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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 120 116
Rank change year-on-year -48 -4 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Management 729 643 683
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.33% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 2.57% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 373 408
10th Percentile £345 £296 £329
25th Percentile £413 £400 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £789
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £550
% change year-on-year - -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 33 48
10th Percentile £16.08 £18.38 £21.25
25th Percentile £21.06 £23.45 £26.81
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% -31.54% +32.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.18 £77.50 £61.28
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -26.67% +28.57%

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 38,456 25,047 28,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.72% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,987 16,039 18,801
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 £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £758
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,460 1,391 1,685
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.69 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -44 350 £545 -0.91% 304
Midlands -19 106 £513 +13.89% 56
South East -23 104 £463 +19.35% 111
West Midlands -23 81 £513 +20.59% 38
North of England -78 74 £450 - 70
South West -26 47 £525 -8.70% 47
North West -61 39 £600 +20.00% 43
Yorkshire -53 34 £400 -2.44% 19
East of England -29 25 £625 +104.58% 42
East Midlands -6 24 £525 +13.51% 18
North East -40 2 £425 -10.53% 8
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 29 (3.98%) Confluence
1 29 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.92%) CMS
3 12 (1.65%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.23%) SAS
5 8 (1.10%) ArcGIS
5 8 (1.10%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.96%) WordPress
7 6 (0.82%) Apache
7 6 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.55%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.55%) Mule
9 3 (0.41%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.27%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.14%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
Applications
1 57 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.41%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.41%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.27%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.14%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 31 (4.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.06%) Teamcenter
3 13 (1.78%) Aladdin
4 8 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.82%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.55%) iTrent
8 4 (0.55%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.55%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.41%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.41%) Eloqua
9 3 (0.41%) Maximo
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.41%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.41%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Utilities
10 2 (0.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 137 (18.79%) Azure
2 108 (14.81%) Power Platform
3 55 (7.54%) AWS
4 30 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (3.84%) Azure Data Factory
6 28 (3.84%) SaaS
7 27 (3.70%) PowerApps
8 26 (3.57%) Collibra
9 24 (3.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 21 (2.88%) GCP
11 19 (2.61%) Snowflake
12 18 (2.47%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (1.78%) Serverless
15 12 (1.65%) SuccessFactors
16 11 (1.51%) Entra ID
17 10 (1.37%) PaaS
18 9 (1.23%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.55%) Firewall
1 4 (0.55%) Network Security
2 3 (0.41%) Intranet
2 3 (0.41%) LAN
2 3 (0.41%) SMS
2 3 (0.41%) WAN
3 2 (0.27%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (0.27%) FTP
3 2 (0.27%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.27%) Internet
3 2 (0.27%) PSTN
3 2 (0.27%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.14%) 2G
4 1 (0.14%) 3G
4 1 (0.14%) 4G
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) DWDM
4 1 (0.14%) SAN
4 1 (0.14%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (13.99%) Metadata
2 83 (11.39%) Power BI
3 47 (6.45%) Data Lake
3 47 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (4.66%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.16%) Tableau
6 18 (2.47%) GIS
6 18 (2.47%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (1.65%) Delta Lake
10 10 (1.37%) Data Mining
10 10 (1.37%) MySQL
11 9 (1.23%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (1.10%) Big Data
12 8 (1.10%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.10%) Spatial Data
13 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 50 (6.86%) JIRA
2 17 (2.33%) Git
3 14 (1.92%) ERwin
4 11 (1.51%) Selenium
4 11 (1.51%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.10%) ER Studio
6 7 (0.96%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.82%) GitLab
7 6 (0.82%) JMeter
7 6 (0.82%) Postman
8 5 (0.69%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.55%) JUnit
10 3 (0.41%) Gradle
10 3 (0.41%) Maven
10 3 (0.41%) MLflow
10 3 (0.41%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 236 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 200 (27.43%) Finance
3 153 (20.99%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 49 (6.72%) Banking
6 36 (4.94%) Marketing
7 31 (4.25%) Manufacturing
8 30 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (3.02%) Retail
11 20 (2.74%) Aerospace
12 19 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.47%) Legal
14 13 (1.78%) Front Office
14 13 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.65%) Local Government
16 11 (1.51%) Billing
16 11 (1.51%) Financial Institution
17 8 (1.10%) Investment Banking
17 8 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 114 (15.64%) Analyst
2 102 (13.99%) Architect
3 81 (11.11%) Lead
4 67 (9.19%) Senior
5 64 (8.78%) Data Architect
6 57 (7.82%) Data Analyst
7 50 (6.86%) Developer
8 49 (6.72%) Data Engineer
9 45 (6.17%) Consultant
10 43 (5.90%) Business Analyst
11 39 (5.35%) Administrator
12 31 (4.25%) Data Manager
13 28 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.47%) Data Management Specialist
15 17 (2.33%) Project Manager
16 16 (2.19%) Data Business Analyst
16 16 (2.19%) Data Consultant
16 16 (2.19%) Senior Developer
17 15 (2.06%) Data Administrator
18 14 (1.92%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.57%) REST
2 21 (2.88%) JSON
3 17 (2.33%) XML
4 16 (2.19%) Middleware
5 14 (1.92%) RESTful
6 12 (1.65%) .NET
6 12 (1.65%) Kafka
7 10 (1.37%) PySpark
8 9 (1.23%) SOAP
9 8 (1.10%) OAuth
10 6 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.69%) JWT
11 5 (0.69%) OAuth2
12 4 (0.55%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.55%) HTML
12 4 (0.55%) LDAP
12 4 (0.55%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.55%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.37%) Management Information System
2 41 (5.62%) Data Structures
3 34 (4.66%) Cloud Native
4 33 (4.53%) Reference Data
5 31 (4.25%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.70%) Product Ownership
7 22 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.92%) FMCG
10 14 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.51%) Life Science
12 10 (1.37%) Fixed Income
13 9 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.10%) Social Media
15 7 (0.96%) CMDB
15 7 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.96%) Replication
15 7 (0.96%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.65%) Linux
2 9 (1.23%) Windows
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
1 235 (32.24%) Data Governance
2 174 (23.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 166 (22.77%) Migration
4 154 (21.12%) Agile
5 148 (20.30%) Data Modelling
6 144 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
7 140 (19.20%) Analytics
8 136 (18.66%) Validation
9 110 (15.09%) AI
10 103 (14.13%) Business Intelligence
11 100 (13.72%) Data Architecture
12 97 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 94 (12.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 91 (12.48%) Data Migration
14 91 (12.48%) Decision-Making
15 88 (12.07%) ETL
16 80 (10.97%) Roadmaps
17 75 (10.29%) DevOps
18 72 (9.88%) Data Analysis
19 66 (9.05%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 149 (20.44%) SQL
2 68 (9.33%) Python
3 33 (4.53%) Java
4 25 (3.43%) C#
5 17 (2.33%) C
6 13 (1.78%) X++
7 10 (1.37%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.37%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.10%) Bicep
9 7 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.82%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.82%) VBA
11 4 (0.55%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.55%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.27%) R
13 2 (0.27%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 118 (16.19%) Security Cleared
2 86 (11.80%) SC Cleared
3 57 (7.82%) Degree
4 25 (3.43%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.10%) OCP
8 8 (1.10%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.82%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.82%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.82%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.27%) PMP
13 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.14%) RIBA
13 1 (0.14%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (34.16%) Data Quality
2 69 (9.47%) GDPR
3 59 (8.09%) QA
4 18 (2.47%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.51%) PMO
6 5 (0.69%) ISO 20022
6 5 (0.69%) NCSC
6 5 (0.69%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.55%) BS7666
7 4 (0.55%) COREP
7 4 (0.55%) FINREP
7 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.41%) PERC
8 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.27%) COBIT
9 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.27%) NIST
9 2 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.96%) Docker
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.33%) Terraform
2 9 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.55%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.41%) Grafana
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.41%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.27%) Ansible
5 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.14%) CASB
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 120 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.60%) SAP
3 62 (8.50%) Databricks
4 58 (7.96%) Oracle
5 50 (6.86%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.16%) Informatica
7 19 (2.61%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.65%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.37%) ESRI
9 10 (1.37%) Workday
10 9 (1.23%) Charles River
11 8 (1.10%) Concur
11 8 (1.10%) Foundry
11 8 (1.10%) Palantir
11 8 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.96%) Adobe
12 7 (0.96%) Google
12 7 (0.96%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.96%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.82%) Refinitiv