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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 94 132
Rank change year-on-year -19 +38 +14
Contract jobs citing Data Management 350 425 393
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.48% 2.72% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 3.05% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 261 275
10th Percentile £313 £325 £413
25th Percentile £406 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -10.42% -5.29%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £714
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £495 £520 £575
% change year-on-year -4.81% -9.57% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile - £23.78 £23.78
25th Percentile £17.00 £37.29 £25.28
Median hourly rate £23.45 £68.75 £43.55
Median % change year-on-year -65.89% +57.87% +12.38%
75th Percentile £25.00 £97.50 £54.00
90th Percentile £25.90 - £65.03
England median hourly rate £26.50 £33.22 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.22% -5.10% -50.00%

All Process and 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 13,010 13,919 17,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.33% 89.24% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 8,971 12,826
10th Percentile £333 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.42% -3.47%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 166 247
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.38 £18.70
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.63
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +3.21% -4.22%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.56 £62.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £80.38 £76.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +28.57%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -29 46 £600 +9.09% 113
West London -10 3 £190 -61.03% 6
South London -11 3 £583 +29.50% 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 10 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.71%) Apache
2 6 (1.71%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.86%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.57%) Appian
5 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.57%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) SAS
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.29%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) DataSynapse
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.57%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.71%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.57%) Revit
6 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.43%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (1.43%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.14%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.14%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.86%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.86%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.57%) Eagle PACE
5 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.57%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.57%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.57%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.29%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.29%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 79 (22.57%) Azure
2 50 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 42 (12.00%) AWS
4 26 (7.43%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (6.00%) Collibra
6 20 (5.71%) GCP
7 13 (3.71%) Snowflake
8 12 (3.43%) SaaS
9 11 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (3.14%) OCI
9 11 (3.14%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.86%) PaaS
11 9 (2.57%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.29%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.29%) Serverless
13 6 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (1.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 6 (1.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.57%) NAS
2 1 (0.29%) 2G
2 1 (0.29%) 4G
2 1 (0.29%) 5G
2 1 (0.29%) DNS
2 1 (0.29%) HTTP
2 1 (0.29%) IPv4
2 1 (0.29%) MQTT
2 1 (0.29%) Network Security
2 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.29%) SAN
2 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.29%) VLAN
2 1 (0.29%) WebEx
2 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.86%) Power BI
2 36 (10.29%) Metadata
3 31 (8.86%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (6.57%) Data Lake
5 20 (5.71%) SQL Server
6 17 (4.86%) Tableau
7 12 (3.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (2.86%) Power Query
8 10 (2.86%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.71%) GIS
9 6 (1.71%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.43%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.14%) Apache Hive
11 4 (1.14%) MySQL
11 4 (1.14%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.86%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 32 (9.14%) JIRA
2 11 (3.14%) GitLab
3 9 (2.57%) Git
4 7 (2.00%) ERwin
5 6 (1.71%) Selenium
6 4 (1.14%) Appium
6 4 (1.14%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.86%) JMeter
7 3 (0.86%) JUnit
7 3 (0.86%) Postman
7 3 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.57%) Gatling
8 2 (0.57%) NUnit
8 2 (0.57%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.57%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.57%) TestNG
8 2 (0.57%) TestRail
8 2 (0.57%) WebDriver
General
1 152 (43.43%) Finance
2 146 (41.71%) Social Skills
3 108 (30.86%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (14.00%) Banking
5 18 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (5.14%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.57%) Retail
7 15 (4.29%) Financial Institution
8 14 (4.00%) Legal
9 12 (3.43%) Marketing
10 11 (3.14%) Local Government
11 10 (2.86%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (2.29%) Front Office
13 8 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.71%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.43%) Law
16 5 (1.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (18.00%) Analyst
2 55 (15.71%) Architect
3 40 (11.43%) Developer
4 29 (8.29%) Consultant
5 28 (8.00%) Data Analyst
5 28 (8.00%) Lead
6 24 (6.86%) Business Analyst
7 20 (5.71%) Data Architect
8 19 (5.43%) Senior
9 14 (4.00%) Data Engineer
9 14 (4.00%) ServiceNow Developer
10 13 (3.71%) Governance Analyst
11 12 (3.43%) Data Modeller
11 12 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.86%) Azure Architect
12 10 (2.86%) Data Manager
12 10 (2.86%) Enterprise Architect
13 8 (2.29%) Project Manager
14 7 (2.00%) Data Business Analyst
14 7 (2.00%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.29%) REST
2 19 (5.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (5.43%) SOAP
3 8 (2.29%) HTML
4 7 (2.00%) .NET
5 6 (1.71%) CSS
5 6 (1.71%) Kafka
5 6 (1.71%) Lightning Web Components
5 6 (1.71%) RESTful
6 5 (1.43%) MIDP
6 5 (1.43%) PySpark
7 4 (1.14%) JSON
7 4 (1.14%) Middleware
7 4 (1.14%) React
7 4 (1.14%) Web Services
8 3 (0.86%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.86%) Node.js
8 3 (0.86%) OAuth
8 3 (0.86%) Visualforce
8 3 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.57%) Management Information System
2 18 (5.14%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.14%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.29%) Data Structures
4 14 (4.00%) CMDB
5 13 (3.71%) Reference Data
6 12 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.86%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.00%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.43%) Derivative
10 5 (1.43%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.43%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.14%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.14%) Housing Association
11 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.86%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.43%) Android
2 4 (1.14%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.14%) Windows
3 3 (0.86%) Linux
4 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (27.71%) Agile
3 89 (25.43%) Analytics
4 86 (24.57%) Data Governance
5 80 (22.86%) Data Modelling
6 69 (19.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 56 (16.00%) DevOps
8 55 (15.71%) Business Intelligence
9 53 (15.14%) Migration
10 47 (13.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 44 (12.57%) Data Architecture
12 41 (11.71%) Roadmaps
13 40 (11.43%) CI/CD
14 39 (11.14%) ETL
14 39 (11.14%) Validation
15 38 (10.86%) Data Analysis
16 35 (10.00%) Data Integration
16 35 (10.00%) Visualisation
17 32 (9.14%) Data Strategy
18 30 (8.57%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 87 (24.86%) SQL
2 44 (12.57%) Python
3 31 (8.86%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.00%) C#
5 12 (3.43%) Java
6 8 (2.29%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.71%) Groovy
8 4 (1.14%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.14%) R
8 4 (1.14%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.86%) Formula Language
9 3 (0.86%) LotusScript
9 3 (0.86%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.57%) Bicep
10 2 (0.57%) C++
10 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.57%) Scala
10 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (12.86%) Security Cleared
2 35 (10.00%) Degree
3 34 (9.71%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.43%) CIPD
7 4 (1.14%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.14%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.57%) OCA
9 2 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.29%) APMP
10 1 (0.29%) CCAB
10 1 (0.29%) CISA
10 1 (0.29%) CISSP
10 1 (0.29%) CRISC
10 1 (0.29%) CSSLP
10 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (20.86%) Data Quality
2 28 (8.00%) QA
3 26 (7.43%) GDPR
4 10 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.00%) PMO
6 6 (1.71%) ISO 19650
7 5 (1.43%) IFRS
8 4 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.86%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.86%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.57%) GAAP
10 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.29%) Basel III
11 1 (0.29%) GxP
11 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.29%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) NIST
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
11 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (2.00%) Docker
2 3 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.00%) Terraform
3 2 (0.57%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 61 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.86%) Oracle
3 23 (6.57%) ServiceNow
4 22 (6.29%) Databricks
5 21 (6.00%) SAP
6 15 (4.29%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.43%) Google
7 12 (3.43%) Informatica
8 11 (3.14%) Workday
9 9 (2.57%) Bloomberg
10 8 (2.29%) Alteryx
11 7 (2.00%) Refinitiv
12 4 (1.14%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.14%) Sparx
12 4 (1.14%) Talend
13 3 (0.86%) Foundry
13 3 (0.86%) GoldenSource
13 3 (0.86%) Hyperion
13 3 (0.86%) Lotus
13 3 (0.86%) Palantir