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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 91 104
Rank change year-on-year -77 +13 +64
Contract jobs citing Data Management 642 666 781
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 2.74% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 3.00% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 429 484
10th Percentile £344 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% - -
75th Percentile £588 £725 £675
90th Percentile £707 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 25 57
10th Percentile £13.13 £22.20 £15.52
25th Percentile £18.45 £25.15 £19.57
Median hourly rate £29.52 £30.81 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -22.99% -0.44%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £80.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.06% -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 34,368 22,176 31,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.22% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,897 14,509 20,833
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 £616 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -2.69% -1.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 935 2,251
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.45 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.48% -21.23% +0.29%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 £490 -21.60% 129
Midlands -23 86 £511 -2.62% 45
South East -32 84 £450 -14.29% 75
West Midlands -28 70 £510 -2.86% 27
South West -9 52 £500 -4.76% 20
North of England -86 49 £450 -10.00% 64
North West -61 29 £513 -2.84% 41
East of England -50 27 £505 +1.00% 12
Yorkshire -50 19 £355 -25.26% 18
East Midlands -33 15 £488 +2.63% 18
North East - 2 £400 - 5
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 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.52%) Confluence
3 12 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.56%) HCL Notes
4 10 (1.56%) Mendix
5 9 (1.40%) SAS
6 8 (1.25%) Apache Spark
7 7 (1.09%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.93%) CMS
9 5 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.62%) 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 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.65%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.62%) 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 (3.74%) Teamcenter
2 21 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.09%) 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%) FIS Private Capital Suite
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%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.07%) Azure
2 108 (16.82%) Power Platform
3 53 (8.26%) AWS
4 31 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.83%) PowerApps
5 27 (4.21%) GCP
5 27 (4.21%) SaaS
6 24 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (3.58%) Collibra
8 21 (3.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (3.12%) Serverless
10 19 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 19 (2.96%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (2.02%) Azure Functions
12 13 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (1.87%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.87%) OneDrive
14 11 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.02%) LAN
2 11 (1.71%) WAN
3 10 (1.56%) Unified Communications
3 10 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.09%) PSTN
5 4 (0.62%) Intranet
6 2 (0.31%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.31%) SMS
7 1 (0.16%) 3G
7 1 (0.16%) 4G
7 1 (0.16%) 5G
7 1 (0.16%) DWDM
7 1 (0.16%) FTP
7 1 (0.16%) HTTP
7 1 (0.16%) Internet
7 1 (0.16%) MPLS
7 1 (0.16%) NAS
7 1 (0.16%) SDH
7 1 (0.16%) SS7
7 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (13.86%) Power BI
2 76 (11.84%) Metadata
3 56 (8.72%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (5.76%) Data Lake
5 31 (4.83%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.58%) Tableau
7 16 (2.49%) GIS
7 16 (2.49%) Oracle Database
8 12 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.71%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.56%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.40%) Data Mining
11 9 (1.40%) Metadata Repository
11 9 (1.40%) MySQL
11 9 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.09%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.09%) Spatial Data
12 7 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (7.94%) JIRA
2 17 (2.65%) GitLab
3 16 (2.49%) Git
4 11 (1.71%) ERwin
4 11 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.40%) Selenium
6 6 (0.93%) JMeter
7 5 (0.78%) Appium
7 5 (0.78%) JUnit
8 4 (0.62%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.62%) 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%) Newman
General
1 218 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 189 (29.44%) Finance
3 135 (21.03%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.85%) Banking
6 31 (4.83%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.21%) Marketing
8 24 (3.74%) Aerospace
8 24 (3.74%) Financial Institution
8 24 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.02%) Local Government
11 13 (2.02%) Retail
12 10 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.25%) Aviation
13 8 (1.25%) Legal
13 8 (1.25%) Military
13 8 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 123 (19.16%) Analyst
2 86 (13.40%) Architect
3 69 (10.75%) Senior
4 68 (10.59%) Lead
5 57 (8.88%) Data Analyst
6 55 (8.57%) Business Analyst
6 55 (8.57%) Data Architect
7 37 (5.76%) Consultant
8 35 (5.45%) Developer
9 34 (5.30%) Data Manager
10 33 (5.14%) Data Engineer
11 24 (3.74%) Administrator
12 18 (2.80%) Data Business Analyst
13 16 (2.49%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.34%) Project Manager
14 15 (2.34%) Senior Manager
15 14 (2.18%) Configuration Management Specialist
15 14 (2.18%) Configuration Specialist
15 14 (2.18%) Data Management Specialist
15 14 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.49%) REST
2 15 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
3 13 (2.02%) .NET
4 12 (1.87%) React
5 11 (1.71%) JSON
6 10 (1.56%) HTML5 Canvas
6 10 (1.56%) Kafka
6 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
7 9 (1.40%) Middleware
8 8 (1.25%) XML
9 7 (1.09%) PySpark
10 6 (0.93%) YAML
11 5 (0.78%) JDO
11 5 (0.78%) RESTful
11 5 (0.78%) Web Services
12 4 (0.62%) ADO
12 4 (0.62%) CSS
12 4 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.62%) pytest
12 4 (0.62%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.57%) Management Information System
2 35 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 29 (4.52%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (3.43%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.27%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (3.12%) Product Ownership
7 20 (3.12%) Reference Data
8 19 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.87%) FMCG
9 12 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.56%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.40%) Life Science
12 8 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.25%) IoT
13 6 (0.93%) Fixed Income
13 6 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (0.93%) NHS
13 6 (0.93%) Replication
13 6 (0.93%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.87%) Windows
2 4 (0.62%) Android
2 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (25.55%) Data Governance
2 159 (24.77%) Migration
3 150 (23.36%) Agile
3 150 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
4 136 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (20.72%) Data Modelling
6 125 (19.47%) Analytics
7 105 (16.36%) Business Intelligence
8 94 (14.64%) Validation
9 86 (13.40%) Decision-Making
10 83 (12.93%) AI
11 81 (12.62%) ETL
12 75 (11.68%) Data Architecture
13 73 (11.37%) Data Migration
14 68 (10.59%) Data Analysis
14 68 (10.59%) DevOps
15 65 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 62 (9.66%) CI/CD
17 61 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
18 58 (9.03%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 132 (20.56%) SQL
2 76 (11.84%) Python
3 20 (3.12%) C#
4 18 (2.80%) Java
4 18 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.49%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (1.56%) Formula Language
6 10 (1.56%) LotusScript
7 9 (1.40%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.40%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.25%) C
8 8 (1.25%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.25%) VBA
9 6 (0.93%) Bicep
9 6 (0.93%) X++
10 5 (0.78%) C++
10 5 (0.78%) R
11 3 (0.47%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 114 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 93 (14.49%) SC Cleared
3 84 (13.08%) Degree
4 23 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.34%) 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 (0.62%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.62%) OCA
8 4 (0.62%) OCP
8 4 (0.62%) PMP
9 3 (0.47%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (27.73%) Data Quality
2 58 (9.03%) QA
3 53 (8.26%) GDPR
4 16 (2.49%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.56%) PMO
6 7 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.78%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.78%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.62%) BS7666
8 4 (0.62%) COREP
8 4 (0.62%) FINREP
8 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.31%) DICOM
9 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.31%) HL7
9 2 (0.31%) IFRS
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.62%) Docker
2 2 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.40%) Terraform
4 7 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.62%) 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
1 111 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.66%) Oracle
3 56 (8.72%) SAP
4 39 (6.07%) Databricks
5 30 (4.67%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.12%) Informatica
7 14 (2.18%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.02%) Google
9 10 (1.56%) Kofax
9 10 (1.56%) Lotus
10 9 (1.40%) Bloomberg
11 7 (1.09%) Siemens
11 7 (1.09%) Talend
12 6 (0.93%) Adobe
12 6 (0.93%) Autodesk
13 5 (0.78%) Charles River
13 5 (0.78%) ESRI
13 5 (0.78%) GoldenSource
13 5 (0.78%) Murex
14 4 (0.62%) Sage