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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 119 110
Rank change year-on-year -51 -9 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Management 760 648 710
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 2.33% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.57% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 366 400
10th Percentile £321 £286 £330
25th Percentile £413 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -8.26% -5.22%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £685
90th Percentile £743 £741 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -6.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 33 41
10th Percentile £16.65 £17.00 £19.83
25th Percentile £21.08 £21.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.32 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% -13.37% +6.06%
75th Percentile £48.00 £72.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £80.30 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £31.66 £34.47
% change year-on-year +18.45% -8.14% +4.44%

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 38,818 25,195 28,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.84% 90.79% 85.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,932 16,050 18,115
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £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 2,599 1,473 1,445
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +3.56%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -42 369 £525 -4.55% 313
Midlands -15 110 £550 +22.22% 70
South East -25 98 £473 +11.29% 118
North of England -69 88 £400 -8.57% 78
West Midlands -8 82 £550 +30.95% 51
North West -49 46 £443 -6.74% 48
Yorkshire -45 41 £400 - 26
South West -34 40 £536 -6.78% 68
East of England -10 34 £576 -4.00% 44
East Midlands -10 27 £525 +13.51% 19
North East -38 2 £425 -2.86% 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 33 (4.34%) Confluence
2 30 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.58%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.58%) SAS
4 11 (1.45%) CMS
5 8 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.05%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.92%) Apache
6 7 (0.92%) WordPress
7 6 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.53%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.53%) Mule
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.26%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 61 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.39%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.39%) Revit
7 3 (0.39%) Windchill
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 31 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.97%) Aladdin
3 12 (1.58%) Teamcenter
4 8 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.66%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.53%) iTrent
7 4 (0.53%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.39%) Maximo
8 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.39%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.26%) Primavera
9 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 151 (19.87%) Azure
2 113 (14.87%) Power Platform
3 60 (7.89%) AWS
4 35 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (4.21%) SaaS
6 31 (4.08%) Collibra
7 28 (3.68%) PowerApps
8 27 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 27 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (3.16%) Microsoft Purview
10 22 (2.89%) GCP
10 22 (2.89%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.63%) Snowflake
12 18 (2.37%) GitHub
13 15 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (1.58%) Serverless
15 12 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
16 10 (1.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) Firewall
1 4 (0.53%) Network Security
1 4 (0.53%) SMS
2 3 (0.39%) Intranet
2 3 (0.39%) LAN
2 3 (0.39%) WAN
3 2 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (0.26%) FTP
3 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.26%) Internet
3 2 (0.26%) PSTN
3 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) 2G
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) SAN
4 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.13%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (16.58%) Metadata
2 91 (11.97%) Power BI
3 48 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (6.05%) Data Lake
5 36 (4.74%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.29%) Tableau
7 22 (2.89%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.37%) GIS
9 17 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.84%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.32%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.32%) Relational Database
13 9 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.18%) Big Data
13 9 (1.18%) MySQL
14 8 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (1.05%) Spatial Data
15 7 (0.92%) Data Mining
15 7 (0.92%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 55 (7.24%) JIRA
2 18 (2.37%) Git
3 17 (2.24%) Selenium
4 13 (1.71%) ERwin
5 12 (1.58%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.32%) Postman
7 9 (1.18%) ER Studio
8 8 (1.05%) JMeter
9 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.79%) GitLab
10 5 (0.66%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.53%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.53%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.39%) Gradle
12 3 (0.39%) JUnit
12 3 (0.39%) Maven
12 3 (0.39%) MLflow
12 3 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 256 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 222 (29.21%) Finance
3 154 (20.26%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.76%) Banking
6 36 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (4.34%) Manufacturing
8 32 (4.21%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (4.08%) Marketing
10 25 (3.29%) Retail
11 21 (2.76%) Legal
12 20 (2.63%) Aerospace
13 17 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (2.24%) Local Government
14 13 (1.71%) Front Office
14 13 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.58%) Billing
15 12 (1.58%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.45%) Financial Institution
16 11 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 121 (15.92%) Analyst
2 108 (14.21%) Architect
3 84 (11.05%) Lead
4 71 (9.34%) Senior
5 70 (9.21%) Data Architect
6 56 (7.37%) Data Analyst
7 54 (7.11%) Developer
8 46 (6.05%) Consultant
9 44 (5.79%) Business Analyst
10 43 (5.66%) Data Engineer
11 38 (5.00%) Administrator
12 32 (4.21%) Data Manager
13 27 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (2.76%) Data Consultant
15 18 (2.37%) Project Manager
16 16 (2.11%) Senior Developer
17 14 (1.84%) Data Administrator
17 14 (1.84%) Data Business Analyst
17 14 (1.84%) Data Management Specialist
17 14 (1.84%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.08%) REST
2 23 (3.03%) JSON
3 21 (2.76%) Kafka
4 20 (2.63%) Terraform
5 18 (2.37%) Middleware
5 18 (2.37%) XML
6 15 (1.97%) .NET
7 14 (1.84%) PySpark
7 14 (1.84%) RESTful
8 11 (1.45%) HTML
9 10 (1.32%) SOAP
10 9 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (1.05%) OAuth
12 7 (0.92%) Playwright
13 6 (0.79%) .NET Core
14 5 (0.66%) CSS
14 5 (0.66%) JWT
14 5 (0.66%) OAuth2
15 4 (0.53%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.29%) Management Information System
2 50 (6.58%) Data Structures
3 42 (5.53%) Onboarding
4 38 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 36 (4.74%) Reference Data
6 31 (4.08%) Product Ownership
7 24 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.84%) FMCG
11 12 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.58%) Life Science
12 11 (1.45%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.05%) CMDB
14 8 (1.05%) Data Fabric
14 8 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.05%) Replication
15 7 (0.92%) Equities
15 7 (0.92%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.58%) Linux
2 9 (1.18%) Windows
3 2 (0.26%) 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
1 262 (34.47%) Data Governance
2 191 (25.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 172 (22.63%) Migration
4 165 (21.71%) Agile
5 163 (21.45%) Data Modelling
6 160 (21.05%) Analytics
7 159 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
8 138 (18.16%) Validation
9 130 (17.11%) AI
10 116 (15.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 111 (14.61%) Decision-Making
12 108 (14.21%) Business Intelligence
12 108 (14.21%) Data Architecture
13 103 (13.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 96 (12.63%) ETL
15 91 (11.97%) Roadmaps
16 89 (11.71%) DevOps
17 85 (11.18%) Data Migration
18 81 (10.66%) Metadata Management
19 73 (9.61%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 164 (21.58%) SQL
2 77 (10.13%) Python
3 42 (5.53%) Java
4 27 (3.55%) C#
5 17 (2.24%) C
5 17 (2.24%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.84%) X++
7 8 (1.05%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.92%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.92%) VBA
9 6 (0.79%) Bicep
10 5 (0.66%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.53%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.53%) R
12 3 (0.39%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.13%) LotusScript
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 140 (18.42%) Security Cleared
2 107 (14.08%) SC Cleared
3 64 (8.42%) Degree
4 27 (3.55%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.92%) OCP
8 7 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.79%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.66%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.39%) ISEB
12 3 (0.39%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.26%) CBAP
13 2 (0.26%) IIBA
13 2 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (35.66%) Data Quality
2 71 (9.34%) GDPR
3 55 (7.24%) QA
4 22 (2.89%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.84%) PMO
6 8 (1.05%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.79%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.66%) NCSC
9 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.53%) BS7666
10 3 (0.39%) COREP
10 3 (0.39%) FINREP
10 3 (0.39%) PERC
10 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.26%) FATCA
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.45%) Docker
3 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (1.18%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.39%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.26%) Ansible
4 2 (0.26%) Grafana
4 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.26%) MOM
5 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.13%) CASB
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (16.45%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.34%) SAP
3 69 (9.08%) Databricks
4 62 (8.16%) Oracle
5 47 (6.18%) Salesforce
6 30 (3.95%) Informatica
7 19 (2.50%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.58%) Google
9 10 (1.32%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.32%) ESRI
9 10 (1.32%) IBM
9 10 (1.32%) Workday
10 8 (1.05%) Charles River
10 8 (1.05%) Concur
11 7 (0.92%) Denodo
11 7 (0.92%) Foundry
11 7 (0.92%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.92%) Sitecore
11 7 (0.92%) Talend
12 6 (0.79%) Sparx