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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 113 117
Rank change year-on-year -50 +4 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Management 357 336 360
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.77% 2.48% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 2.68% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 206 250
10th Percentile £310 £325 £349
25th Percentile £405 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £652 £688 £700
90th Percentile £763 £863 £807
England median daily rate £501 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.34% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 5
10th Percentile - £22.73 £24.20
25th Percentile £19.03 £23.84 £27.50
Median hourly rate £40.96 £25.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.84% -10.71% -11.17%
75th Percentile £41.22 £26.69 £43.75
90th Percentile £41.92 £30.33 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £30.56 £45.00
% change year-on-year +22.70% -32.08% +36.36%

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 17,959 12,532 14,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.08% 92.33% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,377 10,112
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 248 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -13.73%
75th Percentile £56.25 £47.81 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.08 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -37 48 £525 -4.55% 61
West London -8 13 £275 -34.52% 16
East London +4 2 £180 -73.33% 4
South London -10 2 - - 2
North London -3 1 £550 +57.14%
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 18 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.64%) CMS
3 10 (2.80%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.52%) Confluence
5 7 (1.96%) WordPress
6 6 (1.68%) Apache
7 5 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.84%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.56%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.56%) Mule
10 1 (0.28%) Mendix
Applications
1 37 (10.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (3.64%) Aladdin
2 11 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.68%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.40%) Fidessa
5 4 (1.12%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.28%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.28%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.28%) Summit
8 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.61%) Azure
2 57 (15.97%) Power Platform
3 38 (10.64%) AWS
4 23 (6.44%) Collibra
5 21 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (5.60%) PowerApps
7 16 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (4.20%) GCP
9 14 (3.92%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.64%) Snowflake
11 11 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 6 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.68%) Salesforce Einstein
15 5 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (1.40%) Copilot Studio
15 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (1.40%) SaaS
15 5 (1.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.84%) SMS
2 2 (0.56%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.28%) Firewall
3 1 (0.28%) Intranet
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (15.69%) Metadata
2 39 (10.92%) Power BI
3 26 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (6.72%) Data Lake
5 21 (5.88%) Tableau
6 15 (4.20%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.52%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.96%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.96%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.40%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.40%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.40%) Power Query
9 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.12%) Big Data
10 4 (1.12%) GIS
11 3 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 24 (6.72%) JIRA
2 11 (3.08%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.80%) ERwin
4 9 (2.52%) Git
4 9 (2.52%) Selenium
5 7 (1.96%) ER Studio
6 5 (1.40%) JMeter
7 4 (1.12%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.84%) MLflow
8 3 (0.84%) Postman
9 2 (0.56%) Gradle
9 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.56%) Maven
9 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.28%) GCC
10 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.28%) LSMW
10 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
General
1 139 (38.94%) Finance
2 123 (34.45%) Social Skills
3 87 (24.37%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.92%) Banking
5 34 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.28%) Marketing
7 21 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.92%) Retail
9 13 (3.64%) Legal
10 12 (3.36%) Front Office
11 11 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (3.08%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.52%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.52%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.68%) Local Government
14 6 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.40%) Back Office
15 5 (1.40%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 66 (18.49%) Analyst
2 43 (12.04%) Lead
3 42 (11.76%) Architect
4 34 (9.52%) Data Analyst
5 27 (7.56%) Consultant
5 27 (7.56%) Developer
6 26 (7.28%) Data Architect
6 26 (7.28%) Senior
7 23 (6.44%) Business Analyst
8 21 (5.88%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.76%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.08%) Administrator
11 11 (3.08%) Data Consultant
12 10 (2.80%) Test Manager
13 9 (2.52%) Governance Analyst
14 7 (1.96%) Data Modeller
14 7 (1.96%) Salesforce Administrator
14 7 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (1.96%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.92%) REST
2 10 (2.80%) JSON
3 9 (2.52%) RESTful
4 8 (2.24%) Kafka
4 8 (2.24%) PySpark
4 8 (2.24%) XML
5 7 (1.96%) Middleware
6 5 (1.40%) .NET
6 5 (1.40%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.12%) HTML
8 3 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.84%) SOAP
8 3 (0.84%) XSD
9 2 (0.56%) CSS
9 2 (0.56%) GeoJSON
9 2 (0.56%) JDBC
9 2 (0.56%) JWT
9 2 (0.56%) LangChain
9 2 (0.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.28%) Data Structures
2 26 (7.28%) Onboarding
3 23 (6.44%) Reference Data
4 18 (5.04%) Cloud Native
5 17 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.92%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.80%) Fixed Income
7 10 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.24%) FMCG
9 7 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.96%) Life Science
9 7 (1.96%) Social Media
10 6 (1.68%) Equities
11 5 (1.40%) Blog
11 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.40%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.84%) Windows
2 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (37.54%) Data Governance
2 103 (28.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (25.77%) Agile
4 76 (21.29%) Migration
5 74 (20.73%) Data Modelling
6 73 (20.45%) Analytics
6 73 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (18.77%) AI
8 63 (17.65%) Data Architecture
9 57 (15.97%) Validation
10 55 (15.41%) ETL
11 54 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
12 49 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (12.32%) Data Migration
14 43 (12.04%) Data Analysis
15 40 (11.20%) Metadata Management
16 38 (10.64%) Data Engineering
16 38 (10.64%) Decision-Making
16 38 (10.64%) DevOps
16 38 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 102 (28.57%) SQL
2 50 (14.01%) Python
3 22 (6.16%) Java
4 18 (5.04%) C#
5 10 (2.80%) X++
6 9 (2.52%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.96%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.96%) VBA
8 5 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.12%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.84%) Bicep
10 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.56%) Scala
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.28%) R
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 42 (11.76%) Degree
3 37 (10.36%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.08%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.40%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.40%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.56%) PMP
10 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.28%) ISEB
11 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.28%) MBA
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.28%) RIBA
11 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (36.13%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.08%) QA
3 33 (9.24%) GDPR
4 11 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.52%) PMO
6 6 (1.68%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.12%) COREP
7 4 (1.12%) FINREP
7 4 (1.12%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.56%) EMIR
9 2 (0.56%) MiFID
9 2 (0.56%) PERC
10 1 (0.28%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.28%) GMP
10 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.40%) Terraform
2 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
2 3 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.28%) Kibana
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 54 (15.13%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.68%) Databricks
3 30 (8.40%) Salesforce
4 26 (7.28%) Oracle
5 17 (4.76%) SAP
6 11 (3.08%) Bloomberg
6 11 (3.08%) Informatica
7 8 (2.24%) Charles River
8 7 (1.96%) Sitecore
9 6 (1.68%) Refinitiv
9 6 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (1.40%) GoldenSource
10 5 (1.40%) Google
10 5 (1.40%) IBM
10 5 (1.40%) MarketAxess
10 5 (1.40%) Tradeweb
11 4 (1.12%) Murex
11 4 (1.12%) Pardot
12 3 (0.84%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.84%) Sparx