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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 80 112
Rank change year-on-year -56 +32 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Management 681 777 779
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.04% 2.97% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 3.32% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 490 523
10th Percentile £313 £325 £400
25th Percentile £403 £414 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -4.55% -5.17%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £661
90th Percentile £700 £826 £750
UK median daily rate £494 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -5.95% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 27 43
10th Percentile £12.63 £21.63 £18.05
25th Percentile £15.75 £26.39 £19.57
Median hourly rate £25.42 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.80% -1.52% -50.19%
75th Percentile £44.75 £49.84 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.28 £95.25 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% -7.14% -44.00%

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 29,221 23,402 33,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.65% 89.60% 87.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,693 14,362 22,190
10th Percentile £306 £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 £640 £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 1,820 750 1,958
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.01 £16.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -0.71% +0.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +9.38%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -52 358 £500 -9.09% 162
Midlands -21 85 £477 -9.24% 43
South East -41 75 £488 -8.45% 101
North of England -71 70 £455 -11.65% 70
West Midlands -6 69 £490 -6.67% 29
South West +17 58 £463 +2.78% 26
North West -54 33 £500 - 49
Yorkshire -34 32 £404 -24.51% 18
East of England -36 24 £505 -8.18% 27
East Midlands -29 16 £447 +7.97% 14
North East -16 5 £438 -23.91% 3
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 36 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.52%) Confluence
3 20 (2.94%) SAS
4 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.47%) HCL Notes
6 9 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.32%) Mendix
7 8 (1.17%) Apache
8 7 (1.03%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.44%) WordPress
10 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.15%) CMS
11 1 (0.15%) Moodle
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 60 (8.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.35%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.88%) ProjectWise
8 4 (0.59%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.59%) Revit
9 3 (0.44%) Windchill
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.15%) CATIA
11 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 22 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.06%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.73%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.73%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.44%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle SCM
5 3 (0.44%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.29%) Eagle PACE
6 2 (0.29%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.29%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.29%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.29%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.29%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.15%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.91%) Azure
2 96 (14.10%) Power Platform
3 62 (9.10%) AWS
4 38 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (4.99%) GCP
6 28 (4.11%) Collibra
7 27 (3.96%) PowerApps
8 26 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (3.52%) SaaS
10 22 (3.23%) OCI
11 20 (2.94%) Serverless
12 19 (2.79%) OpenShift
13 18 (2.64%) Power Automate
14 17 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 16 (2.35%) PaaS
15 16 (2.35%) Snowflake
16 15 (2.20%) Azure Functions
17 14 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
18 13 (1.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.62%) LAN
2 9 (1.32%) WAN
3 8 (1.17%) Unified Communications
3 8 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.73%) PSTN
5 3 (0.44%) Firewall
5 3 (0.44%) NAS
6 2 (0.29%) HTTP
6 2 (0.29%) SAN
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) 2G
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
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%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (12.63%) Power BI
2 54 (7.93%) Metadata
3 47 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (4.26%) Tableau
5 26 (3.82%) SQL Server
6 22 (3.23%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.64%) Oracle Database
8 13 (1.91%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.76%) MySQL
9 12 (1.76%) NoSQL
9 12 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (1.62%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.32%) Big Data
11 9 (1.32%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.03%) GIS
13 6 (0.88%) Metadata Repository
13 6 (0.88%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.88%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.59%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (9.84%) JIRA
2 42 (6.17%) GitLab
3 31 (4.55%) Git
4 24 (3.52%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.20%) Selenium
6 14 (2.06%) JUnit
7 9 (1.32%) ERwin
8 4 (0.59%) Appium
8 4 (0.59%) Postman
9 3 (0.44%) JMeter
9 3 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.29%) TestRail
10 2 (0.29%) Toad
11 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.15%) MLflow
11 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 278 (40.82%) Social Skills
2 219 (32.16%) Finance
3 156 (22.91%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.81%) Banking
5 49 (7.20%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.73%) Marketing
7 31 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.67%) Financial Institution
8 25 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.35%) Retail
12 15 (2.20%) Aerospace
12 15 (2.20%) Legal
12 15 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.91%) Local Government
13 13 (1.91%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.76%) Military
15 11 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.47%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 134 (19.68%) Analyst
2 71 (10.43%) Architect
3 64 (9.40%) Data Analyst
4 62 (9.10%) Business Analyst
5 61 (8.96%) Senior
6 59 (8.66%) Lead
7 58 (8.52%) Developer
8 48 (7.05%) Consultant
9 35 (5.14%) Data Architect
10 31 (4.55%) Data Manager
11 25 (3.67%) Administrator
12 22 (3.23%) Data Engineer
13 16 (2.35%) Data Business Analyst
13 16 (2.35%) Data Modeller
13 16 (2.35%) Governance Analyst
13 16 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.20%) Oracle Consultant
14 15 (2.20%) Test Specialist
15 13 (1.91%) Power Platform Developer
15 13 (1.91%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.90%) REST
2 30 (4.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 23 (3.38%) SOAP
4 18 (2.64%) .NET
5 17 (2.50%) React
6 16 (2.35%) pytest
7 11 (1.62%) Kafka
7 11 (1.62%) Lightning Web Components
7 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Graph
8 10 (1.47%) JSON
8 10 (1.47%) Middleware
8 10 (1.47%) Visualforce
9 9 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (1.32%) XML
10 7 (1.03%) Node.js
10 7 (1.03%) RESTful
11 6 (0.88%) CSS
11 6 (0.88%) OAuth
11 6 (0.88%) PySpark
11 6 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.05%) Management Information System
2 43 (6.31%) Onboarding
3 35 (5.14%) Data Structures
4 26 (3.82%) Product Ownership
5 24 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (2.50%) Reference Data
8 14 (2.06%) CMDB
9 13 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.62%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.32%) Synthetic Data
12 8 (1.17%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.03%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (1.03%) Mobile App
14 6 (0.88%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.88%) IoT
14 6 (0.88%) Life Science
14 6 (0.88%) Reinsurance
14 6 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.20%) Windows
2 7 (1.03%) Android
2 7 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (30.40%) Problem-Solving
2 204 (29.96%) Agile
3 170 (24.96%) Data Governance
4 156 (22.91%) Analytics
5 152 (22.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 117 (17.18%) Data Modelling
7 109 (16.01%) Migration
8 104 (15.27%) DevOps
9 103 (15.12%) Business Intelligence
10 89 (13.07%) CI/CD
11 86 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 83 (12.19%) Validation
13 76 (11.16%) Project Management
14 75 (11.01%) Decision-Making
15 68 (9.99%) Visualisation
16 67 (9.84%) Data Analysis
17 65 (9.54%) AI
18 62 (9.10%) Roadmaps
19 60 (8.81%) Data Strategy
20 59 (8.66%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 142 (20.85%) SQL
2 89 (13.07%) Python
3 34 (4.99%) JavaScript
4 20 (2.94%) PowerShell
5 19 (2.79%) C#
6 13 (1.91%) Java
7 11 (1.62%) Apex Code
7 11 (1.62%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.47%) Formula Language
8 10 (1.47%) LotusScript
9 8 (1.17%) Groovy
9 8 (1.17%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.03%) VBA
11 6 (0.88%) R
12 5 (0.73%) C++
12 5 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.59%) Korn
13 4 (0.59%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.44%) Perl
14 3 (0.44%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 131 (19.24%) Security Cleared
2 107 (15.71%) SC Cleared
3 94 (13.80%) Degree
4 24 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.08%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.32%) OCA
7 9 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.17%) IIBA
9 7 (1.03%) CBAP
10 5 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.73%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.73%) PMP
11 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.44%) PhD
12 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.29%) CIPD
13 2 (0.29%) CISSP
13 2 (0.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (23.20%) Data Quality
2 67 (9.84%) QA
3 66 (9.69%) GDPR
4 15 (2.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (1.76%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.76%) PMO
6 7 (1.03%) ISO 19650
7 6 (0.88%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.73%) IFRS
9 4 (0.59%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.44%) GxP
10 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.29%) Basel III
11 2 (0.29%) EMIR
11 2 (0.29%) GAAP
11 2 (0.29%) MiFID
11 2 (0.29%) NCSC
11 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.15%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 22 (3.23%) Docker
2 5 (0.73%) Firmware
3 3 (0.44%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) HDFS
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.47%) Terraform
4 5 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.44%) Grafana
5 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.29%) Consul
6 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 125 (18.36%) Microsoft
2 81 (11.89%) Oracle
3 51 (7.49%) SAP
4 38 (5.58%) Salesforce
5 34 (4.99%) Databricks
6 30 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 28 (4.11%) Informatica
8 18 (2.64%) Google
9 13 (1.91%) Talend
10 11 (1.62%) Workday
11 10 (1.47%) Lotus
12 9 (1.32%) Kofax
13 8 (1.17%) Bloomberg
14 7 (1.03%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.88%) Autodesk
16 5 (0.73%) Charles River
16 5 (0.73%) EMC
16 5 (0.73%) Murex
16 5 (0.73%) Siemens
17 4 (0.59%) Twitter