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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 122 98
Rank change year-on-year -47 -24 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Management 782 645 759
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 2.31% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.54% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 370 420
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £403 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 37 35
10th Percentile £16.50 £13.45 £21.25
25th Percentile £17.17 £19.00 £25.82
Median hourly rate £29.07 £29.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -16.20% +6.06%
75th Percentile £41.00 £72.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £54.35 £81.00 £80.90
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £29.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.89% -16.20% +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 39,476 25,411 27,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.80% 90.93% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 16,117 16,935
10th Percentile £325 £295 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £642
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,976 1,567 1,167
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.87 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +50.56% -39.40% -2.92%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -50 369 £525 -4.55% 858
Midlands -12 110 £519 +15.28% 125
South East -22 106 £500 +33.33% 262
North of England -61 99 £400 -11.11% 202
West Midlands -14 85 £513 +11.17% 81
North West -27 56 £385 -17.20% 112
South West -29 48 £525 +0.96% 106
Yorkshire -38 41 £400 -5.33% 70
East of England -22 26 £576 -4.00% 100
East Midlands -14 25 £525 +16.67% 43
North East -41 3 £425 -2.86% 21
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 30 (3.84%) Confluence
2 25 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.92%) SAS
4 13 (1.66%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.53%) CMS
6 9 (1.15%) WordPress
7 8 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.90%) Apache
9 6 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.51%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.51%) Mule
11 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) nginx
12 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 70 (8.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.64%) Revit
7 3 (0.38%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.38%) Windchill
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.26%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.66%) Aladdin
3 10 (1.28%) Teamcenter
4 8 (1.02%) SAP HR
5 7 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.64%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.64%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.38%) iTrent
8 3 (0.38%) Maximo
8 3 (0.38%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.26%) SAP R/3
10 1 (0.13%) CA PPM
10 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 154 (19.69%) Azure
2 106 (13.55%) Power Platform
3 56 (7.16%) AWS
4 34 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (4.35%) Collibra
5 33 (4.22%) Microsoft Purview
6 27 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 27 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (3.20%) SaaS
8 24 (3.07%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.94%) GCP
9 23 (2.94%) Power Automate
10 21 (2.69%) GitHub
10 21 (2.69%) Snowflake
11 18 (2.30%) Alation
12 16 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (2.05%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (1.66%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.77%) Firewall
2 5 (0.64%) Network Security
3 4 (0.51%) SMS
4 3 (0.38%) Internet
5 2 (0.26%) Broadband
5 2 (0.26%) FTP
5 2 (0.26%) HTTP
5 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.26%) VPN
6 1 (0.13%) DNS
6 1 (0.13%) LAN
6 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.13%) SAN
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.13%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (17.65%) Metadata
2 86 (11.00%) Power BI
3 52 (6.65%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (6.14%) Data Lake
5 45 (5.75%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.32%) NoSQL
7 23 (2.94%) Tableau
8 18 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.66%) Delta Lake
9 13 (1.66%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.41%) GIS
12 10 (1.28%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (1.15%) Big Data
13 9 (1.15%) MySQL
13 9 (1.15%) Pentaho
14 8 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.02%) Ataccama
15 7 (0.90%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 48 (6.14%) JIRA
2 20 (2.56%) Git
3 16 (2.05%) Selenium
4 12 (1.53%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.41%) ERwin
6 10 (1.28%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.15%) Postman
8 8 (1.02%) ER Studio
9 7 (0.90%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.77%) GitLab
10 6 (0.77%) JMeter
11 5 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.51%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.51%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.38%) JUnit
13 3 (0.38%) MLflow
13 3 (0.38%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.38%) Zephyr
14 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
14 2 (0.26%) Maven
General
1 286 (36.57%) Social Skills
2 222 (28.39%) Finance
3 164 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 64 (8.18%) Banking
6 52 (6.65%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
8 37 (4.73%) Manufacturing
9 35 (4.48%) Marketing
10 32 (4.09%) Retail
11 30 (3.84%) Aerospace
12 24 (3.07%) Local Government
13 22 (2.81%) Legal
14 19 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (2.05%) Front Office
16 14 (1.79%) Investment Banking
16 14 (1.79%) Military
17 13 (1.66%) Billing
18 10 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
19 9 (1.15%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 110 (14.07%) Analyst
2 106 (13.55%) Architect
3 84 (10.74%) Lead
4 71 (9.08%) Data Architect
5 68 (8.70%) Senior
6 67 (8.57%) Administrator
7 66 (8.44%) Developer
8 50 (6.39%) Data Engineer
9 47 (6.01%) Business Analyst
10 46 (5.88%) Data Analyst
11 43 (5.50%) Consultant
12 25 (3.20%) Data Manager
13 23 (2.94%) Data Consultant
13 23 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (2.17%) Data Business Analyst
15 16 (2.05%) Project Manager
16 14 (1.79%) Data Management Specialist
17 13 (1.66%) Data Administrator
17 13 (1.66%) Data Migration Lead
17 13 (1.66%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.86%) REST
2 26 (3.32%) Middleware
2 26 (3.32%) Terraform
3 25 (3.20%) XML
4 22 (2.81%) .NET
4 22 (2.81%) JSON
5 20 (2.56%) Kafka
6 17 (2.17%) RESTful
7 14 (1.79%) HTML
8 13 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (1.66%) PySpark
8 13 (1.66%) SOAP
9 10 (1.28%) OAuth
10 9 (1.15%) .NET Core
11 8 (1.02%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (1.02%) LDAP
11 8 (1.02%) OpenTofu
11 8 (1.02%) Web Services
12 6 (0.77%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.77%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 86 (11.00%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.52%) Data Structures
3 47 (6.01%) Onboarding
4 37 (4.73%) Cloud Native
5 34 (4.35%) Reference Data
6 32 (4.09%) Product Ownership
7 30 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.28%) CMDB
11 10 (1.28%) Data Fabric
11 10 (1.28%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.28%) Life Science
11 10 (1.28%) Social Media
11 10 (1.28%) Taxonomies
12 9 (1.15%) Autonomous Agent
13 8 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.90%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.17%) Linux
2 9 (1.15%) 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 Server 2003
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (32.86%) Data Governance
2 222 (28.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 188 (24.04%) Agile
4 172 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
5 165 (21.10%) Data Modelling
6 162 (20.72%) Analytics
7 156 (19.95%) Migration
8 141 (18.03%) AI
8 141 (18.03%) Validation
9 131 (16.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 113 (14.45%) Decision-Making
11 112 (14.32%) Data Architecture
12 110 (14.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 101 (12.92%) Roadmaps
14 97 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
15 95 (12.15%) ETL
16 92 (11.76%) DevOps
17 85 (10.87%) Data Migration
17 85 (10.87%) Metadata Management
18 79 (10.10%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 172 (21.99%) SQL
2 85 (10.87%) Python
3 45 (5.75%) Java
4 36 (4.60%) C#
5 20 (2.56%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.17%) C
7 13 (1.66%) X++
8 9 (1.15%) R
9 7 (0.90%) Bicep
9 7 (0.90%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.90%) VBA
10 6 (0.77%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.77%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.77%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.13%) Bash
13 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 156 (19.95%) Security Cleared
2 122 (15.60%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.59%) Degree
4 28 (3.58%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.15%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.02%) PMP
11 7 (0.90%) OCP
11 7 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.77%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.77%) CIPD
12 6 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.64%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.38%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.38%) ISEB
14 3 (0.38%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 278 (35.55%) Data Quality
2 85 (10.87%) GDPR
3 52 (6.65%) QA
4 22 (2.81%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.92%) PMO
6 6 (0.77%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.77%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.64%) NCSC
8 4 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.38%) GRC
9 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.38%) PERC
9 3 (0.38%) SNOMED CT
9 3 (0.38%) WCAG
10 2 (0.26%) EMIR
10 2 (0.26%) FATCA
10 2 (0.26%) IFRS
10 2 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.41%) Docker
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.51%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.38%) Ansible
4 3 (0.38%) Grafana
4 3 (0.38%) MOM
5 2 (0.26%) CASB
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 153 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.21%) SAP
3 71 (9.08%) Databricks
4 66 (8.44%) Oracle
5 45 (5.75%) Salesforce
6 32 (4.09%) Informatica
7 31 (3.96%) Google
8 20 (2.56%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.92%) Workday
10 12 (1.53%) IBM
11 10 (1.28%) Bloomberg
12 9 (1.15%) Denodo
13 8 (1.02%) Charles River
13 8 (1.02%) Concur
13 8 (1.02%) Foundry
14 7 (0.90%) Sitecore
15 6 (0.77%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.77%) Palantir
15 6 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 6 (0.77%) Talend