Data Management Contracts in England

Data Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 112 164
Rank change year-on-year 0 +52 +11
Contract jobs citing Data Management 645 757 733
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.43% 2.03% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 2.38% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 455 456
10th Percentile £313 £346 £323
25th Percentile £406 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £850 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 59 26
10th Percentile £20.20 £17.79 £21.13
25th Percentile £25.08 £21.87 £30.13
Median hourly rate £30.81 £40.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +17.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £72.50 £51.25 £54.67
90th Percentile £79.60 £60.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £40.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -17.50% +17.65% -2.86%

All Process and 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 24,147 31,870 43,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.93% 85.64% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,520 20,680 30,282
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,216 2,288 1,563
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -3.62% +54.01%
75th Percentile £54.81 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £72.73 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £38.18
% change year-on-year -32.93% -1.77% +46.83%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in England

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 2025. 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 0 340 £600 +6.67% 1,498
North of England +12 89 £475 -5.00% 306
Midlands +4 57 £525 -10.26% 236
South East +36 56 £425 -18.66% 302
North West +3 54 £500 - 172
East of England +29 42 £318 -36.36% 154
West Midlands -15 38 £475 -22.05% 146
Yorkshire +23 35 £450 -2.70% 108
South West -14 28 £456 -13.51% 165
East Midlands +12 18 £575 +4.55% 88
North East - 1 £525 - 27
Data Management
UK

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 35 (5.43%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (5.12%) Apache
4 23 (3.57%) Confluence
5 14 (2.17%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.24%) IBM Domino
7 5 (0.78%) Moodle
8 4 (0.62%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.47%) SAS
10 2 (0.31%) Appian
10 2 (0.31%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.31%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) DataSynapse
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 72 (11.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.62%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.62%) Windchill
6 2 (0.31%) CATIA
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.31%) Simulink
7 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.16%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.16%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.16%) Revit
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.16%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 19 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (2.79%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.09%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.62%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.47%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.31%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.31%) iTrent
8 2 (0.31%) Maximo
8 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.31%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.31%) SAP MDG-S
8 2 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 99 (15.35%) Azure
2 92 (14.26%) Power Platform
3 87 (13.49%) AWS
4 40 (6.20%) GCP
5 34 (5.27%) Snowflake
6 22 (3.41%) dbt
7 19 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.48%) GitHub
8 16 (2.48%) SaaS
9 14 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (2.17%) PowerApps
10 13 (2.02%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.86%) Collibra
11 12 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (1.71%) OCI
13 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (1.09%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.64%) Firewall
2 12 (1.86%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.93%) Network Security
4 4 (0.62%) 5G
5 3 (0.47%) DNS
5 3 (0.47%) HTTP
5 3 (0.47%) LAN
5 3 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.47%) SAN
5 3 (0.47%) WLAN
6 2 (0.31%) FTP
6 2 (0.31%) Internet
7 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.16%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (13.33%) Power BI
2 67 (10.39%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (9.46%) Data Lake
4 53 (8.22%) Metadata
5 43 (6.67%) Tableau
6 39 (6.05%) SQL Server
7 24 (3.72%) Big Data
8 17 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (2.48%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (2.48%) Apache Arrow
9 16 (2.48%) Apache Iceberg
9 16 (2.48%) Dremio
10 15 (2.33%) Hadoop
10 15 (2.33%) NoSQL
10 15 (2.33%) Power Query
10 15 (2.33%) Relational Database
11 14 (2.17%) BigQuery
11 14 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (1.71%) GIS
12 11 (1.71%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (4.19%) Git
2 18 (2.79%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.79%) JIRA
3 17 (2.64%) Postman
4 15 (2.33%) ERwin
5 5 (0.78%) PHPUnit
6 3 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.47%) GitLab
6 3 (0.47%) Plastic SCM
6 3 (0.47%) Vite
6 3 (0.47%) webpack
7 2 (0.31%) Appium
7 2 (0.31%) GDB
7 2 (0.31%) Gradle
7 2 (0.31%) JUnit
7 2 (0.31%) NUnit
7 2 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.31%) Selenium
7 2 (0.31%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 240 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 219 (33.95%) Finance
3 151 (23.41%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.77%) Banking
5 45 (6.98%) Front Office
6 37 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (5.27%) Public Sector
8 33 (5.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 25 (3.88%) Investment Banking
10 24 (3.72%) Retail
11 19 (2.95%) Marketing
12 17 (2.64%) Local Government
13 16 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.33%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.86%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.71%) Back Office
17 9 (1.40%) Legal
18 8 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
19 7 (1.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 113 (17.52%) Analyst
2 68 (10.54%) Developer
3 65 (10.08%) Architect
3 65 (10.08%) Data Analyst
4 57 (8.84%) Lead
5 52 (8.06%) Senior
6 48 (7.44%) Data Engineer
7 34 (5.27%) Consultant
7 34 (5.27%) Data Architect
8 29 (4.50%) Business Analyst
9 21 (3.26%) Data Manager
9 21 (3.26%) Project Manager
9 21 (3.26%) Software Engineer
10 19 (2.95%) Snowflake Engineer
11 17 (2.64%) Software Developer
12 16 (2.48%) AWS Developer
12 16 (2.48%) AWS Engineer
12 16 (2.48%) AWS Software Engineer
12 16 (2.48%) Data Consultant
12 16 (2.48%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.72%) PySpark
2 19 (2.95%) Kafka
3 16 (2.48%) RESTful
4 15 (2.33%) HTML
5 13 (2.02%) React
6 12 (1.86%) CSS
6 12 (1.86%) Web Services
7 10 (1.55%) .NET
7 10 (1.55%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.40%) REST
9 8 (1.24%) JSON
9 8 (1.24%) Middleware
9 8 (1.24%) XML
10 6 (0.93%) .NET Framework
10 6 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
11 5 (0.78%) Behat
11 5 (0.78%) Pandas
11 5 (0.78%) SOAP
12 4 (0.62%) ADO
12 4 (0.62%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.22%) Management Information System
2 46 (7.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 44 (6.82%) Derivative
4 43 (6.67%) Equities
4 43 (6.67%) Fixed Income
5 42 (6.51%) Hedge funds
6 28 (4.34%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (3.72%) Data Structures
8 20 (3.10%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.79%) Reference Data
9 18 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (2.33%) Product Ownership
11 14 (2.17%) Cloud Native
11 14 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.40%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.24%) Life Science
14 7 (1.09%) Data Centre
15 5 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.72%) Windows
2 17 (2.64%) Linux
3 12 (1.86%) Unix
4 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.62%) Android
5 4 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.47%) AIX
6 3 (0.47%) Solaris
6 3 (0.47%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (29.15%) Data Governance
2 180 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (23.26%) Agile
4 128 (19.84%) Analytics
5 122 (18.91%) Migration
6 121 (18.76%) Business Intelligence
7 108 (16.74%) Data Modelling
8 85 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 80 (12.40%) ETL
10 76 (11.78%) Data Integration
11 71 (11.01%) Project Management
11 71 (11.01%) Visualisation
12 68 (10.54%) Data Migration
12 68 (10.54%) Roadmaps
13 67 (10.39%) Data Analysis
13 67 (10.39%) Decision-Making
14 62 (9.61%) DevOps
15 60 (9.30%) Data Architecture
15 60 (9.30%) Validation
16 54 (8.37%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 178 (27.60%) SQL
2 137 (21.24%) Python
3 32 (4.96%) JavaScript
4 31 (4.81%) Java
5 20 (3.10%) C#
6 18 (2.79%) T-SQL
7 17 (2.64%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.71%) Bash
8 11 (1.71%) R
8 11 (1.71%) VBA
9 7 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.93%) Perl
10 6 (0.93%) Scala
10 6 (0.93%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.78%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.78%) PHP
12 4 (0.62%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.47%) Bicep
13 3 (0.47%) C++
Qualifications
1 83 (12.87%) Degree
2 71 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 49 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (2.17%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.71%) PMP
8 10 (1.55%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.40%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.93%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.62%) CIPD
12 3 (0.47%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.47%) CCAB
12 3 (0.47%) MCSE
12 3 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.31%) OCP
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (18.91%) Data Quality
2 51 (7.91%) GDPR
3 27 (4.19%) Accessibility
4 21 (3.26%) QA
5 13 (2.02%) MiFID
6 11 (1.71%) PMO
7 10 (1.55%) HIPAA
8 9 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.93%) SLA
10 4 (0.62%) GxP
10 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.62%) WCAG
11 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
12 2 (0.31%) EMIR
12 2 (0.31%) GRC
13 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.16%) Basel III
13 1 (0.16%) IFRS
13 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (2.02%) Docker
3 7 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.78%) Firmware
5 4 (0.62%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) NFS
6 1 (0.16%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (2.64%) Ansible
1 17 (2.64%) Terraform
2 14 (2.17%) Puppet
3 11 (1.71%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.78%) SCCM
6 4 (0.62%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.47%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.16%) Podman
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.16%) TADDM
8 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 124 (19.22%) Microsoft
2 61 (9.46%) Oracle
3 58 (8.99%) SAP
4 32 (4.96%) Google
5 31 (4.81%) Informatica
6 23 (3.57%) Databricks
7 21 (3.26%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.79%) VMware
9 16 (2.48%) ServiceNow
10 13 (2.02%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.55%) Ariba
12 8 (1.24%) IBM
13 7 (1.09%) Sparx
14 5 (0.78%) Kronos
14 5 (0.78%) Siemens
14 5 (0.78%) Workday
15 4 (0.62%) Nokia
15 4 (0.62%) Palantir
15 4 (0.62%) Sybase
15 4 (0.62%) Veeam