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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 92 105
Rank change year-on-year -76 +13 +64
Contract jobs citing Data Management 638 663 774
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 2.75% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 3.01% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 426 480
10th Percentile £345 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.73% - -
75th Percentile £588 £725 £675
90th Percentile £705 £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 34,393 22,003 31,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.23% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,924 14,379 20,694
10th Percentile £319 £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 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,131 924 2,243
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.42 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.36 £18.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -55 327 £491 -21.44% 132
South East -31 85 £450 -14.29% 76
Midlands -28 84 £513 -2.38% 41
West Midlands -19 70 £510 -2.86% 24
South West -9 52 £500 -4.76% 25
North of England -89 45 £475 -5.00% 58
North West -61 29 £513 -2.84% 35
East of England -57 27 £505 +1.00% 13
Yorkshire -54 15 £338 -28.84% 17
East Midlands -33 13 £525 +2.44% 17
North East - 2 £400 - 6
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 37 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.55%) Confluence
3 12 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.57%) HCL Notes
4 10 (1.57%) Mendix
5 9 (1.41%) SAS
6 8 (1.25%) Apache Spark
7 7 (1.10%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.94%) CMS
9 5 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.47%) Apache
12 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.16%) Moodle
12 1 (0.16%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.16%) Smallworld
Applications
1 58 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.66%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.63%) Windchill
8 3 (0.47%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.47%) Revit
9 1 (0.16%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.16%) CATIA
9 1 (0.16%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.16%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (3.76%) Teamcenter
2 21 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.78%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.47%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.47%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.47%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.47%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.31%) iTrent
6 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.31%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.16%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.16%) ContrOCC
7 1 (0.16%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 115 (18.03%) Azure
2 108 (16.93%) Power Platform
3 53 (8.31%) AWS
4 31 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.86%) PowerApps
5 27 (4.23%) SaaS
6 26 (4.08%) GCP
7 24 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (3.76%) Collibra
8 21 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (3.13%) Serverless
10 19 (2.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 19 (2.98%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (2.04%) Azure Functions
12 13 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (1.88%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.88%) OneDrive
14 11 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.04%) LAN
2 11 (1.72%) WAN
3 10 (1.57%) Unified Communications
3 10 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.10%) PSTN
5 4 (0.63%) Intranet
6 2 (0.31%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.31%) SMS
7 1 (0.16%) 2G
7 1 (0.16%) 3G
7 1 (0.16%) 4G
7 1 (0.16%) 5G
7 1 (0.16%) DWDM
7 1 (0.16%) Firewall
7 1 (0.16%) Internet
7 1 (0.16%) MPLS
7 1 (0.16%) Network Security
7 1 (0.16%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (0.16%) SS7
7 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (13.95%) Power BI
2 75 (11.76%) Metadata
3 56 (8.78%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (5.80%) Data Lake
5 31 (4.86%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.61%) Tableau
7 16 (2.51%) GIS
7 16 (2.51%) Oracle Database
8 12 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.72%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.57%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.41%) Data Mining
11 9 (1.41%) Metadata Repository
11 9 (1.41%) MySQL
11 9 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.10%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.10%) Spatial Data
12 7 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (7.99%) JIRA
2 17 (2.66%) GitLab
3 16 (2.51%) Git
4 11 (1.72%) ERwin
4 11 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.41%) Selenium
6 6 (0.94%) JMeter
7 5 (0.78%) Appium
7 5 (0.78%) JUnit
8 4 (0.63%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.47%) Postman
9 3 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.47%) Toad
9 3 (0.47%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.31%) MLflow
10 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.16%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.16%) Gatling
General
1 219 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 188 (29.47%) Finance
3 135 (21.16%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.90%) Banking
6 31 (4.86%) Manufacturing
7 25 (3.92%) Aerospace
7 25 (3.92%) Marketing
8 24 (3.76%) Financial Institution
8 24 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.19%) Retail
11 13 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.04%) Local Government
12 10 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.41%) Aviation
14 8 (1.25%) Legal
14 8 (1.25%) Military
14 8 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.10%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 123 (19.28%) Analyst
2 84 (13.17%) Architect
3 68 (10.66%) Lead
3 68 (10.66%) Senior
4 57 (8.93%) Data Analyst
5 55 (8.62%) Data Architect
6 54 (8.46%) Business Analyst
7 37 (5.80%) Consultant
8 35 (5.49%) Developer
9 33 (5.17%) Data Engineer
10 30 (4.70%) Data Manager
11 25 (3.92%) Administrator
12 18 (2.82%) Data Business Analyst
13 16 (2.51%) Project Manager
13 16 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.35%) Senior Manager
15 14 (2.19%) Configuration Management Specialist
15 14 (2.19%) Configuration Specialist
15 14 (2.19%) Data Management Specialist
15 14 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (2.19%) REST
3 13 (2.04%) .NET
4 12 (1.88%) React
5 11 (1.72%) JSON
6 10 (1.57%) HTML5 Canvas
6 10 (1.57%) Kafka
6 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Graph
7 9 (1.41%) XML
8 7 (1.10%) Middleware
8 7 (1.10%) PySpark
9 6 (0.94%) YAML
10 5 (0.78%) JDO
10 5 (0.78%) RESTful
10 5 (0.78%) Web Services
11 4 (0.63%) ADO
11 4 (0.63%) CSS
11 4 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (0.63%) pytest
11 4 (0.63%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.62%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.64%) Onboarding
3 28 (4.39%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (3.29%) Reference Data
7 20 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.82%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.88%) FMCG
9 12 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.57%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.41%) Life Science
12 8 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.25%) IoT
13 6 (0.94%) Fixed Income
13 6 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.94%) NHS
13 6 (0.94%) Replication
13 6 (0.94%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.88%) Windows
2 4 (0.63%) Android
2 4 (0.63%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (25.39%) Data Governance
2 158 (24.76%) Migration
3 150 (23.51%) Agile
4 149 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
5 138 (21.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 131 (20.53%) Data Modelling
7 126 (19.75%) Analytics
8 105 (16.46%) Business Intelligence
9 94 (14.73%) Validation
10 87 (13.64%) Decision-Making
11 83 (13.01%) AI
12 81 (12.70%) ETL
13 75 (11.76%) Data Architecture
14 73 (11.44%) Data Migration
15 68 (10.66%) DevOps
16 67 (10.50%) Data Analysis
17 66 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 62 (9.72%) CI/CD
19 61 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
20 58 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 130 (20.38%) SQL
2 75 (11.76%) Python
3 20 (3.13%) C#
4 18 (2.82%) Java
4 18 (2.82%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.51%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (1.57%) Formula Language
6 10 (1.57%) LotusScript
7 9 (1.41%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.25%) C
8 8 (1.25%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.25%) VBA
9 6 (0.94%) Bicep
9 6 (0.94%) X++
10 5 (0.78%) C++
10 5 (0.78%) R
11 3 (0.47%) Scala
12 2 (0.31%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 115 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 94 (14.73%) SC Cleared
3 84 (13.17%) Degree
4 23 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.35%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.25%) CBAP
6 8 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.25%) IIBA
6 8 (1.25%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.78%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (0.63%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.63%) OCA
8 4 (0.63%) OCP
8 4 (0.63%) PMP
9 3 (0.47%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.47%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (27.27%) Data Quality
2 58 (9.09%) QA
3 51 (7.99%) GDPR
4 16 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.57%) PMO
6 5 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.78%) Def Stans
6 5 (0.78%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.63%) BS7666
7 4 (0.63%) COREP
7 4 (0.63%) FINREP
7 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.31%) DICOM
8 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.31%) HL7
8 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.31%) PERC
8 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.63%) Docker
2 2 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.41%) Terraform
4 7 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.63%) Grafana
6 3 (0.47%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 112 (17.55%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.72%) Oracle
3 56 (8.78%) SAP
4 40 (6.27%) Databricks
5 28 (4.39%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.13%) Informatica
7 14 (2.19%) Google
7 14 (2.19%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.57%) Kofax
8 10 (1.57%) Lotus
9 9 (1.41%) Bloomberg
10 7 (1.10%) Siemens
10 7 (1.10%) Talend
11 6 (0.94%) Adobe
11 6 (0.94%) Autodesk
12 5 (0.78%) Charles River
12 5 (0.78%) ESRI
12 5 (0.78%) GoldenSource
12 5 (0.78%) Murex
13 4 (0.63%) Foundry