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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 89 122
Rank change year-on-year -46 +33 +37
Contract jobs citing Data Management 669 775 755
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.11% 2.70% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 3.04% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 472 499
10th Percentile £313 £325 £400
25th Percentile £402 £421 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -8.70% -1.79%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £700
90th Percentile £713 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £492 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 29 35
10th Percentile £12.63 £19.97 £25.13
25th Percentile £16.88 £25.40 £33.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -2.78% -45.66%
75th Percentile £54.88 £60.00 £49.92
90th Percentile £81.00 £94.50 £66.61
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £33.75 £46.12
% change year-on-year -33.33% -26.82% -26.21%

All Process and 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 28,083 25,497 32,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.56% 88.71% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,857 15,730 22,001
10th Percentile £300 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £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 1,811 841 1,406
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +22.56%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.45 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025. 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 -25 351 £525 -4.55% 181
Midlands -9 90 £475 -3.80% 92
West Midlands +1 73 £490 -6.67% 54
South East -54 73 £463 -14.35% 143
North of England -71 73 £431 -13.75% 101
South West +16 49 £463 -2.63% 51
Yorkshire -23 37 £402 -24.79% 40
North West -63 31 £500 +3.63% 54
East of England -32 22 £500 -2.44% 73
East Midlands -23 17 £447 +7.97% 35
North East -14 5 £438 -12.50% 7
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 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.69%) Confluence
2 18 (2.69%) SAS
3 8 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.20%) HCL Notes
4 7 (1.05%) Apache
5 5 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.75%) Mendix
6 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.45%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Moodle
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 58 (8.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.64%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.35%) ProjectWise
7 8 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.60%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.60%) Revit
9 3 (0.45%) Windchill
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.30%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 23 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.05%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.75%) Oracle Retail
3 5 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.75%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.60%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.45%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle SCM
5 3 (0.45%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.30%) Eagle PACE
6 2 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.30%) iTrent
6 2 (0.30%) Maximo
6 2 (0.30%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.30%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 106 (15.84%) Azure
2 95 (14.20%) Power Platform
3 53 (7.92%) AWS
4 34 (5.08%) GCP
5 33 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (4.93%) Collibra
6 26 (3.89%) PowerApps
7 20 (2.99%) OCI
8 19 (2.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 17 (2.54%) OpenShift
9 17 (2.54%) SaaS
10 16 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (2.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 15 (2.24%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.24%) Serverless
12 14 (2.09%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
13 13 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.45%) LAN
2 3 (0.45%) NAS
3 2 (0.30%) SAN
3 2 (0.30%) SMS
3 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.15%) 2G
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) Broadband
4 1 (0.15%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) IPv4
4 1 (0.15%) MPLS
4 1 (0.15%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.15%) Network Security
4 1 (0.15%) SMTP
4 1 (0.15%) VLAN
4 1 (0.15%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (13.45%) Power BI
2 50 (7.47%) Metadata
3 37 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (4.19%) Tableau
5 24 (3.59%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.39%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.24%) Oracle Database
8 12 (1.79%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.64%) Power Query
10 10 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.35%) Big Data
12 8 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 8 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.05%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.05%) GIS
13 7 (1.05%) MySQL
13 7 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.05%) SAP HANA
14 6 (0.90%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 61 (9.12%) JIRA
2 40 (5.98%) GitLab
3 33 (4.93%) Git
4 24 (3.59%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.69%) Selenium
6 15 (2.24%) JUnit
7 5 (0.75%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.75%) JMeter
7 5 (0.75%) Postman
8 4 (0.60%) Appium
9 3 (0.45%) ERwin
9 3 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.30%) Gatling
10 2 (0.30%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.30%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.30%) TestNG
10 2 (0.30%) TestRail
General
1 278 (41.55%) Social Skills
2 236 (35.28%) Finance
3 167 (24.96%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.87%) Banking
5 50 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.83%) Marketing
7 30 (4.48%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.29%) Financial Institution
9 22 (3.29%) Local Government
10 20 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
11 19 (2.84%) Legal
12 16 (2.39%) Retail
13 13 (1.94%) Military
14 12 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.79%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.35%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 125 (18.68%) Analyst
2 81 (12.11%) Architect
3 62 (9.27%) Developer
4 60 (8.97%) Lead
5 59 (8.82%) Data Analyst
6 53 (7.92%) Consultant
7 51 (7.62%) Business Analyst
8 50 (7.47%) Senior
9 28 (4.19%) Data Architect
9 28 (4.19%) Data Manager
10 24 (3.59%) Administrator
11 21 (3.14%) Data Engineer
12 18 (2.69%) Governance Analyst
13 15 (2.24%) Oracle Consultant
13 15 (2.24%) Salesforce Architect
14 14 (2.09%) Test Specialist
15 13 (1.94%) Data Modeller
15 13 (1.94%) QA Engineer
15 13 (1.94%) ServiceNow Developer
15 13 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.17%) REST
2 29 (4.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 27 (4.04%) SOAP
4 17 (2.54%) Lightning Web Components
5 15 (2.24%) .NET
5 15 (2.24%) Middleware
5 15 (2.24%) pytest
6 14 (2.09%) Visualforce
7 13 (1.94%) React
8 11 (1.64%) RESTful
9 10 (1.49%) JSON
10 9 (1.35%) Kafka
11 7 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
11 7 (1.05%) Node.js
12 6 (0.90%) CSS
12 6 (0.90%) MIDP
12 6 (0.90%) OAuth
13 5 (0.75%) NumPy
13 5 (0.75%) Pandas
13 5 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.73%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 33 (4.93%) Data Structures
5 28 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.24%) Reference Data
8 14 (2.09%) CMDB
9 12 (1.79%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.35%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.35%) Synthetic Data
12 8 (1.20%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.05%) Reinsurance
14 6 (0.90%) Derivative
14 6 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.90%) Fixed Income
14 6 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.90%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.54%) Windows
2 8 (1.20%) Apple iOS
2 8 (1.20%) Linux
3 7 (1.05%) Android
4 4 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.45%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.15%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (31.09%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (27.65%) Agile
3 171 (25.56%) Data Governance
4 148 (22.12%) Analytics
5 141 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 110 (16.44%) Business Intelligence
7 104 (15.55%) Data Modelling
7 104 (15.55%) DevOps
8 99 (14.80%) Migration
9 86 (12.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 84 (12.56%) CI/CD
11 81 (12.11%) Project Management
12 70 (10.46%) Data Analysis
12 70 (10.46%) Validation
13 67 (10.01%) Data Strategy
13 67 (10.01%) Decision-Making
14 66 (9.87%) Roadmaps
15 63 (9.42%) AI
15 63 (9.42%) Visualisation
16 58 (8.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 134 (20.03%) SQL
2 82 (12.26%) Python
3 32 (4.78%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.69%) C#
5 17 (2.54%) Java
6 16 (2.39%) Apex Code
7 13 (1.94%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.64%) PL/SQL
9 8 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (1.20%) Formula Language
9 8 (1.20%) Groovy
9 8 (1.20%) LotusScript
9 8 (1.20%) R
10 7 (1.05%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.75%) Korn
11 5 (0.75%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.75%) VBA
12 4 (0.60%) C++
12 4 (0.60%) Perl
12 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (16.59%) Security Cleared
2 92 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 80 (11.96%) Degree
4 23 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.14%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.35%) OCA
6 9 (1.35%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.60%) CCAB
8 4 (0.60%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.60%) PMP
8 4 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.45%) CISSP
9 3 (0.45%) MCP
9 3 (0.45%) PhD
10 2 (0.30%) CIPD
10 2 (0.30%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.30%) HND
10 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (22.72%) Data Quality
2 70 (10.46%) QA
3 57 (8.52%) GDPR
4 17 (2.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 13 (1.94%) PMO
6 11 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.49%) ISO 19650
8 6 (0.90%) GxP
9 5 (0.75%) IFRS
10 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.60%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.45%) GRC
11 3 (0.45%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.30%) Basel III
12 2 (0.30%) EMIR
12 2 (0.30%) GAAP
12 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.30%) MiFID
12 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 25 (3.74%) Docker
2 10 (1.49%) Firmware
3 6 (0.90%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.35%) Terraform
3 6 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.75%) SCCM
5 3 (0.45%) Ansible
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.30%) Consul
6 2 (0.30%) Grafana
6 2 (0.30%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) TADDM
7 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 131 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.51%) Oracle
3 53 (7.92%) SAP
4 37 (5.53%) Salesforce
5 34 (5.08%) Databricks
6 29 (4.33%) ServiceNow
7 22 (3.29%) Informatica
8 19 (2.84%) Google
9 11 (1.64%) Workday
10 10 (1.49%) Alteryx
10 10 (1.49%) Talend
11 9 (1.35%) Bloomberg
12 8 (1.20%) EMC
12 8 (1.20%) Lotus
13 7 (1.05%) Refinitiv
14 5 (0.75%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.75%) Autodesk
14 5 (0.75%) Kofax
14 5 (0.75%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.60%) Dynatrace