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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 88 109
Rank change year-on-year -64 +21 +51
Contract jobs citing Data Management 677 689 778
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 2.83% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 3.11% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 469 513
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £423 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% - -
75th Percentile £588 £713 £675
90th Percentile £705 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 60
10th Percentile £13.13 £20.79 £15.84
25th Percentile £16.37 £25.70 £21.12
Median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% -27.78% -28.57%
75th Percentile £50.00 £48.00 £46.82
90th Percentile £53.75 £79.50 £63.80
UK median hourly rate £29.52 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.17% -27.78% -28.57%

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 33,191 22,141 32,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.96% 90.87% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,296 14,591 21,484
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 2,024 863 2,161
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.10 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £31.52 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.07% -4.48% -11.53%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -51 343 £500 -16.67% 102
Midlands -30 90 £492 -6.29% 51
South East -45 78 £475 -13.64% 94
West Midlands -12 76 £493 -6.19% 28
South West +6 61 £518 +8.95% 32
North of England -78 60 £425 -18.27% 46
East of England -43 35 £505 +1.00% 26
North West -58 30 £500 -7.41% 30
Yorkshire -48 28 £389 -18.21% 13
East Midlands -34 13 £447 -0.33% 23
North East -15 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 38 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.28%) Confluence
3 21 (3.10%) SAS
4 12 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.62%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.48%) Mendix
7 7 (1.03%) Apache
7 7 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (1.03%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.89%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.59%) CMS
10 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.30%) WordPress
12 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.15%) Moodle
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 60 (8.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.81%) MS Visio
5 15 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.59%) Windchill
8 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.15%) CATIA
8 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 21 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.51%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.74%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.44%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.44%) Temenos T24
5 3 (0.44%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.30%) iTrent
6 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.30%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 112 (16.54%) Azure
2 98 (14.48%) Power Platform
3 60 (8.86%) AWS
4 31 (4.58%) Collibra
4 31 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (4.43%) GCP
6 28 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (3.55%) SaaS
8 23 (3.40%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.40%) Serverless
9 22 (3.25%) OpenShift
10 15 (2.22%) Azure Functions
10 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
11 14 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (1.92%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.92%) Snowflake
13 12 (1.77%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.92%) LAN
2 11 (1.62%) WAN
3 10 (1.48%) Unified Communications
3 10 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.03%) PSTN
5 4 (0.59%) Intranet
6 2 (0.30%) 2G
6 2 (0.30%) 4G
6 2 (0.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.30%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.30%) HTTP
6 2 (0.30%) NAS
6 2 (0.30%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) FTP
7 1 (0.15%) MQTT
7 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.15%) SAN
7 1 (0.15%) WebEx
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (12.70%) Power BI
2 70 (10.34%) Metadata
3 54 (7.98%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (4.58%) Data Lake
5 30 (4.43%) SQL Server
6 27 (3.99%) Tableau
7 23 (3.40%) Oracle Database
8 15 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
9 13 (1.92%) MySQL
9 13 (1.92%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (1.62%) GIS
11 11 (1.62%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.18%) Big Data
12 8 (1.18%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.89%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 54 (7.98%) JIRA
2 38 (5.61%) GitLab
3 34 (5.02%) Git
4 27 (3.99%) Jenkins
5 22 (3.25%) Selenium
6 18 (2.66%) JUnit
7 13 (1.92%) ERwin
8 6 (0.89%) JMeter
9 5 (0.74%) Appium
10 4 (0.59%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.44%) Postman
11 3 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.44%) Toad
11 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.15%) Gradle
13 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 251 (37.08%) Social Skills
2 205 (30.28%) Finance
3 153 (22.60%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.42%) Public Sector
5 56 (8.27%) Banking
6 39 (5.76%) Marketing
7 35 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 30 (4.43%) Financial Institution
9 25 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.55%) Aerospace
11 20 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.51%) Telecoms
14 16 (2.36%) Retail
15 13 (1.92%) Legal
16 12 (1.77%) Military
16 12 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.62%) Aviation
17 11 (1.62%) Local Government
18 10 (1.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 127 (18.76%) Analyst
2 72 (10.64%) Architect
3 65 (9.60%) Data Analyst
4 64 (9.45%) Lead
4 64 (9.45%) Senior
5 59 (8.71%) Business Analyst
6 46 (6.79%) Data Architect
7 38 (5.61%) Consultant
8 35 (5.17%) Developer
9 34 (5.02%) Data Engineer
10 31 (4.58%) Data Manager
11 23 (3.40%) Administrator
12 18 (2.66%) Data Business Analyst
12 18 (2.66%) Project Manager
12 18 (2.66%) Test Specialist
13 17 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.22%) Data Modeller
15 14 (2.07%) Configuration Management Specialist
15 14 (2.07%) Configuration Specialist
15 14 (2.07%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.43%) REST
2 19 (2.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (2.66%) pytest
4 16 (2.36%) React
5 15 (2.22%) Kafka
6 14 (2.07%) .NET
7 12 (1.77%) JSON
8 10 (1.48%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Graph
9 8 (1.18%) XML
10 7 (1.03%) PySpark
10 7 (1.03%) YAML
11 5 (0.74%) JDO
11 5 (0.74%) Node.js
11 5 (0.74%) NumPy
11 5 (0.74%) Pandas
11 5 (0.74%) SOAP
12 4 (0.59%) ADO
12 4 (0.59%) CSS
12 4 (0.59%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.53%) Management Information System
2 38 (5.61%) Onboarding
3 37 (5.47%) Data Structures
4 27 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (3.84%) Reference Data
6 20 (2.95%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (2.22%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.48%) Life Science
11 10 (1.48%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.33%) FMCG
12 9 (1.33%) IoT
13 7 (1.03%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.03%) Synthetic Data
14 6 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
14 6 (0.89%) Social Media
14 6 (0.89%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.07%) Windows
2 6 (0.89%) Linux
3 4 (0.59%) Android
3 4 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.15%) Unix
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (27.18%) Data Governance
1 184 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
2 176 (26.00%) Agile
3 157 (23.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 148 (21.86%) Analytics
5 136 (20.09%) Migration
6 131 (19.35%) Data Modelling
7 112 (16.54%) Business Intelligence
8 104 (15.36%) Validation
9 84 (12.41%) Decision-Making
10 83 (12.26%) DevOps
11 82 (12.11%) CI/CD
12 78 (11.52%) AI
13 76 (11.23%) ETL
14 73 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 71 (10.49%) Data Analysis
15 71 (10.49%) Data Architecture
16 68 (10.04%) Project Management
17 66 (9.75%) Data Migration
18 63 (9.31%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 143 (21.12%) SQL
2 89 (13.15%) Python
3 19 (2.81%) JavaScript
4 17 (2.51%) C#
5 16 (2.36%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.92%) Java
7 11 (1.62%) Formula Language
7 11 (1.62%) LotusScript
8 10 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.48%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.33%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.33%) VBA
10 8 (1.18%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.89%) C
11 6 (0.89%) Groovy
12 5 (0.74%) Bicep
12 5 (0.74%) C++
12 5 (0.74%) R
13 4 (0.59%) Scala
14 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 137 (20.24%) Security Cleared
2 113 (16.69%) SC Cleared
3 86 (12.70%) Degree
4 21 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.36%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.48%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.18%) IIBA
9 7 (1.03%) CBAP
9 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.89%) OCA
11 5 (0.74%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.74%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.74%) PMP
12 4 (0.59%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.59%) OCP
13 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.44%) PhD
13 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (27.03%) Data Quality
2 66 (9.75%) QA
3 58 (8.57%) GDPR
4 16 (2.36%) PMO
5 14 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.89%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.74%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.59%) COREP
9 4 (0.59%) FINREP
9 4 (0.59%) IFRS
9 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.44%) BS7666
10 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.30%) Basel III
11 2 (0.30%) DICOM
11 2 (0.30%) HL7
11 2 (0.30%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (3.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.48%) Terraform
4 7 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.59%) Grafana
5 4 (0.59%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.44%) 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
Vendors
1 123 (18.17%) Microsoft
2 78 (11.52%) Oracle
3 54 (7.98%) SAP
4 37 (5.47%) Salesforce
5 35 (5.17%) Databricks
6 29 (4.28%) Informatica
7 16 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.22%) Google
9 14 (2.07%) Talend
10 11 (1.62%) Lotus
11 10 (1.48%) Kofax
12 9 (1.33%) Bloomberg
13 7 (1.03%) Siemens
14 6 (0.89%) Adobe
14 6 (0.89%) GoldenSource
14 6 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 5 (0.74%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.74%) Charles River
15 5 (0.74%) Murex
15 5 (0.74%) Palantir