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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 74 108
Rank change year-on-year -46 +34 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Management 348 457 409
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.38% 3.33% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 3.68% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 304 302
10th Percentile £313 £325 £413
25th Percentile £406 £415 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% -3.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £625 £763 £675
90th Percentile £721 £938 £750
England median daily rate £492 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 13
10th Percentile - £23.78 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £58.10 £18.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £92.50 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -80.54% +264.46% -21.91%
75th Percentile £21.19 £97.50 £50.75
90th Percentile £25.13 - £64.38
England median hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -30.77% -8.45% -49.29%

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 13,335 12,405 16,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.04% 90.46% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,836 7,879 11,756
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
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 £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 323
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.08 £24.66 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% +16.67% -19.40%
75th Percentile £56.25 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.20 £79.50 £72.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.92%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 -53 31 £538 - 20
West London -14 5 £500 +25.00% 6
East London -3 1 £675 +68.75% 3
South London -7 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 15 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.45%) Confluence
3 10 (2.87%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.59%) Mendix
5 5 (1.44%) Apache
6 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.29%) CMS
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (3.45%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.44%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.29%) Revit
7 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.15%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.15%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.86%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.86%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.57%) Eagle PACE
5 2 (0.57%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.57%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.57%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.29%) Actimize
6 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.29%) iTrent
6 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 77 (22.13%) Azure
2 56 (16.09%) Power Platform
3 39 (11.21%) AWS
4 28 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.46%) Serverless
6 17 (4.89%) Collibra
7 15 (4.31%) Azure Functions
7 15 (4.31%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (4.31%) GCP
8 14 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
8 14 (4.02%) PowerApps
8 14 (4.02%) Snowflake
9 12 (3.45%) Power Automate
10 11 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (3.16%) OCI
10 11 (3.16%) SaaS
11 9 (2.59%) PaaS
12 7 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.86%) NAS
2 2 (0.57%) SMS
3 1 (0.29%) 2G
3 1 (0.29%) 4G
3 1 (0.29%) 5G
3 1 (0.29%) Intranet
3 1 (0.29%) IPv4
3 1 (0.29%) MQTT
3 1 (0.29%) Network Security
3 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.29%) SAN
3 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.29%) VLAN
3 1 (0.29%) WebEx
3 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (15.23%) Power BI
2 36 (10.34%) Metadata
3 33 (9.48%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.75%) Tableau
5 15 (4.31%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.45%) Oracle Database
7 11 (3.16%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.59%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.30%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.01%) MySQL
11 5 (1.44%) GIS
11 5 (1.44%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.15%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (0.86%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 42 (12.07%) JIRA
2 13 (3.74%) GitLab
3 6 (1.72%) ERwin
3 6 (1.72%) Git
4 4 (1.15%) Appium
4 4 (1.15%) JMeter
5 3 (0.86%) Postman
5 3 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.86%) Selenium
6 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.57%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.57%) TestRail
7 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.29%) Gatling
7 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.29%) MLflow
7 1 (0.29%) TestNG
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 149 (42.82%) Finance
1 149 (42.82%) Social Skills
2 94 (27.01%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (12.64%) Banking
4 24 (6.90%) Financial Institution
5 22 (6.32%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.17%) Marketing
7 14 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.87%) Retail
10 9 (2.59%) Front Office
10 9 (2.59%) Local Government
11 8 (2.30%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.30%) Legal
12 7 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.44%) Law
14 5 (1.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 82 (23.56%) Analyst
2 43 (12.36%) Lead
3 41 (11.78%) Business Analyst
4 40 (11.49%) Developer
5 37 (10.63%) Architect
6 33 (9.48%) Data Analyst
7 30 (8.62%) Senior
8 28 (8.05%) Consultant
9 17 (4.89%) Data Modeller
10 15 (4.31%) Data Architect
10 15 (4.31%) Data Engineer
11 13 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.74%) ServiceNow Developer
12 11 (3.16%) Data Business Analyst
12 11 (3.16%) Data Manager
12 11 (3.16%) Governance Analyst
13 10 (2.87%) Power Platform Developer
14 9 (2.59%) Oracle Consultant
15 7 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (2.01%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (6.32%) REST
3 17 (4.89%) SOAP
4 15 (4.31%) .NET
5 12 (3.45%) React
6 9 (2.59%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (1.72%) JSON
7 6 (1.72%) Kafka
7 6 (1.72%) XML
8 4 (1.15%) LangChain
8 4 (1.15%) MIDP
8 4 (1.15%) NumPy
8 4 (1.15%) Pandas
8 4 (1.15%) PySpark
8 4 (1.15%) WebdriverIO
9 3 (0.86%) Hugging Face
9 3 (0.86%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.86%) pydantic
9 3 (0.86%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.32%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.03%) Data Structures
3 19 (5.46%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.74%) CMDB
5 12 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.16%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.87%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.87%) Reference Data
8 9 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.72%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.72%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.44%) Derivative
10 5 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.15%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.86%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.15%) Android
1 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
2 2 (0.57%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (31.03%) Agile
2 106 (30.46%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (25.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 87 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 85 (24.43%) Data Modelling
6 81 (23.28%) Analytics
7 64 (18.39%) Migration
8 61 (17.53%) Business Intelligence
9 59 (16.95%) DevOps
10 48 (13.79%) Decision-Making
11 47 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 46 (13.22%) Validation
13 43 (12.36%) CI/CD
14 42 (12.07%) Roadmaps
14 42 (12.07%) Visualisation
15 41 (11.78%) ETL
16 39 (11.21%) Project Management
17 36 (10.34%) Data Architecture
17 36 (10.34%) Data Integration
18 34 (9.77%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 91 (26.15%) SQL
2 42 (12.07%) Python
3 34 (9.77%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.31%) C#
5 10 (2.87%) Formula Language
5 10 (2.87%) LotusScript
6 9 (2.59%) Java
7 8 (2.30%) Groovy
8 5 (1.44%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.44%) VBA
9 4 (1.15%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.15%) R
10 3 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.57%) Bicep
11 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.29%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 50 (14.37%) Security Cleared
2 44 (12.64%) Degree
3 37 (10.63%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.87%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.30%) IIBA
7 7 (2.01%) CBAP
8 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.86%) MCP
8 3 (0.86%) PhD
8 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.86%) PMP
9 2 (0.57%) APMP
9 2 (0.57%) CIPD
9 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.57%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.57%) OCA
9 2 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.29%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (24.43%) Data Quality
2 33 (9.48%) QA
3 29 (8.33%) GDPR
4 9 (2.59%) PMO
5 7 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.72%) Solvency II
7 5 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.44%) IFRS
7 5 (1.44%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.86%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.57%) Basel III
9 2 (0.57%) EMIR
9 2 (0.57%) GAAP
9 2 (0.57%) MiFID
10 1 (0.29%) FATCA
10 1 (0.29%) GxP
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.01%) Terraform
2 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 57 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 51 (14.66%) Oracle
3 25 (7.18%) Databricks
4 17 (4.89%) SAP
4 17 (4.89%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.60%) Salesforce
6 14 (4.02%) Informatica
7 10 (2.87%) Lotus
8 9 (2.59%) Google
8 9 (2.59%) Kofax
9 7 (2.01%) Bloomberg
9 7 (2.01%) Workday
10 5 (1.44%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.15%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.15%) Talend
11 4 (1.15%) Yardi
12 3 (0.86%) Instagram
12 3 (0.86%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.86%) Refinitiv
12 3 (0.86%) Sparx