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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 78 107
Rank change year-on-year -41 +29 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Management 341 451 397
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.37% 3.21% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 3.56% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 296 288
10th Percentile £313 £325 £425
25th Percentile £411 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £696
90th Percentile £736 £938 £763
England median daily rate £492 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -6.29% -6.67% -4.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile - £23.24 £25.26
25th Percentile £17.00 £47.20 £26.03
Median hourly rate £18.00 £92.50 £47.78
Median % change year-on-year -80.54% +93.61% +47.01%
75th Percentile £21.19 £97.50 £63.95
90th Percentile £25.13 - £65.57
England median hourly rate £20.63 £32.50 £46.12
% change year-on-year -36.54% -29.53% -34.12%

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 13,144 12,678 15,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.30% 90.34% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,697 8,106 11,397
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 155 261
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.63
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.01%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £68.93 £80.45 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +21.43%

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 16 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 16 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 -46 32 £575 +6.98% 21
West London -14 5 £500 +25.00% 3
South London -6 1 - - 5
East London -6 1 £675 +68.75% 5
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 14 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.52%) Confluence
3 9 (2.64%) HCL Notes
4 8 (2.35%) Mendix
5 5 (1.47%) Apache
6 4 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.59%) 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 34 (9.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.93%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.76%) ProjectWise
6 5 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
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 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.47%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.47%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.88%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.88%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.59%) Eagle PACE
5 2 (0.59%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.59%) iTrent
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.59%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.59%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.29%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.70%) Azure
2 53 (15.54%) Power Platform
3 37 (10.85%) AWS
4 27 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.28%) Collibra
5 18 (5.28%) Serverless
6 17 (4.99%) GCP
7 15 (4.40%) PowerApps
8 14 (4.11%) Azure Functions
8 14 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (3.81%) Azure Service Bus
9 13 (3.81%) Snowflake
10 11 (3.23%) Power Automate
10 11 (3.23%) SaaS
11 10 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (2.93%) OCI
12 9 (2.64%) PaaS
13 7 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.05%) SuccessFactors
14 6 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.88%) NAS
2 2 (0.59%) 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 50 (14.66%) Power BI
2 37 (10.85%) Metadata
3 29 (8.50%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (5.57%) Tableau
5 13 (3.81%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.23%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.93%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.93%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.64%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.05%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.47%) GIS
10 5 (1.47%) MySQL
10 5 (1.47%) Power Query
10 5 (1.47%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.17%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.17%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.88%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 41 (12.02%) JIRA
2 13 (3.81%) GitLab
3 6 (1.76%) Git
4 5 (1.47%) JMeter
5 4 (1.17%) Appium
5 4 (1.17%) ERwin
5 4 (1.17%) Selenium
6 3 (0.88%) Postman
6 3 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.88%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.59%) Gatling
7 2 (0.59%) JUnit
7 2 (0.59%) TestNG
7 2 (0.59%) TestRail
8 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.29%) MLflow
8 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 150 (43.99%) Finance
2 142 (41.64%) Social Skills
3 96 (28.15%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (12.90%) Banking
5 25 (7.33%) Financial Institution
6 21 (6.16%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.99%) Marketing
8 14 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.93%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.93%) Legal
10 10 (2.93%) Local Government
10 10 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.64%) Front Office
12 8 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.35%) Retail
13 7 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.76%) Corporate Banking
14 6 (1.76%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (22.29%) Analyst
2 42 (12.32%) Lead
3 39 (11.44%) Developer
4 38 (11.14%) Architect
4 38 (11.14%) Business Analyst
5 28 (8.21%) Consultant
6 27 (7.92%) Data Analyst
7 26 (7.62%) Senior
8 15 (4.40%) Data Architect
8 15 (4.40%) Data Engineer
9 14 (4.11%) Data Modeller
10 13 (3.81%) Governance Analyst
10 13 (3.81%) ServiceNow Developer
11 10 (2.93%) Data Business Analyst
11 10 (2.93%) Data Manager
11 10 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.64%) Oracle Consultant
12 9 (2.64%) Power Platform Developer
13 8 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.05%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
1 22 (6.45%) REST
2 17 (4.99%) SOAP
3 14 (4.11%) .NET
4 11 (3.23%) React
5 8 (2.35%) HTML5 Canvas
6 6 (1.76%) JSON
6 6 (1.76%) Kafka
7 5 (1.47%) MIDP
7 5 (1.47%) XML
8 4 (1.17%) LangChain
8 4 (1.17%) NumPy
8 4 (1.17%) Pandas
8 4 (1.17%) PySpark
8 4 (1.17%) WebdriverIO
9 3 (0.88%) Hugging Face
9 3 (0.88%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.88%) pydantic
9 3 (0.88%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.33%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.87%) Data Structures
3 19 (5.57%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.81%) CMDB
5 12 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.23%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.93%) Reference Data
8 9 (2.64%) Low-Code
9 7 (2.05%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.76%) Derivative
10 6 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.76%) Reinsurance
11 5 (1.47%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.17%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.17%) Android
1 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.59%) Linux
2 2 (0.59%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (29.62%) Agile
3 83 (24.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 81 (23.75%) Analytics
4 81 (23.75%) Data Governance
5 77 (22.58%) Data Modelling
6 59 (17.30%) Business Intelligence
7 55 (16.13%) DevOps
8 53 (15.54%) Migration
9 49 (14.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (13.49%) Validation
11 43 (12.61%) CI/CD
12 40 (11.73%) Roadmaps
13 37 (10.85%) Decision-Making
13 37 (10.85%) Visualisation
14 36 (10.56%) ETL
15 35 (10.26%) Data Analysis
15 35 (10.26%) Project Management
16 34 (9.97%) Data Architecture
16 34 (9.97%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 88 (25.81%) SQL
2 41 (12.02%) Python
3 33 (9.68%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.11%) C#
5 10 (2.93%) Java
6 9 (2.64%) Formula Language
6 9 (2.64%) LotusScript
7 8 (2.35%) Groovy
8 5 (1.47%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.17%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.17%) R
9 4 (1.17%) VBA
10 3 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.59%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.59%) Bicep
11 2 (0.59%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.59%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.59%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.29%) Korn
12 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (13.20%) Security Cleared
2 34 (9.97%) Degree
3 33 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.64%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.17%) IIBA
7 3 (0.88%) CBAP
7 3 (0.88%) MCP
7 3 (0.88%) PhD
7 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.88%) PMP
8 2 (0.59%) APMP
8 2 (0.59%) CIPD
8 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.59%) OCA
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.29%) CFA
9 1 (0.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (24.05%) Data Quality
2 34 (9.97%) QA
3 25 (7.33%) GDPR
4 9 (2.64%) PMO
5 7 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.76%) ISO 19650
7 5 (1.47%) IFRS
8 4 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.17%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.88%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.59%) Basel III
10 2 (0.59%) EMIR
10 2 (0.59%) GAAP
10 2 (0.59%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.29%) FATCA
11 1 (0.29%) GxP
11 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (1.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.05%) Terraform
2 5 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 50 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.78%) Oracle
3 25 (7.33%) Databricks
4 17 (4.99%) SAP
4 17 (4.99%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.40%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.52%) Informatica
7 11 (3.23%) Bloomberg
7 11 (3.23%) Google
8 9 (2.64%) Lotus
9 8 (2.35%) Alteryx
9 8 (2.35%) Kofax
10 7 (2.05%) Refinitiv
10 7 (2.05%) Workday
11 4 (1.17%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.17%) Murex
11 4 (1.17%) Talend
11 4 (1.17%) Yardi
12 3 (0.88%) Adobe
12 3 (0.88%) Hyperion