Data Management Contract Job Trends in London

Data Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 106 108
Rank change year-on-year -56 +2 +36
Contract jobs citing Data Management 369 349 386
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.82% 2.59% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 2.80% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 202 243
10th Percentile £305 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £659 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £804
England median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.75% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 8
10th Percentile £19.00 - £21.40
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.00 £24.55
Median hourly rate £33.55 £22.73 £35.17
Median % change year-on-year +47.61% -35.39% -14.30%
75th Percentile £41.11 £25.00 £75.94
90th Percentile £41.87 £25.68 £97.50
England median hourly rate £34.20 £31.66 £39.84
% change year-on-year +8.02% -20.53% +20.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,987 12,459 14,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.61% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 8,238 9,752
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 256 181
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.00 £48.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in London

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in London over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in London

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in London over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in London

Data Management
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Central London -33 49 £525 -4.64% 76
West London -13 11 £275 -34.52% 16
East London +4 4 £503 -25.56% 12
South London -10 2 - - 7
North London 0 1 £550 -
Data Management
England

Data Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.25%) Confluence
3 10 (2.71%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.71%) CMS
4 7 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.90%) WordPress
5 5 (1.36%) Apache
6 3 (0.81%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.54%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.54%) Mule
8 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.27%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 35 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (3.79%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.36%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.08%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.54%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.27%) Endur
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.27%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.27%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.27%) Summit
8 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 73 (19.78%) Azure
2 55 (14.91%) Power Platform
3 36 (9.76%) AWS
4 31 (8.40%) Collibra
5 19 (5.15%) PowerApps
6 18 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (4.61%) GCP
8 15 (4.07%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.07%) Snowflake
9 14 (3.79%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.25%) Alation
11 11 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (2.17%) Azure Databricks
14 7 (1.90%) dbt
14 7 (1.90%) GitHub
14 7 (1.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.63%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.08%) SMS
2 2 (0.54%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.27%) Firewall
3 1 (0.27%) Network Security
3 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (19.24%) Metadata
2 41 (11.11%) Power BI
3 25 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (5.96%) Data Lake
4 22 (5.96%) Tableau
5 19 (5.15%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.71%) Delta Lake
6 10 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (2.44%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.17%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.63%) Ataccama
11 5 (1.36%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.36%) Power Query
12 4 (1.08%) GIS
12 4 (1.08%) Looker
12 4 (1.08%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.81%) Data Vault
13 3 (0.81%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 28 (7.59%) JIRA
2 11 (2.98%) Selenium
2 11 (2.98%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.71%) ERwin
4 8 (2.17%) Git
5 7 (1.90%) ER Studio
5 7 (1.90%) JMeter
6 4 (1.08%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.08%) Postman
7 3 (0.81%) MLflow
7 3 (0.81%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.54%) eggPlant
8 2 (0.54%) Gradle
8 2 (0.54%) Maven
8 2 (0.54%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.54%) SOAtest
9 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.27%) LSMW
General
1 149 (40.38%) Finance
2 124 (33.60%) Social Skills
3 83 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (12.20%) Banking
5 38 (10.30%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.96%) Marketing
6 22 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (4.07%) Retail
8 14 (3.79%) Front Office
8 14 (3.79%) Legal
9 12 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.25%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.71%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.44%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.44%) Local Government
12 8 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (18.97%) Analyst
2 44 (11.92%) Lead
3 42 (11.38%) Architect
4 34 (9.21%) Data Analyst
5 30 (8.13%) Developer
6 28 (7.59%) Consultant
6 28 (7.59%) Senior
7 27 (7.32%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.78%) Data Architect
9 17 (4.61%) Data Manager
10 16 (4.34%) Data Consultant
10 16 (4.34%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.98%) Governance Analyst
13 10 (2.71%) Administrator
13 10 (2.71%) Test Manager
14 9 (2.44%) Technical Leader
15 8 (2.17%) Project Manager
15 8 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
16 7 (1.90%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.61%) REST
2 13 (3.52%) Kafka
3 10 (2.71%) JSON
4 9 (2.44%) RESTful
5 8 (2.17%) HTML
5 8 (2.17%) Middleware
5 8 (2.17%) PySpark
5 8 (2.17%) XML
6 7 (1.90%) .NET
6 7 (1.90%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (1.90%) Terraform
7 5 (1.36%) CSS
8 4 (1.08%) Playwright
8 4 (1.08%) SOAP
8 4 (1.08%) XSD
9 3 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.81%) Spring
9 3 (0.81%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.54%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.21%) Onboarding
2 33 (8.94%) Data Structures
2 33 (8.94%) Management Information System
3 27 (7.32%) Reference Data
4 19 (5.15%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.15%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (2.98%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.90%) Equities
7 7 (1.90%) FMCG
7 7 (1.90%) Life Science
8 6 (1.63%) Pricing Data
8 6 (1.63%) Reinsurance
8 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.36%) Replication
9 5 (1.36%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.81%) Windows
2 2 (0.54%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Android
3 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (40.11%) Data Governance
2 118 (31.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 107 (29.00%) Agile
4 77 (20.87%) Analytics
5 76 (20.60%) Data Modelling
6 75 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (19.51%) AI
8 71 (19.24%) Migration
9 68 (18.43%) Data Architecture
10 62 (16.80%) Validation
11 55 (14.91%) ETL
12 52 (14.09%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (13.55%) Metadata Management
14 46 (12.47%) Decision-Making
14 46 (12.47%) Roadmaps
14 46 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 45 (12.20%) DevOps
16 43 (11.65%) Data Analysis
17 42 (11.38%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 103 (27.91%) SQL
2 48 (13.01%) Python
3 23 (6.23%) C#
4 22 (5.96%) Java
5 14 (3.79%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.71%) X++
7 6 (1.63%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.63%) VBA
8 5 (1.36%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.08%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.81%) Bicep
11 2 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.54%) R
11 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.27%) C
12 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 50 (13.55%) Security Cleared
2 43 (11.65%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.11%) Degree
4 12 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (3.25%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.63%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.36%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.36%) PMP
8 3 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.81%) ISEB
8 3 (0.81%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.54%) CAPM
9 2 (0.54%) CBAP
9 2 (0.54%) IIBA
9 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (37.40%) Data Quality
2 38 (10.30%) GDPR
3 31 (8.40%) QA
4 14 (3.79%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.98%) PMO
6 6 (1.63%) Solvency II
7 5 (1.36%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.54%) COREP
9 2 (0.54%) EMIR
9 2 (0.54%) FINREP
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.54%) MiFID
9 2 (0.54%) PERC
10 1 (0.27%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.27%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (0.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 57 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.76%) Databricks
3 30 (8.13%) Salesforce
4 27 (7.32%) Oracle
5 21 (5.69%) Informatica
6 16 (4.34%) SAP
7 10 (2.71%) Bloomberg
8 8 (2.17%) Charles River
9 7 (1.90%) Google
9 7 (1.90%) IBM
9 7 (1.90%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (1.36%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.36%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.36%) Refinitiv
11 5 (1.36%) Tradeweb
12 4 (1.08%) Murex
12 4 (1.08%) Pardot
12 4 (1.08%) Talend
13 3 (0.81%) ServiceNow