Data Management Contract Job Trends in Kent

Data Management
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Data Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 17 28
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Management 1 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.79% 3.08% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 4.32% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £189 £189 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £193 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -65.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £196 £196 £600
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £425 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -19.05% -12.50% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 139 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 82.68% 71.28% 75.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 64 130
10th Percentile £181 £155 £205
25th Percentile £256 £205 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £470 £488
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% -3.59% +2.63%
75th Percentile £516 £586 £548
90th Percentile £624 £634 £631
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 8
10th Percentile £17.98 - £52.28
25th Percentile - £15.00 £53.44
Median hourly rate £20.40 £19.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -65.33% +51.49%
75th Percentile - £53.25 £79.05
90th Percentile - £54.32 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.85% +9.24% +64.53%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in Kent

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Management

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Management

Data Management
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Maidstone -3 1 £193 -
Data Management
South East

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft