Data Management Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

Data Management Specialist
England > London

The median Data Management Specialist daily rate in London is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 346 -
Rank change year-on-year -75 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Management Specialist 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.011% 0.016% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.017% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £583 - -
25th Percentile £594 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - -
75th Percentile £631 - -
90th Percentile £643 - -
England median daily rate £613 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 17,373 11,436 16,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.54% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,474 7,725 11,851
10th Percentile £356 £349 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 163 327
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.87 £24.42 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.25 £46.68
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.65 £67.40
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.33 £39.50
% change year-on-year +55.32% -25.75% -12.22%

Data Management Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Management Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Management Specialist job vacancy trend in London

Data Management Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Management Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Management Specialist job vacancies in London

Data Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Data Management Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Data Management Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Collibra
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements

Data Management Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Collibra
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
Data Management Specialist jobs