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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 97 105
Rank change year-on-year -65 +8 +69
Contract jobs citing Data Management 695 655 763
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.65% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.90% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 406 457
10th Percentile £327 £315 £342
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 £734 £875 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 32 58
10th Percentile £14.63 £22.05 £15.62
25th Percentile £19.02 £25.11 £21.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £30.56 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.79% -23.59% +17.63%
75th Percentile £49.38 £66.88 £45.00
90th Percentile £56.15 £77.25 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.75 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.36% -17.50% +17.63%

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 36,463 22,562 32,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.37% 85.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,069 14,583 20,746
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,280 1,047 2,378
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.81 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% -27.15% +7.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year +64.34% -28.05% +6.23%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -41 354 £500 -18.70% 101
South East -14 99 £450 -10.00% 64
Midlands -32 83 £513 -4.65% 45
West Midlands -36 65 £513 - 26
North of England -103 59 £450 -10.00% 32
South West -1 54 £525 +0.96% 43
North West -69 32 £500 -4.76% 21
East of England -49 25 £505 +1.00% 29
Yorkshire -58 25 £400 -15.79% 11
East Midlands -23 17 £525 -8.70% 20
North East -31 3 £425 -19.05%
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 41 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.17%) Confluence
3 12 (1.73%) CMS
3 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.29%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.29%) SAS
6 7 (1.01%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.86%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.86%) Mendix
7 6 (0.86%) WordPress
8 5 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.58%) Apache
10 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
Applications
1 63 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.87%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.43%) Navisworks
7 3 (0.43%) Revit
7 3 (0.43%) Windchill
8 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.14%) CATIA
8 1 (0.14%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
1 24 (3.45%) Teamcenter
2 7 (1.01%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.58%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.58%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.58%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.43%) Maximo
4 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.29%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.14%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.14%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 120 (17.27%) Azure
2 114 (16.40%) Power Platform
3 56 (8.06%) AWS
4 33 (4.75%) PowerApps
5 31 (4.46%) SaaS
6 26 (3.74%) GCP
7 25 (3.60%) Collibra
7 25 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (2.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 18 (2.59%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.59%) Snowflake
11 16 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 16 (2.30%) Serverless
12 12 (1.73%) Entra ID
12 12 (1.73%) OneDrive
13 10 (1.44%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.58%) LAN
1 11 (1.58%) WAN
2 10 (1.44%) Unified Communications
2 10 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (1.01%) PSTN
4 4 (0.58%) SMS
5 3 (0.43%) Intranet
5 3 (0.43%) Network Security
6 2 (0.29%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (0.29%) Firewall
7 1 (0.14%) 2G
7 1 (0.14%) 3G
7 1 (0.14%) 4G
7 1 (0.14%) 5G
7 1 (0.14%) DWDM
7 1 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.14%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (0.14%) SS7
7 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (13.09%) Power BI
2 84 (12.09%) Metadata
3 55 (7.91%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (6.19%) Data Lake
5 38 (5.47%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.74%) Tableau
7 20 (2.88%) GIS
8 15 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.87%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.87%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.58%) MySQL
10 11 (1.58%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.44%) Data Mining
12 9 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.29%) Spatial Data
13 8 (1.15%) Metadata Repository
13 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (1.01%) Delta Lake
14 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (6.62%) JIRA
2 17 (2.45%) Git
3 11 (1.58%) ERwin
4 9 (1.29%) GitLab
4 9 (1.29%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.29%) Selenium
5 6 (0.86%) Postman
5 6 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.72%) JUnit
6 5 (0.72%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.58%) JMeter
8 3 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.43%) Toad
8 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.29%) Gradle
9 2 (0.29%) Maven
9 2 (0.29%) MLflow
9 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 222 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 194 (27.91%) Finance
3 134 (19.28%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (8.92%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.47%) Banking
6 32 (4.60%) Marketing
7 28 (4.03%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.88%) Aerospace
9 25 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.59%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.16%) Retail
13 14 (2.01%) Legal
13 14 (2.01%) Local Government
14 11 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.44%) Aviation
15 10 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.15%) Front Office
16 8 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 7 (1.01%) Military
Job Titles
1 127 (18.27%) Analyst
2 91 (13.09%) Architect
3 72 (10.36%) Senior
4 70 (10.07%) Lead
5 62 (8.92%) Data Analyst
5 62 (8.92%) Data Architect
6 50 (7.19%) Business Analyst
7 42 (6.04%) Data Engineer
8 40 (5.76%) Developer
9 39 (5.61%) Consultant
10 35 (5.04%) Administrator
11 33 (4.75%) Data Manager
12 23 (3.31%) Data Management Specialist
13 18 (2.59%) Project Manager
13 18 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.30%) Data Business Analyst
16 15 (2.16%) Data Administrator
17 14 (2.01%) Configuration Specialist
17 14 (2.01%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.30%) REST
2 15 (2.16%) JSON
3 14 (2.01%) XML
4 10 (1.44%) .NET
4 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Graph
4 10 (1.44%) Middleware
5 9 (1.29%) Kafka
6 8 (1.15%) RESTful
7 7 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.01%) PySpark
8 6 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
8 6 (0.86%) React
8 6 (0.86%) Web Services
8 6 (0.86%) YAML
9 5 (0.72%) JDO
10 4 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (0.58%) HTML
10 4 (0.58%) pytest
11 3 (0.43%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.93%) Management Information System
2 36 (5.18%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 23 (3.31%) Reference Data
5 22 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 22 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.59%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.58%) FMCG
9 11 (1.58%) Life Science
10 8 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.15%) IoT
11 7 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.01%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.86%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.86%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.58%) Windows
2 4 (0.58%) Linux
3 1 (0.14%) Unix
3 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (28.20%) Data Governance
2 178 (25.61%) Migration
3 161 (23.17%) Agile
4 156 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 146 (21.01%) Data Modelling
6 145 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (18.56%) Analytics
8 101 (14.53%) Business Intelligence
9 100 (14.39%) Validation
10 97 (13.96%) AI
11 91 (13.09%) Decision-Making
11 91 (13.09%) ETL
12 84 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (12.09%) Data Migration
13 83 (11.94%) Data Architecture
14 80 (11.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 73 (10.50%) DevOps
16 72 (10.36%) Data Analysis
17 63 (9.06%) Roadmaps
18 56 (8.06%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 143 (20.58%) SQL
2 78 (11.22%) Python
3 23 (3.31%) Java
4 18 (2.59%) C#
5 16 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.87%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.58%) C
8 10 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (1.15%) X++
10 6 (0.86%) Bicep
10 6 (0.86%) Formula Language
10 6 (0.86%) LotusScript
10 6 (0.86%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.86%) VBA
11 3 (0.43%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.43%) Scala
11 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.29%) C++
13 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 120 (17.27%) Security Cleared
2 98 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 84 (12.09%) Degree
4 21 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.15%) CBAP
8 8 (1.15%) IIBA
9 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.72%) PMI 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 (0.43%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (29.35%) Data Quality
2 65 (9.35%) GDPR
3 55 (7.91%) QA
4 16 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.15%) PMO
6 6 (0.86%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.72%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.58%) BS7666
8 4 (0.58%) COREP
8 4 (0.58%) FINREP
8 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.43%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.29%) DICOM
10 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.29%) HL7
10 2 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (0.58%) Docker
2 3 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.58%) Kubernetes
1 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (1.58%) Terraform
2 7 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (0.58%) Grafana
4 3 (0.43%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 115 (16.55%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.20%) SAP
3 56 (8.06%) Oracle
4 50 (7.19%) Databricks
5 44 (6.33%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.88%) Informatica
7 15 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.73%) Google
9 11 (1.58%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.44%) ESRI
11 7 (1.01%) Foundry
11 7 (1.01%) Palantir
11 7 (1.01%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 6 (0.86%) Autodesk
12 6 (0.86%) Charles River
12 6 (0.86%) Kofax
12 6 (0.86%) Lotus
12 6 (0.86%) Siemens
12 6 (0.86%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.86%) Talend