Data Management Contracts in London

Data Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 104 151
Rank change year-on-year +17 +47 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Management 383 415 476
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.05% 2.33% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.31% 2.63% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 295 300
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £463 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £763 £675 £700
90th Percentile £938 £775 £800
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 1
10th Percentile £23.86 - -
25th Percentile £26.66 £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £61.65 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +197.69% +18.34% -67.29%
75th Percentile £93.75 £27.84 £18.75
90th Percentile - £56.70 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £38.35
% change year-on-year -25.00% +4.30% +4.00%

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 11,566 15,789 24,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.13% 88.49% 91.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,853 11,316 17,713
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 325 278
10th Percentile £16.37 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.75 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -25.25% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £46.86 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.30 £76.78
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in London

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Management in London.

Daily rate trend for Data Management in London

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in London

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in London

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 +7 75 £550 - 31
East London +11 3 £675 +68.75% 4
North London - 2 £350 - 2
West London +15 1 £420 - 8
Data Management
England

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (6.01%) Apache
2 22 (5.74%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.13%) Confluence
4 10 (2.61%) Apache Spark
5 9 (2.35%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.83%) CMS
7 6 (1.57%) SAS
8 2 (0.52%) Drupal
9 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 51 (13.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.26%) Revit
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.57%) SAP MDG
4 5 (1.31%) SAP MDG-S
5 3 (0.78%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.78%) iTrent
5 3 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.52%) CiviCRM
6 2 (0.52%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.52%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.26%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.26%) Maximo
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.26%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.26%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 59 (15.40%) AWS
2 49 (12.79%) Power Platform
3 47 (12.27%) Azure
4 27 (7.05%) Snowflake
5 21 (5.48%) GCP
6 18 (4.70%) dbt
7 12 (3.13%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.87%) Collibra
8 11 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.35%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.35%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.35%) SaaS
10 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.83%) GitHub
12 5 (1.31%) AWS Data Pipeline
12 5 (1.31%) Salsify
12 5 (1.31%) Serverless
12 5 (1.31%) WhatsApp
13 4 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.52%) 5G
1 2 (0.52%) DNS
1 2 (0.52%) Internet
1 2 (0.52%) Intranet
2 1 (0.26%) Firewall
2 1 (0.26%) FTP
2 1 (0.26%) HTTP
2 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (20.63%) Data Lake
2 44 (11.49%) Power BI
3 40 (10.44%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (8.09%) Tableau
5 30 (7.83%) Metadata
6 19 (4.96%) Amazon Athena
6 19 (4.96%) SQL Server
7 16 (4.18%) Apache Arrow
7 16 (4.18%) Apache Iceberg
7 16 (4.18%) Dremio
8 13 (3.39%) Big Data
9 12 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (2.87%) Hadoop
10 11 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (2.87%) Relational Database
11 9 (2.35%) BigQuery
11 9 (2.35%) Data Mining
11 9 (2.35%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.35%) Power Query
12 7 (1.83%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (5.22%) JIRA
2 8 (2.09%) ERwin
3 5 (1.31%) Git
3 5 (1.31%) GitLab
4 4 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.26%) LSMW
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.26%) Vite
5 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 170 (44.39%) Finance
2 125 (32.64%) Social Skills
3 79 (20.63%) Front Office
4 70 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (13.05%) Banking
6 26 (6.79%) Investment Banking
7 21 (5.48%) Marketing
7 21 (5.48%) Public Sector
8 17 (4.44%) Retail
9 16 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.13%) Back Office
10 12 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.57%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.31%) Corporate Banking
13 5 (1.31%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.78%) Legal
15 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (16.19%) Analyst
2 42 (10.97%) Lead
3 41 (10.70%) Architect
4 39 (10.18%) Developer
5 37 (9.66%) Data Analyst
5 37 (9.66%) Head of Finance
6 32 (8.36%) Data Engineer
7 25 (6.53%) Business Analyst
8 24 (6.27%) Consultant
9 20 (5.22%) Senior
10 18 (4.70%) Head of Data Management
11 17 (4.44%) Data Architect
11 17 (4.44%) Software Engineer
12 16 (4.18%) AWS Developer
12 16 (4.18%) AWS Engineer
12 16 (4.18%) AWS Software Engineer
12 16 (4.18%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 16 (4.18%) Snowflake Developer
12 16 (4.18%) Snowflake Engineer
12 16 (4.18%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.96%) PySpark
2 11 (2.87%) Kafka
3 8 (2.09%) AngularJS
3 8 (2.09%) Web Services
4 7 (1.83%) React
5 6 (1.57%) REST
6 5 (1.31%) Node.js
6 5 (1.31%) RESTful
7 4 (1.04%) HTML
7 4 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (1.04%) Middleware
7 4 (1.04%) SOAP
7 4 (1.04%) Spring
7 4 (1.04%) XML
8 3 (0.78%) .NET
8 3 (0.78%) Ajax
8 3 (0.78%) CSS
8 3 (0.78%) FastAPI
8 3 (0.78%) LDAP
8 3 (0.78%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 83 (21.67%) Derivative
2 82 (21.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 80 (20.89%) Equities
3 80 (20.89%) Fixed Income
4 78 (20.37%) Hedge funds
5 25 (6.53%) Management Information System
6 18 (4.70%) Reference Data
7 12 (3.13%) Data Structures
7 12 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.83%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.57%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.31%) Social Media
12 4 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.04%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.04%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.04%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.31%) Unix
2 4 (1.04%) Linux
2 4 (1.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (42.30%) Data Governance
2 128 (33.42%) Agile
3 105 (27.42%) Migration
4 88 (22.98%) Roadmaps
5 85 (22.19%) Analytics
6 76 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (19.32%) Business Intelligence
8 72 (18.80%) Regulatory Compliance
9 68 (17.75%) Investment Management
10 66 (17.23%) Data Modelling
11 65 (16.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 42 (10.97%) Project Management
13 41 (10.70%) Data Analysis
14 40 (10.44%) ETL
15 39 (10.18%) Asset Management
16 36 (9.40%) Visualisation
17 35 (9.14%) Decision-Making
18 34 (8.88%) Data Architecture
18 34 (8.88%) Data Integration
19 30 (7.83%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 108 (28.20%) SQL
2 85 (22.19%) Python
3 27 (7.05%) Java
4 10 (2.61%) T-SQL
5 9 (2.35%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.09%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.09%) R
7 6 (1.57%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.57%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.57%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.57%) VBA
8 5 (1.31%) Scala
9 4 (1.04%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.04%) Bash
9 4 (1.04%) C#
9 4 (1.04%) Perl
10 2 (0.52%) ABAP
10 2 (0.52%) ANSI SQL
10 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.26%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 48 (12.53%) Degree
2 23 (6.01%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.92%) PMI Certification
5 13 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.13%) PMP
7 6 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.04%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.04%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.04%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.52%) CBAP
9 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.26%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.26%) CSPO
10 1 (0.26%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (20.10%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.31%) GDPR
2 28 (7.31%) MiFID
3 22 (5.74%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.35%) QA
5 8 (2.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.83%) PMO
7 4 (1.04%) EMIR
8 3 (0.78%) Dodd-Frank
8 3 (0.78%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.78%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.26%) Basel III
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) GxP
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (1.83%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) NFS
Systems Management
1 14 (3.66%) Terraform
2 6 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.04%) Ansible
4 3 (0.78%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.52%) Puppet
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
6 1 (0.26%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (13.32%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.14%) Oracle
3 28 (7.31%) Informatica
4 23 (6.01%) SAP
5 17 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.39%) Databricks
7 11 (2.87%) Google
8 10 (2.61%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.31%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (1.04%) IBM
10 4 (1.04%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (1.04%) Sparx
10 4 (1.04%) Sybase
11 3 (0.78%) Ab Initio
11 3 (0.78%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.78%) Ariba
11 3 (0.78%) Splunk
12 2 (0.52%) Facebook
12 2 (0.52%) Nokia
12 2 (0.52%) Sun