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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 121 93
Rank change year-on-year -46 -28 +64
Contract jobs citing Data Management 789 635 776
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 2.26% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 2.49% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 364 432
10th Percentile £304 £301 £313
25th Percentile £409 £400 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -8.30%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 36 38
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.31 £21.25
25th Percentile £17.17 £17.00 £26.65
Median hourly rate £28.23 £25.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.61% -26.43% +6.06%
75th Percentile £41.00 £66.88 £59.69
90th Percentile £54.13 £81.00 £75.95
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £25.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.89% -26.43% +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 39,257 25,497 27,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.90% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,690 16,157 17,059
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,996 1,590 1,150
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.54 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £78.88 £67.28 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -48 375 £525 -4.55% 898
South East -22 111 £500 +17.65% 243
Midlands -13 107 £525 +17.06% 113
North of England -70 97 £400 -9.86% 199
West Midlands -14 81 £550 +23.04% 75
North West -41 54 £400 -12.09% 115
South West -14 47 £525 +13.51% 107
Yorkshire -33 40 £400 -5.33% 65
East Midlands -9 26 £525 +16.67% 37
East of England -30 26 £576 -4.00% 97
North East -44 3 £425 -2.86% 20
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 30 (3.80%) Confluence
2 25 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.90%) SAS
4 12 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.52%) CMS
5 9 (1.14%) WordPress
6 8 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.89%) Apache
8 6 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.51%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.51%) Mule
11 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.13%) nginx
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.13%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 71 (9.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.63%) Revit
7 3 (0.38%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.38%) Windchill
8 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.25%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.65%) Aladdin
3 9 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.14%) Teamcenter
4 8 (1.01%) SAP HR
5 6 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.63%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.63%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.38%) iTrent
7 3 (0.38%) Maximo
7 3 (0.38%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Utilities
8 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.25%) SAP R/3
9 1 (0.13%) CA PPM
9 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 155 (19.65%) Azure
2 106 (13.43%) Power Platform
3 56 (7.10%) AWS
4 34 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (4.31%) Collibra
5 33 (4.18%) Microsoft Purview
6 28 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (3.04%) SaaS
9 23 (2.92%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.92%) Snowflake
10 22 (2.79%) GCP
10 22 (2.79%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.66%) GitHub
12 18 (2.28%) Alation
13 16 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (1.90%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (1.77%) Google Workspace
15 14 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.76%) Firewall
2 5 (0.63%) Network Security
3 4 (0.51%) SMS
4 3 (0.38%) Internet
5 2 (0.25%) Broadband
5 2 (0.25%) FTP
5 2 (0.25%) HTTP
5 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.25%) VPN
6 1 (0.13%) DNS
6 1 (0.13%) LAN
6 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.13%) SAN
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.13%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (17.87%) Metadata
2 87 (11.03%) Power BI
3 55 (6.97%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (5.96%) Data Lake
5 45 (5.70%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.30%) NoSQL
7 23 (2.92%) Tableau
8 18 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.65%) Delta Lake
9 13 (1.65%) Oracle Database
9 13 (1.65%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.39%) GIS
12 10 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (1.14%) Big Data
13 9 (1.14%) MySQL
13 9 (1.14%) Pentaho
14 8 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.01%) Ataccama
14 8 (1.01%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 50 (6.34%) JIRA
2 20 (2.53%) Git
3 16 (2.03%) Selenium
4 12 (1.52%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.39%) ERwin
5 11 (1.39%) Postman
6 10 (1.27%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.01%) ER Studio
8 7 (0.89%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.76%) GitLab
9 6 (0.76%) JMeter
10 5 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.51%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.38%) JUnit
12 3 (0.38%) MLflow
12 3 (0.38%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.38%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.25%) SOAtest
General
1 298 (37.77%) Social Skills
2 225 (28.52%) Finance
3 169 (21.42%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (9.89%) Public Sector
5 65 (8.24%) Banking
6 54 (6.84%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
7 39 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.56%) Marketing
9 34 (4.31%) Aerospace
10 32 (4.06%) Retail
11 23 (2.92%) Local Government
12 22 (2.79%) Legal
13 19 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (2.03%) Front Office
15 14 (1.77%) Investment Banking
15 14 (1.77%) Military
16 12 (1.52%) Billing
17 11 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (1.27%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 111 (14.07%) Analyst
2 105 (13.31%) Architect
3 87 (11.03%) Lead
4 71 (9.00%) Data Architect
5 70 (8.87%) Administrator
6 67 (8.49%) Senior
7 66 (8.37%) Developer
8 50 (6.34%) Data Engineer
9 48 (6.08%) Business Analyst
10 47 (5.96%) Data Analyst
11 42 (5.32%) Consultant
12 26 (3.30%) Data Manager
13 23 (2.92%) Data Consultant
13 23 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.28%) Data Business Analyst
15 17 (2.15%) Project Manager
16 14 (1.77%) Data Management Specialist
17 13 (1.65%) Data Administrator
17 13 (1.65%) Data Migration Lead
17 13 (1.65%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.07%) REST
2 27 (3.42%) XML
3 26 (3.30%) Terraform
4 25 (3.17%) Middleware
5 24 (3.04%) .NET
6 23 (2.92%) JSON
7 21 (2.66%) Kafka
8 18 (2.28%) RESTful
9 14 (1.77%) HTML
10 13 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (1.65%) SOAP
11 12 (1.52%) PySpark
12 10 (1.27%) OAuth
13 9 (1.14%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.14%) Web Services
14 8 (1.01%) FIX Protocol
14 8 (1.01%) LDAP
14 8 (1.01%) OpenTofu
15 7 (0.89%) .NET Framework
16 6 (0.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.90%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.46%) Data Structures
3 46 (5.83%) Onboarding
4 35 (4.44%) Cloud Native
5 34 (4.31%) Reference Data
6 33 (4.18%) Product Ownership
7 30 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.27%) CMDB
11 10 (1.27%) Data Fabric
11 10 (1.27%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.27%) Life Science
11 10 (1.27%) Social Media
11 10 (1.27%) Taxonomies
12 9 (1.14%) Autonomous Agent
12 9 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.89%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.15%) Linux
2 9 (1.14%) Windows
3 2 (0.25%) Android
3 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.25%) Unix
3 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (32.95%) Data Governance
2 224 (28.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 191 (24.21%) Agile
4 176 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
5 166 (21.04%) Data Modelling
6 162 (20.53%) Analytics
7 152 (19.26%) Migration
8 141 (17.87%) AI
9 139 (17.62%) Validation
10 134 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 116 (14.70%) Data Architecture
12 114 (14.45%) Decision-Making
13 112 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 101 (12.80%) Roadmaps
15 99 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
16 94 (11.91%) DevOps
17 93 (11.79%) ETL
18 86 (10.90%) Metadata Management
19 83 (10.52%) Data Migration
20 81 (10.27%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 172 (21.80%) SQL
2 83 (10.52%) Python
3 44 (5.58%) Java
4 38 (4.82%) C#
5 21 (2.66%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.03%) C
7 12 (1.52%) X++
8 9 (1.14%) R
9 8 (1.01%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.89%) Bicep
10 7 (0.89%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.89%) VBA
11 6 (0.76%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.76%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.13%) Bash
14 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 159 (20.15%) Security Cleared
2 125 (15.84%) SC Cleared
3 78 (9.89%) Degree
4 28 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (3.55%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.27%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.14%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.01%) PMP
10 7 (0.89%) OCP
10 7 (0.89%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (0.76%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.76%) CIPD
11 6 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.63%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.38%) ISEB
13 3 (0.38%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (35.87%) Data Quality
2 83 (10.52%) GDPR
3 52 (6.59%) QA
4 25 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.90%) PMO
6 6 (0.76%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.76%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.63%) NCSC
8 4 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.38%) GRC
9 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.38%) SNOMED CT
9 3 (0.38%) WCAG
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.25%) NIST
10 2 (0.25%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.39%) Docker
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.51%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.38%) Ansible
4 3 (0.38%) Grafana
4 3 (0.38%) MOM
5 2 (0.25%) CASB
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 157 (19.90%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.25%) Databricks
3 71 (9.00%) SAP
4 70 (8.87%) Oracle
5 47 (5.96%) Salesforce
6 33 (4.18%) Google
7 32 (4.06%) Informatica
8 21 (2.66%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.90%) Workday
10 12 (1.52%) IBM
11 10 (1.27%) Bloomberg
12 9 (1.14%) Denodo
13 8 (1.01%) Charles River
13 8 (1.01%) Concur
13 8 (1.01%) Foundry
14 7 (0.89%) Sitecore
14 7 (0.89%) UiPath
15 6 (0.76%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.76%) Palantir
15 6 (0.76%) Talend