Data Management Contracts in England

Data Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 105 163
Rank change year-on-year +12 +58 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Management 672 781 792
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.76% 2.10% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 2.43% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 491 487
10th Percentile £325 £350 £328
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £725 £675 £675
90th Percentile £875 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 53 21
10th Percentile £19.73 £15.09 £19.06
25th Percentile £22.72 £19.57 £30.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £38.35
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +4.30% +4.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.50 £63.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £31.90 £40.00 £38.35
% change year-on-year -20.24% +4.30% +4.00%

All Process and 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 22,183 32,201 45,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.14% 86.52% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,119 31,974
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 2,240 1,592
10th Percentile £14.67 £12.91 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.44 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in England

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 +17 383 £625 +13.64% 454
North of England +9 68 £525 +5.00% 134
South East +55 64 £550 +10.00% 123
North West -2 52 £550 +10.00% 91
East of England +42 51 £500 -3.38% 47
Midlands -2 44 £525 -10.45% 88
West Midlands -15 30 £538 -10.42% 53
South West -22 27 £525 -0.94% 54
Yorkshire +8 15 £438 -20.45% 37
East Midlands +17 14 £461 -16.18% 34
North East -3 1 - - 6
Data Management
UK

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (5.65%) SharePoint
2 33 (4.91%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (4.76%) Apache
3 32 (4.76%) Confluence
4 14 (2.08%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.19%) IBM Domino
6 7 (1.04%) CMS
6 7 (1.04%) SAS
7 5 (0.74%) Moodle
8 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 75 (11.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.93%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.30%) CATIA
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Revit
7 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 34 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.79%) Teamcenter
3 11 (1.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.89%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.74%) SAP MDG-S
7 4 (0.60%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.45%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.45%) iTrent
8 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.45%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.30%) CiviCRM
9 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.30%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.30%) Sprinklr
9 2 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 91 (13.54%) Azure
2 83 (12.35%) AWS
2 83 (12.35%) Power Platform
3 46 (6.85%) GCP
4 38 (5.65%) Snowflake
5 22 (3.27%) dbt
6 19 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.38%) Power Automate
7 16 (2.38%) PowerApps
8 13 (1.93%) Amazon S3
8 13 (1.93%) Collibra
8 13 (1.93%) GitHub
8 13 (1.93%) SaaS
9 12 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.04%) OCI
13 6 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.89%) Network Security
2 3 (0.45%) DNS
2 3 (0.45%) Firewall
2 3 (0.45%) LAN
2 3 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (0.45%) SAN
2 3 (0.45%) WLAN
3 2 (0.30%) 5G
3 2 (0.30%) Internet
3 2 (0.30%) Intranet
3 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) FTP
4 1 (0.15%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (13.54%) Data Lake
2 75 (11.16%) Power BI
3 72 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (8.04%) Metadata
5 45 (6.70%) Tableau
6 27 (4.02%) SQL Server
7 23 (3.42%) Big Data
8 20 (2.98%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (2.68%) BigQuery
11 17 (2.53%) Relational Database
12 16 (2.38%) Apache Arrow
12 16 (2.38%) Apache Iceberg
12 16 (2.38%) Dremio
12 16 (2.38%) Hadoop
13 15 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (2.08%) Power Query
15 13 (1.93%) NoSQL
16 9 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (1.34%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 28 (4.17%) JIRA
2 20 (2.98%) ERwin
3 19 (2.83%) Git
4 7 (1.04%) PowerDesigner
5 6 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.89%) Postman
6 5 (0.74%) GitLab
6 5 (0.74%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.45%) Plastic SCM
8 2 (0.30%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) Vite
9 1 (0.15%) webpack
General
1 257 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 221 (32.89%) Finance
3 139 (20.68%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.76%) Front Office
5 57 (8.48%) Banking
6 41 (6.10%) Public Sector
7 33 (4.91%) Pharmaceutical
7 33 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (4.61%) Marketing
9 26 (3.87%) Investment Banking
10 23 (3.42%) Retail
11 17 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (2.38%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.93%) Local Government
13 13 (1.93%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.79%) Back Office
15 11 (1.64%) Legal
15 11 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.04%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 94 (13.99%) Analyst
2 78 (11.61%) Architect
3 68 (10.12%) Lead
4 59 (8.78%) Developer
5 56 (8.33%) Data Analyst
5 56 (8.33%) Data Engineer
6 43 (6.40%) Senior
7 42 (6.25%) Consultant
8 39 (5.80%) Data Architect
9 37 (5.51%) Head of Finance
10 32 (4.76%) Business Analyst
11 24 (3.57%) Data Manager
11 24 (3.57%) Project Manager
12 22 (3.27%) Data Modeller
13 21 (3.13%) Software Engineer
14 19 (2.83%) Data Consultant
14 19 (2.83%) Head of Data Management
14 19 (2.83%) Snowflake Engineer
15 17 (2.53%) AWS Engineer
16 16 (2.38%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.72%) PySpark
2 19 (2.83%) Kafka
3 16 (2.38%) RESTful
4 12 (1.79%) AngularJS
4 12 (1.79%) React
5 11 (1.64%) REST
5 11 (1.64%) XML
6 9 (1.34%) JSON
6 9 (1.34%) Web Services
7 8 (1.19%) Middleware
8 7 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (0.89%) HTML
9 6 (0.89%) SOAP
10 5 (0.74%) .NET
10 5 (0.74%) ADO
10 5 (0.74%) Behat
10 5 (0.74%) Node.js
10 5 (0.74%) Pandas
11 4 (0.60%) NumPy
11 4 (0.60%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 83 (12.35%) Derivative
2 82 (12.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 81 (12.05%) Equities
4 80 (11.90%) Fixed Income
5 78 (11.61%) Hedge funds
6 51 (7.59%) Management Information System
7 28 (4.17%) Data Structures
8 26 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (2.98%) Reference Data
10 17 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.93%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.49%) Cloud Native
14 9 (1.34%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.34%) Life Science
15 7 (1.04%) Product Ownership
15 7 (1.04%) Taxonomies
15 7 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.93%) Windows
2 11 (1.64%) Linux
3 9 (1.34%) Unix
4 4 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (33.93%) Data Governance
2 173 (25.74%) Agile
3 169 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (24.85%) Migration
5 146 (21.73%) Analytics
6 124 (18.45%) Business Intelligence
7 114 (16.96%) Roadmaps
8 107 (15.92%) Data Modelling
9 98 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 92 (13.69%) Regulatory Compliance
11 84 (12.50%) Project Management
12 83 (12.35%) ETL
13 78 (11.61%) Data Migration
14 72 (10.71%) Data Analysis
15 70 (10.42%) Decision-Making
16 68 (10.12%) Data Architecture
16 68 (10.12%) Investment Management
17 64 (9.52%) Visualisation
18 60 (8.93%) Data Integration
19 54 (8.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 171 (25.45%) SQL
2 121 (18.01%) Python
3 32 (4.76%) Java
4 20 (2.98%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.93%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.64%) R
6 11 (1.64%) T-SQL
7 10 (1.49%) Bash
7 10 (1.49%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.34%) C#
8 9 (1.34%) VBA
9 7 (1.04%) Apex Code
9 7 (1.04%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.89%) Perl
10 6 (0.89%) Scala
11 5 (0.74%) ABAP
11 5 (0.74%) PHP
12 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 82 (12.20%) Degree
2 68 (10.12%) Security Cleared
3 47 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.42%) PMI Certification
5 22 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.98%) PMP
7 11 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.60%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.45%) CBAP
12 3 (0.45%) ISEB
12 3 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.30%) CCA
13 2 (0.30%) OCP
13 2 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (20.83%) Data Quality
2 54 (8.04%) GDPR
3 28 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 28 (4.17%) MiFID
4 22 (3.27%) QA
5 12 (1.79%) PMO
6 11 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 11 (1.64%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.60%) EMIR
7 4 (0.60%) GxP
7 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.60%) SLA
8 3 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.30%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.15%) Basel III
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (2.38%) Docker
2 10 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) NFS
5 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (2.98%) Terraform
2 9 (1.34%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.60%) Ansible
4 3 (0.45%) Backup Exec
4 3 (0.45%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.45%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.30%) Puppet
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Podman
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.63%) SAP
3 54 (8.04%) Oracle
4 31 (4.61%) Informatica
5 30 (4.46%) Google
6 26 (3.87%) Databricks
7 24 (3.57%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.93%) Ariba
8 13 (1.93%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.79%) Sparx
10 9 (1.34%) IBM
11 5 (0.74%) BiZZdesign
11 5 (0.74%) IFS
11 5 (0.74%) Sybase
12 4 (0.60%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.60%) Splunk
12 4 (0.60%) VMware
12 4 (0.60%) Workday
13 3 (0.45%) Ab Initio