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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 121 115
Rank change year-on-year -41 -6 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Management 755 639 705
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 2.34% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 2.57% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 375 420
10th Percentile £326 £309 £340
25th Percentile £413 £406 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £644 £688
90th Percentile £749 £804 £794
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 33 55
10th Percentile £16.01 £19.45 £16.87
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.00 £23.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £30.81 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.85% -27.52% +28.79%
75th Percentile £50.00 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £77.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -17.50% +21.21%

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 38,365 24,818 30,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 90.70% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 15,915 19,627
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,375 1,336 1,933
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.23 £13.60
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%
75th Percentile £69.63 £52.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -6.98%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -38 360 £525 -4.98% 191
South East -11 112 £463 +12.12% 81
Midlands -17 106 £513 +5.13% 44
West Midlands -22 82 £513 +2.50% 22
North of England -79 74 £425 -10.53% 81
South West -21 56 £525 +0.96% 37
North West -58 37 £550 +10.00% 49
Yorkshire -48 35 £400 -11.11% 24
East of England -29 26 £625 +111.15% 27
East Midlands -9 23 £525 +10.53% 22
North East -34 3 £425 -10.53% 8
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 40 (5.30%) Confluence
2 36 (4.77%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.72%) CMS
5 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.32%) SAS
7 9 (1.19%) ArcGIS
7 9 (1.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.93%) WordPress
10 6 (0.79%) Apache
11 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.26%) HCL Notes
13 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
13 1 (0.13%) Mule
13 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 60 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.40%) Navisworks
6 3 (0.40%) Revit
7 2 (0.26%) Windchill
8 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.13%) CATIA
8 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 31 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.52%) Teamcenter
3 13 (1.72%) Aladdin
4 8 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.93%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.66%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.53%) iTrent
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.53%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.53%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
9 3 (0.40%) Maximo
9 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.40%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
10 2 (0.26%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 149 (19.74%) Azure
2 112 (14.83%) Power Platform
3 64 (8.48%) AWS
4 37 (4.90%) SaaS
5 33 (4.37%) PowerApps
6 29 (3.84%) Azure Data Factory
7 28 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (3.44%) GCP
9 25 (3.31%) Collibra
10 23 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
12 20 (2.65%) Entra ID
13 19 (2.52%) Snowflake
14 18 (2.38%) Power Automate
15 16 (2.12%) PaaS
16 15 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (1.59%) OneDrive
17 12 (1.59%) Serverless
18 10 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.46%) LAN
1 11 (1.46%) WAN
2 10 (1.32%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (0.93%) PSTN
4 4 (0.53%) Network Security
5 3 (0.40%) Firewall
5 3 (0.40%) Intranet
5 3 (0.40%) SMS
6 2 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.26%) FTP
6 2 (0.26%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) 5G
7 1 (0.13%) DWDM
7 1 (0.13%) HTTP
7 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.13%) SDH
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (13.11%) Metadata
2 82 (10.86%) Power BI
3 51 (6.75%) Data Lake
3 51 (6.75%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (4.90%) SQL Server
5 22 (2.91%) Tableau
6 20 (2.65%) GIS
7 17 (2.25%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.59%) Delta Lake
10 11 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (1.46%) MySQL
11 10 (1.32%) Big Data
11 10 (1.32%) Data Mining
11 10 (1.32%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.19%) Spatial Data
13 8 (1.06%) Oracle Database
13 8 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 60 (7.95%) JIRA
2 18 (2.38%) Git
3 15 (1.99%) ERwin
4 10 (1.32%) Selenium
4 10 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.93%) ER Studio
5 7 (0.93%) GitLab
5 7 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.79%) Postman
7 5 (0.66%) JMeter
7 5 (0.66%) JUnit
7 5 (0.66%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.53%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.40%) MLflow
10 2 (0.26%) Gradle
10 2 (0.26%) Maven
10 2 (0.26%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 239 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 207 (27.42%) Finance
3 154 (20.40%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 50 (6.62%) Banking
6 38 (5.03%) Marketing
7 34 (4.50%) Manufacturing
8 29 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.31%) Aerospace
9 25 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.78%) Retail
11 20 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (2.38%) Legal
13 14 (1.85%) Front Office
13 14 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.72%) Local Government
15 11 (1.46%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.32%) Billing
17 8 (1.06%) Investment Banking
17 8 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 120 (15.89%) Analyst
2 104 (13.77%) Architect
3 81 (10.73%) Lead
4 75 (9.93%) Senior
5 67 (8.87%) Data Architect
6 61 (8.08%) Data Analyst
7 50 (6.62%) Business Analyst
8 49 (6.49%) Data Engineer
9 46 (6.09%) Developer
10 44 (5.83%) Consultant
11 39 (5.17%) Administrator
12 32 (4.24%) Data Manager
13 26 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (2.91%) Data Management Specialist
15 19 (2.52%) Project Manager
16 18 (2.38%) Data Business Analyst
17 16 (2.12%) Data Administrator
17 16 (2.12%) Senior Developer
17 16 (2.12%) Senior Manager
18 14 (1.85%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.78%) REST
2 18 (2.38%) JSON
3 15 (1.99%) XML
4 14 (1.85%) Middleware
4 14 (1.85%) RESTful
5 12 (1.59%) .NET
5 12 (1.59%) Kafka
6 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
6 10 (1.32%) PySpark
7 7 (0.93%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.66%) JDO
9 5 (0.66%) LDAP
9 5 (0.66%) OAuth
9 5 (0.66%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.66%) SOAP
9 5 (0.66%) Web Services
10 4 (0.53%) HTML
10 4 (0.53%) SAML
10 4 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.08%) Management Information System
2 41 (5.43%) Data Structures
3 35 (4.64%) Reference Data
4 34 (4.50%) Onboarding
5 33 (4.37%) Cloud Native
6 26 (3.44%) Product Ownership
7 23 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.99%) FMCG
12 13 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.59%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.59%) Life Science
14 9 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (1.06%) IoT
16 7 (0.93%) CMDB
16 7 (0.93%) Equities
16 7 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.99%) Windows
2 10 (1.32%) Linux
3 1 (0.13%) Unix
3 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (31.13%) Data Governance
2 188 (24.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 175 (23.18%) Agile
3 175 (23.18%) Migration
4 154 (20.40%) Data Modelling
5 151 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 139 (18.41%) Analytics
6 139 (18.41%) Validation
7 115 (15.23%) AI
8 102 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 102 (13.51%) Data Architecture
9 99 (13.11%) Business Intelligence
10 97 (12.85%) Decision-Making
10 97 (12.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 93 (12.32%) ETL
12 90 (11.92%) Data Migration
13 79 (10.46%) Roadmaps
14 76 (10.07%) DevOps
15 73 (9.67%) Data Analysis
16 68 (9.01%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 149 (19.74%) SQL
2 80 (10.60%) Python
3 28 (3.71%) Java
4 25 (3.31%) C#
5 18 (2.38%) C
6 16 (2.12%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.59%) X++
8 10 (1.32%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.32%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.93%) Bicep
9 7 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.93%) VBA
10 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.53%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.40%) Scala
12 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.26%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) R
14 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 128 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 95 (12.58%) SC Cleared
3 71 (9.40%) Degree
4 26 (3.44%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.19%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.93%) OCP
9 7 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (0.79%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.40%) PMP
14 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 1 (0.13%) BC Cleared
15 1 (0.13%) NVQ Level 3
15 1 (0.13%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (33.25%) Data Quality
2 74 (9.80%) GDPR
3 63 (8.34%) QA
4 21 (2.78%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.59%) PMO
6 6 (0.79%) NCSC
7 5 (0.66%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.53%) BS7666
8 4 (0.53%) COREP
8 4 (0.53%) FINREP
8 4 (0.53%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.40%) PERC
9 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.26%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.26%) EMIR
10 2 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.06%) Docker
3 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (1.99%) Terraform
2 11 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.53%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.40%) Grafana
5 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.26%) Ansible
7 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.13%) CASB
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.67%) SAP
3 66 (8.74%) Databricks
4 56 (7.42%) Oracle
5 48 (6.36%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.84%) Informatica
7 23 (3.05%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.72%) Bloomberg
9 11 (1.46%) Charles River
10 10 (1.32%) ESRI
11 9 (1.19%) Foundry
11 9 (1.19%) Google
11 9 (1.19%) Palantir
11 9 (1.19%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (1.19%) Workday
12 8 (1.06%) Concur
12 8 (1.06%) Talend
13 7 (0.93%) Adobe
13 7 (0.93%) Sitecore
14 6 (0.79%) Refinitiv