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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 85 106
Rank change year-on-year -64 +21 +51
Contract jobs citing Data Management 675 704 793
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.80% 2.87% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 3.17% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 482 523
10th Percentile £350 £325 £365
25th Percentile £413 £415 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £713 £657
90th Percentile £705 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 28 58
10th Percentile £13.13 £21.22 £15.62
25th Percentile £16.74 £25.98 £20.08
Median hourly rate £28.55 £31.65 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -25.52% -34.11%
75th Percentile £49.06 £62.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £52.63 £85.88 £57.95
UK median hourly rate £30.49 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -6.18% -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 32,374 22,226 32,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.74% 86.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,766 14,506 21,651
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £615 £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 1,980 825 2,147
10th Percentile £15.49 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -10.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.83
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.81 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £30.32 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.71% - -7.14%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -54 342 £492 -18.00% 147
Midlands -16 93 £490 +3.16% 54
West Midlands -11 78 £492 -6.29% 26
South East -51 75 £475 -13.64% 123
South West +8 61 £535 +18.89% 43
North of England -75 60 £450 -12.62% 59
East of England -34 34 £505 +7.68% 46
Yorkshire -45 30 £404 -15.05% 22
North West -47 27 £500 -9.09% 32
East Midlands -35 14 £430 -3.43% 28
North East -16 3 £540 +8.00% 5
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 40 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 28 (4.15%) Confluence
3 22 (3.26%) SAS
4 11 (1.63%) HCL Notes
4 11 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.48%) Mendix
6 7 (1.04%) Apache
6 7 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.04%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.59%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.59%) CMS
8 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.44%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.15%) Moodle
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 58 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.67%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.93%) 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%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.15%) Revit
8 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.22%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.89%) Aladdin
3 6 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.59%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.44%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
6 3 (0.44%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 117 (17.33%) Azure
2 99 (14.67%) Power Platform
3 59 (8.74%) AWS
4 32 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (4.74%) Collibra
4 32 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (4.44%) GCP
6 25 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 23 (3.41%) Serverless
8 22 (3.26%) OpenShift
9 21 (3.11%) SaaS
10 16 (2.37%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.22%) Azure Functions
11 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
11 15 (2.22%) Snowflake
12 14 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.78%) LAN
2 10 (1.48%) WAN
3 9 (1.33%) Unified Communications
3 9 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.89%) PSTN
5 4 (0.59%) Intranet
6 2 (0.30%) Firewall
6 2 (0.30%) HTTP
6 2 (0.30%) NAS
6 2 (0.30%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) 2G
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) 5G
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%) SDH
7 1 (0.15%) WebEx
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (13.04%) Power BI
2 66 (9.78%) Metadata
3 52 (7.70%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (4.74%) SQL Server
5 29 (4.30%) Data Lake
6 25 (3.70%) Tableau
7 23 (3.41%) Oracle Database
8 15 (2.22%) MySQL
8 15 (2.22%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.78%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.63%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.33%) Big Data
12 9 (1.33%) GIS
13 8 (1.19%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.04%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 7 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.89%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 55 (8.15%) JIRA
2 39 (5.78%) GitLab
3 37 (5.48%) Git
4 27 (4.00%) Jenkins
5 21 (3.11%) Selenium
6 17 (2.52%) JUnit
7 13 (1.93%) ERwin
8 5 (0.74%) Appium
8 5 (0.74%) JMeter
9 3 (0.44%) Postman
9 3 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.44%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.44%) Toad
10 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.15%) GCC
11 1 (0.15%) Hudson
11 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
General
1 261 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 209 (30.96%) Finance
3 153 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (9.04%) Banking
5 54 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 42 (6.22%) Marketing
7 34 (5.04%) Manufacturing
8 29 (4.30%) Financial Institution
9 25 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (3.41%) Aerospace
11 22 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.52%) Retail
14 13 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.78%) Legal
15 12 (1.78%) Military
16 11 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (1.48%) Aviation
17 10 (1.48%) Local Government
18 9 (1.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 128 (18.96%) Analyst
2 74 (10.96%) Architect
3 66 (9.78%) Data Analyst
4 63 (9.33%) Lead
5 60 (8.89%) Senior
6 59 (8.74%) Business Analyst
7 43 (6.37%) Data Architect
7 43 (6.37%) Developer
8 39 (5.78%) Consultant
9 33 (4.89%) Data Engineer
10 28 (4.15%) Data Manager
11 23 (3.41%) Administrator
12 18 (2.67%) Data Business Analyst
12 18 (2.67%) Test Specialist
13 17 (2.52%) Project Manager
13 17 (2.52%) 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 37 (5.48%) REST
2 21 (3.11%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (2.81%) pytest
4 17 (2.52%) React
5 14 (2.07%) .NET
5 14 (2.07%) Kafka
6 13 (1.93%) JSON
7 11 (1.63%) SOAP
8 10 (1.48%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Graph
9 9 (1.33%) XML
10 8 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
10 8 (1.19%) YAML
11 7 (1.04%) Middleware
11 7 (1.04%) PySpark
12 6 (0.89%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.74%) JDO
13 5 (0.74%) Node.js
13 5 (0.74%) NumPy
13 5 (0.74%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.26%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 35 (5.19%) Data Structures
4 28 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (3.41%) Reference Data
6 22 (3.26%) Product Ownership
7 21 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.78%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.48%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.19%) Fixed Income
11 8 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.19%) IoT
11 8 (1.19%) Life Science
12 7 (1.04%) FMCG
12 7 (1.04%) Social Media
13 6 (0.89%) CMDB
13 6 (0.89%) Synthetic Data
13 6 (0.89%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.93%) Windows
2 6 (0.89%) Linux
3 5 (0.74%) Android
3 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (28.15%) Agile
2 189 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (25.63%) Data Governance
4 156 (23.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 150 (22.22%) Analytics
6 129 (19.11%) Data Modelling
7 127 (18.81%) Migration
8 110 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
9 96 (14.22%) Validation
10 87 (12.89%) DevOps
11 81 (12.00%) CI/CD
12 78 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 77 (11.41%) Decision-Making
14 76 (11.26%) AI
15 74 (10.96%) Project Management
16 72 (10.67%) ETL
17 68 (10.07%) Data Analysis
18 66 (9.78%) Data Architecture
19 62 (9.19%) Continuous Improvement
19 62 (9.19%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 139 (20.59%) SQL
2 90 (13.33%) Python
3 25 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 17 (2.52%) C#
5 16 (2.37%) Java
5 16 (2.37%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.63%) Formula Language
6 11 (1.63%) LotusScript
7 10 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (1.48%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.33%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.19%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.19%) VBA
10 7 (1.04%) Apex Code
10 7 (1.04%) Groovy
11 5 (0.74%) C
11 5 (0.74%) C++
11 5 (0.74%) R
12 4 (0.59%) Bicep
12 4 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 143 (21.19%) Security Cleared
2 117 (17.33%) SC Cleared
3 91 (13.48%) Degree
4 22 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.96%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.48%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.19%) IIBA
9 7 (1.04%) CBAP
9 7 (1.04%) 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
1 166 (24.59%) Data Quality
2 66 (9.78%) QA
3 60 (8.89%) GDPR
4 15 (2.22%) PMO
5 14 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.04%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.74%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.59%) IFRS
9 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.30%) Basel III
11 2 (0.30%) COREP
11 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.30%) EMIR
11 2 (0.30%) FINREP
11 2 (0.30%) MiFID
11 2 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (3.11%) Docker
2 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.33%) Terraform
4 6 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.59%) Grafana
5 4 (0.59%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.30%) Consul
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 126 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 78 (11.56%) Oracle
3 52 (7.70%) SAP
4 41 (6.07%) Salesforce
5 34 (5.04%) Databricks
6 31 (4.59%) Informatica
7 20 (2.96%) ServiceNow
8 17 (2.52%) Google
9 14 (2.07%) Talend
10 11 (1.63%) Lotus
11 10 (1.48%) Kofax
12 9 (1.33%) Bloomberg
13 7 (1.04%) Siemens
13 7 (1.04%) Workday
14 6 (0.89%) Adobe
14 6 (0.89%) Charles River
14 6 (0.89%) Murex
14 6 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 5 (0.74%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.74%) Palantir