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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 78 99
Rank change year-on-year -57 +21 +43
Contract jobs citing Data Management 348 433 410
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.20% 3.24% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 3.57% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 298 299
10th Percentile £344 £325 £404
25th Percentile £413 £422 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -9.80%
75th Percentile £615 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £775
England median daily rate £490 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.55% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 14
10th Percentile - £48.60 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £74.56 £18.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £92.50 £22.84
Median % change year-on-year -70.27% +304.99% -29.72%
75th Percentile £30.59 £96.56 £43.37
90th Percentile - £97.50 £64.30
England median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -12.15% -27.78% -32.08%

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 14,282 12,124 16,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.37% 90.69% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,576 7,850 11,525
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 159 347
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.95 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £25.88 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.98 £54.50 £49.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.47 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £34.25
% change year-on-year -21.43% +2.19% -2.14%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 30 £531 +4.17% 20
West London -15 8 £500 +25.00% 13
East London -3 1 £675 +68.75% 9
South London -16 1 - - 8
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 20 (5.75%) Confluence
2 19 (5.46%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.87%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.59%) Mendix
5 5 (1.44%) Apache
5 5 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.15%) CMS
6 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.86%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (6.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.60%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.30%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.29%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.15%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.86%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.86%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.86%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.57%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.57%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.57%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.57%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.29%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.29%) iTrent
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 76 (21.84%) Azure
2 66 (18.97%) Power Platform
3 41 (11.78%) AWS
4 20 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.46%) Serverless
6 17 (4.89%) Collibra
7 16 (4.60%) GCP
7 16 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.60%) PowerApps
8 15 (4.31%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (4.02%) Azure Functions
9 14 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (3.74%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.74%) SaaS
11 11 (3.16%) PaaS
11 11 (3.16%) Snowflake
12 10 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (2.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.15%) LAN
1 4 (1.15%) PSTN
1 4 (1.15%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.15%) WAN
1 4 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.86%) NAS
3 2 (0.57%) SMS
4 1 (0.29%) 2G
4 1 (0.29%) 4G
4 1 (0.29%) 5G
4 1 (0.29%) Intranet
4 1 (0.29%) IPv4
4 1 (0.29%) MQTT
4 1 (0.29%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.29%) SAN
4 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.29%) VLAN
4 1 (0.29%) WebEx
4 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (16.67%) Power BI
2 41 (11.78%) Metadata
3 38 (10.92%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (6.32%) SQL Server
5 21 (6.03%) Tableau
6 17 (4.89%) Data Lake
7 12 (3.45%) Oracle Database
8 11 (3.16%) Relational Database
9 10 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (2.30%) NoSQL
11 8 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.01%) MySQL
13 5 (1.44%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
14 4 (1.15%) GIS
14 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (1.15%) Star Schema
15 3 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 35 (10.06%) JIRA
2 10 (2.87%) Git
3 9 (2.59%) ERwin
3 9 (2.59%) GitLab
4 4 (1.15%) Appium
4 4 (1.15%) Postman
5 3 (0.86%) JMeter
5 3 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.86%) Toad
6 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.29%) MLflow
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.29%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 153 (43.97%) Finance
2 140 (40.23%) Social Skills
3 95 (27.30%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.07%) Banking
5 25 (7.18%) Financial Institution
6 24 (6.90%) Marketing
6 24 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.60%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.16%) Retail
10 10 (2.87%) Front Office
10 10 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.59%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.01%) Legal
13 6 (1.72%) Back Office
13 6 (1.72%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 84 (24.14%) Analyst
2 51 (14.66%) Business Analyst
3 48 (13.79%) Lead
4 37 (10.63%) Architect
5 35 (10.06%) Senior
6 31 (8.91%) Developer
7 30 (8.62%) Data Analyst
8 28 (8.05%) Consultant
9 22 (6.32%) Data Engineer
10 18 (5.17%) Data Architect
11 15 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (4.02%) Data Business Analyst
12 14 (4.02%) Data Modeller
13 10 (2.87%) Power Platform Developer
14 9 (2.59%) Governance Analyst
15 8 (2.30%) Data Manager
15 8 (2.30%) Oracle Consultant
15 8 (2.30%) Project Manager
16 7 (2.01%) Senior Business Analyst
16 7 (2.01%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.31%) Oracle Fusion
1 15 (4.31%) REST
2 14 (4.02%) .NET
3 12 (3.45%) React
4 9 (2.59%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (2.59%) SOAP
4 9 (2.59%) XML
5 8 (2.30%) JSON
6 7 (2.01%) Kafka
7 5 (1.44%) YAML
8 4 (1.15%) LangChain
8 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (1.15%) NumPy
8 4 (1.15%) Pandas
8 4 (1.15%) PySpark
8 4 (1.15%) WebdriverIO
9 3 (0.86%) PyTorch
9 3 (0.86%) React Native
9 3 (0.86%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.32%) Data Structures
2 21 (6.03%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.46%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.60%) Reference Data
5 15 (4.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.16%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.87%) Low-Code
9 8 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.01%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.72%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.44%) CMDB
12 5 (1.44%) IoT
12 5 (1.44%) Life Science
12 5 (1.44%) Reinsurance
13 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.15%) Social Media
13 4 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.15%) Android
1 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
1 4 (1.15%) Windows
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.75%) Agile
2 96 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (27.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 91 (26.15%) Data Modelling
5 90 (25.86%) Data Governance
6 72 (20.69%) Migration
7 69 (19.83%) Analytics
8 68 (19.54%) Business Intelligence
9 53 (15.23%) Decision-Making
10 49 (14.08%) Validation
11 47 (13.51%) ETL
12 42 (12.07%) DevOps
12 42 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 41 (11.78%) CI/CD
13 41 (11.78%) Roadmaps
13 41 (11.78%) Visualisation
14 39 (11.21%) Data Architecture
14 39 (11.21%) Data Engineering
14 39 (11.21%) Project Management
15 38 (10.92%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 95 (27.30%) SQL
2 44 (12.64%) Python
3 25 (7.18%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.31%) C#
5 10 (2.87%) Formula Language
5 10 (2.87%) LotusScript
6 9 (2.59%) Java
7 8 (2.30%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.01%) Groovy
8 7 (2.01%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.44%) VBA
10 4 (1.15%) R
10 4 (1.15%) Scala
10 4 (1.15%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.86%) Bicep
12 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.29%) Korn
13 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 52 (14.94%) Degree
2 48 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 34 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.74%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.30%) IIBA
7 7 (2.01%) CBAP
8 4 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.15%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.15%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.15%) PMP
9 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.86%) PhD
10 2 (0.57%) APMP
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CIPD
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.29%) RIBA
11 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (27.30%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.34%) QA
3 26 (7.47%) GDPR
4 10 (2.87%) PMO
5 8 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.01%) Solvency II
7 6 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.15%) IFRS
9 3 (0.86%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.57%) Basel III
10 2 (0.57%) EMIR
10 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.57%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) COREP
11 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.29%) FINREP
11 1 (0.29%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.01%) Terraform
2 4 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.29%) Grafana
3 1 (0.29%) Kibana
3 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 65 (18.68%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.93%) Oracle
3 28 (8.05%) Databricks
4 22 (6.32%) Salesforce
5 17 (4.89%) Informatica
6 16 (4.60%) SAP
7 10 (2.87%) Bloomberg
7 10 (2.87%) Google
7 10 (2.87%) Lotus
7 10 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.59%) Kofax
9 6 (1.72%) Charles River
10 5 (1.44%) Murex
11 4 (1.15%) Adobe
11 4 (1.15%) Refinitiv
11 4 (1.15%) Talend
11 4 (1.15%) Workday
11 4 (1.15%) Yardi
12 3 (0.86%) Eze Software Group
12 3 (0.86%) Instagram