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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 80 111
Rank change year-on-year -55 +31 +50
Contract jobs citing Data Management 682 768 801
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.03% 2.97% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 3.31% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 484 536
10th Percentile £322 £325 £390
25th Percentile £412 £416 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.25% -2.50% -5.17%
75th Percentile £577 £700 £660
90th Percentile £700 £825 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 27 43
10th Percentile £12.63 £21.63 £18.05
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.39 £19.57
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -1.52% -50.19%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.84 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.36 £95.25 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.15% -7.14% -44.00%

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 29,411 23,191 33,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.56% 89.73% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,824 14,242 22,230
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £411 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £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 1,845 729 1,976
10th Percentile £15.13 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £16.30
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -44 357 £500 -9.09% 109
Midlands -24 86 £481 -8.33% 40
South East -39 77 £496 -8.99% 96
West Midlands -9 71 £492 -8.47% 26
North of England -74 70 £455 -10.34% 64
South West +21 61 £463 +2.78% 20
Yorkshire -38 33 £404 -24.51% 17
North West -55 32 £500 - 43
East of England -29 24 £505 -8.18% 18
East Midlands -34 15 £439 +5.92% 14
North East -14 5 £438 -23.91% 4
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 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.52%) Confluence
3 20 (2.93%) SAS
4 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.47%) HCL Notes
6 9 (1.32%) Mendix
7 8 (1.17%) Apache
7 8 (1.17%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.44%) WordPress
9 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 59 (8.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.35%) MS Visio
5 14 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.73%) ProjectWise
8 4 (0.59%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.59%) Revit
9 3 (0.44%) Windchill
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.15%) CATIA
11 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.20%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.73%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.73%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.59%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle SCM
6 3 (0.44%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.44%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.29%) Eagle PACE
7 2 (0.29%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.29%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.29%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.29%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.15%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 128 (18.77%) Azure
2 98 (14.37%) Power Platform
3 67 (9.82%) AWS
4 39 (5.72%) GCP
5 37 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.11%) Collibra
7 26 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (3.81%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.37%) Serverless
9 20 (2.93%) SaaS
10 19 (2.79%) OpenShift
11 17 (2.49%) Azure Functions
11 17 (2.49%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (2.35%) OCI
13 15 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (2.20%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.61%) LAN
2 9 (1.32%) WAN
3 8 (1.17%) Unified Communications
3 8 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.73%) PSTN
5 3 (0.44%) Firewall
5 3 (0.44%) NAS
6 2 (0.29%) HTTP
6 2 (0.29%) SAN
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) 2G
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) IPv4
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (13.20%) Power BI
2 59 (8.65%) Metadata
3 49 (7.18%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (4.11%) Tableau
5 27 (3.96%) Data Lake
5 27 (3.96%) SQL Server
6 18 (2.64%) Oracle Database
7 12 (1.76%) MySQL
7 12 (1.76%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.76%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (1.32%) Big Data
9 9 (1.32%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.17%) GIS
11 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.88%) Metadata Repository
12 6 (0.88%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.88%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 5 (0.73%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (9.53%) JIRA
2 41 (6.01%) GitLab
3 33 (4.84%) Git
4 24 (3.52%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.20%) Selenium
6 14 (2.05%) JUnit
7 10 (1.47%) ERwin
8 4 (0.59%) Appium
9 3 (0.44%) JMeter
9 3 (0.44%) Postman
9 3 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.29%) TestRail
10 2 (0.29%) Toad
11 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 269 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 218 (31.96%) Finance
3 154 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.50%) Banking
5 48 (7.04%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.72%) Marketing
7 31 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.81%) Financial Institution
8 26 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (2.49%) Aerospace
12 16 (2.35%) Retail
13 15 (2.20%) Legal
14 14 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.76%) Local Government
15 12 (1.76%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.61%) Front Office
16 11 (1.61%) Military
17 10 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 133 (19.50%) Analyst
2 71 (10.41%) Architect
3 63 (9.24%) Data Analyst
3 63 (9.24%) Lead
4 62 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 62 (9.09%) Senior
5 56 (8.21%) Developer
6 47 (6.89%) Consultant
7 37 (5.43%) Data Architect
8 29 (4.25%) Data Manager
9 26 (3.81%) Data Engineer
10 23 (3.37%) Administrator
11 16 (2.35%) Data Modeller
11 16 (2.35%) Governance Analyst
11 16 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (2.20%) Data Business Analyst
12 15 (2.20%) Test Specialist
13 13 (1.91%) Engagement Manager
13 13 (1.91%) Oracle Consultant
13 13 (1.91%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.60%) REST
2 25 (3.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 22 (3.23%) SOAP
4 18 (2.64%) .NET
5 17 (2.49%) React
6 16 (2.35%) pytest
7 12 (1.76%) Kafka
8 11 (1.61%) JSON
8 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
9 10 (1.47%) Lightning Web Components
9 10 (1.47%) XML
10 9 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (1.32%) Middleware
10 9 (1.32%) Visualforce
11 8 (1.17%) YAML
12 7 (1.03%) Node.js
13 6 (0.88%) CSS
13 6 (0.88%) PySpark
14 5 (0.73%) NumPy
14 5 (0.73%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.04%) Management Information System
2 46 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.28%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (3.52%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (3.08%) Reference Data
7 14 (2.05%) CMDB
8 13 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.61%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.32%) Synthetic Data
11 8 (1.17%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.03%) Fixed Income
12 7 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.03%) Life Science
12 7 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.88%) IoT
13 6 (0.88%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.73%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.05%) Windows
2 7 (1.03%) Android
2 7 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (29.91%) Agile
2 203 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (25.37%) Data Governance
4 155 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 154 (22.58%) Analytics
6 118 (17.30%) Data Modelling
7 110 (16.13%) Migration
8 104 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
9 100 (14.66%) DevOps
10 90 (13.20%) CI/CD
11 88 (12.90%) Validation
12 84 (12.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 79 (11.58%) Project Management
14 75 (11.00%) Decision-Making
15 71 (10.41%) AI
16 65 (9.53%) Data Analysis
17 64 (9.38%) ETL
17 64 (9.38%) Visualisation
18 60 (8.80%) Data Strategy
19 57 (8.36%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 143 (20.97%) SQL
2 85 (12.46%) Python
3 34 (4.99%) JavaScript
4 20 (2.93%) PowerShell
5 19 (2.79%) C#
6 14 (2.05%) Java
7 11 (1.61%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.47%) Apex Code
8 10 (1.47%) Formula Language
8 10 (1.47%) LotusScript
9 8 (1.17%) Groovy
9 8 (1.17%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.03%) VBA
11 6 (0.88%) R
12 5 (0.73%) C++
13 4 (0.59%) Bicep
13 4 (0.59%) Korn
14 3 (0.44%) Perl
14 3 (0.44%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 132 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 109 (15.98%) SC Cleared
3 94 (13.78%) Degree
4 24 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.23%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.32%) OCA
7 9 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.17%) IIBA
9 7 (1.03%) CBAP
10 5 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.73%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.73%) PMP
11 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.44%) PhD
11 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.29%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (23.17%) Data Quality
2 71 (10.41%) QA
3 64 (9.38%) GDPR
4 14 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 13 (1.91%) PMO
6 6 (0.88%) ISO 19650
6 6 (0.88%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.73%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.73%) IFRS
8 3 (0.44%) GxP
8 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.29%) Basel III
9 2 (0.29%) EMIR
9 2 (0.29%) GAAP
9 2 (0.29%) MiFID
9 2 (0.29%) NCSC
9 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.15%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 21 (3.08%) Docker
2 4 (0.59%) Firmware
3 2 (0.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) HDFS
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.47%) Terraform
4 5 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.44%) Grafana
5 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.29%) Consul
6 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 127 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 73 (10.70%) Oracle
3 53 (7.77%) SAP
4 39 (5.72%) Salesforce
5 37 (5.43%) Databricks
6 33 (4.84%) ServiceNow
7 30 (4.40%) Informatica
8 18 (2.64%) Google
9 13 (1.91%) Talend
10 10 (1.47%) Lotus
11 9 (1.32%) Kofax
11 9 (1.32%) Workday
12 8 (1.17%) Bloomberg
13 7 (1.03%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.88%) Autodesk
14 6 (0.88%) Siemens
15 5 (0.73%) Charles River
15 5 (0.73%) EMC
15 5 (0.73%) Murex
15 5 (0.73%) Twitter