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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 91 112
Rank change year-on-year -56 +21 +41
Contract jobs citing Data Management 678 701 795
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.84% 2.84% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 3.13% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 486 522
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £588 £713 £657
90th Percentile £703 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £494 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -8.56% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 26 57
10th Percentile £13.13 £20.36 £15.52
25th Percentile £16.54 £25.43 £19.57
Median hourly rate £28.03 £30.51 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -23.73% -37.98%
75th Percentile £46.06 £53.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £52.63 £88.13 £58.10
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £31.65 £42.50
% change year-on-year -9.80% -25.52% -32.54%

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 31,861 22,379 32,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.57% 86.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,379 14,469 21,822
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 1,986 803 2,148
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.32 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -53 348 £500 -16.67% 132
Midlands -8 96 £481 +1.29% 54
West Midlands -12 80 £492 -8.47% 34
South East -53 74 £481 -8.33% 99
North of England -73 63 £450 -13.88% 56
South West +9 60 £500 +11.11% 36
Yorkshire -45 32 £404 -19.30% 16
East of England -45 28 £505 +7.68% 39
North West -54 28 £500 -5.66% 35
East Midlands -28 16 £413 -0.36% 19
North East -14 3 £540 +8.00% 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 39 (5.75%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.98%) Confluence
3 22 (3.24%) SAS
4 11 (1.62%) HCL Notes
5 10 (1.47%) Mendix
5 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (1.18%) Apache
6 8 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.18%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.59%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.59%) CMS
8 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.44%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.15%) Moodle
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 58 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 15 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.44%) Windchill
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.15%) CATIA
9 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.15%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.15%) Revit
9 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 21 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.06%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.74%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.59%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.44%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
6 3 (0.44%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.29%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.29%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.29%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.99%) Azure
2 101 (14.90%) Power Platform
3 66 (9.73%) AWS
4 37 (5.46%) GCP
5 31 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (4.28%) Collibra
8 24 (3.54%) PowerApps
9 23 (3.39%) Serverless
10 22 (3.24%) OpenShift
11 21 (3.10%) SaaS
12 16 (2.36%) Power Automate
13 15 (2.21%) Azure Functions
13 15 (2.21%) Snowflake
14 14 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
15 13 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.62%) LAN
2 9 (1.33%) WAN
3 8 (1.18%) Unified Communications
3 8 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.74%) PSTN
5 4 (0.59%) Intranet
6 2 (0.29%) Firewall
6 2 (0.29%) HTTP
6 2 (0.29%) NAS
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) 2G
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) 5G
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) MQTT
7 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.15%) SDH
7 1 (0.15%) WebEx
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (13.42%) Power BI
2 63 (9.29%) Metadata
3 55 (8.11%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (4.72%) SQL Server
5 29 (4.28%) Data Lake
6 26 (3.83%) Tableau
7 23 (3.39%) Oracle Database
8 15 (2.21%) MySQL
8 15 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (2.21%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.62%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.47%) Big Data
13 9 (1.33%) GIS
14 8 (1.18%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (1.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
15 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.88%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 56 (8.26%) JIRA
2 42 (6.19%) GitLab
3 39 (5.75%) Git
4 27 (3.98%) Jenkins
5 21 (3.10%) Selenium
6 17 (2.51%) JUnit
7 12 (1.77%) ERwin
8 5 (0.74%) Appium
8 5 (0.74%) JMeter
9 3 (0.44%) Postman
9 3 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.44%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.44%) Toad
10 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.15%) GCC
11 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 265 (39.09%) Social Skills
2 216 (31.86%) Finance
3 158 (23.30%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.85%) Banking
5 52 (7.67%) Public Sector
6 43 (6.34%) Marketing
7 31 (4.57%) Financial Institution
8 30 (4.42%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (3.10%) Aerospace
13 17 (2.51%) Retail
14 13 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.77%) Legal
16 11 (1.62%) Military
17 10 (1.47%) Aviation
18 9 (1.33%) Front Office
18 9 (1.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 130 (19.17%) Analyst
2 72 (10.62%) Architect
3 66 (9.73%) Data Analyst
4 64 (9.44%) Senior
5 63 (9.29%) Lead
6 61 (9.00%) Business Analyst
7 43 (6.34%) Data Architect
7 43 (6.34%) Developer
8 38 (5.60%) Consultant
9 33 (4.87%) Data Engineer
10 28 (4.13%) Data Manager
11 24 (3.54%) Administrator
12 18 (2.65%) Data Business Analyst
12 18 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
12 18 (2.65%) Test Specialist
13 17 (2.51%) Project Manager
14 16 (2.36%) Data Modeller
15 14 (2.06%) Configuration Management Specialist
15 14 (2.06%) Configuration Specialist
15 14 (2.06%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.16%) REST
2 24 (3.54%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (2.80%) pytest
4 17 (2.51%) React
5 15 (2.21%) .NET
6 13 (1.92%) Kafka
7 12 (1.77%) JSON
8 11 (1.62%) SOAP
9 10 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
10 9 (1.33%) XML
11 8 (1.18%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (1.18%) PySpark
11 8 (1.18%) YAML
12 7 (1.03%) Middleware
13 6 (0.88%) Node.js
13 6 (0.88%) Visualforce
14 5 (0.74%) JDO
14 5 (0.74%) NumPy
14 5 (0.74%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.23%) Management Information System
2 39 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 38 (5.60%) Data Structures
4 28 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (3.39%) Reference Data
6 22 (3.24%) Product Ownership
7 20 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.77%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.47%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.18%) Life Science
12 8 (1.18%) Social Media
13 7 (1.03%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.03%) IoT
13 7 (1.03%) Synthetic Data
14 6 (0.88%) CMDB
14 6 (0.88%) Wiki
15 5 (0.74%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.77%) Windows
2 6 (0.88%) Linux
3 5 (0.74%) Android
3 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (29.79%) Agile
2 193 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
3 174 (25.66%) Data Governance
4 160 (23.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 147 (21.68%) Analytics
6 130 (19.17%) Migration
7 128 (18.88%) Data Modelling
8 112 (16.52%) Business Intelligence
9 93 (13.72%) DevOps
10 92 (13.57%) Validation
11 90 (13.27%) CI/CD
12 79 (11.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 78 (11.50%) AI
14 76 (11.21%) Decision-Making
14 76 (11.21%) Project Management
15 68 (10.03%) Data Analysis
15 68 (10.03%) ETL
16 64 (9.44%) Data Architecture
17 62 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
18 59 (8.70%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 144 (21.24%) SQL
2 91 (13.42%) Python
3 26 (3.83%) JavaScript
4 17 (2.51%) C#
5 16 (2.36%) Java
6 15 (2.21%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.62%) Formula Language
7 11 (1.62%) LotusScript
8 10 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.47%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.33%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.18%) VBA
11 7 (1.03%) Apex Code
11 7 (1.03%) Groovy
11 7 (1.03%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.88%) R
13 5 (0.74%) C++
14 4 (0.59%) Bicep
14 4 (0.59%) Scala
15 3 (0.44%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 147 (21.68%) Security Cleared
2 121 (17.85%) SC Cleared
3 92 (13.57%) Degree
4 22 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.95%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.62%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.18%) IIBA
9 7 (1.03%) CBAP
9 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.03%) OCA
10 5 (0.74%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.74%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.74%) PMP
11 4 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.59%) OCP
12 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.44%) PhD
12 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (24.48%) Data Quality
2 73 (10.77%) QA
3 63 (9.29%) GDPR
4 15 (2.21%) PMO
5 14 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.03%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.74%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.59%) IFRS
9 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.29%) Basel III
11 2 (0.29%) COREP
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.29%) EMIR
11 2 (0.29%) FINREP
11 2 (0.29%) MiFID
11 2 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (3.10%) Docker
2 2 (0.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.33%) Terraform
3 5 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.59%) Grafana
4 4 (0.59%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.29%) Consul
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 130 (19.17%) Microsoft
2 82 (12.09%) Oracle
3 55 (8.11%) SAP
4 41 (6.05%) Salesforce
5 36 (5.31%) Databricks
6 30 (4.42%) Informatica
7 25 (3.69%) ServiceNow
8 17 (2.51%) Google
9 13 (1.92%) Talend
10 11 (1.62%) Lotus
11 10 (1.47%) Kofax
12 9 (1.33%) Bloomberg
13 8 (1.18%) Workday
14 7 (1.03%) Siemens
15 6 (0.88%) Charles River
15 6 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 6 (0.88%) Twitter
16 5 (0.74%) Adobe
16 5 (0.74%) Murex
16 5 (0.74%) Palantir