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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 89 109
Rank change year-on-year -67 +20 +43
Contract jobs citing Data Management 665 691 802
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 2.85% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 3.14% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 472 528
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £713 £665
90th Percentile £705 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 28 59
10th Percentile £13.13 £21.22 £15.73
25th Percentile £16.37 £25.98 £20.60
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.65 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.12% -29.66% -28.57%
75th Percentile £44.38 £42.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £50.00 £79.00 £59.95
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -12.15% -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 32,858 22,016 32,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.08% 90.81% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,074 14,505 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 2,007 857 2,166
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.27 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.36
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.63 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -61 341 £492 -18.00% 102
Midlands -32 88 £492 -6.29% 51
South East -46 77 £475 -13.64% 94
West Midlands -16 75 £492 -8.47% 28
South West +8 62 £518 +15.00% 32
North of England -78 56 £425 -17.48% 46
East of England -37 34 £505 +2.23% 26
North West -58 28 £500 -5.66% 30
Yorkshire -47 26 £389 -18.21% 13
East Midlands -37 12 £430 -3.86% 23
North East -14 2 £540 +8.00% 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 38 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 28 (4.21%) Confluence
3 21 (3.16%) SAS
4 11 (1.65%) HCL Notes
4 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.50%) Mendix
6 7 (1.05%) Apache
6 7 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.05%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.90%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.60%) CMS
9 3 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.30%) WordPress
11 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.15%) Moodle
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 60 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (4.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.86%) MS Visio
5 15 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.60%) 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%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.15%) Revit
8 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 21 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.26%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.45%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.45%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.45%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.45%) Temenos T24
5 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.30%) iTrent
6 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.30%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 107 (16.09%) Azure
2 98 (14.74%) Power Platform
3 56 (8.42%) AWS
4 32 (4.81%) Collibra
5 31 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (4.51%) GCP
7 27 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (3.31%) OpenShift
8 22 (3.31%) PowerApps
8 22 (3.31%) SaaS
8 22 (3.31%) Serverless
9 15 (2.26%) Azure Functions
9 15 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 14 (2.11%) Snowflake
11 13 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (1.95%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 13 (1.95%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.80%) LAN
2 10 (1.50%) WAN
3 9 (1.35%) Unified Communications
3 9 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.90%) PSTN
5 4 (0.60%) Intranet
6 2 (0.30%) 2G
6 2 (0.30%) 4G
6 2 (0.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.30%) HTTP
6 2 (0.30%) NAS
6 2 (0.30%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) MQTT
7 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.15%) SDH
7 1 (0.15%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (0.15%) WebEx
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (13.08%) Power BI
2 66 (9.92%) Metadata
3 53 (7.97%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (4.51%) SQL Server
5 29 (4.36%) Data Lake
6 28 (4.21%) Tableau
7 23 (3.46%) Oracle Database
8 14 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
9 13 (1.95%) MySQL
9 13 (1.95%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (1.65%) GIS
11 11 (1.65%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.20%) Big Data
12 8 (1.20%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.05%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.90%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 53 (7.97%) JIRA
2 37 (5.56%) GitLab
3 33 (4.96%) Git
4 26 (3.91%) Jenkins
5 21 (3.16%) Selenium
6 17 (2.56%) JUnit
7 13 (1.95%) ERwin
8 5 (0.75%) Appium
8 5 (0.75%) JMeter
9 3 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.45%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.45%) Toad
9 3 (0.45%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.30%) Postman
11 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 254 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 205 (30.83%) Finance
3 155 (23.31%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.57%) Banking
5 51 (7.67%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.86%) Marketing
7 35 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 30 (4.51%) Financial Institution
9 25 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.61%) Aerospace
11 20 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.41%) Retail
13 16 (2.41%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.80%) Legal
14 12 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.65%) Aviation
16 10 (1.50%) Law
16 10 (1.50%) Local Government
16 10 (1.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 127 (19.10%) Analyst
2 68 (10.23%) Architect
3 64 (9.62%) Data Analyst
3 64 (9.62%) Lead
4 59 (8.87%) Business Analyst
5 57 (8.57%) Senior
6 42 (6.32%) Data Architect
7 37 (5.56%) Consultant
8 36 (5.41%) Developer
9 33 (4.96%) Data Engineer
10 28 (4.21%) Data Manager
11 23 (3.46%) Administrator
12 18 (2.71%) Data Business Analyst
12 18 (2.71%) Project Manager
12 18 (2.71%) Test Specialist
13 17 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.26%) Data Modeller
15 14 (2.11%) Configuration Management Specialist
15 14 (2.11%) Configuration Specialist
15 14 (2.11%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.51%) REST
2 19 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (2.71%) pytest
4 16 (2.41%) React
5 14 (2.11%) .NET
5 14 (2.11%) Kafka
6 12 (1.80%) JSON
7 10 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
9 8 (1.20%) XML
10 7 (1.05%) PySpark
10 7 (1.05%) YAML
11 5 (0.75%) JDO
11 5 (0.75%) Node.js
11 5 (0.75%) NumPy
11 5 (0.75%) Pandas
11 5 (0.75%) SOAP
12 4 (0.60%) ADO
12 4 (0.60%) CSS
12 4 (0.60%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.67%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.41%) Data Structures
2 36 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 28 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.76%) Reference Data
5 21 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (2.86%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.50%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.35%) Life Science
12 8 (1.20%) FMCG
12 8 (1.20%) IoT
13 7 (1.05%) Fixed Income
14 6 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
14 6 (0.90%) Social Media
14 6 (0.90%) Synthetic Data
14 6 (0.90%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.95%) Windows
2 6 (0.90%) Linux
3 4 (0.60%) Android
3 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.15%) Unix
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
2 180 (27.07%) Data Governance
3 175 (26.32%) Agile
4 155 (23.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 146 (21.95%) Analytics
6 128 (19.25%) Data Modelling
6 128 (19.25%) Migration
7 112 (16.84%) Business Intelligence
8 102 (15.34%) Validation
9 82 (12.33%) Decision-Making
10 81 (12.18%) DevOps
11 78 (11.73%) CI/CD
12 75 (11.28%) ETL
12 75 (11.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 73 (10.98%) AI
14 70 (10.53%) Data Architecture
14 70 (10.53%) Project Management
15 69 (10.38%) Data Analysis
16 62 (9.32%) Data Engineering
16 62 (9.32%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 140 (21.05%) SQL
2 87 (13.08%) Python
3 20 (3.01%) JavaScript
4 17 (2.56%) C#
5 15 (2.26%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.80%) Java
7 11 (1.65%) Formula Language
7 11 (1.65%) LotusScript
8 10 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.50%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.35%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.35%) VBA
10 8 (1.20%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.90%) C
11 6 (0.90%) Groovy
12 5 (0.75%) C++
12 5 (0.75%) R
13 4 (0.60%) Bicep
13 4 (0.60%) Scala
14 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 136 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 112 (16.84%) SC Cleared
3 87 (13.08%) Degree
4 21 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.71%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.50%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.20%) IIBA
9 7 (1.05%) CBAP
9 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.90%) OCA
11 5 (0.75%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.75%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.75%) PMP
12 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.60%) OCP
13 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.45%) PhD
13 3 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (26.47%) Data Quality
2 65 (9.77%) QA
3 58 (8.72%) GDPR
4 15 (2.26%) PMO
5 12 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.05%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.75%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.60%) COREP
9 4 (0.60%) FINREP
9 4 (0.60%) IFRS
9 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.45%) BS7666
10 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.45%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.30%) Basel III
11 2 (0.30%) DICOM
11 2 (0.30%) HL7
11 2 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (3.16%) Docker
2 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (4.66%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.35%) Terraform
4 6 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.60%) Grafana
5 4 (0.60%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
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
1 122 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 78 (11.73%) Oracle
3 52 (7.82%) SAP
4 37 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 34 (5.11%) Databricks
6 30 (4.51%) Informatica
7 16 (2.41%) Google
7 16 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 14 (2.11%) Talend
9 11 (1.65%) Lotus
10 10 (1.50%) Kofax
11 9 (1.35%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.05%) Siemens
13 6 (0.90%) Adobe
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
14 5 (0.75%) Palantir