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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 98 106
Rank change year-on-year -61 +8 +70
Contract jobs citing Data Management 697 649 769
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.62% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 2.86% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 401 460
10th Percentile £326 £315 £343
25th Percentile £413 £413 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £713 £675
90th Percentile £725 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 33 58
10th Percentile £14.63 £22.10 £15.62
25th Percentile £19.02 £25.15 £21.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% -22.99% +17.63%
75th Percentile £49.38 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £56.15 £77.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -17.50% +17.63%

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 36,618 22,657 32,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.33% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,120 14,657 20,816
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,297 1,070 2,391
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.11 £16.04
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -40 350 £500 -17.53% 103
South East -10 99 £456 -8.75% 82
Midlands -28 87 £513 -4.65% 40
West Midlands -21 68 £513 +2.50% 19
North of England -100 61 £450 -10.00% 34
South West +1 53 £538 +3.37% 32
North West -63 32 £500 -4.76% 22
Yorkshire -66 27 £400 -13.51% 11
East of England -44 26 £505 +1.00% 25
East Midlands -22 18 £525 -8.70% 22
North East -34 3 £425 -19.05% 1
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 43 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 28 (4.02%) Confluence
3 12 (1.72%) CMS
3 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.29%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.29%) SAS
6 7 (1.00%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (1.00%) WordPress
7 6 (0.86%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.86%) Mendix
8 5 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.57%) Apache
10 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) Mule
10 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
Applications
1 63 (9.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.87%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.43%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.43%) Revit
8 2 (0.29%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.14%) CATIA
9 1 (0.14%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (3.30%) Teamcenter
3 7 (1.00%) Aladdin
3 7 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.57%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.57%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.57%) SimCorp Dimension
4 4 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.43%) Maximo
5 3 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.29%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 124 (17.79%) Azure
2 114 (16.36%) Power Platform
3 60 (8.61%) AWS
4 33 (4.73%) PowerApps
5 31 (4.45%) SaaS
6 28 (4.02%) GCP
7 26 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (3.44%) Collibra
9 23 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (2.58%) Power Automate
11 17 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (2.44%) Snowflake
12 16 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (2.30%) Serverless
13 15 (2.15%) Entra ID
14 12 (1.72%) OneDrive
15 10 (1.43%) PaaS
15 10 (1.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.58%) LAN
1 11 (1.58%) WAN
2 10 (1.43%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (1.00%) PSTN
4 3 (0.43%) Intranet
4 3 (0.43%) Network Security
4 3 (0.43%) SMS
5 2 (0.29%) Diameter Protocol
5 2 (0.29%) Firewall
6 1 (0.14%) 2G
6 1 (0.14%) 3G
6 1 (0.14%) 4G
6 1 (0.14%) 5G
6 1 (0.14%) DWDM
6 1 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.14%) SAN
6 1 (0.14%) SDH
6 1 (0.14%) SS7
6 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (13.06%) Power BI
2 83 (11.91%) Metadata
3 53 (7.60%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (6.31%) Data Lake
5 38 (5.45%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.59%) Tableau
7 21 (3.01%) GIS
8 15 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.87%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.87%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.58%) MySQL
11 10 (1.43%) Data Mining
11 10 (1.43%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.29%) Spatial Data
13 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (1.00%) OLAP
14 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (6.46%) JIRA
2 17 (2.44%) Git
3 12 (1.72%) ERwin
4 10 (1.43%) Selenium
5 9 (1.29%) GitLab
5 9 (1.29%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.86%) Postman
6 6 (0.86%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.72%) JUnit
7 5 (0.72%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.57%) JMeter
8 4 (0.57%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.43%) Toad
10 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.29%) Gradle
10 2 (0.29%) Maven
10 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 223 (31.99%) Social Skills
2 198 (28.41%) Finance
3 132 (18.94%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (9.18%) Public Sector
5 48 (6.89%) Banking
6 29 (4.16%) Manufacturing
6 29 (4.16%) Marketing
7 27 (3.87%) Aerospace
8 25 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.58%) Financial Institution
11 16 (2.30%) Legal
11 16 (2.30%) Local Government
12 15 (2.15%) Retail
13 13 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.43%) Aviation
14 10 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.15%) Front Office
16 7 (1.00%) Military
16 7 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 122 (17.50%) Analyst
2 95 (13.63%) Architect
3 72 (10.33%) Senior
4 67 (9.61%) Lead
5 64 (9.18%) Data Architect
6 61 (8.75%) Data Analyst
7 48 (6.89%) Business Analyst
8 41 (5.88%) Data Engineer
9 40 (5.74%) Developer
10 39 (5.60%) Consultant
11 34 (4.88%) Administrator
11 34 (4.88%) Data Manager
12 24 (3.44%) Data Management Specialist
13 18 (2.58%) Project Manager
13 18 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.30%) Data Business Analyst
15 15 (2.15%) Data Administrator
16 14 (2.01%) Configuration Specialist
16 14 (2.01%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.30%) JSON
1 16 (2.30%) REST
1 16 (2.30%) XML
2 12 (1.72%) Middleware
3 10 (1.43%) .NET
3 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Graph
4 9 (1.29%) Kafka
5 8 (1.15%) RESTful
6 7 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.00%) PySpark
7 6 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (0.86%) React
7 6 (0.86%) Web Services
7 6 (0.86%) YAML
8 5 (0.72%) JDO
9 4 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.57%) pytest
9 4 (0.57%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.31%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.59%) Cloud Native
4 23 (3.30%) Data Structures
4 23 (3.30%) Reference Data
5 19 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.73%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.72%) FMCG
7 12 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.58%) Life Science
9 9 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.15%) IoT
11 7 (1.00%) Fixed Income
12 6 (0.86%) NHS
12 6 (0.86%) Replication
12 6 (0.86%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.58%) Windows
2 4 (0.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.14%) Unix
3 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (28.26%) Data Governance
2 177 (25.39%) Migration
3 161 (23.10%) Agile
4 158 (22.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 144 (20.66%) Data Modelling
6 140 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
7 128 (18.36%) Analytics
8 107 (15.35%) Validation
9 101 (14.49%) AI
9 101 (14.49%) Business Intelligence
10 93 (13.34%) Decision-Making
11 91 (13.06%) ETL
12 89 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 87 (12.48%) Data Architecture
14 85 (12.20%) Data Migration
15 82 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 73 (10.47%) Data Analysis
17 72 (10.33%) DevOps
18 66 (9.47%) Roadmaps
19 57 (8.18%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 142 (20.37%) SQL
2 78 (11.19%) Python
3 24 (3.44%) Java
4 18 (2.58%) C#
5 16 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.58%) C
8 10 (1.43%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.15%) X++
10 7 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.00%) VBA
11 6 (0.86%) Bicep
11 6 (0.86%) Formula Language
11 6 (0.86%) LotusScript
11 6 (0.86%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.43%) Scala
12 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.29%) C++
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 122 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 99 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 81 (11.62%) Degree
4 19 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.87%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.43%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.00%) CBAP
7 7 (1.00%) IIBA
8 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.57%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.57%) OCP
9 4 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (0.57%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.43%) PMP
10 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.14%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (30.13%) Data Quality
2 65 (9.33%) GDPR
3 55 (7.89%) QA
4 16 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.00%) PMO
6 6 (0.86%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.72%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.57%) BS7666
8 4 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.57%) COREP
8 4 (0.57%) FINREP
8 4 (0.57%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.57%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.29%) DICOM
10 2 (0.29%) EMIR
10 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.29%) HL7
10 2 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 6 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.57%) Docker
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.58%) Kubernetes
1 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (1.58%) Terraform
2 7 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (0.57%) Grafana
4 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 114 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.61%) SAP
3 56 (8.03%) Oracle
4 51 (7.32%) Databricks
5 45 (6.46%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.30%) Informatica
7 18 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.72%) Bloomberg
8 12 (1.72%) Google
9 10 (1.43%) ESRI
10 7 (1.00%) Foundry
10 7 (1.00%) Palantir
10 7 (1.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 7 (1.00%) Sitecore
10 7 (1.00%) Talend
11 6 (0.86%) Charles River
11 6 (0.86%) Kofax
11 6 (0.86%) Lotus
11 6 (0.86%) Siemens
12 5 (0.72%) Murex