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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 85 109
Rank change year-on-year -69 +24 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Management 671 698 796
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 2.86% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 3.14% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 479 526
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £422 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £713 £662
90th Percentile £705 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £494 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.23% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 28 58
10th Percentile £13.13 £21.22 £15.62
25th Percentile £16.55 £25.98 £20.08
Median hourly rate £28.03 £31.65 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -29.66% -28.57%
75th Percentile £45.75 £42.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £50.00 £79.00 £59.00
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -12.15% -27.78% -28.29%

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 32,791 22,195 32,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.18% 90.78% 86.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,993 14,632 21,603
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 2,006 863 2,155
10th Percentile £15.36 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.24 £15.97
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.86 £58.24
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% -10.34%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -49 340 £492 -18.00% 102
Midlands -29 89 £492 -6.29% 51
South East -41 78 £475 -13.64% 94
West Midlands -11 76 £492 -8.47% 28
South West +6 62 £518 +15.00% 32
North of England -70 59 £450 -13.46% 46
East of England -40 35 £505 +2.23% 26
Yorkshire -49 30 £404 -15.05% 13
North West -60 27 £500 -7.41% 30
East Midlands -35 12 £430 -3.86% 23
North East -13 2 £540 +8.00% 4
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 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 28 (4.17%) Confluence
3 22 (3.28%) SAS
4 11 (1.64%) HCL Notes
4 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.49%) Mendix
6 7 (1.04%) Apache
6 7 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.04%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.89%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.60%) CMS
9 3 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.45%) WordPress
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 60 (8.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (3.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.83%) MS Visio
5 15 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.60%) Windchill
8 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.15%) CATIA
8 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.15%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.15%) Revit
8 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 20 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.24%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.60%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.45%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.45%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.45%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
6 3 (0.45%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.30%) iTrent
7 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 111 (16.54%) Azure
2 102 (15.20%) Power Platform
3 58 (8.64%) AWS
4 32 (4.77%) Collibra
5 31 (4.62%) GCP
5 31 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (3.73%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.43%) Serverless
9 22 (3.28%) OpenShift
10 21 (3.13%) SaaS
11 15 (2.24%) Azure Functions
11 15 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
11 15 (2.24%) Power Automate
12 14 (2.09%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
13 13 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.79%) LAN
2 10 (1.49%) WAN
3 9 (1.34%) Unified Communications
3 9 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.89%) PSTN
5 4 (0.60%) Intranet
6 2 (0.30%) 2G
6 2 (0.30%) 4G
6 2 (0.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.30%) HTTP
6 2 (0.30%) NAS
6 2 (0.30%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
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 (13.56%) Power BI
2 66 (9.84%) Metadata
3 53 (7.90%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (4.77%) SQL Server
5 29 (4.32%) Data Lake
6 28 (4.17%) Tableau
7 23 (3.43%) Oracle Database
8 15 (2.24%) MySQL
9 14 (2.09%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
11 12 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (1.64%) GIS
12 11 (1.64%) NoSQL
13 8 (1.19%) Big Data
13 8 (1.19%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.04%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 7 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.89%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 54 (8.05%) JIRA
2 37 (5.51%) GitLab
3 35 (5.22%) Git
4 26 (3.87%) Jenkins
5 20 (2.98%) Selenium
6 17 (2.53%) JUnit
7 13 (1.94%) ERwin
8 5 (0.75%) Appium
8 5 (0.75%) JMeter
9 3 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.45%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.45%) Toad
10 2 (0.30%) Postman
10 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.15%) GCC
11 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 259 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 205 (30.55%) Finance
3 153 (22.80%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (9.09%) Banking
5 52 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 40 (5.96%) Marketing
7 34 (5.07%) Manufacturing
8 30 (4.47%) Financial Institution
9 24 (3.58%) Aerospace
9 24 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.53%) Retail
13 14 (2.09%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.79%) Legal
14 12 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.64%) Aviation
15 11 (1.64%) Military
16 10 (1.49%) Local Government
17 9 (1.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 126 (18.78%) Analyst
2 70 (10.43%) Architect
3 64 (9.54%) Data Analyst
3 64 (9.54%) Lead
4 59 (8.79%) Business Analyst
4 59 (8.79%) Senior
5 42 (6.26%) Data Architect
6 40 (5.96%) Developer
7 38 (5.66%) Consultant
8 33 (4.92%) Data Engineer
9 28 (4.17%) Data Manager
10 23 (3.43%) Administrator
11 18 (2.68%) Data Business Analyst
11 18 (2.68%) Project Manager
11 18 (2.68%) Test Specialist
12 17 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (2.24%) Data Modeller
14 14 (2.09%) Configuration Management Specialist
14 14 (2.09%) Configuration Specialist
14 14 (2.09%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.62%) REST
2 19 (2.83%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (2.68%) pytest
4 16 (2.38%) React
5 14 (2.09%) .NET
5 14 (2.09%) Kafka
6 12 (1.79%) JSON
7 10 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Graph
9 8 (1.19%) XML
9 8 (1.19%) YAML
10 7 (1.04%) PySpark
11 6 (0.89%) SOAP
12 5 (0.75%) JDO
12 5 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
12 5 (0.75%) Middleware
12 5 (0.75%) Node.js
12 5 (0.75%) NumPy
12 5 (0.75%) Pandas
13 4 (0.60%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.30%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.37%) Data Structures
2 36 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 29 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.73%) Reference Data
5 21 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (2.83%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.79%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.49%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.34%) Life Science
12 8 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.19%) IoT
13 7 (1.04%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.04%) FMCG
13 7 (1.04%) Social Media
14 6 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
14 6 (0.89%) Synthetic Data
14 6 (0.89%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.94%) Windows
2 6 (0.89%) Linux
3 4 (0.60%) Android
3 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.15%) Unix
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (27.72%) Problem-Solving
2 179 (26.68%) Agile
3 177 (26.38%) Data Governance
4 155 (23.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 149 (22.21%) Analytics
6 129 (19.23%) Migration
7 128 (19.08%) Data Modelling
8 114 (16.99%) Business Intelligence
9 99 (14.75%) Validation
10 84 (12.52%) DevOps
11 80 (11.92%) Decision-Making
12 78 (11.62%) CI/CD
13 76 (11.33%) ETL
14 75 (11.18%) AI
14 75 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 72 (10.73%) Project Management
16 70 (10.43%) Data Analysis
16 70 (10.43%) Data Architecture
17 63 (9.39%) Data Engineering
18 62 (9.24%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 142 (21.16%) SQL
2 89 (13.26%) Python
3 21 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 17 (2.53%) C#
5 15 (2.24%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.79%) Java
7 11 (1.64%) Formula Language
7 11 (1.64%) LotusScript
8 10 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.49%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.34%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.34%) VBA
10 8 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.89%) C
11 6 (0.89%) Groovy
12 5 (0.75%) C++
12 5 (0.75%) R
13 4 (0.60%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.60%) Bicep
13 4 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 138 (20.57%) Security Cleared
2 113 (16.84%) SC Cleared
3 88 (13.11%) Degree
4 21 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.68%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.19%) IIBA
9 7 (1.04%) CBAP
9 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.89%) OCA
11 5 (0.75%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.75%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.75%) PMP
12 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.60%) OCP
13 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.45%) PhD
13 3 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (25.93%) Data Quality
2 65 (9.69%) QA
3 58 (8.64%) GDPR
4 15 (2.24%) PMO
5 14 (2.09%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.04%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.75%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.60%) IFRS
9 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.45%) BS7666
10 3 (0.45%) COREP
10 3 (0.45%) FINREP
10 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.45%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.30%) Basel III
11 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.30%) EMIR
11 2 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (3.13%) Docker
2 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.34%) Terraform
4 6 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.60%) Grafana
5 4 (0.60%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.30%) Consul
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 123 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.48%) Oracle
3 51 (7.60%) SAP
4 39 (5.81%) Salesforce
5 34 (5.07%) Databricks
6 31 (4.62%) Informatica
7 17 (2.53%) Google
7 17 (2.53%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.24%) Talend
9 11 (1.64%) Lotus
10 10 (1.49%) Kofax
11 9 (1.34%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.04%) Siemens
13 6 (0.89%) Adobe
13 6 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 5 (0.75%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.75%) Charles River
14 5 (0.75%) GoldenSource
14 5 (0.75%) Murex
14 5 (0.75%) Palantir