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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 89 103
Rank change year-on-year -59 +14 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Management 333 388 413
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.90% 3.05% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 3.31% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 268 292
10th Percentile £313 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £459 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £618 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% +12.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £775
England median daily rate £490 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 13
10th Percentile - £23.86 -
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £61.65 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -53.69% +197.69% +18.34%
75th Percentile £30.59 £93.75 £27.84
90th Percentile - - £56.70
England median hourly rate £30.49 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +1.63% -25.00% -8.32%

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 15,557 11,724 15,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.81% 92.03% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,420 7,969 11,310
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 170 331
10th Percentile £18.70 £16.66 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.11 £23.05 £19.96
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +19.22% -25.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.08 £63.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.82% -12.53% -6.67%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 37 £575 +4.55% 22
West London -9 15 £500 +19.05% 8
East London -3 2 £428 -36.67% 3
South London - 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 21 (6.31%) Confluence
2 20 (6.01%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.30%) HCL Notes
4 10 (3.00%) Mendix
5 4 (1.20%) CMS
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.90%) Apache
6 3 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.90%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.30%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 34 (10.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (4.50%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.40%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.10%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.50%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.90%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.90%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.90%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.60%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.60%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.60%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.30%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.30%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.30%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.30%) iTrent
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 72 (21.62%) Azure
2 70 (21.02%) Power Platform
3 38 (11.41%) AWS
4 20 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.71%) PowerApps
6 18 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (5.11%) Serverless
8 16 (4.80%) Collibra
9 14 (4.20%) GCP
9 14 (4.20%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.90%) SaaS
11 12 (3.60%) Azure Functions
12 11 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (3.30%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (2.70%) Snowflake
14 8 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (2.40%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (2.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.20%) LAN
1 4 (1.20%) PSTN
1 4 (1.20%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.20%) WAN
1 4 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.60%) Intranet
2 2 (0.60%) NAS
2 2 (0.60%) SMS
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (18.02%) Power BI
2 46 (13.81%) Metadata
3 36 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (5.71%) Data Lake
5 18 (5.41%) SQL Server
5 18 (5.41%) Tableau
6 14 (4.20%) Oracle Database
7 9 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (2.70%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.80%) Delta Lake
8 6 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.50%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.50%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.50%) Power Query
9 5 (1.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.20%) Metadata Repository
10 4 (1.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 32 (9.61%) JIRA
2 11 (3.30%) ERwin
3 7 (2.10%) Git
4 5 (1.50%) Appium
4 5 (1.50%) GitLab
4 5 (1.50%) JMeter
5 4 (1.20%) Selenium
6 3 (0.90%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.90%) Toad
6 3 (0.90%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.60%) MLflow
7 2 (0.60%) Postman
7 2 (0.60%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.30%) GCC
8 1 (0.30%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 145 (43.54%) Finance
2 129 (38.74%) Social Skills
3 90 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (11.11%) Banking
5 31 (9.31%) Public Sector
6 27 (8.11%) Financial Institution
7 23 (6.91%) Marketing
8 14 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.70%) Retail
12 8 (2.40%) Back Office
13 7 (2.10%) Front Office
13 7 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.80%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.80%) Legal
15 5 (1.50%) Local Government
15 5 (1.50%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.50%) Retail Banking
15 5 (1.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (25.53%) Analyst
2 48 (14.41%) Business Analyst
3 47 (14.11%) Lead
4 35 (10.51%) Architect
5 34 (10.21%) Senior
6 32 (9.61%) Data Analyst
7 23 (6.91%) Consultant
7 23 (6.91%) Data Architect
8 21 (6.31%) Data Engineer
8 21 (6.31%) Developer
9 14 (4.20%) Data Business Analyst
9 14 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (3.30%) Data Modeller
10 11 (3.30%) Power Platform Developer
11 9 (2.70%) Data Manager
12 8 (2.40%) Implementation Consultant
12 8 (2.40%) Test Manager
13 7 (2.10%) Administrator
13 7 (2.10%) Project Manager
13 7 (2.10%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.20%) .NET
2 12 (3.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (3.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 10 (3.00%) React
4 7 (2.10%) JSON
5 6 (1.80%) REST
5 6 (1.80%) XML
6 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.20%) PySpark
6 4 (1.20%) WebdriverIO
6 4 (1.20%) YAML
7 3 (0.90%) Hugging Face
7 3 (0.90%) LangChain
7 3 (0.90%) Model Context Protocol
7 3 (0.90%) Pandas
7 3 (0.90%) pydantic
7 3 (0.90%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.90%) React Native
7 3 (0.90%) scikit-learn
7 3 (0.90%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.51%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.61%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.71%) Reference Data
4 14 (4.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (4.20%) Data Structures
4 14 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.60%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.30%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (3.00%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.10%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.80%) Life Science
11 5 (1.50%) FMCG
12 4 (1.20%) Blog
12 4 (1.20%) Derivative
12 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.20%) Social Media
12 4 (1.20%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.20%) Android
1 4 (1.20%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.60%) Windows
3 1 (0.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (30.93%) Data Governance
2 97 (29.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (27.63%) Data Modelling
4 87 (26.13%) Agile
5 79 (23.72%) Migration
5 79 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (21.02%) Business Intelligence
7 61 (18.32%) Analytics
8 55 (16.52%) Decision-Making
9 52 (15.62%) Validation
10 48 (14.41%) ETL
11 47 (14.11%) Data Architecture
12 46 (13.81%) Data Analysis
13 43 (12.91%) DevOps
14 41 (12.31%) Data Engineering
15 39 (11.71%) AI
16 38 (11.41%) Data Migration
17 36 (10.81%) CI/CD
17 36 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 35 (10.51%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (27.93%) SQL
2 43 (12.91%) Python
3 18 (5.41%) C#
4 16 (4.80%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.30%) Formula Language
5 11 (3.30%) LotusScript
6 9 (2.70%) Java
7 8 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.10%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.10%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.10%) VBA
9 5 (1.50%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.20%) Groovy
11 3 (0.90%) Bicep
11 3 (0.90%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.90%) R
11 3 (0.90%) Scala
12 2 (0.60%) X++
13 1 (0.30%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (16.52%) Degree
2 43 (12.91%) Security Cleared
3 34 (10.21%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.30%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.40%) IIBA
7 7 (2.10%) CBAP
8 5 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.50%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.20%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.20%) PMP
10 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.90%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.90%) PhD
11 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.60%) CIPD
12 1 (0.30%) APMP
12 1 (0.30%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (30.03%) Data Quality
2 38 (11.41%) QA
3 21 (6.31%) GDPR
4 10 (3.00%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.10%) PMO
6 6 (1.80%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.20%) COREP
7 4 (1.20%) FINREP
7 4 (1.20%) IFRS
8 3 (0.90%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.60%) Basel III
9 2 (0.60%) MiFID
10 1 (0.30%) EMIR
10 1 (0.30%) GAAP
10 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.30%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.40%) Terraform
2 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.90%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.30%) Grafana
5 1 (0.30%) Kibana
Vendors
1 60 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.91%) Oracle
3 27 (8.11%) Databricks
4 17 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.50%) SAP
6 11 (3.30%) Informatica
6 11 (3.30%) Lotus
7 10 (3.00%) Kofax
8 9 (2.70%) Bloomberg
9 7 (2.10%) Google
10 6 (1.80%) GoldenSource
10 6 (1.80%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.50%) Charles River
11 5 (1.50%) Murex
12 4 (1.20%) Braze
12 4 (1.20%) Refinitiv
12 4 (1.20%) Sparx
12 4 (1.20%) Yardi
13 3 (0.90%) FactSet
13 3 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud