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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 79 98
Rank change year-on-year -51 +19 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Management 349 440 420
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.27% 3.29% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 3.63% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 294 306
10th Percentile £325 £325 £403
25th Percentile £415 £422 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -8.66%
75th Percentile £620 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £775
England median daily rate £492 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -8.47% -2.27% -6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 15
10th Percentile - £24.92 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £48.60 £18.25
Median hourly rate £22.75 £92.50 £24.97
Median % change year-on-year -75.41% +270.44% -23.17%
75th Percentile £29.88 £95.63 £49.92
90th Percentile £30.59 £97.50 £64.22
England median hourly rate £28.03 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.77% -7.14% -47.17%

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 13,941 12,133 16,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.57% 90.64% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,301 7,761 11,691
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 151 345
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.88 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 17 February 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
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 17 February 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 -51 31 £575 +9.52% 21
West London -13 8 £500 +25.00% 7
East London -5 1 £675 +68.75% 3
South London -14 1 - - 1
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 20 (5.73%) Confluence
2 18 (5.16%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.87%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.58%) Mendix
5 5 (1.43%) Apache
5 5 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.86%) CMS
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (10.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (4.58%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.29%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.57%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
1 6 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.43%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.86%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.86%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.86%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.86%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.57%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.57%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.57%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.29%) Actimize
5 1 (0.29%) Eagle PACE
5 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.29%) iTrent
5 1 (0.29%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 78 (22.35%) Azure
2 67 (19.20%) Power Platform
3 43 (12.32%) AWS
4 20 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.44%) Serverless
6 18 (5.16%) GCP
6 18 (5.16%) PowerApps
7 16 (4.58%) Collibra
8 15 (4.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (4.01%) Azure Functions
9 14 (4.01%) Azure Service Bus
9 14 (4.01%) Snowflake
10 13 (3.72%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.72%) SaaS
11 11 (3.15%) PaaS
12 10 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (2.01%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.15%) LAN
1 4 (1.15%) PSTN
1 4 (1.15%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.15%) WAN
1 4 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.86%) NAS
3 2 (0.57%) SMS
4 1 (0.29%) 2G
4 1 (0.29%) 4G
4 1 (0.29%) 5G
4 1 (0.29%) Intranet
4 1 (0.29%) IPv4
4 1 (0.29%) MQTT
4 1 (0.29%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.29%) SAN
4 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.29%) VLAN
4 1 (0.29%) WebEx
4 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.19%) Power BI
2 41 (11.75%) Metadata
3 37 (10.60%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.02%) Tableau
5 20 (5.73%) SQL Server
6 16 (4.58%) Data Lake
7 12 (3.44%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (2.58%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.29%) NoSQL
11 7 (2.01%) MySQL
11 7 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
13 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.15%) GIS
13 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.15%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
14 3 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 38 (10.89%) JIRA
2 10 (2.87%) GitLab
3 9 (2.58%) ERwin
4 8 (2.29%) Git
5 4 (1.15%) Appium
5 4 (1.15%) Postman
6 3 (0.86%) JMeter
6 3 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.86%) Toad
7 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.29%) MLflow
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) TestRail
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 154 (44.13%) Finance
2 140 (40.11%) Social Skills
3 94 (26.93%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.46%) Banking
5 24 (6.88%) Financial Institution
6 23 (6.59%) Public Sector
7 21 (6.02%) Marketing
8 16 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.15%) Front Office
10 11 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.87%) Retail
12 8 (2.29%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.29%) Legal
13 7 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.72%) Back Office
14 6 (1.72%) Law
14 6 (1.72%) Local Government
14 6 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (24.07%) Analyst
2 49 (14.04%) Business Analyst
2 49 (14.04%) Lead
3 36 (10.32%) Architect
3 36 (10.32%) Senior
4 32 (9.17%) Data Analyst
5 31 (8.88%) Developer
6 28 (8.02%) Consultant
7 20 (5.73%) Data Engineer
8 17 (4.87%) Data Architect
9 16 (4.58%) Data Modeller
10 15 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (4.01%) Data Business Analyst
12 10 (2.87%) Power Platform Developer
13 9 (2.58%) Governance Analyst
14 8 (2.29%) Data Manager
14 8 (2.29%) Oracle Consultant
14 8 (2.29%) Project Manager
15 7 (2.01%) Senior Business Analyst
15 7 (2.01%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (4.01%) .NET
2 14 (4.01%) REST
3 12 (3.44%) React
4 9 (2.58%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (2.58%) SOAP
4 9 (2.58%) XML
5 8 (2.29%) JSON
6 7 (2.01%) Kafka
7 5 (1.43%) YAML
8 4 (1.15%) LangChain
8 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (1.15%) NumPy
8 4 (1.15%) Pandas
8 4 (1.15%) PySpark
8 4 (1.15%) WebdriverIO
9 3 (0.86%) Hugging Face
9 3 (0.86%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.86%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (0.86%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.59%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.30%) Data Structures
3 20 (5.73%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.58%) Reference Data
5 13 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (3.15%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.87%) Low-Code
9 8 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (2.01%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.72%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.43%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.43%) CMDB
12 5 (1.43%) IoT
12 5 (1.43%) Life Science
13 4 (1.15%) Derivative
13 4 (1.15%) Equities
13 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.15%) Android
1 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
1 4 (1.15%) Windows
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (30.09%) Agile
2 99 (28.37%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (27.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 93 (26.65%) Data Modelling
5 90 (25.79%) Data Governance
6 72 (20.63%) Analytics
7 69 (19.77%) Migration
8 68 (19.48%) Business Intelligence
9 52 (14.90%) Decision-Making
10 50 (14.33%) Validation
11 47 (13.47%) ETL
12 44 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 43 (12.32%) DevOps
14 41 (11.75%) Visualisation
15 40 (11.46%) Data Architecture
16 39 (11.17%) CI/CD
16 39 (11.17%) Project Management
16 39 (11.17%) Roadmaps
17 37 (10.60%) Data Engineering
18 36 (10.32%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 93 (26.65%) SQL
2 40 (11.46%) Python
3 25 (7.16%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.30%) C#
5 10 (2.87%) Formula Language
5 10 (2.87%) LotusScript
6 7 (2.01%) Groovy
6 7 (2.01%) Java
6 7 (2.01%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.72%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.43%) VBA
9 4 (1.15%) R
10 3 (0.86%) Bicep
10 3 (0.86%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.86%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.57%) Scala
12 1 (0.29%) Korn
12 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 52 (14.90%) Degree
2 45 (12.89%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.46%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.72%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.29%) IIBA
7 7 (2.01%) CBAP
8 4 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.15%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.15%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.15%) PMP
9 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.86%) PhD
10 2 (0.57%) APMP
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CIPD
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.29%) RIBA
11 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (26.93%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.32%) QA
3 29 (8.31%) GDPR
4 11 (3.15%) PMO
5 8 (2.29%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.01%) Solvency II
7 6 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.15%) IFRS
9 3 (0.86%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.57%) Basel III
10 2 (0.57%) EMIR
10 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.57%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.57%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.29%) FATCA
11 1 (0.29%) GAAP
11 1 (0.29%) GxP
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.01%) Terraform
2 4 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.29%) Grafana
3 1 (0.29%) Kibana
3 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 64 (18.34%) Microsoft
2 44 (12.61%) Oracle
3 30 (8.60%) Databricks
4 20 (5.73%) Salesforce
5 17 (4.87%) Informatica
6 16 (4.58%) SAP
7 10 (2.87%) Bloomberg
7 10 (2.87%) Google
7 10 (2.87%) Lotus
7 10 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.58%) Kofax
9 6 (1.72%) Charles River
10 5 (1.43%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.43%) Murex
10 5 (1.43%) Workday
11 4 (1.15%) Refinitiv
11 4 (1.15%) Talend
11 4 (1.15%) Yardi
12 3 (0.86%) Adobe
12 3 (0.86%) SimCorp