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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 114 113
Rank change year-on-year -49 -1 +33
Contract jobs citing Data Management 373 348 375
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.84% 2.58% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 2.79% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 199 239
10th Percentile £305 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £667 £656 £700
90th Percentile £769 £773 £808
England median daily rate £515 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +3.00% -6.98% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 8
10th Percentile £19.00 £17.00 £21.40
25th Percentile £19.03 £19.50 £24.55
Median hourly rate £33.55 £23.45 £35.17
Median % change year-on-year +43.05% -33.32% -14.30%
75th Percentile £41.11 £25.00 £75.94
90th Percentile £41.87 £25.90 £97.50
England median hourly rate £30.90 £33.00 £39.84
% change year-on-year -6.36% -17.17% +20.73%

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 18,076 12,495 14,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.53% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,807 8,257 9,705
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 255 182
10th Percentile £16.75 £17.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.01 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -27 49 £525 -4.64% 52
West London -9 12 £275 -34.52% 19
East London +4 4 £503 -25.56% 10
South London -10 2 - - 5
North London -2 1 £550 -
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 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.22%) Confluence
3 11 (2.95%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.68%) CMS
5 8 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.88%) WordPress
7 6 (1.61%) Apache
8 3 (0.80%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.54%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.54%) Mule
10 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.27%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 35 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (3.75%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.34%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.34%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.07%) SAP MDG
5 4 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.54%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.27%) SAP AFS
7 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
7 1 (0.27%) Summit
7 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 75 (20.11%) Azure
2 55 (14.75%) Power Platform
3 37 (9.92%) AWS
4 31 (8.31%) Collibra
5 19 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.09%) PowerApps
6 17 (4.56%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (4.56%) GCP
7 15 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
7 15 (4.02%) Snowflake
8 14 (3.75%) Power Automate
9 11 (2.95%) Alation
9 11 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (2.14%) Azure Databricks
12 7 (1.88%) dbt
12 7 (1.88%) GitHub
12 7 (1.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.61%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.07%) SMS
2 2 (0.54%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.27%) Firewall
3 1 (0.27%) Intranet
3 1 (0.27%) Network Security
3 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (19.57%) Metadata
2 41 (10.99%) Power BI
3 26 (6.97%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (6.17%) Data Lake
5 22 (5.90%) Tableau
6 19 (5.09%) SQL Server
7 11 (2.95%) Delta Lake
8 10 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (2.41%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.14%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.61%) Ataccama
12 6 (1.61%) Oracle Database
13 5 (1.34%) Data Mining
13 5 (1.34%) Power Query
14 4 (1.07%) Big Data
14 4 (1.07%) GIS
14 4 (1.07%) Looker
15 3 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
15 3 (0.80%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (7.77%) JIRA
2 12 (3.22%) Selenium
3 11 (2.95%) ERwin
3 11 (2.95%) Visual Studio
4 9 (2.41%) Git
5 8 (2.14%) ER Studio
5 8 (2.14%) JMeter
6 4 (1.07%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.07%) Postman
6 4 (1.07%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.80%) MLflow
8 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.54%) eggPlant
8 2 (0.54%) Gradle
8 2 (0.54%) Maven
8 2 (0.54%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.54%) SOAtest
9 1 (0.27%) Appium
9 1 (0.27%) SilkTest
9 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 152 (40.75%) Finance
2 126 (33.78%) Social Skills
3 84 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.33%) Banking
5 38 (10.19%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.90%) Marketing
6 22 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (4.02%) Retail
9 14 (3.75%) Front Office
9 14 (3.75%) Legal
10 12 (3.22%) Investment Banking
11 11 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.68%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.68%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.41%) Local Government
14 8 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (18.50%) Analyst
2 45 (12.06%) Lead
3 43 (11.53%) Architect
4 33 (8.85%) Data Analyst
5 31 (8.31%) Developer
6 29 (7.77%) Senior
7 28 (7.51%) Consultant
8 27 (7.24%) Business Analyst
9 25 (6.70%) Data Architect
10 17 (4.56%) Data Manager
11 16 (4.29%) Data Consultant
12 15 (4.02%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.95%) Administrator
14 11 (2.95%) Governance Analyst
14 11 (2.95%) Test Manager
15 9 (2.41%) Technical Leader
16 8 (2.14%) Data Modeller
16 8 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
17 7 (1.88%) Governance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.56%) REST
2 13 (3.49%) Kafka
3 11 (2.95%) JSON
4 9 (2.41%) PySpark
4 9 (2.41%) RESTful
5 8 (2.14%) HTML
5 8 (2.14%) Middleware
5 8 (2.14%) XML
6 7 (1.88%) .NET
6 7 (1.88%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (1.88%) Terraform
7 5 (1.34%) CSS
8 4 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.07%) Playwright
8 4 (1.07%) SOAP
8 4 (1.07%) XSD
9 3 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.80%) Spring
9 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.54%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.65%) Management Information System
2 34 (9.12%) Onboarding
3 33 (8.85%) Data Structures
4 28 (7.51%) Reference Data
5 19 (5.09%) Cloud Native
5 19 (5.09%) Product Ownership
6 14 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.95%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.88%) Equities
8 7 (1.88%) FMCG
8 7 (1.88%) Life Science
9 6 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.61%) Pricing Data
9 6 (1.61%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.34%) Replication
10 5 (1.34%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.80%) Windows
2 2 (0.54%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Android
3 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (40.48%) Data Governance
2 121 (32.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 107 (28.69%) Agile
4 79 (21.18%) Analytics
4 79 (21.18%) Data Modelling
5 77 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (19.57%) Migration
7 72 (19.30%) AI
8 69 (18.50%) Data Architecture
9 63 (16.89%) Validation
10 58 (15.55%) ETL
11 54 (14.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (13.94%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (13.94%) Metadata Management
13 48 (12.87%) DevOps
14 47 (12.60%) Decision-Making
14 47 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 46 (12.33%) Roadmaps
16 43 (11.53%) Data Migration
17 42 (11.26%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 107 (28.69%) SQL
2 51 (13.67%) Python
3 23 (6.17%) C#
3 23 (6.17%) Java
4 14 (3.75%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.68%) X++
6 6 (1.61%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.61%) VBA
7 5 (1.34%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.07%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.80%) Bicep
9 3 (0.80%) R
10 2 (0.54%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.27%) C
11 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 51 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 44 (11.80%) SC Cleared
3 43 (11.53%) Degree
4 12 (3.22%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.61%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.34%) PMP
9 4 (1.07%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.80%) ISEB
10 3 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.54%) CAPM
11 2 (0.54%) CBAP
11 2 (0.54%) IIBA
11 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (37.53%) Data Quality
2 39 (10.46%) GDPR
3 32 (8.58%) QA
4 14 (3.75%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.95%) PMO
6 6 (1.61%) Solvency II
7 5 (1.34%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.80%) COREP
8 3 (0.80%) FINREP
8 3 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.54%) EMIR
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.54%) MiFID
9 2 (0.54%) PERC
10 1 (0.27%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.27%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.54%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 57 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.92%) Databricks
3 31 (8.31%) Oracle
4 30 (8.04%) Salesforce
5 21 (5.63%) Informatica
6 16 (4.29%) SAP
7 10 (2.68%) Bloomberg
8 8 (2.14%) Charles River
8 8 (2.14%) IBM
9 7 (1.88%) Google
9 7 (1.88%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.61%) GoldenSource
10 6 (1.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (1.34%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.34%) Refinitiv
11 5 (1.34%) Tradeweb
12 4 (1.07%) Murex
12 4 (1.07%) Pardot
12 4 (1.07%) Sparx
12 4 (1.07%) Talend