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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 124 103
Rank change year-on-year -45 -21 +52
Contract jobs citing Data Management 774 657 734
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 2.36% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.60% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 374 401
10th Percentile £306 £294 £313
25th Percentile £408 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £750 £735 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 35 35
10th Percentile £16.50 £13.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.00 £25.82
Median hourly rate £29.07 £29.33 £39.68
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -26.08% +20.24%
75th Percentile £41.44 £72.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £81.00 £66.95
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £29.83 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% -14.79% +6.06%

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 39,443 25,283 28,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.86% 86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,053 16,051 17,283
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,529 1,252
10th Percentile £13.99 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £20.09
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.39%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -45 376 £525 -4.55% 817
Midlands -23 104 £525 +10.53% 113
South East -26 100 £500 +17.65% 228
North of England -55 99 £400 -8.57% 199
West Midlands -17 80 £550 +13.75% 75
North West -40 55 £400 -13.98% 130
South West -31 44 £525 +0.96% 103
Yorkshire -32 43 £400 - 56
East of England -28 27 £576 -4.00% 87
East Midlands -17 24 £525 +16.67% 38
North East -47 2 £425 -2.86% 14
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 29 (3.75%) Confluence
2 26 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.81%) SAS
4 12 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.55%) CMS
5 9 (1.16%) WordPress
6 8 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.78%) Apache
7 6 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.78%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.52%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.52%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.52%) Mule
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 66 (8.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.39%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.39%) Revit
7 3 (0.39%) Windchill
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.68%) Aladdin
3 12 (1.55%) Teamcenter
4 7 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.90%) SAP HR
5 6 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.65%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.52%) iTrent
7 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.39%) Maximo
8 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.26%) SAP R/3
10 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.13%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 146 (18.86%) Azure
2 105 (13.57%) Power Platform
3 59 (7.62%) AWS
4 32 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (4.13%) Collibra
5 29 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
5 29 (3.75%) SaaS
6 26 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (2.97%) GCP
8 23 (2.97%) PowerApps
9 21 (2.71%) Power Automate
10 19 (2.45%) GitHub
10 19 (2.45%) Snowflake
11 16 (2.07%) Alation
12 15 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 15 (1.94%) SuccessFactors
13 14 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.42%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.65%) Firewall
2 4 (0.52%) Network Security
2 4 (0.52%) SMS
3 3 (0.39%) Internet
4 2 (0.26%) Broadband
4 2 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
4 2 (0.26%) HTTP
4 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) LAN
4 2 (0.26%) VPN
4 2 (0.26%) WAN
5 1 (0.13%) 2G
5 1 (0.13%) 4G
5 1 (0.13%) 5G
5 1 (0.13%) FTP
5 1 (0.13%) PSTN
5 1 (0.13%) SAN
5 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (17.70%) Metadata
2 86 (11.11%) Power BI
3 51 (6.59%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (6.07%) Data Lake
5 38 (4.91%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.10%) NoSQL
6 24 (3.10%) Tableau
7 18 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (1.81%) GIS
9 13 (1.68%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.55%) Delta Lake
10 12 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.16%) MySQL
11 9 (1.16%) Pentaho
12 8 (1.03%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.03%) Spatial Data
13 7 (0.90%) Big Data
13 7 (0.90%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 49 (6.33%) JIRA
2 17 (2.20%) Git
2 17 (2.20%) Selenium
3 12 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.42%) ERwin
4 11 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.29%) Postman
6 8 (1.03%) ER Studio
7 7 (0.90%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.90%) JMeter
8 6 (0.78%) GitLab
9 5 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.52%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.39%) Gradle
11 3 (0.39%) JUnit
11 3 (0.39%) Maven
11 3 (0.39%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 274 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 218 (28.17%) Finance
3 161 (20.80%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (10.72%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.62%) Banking
6 45 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (5.30%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (4.39%) Marketing
10 29 (3.75%) Retail
11 26 (3.36%) Aerospace
12 22 (2.84%) Local Government
13 21 (2.71%) Legal
14 19 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (2.07%) Front Office
16 13 (1.68%) Billing
16 13 (1.68%) Investment Banking
16 13 (1.68%) Military
17 9 (1.16%) Automotive
17 9 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (14.60%) Analyst
2 107 (13.82%) Architect
3 86 (11.11%) Lead
4 73 (9.43%) Data Architect
5 71 (9.17%) Senior
6 62 (8.01%) Developer
7 51 (6.59%) Administrator
8 50 (6.46%) Data Analyst
9 45 (5.81%) Consultant
9 45 (5.81%) Data Engineer
10 44 (5.68%) Business Analyst
11 28 (3.62%) Data Manager
12 23 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.84%) Data Consultant
14 16 (2.07%) Senior Developer
15 15 (1.94%) Data Business Analyst
15 15 (1.94%) Project Manager
16 14 (1.81%) Data Management Specialist
17 13 (1.68%) Data Administrator
17 13 (1.68%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.39%) REST
2 23 (2.97%) Middleware
3 22 (2.84%) Terraform
4 21 (2.71%) JSON
4 21 (2.71%) Kafka
4 21 (2.71%) XML
5 17 (2.20%) .NET
6 15 (1.94%) RESTful
7 12 (1.55%) HTML
7 12 (1.55%) PySpark
7 12 (1.55%) SOAP
8 11 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
9 8 (1.03%) OAuth
10 7 (0.90%) .NET Core
10 7 (0.90%) LDAP
10 7 (0.90%) OpenTofu
10 7 (0.90%) Web Services
11 6 (0.78%) Playwright
12 5 (0.65%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 77 (9.95%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.59%) Data Structures
3 50 (6.46%) Onboarding
4 40 (5.17%) Cloud Native
5 36 (4.65%) Reference Data
6 34 (4.39%) Product Ownership
7 26 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.55%) Life Science
12 11 (1.42%) CMDB
12 11 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.29%) Data Fabric
13 10 (1.29%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.29%) FMCG
14 9 (1.16%) Autonomous Agent
14 9 (1.16%) Social Media
15 8 (1.03%) Taxonomies
16 7 (0.90%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.94%) Linux
2 10 (1.29%) Windows
3 2 (0.26%) Unix
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 215 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 180 (23.26%) Agile
4 172 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 165 (21.32%) Migration
6 163 (21.06%) Data Modelling
7 160 (20.67%) Analytics
8 140 (18.09%) Validation
9 136 (17.57%) AI
10 123 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 117 (15.12%) Decision-Making
12 111 (14.34%) Data Architecture
13 109 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 101 (13.05%) Business Intelligence
15 96 (12.40%) Roadmaps
16 93 (12.02%) ETL
17 88 (11.37%) DevOps
18 85 (10.98%) Data Migration
19 84 (10.85%) Metadata Management
20 74 (9.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 170 (21.96%) SQL
2 77 (9.95%) Python
3 43 (5.56%) Java
4 30 (3.88%) C#
5 18 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.20%) C
7 13 (1.68%) X++
8 7 (0.90%) VBA
9 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.78%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.65%) Bicep
11 4 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.52%) R
12 3 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.39%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.13%) C++
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 147 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.99%) SC Cleared
3 73 (9.43%) Degree
4 27 (3.49%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.03%) PMI Certification
9 7 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.90%) OCP
9 7 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (0.90%) PMP
10 6 (0.78%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.65%) CIPD
12 4 (0.52%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.39%) ISEB
13 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.26%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (35.66%) Data Quality
2 81 (10.47%) GDPR
3 52 (6.72%) QA
4 22 (2.84%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.81%) PMO
6 7 (0.90%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.78%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.65%) NCSC
9 4 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.39%) GRC
10 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.39%) PERC
10 3 (0.39%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.26%) COBIT
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.42%) Docker
3 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.39%) MOM
3 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.26%) Ansible
4 2 (0.26%) CASB
4 2 (0.26%) Grafana
4 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 139 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 69 (8.91%) SAP
3 66 (8.53%) Databricks
4 64 (8.27%) Oracle
5 46 (5.94%) Salesforce
6 33 (4.26%) Informatica
7 24 (3.10%) Google
8 21 (2.71%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.81%) Workday
10 11 (1.42%) Bloomberg
10 11 (1.42%) IBM
11 9 (1.16%) Denodo
12 8 (1.03%) Charles River
12 8 (1.03%) Concur
12 8 (1.03%) Foundry
13 7 (0.90%) ESRI
13 7 (0.90%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.90%) Sitecore
13 7 (0.90%) Talend
14 6 (0.78%) Palantir