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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 109 109
Rank change year-on-year -31 0 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Management 360 341 407
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.88% 2.69% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 2.91% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 221 277
10th Percentile £305 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £680
90th Percentile £738 £875 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 11
10th Percentile - £22.87 -
25th Percentile £19.03 £24.23 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £25.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +14.20% +20.71% -34.30%
75th Percentile £41.00 £30.33 £25.92
90th Percentile £41.44 £57.54 £28.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £30.56 £40.00
% change year-on-year +22.70% -23.59% +17.63%

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 17,012 11,732 15,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.40% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,345 7,858 11,109
10th Percentile £360 £336 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 220 302
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.24 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +7.50% -25.00%
75th Percentile £59.72 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £67.90
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +8.48%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -42 41 £500 -9.09% 15
West London -11 15 £275 -34.52% 9
East London 0 2 £428 -36.67%
South London -7 2 - -
North London 0 1 £550 +57.14% 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 26 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.28%) Confluence
3 12 (3.33%) CMS
4 8 (2.22%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.94%) WordPress
6 4 (1.11%) Apache
6 4 (1.11%) HCL Notes
6 4 (1.11%) Mendix
6 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.11%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 40 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (3.06%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.50%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.67%) Fidessa
3 6 (1.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.11%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.83%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.56%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.28%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.28%) SAP AFS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP POS DM
7 1 (0.28%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 73 (20.28%) Azure
2 69 (19.17%) Power Platform
3 41 (11.39%) AWS
4 24 (6.67%) PowerApps
5 23 (6.39%) Collibra
6 19 (5.28%) GCP
7 16 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (3.89%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.89%) Snowflake
9 13 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (3.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.06%) SaaS
11 8 (2.22%) Serverless
12 7 (1.94%) PaaS
13 6 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
14 5 (1.39%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.39%) WAN
2 4 (1.11%) LAN
2 4 (1.11%) PSTN
2 4 (1.11%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.83%) SMS
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.28%) Intranet
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
4 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (14.17%) Power BI
2 49 (13.61%) Metadata
3 30 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (6.67%) Data Lake
5 21 (5.83%) Tableau
6 19 (5.28%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (2.22%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.22%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.67%) Delta Lake
9 6 (1.67%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.39%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.39%) GIS
10 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.11%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (1.11%) OLAP
11 4 (1.11%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (1.11%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 33 (9.17%) JIRA
2 8 (2.22%) ERwin
3 7 (1.94%) Git
4 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.11%) JMeter
5 4 (1.11%) Selenium
6 3 (0.83%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.83%) Toad
6 3 (0.83%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.56%) MLflow
7 2 (0.56%) Postman
8 1 (0.28%) Appium
8 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.28%) GCC
8 1 (0.28%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.28%) LSMW
8 1 (0.28%) Maven
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 141 (39.17%) Finance
2 118 (32.78%) Social Skills
3 83 (23.06%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.83%) Banking
5 34 (9.44%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.94%) Marketing
7 19 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.17%) Financial Institution
9 14 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (3.61%) Legal
11 10 (2.78%) Front Office
12 9 (2.50%) Retail
13 8 (2.22%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.94%) Local Government
14 7 (1.94%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.67%) Back Office
16 4 (1.11%) Military
16 4 (1.11%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 81 (22.50%) Analyst
2 52 (14.44%) Lead
3 39 (10.83%) Architect
4 38 (10.56%) Data Analyst
5 37 (10.28%) Business Analyst
6 35 (9.72%) Senior
7 26 (7.22%) Data Architect
8 23 (6.39%) Consultant
9 22 (6.11%) Developer
10 20 (5.56%) Data Engineer
11 18 (5.00%) Data Manager
12 15 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (3.06%) Administrator
13 11 (3.06%) Governance Analyst
14 9 (2.50%) Data Business Analyst
14 9 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.22%) Test Manager
16 7 (1.94%) Project Manager
16 7 (1.94%) Senior Business Analyst
16 7 (1.94%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.67%) .NET
1 6 (1.67%) JSON
1 6 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (1.67%) REST
2 5 (1.39%) PySpark
2 5 (1.39%) RESTful
2 5 (1.39%) XML
3 4 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (1.11%) Middleware
3 4 (1.11%) React
3 4 (1.11%) YAML
4 3 (0.83%) HTML
5 2 (0.56%) ADO
5 2 (0.56%) CSS
5 2 (0.56%) GeoJSON
5 2 (0.56%) Kafka
5 2 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.56%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 27 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (4.44%) Reference Data
5 14 (3.89%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.78%) Data Structures
8 9 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.50%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.22%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.94%) FMCG
10 7 (1.94%) Life Science
11 5 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.39%) Equities
11 5 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.11%) Blog
12 4 (1.11%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.11%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (35.83%) Data Governance
2 106 (29.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (28.61%) Agile
4 88 (24.44%) Migration
5 83 (23.06%) Data Modelling
6 75 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (17.22%) Analytics
8 60 (16.67%) Data Architecture
9 57 (15.83%) ETL
10 56 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
11 54 (15.00%) AI
12 51 (14.17%) Validation
13 50 (13.89%) Decision-Making
14 47 (13.06%) Data Migration
15 44 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (11.94%) Data Analysis
17 42 (11.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 41 (11.39%) CRM
19 39 (10.83%) DevOps
19 39 (10.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 100 (27.78%) SQL
2 48 (13.33%) Python
3 15 (4.17%) Java
4 14 (3.89%) C#
5 8 (2.22%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.94%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.67%) VBA
8 5 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.11%) Formula Language
9 4 (1.11%) LotusScript
9 4 (1.11%) X++
10 3 (0.83%) Bicep
10 3 (0.83%) Scala
10 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 58 (16.11%) Degree
2 46 (12.78%) Security Cleared
3 37 (10.28%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.06%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.22%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.94%) CBAP
8 7 (1.94%) IIBA
9 4 (1.11%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.11%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.11%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.83%) PMP
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) RIBA
12 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (34.44%) Data Quality
2 42 (11.67%) QA
3 40 (11.11%) GDPR
4 10 (2.78%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.67%) Solvency II
6 4 (1.11%) COREP
6 4 (1.11%) FINREP
6 4 (1.11%) PMO
7 3 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.56%) EMIR
8 2 (0.56%) MiFID
8 2 (0.56%) PERC
9 1 (0.28%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (1.39%) Terraform
2 4 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.83%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.28%) Grafana
5 1 (0.28%) Kibana
5 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.61%) Oracle
2 31 (8.61%) Salesforce
3 29 (8.06%) Databricks
4 17 (4.72%) SAP
5 14 (3.89%) Informatica
6 12 (3.33%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.94%) Charles River
7 7 (1.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 7 (1.94%) Sitecore
8 6 (1.67%) Google
9 5 (1.39%) GoldenSource
9 5 (1.39%) Murex
9 5 (1.39%) Refinitiv
10 4 (1.11%) FactSet
10 4 (1.11%) Foundry
10 4 (1.11%) Lotus
10 4 (1.11%) Palantir
10 4 (1.11%) Pardot
10 4 (1.11%) SimCorp