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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 125 104
Rank change year-on-year -42 -21 +53
Contract jobs citing Data Management 785 649 751
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 2.32% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 2.55% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 375 412
10th Percentile £300 £297 £313
25th Percentile £405 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £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 68 35 35
10th Percentile £16.35 £13.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £17.17 £18.00 £25.82
Median hourly rate £29.07 £29.33 £39.68
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -26.08% +20.24%
75th Percentile £41.11 £72.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £56.73 £81.00 £80.90
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £29.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.89% -16.20% +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 39,430 25,460 28,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 90.97% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,919 16,157 17,165
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -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 2,918 1,560 1,201
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £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 £67.28 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -47 370 £525 -4.55% 912
Midlands -20 112 £525 +16.67% 120
South East -25 105 £500 +33.33% 268
North of England -62 100 £400 -11.11% 194
West Midlands -3 87 £513 +7.89% 77
North West -37 56 £370 -20.43% 115
South West -25 46 £525 +0.96% 117
Yorkshire -35 43 £400 -5.33% 62
East Midlands -11 25 £525 +16.67% 42
East of England -25 25 £527 -12.17% 100
North East -45 2 £425 -2.86% 18
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 (3.95%) Confluence
2 26 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.78%) SAS
4 12 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.53%) CMS
5 9 (1.15%) WordPress
6 8 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.76%) Apache
7 6 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.51%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.51%) Mule
9 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 67 (8.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.51%) Revit
8 3 (0.38%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.38%) Windchill
9 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.66%) Aladdin
2 13 (1.66%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.02%) SAP HR
4 7 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.64%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.64%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.38%) iTrent
7 3 (0.38%) Maximo
7 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.38%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Utilities
8 2 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.25%) SAP R/3
9 1 (0.13%) CA PPM
9 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 157 (20.00%) Azure
2 107 (13.63%) Power Platform
3 60 (7.64%) AWS
4 34 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (4.33%) Collibra
5 32 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 29 (3.69%) SaaS
7 27 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (3.18%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.93%) GCP
9 23 (2.93%) Power Automate
10 20 (2.55%) GitHub
10 20 (2.55%) Snowflake
11 17 (2.17%) Alation
12 16 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 15 (1.91%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (1.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.64%) Firewall
2 4 (0.51%) Network Security
2 4 (0.51%) SMS
3 3 (0.38%) Internet
4 2 (0.25%) Broadband
4 2 (0.25%) HTTP
4 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.25%) LAN
4 2 (0.25%) VPN
4 2 (0.25%) WAN
5 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.13%) FTP
5 1 (0.13%) PSTN
5 1 (0.13%) SAN
5 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (17.83%) Metadata
2 86 (10.96%) Power BI
3 52 (6.62%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (6.11%) Data Lake
5 45 (5.73%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.31%) NoSQL
7 23 (2.93%) Tableau
8 18 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.66%) Delta Lake
9 13 (1.66%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.53%) GIS
11 11 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.15%) MySQL
12 9 (1.15%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.15%) Pentaho
13 8 (1.02%) Ataccama
13 8 (1.02%) Big Data
14 7 (0.89%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 49 (6.24%) JIRA
2 21 (2.68%) Git
3 17 (2.17%) Selenium
4 12 (1.53%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.40%) ERwin
5 11 (1.40%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.27%) Postman
7 8 (1.02%) Cucumber
7 8 (1.02%) ER Studio
8 7 (0.89%) GitLab
8 7 (0.89%) JMeter
9 5 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.64%) 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
1 277 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 216 (27.52%) Finance
3 162 (20.64%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.08%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.03%) Banking
6 49 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (5.10%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (4.33%) Marketing
10 30 (3.82%) Retail
11 28 (3.57%) Aerospace
12 25 (3.18%) Local Government
13 22 (2.80%) Legal
14 20 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (2.04%) Front Office
15 16 (2.04%) Military
16 14 (1.78%) Investment Banking
17 13 (1.66%) Billing
18 9 (1.15%) Automotive
18 9 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 112 (14.27%) Analyst
2 109 (13.89%) Architect
3 81 (10.32%) Lead
4 74 (9.43%) Data Architect
4 74 (9.43%) Senior
5 68 (8.66%) Developer
6 61 (7.77%) Administrator
7 49 (6.24%) Data Engineer
8 47 (5.99%) Data Analyst
9 45 (5.73%) Business Analyst
10 44 (5.61%) Consultant
11 28 (3.57%) Data Manager
12 23 (2.93%) Data Consultant
12 23 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (2.04%) Senior Developer
14 15 (1.91%) Data Business Analyst
14 15 (1.91%) Project Manager
15 14 (1.78%) Data Management Specialist
16 13 (1.66%) Data Administrator
16 13 (1.66%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.97%) REST
2 26 (3.31%) Terraform
3 25 (3.18%) Middleware
4 24 (3.06%) XML
5 22 (2.80%) .NET
5 22 (2.80%) JSON
6 20 (2.55%) Kafka
7 17 (2.17%) RESTful
8 14 (1.78%) HTML
8 14 (1.78%) SOAP
9 13 (1.66%) PySpark
10 12 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (1.27%) OAuth
12 9 (1.15%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.02%) FIX Protocol
13 8 (1.02%) LDAP
13 8 (1.02%) OpenTofu
13 8 (1.02%) Web Services
14 7 (0.89%) Playwright
15 6 (0.76%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 83 (10.57%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.50%) Data Structures
3 49 (6.24%) Onboarding
4 40 (5.10%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.46%) Reference Data
6 33 (4.20%) Product Ownership
7 28 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.40%) Life Science
12 10 (1.27%) CMDB
12 10 (1.27%) Data Fabric
12 10 (1.27%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.15%) Autonomous Agent
13 9 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.15%) FMCG
13 9 (1.15%) Social Media
13 9 (1.15%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.04%) Linux
2 9 (1.15%) 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
1 258 (32.87%) Data Governance
2 222 (28.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 186 (23.69%) Agile
4 173 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (20.89%) Analytics
5 164 (20.89%) Data Modelling
6 163 (20.76%) Migration
7 143 (18.22%) AI
8 138 (17.58%) Validation
9 128 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 116 (14.78%) Decision-Making
11 111 (14.14%) Data Architecture
12 109 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 99 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
13 99 (12.61%) Roadmaps
14 94 (11.97%) ETL
15 93 (11.85%) DevOps
16 86 (10.96%) Metadata Management
17 85 (10.83%) Data Migration
18 82 (10.45%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 171 (21.78%) SQL
2 82 (10.45%) Python
3 44 (5.61%) Java
4 35 (4.46%) C#
5 20 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.17%) C
7 13 (1.66%) X++
8 8 (1.02%) Bicep
9 6 (0.76%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.76%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.76%) R
9 6 (0.76%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.76%) VBA
10 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.38%) 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
1 156 (19.87%) Security Cleared
2 121 (15.41%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.55%) Degree
4 28 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 25 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.15%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.02%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.89%) OCP
10 7 (0.89%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.89%) PMP
11 6 (0.76%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.76%) CIPD
11 6 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.64%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.38%) ISEB
13 3 (0.38%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (35.16%) Data Quality
2 84 (10.70%) GDPR
3 52 (6.62%) QA
4 24 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.91%) PMO
6 7 (0.89%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.76%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.64%) 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%) EMIR
11 2 (0.25%) FATCA
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 19 (2.42%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.53%) Docker
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.38%) MOM
3 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.25%) Ansible
4 2 (0.25%) CASB
4 2 (0.25%) Grafana
5 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.17%) SAP
3 70 (8.92%) Databricks
4 65 (8.28%) Oracle
5 45 (5.73%) Salesforce
6 32 (4.08%) Informatica
7 28 (3.57%) Google
8 21 (2.68%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.91%) Workday
10 12 (1.53%) IBM
11 11 (1.40%) Bloomberg
12 9 (1.15%) Denodo
13 8 (1.02%) Charles River
13 8 (1.02%) Concur
13 8 (1.02%) Foundry
14 7 (0.89%) Sitecore
15 6 (0.76%) ESRI
15 6 (0.76%) Palantir
15 6 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 6 (0.76%) Talend