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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 122 109
Rank change year-on-year -40 -13 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Management 778 650 709
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 2.36% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.59% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 361 394
10th Percentile £313 £295 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -6.98% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £687
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 35 36
10th Percentile £16.37 £14.96 £21.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £21.38 £26.04
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £39.84
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -17.17% +20.73%
75th Percentile £46.50 £73.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £81.00 £66.50
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.91% -5.71% +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 39,321 25,058 28,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.80% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,195 15,905 17,612
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,661 1,475 1,343
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.27 £14.84
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.83 £20.24
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.17% -41.51% +1.96%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -50 373 £525 -4.55% 675
Midlands -20 112 £550 +22.22% 85
South East -26 101 £485 +14.12% 176
North of England -62 92 £400 -8.57% 140
West Midlands -10 84 £550 +26.44% 58
North West -47 49 £411 -13.47% 79
South West -41 43 £536 -2.10% 95
Yorkshire -33 42 £400 - 50
East of England -14 35 £576 -4.00% 82
East Midlands -12 27 £525 +13.51% 27
North East -48 2 £425 -2.86% 13
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 32 (4.11%) Confluence
2 27 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.54%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.54%) SAS
4 10 (1.29%) CMS
5 9 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.03%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.03%) WordPress
7 7 (0.90%) Apache
8 6 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.51%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.51%) Mule
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 63 (8.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.51%) Windchill
7 3 (0.39%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.39%) Revit
8 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 30 (3.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.80%) Aladdin
3 13 (1.67%) Teamcenter
4 7 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.64%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.64%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.51%) iTrent
7 4 (0.51%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.39%) Maximo
8 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.39%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.26%) Primavera
9 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.13%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 153 (19.67%) Azure
2 113 (14.52%) Power Platform
3 61 (7.84%) AWS
4 35 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (4.50%) Collibra
5 32 (4.11%) SaaS
6 28 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
7 27 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (3.47%) PowerApps
8 25 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (2.96%) GCP
10 21 (2.70%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.57%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.44%) GitHub
13 16 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (1.80%) Alation
15 13 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
16 12 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
17 11 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.64%) Firewall
1 5 (0.64%) Network Security
2 4 (0.51%) SMS
3 3 (0.39%) Internet
3 3 (0.39%) Intranet
3 3 (0.39%) LAN
3 3 (0.39%) WAN
4 2 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
4 2 (0.26%) FTP
4 2 (0.26%) HTTP
4 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) PSTN
4 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.26%) VPN
4 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.13%) 2G
5 1 (0.13%) 4G
5 1 (0.13%) 5G
5 1 (0.13%) DWDM
5 1 (0.13%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (17.22%) Metadata
2 92 (11.83%) Power BI
3 50 (6.43%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (5.91%) Data Lake
5 36 (4.63%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.21%) Tableau
7 22 (2.83%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (2.19%) GIS
10 14 (1.80%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
12 10 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.29%) Relational Database
13 9 (1.16%) Big Data
13 9 (1.16%) MySQL
13 9 (1.16%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.03%) Ataccama
14 8 (1.03%) Spatial Data
15 7 (0.90%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 54 (6.94%) JIRA
2 18 (2.31%) Git
2 18 (2.31%) Selenium
3 13 (1.67%) ERwin
4 12 (1.54%) Visual Studio
5 10 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.29%) Postman
6 9 (1.16%) ER Studio
6 9 (1.16%) JMeter
7 6 (0.77%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.77%) GitLab
8 5 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.64%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.51%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.51%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.39%) Gradle
10 3 (0.39%) JUnit
10 3 (0.39%) MLflow
10 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 261 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 220 (28.28%) Finance
3 158 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (10.54%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.58%) Banking
6 40 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (3.98%) Marketing
10 26 (3.34%) Retail
11 25 (3.21%) Aerospace
12 21 (2.70%) Legal
13 20 (2.57%) Local Government
14 18 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.80%) Front Office
16 13 (1.67%) Billing
16 13 (1.67%) Investment Banking
16 13 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.54%) Military
18 10 (1.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 118 (15.17%) Analyst
2 111 (14.27%) Architect
3 89 (11.44%) Lead
4 74 (9.51%) Data Architect
5 73 (9.38%) Senior
6 54 (6.94%) Data Analyst
6 54 (6.94%) Developer
7 47 (6.04%) Consultant
8 44 (5.66%) Administrator
8 44 (5.66%) Business Analyst
8 44 (5.66%) Data Engineer
9 32 (4.11%) Data Manager
10 28 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
11 22 (2.83%) Data Consultant
12 17 (2.19%) Project Manager
13 16 (2.06%) Senior Developer
14 14 (1.80%) Data Administrator
14 14 (1.80%) Data Business Analyst
14 14 (1.80%) Data Management Specialist
14 14 (1.80%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.98%) REST
2 23 (2.96%) JSON
3 22 (2.83%) Kafka
4 20 (2.57%) Middleware
4 20 (2.57%) Terraform
4 20 (2.57%) XML
5 14 (1.80%) .NET
5 14 (1.80%) PySpark
5 14 (1.80%) RESTful
6 11 (1.41%) HTML
7 10 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (1.29%) SOAP
8 8 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
8 8 (1.03%) OAuth
9 7 (0.90%) Playwright
10 6 (0.77%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.64%) CSS
11 5 (0.64%) JWT
11 5 (0.64%) OAuth2
11 5 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.13%) Management Information System
2 52 (6.68%) Data Structures
3 49 (6.30%) Onboarding
4 39 (5.01%) Cloud Native
5 37 (4.76%) Reference Data
6 32 (4.11%) Product Ownership
7 26 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.67%) FMCG
11 12 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.54%) Life Science
12 11 (1.41%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.29%) Data Fabric
14 9 (1.16%) Replication
15 8 (1.03%) CMDB
15 8 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (1.03%) Taxonomies
16 7 (0.90%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.54%) Linux
2 10 (1.29%) Windows
3 2 (0.26%) Unix
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (34.45%) Data Governance
2 204 (26.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 173 (22.24%) Agile
3 173 (22.24%) Migration
4 165 (21.21%) Analytics
5 164 (21.08%) Data Modelling
5 164 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (18.89%) Validation
7 132 (16.97%) AI
8 119 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 118 (15.17%) Decision-Making
10 113 (14.52%) Data Architecture
11 109 (14.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 108 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
13 99 (12.72%) Roadmaps
14 97 (12.47%) ETL
15 89 (11.44%) DevOps
16 87 (11.18%) Data Migration
16 87 (11.18%) Metadata Management
17 75 (9.64%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 168 (21.59%) SQL
2 78 (10.03%) Python
3 42 (5.40%) Java
4 28 (3.60%) C#
5 17 (2.19%) C
5 17 (2.19%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.67%) X++
7 8 (1.03%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.77%) Bicep
8 6 (0.77%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.77%) VBA
9 5 (0.64%) R
10 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.51%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.13%) C++
13 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 148 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 115 (14.78%) SC Cleared
3 65 (8.35%) Degree
4 27 (3.47%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.90%) ISTQB
8 7 (0.90%) OCP
8 7 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.39%) CIPD
12 3 (0.39%) ISEB
12 3 (0.39%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.26%) CBAP
13 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (35.99%) Data Quality
2 79 (10.15%) GDPR
3 56 (7.20%) QA
4 23 (2.96%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.80%) PMO
6 8 (1.03%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.77%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.64%) NCSC
9 4 (0.51%) BS7666
10 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.39%) COREP
10 3 (0.39%) FINREP
10 3 (0.39%) PERC
10 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.39%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS
11 2 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.41%) Docker
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.39%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.39%) MOM
3 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.26%) Ansible
4 2 (0.26%) CASB
4 2 (0.26%) Grafana
4 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 131 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.38%) SAP
3 70 (9.00%) Databricks
4 65 (8.35%) Oracle
5 46 (5.91%) Salesforce
6 35 (4.50%) Informatica
7 19 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.06%) Google
9 12 (1.54%) Workday
10 10 (1.29%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.29%) IBM
11 9 (1.16%) ESRI
12 8 (1.03%) Charles River
12 8 (1.03%) Concur
12 8 (1.03%) Foundry
12 8 (1.03%) Talend
13 7 (0.90%) Denodo
13 7 (0.90%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.90%) Sitecore
14 6 (0.77%) Sparx