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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 89 106
Rank change year-on-year -74 +17 +63
Contract jobs citing Data Management 655 669 778
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 2.74% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 3.01% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 436 484
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £588 £725 £675
90th Percentile £705 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 25 56
10th Percentile £13.13 £19.73 £15.41
25th Percentile £17.66 £22.72 £19.57
Median hourly rate £30.49 £30.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -24.20% -0.44%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £80.50 £61.88
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.90 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.28% -20.24% -0.44%

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 34,459 22,249 31,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.78% 91.20% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,987 14,574 20,950
10th Percentile £319 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 932 2,245
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.67 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.33% +0.42%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -47 327 £500 -20.00% 126
Midlands -25 91 £511 -2.62% 52
South East -33 81 £450 -18.18% 75
West Midlands -13 75 £510 -2.86% 36
North of England -69 57 £402 -22.69% 50
South West -8 54 £500 -4.76% 24
North West -65 29 £488 -9.72% 36
East of England -53 28 £505 +1.00% 22
Yorkshire -45 26 £370 -22.11% 9
East Midlands -27 15 £488 +9.06% 16
North East -17 3 £470 - 5
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 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 28 (4.27%) Confluence
3 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.68%) HCL Notes
5 10 (1.53%) Mendix
6 9 (1.37%) SAS
7 8 (1.22%) Apache Spark
8 7 (1.07%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.76%) CMS
10 4 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.46%) Apache
12 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.15%) Moodle
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 56 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.75%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.61%) 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 (3.66%) Teamcenter
2 21 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.76%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
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
6 3 (0.46%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.31%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.31%) iTrent
7 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.31%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.15%) Primavera
8 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 119 (18.17%) Azure
2 110 (16.79%) Power Platform
3 54 (8.24%) AWS
4 32 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (4.58%) PowerApps
6 28 (4.27%) GCP
7 27 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.97%) SaaS
9 23 (3.51%) Collibra
10 22 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 21 (3.21%) Serverless
12 19 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 19 (2.90%) Power Automate
13 17 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (2.14%) Azure Functions
15 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
16 12 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (1.83%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (1.83%) Entra ID
16 12 (1.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.98%) LAN
2 11 (1.68%) WAN
3 10 (1.53%) Unified Communications
3 10 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.07%) PSTN
5 4 (0.61%) Intranet
6 2 (0.31%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.31%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) 2G
7 1 (0.15%) 3G
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) 5G
7 1 (0.15%) DWDM
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (0.15%) SS7
7 1 (0.15%) WebEx
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (14.20%) Power BI
2 75 (11.45%) Metadata
3 57 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (5.65%) Data Lake
5 31 (4.73%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.66%) Tableau
7 17 (2.60%) Oracle Database
8 15 (2.29%) GIS
9 13 (1.98%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (1.68%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.53%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.37%) Data Mining
12 9 (1.37%) MySQL
12 9 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (1.22%) Metadata Repository
14 7 (1.07%) Delta Lake
14 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.92%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 49 (7.48%) JIRA
2 17 (2.60%) Git
2 17 (2.60%) GitLab
3 11 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.53%) ERwin
5 9 (1.37%) Selenium
6 6 (0.92%) JMeter
7 5 (0.76%) Appium
7 5 (0.76%) JUnit
8 4 (0.61%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.46%) Postman
9 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.46%) Toad
9 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.46%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.31%) MLflow
10 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.15%) Gatling
General
1 229 (34.96%) Social Skills
2 196 (29.92%) Finance
3 140 (21.37%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (9.01%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.79%) Banking
6 32 (4.89%) Marketing
7 31 (4.73%) Manufacturing
8 27 (4.12%) Financial Institution
9 24 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (3.51%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.14%) Retail
13 13 (1.98%) Local Government
14 11 (1.68%) Legal
14 11 (1.68%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.53%) Military
16 8 (1.22%) Aviation
16 8 (1.22%) Back Office
16 8 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 126 (19.24%) Analyst
2 83 (12.67%) Architect
3 71 (10.84%) Senior
4 66 (10.08%) Lead
5 59 (9.01%) Data Analyst
6 57 (8.70%) Business Analyst
7 51 (7.79%) Data Architect
8 38 (5.80%) Data Manager
9 37 (5.65%) Consultant
10 36 (5.50%) Data Engineer
11 35 (5.34%) Developer
12 22 (3.36%) Administrator
13 18 (2.75%) Data Business Analyst
14 17 (2.60%) Project Manager
14 17 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.44%) Senior Manager
16 14 (2.14%) Configuration Management Specialist
16 14 (2.14%) Configuration Specialist
16 14 (2.14%) Data Management Specialist
17 12 (1.83%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.60%) REST
2 16 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (2.29%) .NET
4 12 (1.83%) React
5 11 (1.68%) JSON
6 10 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
6 10 (1.53%) Kafka
6 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (1.22%) Middleware
7 8 (1.22%) XML
8 7 (1.07%) PySpark
9 6 (0.92%) YAML
10 5 (0.76%) JDO
10 5 (0.76%) SOAP
10 5 (0.76%) Web Services
11 4 (0.61%) ADO
11 4 (0.61%) CSS
11 4 (0.61%) pytest
11 4 (0.61%) RESTful
11 4 (0.61%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.24%) Management Information System
2 38 (5.80%) Onboarding
3 30 (4.58%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (3.36%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (3.21%) Product Ownership
7 20 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
8 19 (2.90%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.83%) FMCG
9 12 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.37%) Life Science
12 8 (1.22%) IoT
13 6 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (0.92%) NHS
13 6 (0.92%) Replication
13 6 (0.92%) Wiki
14 5 (0.76%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.83%) Windows
2 4 (0.61%) Android
2 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.46%) Linux
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (26.11%) Data Governance
2 160 (24.43%) Migration
3 155 (23.66%) Agile
4 150 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
5 142 (21.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 130 (19.85%) Data Modelling
7 126 (19.24%) Analytics
8 109 (16.64%) Business Intelligence
9 97 (14.81%) Validation
10 88 (13.44%) Decision-Making
11 85 (12.98%) AI
12 83 (12.67%) ETL
13 73 (11.15%) Data Migration
13 73 (11.15%) DevOps
14 72 (10.99%) Data Analysis
14 72 (10.99%) Data Architecture
15 68 (10.38%) CI/CD
15 68 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 66 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
17 60 (9.16%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 135 (20.61%) SQL
2 74 (11.30%) Python
3 21 (3.21%) C#
4 18 (2.75%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.60%) Java
6 16 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.68%) Formula Language
7 11 (1.68%) LotusScript
8 10 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.37%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.37%) VBA
10 8 (1.22%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.92%) Bicep
11 6 (0.92%) C
12 5 (0.76%) C++
12 5 (0.76%) R
12 5 (0.76%) X++
13 3 (0.46%) Groovy
13 3 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 118 (18.02%) Security Cleared
2 96 (14.66%) SC Cleared
3 85 (12.98%) Degree
4 25 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.29%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.22%) CBAP
7 8 (1.22%) IIBA
7 8 (1.22%) Oracle Certification
8 7 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.07%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.92%) PMP
10 5 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.61%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.61%) OCA
11 4 (0.61%) OCP
12 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (27.48%) Data Quality
2 60 (9.16%) QA
3 55 (8.40%) GDPR
4 16 (2.44%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.53%) PMO
6 7 (1.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.76%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.76%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.61%) BS7666
8 4 (0.61%) COREP
8 4 (0.61%) FINREP
8 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) DICOM
9 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.31%) HL7
9 2 (0.31%) IFRS
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.31%) MiFID
9 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.61%) Docker
2 2 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.14%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.37%) Terraform
4 7 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.61%) Grafana
6 3 (0.46%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 115 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 67 (10.23%) Oracle
3 58 (8.85%) SAP
4 37 (5.65%) Databricks
5 32 (4.89%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.36%) Informatica
7 17 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.98%) Google
9 11 (1.68%) Lotus
10 10 (1.53%) Kofax
10 10 (1.53%) Talend
11 9 (1.37%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.07%) Siemens
13 6 (0.92%) Adobe
13 6 (0.92%) Autodesk
14 5 (0.76%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.76%) Charles River
14 5 (0.76%) ESRI
14 5 (0.76%) GoldenSource
14 5 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud