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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 118 112
Rank change year-on-year -47 -6 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Management 745 641 674
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 2.32% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.55% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 368 400
10th Percentile £341 £296 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £511 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -7.05% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £689
90th Percentile £749 £753 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £550
% change year-on-year - -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 32 49
10th Percentile £16.58 £19.23 £21.25
25th Percentile £21.08 £23.21 £27.50
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 £60.85
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 38,995 25,146 28,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.11% 90.84% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,229 16,020 18,598
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% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,544 1,434 1,645
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.35
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £68.60 £50.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +67.00% -39.40% -1.19%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -44 358 £525 -4.55% 667
Midlands -10 110 £525 +16.67% 87
South East -20 101 £463 +19.35% 168
West Midlands -8 83 £513 +28.13% 55
North of England -76 80 £450 - 137
South West -37 44 £535 -6.96% 85
North West -57 41 £538 +7.50% 86
Yorkshire -50 38 £400 -2.44% 40
East of England -23 30 £613 +36.11% 71
East Midlands -12 26 £525 +16.67% 32
North East -43 2 £425 -10.53% 11
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 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.03%) Confluence
3 13 (1.74%) CMS
4 12 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.48%) SAS
6 8 (1.07%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.07%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.94%) WordPress
8 6 (0.81%) Apache
9 5 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.54%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.54%) Mule
10 4 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.27%) HCL Notes
13 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
13 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
13 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 59 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.61%) 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 (4.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.88%) Aladdin
3 13 (1.74%) Teamcenter
4 8 (1.07%) 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 Utilities
9 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 140 (18.79%) Azure
2 107 (14.36%) Power Platform
3 56 (7.52%) AWS
4 30 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (3.89%) SaaS
6 27 (3.62%) PowerApps
7 26 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (3.49%) Collibra
8 24 (3.22%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (2.95%) GCP
10 20 (2.68%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.42%) Snowflake
12 17 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (1.61%) GitHub
14 12 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
15 11 (1.48%) Serverless
16 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (1.34%) 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%) 3G
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) DWDM
4 1 (0.13%) SAN
4 1 (0.13%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (14.63%) Metadata
2 84 (11.28%) Power BI
3 47 (6.31%) Data Lake
4 46 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (4.03%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.09%) Tableau
7 22 (2.95%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.42%) GIS
9 15 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.74%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.34%) Data Mining
12 10 (1.34%) MySQL
12 10 (1.34%) Relational Database
13 9 (1.21%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (1.07%) Big Data
14 8 (1.07%) Spatial Data
15 7 (0.94%) Pentaho
15 7 (0.94%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 50 (6.71%) JIRA
2 18 (2.42%) Git
3 16 (2.15%) Selenium
4 13 (1.74%) ERwin
5 12 (1.61%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.34%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.21%) Postman
8 8 (1.07%) ER Studio
9 6 (0.81%) GitLab
9 6 (0.81%) JMeter
10 5 (0.67%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.54%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.54%) JUnit
11 4 (0.54%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.40%) Gradle
12 3 (0.40%) Maven
12 3 (0.40%) MLflow
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.40%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
General
1 243 (32.62%) Social Skills
2 205 (27.52%) Finance
3 145 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.38%) Banking
6 36 (4.83%) Marketing
7 35 (4.70%) Manufacturing
7 35 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.36%) Retail
10 21 (2.82%) Aerospace
11 19 (2.55%) Legal
12 17 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.74%) Local Government
15 12 (1.61%) Front Office
16 10 (1.34%) Billing
16 10 (1.34%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.34%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 118 (15.84%) Analyst
2 106 (14.23%) Architect
3 82 (11.01%) Lead
4 67 (8.99%) Senior
5 66 (8.86%) Data Architect
6 60 (8.05%) Data Analyst
7 50 (6.71%) Developer
8 46 (6.17%) Consultant
8 46 (6.17%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.91%) Business Analyst
10 39 (5.23%) Administrator
11 32 (4.30%) Data Manager
12 29 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (2.55%) Data Consultant
14 17 (2.28%) Data Business Analyst
14 17 (2.28%) Project Manager
15 16 (2.15%) Data Management Specialist
16 15 (2.01%) Data Administrator
16 15 (2.01%) Senior Developer
17 13 (1.74%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.76%) REST
2 19 (2.55%) JSON
3 18 (2.42%) Kafka
4 17 (2.28%) Middleware
5 16 (2.15%) XML
6 14 (1.88%) RESTful
7 12 (1.61%) .NET
7 12 (1.61%) PySpark
8 9 (1.21%) SOAP
9 8 (1.07%) OAuth
9 8 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (0.81%) HTML
11 5 (0.67%) JWT
11 5 (0.67%) OAuth2
12 4 (0.54%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.54%) LDAP
12 4 (0.54%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.54%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.72%) Management Information System
2 46 (6.17%) Data Structures
3 38 (5.10%) Cloud Native
4 36 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 33 (4.43%) Reference Data
6 26 (3.49%) Product Ownership
7 21 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 20 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (1.88%) FMCG
12 13 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.61%) Life Science
14 10 (1.34%) Fixed Income
15 9 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
16 8 (1.07%) CMDB
17 7 (0.94%) Autonomous Agent
17 7 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (0.94%) Replication
17 7 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.61%) 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
1 244 (32.75%) Data Governance
2 182 (24.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 176 (23.62%) Migration
4 161 (21.61%) Agile
5 156 (20.94%) Data Modelling
6 152 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
7 151 (20.27%) Analytics
8 134 (17.99%) Validation
9 121 (16.24%) AI
10 104 (13.96%) Business Intelligence
11 103 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 102 (13.69%) Data Architecture
13 96 (12.89%) Decision-Making
14 95 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 92 (12.35%) Data Migration
16 89 (11.95%) ETL
17 84 (11.28%) Roadmaps
18 82 (11.01%) DevOps
19 76 (10.20%) Data Analysis
20 69 (9.26%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (20.67%) SQL
2 75 (10.07%) Python
3 39 (5.23%) Java
4 22 (2.95%) C#
5 17 (2.28%) C
6 14 (1.88%) X++
7 12 (1.61%) 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%) C++
14 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 134 (17.99%) Security Cleared
2 99 (13.29%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.05%) Degree
4 27 (3.62%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.07%) OCP
8 8 (1.07%) 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
1 260 (34.90%) Data Quality
2 67 (8.99%) GDPR
3 53 (7.11%) QA
4 19 (2.55%) 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%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) EMIR
11 2 (0.27%) NIST
11 2 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.34%) Docker
3 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 19 (2.55%) Terraform
2 11 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.54%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.40%) Grafana
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%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.13%) CASB
6 1 (0.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) MOM
6 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 121 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.80%) SAP
3 64 (8.59%) Databricks
4 61 (8.19%) Oracle
5 51 (6.85%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.22%) Informatica
7 18 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.48%) Bloomberg
8 11 (1.48%) Google
9 10 (1.34%) ESRI
9 10 (1.34%) Workday
10 8 (1.07%) Charles River
10 8 (1.07%) Concur
10 8 (1.07%) Foundry
10 8 (1.07%) Palantir
10 8 (1.07%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 7 (0.94%) Adobe
11 7 (0.94%) IBM
11 7 (0.94%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.94%) Sitecore