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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 92 105
Rank change year-on-year -62 +13 +58
Contract jobs citing Data Management 668 672 781
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 2.76% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 3.03% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 435 491
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £725 £675
90th Percentile £725 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 25 53
10th Percentile £13.13 £19.73 £15.09
25th Percentile £17.66 £22.72 £19.57
Median hourly rate £30.49 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -25.00% +4.30%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £80.50 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.90 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.28% -20.24% +4.30%

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 34,270 22,183 32,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.18% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,910 14,537 21,121
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,134 920 2,242
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.75 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.35 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.95% -16.94% -6.17%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -53 335 £496 -20.64% 91
Midlands -23 91 £510 -2.86% 37
South East -33 82 £450 -18.18% 63
West Midlands -16 75 £507 -5.77% 29
North of England -81 62 £425 -19.05% 44
South West 0 59 £505 -3.81% 22
North West -58 32 £500 -9.09% 32
Yorkshire -44 28 £373 -14.86% 9
East of England -56 28 £505 +1.00% 18
East Midlands -27 15 £488 +5.75% 8
North East -15 3 £470 - 3
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 37 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.34%) Confluence
3 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.65%) HCL Notes
5 10 (1.50%) Mendix
6 9 (1.35%) SAS
7 7 (1.05%) Apache Spark
7 7 (1.05%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.60%) CMS
10 3 (0.45%) Apache
10 3 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.15%) Moodle
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 55 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.69%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (1.50%) 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 (3.59%) Teamcenter
2 21 (3.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.45%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.45%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
6 3 (0.45%) Temenos T24
6 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.30%) iTrent
7 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 114 (17.07%) Azure
2 107 (16.02%) Power Platform
3 54 (8.08%) AWS
4 32 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (4.19%) GCP
5 28 (4.19%) PowerApps
6 27 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (3.89%) SaaS
8 25 (3.74%) Collibra
9 21 (3.14%) Serverless
10 18 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
10 18 (2.69%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 15 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (2.10%) Azure Functions
13 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
14 12 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (1.80%) Entra ID
14 12 (1.80%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.95%) 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 2 (0.30%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.30%) NAS
6 2 (0.30%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) 3G
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) 5G
7 1 (0.15%) DWDM
7 1 (0.15%) FTP
7 1 (0.15%) HTTP
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) SDH
7 1 (0.15%) WebEx
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (13.77%) Power BI
2 79 (11.83%) Metadata
3 54 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (5.54%) Data Lake
5 31 (4.64%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.59%) Tableau
7 17 (2.54%) Oracle Database
8 14 (2.10%) GIS
9 13 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (1.65%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (1.35%) Data Mining
12 9 (1.35%) MySQL
12 9 (1.35%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (1.20%) Metadata Repository
14 7 (1.05%) Delta Lake
14 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.90%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 50 (7.49%) JIRA
2 18 (2.69%) GitLab
3 17 (2.54%) Git
4 12 (1.80%) ERwin
5 11 (1.65%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.35%) Selenium
7 6 (0.90%) JMeter
8 5 (0.75%) Appium
8 5 (0.75%) JUnit
9 4 (0.60%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.45%) Postman
10 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.45%) Toad
10 3 (0.45%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.30%) MLflow
11 2 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.15%) Newman
General
1 233 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 198 (29.64%) Finance
3 144 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.83%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.93%) Banking
6 32 (4.79%) Marketing
7 31 (4.64%) Manufacturing
8 29 (4.34%) Financial Institution
9 27 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (3.44%) Aerospace
11 17 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (2.40%) Retail
13 13 (1.95%) Local Government
14 12 (1.80%) Legal
15 11 (1.65%) Military
15 11 (1.65%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.20%) Back Office
16 8 (1.20%) Law
16 8 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 127 (19.01%) Analyst
2 82 (12.28%) Architect
3 72 (10.78%) Senior
4 64 (9.58%) Lead
5 58 (8.68%) Business Analyst
5 58 (8.68%) Data Analyst
6 50 (7.49%) Data Architect
7 40 (5.99%) Consultant
8 39 (5.84%) Data Manager
9 36 (5.39%) Developer
10 34 (5.09%) Data Engineer
11 23 (3.44%) Administrator
12 18 (2.69%) Project Manager
12 18 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
13 17 (2.54%) Data Business Analyst
14 16 (2.40%) Senior Manager
15 14 (2.10%) Configuration Management Specialist
15 14 (2.10%) Configuration Specialist
15 14 (2.10%) Data Management Specialist
16 12 (1.80%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.54%) REST
2 16 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (2.25%) .NET
4 12 (1.80%) React
5 11 (1.65%) JSON
6 10 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
6 10 (1.50%) Kafka
6 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (1.20%) Middleware
7 8 (1.20%) XML
8 7 (1.05%) PySpark
9 6 (0.90%) YAML
10 5 (0.75%) JDO
10 5 (0.75%) SOAP
10 5 (0.75%) Web Services
11 4 (0.60%) ADO
11 4 (0.60%) CSS
11 4 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (0.60%) pytest
11 4 (0.60%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.68%) Management Information System
2 39 (5.84%) Onboarding
3 31 (4.64%) Data Structures
4 28 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (3.29%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.29%) Reference Data
6 21 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (3.14%) Cloud Native
7 20 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.80%) FMCG
8 12 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.50%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.35%) Life Science
11 8 (1.20%) IoT
12 7 (1.05%) Fixed Income
13 6 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (0.90%) Wiki
14 5 (0.75%) Replication
14 5 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.80%) Windows
2 4 (0.60%) Android
2 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.45%) Linux
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (27.25%) Data Governance
2 162 (24.25%) Migration
3 160 (23.95%) Agile
4 157 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (22.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 137 (20.51%) Data Modelling
7 131 (19.61%) Analytics
8 109 (16.32%) Business Intelligence
9 100 (14.97%) Validation
10 89 (13.32%) AI
10 89 (13.32%) Decision-Making
11 82 (12.28%) ETL
12 75 (11.23%) Data Analysis
12 75 (11.23%) Data Migration
13 73 (10.93%) Data Architecture
13 73 (10.93%) DevOps
14 70 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 68 (10.18%) CI/CD
16 64 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
17 61 (9.13%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 134 (20.06%) SQL
2 73 (10.93%) Python
3 20 (2.99%) C#
4 18 (2.69%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.40%) Java
5 16 (2.40%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (1.65%) Formula Language
6 11 (1.65%) LotusScript
7 9 (1.35%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.35%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.35%) VBA
8 8 (1.20%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.90%) Bicep
9 6 (0.90%) C
10 5 (0.75%) C++
10 5 (0.75%) R
11 4 (0.60%) X++
12 3 (0.45%) Groovy
12 3 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 126 (18.86%) Security Cleared
2 103 (15.42%) SC Cleared
3 89 (13.32%) Degree
4 25 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.25%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.20%) CBAP
7 8 (1.20%) IIBA
7 8 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
8 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.05%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.90%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.90%) PMP
9 6 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.60%) OCA
10 4 (0.60%) OCP
11 3 (0.45%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (27.40%) Data Quality
2 61 (9.13%) QA
3 53 (7.93%) GDPR
4 16 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.65%) PMO
6 7 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.75%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.75%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.60%) BS7666
8 4 (0.60%) COREP
8 4 (0.60%) FINREP
8 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.45%) IFRS
10 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.30%) Basel III
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.30%) HL7
10 2 (0.30%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.30%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (0.60%) Docker
2 2 (0.30%) 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 4 (0.60%) Grafana
6 3 (0.45%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 117 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 67 (10.03%) Oracle
3 58 (8.68%) SAP
4 37 (5.54%) Databricks
5 35 (5.24%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.44%) Informatica
7 18 (2.69%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.95%) Google
9 11 (1.65%) Lotus
10 10 (1.50%) Kofax
10 10 (1.50%) Talend
11 9 (1.35%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.05%) Siemens
13 6 (0.90%) Adobe
13 6 (0.90%) Autodesk
13 6 (0.90%) GoldenSource
13 6 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 5 (0.75%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.75%) Charles River
14 5 (0.75%) Murex