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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 121 115
Rank change year-on-year -41 -6 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Management 742 647 710
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.37% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 2.61% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 380 426
10th Percentile £323 £306 £339
25th Percentile £409 £406 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £641 £688
90th Percentile £750 £807 £791
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 33 56
10th Percentile £16.00 £19.45 £17.10
25th Percentile £21.70 £25.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £38.75 £30.81 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.79% -25.32% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £72.50 £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 38,278 24,745 30,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.65% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,038 15,865 19,799
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,361 1,324 1,984
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.95 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -36 357 £525 -4.55% 193
South East -12 111 £456 +10.61% 79
Midlands -25 101 £513 +5.13% 39
West Midlands -22 78 £513 +2.50% 22
North of England -88 71 £400 -15.79% 63
South West -17 56 £525 +0.96% 25
Yorkshire -50 35 £400 -8.57% 17
North West -63 34 £500 - 38
East of England -34 25 £631 +65.03% 25
East Midlands -12 22 £525 +10.53% 17
North East -34 3 £425 -19.05% 8
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 39 (5.26%) Confluence
2 36 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.75%) CMS
4 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.21%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.21%) Palantir Foundry
6 8 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.08%) SAS
7 7 (0.94%) WordPress
8 6 (0.81%) Apache
9 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.27%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.13%) Mule
11 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 59 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.62%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.40%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.40%) Revit
7 2 (0.27%) Windchill
8 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.13%) CATIA
8 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 29 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.56%) Teamcenter
3 13 (1.75%) Aladdin
4 8 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.94%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.54%) iTrent
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.54%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.54%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
8 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
8 3 (0.40%) Maximo
8 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
9 2 (0.27%) Primavera
9 2 (0.27%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 143 (19.27%) Azure
2 110 (14.82%) Power Platform
3 63 (8.49%) AWS
4 37 (4.99%) SaaS
5 32 (4.31%) PowerApps
6 27 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (3.50%) Collibra
8 25 (3.37%) GCP
9 23 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (2.56%) Entra ID
12 18 (2.43%) Snowflake
13 17 (2.29%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (2.02%) PaaS
15 12 (1.62%) OneDrive
16 11 (1.48%) Serverless
17 9 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.48%) LAN
1 11 (1.48%) WAN
2 10 (1.35%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (0.94%) PSTN
4 4 (0.54%) Network Security
5 3 (0.40%) Firewall
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%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) 5G
7 1 (0.13%) DWDM
7 1 (0.13%) HTTP
7 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.13%) SDH
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (12.53%) Metadata
2 81 (10.92%) Power BI
3 48 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (6.20%) Data Lake
5 37 (4.99%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.10%) Tableau
7 20 (2.70%) GIS
8 15 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.75%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.48%) MySQL
11 10 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.35%) Data Mining
11 10 (1.35%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.21%) Big Data
12 9 (1.21%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.21%) Spatial Data
13 8 (1.08%) Oracle Database
13 8 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (7.95%) JIRA
2 17 (2.29%) Git
3 13 (1.75%) ERwin
4 10 (1.35%) Selenium
5 9 (1.21%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.94%) GitLab
6 7 (0.94%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.81%) Postman
8 5 (0.67%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.67%) JMeter
8 5 (0.67%) JUnit
8 5 (0.67%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.54%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.27%) Gradle
10 2 (0.27%) Maven
10 2 (0.27%) MLflow
10 2 (0.27%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 235 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 205 (27.63%) Finance
3 153 (20.62%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 49 (6.60%) Banking
6 37 (4.99%) Marketing
7 34 (4.58%) Manufacturing
8 29 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.37%) Aerospace
10 23 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.56%) Retail
12 18 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (2.43%) Legal
13 14 (1.89%) Front Office
14 13 (1.75%) Local Government
14 13 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (1.48%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.35%) Billing
17 8 (1.08%) Investment Banking
17 8 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 120 (16.17%) Analyst
2 99 (13.34%) Architect
3 80 (10.78%) Lead
4 75 (10.11%) Senior
5 64 (8.63%) Data Architect
6 62 (8.36%) Data Analyst
7 48 (6.47%) Business Analyst
8 47 (6.33%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.93%) Consultant
9 44 (5.93%) Developer
10 38 (5.12%) Administrator
11 32 (4.31%) Data Manager
12 26 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.96%) Data Management Specialist
14 19 (2.56%) Project Manager
15 17 (2.29%) Data Business Analyst
16 16 (2.16%) Senior Developer
16 16 (2.16%) Senior Manager
17 15 (2.02%) Data Administrator
18 14 (1.89%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.70%) REST
2 17 (2.29%) JSON
3 15 (2.02%) XML
4 14 (1.89%) Middleware
5 12 (1.62%) RESTful
6 11 (1.48%) .NET
6 11 (1.48%) Kafka
7 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (1.08%) PySpark
9 7 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.67%) JDO
11 5 (0.67%) LDAP
11 5 (0.67%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.67%) SOAP
11 5 (0.67%) Web Services
12 4 (0.54%) HTML
12 4 (0.54%) OAuth
12 4 (0.54%) SAP CAF
12 4 (0.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.09%) Management Information System
2 35 (4.72%) Data Structures
3 34 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.31%) Reference Data
5 30 (4.04%) Cloud Native
6 25 (3.37%) Product Ownership
7 24 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.89%) FMCG
12 13 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.62%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.62%) Life Science
14 9 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (1.08%) IoT
16 7 (0.94%) Equities
16 7 (0.94%) Social Media
16 7 (0.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.02%) Windows
2 10 (1.35%) 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
1 234 (31.54%) Data Governance
2 186 (25.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 173 (23.32%) Migration
4 171 (23.05%) Agile
5 146 (19.68%) Data Modelling
5 146 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
6 137 (18.46%) Analytics
7 135 (18.19%) Validation
8 112 (15.09%) AI
9 101 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (13.07%) Business Intelligence
10 97 (13.07%) Data Architecture
11 96 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 95 (12.80%) Decision-Making
13 90 (12.13%) Data Migration
13 90 (12.13%) ETL
14 77 (10.38%) Roadmaps
15 73 (9.84%) DevOps
16 72 (9.70%) Data Analysis
17 65 (8.76%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 146 (19.68%) SQL
2 77 (10.38%) Python
3 26 (3.50%) Java
4 23 (3.10%) C#
5 18 (2.43%) C
6 15 (2.02%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.48%) X++
8 10 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.35%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.94%) VBA
10 6 (0.81%) Bicep
10 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.40%) Scala
12 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.27%) C++
13 2 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.13%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 123 (16.58%) Security Cleared
2 92 (12.40%) SC Cleared
3 71 (9.57%) Degree
4 24 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.21%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.94%) OCP
9 7 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
10 5 (0.67%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.54%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.40%) PMP
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.13%) BC Cleared
14 1 (0.13%) NVQ Level 3
14 1 (0.13%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (32.75%) Data Quality
2 75 (10.11%) GDPR
3 63 (8.49%) QA
4 21 (2.83%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.62%) PMO
6 6 (0.81%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.67%) NCSC
8 4 (0.54%) BS7666
8 4 (0.54%) COREP
8 4 (0.54%) FINREP
8 4 (0.54%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.40%) PERC
9 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.27%) EMIR
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.08%) Docker
3 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (1.75%) Terraform
2 11 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.54%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.40%) Grafana
5 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) Ansible
6 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
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 (16.71%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.57%) SAP
3 61 (8.22%) Databricks
4 56 (7.55%) Oracle
5 49 (6.60%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.77%) Informatica
7 22 (2.96%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.75%) Bloomberg
9 11 (1.48%) Charles River
10 10 (1.35%) ESRI
11 9 (1.21%) Foundry
11 9 (1.21%) Google
11 9 (1.21%) Palantir
11 9 (1.21%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 8 (1.08%) Concur
12 8 (1.08%) Workday
13 7 (0.94%) Adobe
13 7 (0.94%) Sitecore
13 7 (0.94%) Talend
14 6 (0.81%) Refinitiv