52%) Data Architect
5 71 (9.39%) Senior
6 55 (7.28%) Data Analyst
6 55 (7.28%) Developer
7 46 (6.08%) Consultant
8 44 (5.82%) Business Analyst
9 43 (5.69%) Data Engineer
10 38 (5.03%) Administrator
11 32 (4.23%) Data Manager
12 27 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (2.78%) Data Consultant
14 17 (2.25%) Project Manager
15 16 (2.12%) Senior Developer
16 14 (1.85%) Data Administrator
16 14 (1.85%) Data Business Analyst
16 14 (1.85%) Data Management Specialist
16 14 (1.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.23%) REST
2 23 (3.04%) JSON
3 21 (2.78%) Kafka
4 20 (2.65%) Terraform
5 19 (2.51%) Middleware
5 19 (2.51%) XML
6 15 (1.98%) .NET
7 14 (1.85%) PySpark
7 14 (1.85%) RESTful
8 11 (1.46%) HTML
8 11 (1.46%) SOAP
9 8 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
9 8 (1.06%) OAuth
9 8 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.93%) Playwright
11 6 (0.79%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.66%) CSS
12 5 (0.66%) JWT
12 5 (0.66%) OAuth2
13 4 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 50 (6.61%) Data Structures
3 42 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 38 (5.03%) Cloud Native
5 37 (4.89%) Reference Data
6 31 (4.10%) Product Ownership
7 25 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.72%) FMCG
11 12 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.59%) Life Science
12 11 (1.46%) Fixed Income
13 9 (1.19%) Data Fabric
13 9 (1.19%) Replication
13 9 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.06%) CMDB
14 8 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.93%) Equities
15 7 (0.93%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.59%) Linux
2 10 (1.32%) 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
1 261 (34.52%) Data Governance
2 191 (25.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 169 (22.35%) Migration
4 164 (21.69%) Agile
5 163 (21.56%) Data Modelling
6 161 (21.30%) Analytics
7 160 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
8 140 (18.52%) Validation
9 130 (17.20%) AI
10 116 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 112 (14.81%) Decision-Making
12 109 (14.42%) Data Architecture
13 108 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
14 104 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 97 (12.83%) ETL
16 92 (12.17%) Roadmaps
17 90 (11.90%) DevOps
18 84 (11.11%) Data Migration
19 82 (10.85%) Metadata Management
20 73 (9.66%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 165 (21.83%) SQL
2 77 (10.19%) Python
3 42 (5.56%) Java
4 28 (3.70%) C#
5 17 (2.25%) C
5 17 (2.25%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.85%) X++
7 8 (1.06%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.79%) Bicep
8 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.79%) VBA
9 5 (0.66%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.53%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.53%) R
11 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.13%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 140 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 107 (14.15%) SC Cleared
3 64 (8.47%) Degree
4 27 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.93%) OCP
8 7 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.79%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.66%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.40%) ISEB
12 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.26%) CBAP
13 2 (0.26%) IIBA
13 2 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 268 (35.45%) Data Quality
2 71 (9.39%) GDPR
3 54 (7.14%) QA
4 22 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.85%) PMO
6 8 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.79%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.66%) NCSC
9 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.53%) BS7666
10 3 (0.40%) COREP
10 3 (0.40%) FINREP
10 3 (0.40%) PERC
10 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.26%) GMP
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.46%) Docker
3 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.40%) 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%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.26%) MOM
5 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.26%) Databricks
2 70 (9.26%) SAP
3 62 (8.20%) Oracle
4 46 (6.08%) Salesforce
5 31 (4.10%) Informatica
6 19 (2.51%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.72%) Google
8 10 (1.32%) Bloomberg
8 10 (1.32%) IBM
8 10 (1.32%) Workday
9 9 (1.19%) ESRI
10 8 (1.06%) Charles River
10 8 (1.06%) Concur
10 8 (1.06%) Talend
11 7 (0.93%) Denodo
11 7 (0.93%) Foundry
11 7 (0.93%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.93%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.79%) Sparx