Data Manager Contracts in Kent

Data Manager
South East > Kent

The median Data Manager daily rate in Kent is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 28 30
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Data Manager 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.95% 0.50% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.53% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile - £538 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile - £563 £625
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £700 £500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% -2.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Kent with a recognized job title 95 187 214
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.57% 97.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 118 175
10th Percentile £180 £203 £129
25th Percentile £205 £211 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £388 £350
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +10.71% -17.65%
75th Percentile £529 £523 £491
90th Percentile £668 £575 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 7
10th Percentile £16.19 £11.45 £37.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.50 £42.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £55.20 £56.24
Median % change year-on-year -60.15% -1.84% +69.79%
75th Percentile £80.10 £78.58 £57.12
90th Percentile £88.58 £82.43 £61.35
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured Data Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in Kent

Data Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Manager in Kent.

Daily rate trend for Data Manager in Kent

Data Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Manager in Kent.

Hourly rate trend for Data Manager in Kent

Data Manager
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 Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 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
Dartford +1 1 £500 -9.09% 1
Data Manager
South East

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Kent region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata

Data Manager Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR