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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 99 107
Rank change year-on-year -68 +8 +68
Contract jobs citing Data Management 697 649 761
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.62% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.87% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 402 455
10th Percentile £327 £315 £342
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £722 £675
90th Percentile £734 £875 £765
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 32 58
10th Percentile £14.44 £22.05 £15.62
25th Percentile £19.01 £25.11 £21.25
Median hourly rate £36.75 £30.56 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.25% -23.59% +17.63%
75th Percentile £49.69 £66.88 £45.00
90th Percentile £56.73 £77.25 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.75 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.36% -17.50% +17.63%

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 36,560 22,594 31,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.16% 91.33% 85.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,106 14,607 20,685
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £726 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,294 1,062 2,382
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.27 £37.34
% change year-on-year +67.37% -29.66% +6.69%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -43 354 £500 -18.53% 144
South East -12 99 £456 -8.75% 141
Midlands -34 85 £513 -2.38% 90
West Midlands -27 66 £513 +1.23% 42
North of England -93 61 £450 -10.00% 100
South West -2 53 £538 +3.37% 68
North West -65 32 £500 -5.21% 50
Yorkshire -60 27 £400 -15.79% 34
East of England -45 25 £505 +1.00% 74
East Midlands -20 18 £525 -8.70% 49
North East -30 3 £425 -19.05% 16
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 41 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.16%) Confluence
3 12 (1.72%) CMS
3 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.29%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.29%) SAS
6 7 (1.00%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.86%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.86%) Mendix
7 6 (0.86%) WordPress
8 5 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.57%) Apache
10 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
Applications
1 64 (9.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.87%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.43%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.43%) Revit
8 2 (0.29%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.14%) CATIA
9 1 (0.14%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (3.30%) Teamcenter
3 7 (1.00%) Aladdin
3 7 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.57%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.57%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.57%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.43%) Maximo
5 3 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.29%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.50%) Azure
2 113 (16.21%) Power Platform
3 59 (8.46%) AWS
4 33 (4.73%) PowerApps
5 30 (4.30%) SaaS
6 27 (3.87%) GCP
7 26 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (3.44%) Collibra
9 23 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (2.58%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.58%) Snowflake
11 17 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (2.30%) Serverless
13 15 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (1.87%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.72%) OneDrive
16 10 (1.43%) Azure Functions
16 10 (1.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.58%) LAN
1 11 (1.58%) WAN
2 10 (1.43%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (1.00%) PSTN
4 4 (0.57%) SMS
5 3 (0.43%) Intranet
5 3 (0.43%) Network Security
6 2 (0.29%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.29%) Firewall
7 1 (0.14%) 2G
7 1 (0.14%) 3G
7 1 (0.14%) 4G
7 1 (0.14%) 5G
7 1 (0.14%) DWDM
7 1 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) SAN
7 1 (0.14%) SDH
7 1 (0.14%) SS7
7 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (12.91%) Power BI
2 84 (12.05%) Metadata
3 54 (7.75%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (6.17%) Data Lake
5 38 (5.45%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.73%) Tableau
7 20 (2.87%) GIS
8 15 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.87%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.87%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.58%) MySQL
10 11 (1.58%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.43%) Data Mining
12 9 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.29%) Spatial Data
13 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (1.00%) OLAP
14 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (6.46%) JIRA
2 17 (2.44%) Git
3 11 (1.58%) ERwin
4 10 (1.43%) Selenium
5 9 (1.29%) GitLab
5 9 (1.29%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.86%) Postman
6 6 (0.86%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.72%) JUnit
7 5 (0.72%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.57%) JMeter
8 4 (0.57%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.43%) Toad
10 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.29%) Gradle
10 2 (0.29%) Maven
10 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 224 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 197 (28.26%) Finance
3 134 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.04%) Public Sector
5 49 (7.03%) Banking
6 30 (4.30%) Marketing
7 29 (4.16%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.87%) Aerospace
9 25 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.58%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.15%) Legal
12 15 (2.15%) Retail
13 14 (2.01%) Local Government
14 13 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.43%) Aviation
15 10 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.29%) Front Office
17 7 (1.00%) Military
17 7 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 124 (17.79%) Analyst
2 94 (13.49%) Architect
3 72 (10.33%) Senior
4 70 (10.04%) Lead
5 63 (9.04%) Data Architect
6 61 (8.75%) Data Analyst
7 49 (7.03%) Business Analyst
8 41 (5.88%) Data Engineer
9 40 (5.74%) Developer
10 39 (5.60%) Consultant
11 34 (4.88%) Administrator
12 33 (4.73%) Data Manager
13 24 (3.44%) Data Management Specialist
14 18 (2.58%) Project Manager
14 18 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.30%) Data Business Analyst
16 15 (2.15%) Data Administrator
17 14 (2.01%) Configuration Specialist
17 14 (2.01%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.30%) JSON
1 16 (2.30%) REST
2 15 (2.15%) XML
3 11 (1.58%) Middleware
4 10 (1.43%) .NET
4 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (1.29%) Kafka
6 8 (1.15%) RESTful
7 7 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.00%) PySpark
8 6 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
8 6 (0.86%) React
8 6 (0.86%) Web Services
8 6 (0.86%) YAML
9 5 (0.72%) JDO
10 4 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (0.57%) HTML
10 4 (0.57%) pytest
11 3 (0.43%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.61%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.16%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.59%) Cloud Native
4 24 (3.44%) Reference Data
5 22 (3.16%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.58%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.72%) FMCG
10 11 (1.58%) Life Science
11 9 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.15%) IoT
13 7 (1.00%) Fixed Income
14 6 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.86%) NHS
14 6 (0.86%) Replication
14 6 (0.86%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.58%) Windows
2 4 (0.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.14%) Unix
3 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (28.41%) Data Governance
2 178 (25.54%) Migration
3 161 (23.10%) Agile
4 159 (22.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 147 (21.09%) Data Modelling
6 144 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (18.51%) Analytics
8 104 (14.92%) Validation
9 100 (14.35%) AI
9 100 (14.35%) Business Intelligence
10 91 (13.06%) Decision-Making
10 91 (13.06%) ETL
11 87 (12.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (12.34%) Data Architecture
13 85 (12.20%) Data Migration
14 81 (11.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 74 (10.62%) Data Analysis
16 71 (10.19%) DevOps
17 65 (9.33%) Roadmaps
18 57 (8.18%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 144 (20.66%) SQL
2 78 (11.19%) Python
3 23 (3.30%) Java
4 18 (2.58%) C#
5 16 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.87%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.58%) C
8 10 (1.43%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.15%) X++
10 7 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.00%) VBA
11 6 (0.86%) Bicep
11 6 (0.86%) Formula Language
11 6 (0.86%) LotusScript
11 6 (0.86%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.43%) Scala
12 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.29%) C++
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 121 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 97 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 84 (12.05%) Degree
4 21 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.00%) CBAP
8 7 (1.00%) IIBA
9 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.57%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.57%) OCP
11 4 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (0.57%) PMP
12 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.14%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (29.70%) Data Quality
2 65 (9.33%) GDPR
3 55 (7.89%) QA
4 16 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.15%) PMO
6 6 (0.86%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.72%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.57%) BS7666
8 4 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.57%) COREP
8 4 (0.57%) FINREP
8 4 (0.57%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.29%) DICOM
10 2 (0.29%) EMIR
10 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.29%) HL7
10 2 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (0.57%) Active Directory
1 4 (0.57%) Docker
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.58%) Kubernetes
1 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (1.58%) Terraform
2 7 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (0.57%) Grafana
4 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 115 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.32%) SAP
3 56 (8.03%) Oracle
4 50 (7.17%) Databricks
5 45 (6.46%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.16%) Informatica
7 16 (2.30%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.72%) Bloomberg
8 12 (1.72%) Google
9 10 (1.43%) ESRI
10 7 (1.00%) Foundry
10 7 (1.00%) Palantir
10 7 (1.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 6 (0.86%) Charles River
11 6 (0.86%) Kofax
11 6 (0.86%) Lotus
11 6 (0.86%) Siemens
11 6 (0.86%) Sitecore
11 6 (0.86%) Talend
12 5 (0.72%) Adobe