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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 116 99
Rank change year-on-year -47 -17 +43
Contract jobs citing Data Management 375 336 422
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.85% 2.51% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 2.71% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 199 264
10th Percentile £313 £325 £350
25th Percentile £411 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £673 £672 £700
90th Percentile £775 £778 £803
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -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 £26.79 £25.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.02% -26.43% +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 17,982 12,382 14,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.49% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,765 8,174 9,384
10th Percentile £360 £334 £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 £663 £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 338 244 181
10th Percentile £15.97 £18.06 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.81 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.25 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.07% -17.80% -7.80%
75th Percentile £60.25 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.38 £64.93 £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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -13.04% 85
West London -9 10 £275 -34.52% 19
East London - 5 £825 - 1
South London -17 1 - - 9
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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.20%) CMS
3 11 (2.93%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.93%) Confluence
4 7 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.87%) WordPress
5 6 (1.60%) Apache
6 2 (0.53%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.53%) Mule
7 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.27%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 33 (8.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (3.47%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.33%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.07%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.53%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.27%) Endur
8 1 (0.27%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.27%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.27%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.27%) Summit
8 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 81 (21.60%) Azure
2 54 (14.40%) Power Platform
3 31 (8.27%) AWS
4 30 (8.00%) Collibra
5 21 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (5.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 19 (5.07%) PowerApps
6 19 (5.07%) Snowflake
7 18 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (4.27%) Alation
9 14 (3.73%) GCP
9 14 (3.73%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.20%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.40%) Azure Databricks
12 9 (2.40%) GitHub
13 8 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (1.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 6 (1.60%) dbt
15 6 (1.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.07%) SMS
2 3 (0.80%) Firewall
3 2 (0.53%) Broadband
3 2 (0.53%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.27%) DNS
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (18.93%) Metadata
2 40 (10.67%) Power BI
3 27 (7.20%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (7.20%) SQL Server
4 23 (6.13%) Data Lake
5 21 (5.60%) Tableau
6 11 (2.93%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.67%) Delta Lake
7 10 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.40%) Oracle Database
9 8 (2.13%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.60%) Ataccama
11 4 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.07%) Looker
11 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.80%) Big Data
12 3 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.80%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (7.20%) JIRA
2 11 (2.93%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.67%) Selenium
4 9 (2.40%) ERwin
4 9 (2.40%) Git
5 7 (1.87%) ER Studio
6 6 (1.60%) JMeter
7 5 (1.33%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.33%) Postman
8 3 (0.80%) 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 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 153 (40.80%) Finance
2 132 (35.20%) Social Skills
3 86 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (13.07%) Banking
5 35 (9.33%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (6.40%) Marketing
8 16 (4.27%) Front Office
8 16 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (4.00%) Retail
10 14 (3.73%) Legal
11 13 (3.47%) Investment Banking
12 12 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (2.13%) Local Government
14 8 (2.13%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.33%) Back Office
16 5 (1.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 64 (17.07%) Analyst
2 42 (11.20%) Architect
2 42 (11.20%) Lead
3 36 (9.60%) Developer
4 30 (8.00%) Business Analyst
4 30 (8.00%) Senior
5 27 (7.20%) Data Analyst
6 25 (6.67%) Consultant
7 22 (5.87%) Data Architect
8 20 (5.33%) Data Engineer
9 16 (4.27%) Data Consultant
9 16 (4.27%) Data Manager
10 12 (3.20%) Project Manager
11 11 (2.93%) Administrator
11 11 (2.93%) Governance Analyst
11 11 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (2.67%) Technical Leader
13 9 (2.40%) Tester
14 8 (2.13%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.87%) REST
2 16 (4.27%) Kafka
3 13 (3.47%) .NET
4 10 (2.67%) RESTful
5 9 (2.40%) HTML
5 9 (2.40%) JSON
6 8 (2.13%) Middleware
6 8 (2.13%) PySpark
6 8 (2.13%) Terraform
6 8 (2.13%) XML
7 7 (1.87%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (1.60%) Web Services
9 5 (1.33%) CSS
10 4 (1.07%) SOAP
10 4 (1.07%) Spring
10 4 (1.07%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.07%) XSD
11 3 (0.80%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.80%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.07%) Data Structures
2 31 (8.27%) Onboarding
3 30 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 27 (7.20%) Reference Data
5 18 (4.80%) Product Ownership
6 16 (4.27%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.73%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.67%) Fixed Income
10 7 (1.87%) Equities
11 6 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.60%) Life Science
11 6 (1.60%) Pricing Data
11 6 (1.60%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.60%) Social Media
11 6 (1.60%) Taxonomies
12 5 (1.33%) FMCG
12 5 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.33%) Windows
2 3 (0.80%) Linux
3 2 (0.53%) Android
3 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (39.47%) Data Governance
2 125 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 116 (30.93%) Agile
4 80 (21.33%) Data Modelling
4 80 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (21.07%) AI
6 75 (20.00%) Analytics
7 70 (18.67%) Migration
8 66 (17.60%) Data Architecture
9 61 (16.27%) Validation
10 59 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (14.93%) ETL
12 52 (13.87%) DevOps
13 51 (13.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (13.33%) Metadata Management
15 48 (12.80%) Business Intelligence
16 46 (12.27%) Test Automation
17 45 (12.00%) Roadmaps
18 44 (11.73%) CI/CD
19 42 (11.20%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 106 (28.27%) SQL
2 52 (13.87%) Python
3 28 (7.47%) C#
4 24 (6.40%) Java
5 15 (4.00%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.67%) X++
7 7 (1.87%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.60%) VBA
9 5 (1.33%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.07%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.07%) R
11 3 (0.80%) Bicep
11 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.80%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.53%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.27%) Bash
13 1 (0.27%) C
13 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (14.40%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.27%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.73%) Degree
4 16 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.20%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.40%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.13%) PMP
9 4 (1.07%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.80%) ISEB
10 3 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.80%) 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 (35.20%) Data Quality
2 37 (9.87%) GDPR
3 28 (7.47%) QA
4 13 (3.47%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.93%) PMO
6 6 (1.60%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.07%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.07%) 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 (0.27%) GLBA
9 1 (0.27%) GMP
9 1 (0.27%) GRC
9 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (0.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.27%) Ansible
2 1 (0.27%) Grafana
2 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 72 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.67%) Databricks
3 33 (8.80%) Salesforce
4 32 (8.53%) Oracle
5 21 (5.60%) Informatica
6 16 (4.27%) SAP
7 10 (2.67%) Bloomberg
7 10 (2.67%) IBM
8 8 (2.13%) Charles River
8 8 (2.13%) Google
9 7 (1.87%) Sitecore
9 7 (1.87%) UiPath
10 6 (1.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (1.60%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.33%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.33%) Refinitiv
11 5 (1.33%) Tradeweb
12 4 (1.07%) Murex
12 4 (1.07%) Pardot
12 4 (1.07%) Talend