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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 77 100
Rank change year-on-year -49 +23 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Management 352 443 411
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.26% 3.27% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 3.61% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 298 299
10th Percentile £325 £325 £404
25th Percentile £415 £422 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £570
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% -0.88% -8.80%
75th Percentile £623 £763 £675
90th Percentile £742 £938 £775
England median daily rate £492 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -7.08% -3.73% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 14
10th Percentile - £24.92 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £48.60 £18.25
Median hourly rate £22.75 £92.50 £22.84
Median % change year-on-year -75.41% +304.99% -29.72%
75th Percentile £29.88 £95.63 £43.37
90th Percentile £30.59 £97.50 £64.30
England median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% -18.75% -39.62%

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 14,107 12,276 16,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.50% 90.65% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,418 7,891 11,536
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 221 153 342
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.00 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +24.67% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.68 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.49% - -

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 19 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 19 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 -59 30 £575 +10.84% 22
West London -15 8 £500 +25.00% 13
East London -5 1 £675 +68.75% 9
South London -15 1 - - 7
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 (5.68%) Confluence
2 19 (5.40%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.84%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.56%) Mendix
5 5 (1.42%) Apache
5 5 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.14%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.85%) CMS
8 2 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (10.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (4.55%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.57%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.28%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.28%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Oracle ERP
1 6 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.42%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.85%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.85%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.85%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.85%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.57%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.57%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.57%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.57%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.28%) Eagle PACE
5 1 (0.28%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.28%) iTrent
5 1 (0.28%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.88%) Azure
2 68 (19.32%) Power Platform
3 43 (12.22%) AWS
4 20 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.40%) Serverless
6 18 (5.11%) PowerApps
7 17 (4.83%) GCP
8 16 (4.55%) Collibra
8 16 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (3.98%) Azure Functions
10 14 (3.98%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (3.69%) Power Automate
11 13 (3.69%) SaaS
11 13 (3.69%) Snowflake
12 11 (3.13%) PaaS
13 10 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.99%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.99%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.14%) LAN
1 4 (1.14%) PSTN
1 4 (1.14%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.14%) WAN
1 4 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.85%) NAS
3 2 (0.57%) SMS
4 1 (0.28%) 2G
4 1 (0.28%) 4G
4 1 (0.28%) 5G
4 1 (0.28%) Intranet
4 1 (0.28%) IPv4
4 1 (0.28%) MQTT
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
4 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.28%) SAN
4 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.28%) VLAN
4 1 (0.28%) WebEx
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.05%) Power BI
2 41 (11.65%) Metadata
3 38 (10.80%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (5.97%) SQL Server
4 21 (5.97%) Tableau
5 16 (4.55%) Data Lake
6 12 (3.41%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.84%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (2.27%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.99%) MySQL
11 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.14%) GIS
12 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (1.14%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 38 (10.80%) JIRA
2 10 (2.84%) GitLab
3 9 (2.56%) ERwin
3 9 (2.56%) Git
4 4 (1.14%) Appium
4 4 (1.14%) Postman
5 3 (0.85%) JMeter
5 3 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.85%) Toad
6 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) TestRail
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 154 (43.75%) Finance
2 141 (40.06%) Social Skills
3 95 (26.99%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.65%) Banking
5 24 (6.82%) Financial Institution
5 24 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.25%) Marketing
7 16 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.13%) Front Office
9 11 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.84%) Retail
11 8 (2.27%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.27%) Legal
12 7 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.70%) Back Office
13 6 (1.70%) Local Government
13 6 (1.70%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.42%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (24.43%) Analyst
2 51 (14.49%) Business Analyst
3 48 (13.64%) Lead
4 38 (10.80%) Architect
5 36 (10.23%) Senior
6 32 (9.09%) Data Analyst
7 31 (8.81%) Developer
8 27 (7.67%) Consultant
9 22 (6.25%) Data Engineer
10 18 (5.11%) Data Architect
11 15 (4.26%) Data Modeller
11 15 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (3.98%) Data Business Analyst
13 10 (2.84%) Power Platform Developer
14 9 (2.56%) Governance Analyst
15 8 (2.27%) Data Manager
15 8 (2.27%) Oracle Consultant
15 8 (2.27%) Project Manager
16 7 (1.99%) Senior Business Analyst
16 7 (1.99%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (3.98%) .NET
2 14 (3.98%) REST
3 12 (3.41%) React
4 9 (2.56%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (2.56%) SOAP
4 9 (2.56%) XML
5 8 (2.27%) JSON
6 7 (1.99%) Kafka
7 5 (1.42%) YAML
8 4 (1.14%) LangChain
8 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (1.14%) NumPy
8 4 (1.14%) Pandas
8 4 (1.14%) PySpark
8 4 (1.14%) WebdriverIO
9 3 (0.85%) Hugging Face
9 3 (0.85%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.85%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (0.85%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.53%) Data Structures
2 22 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.68%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.55%) Reference Data
5 13 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.84%) Low-Code
9 8 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.99%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.42%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.42%) CMDB
12 5 (1.42%) IoT
12 5 (1.42%) Life Science
12 5 (1.42%) Reinsurance
13 4 (1.14%) Derivative
13 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.14%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.14%) Android
1 4 (1.14%) Apple iOS
1 4 (1.14%) Windows
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (30.97%) Agile
2 101 (28.69%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 93 (26.42%) Data Modelling
5 89 (25.28%) Data Governance
6 72 (20.45%) Analytics
6 72 (20.45%) Migration
7 70 (19.89%) Business Intelligence
8 53 (15.06%) Decision-Making
9 50 (14.20%) Validation
10 48 (13.64%) ETL
11 44 (12.50%) DevOps
11 44 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 42 (11.93%) Visualisation
13 41 (11.65%) Data Architecture
14 40 (11.36%) CI/CD
14 40 (11.36%) Roadmaps
15 39 (11.08%) Data Engineering
15 39 (11.08%) Project Management
16 38 (10.80%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 95 (26.99%) SQL
2 41 (11.65%) Python
3 25 (7.10%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.26%) C#
5 10 (2.84%) Formula Language
5 10 (2.84%) LotusScript
6 8 (2.27%) Java
7 7 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (1.99%) Groovy
7 7 (1.99%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.99%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.42%) VBA
9 4 (1.14%) R
9 4 (1.14%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.85%) Bicep
10 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.85%) Scala
11 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.28%) Korn
12 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 52 (14.77%) Degree
2 47 (13.35%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.69%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.27%) IIBA
7 7 (1.99%) CBAP
8 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.14%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.14%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.14%) PMP
9 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.85%) PhD
10 2 (0.57%) APMP
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CIPD
11 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.28%) RIBA
11 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (26.99%) Data Quality
2 38 (10.80%) QA
3 29 (8.24%) GDPR
4 11 (3.13%) PMO
5 8 (2.27%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.99%) Solvency II
7 6 (1.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.14%) IFRS
9 3 (0.85%) 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 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.28%) FATCA
11 1 (0.28%) GAAP
11 1 (0.28%) GxP
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.99%) Terraform
2 4 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.14%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.28%) Kibana
3 1 (0.28%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 65 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.78%) Oracle
3 29 (8.24%) Databricks
4 22 (6.25%) Salesforce
5 17 (4.83%) Informatica
5 17 (4.83%) SAP
6 10 (2.84%) Bloomberg
6 10 (2.84%) Google
6 10 (2.84%) Lotus
6 10 (2.84%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.56%) Kofax
8 6 (1.70%) Charles River
9 5 (1.42%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.42%) Murex
10 4 (1.14%) Adobe
10 4 (1.14%) Refinitiv
10 4 (1.14%) Talend
10 4 (1.14%) Workday
10 4 (1.14%) Yardi
11 3 (0.85%) SimCorp