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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 85 102
Rank change year-on-year -57 +17 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Management 342 393 415
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.00% 3.10% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 3.39% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 286 299
10th Percentile £313 £325 £378
25th Percentile £413 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £779
England median daily rate £492 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile - £40.82 -
25th Percentile £26.52 £59.73 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £92.50 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year -69.14% +301.39% +31.69%
75th Percentile £30.59 £93.75 £43.94
90th Percentile - - £64.30
England median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -12.15% -27.78% -28.29%

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 15,277 11,605 15,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.33% 91.50% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,260 7,873 11,316
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £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 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 169 332
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%

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 6 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 6 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 -45 34 £575 +4.55% 22
West London - 13 £500 - 7
East London -2 2 £428 +6.88% 5
South London -15 2 - - 4
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 22 (6.43%) Confluence
2 21 (6.14%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.22%) HCL Notes
4 10 (2.92%) Mendix
5 4 (1.17%) Apache
5 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.17%) CMS
5 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 40 (11.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (4.97%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.46%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.88%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.88%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.88%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.58%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.58%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.58%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.29%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.29%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.29%) iTrent
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.64%) Azure
2 71 (20.76%) Power Platform
3 39 (11.40%) AWS
4 20 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.26%) Collibra
6 17 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (4.97%) PowerApps
6 17 (4.97%) Serverless
7 14 (4.09%) GCP
8 13 (3.80%) Azure Functions
8 13 (3.80%) SaaS
9 12 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (3.51%) Power Automate
10 11 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.22%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (3.22%) Snowflake
11 8 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (2.34%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.17%) LAN
1 4 (1.17%) PSTN
1 4 (1.17%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.17%) WAN
1 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.58%) Intranet
2 2 (0.58%) NAS
2 2 (0.58%) SMS
3 1 (0.29%) 2G
3 1 (0.29%) 4G
3 1 (0.29%) 5G
3 1 (0.29%) MQTT
3 1 (0.29%) Network Security
3 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.29%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (18.42%) Power BI
2 45 (13.16%) Metadata
3 40 (11.70%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.14%) Tableau
5 19 (5.56%) Data Lake
6 18 (5.26%) SQL Server
7 15 (4.39%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.92%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (2.34%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.05%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (1.46%) MySQL
12 5 (1.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.17%) GIS
13 4 (1.17%) Power Query
13 4 (1.17%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.88%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 33 (9.65%) JIRA
2 11 (3.22%) ERwin
3 7 (2.05%) Git
4 6 (1.75%) GitLab
5 5 (1.46%) Appium
5 5 (1.46%) JMeter
6 4 (1.17%) Selenium
7 3 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.88%) Toad
7 3 (0.88%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.58%) Postman
8 2 (0.58%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.29%) GCC
9 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 147 (42.98%) Finance
2 138 (40.35%) Social Skills
3 97 (28.36%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.28%) Banking
5 27 (7.89%) Financial Institution
5 27 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 24 (7.02%) Marketing
7 15 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.22%) Retail
10 8 (2.34%) Front Office
10 8 (2.34%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.34%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.75%) Back Office
11 6 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.75%) Legal
11 6 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 85 (24.85%) Analyst
2 49 (14.33%) Business Analyst
2 49 (14.33%) Lead
3 37 (10.82%) Senior
4 35 (10.23%) Data Analyst
5 33 (9.65%) Architect
6 24 (7.02%) Data Engineer
7 23 (6.73%) Consultant
7 23 (6.73%) Data Architect
8 22 (6.43%) Developer
9 15 (4.39%) Data Modeller
10 14 (4.09%) Data Business Analyst
10 14 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (3.22%) Power Platform Developer
12 9 (2.63%) Governance Analyst
13 7 (2.05%) Administrator
13 7 (2.05%) Data Manager
13 7 (2.05%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.05%) Technical Business Analyst
13 7 (2.05%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.80%) .NET
1 13 (3.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (3.22%) React
3 10 (2.92%) HTML5 Canvas
4 7 (2.05%) JSON
5 6 (1.75%) Kafka
5 6 (1.75%) REST
5 6 (1.75%) XML
6 5 (1.46%) PySpark
7 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (1.17%) NumPy
7 4 (1.17%) Pandas
7 4 (1.17%) WebdriverIO
7 4 (1.17%) YAML
8 3 (0.88%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.88%) pydantic
8 3 (0.88%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.88%) React Native
8 3 (0.88%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.73%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.85%) Reference Data
4 18 (5.26%) Data Structures
5 14 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.92%) Low-Code
9 9 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (2.63%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.05%) Cloud Native
10 7 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.05%) Fixed Income
10 7 (2.05%) Life Science
11 5 (1.46%) FMCG
11 5 (1.46%) IoT
12 4 (1.17%) Blog
12 4 (1.17%) Derivative
12 4 (1.17%) Social Media
12 4 (1.17%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.17%) Android
1 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.58%) Linux
2 2 (0.58%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.99%) Data Governance
2 95 (27.78%) Data Modelling
2 95 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 90 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (26.02%) Agile
5 77 (22.51%) Migration
6 75 (21.93%) Business Intelligence
7 64 (18.71%) Analytics
8 56 (16.37%) Decision-Making
9 53 (15.50%) ETL
10 51 (14.91%) Validation
11 49 (14.33%) Data Architecture
12 43 (12.57%) Data Analysis
13 42 (12.28%) Data Engineering
14 40 (11.70%) AI
14 40 (11.70%) DevOps
14 40 (11.70%) Visualisation
15 38 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 37 (10.82%) Data Migration
17 36 (10.53%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 103 (30.12%) SQL
2 47 (13.74%) Python
3 17 (4.97%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.09%) C#
5 11 (3.22%) Formula Language
5 11 (3.22%) LotusScript
6 9 (2.63%) Java
7 7 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.05%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.05%) VBA
8 6 (1.75%) Groovy
8 6 (1.75%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.17%) Scala
11 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.88%) R
12 2 (0.58%) Bicep
13 1 (0.29%) C++
13 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (16.08%) Degree
2 42 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.22%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.34%) IIBA
7 7 (2.05%) CBAP
8 5 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.17%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.17%) PMP
10 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.88%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.88%) PhD
11 2 (0.58%) APMP
11 2 (0.58%) CIPD
12 1 (0.29%) CFA
12 1 (0.29%) ISEB
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (30.99%) Data Quality
2 38 (11.11%) QA
3 22 (6.43%) GDPR
4 10 (2.92%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.92%) PMO
5 6 (1.75%) Solvency II
6 4 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.17%) COREP
6 4 (1.17%) FINREP
6 4 (1.17%) IFRS
7 3 (0.88%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.58%) Basel III
8 2 (0.58%) EMIR
8 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.58%) MiFID
9 1 (0.29%) GAAP
9 1 (0.29%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.75%) Terraform
2 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.88%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 65 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.45%) Oracle
3 28 (8.19%) Databricks
4 19 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.39%) SAP
6 12 (3.51%) Informatica
7 11 (3.22%) Lotus
8 10 (2.92%) Kofax
9 9 (2.63%) Bloomberg
10 7 (2.05%) Google
11 6 (1.75%) GoldenSource
12 5 (1.46%) Charles River
12 5 (1.46%) Murex
12 5 (1.46%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.17%) Braze
13 4 (1.17%) Refinitiv
13 4 (1.17%) Sparx
13 4 (1.17%) Yardi
14 3 (0.88%) Foundry
14 3 (0.88%) Palantir