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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 124 114
Rank change year-on-year -44 -10 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Management 754 642 688
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.33% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 2.56% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 365 396
10th Percentile £322 £284 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -6.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £628 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £523 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +1.95% -4.65% -4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 32 40
10th Percentile £16.58 £17.08 £19.20
25th Percentile £21.08 £21.88 £22.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £31.66 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% -9.54% +6.06%
75th Percentile £48.75 £72.50 £59.06
90th Percentile £60.75 £77.50 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £33.93
% change year-on-year +13.64% -2.74% -3.06%

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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -43 369 £525 -4.55% 690
Midlands -21 108 £525 +16.67% 98
South East -13 96 £471 +35.93% 177
North of England -70 88 £400 -8.57% 144
West Midlands -15 80 £550 +37.50% 70
North West -45 46 £443 -6.74% 87
Yorkshire -48 41 £400 - 46
South West -35 39 £535 -6.96% 96
East of England -18 33 £576 -4.00% 74
East Midlands -12 27 £525 +13.51% 28
North East -43 2 £425 -2.86% 12
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 32 (4.24%) Confluence
2 30 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.59%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.59%) SAS
4 11 (1.46%) CMS
5 8 (1.06%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.93%) WordPress
7 6 (0.80%) Apache
7 6 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.53%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.53%) Mule
10 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.27%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 60 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.40%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.40%) Revit
6 3 (0.40%) Windchill
7 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 31 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.99%) Aladdin
3 12 (1.59%) Teamcenter
4 8 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.66%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.53%) iTrent
7 4 (0.53%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.40%) Maximo
8 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.40%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.27%) Primavera
9 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 150 (19.89%) Azure
2 112 (14.85%) Power Platform
3 57 (7.56%) AWS
4 35 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (3.98%) Collibra
6 29 (3.85%) SaaS
7 28 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (3.71%) PowerApps
8 27 (3.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (3.32%) Microsoft Purview
10 22 (2.92%) GCP
10 22 (2.92%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.65%) Snowflake
12 17 (2.25%) GitHub
13 16 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (1.59%) Serverless
15 12 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
16 10 (1.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) Firewall
1 4 (0.53%) Network Security
1 4 (0.53%) SMS
2 3 (0.40%) Intranet
2 3 (0.40%) LAN
2 3 (0.40%) WAN
3 2 (0.27%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (0.27%) FTP
3 2 (0.27%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.27%) Internet
3 2 (0.27%) PSTN
3 2 (0.27%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) 2G
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) DWDM
4 1 (0.13%) HTTP
4 1 (0.13%) SS7
4 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (16.31%) Metadata
2 90 (11.94%) Power BI
3 48 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (6.10%) Data Lake
5 35 (4.64%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.18%) Tableau
7 22 (2.92%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.39%) GIS
9 16 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.86%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.33%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.33%) Relational Database
13 9 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.19%) Big Data
13 9 (1.19%) MySQL
14 8 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (1.06%) Spatial Data
15 7 (0.93%) Data Mining
15 7 (0.93%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 55 (7.29%) JIRA
2 18 (2.39%) Git
2 18 (2.39%) Selenium
3 14 (1.86%) ERwin
4 12 (1.59%) Visual Studio
5 10 (1.33%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.19%) ER Studio
6 9 (1.19%) Postman
7 7 (0.93%) JMeter
8 6 (0.80%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.80%) GitLab
8 6 (0.80%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.53%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.53%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.40%) Gradle
10 3 (0.40%) JUnit
10 3 (0.40%) Maven
10 3 (0.40%) MLflow
10 3 (0.40%) WebDriver
General
1 254 (33.69%) Social Skills
2 220 (29.18%) Finance
3 154 (20.42%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 58 (7.69%) Banking
6 35 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (4.24%) Manufacturing
8 31 (4.11%) Marketing
9 29 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (3.32%) Retail
11 20 (2.65%) Legal
12 18 (2.39%) Aerospace
13 17 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (2.12%) Local Government
15 13 (1.72%) Front Office
15 13 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.59%) Billing
17 11 (1.46%) Financial Institution
17 11 (1.46%) Investment Banking
17 11 (1.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 119 (15.78%) Analyst
2 105 (13.93%) Architect
3 83 (11.01%) Lead
4 70 (9.28%) Senior
5 67 (8.89%) Data Architect
6 56 (7.43%) Data Analyst
7 54 (7.16%) Developer
8 47 (6.23%) Consultant
9 44 (5.84%) Data Engineer
10 43 (5.70%) Business Analyst
11 38 (5.04%) Administrator
12 32 (4.24%) Data Manager
13 27 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (2.79%) Data Consultant
15 18 (2.39%) Project Manager
16 16 (2.12%) Senior Developer
17 14 (1.86%) Data Administrator
17 14 (1.86%) Data Business Analyst
17 14 (1.86%) Senior Manager
17 14 (1.86%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.11%) REST
2 22 (2.92%) JSON
3 21 (2.79%) Kafka
4 20 (2.65%) Terraform
5 18 (2.39%) Middleware
5 18 (2.39%) XML
6 15 (1.99%) .NET
7 14 (1.86%) PySpark
7 14 (1.86%) RESTful
8 11 (1.46%) HTML
9 10 (1.33%) SOAP
10 9 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (1.06%) OAuth
12 6 (0.80%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.80%) Playwright
13 5 (0.66%) CSS
13 5 (0.66%) JWT
13 5 (0.66%) OAuth2
14 4 (0.53%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.49%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.76%) Data Structures
3 41 (5.44%) Onboarding
4 38 (5.04%) Cloud Native
4 38 (5.04%) Reference Data
5 31 (4.11%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.86%) FMCG
9 12 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.59%) Life Science
10 11 (1.46%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.06%) CMDB
13 8 (1.06%) Replication
14 7 (0.93%) Equities
14 7 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 7 (0.93%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.59%) Linux
2 9 (1.19%) Windows
3 2 (0.27%) Unix
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (34.48%) Data Governance
2 188 (24.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 174 (23.08%) Migration
4 164 (21.75%) Agile
5 162 (21.49%) Data Modelling
6 160 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
7 159 (21.09%) Analytics
8 139 (18.44%) Validation
9 129 (17.11%) AI
10 111 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 106 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
11 106 (14.06%) Decision-Making
12 103 (13.66%) Data Architecture
13 98 (13.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 95 (12.60%) ETL
15 88 (11.67%) Data Migration
15 88 (11.67%) DevOps
16 85 (11.27%) Roadmaps
17 79 (10.48%) Metadata Management
18 72 (9.55%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 164 (21.75%) SQL
2 76 (10.08%) Python
3 42 (5.57%) Java
4 26 (3.45%) C#
5 17 (2.25%) C
6 16 (2.12%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.86%) X++
8 8 (1.06%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.93%) VBA
10 6 (0.80%) Bicep
11 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.53%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.53%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.40%) R
12 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.27%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.13%) C++
14 1 (0.13%) Formula Language
14 1 (0.13%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 133 (17.64%) Security Cleared
2 100 (13.26%) SC Cleared
3 63 (8.36%) Degree
4 27 (3.58%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.93%) ISTQB
8 7 (0.93%) OCP
8 7 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.66%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.40%) ISEB
12 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.27%) CBAP
13 2 (0.27%) IIBA
13 2 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (36.21%) Data Quality
2 69 (9.15%) GDPR
3 55 (7.29%) QA
4 21 (2.79%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.86%) PMO
6 8 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.66%) NCSC
8 5 (0.66%) Solvency II
9 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.53%) BS7666
10 3 (0.40%) COREP
10 3 (0.40%) FINREP
10 3 (0.40%) PERC
10 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) EMIR
11 2 (0.27%) GRC
11 2 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.46%) Docker
3 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.53%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.27%) Ansible
5 2 (0.27%) Grafana
5 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.13%) CASB
6 1 (0.13%) MOM
6 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.42%) SAP
3 69 (9.15%) Databricks
4 63 (8.36%) Oracle
5 47 (6.23%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.71%) Informatica
7 19 (2.52%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.59%) Google
9 10 (1.33%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.33%) ESRI
9 10 (1.33%) IBM
9 10 (1.33%) Workday
10 8 (1.06%) Charles River
10 8 (1.06%) Concur
11 7 (0.93%) Denodo
11 7 (0.93%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.93%) Sitecore
11 7 (0.93%) Talend
12 6 (0.80%) Foundry
12 6 (0.80%) Sparx