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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 86 104
Rank change year-on-year -53 +18 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Management 335 383 415
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 3.05% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 3.31% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 264 295
10th Percentile £313 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.64% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £775
England median daily rate £490 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -14.78% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 13
10th Percentile - £23.86 -
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £61.65 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -53.69% +197.69% +18.34%
75th Percentile £30.59 £93.75 £27.84
90th Percentile - - £56.70
England median hourly rate £30.49 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +1.63% -25.00% +4.30%

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 15,684 11,567 15,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.64% 92.16% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,506 7,851 11,317
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 172 325
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -25.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £46.86
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.70 £66.30
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -45 37 £563 +2.27% 17
West London -8 16 £388 -7.74% 7
East London -4 2 £428 -36.67% 5
South London - 1 - - 3
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 22 (6.57%) Confluence
2 20 (5.97%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.28%) HCL Notes
4 10 (2.99%) Mendix
5 4 (1.19%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.19%) CMS
5 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.90%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.30%) Apache
8 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.30%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 33 (9.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (5.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (4.78%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.39%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.09%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.49%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.90%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.90%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.90%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.60%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.60%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.60%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.30%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.30%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.30%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.30%) iTrent
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 74 (22.09%) Azure
2 70 (20.90%) Power Platform
3 36 (10.75%) AWS
4 21 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (5.97%) PowerApps
6 18 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (5.07%) Collibra
8 16 (4.78%) Serverless
9 15 (4.48%) Power Automate
10 14 (4.18%) GCP
11 13 (3.88%) SaaS
12 12 (3.58%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (3.58%) Azure Functions
13 11 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (3.28%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (2.69%) Snowflake
15 8 (2.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (2.39%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (2.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.19%) LAN
1 4 (1.19%) PSTN
1 4 (1.19%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.19%) WAN
1 4 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.60%) Intranet
2 2 (0.60%) NAS
2 2 (0.60%) SMS
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.91%) Power BI
2 48 (14.33%) Metadata
3 35 (10.45%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (5.67%) Data Lake
5 18 (5.37%) Tableau
6 17 (5.07%) SQL Server
7 14 (4.18%) Oracle Database
8 8 (2.39%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.09%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.79%) Delta Lake
10 6 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.49%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.49%) Metadata Repository
11 5 (1.49%) Power Query
11 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.19%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.90%) OLAP
13 3 (0.90%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 33 (9.85%) JIRA
2 10 (2.99%) ERwin
3 7 (2.09%) Git
4 5 (1.49%) Appium
4 5 (1.49%) JMeter
5 4 (1.19%) GitLab
5 4 (1.19%) Selenium
6 3 (0.90%) Toad
6 3 (0.90%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.60%) MLflow
7 2 (0.60%) Postman
7 2 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.60%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.30%) GCC
8 1 (0.30%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 145 (43.28%) Finance
2 128 (38.21%) Social Skills
3 87 (25.97%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.64%) Banking
5 32 (9.55%) Public Sector
6 27 (8.06%) Financial Institution
7 23 (6.87%) Marketing
8 14 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.69%) Retail
11 8 (2.39%) Back Office
12 7 (2.09%) Front Office
12 7 (2.09%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.49%) Legal
14 5 (1.49%) Local Government
14 5 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.49%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (25.67%) Analyst
2 48 (14.33%) Business Analyst
3 47 (14.03%) Lead
4 35 (10.45%) Architect
4 35 (10.45%) Senior
5 33 (9.85%) Data Analyst
6 24 (7.16%) Consultant
7 23 (6.87%) Data Architect
8 21 (6.27%) Data Engineer
9 20 (5.97%) Developer
10 15 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.88%) Data Business Analyst
12 11 (3.28%) Power Platform Developer
13 10 (2.99%) Data Manager
13 10 (2.99%) Data Modeller
14 8 (2.39%) Implementation Consultant
14 8 (2.39%) Test Manager
15 7 (2.09%) Administrator
15 7 (2.09%) Senior Business Analyst
15 7 (2.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.18%) .NET
2 12 (3.58%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (2.99%) HTML5 Canvas
3 10 (2.99%) React
4 7 (2.09%) JSON
5 6 (1.79%) REST
5 6 (1.79%) XML
6 5 (1.49%) PySpark
7 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (1.19%) WebdriverIO
7 4 (1.19%) YAML
8 3 (0.90%) LangChain
8 3 (0.90%) NumPy
8 3 (0.90%) Pandas
8 3 (0.90%) pydantic
8 3 (0.90%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.90%) React Native
8 3 (0.90%) RESTful
8 3 (0.90%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.90%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.87%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.07%) Reference Data
4 14 (4.18%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (4.18%) Data Structures
4 14 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.58%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.58%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.99%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.09%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.79%) Life Science
12 5 (1.49%) FMCG
13 4 (1.19%) Blog
13 4 (1.19%) Derivative
13 4 (1.19%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.19%) Social Media
13 4 (1.19%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.19%) Android
1 4 (1.19%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.60%) Windows
3 1 (0.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (31.64%) Data Governance
2 97 (28.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (27.46%) Data Modelling
4 86 (25.67%) Agile
5 82 (24.48%) Migration
6 75 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (20.60%) Business Intelligence
8 61 (18.21%) Analytics
9 54 (16.12%) Decision-Making
10 53 (15.82%) Validation
11 49 (14.63%) ETL
12 48 (14.33%) Data Architecture
13 47 (14.03%) Data Analysis
14 44 (13.13%) DevOps
15 41 (12.24%) Data Engineering
16 40 (11.94%) AI
16 40 (11.94%) Data Migration
17 37 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 36 (10.75%) User Acceptance Testing
19 35 (10.45%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 93 (27.76%) SQL
2 45 (13.43%) Python
3 18 (5.37%) C#
4 16 (4.78%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.28%) Formula Language
5 11 (3.28%) LotusScript
6 9 (2.69%) Java
7 8 (2.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.09%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.09%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.09%) VBA
9 5 (1.49%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.90%) Bicep
10 3 (0.90%) Groovy
10 3 (0.90%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.90%) R
10 3 (0.90%) Scala
11 2 (0.60%) X++
12 1 (0.30%) C++
12 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 57 (17.01%) Degree
2 43 (12.84%) Security Cleared
3 34 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.28%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.39%) CBAP
6 8 (2.39%) IIBA
7 6 (1.79%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.49%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.49%) PMP
9 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.90%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.90%) PhD
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.60%) CIPD
11 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.30%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (30.45%) Data Quality
2 39 (11.64%) QA
3 21 (6.27%) GDPR
4 10 (2.99%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.79%) PMO
6 5 (1.49%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.19%) COREP
7 4 (1.19%) FINREP
8 3 (0.90%) IFRS
9 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.60%) Basel III
9 2 (0.60%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.60%) MiFID
10 1 (0.30%) GAAP
10 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.30%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.79%) Terraform
2 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.90%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.90%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.30%) Grafana
5 1 (0.30%) Kibana
Vendors
1 60 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.54%) Oracle
3 27 (8.06%) Databricks
4 17 (5.07%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.78%) SAP
6 11 (3.28%) Informatica
6 11 (3.28%) Lotus
7 10 (2.99%) Kofax
8 9 (2.69%) Bloomberg
9 7 (2.09%) Google
10 6 (1.79%) GoldenSource
10 6 (1.79%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.49%) Charles River
11 5 (1.49%) Murex
12 4 (1.19%) Braze
12 4 (1.19%) Refinitiv
12 4 (1.19%) Sparx
12 4 (1.19%) Yardi
13 3 (0.90%) FactSet
13 3 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud