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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 91 102
Rank change year-on-year -48 +11 +53
Contract jobs citing Data Management 328 381 415
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.86% 3.03% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 3.29% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 262 294
10th Percentile £312 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £611 £763 £675
90th Percentile £739 £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% -
75th Percentile £30.59 £93.75 £27.84
90th Percentile - - £56.70
England median hourly rate £30.49 £30.32 £40.00
% change year-on-year +0.56% -24.20% -0.44%

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 15,622 11,589 15,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.42% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,456 7,858 11,248
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -50 38 £575 +4.55% 42
West London -7 16 £388 -7.74% 6
East London -4 2 £428 -36.67% 5
South London - 1 - - 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 21 (6.40%) Confluence
2 20 (6.10%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.35%) HCL Notes
4 10 (3.05%) Mendix
5 4 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.22%) CMS
5 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.91%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.30%) Apache
8 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.30%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 34 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (4.88%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.52%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.91%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.91%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.91%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.61%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.61%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.30%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.30%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.30%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.30%) iTrent
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 74 (22.56%) Azure
2 71 (21.65%) Power Platform
3 35 (10.67%) AWS
4 21 (6.40%) PowerApps
5 20 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (5.18%) Collibra
8 16 (4.88%) Power Automate
8 16 (4.88%) Serverless
9 14 (4.27%) GCP
10 12 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (3.66%) Azure Functions
10 12 (3.66%) SaaS
11 11 (3.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (3.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.74%) Snowflake
13 8 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
14 7 (2.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.22%) LAN
1 4 (1.22%) PSTN
1 4 (1.22%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.22%) WAN
1 4 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.61%) Intranet
2 2 (0.61%) SMS
3 1 (0.30%) NAS
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (18.29%) Power BI
2 45 (13.72%) Metadata
3 35 (10.67%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (5.79%) Data Lake
5 18 (5.49%) Tableau
6 17 (5.18%) SQL Server
7 14 (4.27%) Oracle Database
8 8 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.13%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.83%) Delta Lake
10 6 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.52%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.52%) Metadata Repository
11 5 (1.52%) Power Query
11 5 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.91%) OLAP
13 3 (0.91%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 32 (9.76%) JIRA
2 8 (2.44%) ERwin
3 7 (2.13%) Git
4 5 (1.52%) Appium
4 5 (1.52%) JMeter
5 4 (1.22%) GitLab
5 4 (1.22%) Selenium
6 3 (0.91%) Toad
6 3 (0.91%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.91%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.61%) MLflow
7 2 (0.61%) Postman
7 2 (0.61%) REST Assured
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
1 144 (43.90%) Finance
2 122 (37.20%) Social Skills
3 85 (25.91%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.59%) Banking
5 30 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 25 (7.62%) Financial Institution
7 23 (7.01%) Marketing
8 14 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.44%) Back Office
12 7 (2.13%) Front Office
12 7 (2.13%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.13%) Retail
13 5 (1.52%) Legal
13 5 (1.52%) Local Government
13 5 (1.52%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.52%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (26.22%) Analyst
2 48 (14.63%) Lead
3 47 (14.33%) Business Analyst
4 35 (10.67%) Senior
5 34 (10.37%) Architect
6 33 (10.06%) Data Analyst
7 22 (6.71%) Consultant
7 22 (6.71%) Data Architect
8 21 (6.40%) Data Engineer
8 21 (6.40%) Developer
9 15 (4.57%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (3.66%) Data Business Analyst
11 11 (3.35%) Power Platform Developer
12 10 (3.05%) Data Manager
13 8 (2.44%) Data Modeller
14 7 (2.13%) Implementation Consultant
14 7 (2.13%) Senior Business Analyst
14 7 (2.13%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.13%) Technical Business Analyst
14 7 (2.13%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.27%) .NET
2 12 (3.66%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (3.05%) HTML5 Canvas
3 10 (3.05%) React
4 7 (2.13%) JSON
5 6 (1.83%) REST
5 6 (1.83%) XML
6 5 (1.52%) PySpark
7 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (1.22%) RESTful
7 4 (1.22%) WebdriverIO
7 4 (1.22%) YAML
8 3 (0.91%) Hugging Face
8 3 (0.91%) NumPy
8 3 (0.91%) Pandas
8 3 (0.91%) pydantic
8 3 (0.91%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.91%) React Native
8 3 (0.91%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.91%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.23%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.71%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.57%) Reference Data
4 14 (4.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (3.96%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.66%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.66%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (3.05%) Low-Code
9 9 (2.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (2.13%) Fixed Income
12 6 (1.83%) Life Science
13 5 (1.52%) FMCG
14 4 (1.22%) Blog
14 4 (1.22%) Derivative
14 4 (1.22%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.22%) Social Media
14 4 (1.22%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.22%) Android
1 4 (1.22%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.61%) Windows
3 1 (0.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (31.10%) Data Governance
2 92 (28.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 87 (26.52%) Data Modelling
4 84 (25.61%) Agile
5 78 (23.78%) Migration
6 73 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (21.04%) Business Intelligence
8 59 (17.99%) Analytics
9 53 (16.16%) Decision-Making
10 51 (15.55%) Validation
11 49 (14.94%) ETL
12 47 (14.33%) Data Architecture
13 46 (14.02%) Data Analysis
14 43 (13.11%) DevOps
15 40 (12.20%) Data Engineering
16 39 (11.89%) AI
17 37 (11.28%) Data Migration
18 36 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 35 (10.67%) CI/CD
20 33 (10.06%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (28.35%) SQL
2 45 (13.72%) Python
3 19 (5.79%) C#
4 16 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.35%) Formula Language
5 11 (3.35%) LotusScript
6 9 (2.74%) Java
7 8 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.13%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.13%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.13%) VBA
9 5 (1.52%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.91%) Bicep
10 3 (0.91%) Groovy
10 3 (0.91%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.91%) R
10 3 (0.91%) Scala
10 3 (0.91%) X++
11 1 (0.30%) C++
11 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 56 (17.07%) Degree
2 42 (12.80%) Security Cleared
3 33 (10.06%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.35%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.44%) CBAP
6 8 (2.44%) IIBA
7 6 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.83%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.52%) PMP
9 3 (0.91%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.91%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.91%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.91%) PhD
10 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.30%) CFA
11 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.30%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (30.18%) Data Quality
2 38 (11.59%) QA
3 21 (6.40%) GDPR
4 10 (3.05%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.83%) PMO
6 5 (1.52%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.22%) COREP
7 4 (1.22%) FINREP
8 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.61%) IFRS
8 2 (0.61%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.61%) MiFID
9 1 (0.30%) Basel III
9 1 (0.30%) EMIR
9 1 (0.30%) GAAP
9 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.30%) PSD2
9 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.83%) Terraform
2 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.91%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.91%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.30%) Grafana
5 1 (0.30%) Kibana
Vendors
1 60 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.80%) Oracle
3 27 (8.23%) Databricks
4 16 (4.88%) SAP
5 15 (4.57%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.35%) Informatica
6 11 (3.35%) Lotus
7 10 (3.05%) Kofax
8 9 (2.74%) Bloomberg
9 7 (2.13%) Google
10 6 (1.83%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.52%) Charles River
11 5 (1.52%) Murex
11 5 (1.52%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.22%) Braze
12 4 (1.22%) Refinitiv
12 4 (1.22%) Yardi
13 3 (0.91%) Eze Software Group
13 3 (0.91%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud