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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 123 114
Rank change year-on-year -41 -9 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Management 736 644 679
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.33% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 2.57% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 372 406
10th Percentile £342 £296 £328
25th Percentile £413 £400 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -5.91% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £781
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -2.63% -6.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 33 48
10th Percentile £16.15 £18.38 £21.25
25th Percentile £21.08 £23.45 £26.81
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% -31.54% +32.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £59.60 £77.50 £61.28
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -26.67% +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 38,782 25,081 28,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 90.77% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,156 16,055 18,761
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,506 1,391 1,691
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.31 £17.87 £18.21
Median hourly rate £44.23 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.86% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.63% -5.12%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -47 352 £525 -4.55% 333
Midlands -20 109 £525 +16.67% 59
South East -18 102 £450 +12.50% 105
West Midlands -19 84 £513 +20.59% 37
North of England -84 76 £450 - 89
South West -27 48 £525 -8.70% 48
North West -60 40 £600 +20.00% 49
Yorkshire -57 35 £400 -2.44% 33
East of England -31 26 £625 +104.58% 37
East Midlands -5 24 £525 +13.51% 22
North East -40 2 £425 -10.53% 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 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.94%) Confluence
3 14 (1.90%) CMS
4 12 (1.63%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.49%) SAS
6 8 (1.09%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.09%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.95%) WordPress
8 6 (0.82%) Apache
8 6 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.54%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.54%) Mule
10 3 (0.41%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.27%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.14%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
Applications
1 61 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.77%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.41%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.41%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.27%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.14%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 31 (4.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.04%) Teamcenter
3 13 (1.77%) Aladdin
4 8 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.82%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.54%) iTrent
8 4 (0.54%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.54%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.41%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.41%) Eloqua
9 3 (0.41%) Maximo
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.41%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.41%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Utilities
10 2 (0.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 135 (18.34%) Azure
2 107 (14.54%) Power Platform
3 55 (7.47%) AWS
4 29 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
4 29 (3.94%) SaaS
5 27 (3.67%) Collibra
5 27 (3.67%) PowerApps
6 25 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (3.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (2.85%) GCP
9 19 (2.58%) Snowflake
10 18 (2.45%) Power Automate
11 17 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
14 11 (1.49%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.36%) PaaS
15 10 (1.36%) Serverless
16 9 (1.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.54%) Firewall
1 4 (0.54%) Network Security
2 3 (0.41%) Intranet
2 3 (0.41%) LAN
2 3 (0.41%) SMS
2 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) 2G
4 1 (0.14%) 3G
4 1 (0.14%) 4G
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) DWDM
4 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.14%) SIGTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (14.27%) Metadata
2 82 (11.14%) Power BI
3 47 (6.39%) Data Lake
3 47 (6.39%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (4.35%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.13%) Tableau
6 21 (2.85%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.45%) GIS
8 14 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.63%) Delta Lake
10 11 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.36%) Data Mining
11 10 (1.36%) MySQL
12 9 (1.22%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.09%) Big Data
13 8 (1.09%) Relational Database
13 8 (1.09%) Spatial Data
14 7 (0.95%) Pentaho
15 6 (0.82%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 50 (6.79%) JIRA
2 15 (2.04%) Git
3 14 (1.90%) ERwin
4 11 (1.49%) Selenium
4 11 (1.49%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.09%) ER Studio
6 7 (0.95%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.82%) GitLab
7 6 (0.82%) JMeter
7 6 (0.82%) Postman
8 5 (0.68%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.54%) JUnit
10 3 (0.41%) Gradle
10 3 (0.41%) Maven
10 3 (0.41%) MLflow
10 3 (0.41%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.14%) Gatling
General
1 239 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 202 (27.45%) Finance
3 152 (20.65%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.92%) Public Sector
5 50 (6.79%) Banking
6 36 (4.89%) Marketing
7 33 (4.48%) Manufacturing
8 32 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (2.99%) Retail
11 21 (2.85%) Aerospace
12 19 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.45%) Legal
14 13 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.63%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.63%) Front Office
15 12 (1.63%) Local Government
16 11 (1.49%) Billing
17 9 (1.22%) Investment Banking
18 8 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 115 (15.63%) Analyst
2 104 (14.13%) Architect
3 83 (11.28%) Lead
4 67 (9.10%) Data Architect
5 65 (8.83%) Senior
6 57 (7.74%) Data Analyst
7 49 (6.66%) Developer
8 46 (6.25%) Data Engineer
9 45 (6.11%) Consultant
10 43 (5.84%) Business Analyst
11 40 (5.43%) Administrator
12 32 (4.35%) Data Manager
13 28 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.45%) Data Management Specialist
15 17 (2.31%) Project Manager
16 16 (2.17%) Data Administrator
16 16 (2.17%) Data Business Analyst
16 16 (2.17%) Data Consultant
17 15 (2.04%) Senior Developer
18 14 (1.90%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.53%) REST
2 19 (2.58%) JSON
3 16 (2.17%) Middleware
4 15 (2.04%) XML
5 14 (1.90%) RESTful
6 12 (1.63%) .NET
6 12 (1.63%) Kafka
7 10 (1.36%) PySpark
8 9 (1.22%) SOAP
9 8 (1.09%) OAuth
10 6 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.68%) JWT
11 5 (0.68%) OAuth2
12 4 (0.54%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.54%) JDO
12 4 (0.54%) LDAP
12 4 (0.54%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.54%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.56%) Management Information System
2 42 (5.71%) Data Structures
3 37 (5.03%) Cloud Native
4 32 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.35%) Reference Data
5 27 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.90%) FMCG
11 12 (1.63%) Life Science
12 10 (1.36%) Fixed Income
13 9 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.09%) Social Media
15 7 (0.95%) CMDB
15 7 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
15 7 (0.95%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.63%) Linux
2 9 (1.22%) Windows
3 1 (0.14%) Unix
3 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (31.79%) Data Governance
2 176 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 170 (23.10%) Migration
4 157 (21.33%) Agile
5 151 (20.52%) Data Modelling
6 146 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
7 144 (19.57%) Analytics
8 133 (18.07%) Validation
9 115 (15.63%) AI
10 102 (13.86%) Business Intelligence
11 101 (13.72%) Data Architecture
12 97 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 94 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 93 (12.64%) Decision-Making
15 89 (12.09%) Data Migration
15 89 (12.09%) ETL
16 81 (11.01%) Roadmaps
17 78 (10.60%) DevOps
18 72 (9.78%) Data Analysis
19 65 (8.83%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 148 (20.11%) SQL
2 66 (8.97%) Python
3 34 (4.62%) Java
4 23 (3.13%) C#
5 17 (2.31%) C
6 13 (1.77%) X++
7 10 (1.36%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.09%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.82%) Bicep
9 6 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.82%) VBA
10 5 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.27%) R
13 2 (0.27%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 124 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 91 (12.36%) SC Cleared
3 58 (7.88%) Degree
4 25 (3.40%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.09%) OCP
8 8 (1.09%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.82%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.82%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.82%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.27%) PMP
13 1 (0.14%) CBAP
13 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.14%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (33.97%) Data Quality
2 69 (9.38%) GDPR
3 57 (7.74%) QA
4 17 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.63%) PMO
6 6 (0.82%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.68%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.68%) NCSC
8 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.54%) BS7666
8 4 (0.54%) COREP
8 4 (0.54%) FINREP
8 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.41%) PERC
9 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.27%) COBIT
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
10 2 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.95%) Docker
3 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.31%) Terraform
2 9 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.54%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.41%) Grafana
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.41%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.27%) Ansible
5 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.14%) CASB
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 119 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.65%) SAP
3 62 (8.42%) Databricks
4 58 (7.88%) Oracle
5 51 (6.93%) Salesforce
6 22 (2.99%) Informatica
7 19 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.63%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.36%) ESRI
9 10 (1.36%) Workday
10 9 (1.22%) Charles River
10 9 (1.22%) Google
11 8 (1.09%) Concur
11 8 (1.09%) Foundry
11 8 (1.09%) Palantir
11 8 (1.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.95%) Adobe
12 7 (0.95%) Denodo
12 7 (0.95%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.95%) Sitecore