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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 109 109
Rank change year-on-year -52 0 +57
Contract jobs citing Data Management 728 630 762
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 2.50% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 2.73% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 382 455
10th Percentile £325 £313 £342
25th Percentile £413 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £713 £675
90th Percentile £738 £874 £765
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 32 58
10th Percentile £15.00 £22.05 £15.62
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.11 £21.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.56 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.70% -23.59% +17.63%
75th Percentile £49.38 £66.88 £45.00
90th Percentile £54.75 £77.25 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +10.28%

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 37,044 23,037 31,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.39% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,386 14,872 20,693
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £417 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,321 1,118 2,341
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +8.48%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -31 360 £513 -14.58% 115
South East -3 107 £463 -9.76% 72
Midlands -30 92 £513 -2.38% 53
West Midlands -24 72 £513 +7.89% 25
North of England -86 66 £450 -5.26% 42
South West -4 55 £525 +13.51% 26
North West -65 33 £500 - 24
Yorkshire -49 31 £400 -11.11% 15
East of England -39 28 £505 +58.71% 25
East Midlands -8 19 £525 -8.70% 28
North East -29 3 £425 -19.05% 3
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 41 (5.63%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.26%) Confluence
3 12 (1.65%) CMS
3 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.51%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.24%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.24%) Palantir Foundry
5 9 (1.24%) SAS
6 7 (0.96%) WordPress
7 5 (0.69%) Apache
7 5 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.55%) HCL Notes
8 4 (0.55%) Mendix
9 3 (0.41%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) Mule
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
Applications
1 67 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.06%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.41%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.41%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.14%) CATIA
9 1 (0.14%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 29 (3.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (3.16%) Teamcenter
3 9 (1.24%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.82%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.55%) SimCorp Dimension
6 4 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.41%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.41%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.41%) Maximo
7 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.41%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.27%) iTrent
8 2 (0.27%) Primavera
8 2 (0.27%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 134 (18.41%) Azure
2 116 (15.93%) Power Platform
3 61 (8.38%) AWS
4 32 (4.40%) PowerApps
4 32 (4.40%) SaaS
5 29 (3.98%) GCP
6 27 (3.71%) Collibra
7 26 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
8 25 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (2.34%) Entra ID
11 17 (2.34%) Power Automate
11 17 (2.34%) Snowflake
12 14 (1.92%) Serverless
13 12 (1.65%) OneDrive
13 12 (1.65%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (1.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.51%) LAN
1 11 (1.51%) WAN
2 10 (1.37%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (0.96%) PSTN
4 4 (0.55%) Network Security
5 3 (0.41%) Firewall
5 3 (0.41%) Intranet
5 3 (0.41%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.27%) FTP
6 2 (0.27%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) 2G
7 1 (0.14%) 4G
7 1 (0.14%) 5G
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
7 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.14%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (0.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (12.64%) Power BI
2 88 (12.09%) Metadata
3 53 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (6.59%) Data Lake
5 38 (5.22%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.57%) Tableau
7 21 (2.88%) GIS
8 15 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.79%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.51%) MySQL
10 11 (1.51%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.37%) Data Mining
11 10 (1.37%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.24%) Spatial Data
13 8 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.96%) OLAP
14 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (7.28%) JIRA
2 17 (2.34%) Git
3 12 (1.65%) ERwin
4 10 (1.37%) Selenium
5 9 (1.24%) GitLab
5 9 (1.24%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.82%) Postman
6 6 (0.82%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.69%) JMeter
7 5 (0.69%) JUnit
7 5 (0.69%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.55%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.41%) Toad
10 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.27%) Maven
10 2 (0.27%) MLflow
10 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 230 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 204 (28.02%) Finance
3 138 (18.96%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.07%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.14%) Banking
6 34 (4.67%) Marketing
7 33 (4.53%) Manufacturing
8 29 (3.98%) Aerospace
9 28 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.47%) Legal
11 18 (2.47%) Retail
12 16 (2.20%) Financial Institution
13 15 (2.06%) Local Government
14 14 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.37%) Aviation
15 10 (1.37%) Front Office
15 10 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.10%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (17.86%) Analyst
2 98 (13.46%) Architect
3 77 (10.58%) Senior
4 72 (9.89%) Lead
5 66 (9.07%) Data Architect
6 65 (8.93%) Data Analyst
7 53 (7.28%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.91%) Data Engineer
9 41 (5.63%) Consultant
9 41 (5.63%) Developer
10 35 (4.81%) Data Manager
11 34 (4.67%) Administrator
12 25 (3.43%) Data Management Specialist
13 21 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.61%) Project Manager
15 18 (2.47%) Data Business Analyst
16 17 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
17 15 (2.06%) Senior Manager
18 14 (1.92%) Configuration Specialist
18 14 (1.92%) Data Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.20%) JSON
1 16 (2.20%) REST
2 15 (2.06%) XML
3 12 (1.65%) Middleware
4 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (1.24%) .NET
5 9 (1.24%) Kafka
6 8 (1.10%) RESTful
7 7 (0.96%) PySpark
8 6 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.82%) YAML
9 5 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (0.69%) JDO
9 5 (0.69%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.69%) Web Services
10 4 (0.55%) HTML
10 4 (0.55%) LDAP
10 4 (0.55%) pytest
10 4 (0.55%) React
10 4 (0.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.08%) Onboarding
3 26 (3.57%) Data Structures
4 25 (3.43%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.30%) Reference Data
6 21 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (2.61%) Product Ownership
8 18 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.92%) FMCG
10 12 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.51%) Life Science
12 8 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.10%) Fixed Income
12 8 (1.10%) IoT
13 7 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (0.96%) Taxonomies
14 6 (0.82%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.51%) Windows
2 6 (0.82%) Linux
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
1 219 (30.08%) Data Governance
2 179 (24.59%) Migration
3 173 (23.76%) Agile
3 173 (23.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 149 (20.47%) Data Modelling
5 145 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (19.23%) Analytics
7 117 (16.07%) Validation
8 107 (14.70%) AI
9 103 (14.15%) Business Intelligence
10 95 (13.05%) Decision-Making
11 94 (12.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 93 (12.77%) ETL
13 92 (12.64%) Data Architecture
14 88 (12.09%) Data Migration
15 87 (11.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 77 (10.58%) Data Analysis
17 73 (10.03%) DevOps
18 70 (9.62%) Roadmaps
19 60 (8.24%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 149 (20.47%) SQL
2 78 (10.71%) Python
3 25 (3.43%) Java
4 18 (2.47%) C#
5 16 (2.20%) PowerShell
6 14 (1.92%) C
7 11 (1.51%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.10%) X++
10 7 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.96%) VBA
11 6 (0.82%) Bicep
11 6 (0.82%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.55%) Formula Language
12 4 (0.55%) LotusScript
13 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.41%) Scala
13 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.27%) C++
15 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 123 (16.90%) Security Cleared
2 99 (13.60%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.26%) Degree
4 20 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.92%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.51%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.96%) CBAP
8 7 (0.96%) IIBA
9 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.55%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.55%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.55%) OCP
10 4 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (0.55%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.41%) PMP
11 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.14%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 224 (30.77%) Data Quality
2 74 (10.16%) GDPR
3 59 (8.10%) QA
4 16 (2.20%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.10%) PMO
6 6 (0.82%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.69%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.69%) NCSC
8 4 (0.55%) BS7666
8 4 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.55%) COREP
8 4 (0.55%) FINREP
8 4 (0.55%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.41%) PERC
9 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) EMIR
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (1.24%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.55%) Docker
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (1.79%) Terraform
2 11 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.55%) Grafana
4 4 (0.55%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.41%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) Ansible
7 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.14%) CASB
7 1 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 123 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.48%) SAP
3 55 (7.55%) Databricks
3 55 (7.55%) Oracle
4 48 (6.59%) Salesforce
5 26 (3.57%) Informatica
6 21 (2.88%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.65%) Bloomberg
7 12 (1.65%) Google
8 10 (1.37%) ESRI
9 9 (1.24%) Foundry
9 9 (1.24%) Palantir
9 9 (1.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 7 (0.96%) Charles River
10 7 (0.96%) Sitecore
10 7 (0.96%) Talend
11 6 (0.82%) Adobe
11 6 (0.82%) Concur
11 6 (0.82%) Siemens
12 5 (0.69%) Refinitiv