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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 88 106
Rank change year-on-year -82 +18 +61
Contract jobs citing Data Management 647 665 776
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.59% 2.75% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 3.01% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 431 480
10th Percentile £340 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% - -
75th Percentile £597 £725 £675
90th Percentile £729 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 26 57
10th Percentile £13.13 £20.50 £15.52
25th Percentile £19.03 £23.32 £19.57
Median hourly rate £29.07 £30.56 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -23.59% -0.44%
75th Percentile £50.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £80.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -0.77% -17.50% -0.44%

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 34,498 22,079 31,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 91.24% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,001 14,439 20,650
10th Percentile £320 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 933 2,247
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.44 £12.90
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.01 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.83% -21.23% +0.29%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -55 335 £492 -21.28% 138
Midlands -31 85 £513 -2.38% 43
South East -32 83 £450 -14.29% 79
West Midlands -24 70 £510 -2.86% 25
South West -7 52 £500 -4.76% 30
North of England -86 47 £475 -5.00% 62
North West -59 29 £500 -5.21% 38
East of England -55 27 £505 +1.00% 15
Yorkshire -55 17 £370 -22.11% 19
East Midlands -30 14 £525 +2.44% 18
North East - 2 £400 - 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 38 (5.87%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.48%) Confluence
3 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.55%) HCL Notes
4 10 (1.55%) Mendix
5 9 (1.39%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.39%) SAS
6 8 (1.24%) ArcGIS
7 7 (1.08%) CMS
8 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.46%) Apache
11 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.15%) Moodle
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 58 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.63%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.62%) Windchill
8 3 (0.46%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.46%) Revit
9 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.15%) CATIA
9 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (3.71%) Teamcenter
2 21 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.77%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.46%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.46%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.46%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.46%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.46%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.31%) iTrent
6 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.31%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.15%) Primavera
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 120 (18.55%) Azure
2 109 (16.85%) Power Platform
3 54 (8.35%) AWS
4 31 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.79%) PowerApps
5 28 (4.33%) SaaS
6 25 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (3.71%) Collibra
7 24 (3.71%) GCP
8 21 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (3.09%) Serverless
10 19 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 19 (2.94%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
13 13 (2.01%) Azure Functions
14 12 (1.85%) Entra ID
14 12 (1.85%) OneDrive
15 11 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.16%) LAN
2 11 (1.70%) WAN
3 10 (1.55%) Unified Communications
3 10 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.08%) PSTN
5 4 (0.62%) Intranet
6 3 (0.46%) SMS
7 2 (0.31%) Diameter Protocol
7 2 (0.31%) Network Security
7 2 (0.31%) SAN
7 2 (0.31%) WLAN
8 1 (0.15%) 3G
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
8 1 (0.15%) DWDM
8 1 (0.15%) Internet
8 1 (0.15%) MPLS
8 1 (0.15%) NAS
8 1 (0.15%) SDH
8 1 (0.15%) SIGTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (13.91%) Power BI
2 75 (11.59%) Metadata
3 58 (8.96%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (5.72%) Data Lake
5 32 (4.95%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.71%) Tableau
7 17 (2.63%) GIS
8 16 (2.47%) Oracle Database
9 13 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
11 11 (1.70%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.70%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.39%) Data Mining
12 9 (1.39%) Metadata Repository
12 9 (1.39%) MySQL
12 9 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (1.24%) Spatial Data
14 7 (1.08%) Delta Lake
14 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (7.57%) JIRA
2 16 (2.47%) Git
3 15 (2.32%) GitLab
4 11 (1.70%) ERwin
4 11 (1.70%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.39%) Selenium
6 6 (0.93%) JMeter
7 5 (0.77%) Appium
7 5 (0.77%) JUnit
8 4 (0.62%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.62%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.46%) Postman
9 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.46%) Toad
9 3 (0.46%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.31%) MLflow
10 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.15%) Newman
General
1 221 (34.16%) Social Skills
2 189 (29.21%) Finance
3 137 (21.17%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.80%) Banking
6 31 (4.79%) Manufacturing
7 26 (4.02%) Marketing
8 25 (3.86%) Aerospace
9 24 (3.71%) Financial Institution
9 24 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.16%) Retail
12 13 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.01%) Local Government
13 10 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.39%) Aviation
14 9 (1.39%) Legal
15 8 (1.24%) Military
15 8 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.08%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 123 (19.01%) Analyst
2 87 (13.45%) Architect
3 68 (10.51%) Lead
3 68 (10.51%) Senior
4 60 (9.27%) Data Architect
5 57 (8.81%) Data Analyst
6 54 (8.35%) Business Analyst
7 37 (5.72%) Consultant
7 37 (5.72%) Developer
8 34 (5.26%) Data Engineer
9 30 (4.64%) Data Manager
10 27 (4.17%) Administrator
11 18 (2.78%) Data Business Analyst
12 16 (2.47%) Project Manager
12 16 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (2.32%) Senior Manager
14 14 (2.16%) Configuration Management Specialist
14 14 (2.16%) Configuration Specialist
14 14 (2.16%) Data Management Specialist
14 14 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.32%) REST
2 13 (2.01%) .NET
2 13 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (1.85%) React
4 11 (1.70%) JSON
5 10 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
5 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
5 10 (1.55%) XML
6 8 (1.24%) Kafka
6 8 (1.24%) Middleware
7 7 (1.08%) PySpark
8 6 (0.93%) YAML
9 5 (0.77%) CSS
9 5 (0.77%) JDO
9 5 (0.77%) RESTful
9 5 (0.77%) Web Services
10 4 (0.62%) ADO
10 4 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.62%) HTML
10 4 (0.62%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.50%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 28 (4.33%) Data Structures
4 26 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (3.55%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (3.25%) Reference Data
7 20 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.78%) Product Ownership
9 13 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.85%) FMCG
11 10 (1.55%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.39%) Life Science
13 8 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.24%) IoT
14 7 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.08%) Replication
15 6 (0.93%) Fixed Income
15 6 (0.93%) NHS
15 6 (0.93%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.01%) Windows
2 4 (0.62%) Android
2 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.62%) Linux
3 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (25.66%) Data Governance
1 166 (25.66%) Migration
2 151 (23.34%) Agile
3 147 (22.72%) Problem-Solving
4 136 (21.02%) Data Modelling
4 136 (21.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 127 (19.63%) Analytics
6 106 (16.38%) Business Intelligence
7 92 (14.22%) Validation
8 87 (13.45%) Decision-Making
9 84 (12.98%) AI
10 83 (12.83%) ETL
11 79 (12.21%) Data Architecture
12 78 (12.06%) Data Migration
13 67 (10.36%) Data Analysis
13 67 (10.36%) DevOps
13 67 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 63 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
15 60 (9.27%) CI/CD
16 57 (8.81%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 130 (20.09%) SQL
2 77 (11.90%) Python
3 20 (3.09%) C#
4 19 (2.94%) Java
4 19 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (1.55%) Formula Language
6 10 (1.55%) LotusScript
7 9 (1.39%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.39%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.24%) C
8 8 (1.24%) VBA
9 6 (0.93%) Bicep
9 6 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.93%) X++
10 5 (0.77%) C++
10 5 (0.77%) R
11 3 (0.46%) Scala
12 2 (0.31%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 120 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 99 (15.30%) SC Cleared
3 85 (13.14%) Degree
4 23 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.32%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.39%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.24%) CBAP
7 8 (1.24%) IIBA
8 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.77%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.62%) OCP
10 4 (0.62%) PMP
11 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (27.05%) Data Quality
2 57 (8.81%) QA
3 51 (7.88%) GDPR
4 16 (2.47%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.55%) PMO
6 5 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.77%) Def Stans
6 5 (0.77%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.62%) BS7666
7 4 (0.62%) COREP
7 4 (0.62%) FINREP
7 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.46%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.31%) DICOM
9 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.31%) HL7
9 2 (0.31%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (0.62%) Docker
2 3 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (1.08%) Terraform
4 4 (0.62%) Grafana
5 3 (0.46%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 118 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.27%) Oracle
3 56 (8.66%) SAP
4 44 (6.80%) Databricks
5 30 (4.64%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.09%) Informatica
7 14 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.85%) Google
9 10 (1.55%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.55%) Kofax
9 10 (1.55%) Lotus
10 7 (1.08%) Siemens
10 7 (1.08%) Talend
11 6 (0.93%) Adobe
11 6 (0.93%) Autodesk
11 6 (0.93%) ESRI
12 5 (0.77%) Charles River
12 5 (0.77%) GoldenSource
12 5 (0.77%) Murex
12 5 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud