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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 122 102
Rank change year-on-year -44 -20 +52
Contract jobs citing Data Management 792 647 754
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 2.31% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 2.54% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 374 416
10th Percentile £300 £297 £314
25th Percentile £403 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £641 £625 £675
90th Percentile £750 £735 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 36 35
10th Percentile £16.50 £13.31 £21.25
25th Percentile £17.17 £18.50 £25.82
Median hourly rate £29.07 £29.83 £39.68
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% -24.84% +20.24%
75th Percentile £41.68 £72.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £81.00 £80.90
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £29.83 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% -14.79% +6.06%

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 39,417 25,490 28,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.96% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,890 16,169 17,141
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,564 1,197
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.44 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.59 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -45 372 £525 -4.55% 920
Midlands -16 112 £525 +16.67% 151
South East -19 107 £500 +33.33% 322
North of England -62 102 £400 -11.11% 239
West Midlands -8 86 £513 +7.89% 89
North West -35 58 £385 -17.20% 129
South West -26 47 £525 +0.96% 150
Yorkshire -39 43 £400 -5.33% 76
East Midlands -13 26 £525 +16.67% 61
East of England -24 25 £527 -12.17% 137
North East -48 2 £425 -2.86% 36
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 31 (3.91%) Confluence
2 26 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.77%) SAS
4 13 (1.64%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.52%) CMS
6 9 (1.14%) WordPress
7 8 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.88%) Apache
9 6 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.51%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.51%) Mule
11 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.13%) nginx
13 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 68 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.63%) Revit
7 3 (0.38%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.38%) Windchill
8 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.25%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.64%) Aladdin
3 12 (1.52%) Teamcenter
4 8 (1.01%) SAP HR
5 7 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.63%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.63%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.38%) iTrent
8 3 (0.38%) Maximo
8 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.38%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.25%) SAP R/3
10 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.13%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 157 (19.82%) Azure
2 108 (13.64%) Power Platform
3 59 (7.45%) AWS
4 34 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (4.29%) Collibra
5 32 (4.04%) Microsoft Purview
6 29 (3.66%) SaaS
7 28 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
8 27 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (3.16%) PowerApps
10 23 (2.90%) GCP
10 23 (2.90%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.65%) GitHub
11 21 (2.65%) Snowflake
12 18 (2.27%) Alation
13 17 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (1.77%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.76%) Firewall
2 5 (0.63%) Network Security
3 4 (0.51%) SMS
4 3 (0.38%) Internet
5 2 (0.25%) Broadband
5 2 (0.25%) HTTP
5 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.25%) LAN
5 2 (0.25%) VPN
5 2 (0.25%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.13%) DNS
6 1 (0.13%) FTP
6 1 (0.13%) PSTN
6 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.13%) SAN
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (17.93%) Metadata
2 87 (10.98%) Power BI
3 52 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (6.31%) Data Lake
5 45 (5.68%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.28%) NoSQL
7 23 (2.90%) Tableau
8 18 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.64%) Delta Lake
9 13 (1.64%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.52%) GIS
11 11 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
12 10 (1.26%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.14%) Big Data
13 9 (1.14%) MySQL
13 9 (1.14%) Pentaho
14 8 (1.01%) Ataccama
15 7 (0.88%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 48 (6.06%) JIRA
2 21 (2.65%) Git
3 17 (2.15%) Selenium
4 12 (1.52%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.39%) ERwin
5 11 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.26%) Postman
7 8 (1.01%) Cucumber
7 8 (1.01%) ER Studio
8 7 (0.88%) GitLab
8 7 (0.88%) JMeter
9 5 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.63%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.51%) JUnit
10 4 (0.51%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.38%) Gatling
11 3 (0.38%) Gradle
11 3 (0.38%) Maven
11 3 (0.38%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 282 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 219 (27.65%) Finance
3 164 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (10.86%) Public Sector
5 63 (7.95%) Banking
6 51 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (5.05%) Manufacturing
8 37 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (4.29%) Marketing
10 31 (3.91%) Retail
11 29 (3.66%) Aerospace
12 24 (3.03%) Local Government
13 22 (2.78%) Legal
14 19 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (2.02%) Front Office
15 16 (2.02%) Military
16 14 (1.77%) Investment Banking
17 13 (1.64%) Billing
18 9 (1.14%) Automotive
18 9 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 112 (14.14%) Analyst
2 109 (13.76%) Architect
3 81 (10.23%) Lead
4 74 (9.34%) Data Architect
4 74 (9.34%) Senior
5 68 (8.59%) Developer
6 64 (8.08%) Administrator
7 51 (6.44%) Data Engineer
8 47 (5.93%) Business Analyst
9 46 (5.81%) Data Analyst
10 44 (5.56%) Consultant
11 29 (3.66%) Data Manager
12 23 (2.90%) Data Consultant
12 23 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (2.15%) Data Business Analyst
14 15 (1.89%) Project Manager
14 15 (1.89%) Senior Developer
15 14 (1.77%) Data Management Specialist
16 13 (1.64%) Data Administrator
16 13 (1.64%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.92%) REST
2 27 (3.41%) Terraform
3 25 (3.16%) Middleware
3 25 (3.16%) XML
4 22 (2.78%) .NET
4 22 (2.78%) JSON
5 21 (2.65%) Kafka
6 17 (2.15%) RESTful
7 14 (1.77%) HTML
7 14 (1.77%) SOAP
8 13 (1.64%) PySpark
9 12 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (1.26%) OAuth
11 9 (1.14%) .NET Core
12 8 (1.01%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (1.01%) LDAP
12 8 (1.01%) OpenTofu
12 8 (1.01%) Web Services
13 7 (0.88%) Playwright
14 6 (0.76%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 83 (10.48%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.44%) Data Structures
3 47 (5.93%) Onboarding
4 40 (5.05%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.42%) Reference Data
6 33 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 29 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.39%) Life Science
12 10 (1.26%) CMDB
12 10 (1.26%) Data Fabric
12 10 (1.26%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.26%) Taxonomies
13 9 (1.14%) Autonomous Agent
13 9 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.14%) FMCG
13 9 (1.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.15%) Linux
2 10 (1.26%) Windows
3 2 (0.25%) Unix
3 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (32.83%) Data Governance
2 222 (28.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 188 (23.74%) Agile
4 175 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (21.21%) Analytics
6 167 (21.09%) Data Modelling
7 162 (20.45%) Migration
8 144 (18.18%) AI
9 140 (17.68%) Validation
10 129 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 115 (14.52%) Decision-Making
12 112 (14.14%) Data Architecture
13 111 (14.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 99 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
14 99 (12.50%) Roadmaps
15 95 (11.99%) ETL
16 93 (11.74%) DevOps
17 88 (11.11%) Metadata Management
18 85 (10.73%) Data Migration
19 83 (10.48%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 175 (22.10%) SQL
2 85 (10.73%) Python
3 46 (5.81%) Java
4 36 (4.55%) C#
5 20 (2.53%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.15%) C
7 13 (1.64%) X++
8 8 (1.01%) Bicep
8 8 (1.01%) R
9 7 (0.88%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.88%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.88%) VBA
10 6 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.25%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.13%) C++
13 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 157 (19.82%) Security Cleared
2 122 (15.40%) SC Cleared
3 77 (9.72%) Degree
4 28 (3.54%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.14%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.01%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.88%) OCP
10 7 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.88%) PMP
11 6 (0.76%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.76%) CIPD
11 6 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.63%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.38%) ISEB
13 3 (0.38%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (35.35%) Data Quality
2 84 (10.61%) GDPR
3 52 (6.57%) QA
4 23 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.02%) PMO
6 7 (0.88%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.76%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.63%) NCSC
9 4 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.38%) GRC
10 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.38%) PERC
10 3 (0.38%) SNOMED CT
10 3 (0.38%) WCAG
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 19650
11 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.52%) Docker
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.51%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.38%) Ansible
4 3 (0.38%) Grafana
4 3 (0.38%) MOM
5 2 (0.25%) CASB
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 152 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.34%) SAP
3 72 (9.09%) Databricks
4 66 (8.33%) Oracle
5 45 (5.68%) Salesforce
6 32 (4.04%) Informatica
7 30 (3.79%) Google
8 21 (2.65%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.89%) Workday
10 12 (1.52%) IBM
11 10 (1.26%) Bloomberg
12 9 (1.14%) Denodo
13 8 (1.01%) Charles River
13 8 (1.01%) Concur
13 8 (1.01%) Foundry
14 7 (0.88%) Sitecore
15 6 (0.76%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.76%) Palantir
15 6 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 6 (0.76%) Talend