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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 124 115
Rank change year-on-year -46 -9 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Management 741 645 673
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.32% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.55% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 370 400
10th Percentile £341 £296 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £511 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -7.05% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £696
90th Percentile £750 £751 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £511 £550
% change year-on-year +0.24% -7.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 32 48
10th Percentile £16.58 £19.23 £21.25
25th Percentile £21.08 £23.21 £27.38
Median hourly rate £37.50 £31.66 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% -29.64% +36.36%
75th Percentile £48.75 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £77.50 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -26.67% +36.36%

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 38,847 25,245 28,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.01% 90.81% 85.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,107 16,076 18,544
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.40% -4.53%
75th Percentile £626 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,555 1,444 1,611
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.97
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.61% -1.28%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -50 356 £525 -4.55% 149
Midlands -12 110 £525 +16.67% 58
South East -19 100 £463 +19.35% 104
West Midlands -12 83 £513 +28.13% 37
North of England -82 80 £450 - 61
South West -30 43 £535 -6.96% 42
North West -46 41 £538 +7.50% 33
Yorkshire -41 38 £400 -2.44% 22
East of England -24 30 £613 +36.11% 28
East Midlands -13 26 £525 +16.67% 21
North East -42 2 £425 -10.53% 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 31 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.05%) Confluence
3 12 (1.62%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.62%) CMS
4 11 (1.48%) SAS
5 8 (1.08%) ArcGIS
5 8 (1.08%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.94%) WordPress
7 6 (0.81%) Apache
8 5 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.54%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.54%) Mule
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.27%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) Mendix
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 59 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.40%) Navisworks
5 3 (0.40%) Revit
5 3 (0.40%) Windchill
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 32 (4.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.89%) Aladdin
3 12 (1.62%) Teamcenter
4 8 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.67%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.54%) iTrent
7 4 (0.54%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
8 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
8 3 (0.40%) Maximo
8 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.40%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 140 (18.89%) Azure
2 106 (14.30%) Power Platform
3 56 (7.56%) AWS
4 30 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (3.91%) SaaS
6 27 (3.64%) PowerApps
7 26 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (3.51%) Collibra
8 24 (3.24%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (2.97%) GCP
10 20 (2.70%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.43%) Snowflake
12 17 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (1.62%) GitHub
14 12 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
15 11 (1.48%) Serverless
16 10 (1.35%) Entra ID
16 10 (1.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.54%) Firewall
1 4 (0.54%) Network Security
2 3 (0.40%) Intranet
2 3 (0.40%) LAN
2 3 (0.40%) SMS
2 3 (0.40%) WAN
3 2 (0.27%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (0.27%) FTP
3 2 (0.27%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.27%) Internet
3 2 (0.27%) PSTN
3 2 (0.27%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) 2G
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) SDH
4 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.13%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (14.71%) Metadata
2 83 (11.20%) Power BI
3 47 (6.34%) Data Lake
4 46 (6.21%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (4.05%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.97%) NoSQL
6 22 (2.97%) Tableau
7 18 (2.43%) GIS
8 15 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.75%) Delta Lake
10 11 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.35%) Data Mining
11 10 (1.35%) MySQL
11 10 (1.35%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.21%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.08%) Big Data
13 8 (1.08%) Spatial Data
14 7 (0.94%) Pentaho
14 7 (0.94%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 50 (6.75%) JIRA
2 18 (2.43%) Git
3 16 (2.16%) Selenium
4 13 (1.75%) ERwin
5 12 (1.62%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.35%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.08%) ER Studio
7 8 (1.08%) Postman
8 6 (0.81%) GitLab
8 6 (0.81%) JMeter
9 5 (0.67%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.54%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.54%) JUnit
10 4 (0.54%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.40%) Gradle
11 3 (0.40%) Maven
11 3 (0.40%) MLflow
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.40%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 240 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 204 (27.53%) Finance
3 144 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.72%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.42%) Banking
6 35 (4.72%) Marketing
7 34 (4.59%) Manufacturing
8 33 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (3.37%) Retail
11 20 (2.70%) Aerospace
12 19 (2.56%) Legal
13 17 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (1.75%) Local Government
16 11 (1.48%) Front Office
17 10 (1.35%) Billing
17 10 (1.35%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.35%) Investment Banking
17 10 (1.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 116 (15.65%) Analyst
2 106 (14.30%) Architect
3 82 (11.07%) Lead
4 66 (8.91%) Data Architect
5 65 (8.77%) Senior
6 59 (7.96%) Data Analyst
7 50 (6.75%) Developer
8 46 (6.21%) Consultant
8 46 (6.21%) Data Engineer
9 42 (5.67%) Business Analyst
10 39 (5.26%) Administrator
11 32 (4.32%) Data Manager
12 29 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (2.56%) Data Consultant
14 17 (2.29%) Project Manager
15 16 (2.16%) Data Management Specialist
16 15 (2.02%) Data Administrator
16 15 (2.02%) Data Business Analyst
16 15 (2.02%) Senior Developer
17 13 (1.75%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.78%) REST
2 18 (2.43%) JSON
2 18 (2.43%) Kafka
3 17 (2.29%) Middleware
4 16 (2.16%) XML
5 14 (1.89%) RESTful
6 12 (1.62%) .NET
6 12 (1.62%) PySpark
7 9 (1.21%) SOAP
8 8 (1.08%) OAuth
8 8 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (0.81%) HTML
10 5 (0.67%) JWT
10 5 (0.67%) OAuth2
11 4 (0.54%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.54%) LDAP
11 4 (0.54%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.54%) SAP CAF
12 3 (0.40%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.77%) Management Information System
2 46 (6.21%) Data Structures
3 38 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 36 (4.86%) Onboarding
5 33 (4.45%) Reference Data
6 26 (3.51%) Product Ownership
7 20 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.89%) FMCG
10 12 (1.62%) Life Science
11 11 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.35%) Fixed Income
13 9 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.08%) CMDB
15 7 (0.94%) Autonomous Agent
15 7 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
15 7 (0.94%) Replication
16 6 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.62%) Linux
2 9 (1.21%) Windows
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
1 243 (32.79%) Data Governance
2 182 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 175 (23.62%) Migration
4 160 (21.59%) Agile
5 156 (21.05%) Data Modelling
6 151 (20.38%) Problem-Solving
7 150 (20.24%) Analytics
8 133 (17.95%) Validation
9 121 (16.33%) AI
10 103 (13.90%) Business Intelligence
10 103 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 102 (13.77%) Data Architecture
12 96 (12.96%) Decision-Making
13 94 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 91 (12.28%) Data Migration
15 89 (12.01%) ETL
16 84 (11.34%) Roadmaps
17 82 (11.07%) DevOps
18 75 (10.12%) Data Analysis
19 69 (9.31%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 152 (20.51%) SQL
2 75 (10.12%) Python
3 39 (5.26%) Java
4 22 (2.97%) C#
5 17 (2.29%) C
6 14 (1.89%) X++
7 12 (1.62%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.94%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.94%) VBA
9 6 (0.81%) Bicep
10 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.40%) Scala
12 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 133 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 98 (13.23%) SC Cleared
3 59 (7.96%) Degree
4 27 (3.64%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.08%) OCP
8 8 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (0.94%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.40%) ISEB
13 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.27%) CBAP
14 2 (0.27%) IIBA
14 2 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (34.82%) Data Quality
2 66 (8.91%) GDPR
3 53 (7.15%) QA
4 19 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.48%) PMO
6 7 (0.94%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.67%) NCSC
8 5 (0.67%) Solvency II
9 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.54%) BS7666
10 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.40%) COREP
10 3 (0.40%) FINREP
10 3 (0.40%) PERC
10 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.27%) COBIT
11 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) MiFID
11 2 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.35%) Docker
3 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 19 (2.56%) Terraform
2 11 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.54%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.27%) Ansible
5 2 (0.27%) Grafana
5 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.13%) CASB
6 1 (0.13%) MOM
6 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 120 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.85%) SAP
3 64 (8.64%) Databricks
4 61 (8.23%) Oracle
5 51 (6.88%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.24%) Informatica
7 18 (2.43%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.48%) Google
9 10 (1.35%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.35%) ESRI
9 10 (1.35%) Workday
10 8 (1.08%) Charles River
10 8 (1.08%) Concur
10 8 (1.08%) Foundry
10 8 (1.08%) Palantir
10 8 (1.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 7 (0.94%) Adobe
11 7 (0.94%) IBM
11 7 (0.94%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.94%) Sitecore