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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 92 110
Rank change year-on-year -71 +18 +63
Contract jobs citing Data Management 686 663 744
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 2.76% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.93% 3.03% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 419 449
10th Percentile £345 £320 £349
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £725 £675
90th Percentile £738 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 33 58
10th Percentile £13.88 £22.10 £15.62
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% -24.20% +7.24%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £58.45 £77.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.90 £40.00
% change year-on-year +12.84% -20.24% +7.24%

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 35,523 21,911 31,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.02% 91.34% 85.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,505 14,200 20,503
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -0.36% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,228 974 2,317
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.53 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.77% -23.93% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £27.64 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.50% -24.27% +1.39%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -42 350 £500 -23.08% 204
South East -13 98 £450 -10.00% 74
Midlands -40 81 £513 -4.65% 47
West Midlands -34 63 £513 - 29
South West -3 56 £510 - 49
North of England -104 54 £463 -7.50% 62
North West -57 31 £500 - 33
East of England -53 26 £505 +1.00% 23
Yorkshire -67 21 £400 -11.11% 26
East Midlands -26 17 £525 -8.70% 19
North East - 3 £425 - 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 44 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.37%) Confluence
3 12 (1.75%) CMS
3 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.60%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.31%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.17%) HCL Notes
6 8 (1.17%) Mendix
6 8 (1.17%) SAS
7 7 (1.02%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.87%) WordPress
9 5 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.58%) Apache
11 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
Applications
1 60 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.44%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.44%) Revit
7 3 (0.44%) Windchill
8 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.15%) CATIA
8 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (3.50%) Teamcenter
2 20 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.87%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.58%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
7 3 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.29%) Maximo
8 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.29%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.15%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.15%) iTrent
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Utilities
9 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 119 (17.35%) Azure
2 108 (15.74%) Power Platform
3 51 (7.43%) AWS
4 32 (4.66%) PowerApps
5 30 (4.37%) SaaS
6 29 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (3.64%) GCP
8 24 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (3.50%) Collibra
9 23 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 17 (2.48%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.33%) Serverless
13 16 (2.33%) Snowflake
14 15 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
15 12 (1.75%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.75%) OneDrive
16 10 (1.46%) Azure Functions
16 10 (1.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.90%) LAN
2 11 (1.60%) WAN
3 10 (1.46%) Unified Communications
3 10 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.02%) PSTN
5 5 (0.73%) SMS
6 3 (0.44%) Intranet
6 3 (0.44%) Network Security
7 2 (0.29%) Diameter Protocol
7 2 (0.29%) SAN
7 2 (0.29%) WLAN
8 1 (0.15%) 3G
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
8 1 (0.15%) DWDM
8 1 (0.15%) FTP
8 1 (0.15%) HTTP
8 1 (0.15%) Internet
8 1 (0.15%) MPLS
8 1 (0.15%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (12.39%) Power BI
2 82 (11.95%) Metadata
3 56 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (6.12%) Data Lake
5 36 (5.25%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.35%) Tableau
7 19 (2.77%) GIS
8 16 (2.33%) Oracle Database
9 14 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.90%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.60%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.31%) Data Mining
13 9 (1.31%) Metadata Repository
13 9 (1.31%) MySQL
13 9 (1.31%) Spatial Data
14 8 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (6.85%) JIRA
2 15 (2.19%) Git
3 11 (1.60%) ERwin
4 9 (1.31%) GitLab
4 9 (1.31%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.31%) Selenium
5 5 (0.73%) JUnit
5 5 (0.73%) Postman
6 4 (0.58%) JMeter
6 4 (0.58%) REST Assured
6 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.44%) Toad
7 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.29%) MLflow
8 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) GCC
9 1 (0.15%) Newman
General
1 226 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 188 (27.41%) Finance
3 136 (19.83%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.60%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.41%) Banking
6 30 (4.37%) Marketing
7 29 (4.23%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.94%) Aerospace
9 26 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (3.06%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.19%) Local Government
13 13 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.90%) Legal
13 13 (1.90%) Retail
14 10 (1.46%) Aviation
15 8 (1.17%) Military
15 8 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.17%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.02%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 125 (18.22%) Analyst
2 95 (13.85%) Architect
3 76 (11.08%) Lead
4 70 (10.20%) Senior
5 66 (9.62%) Data Architect
6 59 (8.60%) Data Analyst
7 51 (7.43%) Business Analyst
8 40 (5.83%) Developer
9 39 (5.69%) Consultant
10 37 (5.39%) Data Engineer
11 34 (4.96%) Administrator
12 32 (4.66%) Data Manager
13 19 (2.77%) Data Management Specialist
14 17 (2.48%) Project Manager
14 17 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.33%) Data Business Analyst
15 16 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (2.19%) Data Administrator
17 14 (2.04%) Data Consultant
17 14 (2.04%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.48%) REST
2 13 (1.90%) JSON
2 13 (1.90%) XML
3 12 (1.75%) .NET
4 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (1.31%) Middleware
6 8 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (1.17%) Kafka
6 8 (1.17%) React
7 7 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.02%) PySpark
7 7 (1.02%) RESTful
8 6 (0.87%) Web Services
8 6 (0.87%) YAML
9 5 (0.73%) HTML
9 5 (0.73%) JDO
10 4 (0.58%) CSS
10 4 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (0.58%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.77%) Management Information System
2 37 (5.39%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.64%) Cloud Native
4 24 (3.50%) Data Structures
5 23 (3.35%) Reference Data
6 22 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 13 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.60%) FMCG
11 10 (1.46%) Life Science
12 8 (1.17%) IoT
12 8 (1.17%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.02%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.02%) Replication
14 6 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.87%) NHS
14 6 (0.87%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.75%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) Linux
2 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (26.97%) Data Governance
2 171 (24.93%) Migration
3 156 (22.74%) Agile
4 148 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 147 (21.43%) Data Modelling
6 142 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
7 124 (18.08%) Analytics
8 97 (14.14%) Business Intelligence
9 96 (13.99%) AI
10 94 (13.70%) Validation
11 90 (13.12%) Decision-Making
12 89 (12.97%) ETL
13 84 (12.24%) Data Architecture
14 81 (11.81%) Data Migration
15 79 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 75 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 73 (10.64%) Data Analysis
18 71 (10.35%) DevOps
19 60 (8.75%) Roadmaps
20 58 (8.45%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 139 (20.26%) SQL
2 76 (11.08%) Python
3 22 (3.21%) Java
4 18 (2.62%) C#
5 16 (2.33%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.46%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.31%) C
9 8 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (1.17%) Formula Language
9 8 (1.17%) LotusScript
10 7 (1.02%) X++
11 6 (0.87%) Bicep
11 6 (0.87%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.73%) VBA
13 3 (0.44%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.44%) Scala
13 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.29%) C++
15 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 121 (17.64%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 84 (12.24%) Degree
4 21 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.17%) CBAP
8 8 (1.17%) IIBA
9 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.73%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.58%) OCP
11 4 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (0.58%) PMP
12 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.15%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (28.28%) Data Quality
2 64 (9.33%) GDPR
3 55 (8.02%) QA
4 16 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.17%) PMO
6 5 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.73%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.58%) BS7666
7 4 (0.58%) COREP
7 4 (0.58%) FINREP
7 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.44%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.44%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.29%) DICOM
9 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.29%) HL7
9 2 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (0.58%) Docker
2 3 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.60%) Kubernetes
1 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.31%) Terraform
3 7 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.58%) Grafana
5 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.29%) Ansible
6 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 116 (16.91%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.45%) Oracle
3 52 (7.58%) SAP
4 49 (7.14%) Databricks
5 44 (6.41%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.77%) Informatica
7 15 (2.19%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.60%) Google
9 10 (1.46%) Bloomberg
10 9 (1.31%) ESRI
11 8 (1.17%) Kofax
11 8 (1.17%) Lotus
12 7 (1.02%) Foundry
12 7 (1.02%) Palantir
12 7 (1.02%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (1.02%) Siemens
13 6 (0.87%) Adobe
13 6 (0.87%) Autodesk
13 6 (0.87%) Sitecore
14 5 (0.73%) GoldenSource