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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 121 112
Rank change year-on-year -42 -9 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Management 777 651 713
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 2.34% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.58% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 361 398
10th Percentile £313 £295 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -6.98% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £688
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 35 36
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.96 £21.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £21.38 £26.04
Median hourly rate £30.90 £33.00 £39.84
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -17.17% +20.73%
75th Percentile £43.84 £73.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £81.00 £66.50
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.91% -5.71% +6.06%

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 39,304 25,245 28,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.83% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,151 16,024 17,695
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,693 1,483 1,349
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.31 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -49 373 £525 -4.55% 323
Midlands -27 109 £550 +22.22% 69
South East -21 103 £485 +14.12% 126
North of England -67 92 £400 -8.57% 94
West Midlands -9 81 £550 +26.44% 47
North West -50 50 £406 -14.63% 51
South West -36 44 £536 -2.10% 65
Yorkshire -44 41 £400 - 35
East of England -19 35 £576 -4.00% 49
East Midlands -14 27 £525 +13.51% 22
North East -48 2 £425 -2.86% 10
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 32 (4.12%) Confluence
2 27 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.54%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.54%) SAS
4 10 (1.29%) CMS
5 9 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.16%) WordPress
6 8 (1.03%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.90%) Apache
8 6 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.51%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.51%) Mule
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 65 (8.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.51%) Windchill
7 3 (0.39%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.39%) Revit
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 29 (3.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.80%) Aladdin
3 13 (1.67%) Teamcenter
4 7 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.77%) SAP HR
5 6 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.64%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.51%) iTrent
7 4 (0.51%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.39%) Maximo
8 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
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
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 152 (19.56%) Azure
2 111 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 61 (7.85%) AWS
4 35 (4.50%) Collibra
5 34 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (3.99%) SaaS
7 27 (3.47%) Microsoft Purview
8 26 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (3.35%) PowerApps
9 25 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (2.96%) GCP
11 21 (2.70%) Power Automate
12 20 (2.57%) Snowflake
13 18 (2.32%) GitHub
14 15 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (1.80%) Alation
16 13 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
17 12 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
18 11 (1.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.64%) Network Security
2 4 (0.51%) Firewall
2 4 (0.51%) SMS
3 3 (0.39%) Internet
3 3 (0.39%) Intranet
3 3 (0.39%) LAN
3 3 (0.39%) WAN
4 2 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
4 2 (0.26%) FTP
4 2 (0.26%) HTTP
4 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) PSTN
4 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.26%) VPN
4 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.13%) 2G
5 1 (0.13%) 4G
5 1 (0.13%) 5G
5 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.13%) SIGTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (17.25%) Metadata
2 91 (11.71%) Power BI
3 49 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (5.92%) Data Lake
5 37 (4.76%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.22%) Tableau
7 21 (2.70%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (2.19%) GIS
10 13 (1.67%) Delta Lake
11 12 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
12 10 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.29%) Relational Database
13 9 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.16%) Big Data
13 9 (1.16%) MySQL
13 9 (1.16%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.03%) Ataccama
14 8 (1.03%) Spatial Data
15 7 (0.90%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 55 (7.08%) JIRA
2 18 (2.32%) Git
2 18 (2.32%) Selenium
3 13 (1.67%) ERwin
4 12 (1.54%) Visual Studio
5 10 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.29%) Postman
6 9 (1.16%) ER Studio
6 9 (1.16%) JMeter
7 6 (0.77%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.77%) GitLab
8 5 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.64%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.51%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.51%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.39%) Gradle
10 3 (0.39%) Maven
10 3 (0.39%) MLflow
10 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 266 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 220 (28.31%) Finance
3 157 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 60 (7.72%) Banking
6 43 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (5.15%) Manufacturing
8 35 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (4.25%) Marketing
10 28 (3.60%) Retail
11 27 (3.47%) Aerospace
12 21 (2.70%) Legal
12 21 (2.70%) Local Government
13 18 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.80%) Front Office
15 13 (1.67%) Billing
15 13 (1.67%) Investment Banking
15 13 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.54%) Military
17 10 (1.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 116 (14.93%) Analyst
2 108 (13.90%) Architect
3 89 (11.45%) Lead
4 73 (9.40%) Senior
5 71 (9.14%) Data Architect
6 56 (7.21%) Developer
7 53 (6.82%) Data Analyst
8 47 (6.05%) Administrator
9 46 (5.92%) Consultant
10 44 (5.66%) Business Analyst
10 44 (5.66%) Data Engineer
11 31 (3.99%) Data Manager
12 27 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.83%) Data Consultant
14 17 (2.19%) Project Manager
15 16 (2.06%) Senior Developer
16 14 (1.80%) Data Administrator
16 14 (1.80%) Data Business Analyst
16 14 (1.80%) Data Management Specialist
16 14 (1.80%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.12%) REST
2 23 (2.96%) JSON
3 21 (2.70%) Kafka
3 21 (2.70%) XML
4 20 (2.57%) Middleware
4 20 (2.57%) Terraform
5 15 (1.93%) .NET
6 14 (1.80%) PySpark
6 14 (1.80%) RESTful
7 11 (1.42%) HTML
8 10 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
8 10 (1.29%) SOAP
9 8 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
9 8 (1.03%) OAuth
10 7 (0.90%) Playwright
11 6 (0.77%) .NET Core
11 6 (0.77%) Web Services
12 5 (0.64%) CSS
12 5 (0.64%) LDAP
12 5 (0.64%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.65%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.56%) Data Structures
3 50 (6.44%) Onboarding
4 37 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 37 (4.76%) Reference Data
5 32 (4.12%) Product Ownership
6 28 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.54%) FMCG
10 12 (1.54%) Life Science
11 11 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.42%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.29%) Data Fabric
13 8 (1.03%) CMDB
13 8 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.03%) Replication
13 8 (1.03%) Taxonomies
14 7 (0.90%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.67%) Linux
2 10 (1.29%) Windows
3 2 (0.26%) Unix
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (33.98%) Data Governance
2 208 (26.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 176 (22.65%) Agile
4 171 (22.01%) Migration
5 163 (20.98%) Analytics
5 163 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
6 159 (20.46%) Data Modelling
7 149 (19.18%) Validation
8 131 (16.86%) AI
9 120 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 119 (15.32%) Decision-Making
11 110 (14.16%) Data Architecture
12 109 (14.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 106 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
14 100 (12.87%) Roadmaps
15 95 (12.23%) ETL
16 89 (11.45%) DevOps
17 88 (11.33%) Data Migration
18 87 (11.20%) Metadata Management
19 75 (9.65%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 167 (21.49%) SQL
2 78 (10.04%) Python
3 42 (5.41%) Java
4 29 (3.73%) C#
5 18 (2.32%) C
6 17 (2.19%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.67%) X++
8 8 (1.03%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.77%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.77%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.77%) VBA
10 5 (0.64%) Bicep
10 5 (0.64%) R
11 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.51%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.13%) C++
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 147 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 115 (14.80%) SC Cleared
3 66 (8.49%) Degree
4 27 (3.47%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.90%) ISTQB
8 7 (0.90%) OCP
8 7 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.77%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.64%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.64%) PMP
11 4 (0.51%) CIPD
12 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.39%) ISEB
12 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (36.16%) Data Quality
2 80 (10.30%) GDPR
3 56 (7.21%) QA
4 23 (2.96%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.06%) PMO
6 8 (1.03%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.77%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.64%) NCSC
9 4 (0.51%) BS7666
9 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.39%) COREP
10 3 (0.39%) FINREP
10 3 (0.39%) PERC
10 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.39%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.26%) EMIR
11 2 (0.26%) FATCA
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 13 (1.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.42%) Docker
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.39%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.39%) MOM
3 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.26%) Ansible
4 2 (0.26%) CASB
4 2 (0.26%) Grafana
4 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 133 (17.12%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.27%) SAP
3 69 (8.88%) Databricks
4 68 (8.75%) Oracle
5 46 (5.92%) Salesforce
6 34 (4.38%) Informatica
7 19 (2.45%) Google
7 19 (2.45%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.67%) Workday
9 10 (1.29%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.29%) IBM
10 9 (1.16%) ESRI
11 8 (1.03%) Charles River
11 8 (1.03%) Concur
11 8 (1.03%) Foundry
11 8 (1.03%) Talend
12 7 (0.90%) Denodo
12 7 (0.90%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.90%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.77%) GoldenSource