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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 109 171
Rank change year-on-year +16 +62 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Management 667 747 705
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.75% 2.03% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 2.37% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 454 427
10th Percentile £320 £350 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £725 £675 £675
90th Percentile £875 £775 £768
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 58 20
10th Percentile £22.10 £15.62 £20.81
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.25 £29.02
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +7.24% +6.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £77.00 £60.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £30.56 £40.00 £37.30
% change year-on-year -23.59% +7.24% +6.57%

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 22,122 31,544 42,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.81% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,378 20,598 30,002
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 964 2,306 1,516
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £16.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +21 366 £650 +18.18% 586
North of England +14 89 £500 - 159
North West +2 61 £508 +1.50% 98
Midlands +1 55 £538 -8.51% 91
East of England +32 50 £550 +10.00% 36
South East +43 49 £500 -1.57% 147
West Midlands -10 36 £513 -20.16% 62
Yorkshire +20 28 £450 -12.20% 50
South West -14 27 £510 -3.77% 51
East Midlands +20 18 £575 +4.55% 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 39 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 34 (5.10%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (4.95%) Apache
4 25 (3.75%) Confluence
5 11 (1.65%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.20%) IBM Domino
7 5 (0.75%) Moodle
8 4 (0.60%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.45%) CMS
9 3 (0.45%) SAS
10 2 (0.30%) Appian
10 2 (0.30%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.15%) DataSynapse
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 74 (11.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.60%) Siemens NX
7 2 (0.30%) CATIA
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.30%) Revit
7 2 (0.30%) Simulink
8 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.15%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (2.70%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.90%) SAP MDG
4 6 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.60%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.45%) iTrent
6 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.45%) SAP GTS
6 3 (0.45%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.30%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP MDG-S
7 2 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.15%) Primavera
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.15%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 93 (13.94%) Azure
2 88 (13.19%) Power Platform
3 87 (13.04%) AWS
4 40 (6.00%) GCP
5 36 (5.40%) Snowflake
6 22 (3.30%) dbt
7 18 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.55%) SaaS
9 16 (2.40%) GitHub
10 15 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (1.95%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.80%) OCI
13 11 (1.65%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.65%) Collibra
13 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.65%) PowerApps
14 9 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.10%) Firewall
2 10 (1.50%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.90%) Network Security
4 4 (0.60%) 5G
5 3 (0.45%) DNS
5 3 (0.45%) LAN
5 3 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.45%) SAN
5 3 (0.45%) WLAN
6 2 (0.30%) FTP
6 2 (0.30%) HTTP
6 2 (0.30%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.15%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (14.24%) Data Lake
2 81 (12.14%) Power BI
3 74 (11.09%) Data Warehouse
4 57 (8.55%) Metadata
5 44 (6.60%) Tableau
6 34 (5.10%) SQL Server
7 23 (3.45%) Big Data
8 19 (2.85%) Relational Database
9 17 (2.55%) Amazon Athena
9 17 (2.55%) NoSQL
10 16 (2.40%) Apache Arrow
10 16 (2.40%) Apache Iceberg
10 16 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (2.40%) BigQuery
10 16 (2.40%) Dremio
10 16 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (2.25%) Hadoop
11 15 (2.25%) Power Query
12 13 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (3.60%) Git
2 22 (3.30%) JIRA
3 18 (2.70%) ERwin
4 14 (2.10%) Postman
5 13 (1.95%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.75%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.45%) GitLab
7 3 (0.45%) Plastic SCM
8 2 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.30%) GDB
8 2 (0.30%) Gradle
8 2 (0.30%) JUnit
8 2 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.30%) Vite
8 2 (0.30%) webpack
9 1 (0.15%) Ant
9 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.15%) JMeter
9 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 245 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 232 (34.78%) Finance
3 138 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (11.54%) Front Office
5 56 (8.40%) Banking
6 35 (5.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 35 (5.25%) Public Sector
7 31 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (3.60%) Investment Banking
9 21 (3.15%) Marketing
9 21 (3.15%) Retail
10 16 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.40%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.95%) Legal
12 13 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.80%) Local Government
14 11 (1.65%) Back Office
15 10 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.35%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 111 (16.64%) Analyst
2 69 (10.34%) Lead
3 68 (10.19%) Architect
4 62 (9.30%) Developer
5 61 (9.15%) Data Analyst
6 49 (7.35%) Data Engineer
7 46 (6.90%) Senior
8 38 (5.70%) Data Architect
9 37 (5.55%) Head of Finance
10 34 (5.10%) Business Analyst
10 34 (5.10%) Consultant
11 24 (3.60%) Project Manager
12 22 (3.30%) Data Manager
12 22 (3.30%) Software Engineer
13 19 (2.85%) Snowflake Engineer
14 17 (2.55%) Data Modeller
14 17 (2.55%) Head of Data Management
14 17 (2.55%) Software Developer
15 16 (2.40%) Data Consultant
15 16 (2.40%) Snowflake Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.60%) PySpark
2 19 (2.85%) Kafka
3 16 (2.40%) RESTful
4 14 (2.10%) Web Services
5 13 (1.95%) HTML
6 12 (1.80%) React
7 11 (1.65%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.50%) REST
9 9 (1.35%) CSS
9 9 (1.35%) XML
10 8 (1.20%) JSON
11 7 (1.05%) .NET
11 7 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
11 7 (1.05%) Middleware
12 6 (0.90%) SOAP
13 5 (0.75%) .NET Framework
13 5 (0.75%) ADO
13 5 (0.75%) Behat
13 5 (0.75%) Pandas
14 4 (0.60%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 80 (11.99%) Derivative
1 80 (11.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 78 (11.69%) Equities
3 77 (11.54%) Fixed Income
4 76 (11.39%) Hedge funds
5 54 (8.10%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.90%) Data Structures
7 25 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (3.00%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.80%) Reference Data
11 10 (1.50%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.20%) Life Science
14 6 (0.90%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.90%) CMDB
14 6 (0.90%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.85%) Windows
2 13 (1.95%) Linux
3 11 (1.65%) Unix
4 3 (0.45%) AIX
4 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.45%) Solaris
4 3 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.30%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (32.98%) Data Governance
2 175 (26.24%) Agile
3 169 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
4 162 (24.29%) Migration
5 131 (19.64%) Analytics
6 120 (17.99%) Business Intelligence
7 112 (16.79%) Data Modelling
8 98 (14.69%) Roadmaps
9 91 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
10 90 (13.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 84 (12.59%) ETL
12 78 (11.69%) Project Management
13 75 (11.24%) Data Migration
14 74 (11.09%) Data Integration
15 69 (10.34%) Visualisation
16 68 (10.19%) Data Analysis
16 68 (10.19%) Data Architecture
17 67 (10.04%) Investment Management
18 65 (9.75%) Decision-Making
19 59 (8.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 174 (26.09%) SQL
2 126 (18.89%) Python
3 33 (4.95%) Java
4 25 (3.75%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.55%) T-SQL
6 16 (2.40%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.95%) C#
8 12 (1.80%) VBA
9 10 (1.50%) Bash
9 10 (1.50%) R
10 6 (0.90%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.90%) Scala
10 6 (0.90%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.90%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.75%) ABAP
11 5 (0.75%) Perl
11 5 (0.75%) PHP
12 4 (0.60%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.60%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 84 (12.59%) Degree
2 73 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 48 (7.20%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (2.25%) PMP
7 10 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.35%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.60%) CIPD
11 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.30%) CBAP
12 2 (0.30%) ISEB
12 2 (0.30%) OCP
12 2 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (17.99%) Data Quality
2 52 (7.80%) GDPR
3 25 (3.75%) MiFID
4 23 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.55%) QA
6 11 (1.65%) HIPAA
7 10 (1.50%) PMO
8 9 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.90%) SLA
10 4 (0.60%) GxP
10 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.45%) WCAG
12 2 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
12 2 (0.30%) EMIR
12 2 (0.30%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.15%) Basel III
13 1 (0.15%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (1.80%) Docker
2 10 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.20%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.45%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) NFS
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (3.00%) Terraform
2 12 (1.80%) Ansible
3 11 (1.65%) Puppet
4 7 (1.05%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (0.75%) SCCM
7 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.45%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.45%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.15%) Podman
8 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.30%) SAP
3 59 (8.85%) Oracle
4 30 (4.50%) Informatica
5 29 (4.35%) Google
6 23 (3.45%) Databricks
6 23 (3.45%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.40%) ServiceNow
8 14 (2.10%) VMware
9 11 (1.65%) Ariba
9 11 (1.65%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.20%) Sparx
11 7 (1.05%) Workday
12 6 (0.90%) IBM
13 5 (0.75%) Siemens
14 4 (0.60%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.60%) Kronos
14 4 (0.60%) Nokia
14 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.60%) Sybase