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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 95 105
Rank change year-on-year -63 +10 +62
Contract jobs citing Data Management 667 651 758
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.71% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.97% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 424 465
10th Percentile £333 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £613 £738 £675
90th Percentile £738 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 28 57
10th Percentile £13.13 £21.10 £15.52
25th Percentile £19.03 £24.43 £21.73
Median hourly rate £29.07 £30.16 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -32.98% +12.01%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £79.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £30.81 £45.00
% change year-on-year +6.30% -31.54% +12.01%

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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -43 346 £500 -23.81% 143
South East -18 91 £450 -12.20% 85
Midlands -41 81 £513 -2.38% 34
West Midlands -25 66 £513 -2.38% 20
South West -2 55 £500 -4.76% 35
North of England -95 49 £475 -5.00% 61
North West -72 29 £500 -4.76% 34
East of England -51 27 £505 +1.00% 16
Yorkshire -50 19 £410 -13.68% 23
East Midlands -27 14 £525 -4.55% 14
North East - 2 £400 - 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 43 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.35%) Confluence
3 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.50%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.50%) HCL Notes
4 10 (1.50%) Mendix
5 9 (1.35%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.20%) CMS
6 8 (1.20%) SAS
7 5 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.60%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.60%) WordPress
9 3 (0.45%) Apache
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 61 (9.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.55%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.60%) Windchill
8 3 (0.45%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.45%) Revit
9 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.15%) CATIA
9 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (3.60%) Teamcenter
2 19 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.90%) Aladdin
3 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.60%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.45%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.30%) iTrent
6 2 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.15%) ContrOCC
7 1 (0.15%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 121 (18.14%) Azure
2 110 (16.49%) Power Platform
3 53 (7.95%) AWS
4 32 (4.80%) PowerApps
5 31 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (4.20%) SaaS
7 25 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (3.60%) GCP
9 23 (3.45%) Collibra
10 20 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (3.00%) Serverless
11 19 (2.85%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 18 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (1.95%) Azure Functions
15 12 (1.80%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.80%) OneDrive
16 11 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.10%) LAN
2 11 (1.65%) WAN
3 10 (1.50%) Unified Communications
3 10 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.05%) PSTN
5 4 (0.60%) Intranet
6 3 (0.45%) SMS
7 2 (0.30%) Diameter Protocol
7 2 (0.30%) Network Security
7 2 (0.30%) SAN
7 2 (0.30%) WLAN
8 1 (0.15%) 3G
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
8 1 (0.15%) DWDM
8 1 (0.15%) Firewall
8 1 (0.15%) Internet
8 1 (0.15%) MPLS
8 1 (0.15%) SDH
8 1 (0.15%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (13.49%) Power BI
2 78 (11.69%) Metadata
3 57 (8.55%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (5.55%) Data Lake
5 30 (4.50%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.90%) Tableau
7 18 (2.70%) Oracle Database
8 17 (2.55%) GIS
9 14 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.80%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
11 11 (1.65%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.35%) Data Mining
12 9 (1.35%) Metadata Repository
12 9 (1.35%) MySQL
12 9 (1.35%) Spatial Data
13 8 (1.20%) Delta Lake
13 8 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (7.35%) JIRA
2 16 (2.40%) Git
3 15 (2.25%) GitLab
4 13 (1.95%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.65%) ERwin
6 9 (1.35%) Selenium
7 6 (0.90%) JMeter
8 5 (0.75%) JUnit
8 5 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.60%) Postman
9 4 (0.60%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.45%) Appium
10 3 (0.45%) Toad
10 3 (0.45%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.30%) MLflow
11 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.15%) Hudson
General
1 226 (33.88%) Social Skills
2 192 (28.79%) Finance
3 137 (20.54%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.90%) Banking
6 30 (4.50%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.05%) Aerospace
7 27 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.90%) Marketing
9 23 (3.45%) Financial Institution
9 23 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.25%) Local Government
11 13 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.80%) Retail
13 10 (1.50%) Aviation
13 10 (1.50%) Legal
14 9 (1.35%) Military
14 9 (1.35%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.05%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 124 (18.59%) Analyst
2 89 (13.34%) Architect
3 71 (10.64%) Lead
3 71 (10.64%) Senior
4 62 (9.30%) Data Architect
5 60 (9.00%) Data Analyst
6 53 (7.95%) Business Analyst
7 38 (5.70%) Consultant
7 38 (5.70%) Developer
8 34 (5.10%) Data Engineer
9 32 (4.80%) Data Manager
10 31 (4.65%) Administrator
11 17 (2.55%) Data Business Analyst
11 17 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (2.40%) Project Manager
13 15 (2.25%) Senior Manager
14 14 (2.10%) Configuration Management Specialist
14 14 (2.10%) Configuration Specialist
14 14 (2.10%) Governance Analyst
14 14 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.40%) REST
2 13 (1.95%) .NET
3 12 (1.80%) JSON
3 12 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (1.80%) React
3 12 (1.80%) XML
4 10 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
4 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (1.20%) Kafka
5 8 (1.20%) Middleware
5 8 (1.20%) PySpark
6 6 (0.90%) CSS
6 6 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.90%) RESTful
6 6 (0.90%) YAML
7 5 (0.75%) HTML
7 5 (0.75%) JDO
7 5 (0.75%) Web Services
8 4 (0.60%) ADO
8 4 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 61 (9.15%) Management Information System
2 40 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 29 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 24 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (3.30%) Reference Data
6 21 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.55%) Product Ownership
9 14 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.65%) FMCG
11 10 (1.50%) Life Science
11 10 (1.50%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.20%) IoT
13 7 (1.05%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.05%) Replication
14 6 (0.90%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.95%) Windows
2 4 (0.60%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Android
3 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (25.79%) Data Governance
2 167 (25.04%) Migration
3 152 (22.79%) Agile
4 143 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
4 143 (21.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 141 (21.14%) Data Modelling
6 125 (18.74%) Analytics
7 105 (15.74%) Business Intelligence
8 95 (14.24%) Validation
9 92 (13.79%) AI
10 89 (13.34%) Decision-Making
11 85 (12.74%) ETL
12 83 (12.44%) Data Architecture
13 77 (11.54%) Data Migration
14 72 (10.79%) Data Analysis
15 71 (10.64%) DevOps
15 71 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 70 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 62 (9.30%) CI/CD
18 58 (8.70%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 136 (20.39%) SQL
2 79 (11.84%) Python
3 20 (3.00%) C#
3 20 (3.00%) Java
4 18 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.40%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (1.50%) Formula Language
6 10 (1.50%) LotusScript
7 9 (1.35%) C
7 9 (1.35%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.20%) VBA
9 7 (1.05%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.90%) Bicep
10 6 (0.90%) X++
11 4 (0.60%) C++
11 4 (0.60%) R
12 3 (0.45%) Scala
13 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 121 (18.14%) Security Cleared
2 101 (15.14%) SC Cleared
3 88 (13.19%) Degree
4 22 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.25%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.35%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.20%) CBAP
7 8 (1.20%) IIBA
8 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.75%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.60%) OCP
10 4 (0.60%) PMP
11 3 (0.45%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (27.59%) Data Quality
2 58 (8.70%) GDPR
3 56 (8.40%) QA
4 17 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.65%) PMO
6 5 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.75%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.60%) BS7666
7 4 (0.60%) COREP
7 4 (0.60%) FINREP
7 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.60%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.45%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.30%) DICOM
9 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.30%) HL7
9 2 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (0.60%) Docker
2 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.35%) Terraform
4 7 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.90%) Grafana
6 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.45%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.30%) Ansible
9 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 118 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.45%) Oracle
3 53 (7.95%) SAP
4 44 (6.60%) Databricks
5 33 (4.95%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.30%) Informatica
7 14 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.80%) Google
9 10 (1.50%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.50%) Kofax
9 10 (1.50%) Lotus
10 7 (1.05%) ESRI
10 7 (1.05%) Siemens
11 6 (0.90%) Adobe
11 6 (0.90%) Autodesk
11 6 (0.90%) Charles River
11 6 (0.90%) Talend
12 5 (0.75%) GoldenSource
12 5 (0.75%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud