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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 124 118
Rank change year-on-year -39 -6 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Management 752 639 690
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 2.33% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.57% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 367 409
10th Percentile £336 £296 £343
25th Percentile £413 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £688
90th Percentile £738 £801 £794
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 34 54
10th Percentile £16.37 £18.45 £17.03
25th Percentile £23.08 £23.84 £25.00
Median hourly rate £38.75 £30.56 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.79% -30.14% +32.58%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £77.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -17.50% +21.21%

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 38,425 24,898 29,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.24% 90.75% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,067 15,953 19,300
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £424 £405 £416
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 £756
UK median daily rate £521 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,400 1,362 1,833
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.21 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.46 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -36 360 £533 -3.18% 167
South East -19 111 £463 +15.63% 79
Midlands -16 107 £513 +13.89% 52
West Midlands -17 83 £513 +20.59% 29
North of England -87 74 £425 -8.11% 63
South West -14 53 £530 -7.83% 29
North West -60 38 £550 +10.00% 39
Yorkshire -49 34 £400 -5.33% 17
East of England -32 26 £625 +104.58% 27
East Midlands -10 23 £525 +10.53% 23
North East -40 3 £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 37 (4.92%) Confluence
2 36 (4.79%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.86%) CMS
4 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.33%) SAS
6 9 (1.20%) ArcGIS
6 9 (1.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 8 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.93%) WordPress
9 6 (0.80%) Apache
10 3 (0.40%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.40%) Mule
11 2 (0.27%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 57 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.40%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.40%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) Windchill
9 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.13%) CATIA
9 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 31 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (2.39%) Teamcenter
3 13 (1.73%) Aladdin
4 8 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.93%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.66%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.53%) iTrent
8 4 (0.53%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
9 3 (0.40%) Maximo
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.40%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
10 2 (0.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 146 (19.41%) Azure
2 111 (14.76%) Power Platform
3 64 (8.51%) AWS
4 38 (5.05%) SaaS
5 33 (4.39%) PowerApps
6 29 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.46%) GCP
9 24 (3.19%) Collibra
10 23 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
12 20 (2.66%) Snowflake
13 19 (2.53%) Entra ID
14 18 (2.39%) Power Automate
15 17 (2.26%) PaaS
16 15 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (1.60%) OneDrive
17 12 (1.60%) Serverless
18 11 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.46%) LAN
1 11 (1.46%) WAN
2 10 (1.33%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (0.93%) PSTN
4 4 (0.53%) Firewall
4 4 (0.53%) Network Security
5 3 (0.40%) Intranet
5 3 (0.40%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.27%) FTP
6 2 (0.27%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) 2G
7 1 (0.13%) 3G
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) 5G
7 1 (0.13%) DWDM
7 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.13%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (0.13%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (13.30%) Metadata
2 81 (10.77%) Power BI
3 52 (6.91%) Data Lake
4 50 (6.65%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (5.05%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.93%) Tableau
7 20 (2.66%) GIS
8 17 (2.26%) NoSQL
9 16 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.60%) Delta Lake
10 12 (1.60%) MySQL
11 10 (1.33%) Big Data
11 10 (1.33%) Data Mining
11 10 (1.33%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.20%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.20%) Spatial Data
13 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (7.85%) JIRA
2 18 (2.39%) Git
3 16 (2.13%) ERwin
4 11 (1.46%) Selenium
5 10 (1.33%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.93%) ER Studio
6 7 (0.93%) GitLab
6 7 (0.93%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.80%) Postman
8 5 (0.66%) JMeter
8 5 (0.66%) JUnit
8 5 (0.66%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.53%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.40%) MLflow
11 2 (0.27%) Gradle
11 2 (0.27%) Maven
11 2 (0.27%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 239 (31.78%) Social Skills
2 200 (26.60%) Finance
3 151 (20.08%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 48 (6.38%) Banking
6 39 (5.19%) Marketing
7 32 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 30 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (3.06%) Aerospace
11 20 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (2.66%) Retail
12 18 (2.39%) Legal
13 14 (1.86%) Front Office
14 13 (1.73%) Local Government
14 13 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.33%) Billing
15 10 (1.33%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.06%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 114 (15.16%) Analyst
2 105 (13.96%) Architect
3 81 (10.77%) Lead
4 73 (9.71%) Senior
5 68 (9.04%) Data Architect
6 58 (7.71%) Data Analyst
7 50 (6.65%) Data Engineer
8 48 (6.38%) Developer
9 45 (5.98%) Business Analyst
10 44 (5.85%) Consultant
11 39 (5.19%) Administrator
12 33 (4.39%) Data Manager
13 26 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (2.93%) Data Management Specialist
15 19 (2.53%) Project Manager
16 16 (2.13%) Data Business Analyst
16 16 (2.13%) Senior Developer
17 15 (1.99%) Data Administrator
17 15 (1.99%) Senior Manager
18 14 (1.86%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.06%) REST
2 20 (2.66%) JSON
3 16 (2.13%) XML
4 15 (1.99%) Middleware
5 14 (1.86%) RESTful
6 12 (1.60%) .NET
6 12 (1.60%) Kafka
7 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
7 10 (1.33%) PySpark
8 7 (0.93%) OAuth
8 7 (0.93%) SOAP
9 6 (0.80%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (0.53%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.53%) JDO
11 4 (0.53%) JWT
11 4 (0.53%) LDAP
11 4 (0.53%) OAuth2
11 4 (0.53%) SAP CAF
11 4 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.98%) Management Information System
2 39 (5.19%) Data Structures
3 34 (4.52%) Reference Data
4 33 (4.39%) Cloud Native
5 32 (4.26%) Onboarding
6 26 (3.46%) Product Ownership
7 23 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.86%) FMCG
10 14 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.46%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.46%) Life Science
12 9 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.06%) IoT
13 8 (1.06%) Social Media
14 7 (0.93%) CMDB
14 7 (0.93%) Equities
14 7 (0.93%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.99%) Windows
2 11 (1.46%) Linux
3 1 (0.13%) Unix
3 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (31.25%) Data Governance
2 183 (24.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 172 (22.87%) Migration
4 171 (22.74%) Agile
5 152 (20.21%) Data Modelling
6 148 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
7 141 (18.75%) Analytics
8 137 (18.22%) Validation
9 113 (15.03%) AI
10 103 (13.70%) Data Architecture
11 102 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
13 94 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 93 (12.37%) Decision-Making
15 92 (12.23%) ETL
16 89 (11.84%) Data Migration
17 80 (10.64%) Roadmaps
18 75 (9.97%) DevOps
19 70 (9.31%) Data Analysis
20 68 (9.04%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 149 (19.81%) SQL
2 79 (10.51%) Python
3 31 (4.12%) Java
4 25 (3.32%) C#
5 18 (2.39%) C
6 15 (1.99%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.60%) X++
8 10 (1.33%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.33%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.93%) Bicep
9 7 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.80%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.80%) VBA
11 5 (0.66%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.40%) Scala
13 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.27%) C++
14 2 (0.27%) R
15 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 129 (17.15%) Security Cleared
2 96 (12.77%) SC Cleared
3 66 (8.78%) Degree
4 27 (3.59%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.06%) OCP
9 8 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (0.80%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.40%) PMP
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 1 (0.13%) CBAP
15 1 (0.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.13%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (33.24%) Data Quality
2 73 (9.71%) GDPR
3 63 (8.38%) QA
4 20 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.46%) PMO
6 5 (0.66%) NCSC
6 5 (0.66%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.53%) BS7666
7 4 (0.53%) COREP
7 4 (0.53%) FINREP
7 4 (0.53%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.40%) PERC
8 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.27%) COBIT
9 2 (0.27%) EMIR
9 2 (0.27%) MiFID
9 2 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.06%) Docker
3 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.13%) Terraform
2 11 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.53%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.40%) Grafana
5 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) Ansible
7 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.13%) CASB
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 124 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.71%) SAP
3 66 (8.78%) Databricks
4 57 (7.58%) Oracle
5 50 (6.65%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.72%) Informatica
7 22 (2.93%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.73%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.33%) Charles River
9 10 (1.33%) ESRI
10 9 (1.20%) Foundry
10 9 (1.20%) Google
10 9 (1.20%) Palantir
10 9 (1.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 9 (1.20%) Workday
11 8 (1.06%) Concur
11 8 (1.06%) Talend
12 7 (0.93%) Adobe
12 7 (0.93%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.80%) MuleSoft