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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 82 111
Rank change year-on-year -58 +29 +45
Contract jobs citing Data Management 683 778 797
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.00% 2.99% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 3.32% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 495 532
10th Percentile £322 £325 £393
25th Percentile £413 £413 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% -5.58%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £658
90th Percentile £703 £825 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 27 41
10th Percentile £12.63 £21.63 £18.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £27.37 £19.57
Median hourly rate £28.03 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.77% -7.14% -47.17%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.84 £48.75
90th Percentile £69.75 £95.25 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -12.15% -18.75% -36.00%

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 29,880 23,401 33,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.55% 89.79% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,087 14,489 22,006
10th Percentile £309 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,872 735 1,965
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.62 £13.35
25th Percentile £18.03 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.53
% change year-on-year -22.62% -3.06% +3.15%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -47 356 £500 -9.09% 103
Midlands -22 85 £483 -7.98% 38
South East -52 77 £490 -9.31% 91
West Midlands -11 71 £492 -10.55% 24
North of England -66 70 £455 -9.00% 65
South West +20 62 £475 +5.56% 22
Yorkshire -45 33 £404 -24.51% 17
North West -60 32 £500 - 44
East of England -37 24 £505 +1.00% 15
East Midlands -34 14 £447 +7.97% 14
North East -13 5 £438 -12.50% 4
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 (5.42%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.51%) Confluence
3 20 (2.93%) SAS
4 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.46%) HCL Notes
6 9 (1.32%) Mendix
7 8 (1.17%) Apache
7 8 (1.17%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.44%) WordPress
9 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 64 (9.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.49%) MS Visio
5 15 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.76%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.73%) ProjectWise
8 4 (0.59%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.59%) Revit
9 3 (0.44%) Windchill
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.15%) CATIA
11 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.20%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.73%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.73%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.44%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle SCM
5 3 (0.44%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.44%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.29%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.29%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.29%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.15%) ContrOCC
7 1 (0.15%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 121 (17.72%) Azure
2 102 (14.93%) Power Platform
3 66 (9.66%) AWS
4 39 (5.71%) GCP
5 29 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (3.95%) Collibra
7 26 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (3.66%) PowerApps
9 23 (3.37%) Serverless
10 20 (2.93%) SaaS
11 19 (2.78%) OpenShift
12 17 (2.49%) Azure Functions
12 17 (2.49%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (2.34%) OCI
14 15 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (2.20%) Snowflake
15 13 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.76%) Entra ID
16 12 (1.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.61%) LAN
2 9 (1.32%) WAN
3 8 (1.17%) Unified Communications
3 8 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.73%) PSTN
5 3 (0.44%) Firewall
5 3 (0.44%) NAS
6 2 (0.29%) HTTP
6 2 (0.29%) SAN
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) 2G
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) IPv4
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
7 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (13.47%) Power BI
2 59 (8.64%) Metadata
3 53 (7.76%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (4.39%) SQL Server
5 28 (4.10%) Data Lake
5 28 (4.10%) Tableau
6 18 (2.64%) Oracle Database
7 12 (1.76%) MySQL
7 12 (1.76%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.76%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.32%) Big Data
9 9 (1.32%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.02%) GIS
10 7 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.88%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (0.88%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.88%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 57 (8.35%) JIRA
2 41 (6.00%) GitLab
3 34 (4.98%) Git
4 24 (3.51%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.20%) Selenium
6 14 (2.05%) JUnit
7 10 (1.46%) ERwin
8 4 (0.59%) Appium
9 3 (0.44%) JMeter
9 3 (0.44%) Postman
9 3 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.44%) Toad
10 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.15%) MLflow
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.15%) TestRail
11 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 267 (39.09%) Social Skills
2 222 (32.50%) Finance
3 160 (23.43%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.49%) Banking
5 49 (7.17%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.71%) Marketing
7 31 (4.54%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.95%) Financial Institution
9 26 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (2.49%) Aerospace
13 16 (2.34%) Retail
14 15 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (2.05%) Legal
16 12 (1.76%) Local Government
16 12 (1.76%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.46%) Front Office
17 10 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 136 (19.91%) Analyst
2 72 (10.54%) Architect
3 64 (9.37%) Lead
4 63 (9.22%) Business Analyst
4 63 (9.22%) Data Analyst
4 63 (9.22%) Senior
5 47 (6.88%) Consultant
5 47 (6.88%) Developer
6 38 (5.56%) Data Architect
7 29 (4.25%) Data Engineer
7 29 (4.25%) Data Manager
8 23 (3.37%) Administrator
9 16 (2.34%) Data Modeller
9 16 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (2.20%) Data Business Analyst
10 15 (2.20%) Governance Analyst
10 15 (2.20%) Test Specialist
11 13 (1.90%) Data Management Specialist
11 13 (1.90%) Engagement Manager
11 13 (1.90%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.42%) REST
2 25 (3.66%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (2.64%) .NET
4 17 (2.49%) React
5 16 (2.34%) pytest
6 14 (2.05%) SOAP
7 12 (1.76%) JSON
7 12 (1.76%) Kafka
8 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (1.61%) XML
9 10 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
10 9 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (1.32%) Middleware
10 9 (1.32%) Visualforce
10 9 (1.32%) YAML
11 7 (1.02%) Node.js
12 6 (0.88%) CSS
12 6 (0.88%) PySpark
13 5 (0.73%) OAuth
13 5 (0.73%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.03%) Management Information System
2 46 (6.73%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.27%) Data Structures
4 25 (3.66%) Product Ownership
5 24 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (3.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 22 (3.22%) Reference Data
7 12 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.61%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.32%) Synthetic Data
10 8 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.17%) Life Science
11 7 (1.02%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.88%) CMDB
12 6 (0.88%) IoT
12 6 (0.88%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.73%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.05%) Windows
2 7 (1.02%) Android
2 7 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (29.72%) Problem-Solving
2 199 (29.14%) Agile
3 173 (25.33%) Data Governance
4 156 (22.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 149 (21.82%) Analytics
6 120 (17.57%) Data Modelling
7 112 (16.40%) Migration
8 108 (15.81%) Business Intelligence
9 91 (13.32%) DevOps
10 90 (13.18%) CI/CD
11 89 (13.03%) Validation
12 83 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 81 (11.86%) Decision-Making
14 78 (11.42%) Project Management
15 72 (10.54%) AI
16 66 (9.66%) Data Analysis
16 66 (9.66%) ETL
17 64 (9.37%) Visualisation
18 60 (8.78%) Data Strategy
19 57 (8.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 145 (21.23%) SQL
2 85 (12.45%) Python
3 26 (3.81%) JavaScript
4 20 (2.93%) C#
4 20 (2.93%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.05%) Java
6 11 (1.61%) PL/SQL
7 10 (1.46%) Apex Code
7 10 (1.46%) Formula Language
7 10 (1.46%) LotusScript
8 9 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (1.17%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.02%) Groovy
10 7 (1.02%) VBA
11 6 (0.88%) R
12 5 (0.73%) Bicep
12 5 (0.73%) C++
12 5 (0.73%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.59%) Korn
14 3 (0.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 126 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 103 (15.08%) SC Cleared
3 96 (14.06%) Degree
4 24 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.37%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.32%) OCA
7 9 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
8 8 (1.17%) IIBA
9 7 (1.02%) CBAP
10 5 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.73%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.73%) PMP
11 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.44%) PhD
11 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (23.43%) Data Quality
2 75 (10.98%) QA
3 65 (9.52%) GDPR
4 14 (2.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 14 (2.05%) PMO
5 13 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.88%) ISO 19650
6 6 (0.88%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.73%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.59%) IFRS
9 3 (0.44%) GxP
9 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.29%) Basel III
10 2 (0.29%) EMIR
10 2 (0.29%) MiFID
10 2 (0.29%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.15%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (3.07%) Docker
2 4 (0.59%) Firmware
3 2 (0.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) HDFS
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.46%) Terraform
4 5 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.44%) Grafana
5 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.29%) Consul
6 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 132 (19.33%) Microsoft
2 73 (10.69%) Oracle
3 53 (7.76%) SAP
4 39 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 36 (5.27%) Databricks
6 29 (4.25%) Informatica
7 25 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.64%) Google
9 13 (1.90%) Talend
10 10 (1.46%) Lotus
11 9 (1.32%) Bloomberg
11 9 (1.32%) Kofax
11 9 (1.32%) Workday
12 7 (1.02%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.88%) Autodesk
13 6 (0.88%) Charles River
13 6 (0.88%) Siemens
14 5 (0.73%) EMC
14 5 (0.73%) Murex
14 5 (0.73%) Twitter