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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 110 99
Rank change year-on-year -53 -11 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Management 379 337 416
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.85% 2.52% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.72% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 201 261
10th Percentile £313 £325 £350
25th Percentile £412 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -3.08%
75th Percentile £671 £669 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £806
England median daily rate £513 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +3.54% -5.71% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 9
10th Percentile £17.00 - £24.32
25th Percentile £19.01 £17.00 £27.84
Median hourly rate £23.07 £22.73 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -66.33% +104.51%
75th Percentile £41.00 £25.00 £97.50
90th Percentile £41.78 £25.68 -
England median hourly rate £27.38 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.52% -28.57% +6.06%

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 18,249 12,388 14,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.48% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,954 8,186 9,270
10th Percentile £360 £333 £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 £665 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 242 178
10th Percentile £15.93 £18.25 £17.43
25th Percentile £18.75 £25.02 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.46% -8.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £79.50 £64.98 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -31 44 £500 -11.11% 54
West London -15 12 £275 -34.52% 15
East London - 5 £825 -
South London -14 1 - - 2
North London - 1 £550 - 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 16 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.17%) CMS
3 11 (2.90%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.90%) Confluence
4 7 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.85%) WordPress
5 6 (1.58%) Apache
6 2 (0.53%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.53%) Mule
7 1 (0.26%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.26%) nginx
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.26%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 33 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (3.43%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.32%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.06%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.53%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.26%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.26%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.26%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.26%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.26%) Summit
8 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 82 (21.64%) Azure
2 54 (14.25%) Power Platform
3 31 (8.18%) AWS
4 30 (7.92%) Collibra
5 22 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (5.54%) Microsoft Purview
7 19 (5.01%) PowerApps
7 19 (5.01%) Snowflake
8 18 (4.75%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (4.22%) Alation
10 14 (3.69%) GCP
10 14 (3.69%) Power Automate
11 12 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (2.37%) Azure Databricks
13 9 (2.37%) GitHub
13 9 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (1.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 6 (1.58%) dbt
15 6 (1.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.06%) Broadband
1 4 (1.06%) SMS
2 3 (0.79%) Firewall
3 2 (0.53%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.26%) DNS
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) Network Security
4 1 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (19.00%) Metadata
2 40 (10.55%) Power BI
3 27 (7.12%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (7.12%) SQL Server
4 23 (6.07%) Data Lake
5 21 (5.54%) Tableau
6 11 (2.90%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.64%) Delta Lake
7 10 (2.64%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (2.11%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.58%) Ataccama
10 4 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.06%) Looker
10 4 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.79%) Big Data
11 3 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.79%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (7.12%) JIRA
2 11 (2.90%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.64%) Selenium
4 9 (2.37%) ERwin
4 9 (2.37%) Git
5 7 (1.85%) ER Studio
6 6 (1.58%) JMeter
7 5 (1.32%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.32%) Postman
8 3 (0.79%) MLflow
9 2 (0.53%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.53%) eggPlant
9 2 (0.53%) Gradle
9 2 (0.53%) Maven
9 2 (0.53%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.53%) SOAtest
9 2 (0.53%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.26%) SilkTest
10 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 155 (40.90%) Finance
2 134 (35.36%) Social Skills
3 86 (22.69%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (12.93%) Banking
5 35 (9.23%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.86%) Marketing
6 26 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (4.22%) Front Office
9 15 (3.96%) Retail
10 14 (3.69%) Legal
11 13 (3.43%) Investment Banking
12 12 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (2.11%) Local Government
14 8 (2.11%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.32%) Back Office
16 5 (1.32%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 66 (17.41%) Analyst
2 42 (11.08%) Architect
2 42 (11.08%) Lead
3 37 (9.76%) Developer
4 30 (7.92%) Business Analyst
4 30 (7.92%) Senior
5 28 (7.39%) Data Analyst
6 25 (6.60%) Consultant
7 22 (5.80%) Data Architect
8 20 (5.28%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.49%) Data Manager
10 16 (4.22%) Data Consultant
11 13 (3.43%) Project Manager
12 11 (2.90%) Administrator
12 11 (2.90%) Governance Analyst
12 11 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.64%) Technical Leader
14 9 (2.37%) Tester
15 8 (2.11%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.80%) REST
2 16 (4.22%) Kafka
3 13 (3.43%) .NET
4 10 (2.64%) RESTful
5 9 (2.37%) HTML
5 9 (2.37%) JSON
6 8 (2.11%) Middleware
6 8 (2.11%) PySpark
6 8 (2.11%) Terraform
6 8 (2.11%) XML
7 7 (1.85%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (1.58%) Web Services
9 5 (1.32%) CSS
9 5 (1.32%) Spring
9 5 (1.32%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.06%) SOAP
10 4 (1.06%) XSD
11 3 (0.79%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (0.79%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.50%) Data Structures
2 31 (8.18%) Onboarding
3 30 (7.92%) Management Information System
4 27 (7.12%) Reference Data
5 18 (4.75%) Product Ownership
6 16 (4.22%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.64%) Fixed Income
10 8 (2.11%) Social Media
11 7 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.85%) Equities
12 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.58%) Life Science
12 6 (1.58%) Pricing Data
12 6 (1.58%) Reinsurance
12 6 (1.58%) Taxonomies
13 5 (1.32%) FMCG
13 5 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.32%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.32%) Windows
2 3 (0.79%) Linux
3 2 (0.53%) Android
3 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (39.58%) Data Governance
2 126 (33.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 118 (31.13%) Agile
4 80 (21.11%) Data Modelling
4 80 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (20.84%) AI
6 77 (20.32%) Analytics
7 70 (18.47%) Migration
8 66 (17.41%) Data Architecture
9 61 (16.09%) Validation
10 59 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (14.78%) ETL
12 53 (13.98%) DevOps
13 51 (13.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (13.19%) Metadata Management
15 48 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
16 46 (12.14%) Test Automation
17 45 (11.87%) Roadmaps
18 44 (11.61%) CI/CD
19 42 (11.08%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 109 (28.76%) SQL
2 54 (14.25%) Python
3 28 (7.39%) C#
4 25 (6.60%) Java
5 15 (3.96%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.64%) X++
7 7 (1.85%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.58%) VBA
9 5 (1.32%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.32%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.06%) R
11 3 (0.79%) Bicep
11 3 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.53%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.26%) Bash
13 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.26%) SOQL
13 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 54 (14.25%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.14%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.61%) Degree
4 16 (4.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.64%) PMI Certification
8 9 (2.37%) PMP
9 4 (1.06%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.79%) ISEB
10 3 (0.79%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.53%) CAPM
11 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.53%) IIBA
11 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (34.83%) Data Quality
2 37 (9.76%) GDPR
3 28 (7.39%) QA
4 13 (3.43%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.90%) PMO
6 6 (1.58%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.53%) EMIR
8 2 (0.53%) IFRS
8 2 (0.53%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.53%) MiFID
8 2 (0.53%) PERC
9 1 (0.26%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.26%) GLBA
9 1 (0.26%) GMP
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (0.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.26%) Ansible
2 1 (0.26%) Grafana
2 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 73 (19.26%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.55%) Databricks
3 33 (8.71%) Oracle
3 33 (8.71%) Salesforce
4 21 (5.54%) Informatica
5 17 (4.49%) SAP
6 10 (2.64%) Bloomberg
6 10 (2.64%) IBM
7 8 (2.11%) Charles River
7 8 (2.11%) Google
8 7 (1.85%) Sitecore
8 7 (1.85%) UiPath
9 6 (1.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.58%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.32%) MarketAxess
10 5 (1.32%) Refinitiv
10 5 (1.32%) Tradeweb
11 4 (1.06%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.06%) Murex
11 4 (1.06%) Talend