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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 113 117
Rank change year-on-year -51 +4 +34
Contract jobs citing Data Management 358 339 360
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.77% 2.50% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.70% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 207 250
10th Percentile £310 £325 £350
25th Percentile £403 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £700
90th Percentile £770 £863 £801
England median daily rate £510 £510 £550
% change year-on-year - -7.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 5
10th Percentile - £22.73 £24.20
25th Percentile £19.03 £23.84 £27.50
Median hourly rate £40.96 £25.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.84% -10.71% -11.17%
75th Percentile £41.22 £26.69 £43.75
90th Percentile £41.92 £30.33 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £45.00
% change year-on-year +21.73% -31.54% +32.35%

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 18,082 12,534 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.16% 92.32% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,899 8,375 10,138
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 249 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% -14.89% -15.06%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.05 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -40 47 £525 -4.55% 70
West London -9 14 £275 -34.52% 13
East London +1 2 £180 -73.33% 1
South London -14 2 - - 1
North London -3 1 £550 +57.14%
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 18 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.91%) CMS
3 11 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.79%) Confluence
5 7 (1.96%) WordPress
6 6 (1.68%) Apache
6 6 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.84%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.56%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.56%) Mule
9 1 (0.28%) Mendix
Applications
1 38 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.51%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (3.91%) Aladdin
2 11 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.68%) Fidessa
4 6 (1.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.12%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.56%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.28%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.28%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 71 (19.83%) Azure
2 57 (15.92%) Power Platform
3 39 (10.89%) AWS
4 23 (6.42%) Collibra
5 21 (5.87%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (5.59%) PowerApps
7 16 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.47%) GCP
8 14 (3.91%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.91%) Snowflake
9 11 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.68%) Salesforce Einstein
13 5 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.40%) Copilot Studio
13 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.40%) SaaS
13 5 (1.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.84%) SMS
2 2 (0.56%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.28%) Firewall
3 1 (0.28%) Intranet
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (15.08%) Metadata
2 39 (10.89%) Power BI
3 25 (6.98%) Data Lake
3 25 (6.98%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (5.87%) Tableau
5 14 (3.91%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.51%) Delta Lake
7 7 (1.96%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.40%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.40%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.40%) Power Query
9 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.12%) Big Data
10 4 (1.12%) GIS
11 3 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (7.26%) JIRA
2 11 (3.07%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.79%) ERwin
4 9 (2.51%) Git
4 9 (2.51%) Selenium
5 7 (1.96%) ER Studio
6 5 (1.40%) JMeter
7 4 (1.12%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.84%) MLflow
8 3 (0.84%) Postman
9 2 (0.56%) Gradle
9 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.56%) Maven
9 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.28%) GCC
10 1 (0.28%) LSMW
10 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.28%) Toad
General
1 142 (39.66%) Finance
2 121 (33.80%) Social Skills
3 88 (24.58%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.89%) Banking
5 33 (9.22%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.54%) Marketing
7 22 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (3.91%) Retail
10 13 (3.63%) Legal
11 12 (3.35%) Financial Institution
11 12 (3.35%) Front Office
12 11 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.51%) Investment Banking
13 9 (2.51%) Manufacturing
14 8 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.68%) Back Office
15 6 (1.68%) Local Government
15 6 (1.68%) Multimedia
15 6 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (18.72%) Analyst
2 45 (12.57%) Lead
3 42 (11.73%) Architect
4 33 (9.22%) Data Analyst
5 27 (7.54%) Consultant
5 27 (7.54%) Developer
5 27 (7.54%) Senior
6 26 (7.26%) Data Architect
7 25 (6.98%) Business Analyst
8 22 (6.15%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.75%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.07%) Administrator
11 11 (3.07%) Data Consultant
12 10 (2.79%) Test Manager
13 9 (2.51%) Governance Analyst
14 7 (1.96%) Data Modeller
14 7 (1.96%) Salesforce Administrator
14 7 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (1.96%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.91%) REST
2 10 (2.79%) JSON
3 9 (2.51%) Kafka
3 9 (2.51%) RESTful
4 8 (2.23%) PySpark
4 8 (2.23%) XML
5 7 (1.96%) Middleware
6 5 (1.40%) .NET
6 5 (1.40%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.12%) HTML
8 3 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.84%) SOAP
8 3 (0.84%) XSD
9 2 (0.56%) CSS
9 2 (0.56%) GeoJSON
9 2 (0.56%) JWT
9 2 (0.56%) LangChain
9 2 (0.56%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.50%) Management Information System
2 25 (6.98%) Data Structures
3 23 (6.42%) Onboarding
4 22 (6.15%) Reference Data
5 18 (5.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (5.03%) Cloud Native
6 14 (3.91%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.79%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.23%) FMCG
9 8 (2.23%) Social Media
10 7 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.96%) Life Science
11 6 (1.68%) Blog
11 6 (1.68%) Equities
12 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.40%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.84%) Windows
2 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (36.87%) Data Governance
2 103 (28.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (26.26%) Agile
4 75 (20.95%) Migration
5 73 (20.39%) Analytics
6 72 (20.11%) Data Modelling
7 70 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (18.72%) AI
9 66 (18.44%) Data Architecture
10 58 (16.20%) Validation
11 55 (15.36%) ETL
12 53 (14.80%) Business Intelligence
13 50 (13.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (12.29%) Data Analysis
15 42 (11.73%) Data Migration
16 39 (10.89%) Data Engineering
17 38 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 37 (10.34%) CRM
18 37 (10.34%) DevOps
18 37 (10.34%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 103 (28.77%) SQL
2 50 (13.97%) Python
3 22 (6.15%) Java
4 18 (5.03%) C#
5 10 (2.79%) X++
6 9 (2.51%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.96%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.96%) VBA
8 5 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.12%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.84%) Bicep
10 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.56%) Scala
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.28%) R
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (12.01%) Degree
1 43 (12.01%) Security Cleared
2 36 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.07%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.40%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.40%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.56%) PMP
8 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.28%) ISEB
9 1 (0.28%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.28%) MBA
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (35.47%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.06%) QA
3 34 (9.50%) GDPR
4 11 (3.07%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.51%) PMO
6 6 (1.68%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.12%) COREP
7 4 (1.12%) FINREP
7 4 (1.12%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.56%) EMIR
9 2 (0.56%) MiFID
9 2 (0.56%) PERC
10 1 (0.28%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.28%) GMP
10 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.40%) Terraform
2 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 54 (15.08%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.94%) Databricks
3 29 (8.10%) Salesforce
4 26 (7.26%) Oracle
5 17 (4.75%) SAP
6 12 (3.35%) Bloomberg
7 10 (2.79%) Informatica
8 9 (2.51%) Charles River
9 7 (1.96%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.68%) Refinitiv
10 6 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.40%) Google
11 5 (1.40%) IBM
11 5 (1.40%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.40%) Tradeweb
12 4 (1.12%) Murex
12 4 (1.12%) Pardot
13 3 (0.84%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.84%) Sparx