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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 82 109
Rank change year-on-year -63 +27 +53
Contract jobs citing Data Management 680 768 798
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.95% 2.96% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 3.29% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 499 529
10th Percentile £350 £325 £399
25th Percentile £413 £413 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% -6.14%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £660
90th Percentile £702 £839 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 27 46
10th Percentile £12.63 £19.93 £18.13
25th Percentile £15.75 £26.39 £20.08
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -18.75% -39.62%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.84 £46.18
90th Percentile £65.89 £93.75 £59.00
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 30,443 23,357 32,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.38% 90.01% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,446 14,532 21,897
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 1,911 750 2,006
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.99% - -
75th Percentile £62.29 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.28 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.64 £32.50 £34.77
% change year-on-year -21.12% -6.52% -0.67%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -53 346 £500 -11.50% 231
Midlands -18 88 £481 -8.33% 84
South East -49 78 £488 -8.45% 173
West Midlands -7 75 £492 -8.47% 38
North of England -69 70 £453 -9.50% 124
South West +23 63 £475 +5.56% 64
Yorkshire -45 33 £404 -24.58% 46
North West -51 32 £500 - 68
East of England -41 24 £505 +3.48% 73
East Midlands -30 13 £425 +2.54% 45
North East -15 5 £438 -12.50% 10
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 36 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.53%) Confluence
3 23 (3.38%) SAS
4 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.47%) HCL Notes
6 9 (1.32%) Mendix
7 8 (1.18%) Apache
7 8 (1.18%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.44%) CMS
8 3 (0.44%) WordPress
9 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
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%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 59 (8.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.50%) MS Visio
5 15 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.76%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.59%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.59%) Revit
8 3 (0.44%) ProjectWise
8 3 (0.44%) Windchill
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.15%) CATIA
10 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 21 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.06%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.59%) Aladdin
5 4 (0.59%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.44%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.44%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
6 3 (0.44%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.29%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (0.29%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 116 (17.06%) Azure
2 98 (14.41%) Power Platform
3 64 (9.41%) AWS
4 37 (5.44%) GCP
5 29 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (4.12%) Collibra
7 27 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (3.24%) OpenShift
8 22 (3.24%) PowerApps
8 22 (3.24%) Serverless
9 21 (3.09%) SaaS
10 17 (2.50%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.35%) Azure Functions
11 16 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 15 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (2.21%) OCI
13 12 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (1.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.62%) LAN
2 9 (1.32%) WAN
3 8 (1.18%) Unified Communications
3 8 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.74%) 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 88 (12.94%) Power BI
2 60 (8.82%) Metadata
3 53 (7.79%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (4.56%) SQL Server
5 29 (4.26%) Data Lake
5 29 (4.26%) Tableau
6 19 (2.79%) Oracle Database
7 16 (2.35%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.76%) MySQL
8 12 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.62%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.32%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.18%) Big Data
12 8 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.03%) GIS
13 7 (1.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 6 (0.88%) OLAP
14 6 (0.88%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (7.79%) JIRA
2 42 (6.18%) GitLab
3 38 (5.59%) Git
4 27 (3.97%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.65%) Selenium
6 17 (2.50%) JUnit
7 10 (1.47%) ERwin
8 4 (0.59%) Appium
8 4 (0.59%) Postman
9 3 (0.44%) JMeter
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%) Cypress.io
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%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 266 (39.12%) Social Skills
2 219 (32.21%) Finance
3 153 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.53%) Banking
5 52 (7.65%) Public Sector
6 42 (6.18%) Marketing
7 31 (4.56%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.97%) Financial Institution
9 26 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.65%) Aerospace
13 16 (2.35%) Retail
14 14 (2.06%) Legal
14 14 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.76%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.62%) Local Government
17 10 (1.47%) Front Office
17 10 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 138 (20.29%) Analyst
2 71 (10.44%) Architect
3 69 (10.15%) Business Analyst
4 65 (9.56%) Data Analyst
5 64 (9.41%) Senior
6 61 (8.97%) Lead
7 48 (7.06%) Consultant
8 47 (6.91%) Developer
9 38 (5.59%) Data Architect
10 31 (4.56%) Data Engineer
11 28 (4.12%) Data Manager
12 21 (3.09%) Administrator
13 20 (2.94%) Data Business Analyst
14 18 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (2.65%) Test Specialist
15 15 (2.21%) Governance Analyst
16 14 (2.06%) Data Modeller
17 13 (1.91%) Data Management Specialist
17 13 (1.91%) Power Platform Developer
17 13 (1.91%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.29%) REST
2 23 (3.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (2.79%) pytest
4 17 (2.50%) .NET
4 17 (2.50%) React
5 13 (1.91%) JSON
5 13 (1.91%) SOAP
6 12 (1.76%) Kafka
7 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (1.62%) XML
8 9 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (1.32%) Lightning Web Components
8 9 (1.32%) YAML
9 8 (1.18%) Middleware
9 8 (1.18%) Visualforce
10 7 (1.03%) Node.js
11 6 (0.88%) CSS
11 6 (0.88%) PySpark
12 5 (0.74%) NumPy
12 5 (0.74%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.91%) Management Information System
2 45 (6.62%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.29%) Data Structures
4 25 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.68%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (3.24%) Reference Data
6 15 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (1.62%) Low-Code
7 11 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.18%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.03%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.03%) Life Science
9 7 (1.03%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.03%) Synthetic Data
10 6 (0.88%) CMDB
10 6 (0.88%) IoT
10 6 (0.88%) Social Media
10 6 (0.88%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.06%) Windows
2 7 (1.03%) Android
2 7 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (29.85%) Agile
2 197 (28.97%) Problem-Solving
3 169 (24.85%) Data Governance
4 158 (23.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 147 (21.62%) Analytics
6 119 (17.50%) Migration
7 118 (17.35%) Data Modelling
8 109 (16.03%) Business Intelligence
9 91 (13.38%) CI/CD
9 91 (13.38%) DevOps
10 87 (12.79%) Validation
11 81 (11.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 80 (11.76%) Decision-Making
13 79 (11.62%) Project Management
14 74 (10.88%) AI
15 73 (10.74%) Data Analysis
16 67 (9.85%) Visualisation
17 65 (9.56%) ETL
18 60 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
19 59 (8.68%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 142 (20.88%) SQL
2 86 (12.65%) Python
3 26 (3.82%) JavaScript
4 20 (2.94%) PowerShell
5 19 (2.79%) C#
6 15 (2.21%) Java
7 10 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (1.47%) Formula Language
7 10 (1.47%) LotusScript
8 9 (1.32%) Apex Code
8 9 (1.32%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.32%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.03%) Groovy
9 7 (1.03%) VBA
10 6 (0.88%) R
10 6 (0.88%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.74%) Bicep
11 5 (0.74%) C++
12 4 (0.59%) Korn
13 3 (0.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 134 (19.71%) Security Cleared
2 108 (15.88%) SC Cleared
3 93 (13.68%) Degree
4 22 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (3.24%) Master's Degree
5 12 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.18%) IIBA
7 7 (1.03%) CBAP
7 7 (1.03%) OCA
7 7 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.74%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.74%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.74%) PMP
9 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.44%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.44%) PhD
9 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.29%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (23.38%) Data Quality
2 73 (10.74%) QA
3 62 (9.12%) GDPR
4 14 (2.06%) PMO
5 13 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.03%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.74%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.59%) IFRS
8 4 (0.59%) ISO 19650
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%) GxP
10 2 (0.29%) MiFID
10 2 (0.29%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) PERC
11 1 (0.15%) SLA
11 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (3.09%) Docker
2 3 (0.44%) Firmware
3 2 (0.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) HDFS
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (4.56%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.47%) Terraform
4 5 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.59%) Grafana
6 3 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.29%) Consul
7 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 128 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 74 (10.88%) Oracle
3 53 (7.79%) SAP
4 43 (6.32%) Salesforce
5 34 (5.00%) Databricks
6 29 (4.26%) Informatica
7 26 (3.82%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.65%) Google
9 13 (1.91%) Talend
10 10 (1.47%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.47%) Lotus
11 9 (1.32%) Kofax
12 8 (1.18%) Workday
13 7 (1.03%) Siemens
14 6 (0.88%) Adobe
14 6 (0.88%) Autodesk
14 6 (0.88%) Charles River
14 6 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 6 (0.88%) Twitter
15 5 (0.74%) Alteryx