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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 85 119
Rank change year-on-year -49 +34 +36
Contract jobs citing Data Management 658 773 749
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.08% 2.75% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 3.10% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 475 497
10th Percentile £313 £325 £400
25th Percentile £402 £418 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.67% -3.02%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £694
90th Percentile £700 £783 £765
UK median daily rate £492 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 35
10th Percentile £12.63 £19.95 £22.97
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.73 £31.86
Median hourly rate £22.38 £33.75 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.68% -6.25% -45.66%
75th Percentile £42.25 £59.06 £49.92
90th Percentile £81.00 £94.88 £66.61
UK median hourly rate £22.38 £32.50 £46.12
% change year-on-year -31.13% -29.53% -26.21%

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 28,064 24,952 32,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.52% 88.77% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,908 15,353 21,703
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,766 818 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.39
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £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 1 January 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 January 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 January 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 -35 350 £523 -5.00% 148
Midlands -10 89 £475 -8.43% 45
West Midlands +2 72 £490 -6.67% 36
North of England -73 72 £431 -13.75% 48
South East -42 67 £463 -11.90% 104
South West +23 51 £488 - 22
Yorkshire -36 36 £402 -24.79% 17
North West -59 31 £500 +2.04% 26
East of England -28 21 £500 -2.44% 35
East Midlands -21 17 £447 +7.97% 9
North East -14 5 £438 -12.50% 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 30 (4.56%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.74%) Confluence
2 18 (2.74%) SAS
3 9 (1.37%) HCL Notes
4 7 (1.06%) Apache
4 7 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.91%) Mendix
6 5 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.46%) WordPress
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 59 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.67%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.37%) ProjectWise
7 8 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.61%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.61%) Revit
8 4 (0.61%) Windchill
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.30%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 23 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.22%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.76%) Oracle Retail
3 5 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.76%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.61%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.46%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle SCM
5 3 (0.46%) 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%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.30%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.30%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.15%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 103 (15.65%) Azure
2 93 (14.13%) Power Platform
3 52 (7.90%) AWS
4 34 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (5.02%) Collibra
6 32 (4.86%) GCP
7 26 (3.95%) PowerApps
8 21 (3.19%) OCI
9 20 (3.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 17 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (2.58%) OpenShift
10 17 (2.58%) SaaS
11 16 (2.43%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 16 (2.43%) Serverless
12 14 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
12 14 (2.13%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (1.82%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.61%) Firewall
2 3 (0.46%) LAN
2 3 (0.46%) 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%) MQTT
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 88 (13.37%) Power BI
2 52 (7.90%) Metadata
3 36 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (3.95%) Tableau
5 21 (3.19%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.43%) Oracle Database
7 15 (2.28%) Data Lake
8 12 (1.82%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.67%) Power Query
10 10 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.37%) Big Data
12 8 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 8 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.06%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.06%) GIS
13 7 (1.06%) MySQL
13 7 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.06%) SAP HANA
14 6 (0.91%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.76%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 61 (9.27%) JIRA
2 40 (6.08%) GitLab
3 31 (4.71%) Git
4 22 (3.34%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.74%) Selenium
6 15 (2.28%) JUnit
7 5 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.76%) JMeter
7 5 (0.76%) Postman
8 4 (0.61%) Appium
9 3 (0.46%) ERwin
9 3 (0.46%) 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
1 273 (41.49%) Social Skills
2 232 (35.26%) Finance
3 161 (24.47%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (9.73%) Banking
5 51 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 40 (6.08%) Marketing
7 29 (4.41%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.65%) Financial Institution
9 22 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (3.04%) Local Government
11 19 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
11 19 (2.89%) Legal
12 18 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.13%) Retail
14 13 (1.98%) Military
15 12 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.82%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.37%) Electronics
16 9 (1.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 124 (18.84%) Analyst
2 78 (11.85%) Architect
3 63 (9.57%) Lead
4 62 (9.42%) Developer
5 58 (8.81%) Data Analyst
6 52 (7.90%) Business Analyst
6 52 (7.90%) Consultant
7 51 (7.75%) Senior
8 28 (4.26%) Data Manager
9 27 (4.10%) Data Architect
10 24 (3.65%) Administrator
11 19 (2.89%) Governance Analyst
12 18 (2.74%) Data Engineer
13 15 (2.28%) Oracle Consultant
13 15 (2.28%) Salesforce Architect
14 14 (2.13%) Test Specialist
15 13 (1.98%) Data Modeller
15 13 (1.98%) QA Engineer
15 13 (1.98%) ServiceNow Developer
16 12 (1.82%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.29%) REST
2 30 (4.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 27 (4.10%) SOAP
4 17 (2.58%) Lightning Web Components
5 15 (2.28%) .NET
5 15 (2.28%) pytest
6 14 (2.13%) Middleware
6 14 (2.13%) React
6 14 (2.13%) Visualforce
7 10 (1.52%) JSON
7 10 (1.52%) RESTful
8 9 (1.37%) Kafka
9 8 (1.22%) HTML5 Canvas
10 7 (1.06%) Node.js
11 6 (0.91%) CSS
11 6 (0.91%) MIDP
11 6 (0.91%) OAuth
12 5 (0.76%) NumPy
12 5 (0.76%) Pandas
12 5 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.99%) Management Information System
2 40 (6.08%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.17%) Product Ownership
4 33 (5.02%) Data Structures
5 27 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.28%) Reference Data
8 14 (2.13%) CMDB
9 12 (1.82%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.52%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.37%) Synthetic Data
12 8 (1.22%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.06%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.06%) Reinsurance
14 6 (0.91%) Derivative
14 6 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.91%) Fixed Income
14 6 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.91%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.43%) Windows
2 8 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.06%) Android
3 7 (1.06%) Linux
4 4 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.30%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.15%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (28.42%) Agile
3 170 (25.84%) Data Governance
4 146 (22.19%) Analytics
5 142 (21.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 106 (16.11%) Business Intelligence
7 103 (15.65%) Data Modelling
7 103 (15.65%) DevOps
8 97 (14.74%) Migration
9 86 (13.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 85 (12.92%) CI/CD
11 79 (12.01%) Project Management
12 70 (10.64%) Validation
13 68 (10.33%) Data Analysis
13 68 (10.33%) Roadmaps
14 66 (10.03%) Data Strategy
15 64 (9.73%) AI
15 64 (9.73%) Decision-Making
16 62 (9.42%) Visualisation
17 59 (8.97%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 131 (19.91%) SQL
2 74 (11.25%) Python
3 33 (5.02%) JavaScript
4 18 (2.74%) C#
5 17 (2.58%) Java
6 16 (2.43%) Apex Code
7 13 (1.98%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.67%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.37%) Formula Language
9 9 (1.37%) LotusScript
10 8 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.22%) Groovy
10 8 (1.22%) R
11 7 (1.06%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.76%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.76%) VBA
13 4 (0.61%) C++
13 4 (0.61%) Korn
14 3 (0.46%) Perl
14 3 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (17.17%) Security Cleared
2 94 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 77 (11.70%) Degree
4 21 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.89%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.37%) OCA
6 9 (1.37%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.61%) PMP
8 4 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.46%) CCAB
9 3 (0.46%) CISSP
9 3 (0.46%) MCP
9 3 (0.46%) 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
1 151 (22.95%) Data Quality
2 69 (10.49%) QA
3 57 (8.66%) GDPR
4 17 (2.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (1.82%) PMO
6 11 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.52%) ISO 19650
8 6 (0.91%) GxP
9 5 (0.76%) IFRS
10 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.61%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.46%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.30%) Basel III
12 2 (0.30%) EMIR
12 2 (0.30%) GAAP
12 2 (0.30%) GRC
12 2 (0.30%) MiFID
12 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (3.50%) Docker
2 9 (1.37%) Firmware
3 6 (0.91%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.37%) Terraform
3 6 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.76%) SCCM
5 3 (0.46%) 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%) Ansible
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 127 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 78 (11.85%) Oracle
3 48 (7.29%) SAP
4 39 (5.93%) Salesforce
5 32 (4.86%) Databricks
6 29 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 22 (3.34%) Informatica
8 17 (2.58%) Google
9 11 (1.67%) Workday
10 10 (1.52%) Alteryx
10 10 (1.52%) Talend
11 9 (1.37%) Bloomberg
11 9 (1.37%) Lotus
12 7 (1.06%) EMC
12 7 (1.06%) Refinitiv
13 6 (0.91%) Autodesk
13 6 (0.91%) Kofax
14 5 (0.76%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.76%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.61%) Dynatrace