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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 107 111
Rank change year-on-year -47 +4 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Management 748 649 761
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 2.46% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 2.71% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 383 457
10th Percentile £318 £313 £348
25th Percentile £413 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% -
75th Percentile £625 £707 £675
90th Percentile £738 £863 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 34 58
10th Percentile £15.00 £19.90 £17.56
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.04 £21.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.56 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.70% -23.59% +14.29%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.63 £45.00
90th Percentile £54.50 £77.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -17.50% +14.29%

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 37,549 23,970 31,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 91.01% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,634 15,421 20,733
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,193 2,304
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -32 362 £519 -13.54% 159
South East -2 114 £450 +5.88% 71
Midlands -21 96 £513 -2.38% 65
West Midlands -27 74 £513 +7.89% 33
North of England -90 70 £450 -5.26% 62
South West -4 56 £538 +17.81% 37
Yorkshire -54 34 £400 -11.11% 20
North West -60 34 £500 - 36
East of England -42 29 £505 +58.71% 31
East Midlands -12 21 £525 -8.70% 33
North East -33 3 £425 -19.05% 6
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 40 (5.35%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.28%) Confluence
3 12 (1.60%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.60%) CMS
3 12 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.20%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.20%) Palantir Foundry
4 9 (1.20%) SAS
5 7 (0.94%) WordPress
6 6 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.67%) Apache
8 3 (0.40%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.40%) Mendix
9 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.13%) Mule
9 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 65 (8.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.01%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.40%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.40%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) Windchill
9 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.13%) CATIA
9 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 32 (4.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (3.07%) Teamcenter
3 9 (1.20%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.80%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.53%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.53%) SimCorp Dimension
7 4 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
8 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
8 3 (0.40%) iTrent
8 3 (0.40%) Maximo
8 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.40%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
9 2 (0.27%) Primavera
9 2 (0.27%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 139 (18.58%) Azure
2 114 (15.24%) Power Platform
3 64 (8.56%) AWS
4 33 (4.41%) SaaS
5 31 (4.14%) PowerApps
6 29 (3.88%) GCP
7 28 (3.74%) Collibra
8 26 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (2.41%) Snowflake
13 17 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (2.27%) Entra ID
14 16 (2.14%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.87%) Serverless
16 12 (1.60%) OneDrive
17 11 (1.47%) PaaS
18 9 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.47%) LAN
1 11 (1.47%) WAN
2 10 (1.34%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (0.94%) PSTN
4 4 (0.53%) Network Security
5 3 (0.40%) Firewall
5 3 (0.40%) Intranet
5 3 (0.40%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.27%) FTP
6 2 (0.27%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) 3G
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) 5G
7 1 (0.13%) HTTP
7 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.13%) SDH
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (12.03%) Metadata
1 90 (12.03%) Power BI
2 53 (7.09%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (6.68%) Data Lake
4 38 (5.08%) SQL Server
5 27 (3.61%) Tableau
6 21 (2.81%) GIS
7 15 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (1.74%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.47%) MySQL
10 10 (1.34%) Data Mining
10 10 (1.34%) Oracle Database
10 10 (1.34%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.20%) Spatial Data
12 8 (1.07%) Big Data
12 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (7.22%) JIRA
2 17 (2.27%) Git
3 13 (1.74%) ERwin
4 10 (1.34%) Selenium
5 9 (1.20%) GitLab
5 9 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.80%) Postman
6 6 (0.80%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.67%) JMeter
7 5 (0.67%) JUnit
7 5 (0.67%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.53%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.40%) Toad
10 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.27%) Gradle
10 2 (0.27%) Maven
10 2 (0.27%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 232 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 205 (27.41%) Finance
3 145 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (9.49%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.09%) Banking
6 35 (4.68%) Marketing
7 34 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 29 (3.88%) Aerospace
8 29 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.67%) Retail
11 18 (2.41%) Legal
12 16 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (2.01%) Local Government
14 13 (1.74%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.34%) Aviation
16 10 (1.34%) Front Office
17 9 (1.20%) Military
18 8 (1.07%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (17.51%) Analyst
2 103 (13.77%) Architect
3 79 (10.56%) Senior
4 70 (9.36%) Lead
5 69 (9.22%) Data Architect
6 67 (8.96%) Data Analyst
7 51 (6.82%) Business Analyst
8 47 (6.28%) Data Engineer
9 42 (5.61%) Consultant
10 41 (5.48%) Developer
11 36 (4.81%) Administrator
12 35 (4.68%) Data Manager
13 25 (3.34%) Data Management Specialist
14 24 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.81%) Project Manager
16 18 (2.41%) Data Business Analyst
17 17 (2.27%) Senior Manager
18 15 (2.01%) Data Administrator
18 15 (2.01%) Senior Developer
19 14 (1.87%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.27%) REST
2 16 (2.14%) JSON
2 16 (2.14%) XML
3 14 (1.87%) Middleware
4 10 (1.34%) .NET
4 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (1.20%) Kafka
5 9 (1.20%) RESTful
6 7 (0.94%) PySpark
7 6 (0.80%) YAML
8 5 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.67%) JDO
8 5 (0.67%) LDAP
8 5 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (0.67%) SailPoint
8 5 (0.67%) Web Services
9 4 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.53%) HTML
9 4 (0.53%) SAP CAF
9 4 (0.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.69%) Management Information System
2 33 (4.41%) Onboarding
3 27 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.48%) Data Structures
4 26 (3.48%) Reference Data
5 23 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.87%) FMCG
10 13 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.60%) Life Science
12 9 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.07%) Fixed Income
13 8 (1.07%) IoT
14 7 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
14 7 (0.94%) Taxonomies
15 6 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.74%) Windows
2 9 (1.20%) Linux
3 1 (0.13%) Unix
3 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (30.35%) Data Governance
2 181 (24.20%) Agile
3 180 (24.06%) Migration
4 177 (23.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 149 (19.92%) Data Modelling
6 148 (19.79%) Analytics
7 146 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
8 125 (16.71%) Validation
9 110 (14.71%) AI
10 102 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
10 102 (13.64%) Decision-Making
11 100 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (12.97%) ETL
13 96 (12.83%) Data Architecture
14 92 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 90 (12.03%) Data Migration
16 80 (10.70%) Data Analysis
17 73 (9.76%) DevOps
18 70 (9.36%) Roadmaps
19 63 (8.42%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 151 (20.19%) SQL
2 82 (10.96%) Python
3 27 (3.61%) Java
4 19 (2.54%) C#
5 17 (2.27%) C
6 16 (2.14%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.47%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.34%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.07%) VBA
9 8 (1.07%) X++
10 7 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.80%) Bicep
11 6 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.53%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.40%) Formula Language
13 3 (0.40%) LotusScript
13 3 (0.40%) Scala
14 2 (0.27%) C++
14 2 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 125 (16.71%) Security Cleared
2 99 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 83 (11.10%) Degree
4 22 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.01%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.67%) CBAP
9 5 (0.67%) IIBA
10 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.53%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.53%) OCP
10 4 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.40%) PMP
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.13%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (30.61%) Data Quality
2 78 (10.43%) GDPR
3 60 (8.02%) QA
4 18 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.34%) PMO
6 6 (0.80%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.67%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.67%) NCSC
8 4 (0.53%) BS7666
8 4 (0.53%) COREP
8 4 (0.53%) FINREP
8 4 (0.53%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.40%) PERC
9 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) EMIR
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.80%) Docker
3 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (1.87%) Terraform
2 11 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.53%) Grafana
4 4 (0.53%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) Ansible
7 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.13%) CASB
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 124 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.63%) SAP
3 58 (7.75%) Databricks
4 56 (7.49%) Oracle
5 47 (6.28%) Salesforce
6 27 (3.61%) Informatica
7 21 (2.81%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.74%) Google
9 12 (1.60%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.34%) ESRI
11 9 (1.20%) Foundry
11 9 (1.20%) Palantir
11 9 (1.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.94%) Adobe
12 7 (0.94%) Charles River
12 7 (0.94%) Concur
12 7 (0.94%) Sitecore
12 7 (0.94%) Talend
13 6 (0.80%) Siemens
14 5 (0.67%) Murex