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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 114 116
Rank change year-on-year -37 +2 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Management 357 327 376
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.80% 2.41% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 2.62% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 201 255
10th Percentile £304 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £425 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £700
90th Percentile £770 £875 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 9
10th Percentile - £22.73 £17.79
25th Percentile £19.03 £23.84 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £25.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.20% +8.70% -27.03%
75th Percentile £41.00 £26.69 £28.50
90th Percentile £41.44 £30.33 £48.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £41.25
% change year-on-year +21.73% -25.32% +25.00%

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 17,589 12,488 14,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.12% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,618 8,349 10,661
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
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 276 238 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.41 £24.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £36.00 £30.40 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +18.41% -9.38% -19.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -39 45 £525 -4.55% 19
West London -2 14 £275 -34.52% 5
South London -13 2 - - 2
East London 0 1 £180 -73.33% 1
North London -2 1 £550 +57.14% 2
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 23 (6.44%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.76%) Confluence
3 13 (3.64%) CMS
4 10 (2.80%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.96%) WordPress
6 6 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.40%) Apache
8 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (1.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.28%) Mendix
Applications
1 38 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (3.36%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.96%) Fidessa
3 7 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.12%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.84%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.28%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.28%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.28%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.28%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 72 (20.17%) Azure
2 63 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 41 (11.48%) AWS
4 23 (6.44%) Collibra
4 23 (6.44%) PowerApps
5 18 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (4.76%) GCP
7 15 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.92%) Snowflake
9 13 (3.64%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.36%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (3.08%) SaaS
12 10 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.80%) PaaS
13 9 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.68%) Salesforce Einstein
14 6 (1.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 6 (1.68%) Serverless
15 5 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (1.40%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.40%) WAN
2 4 (1.12%) LAN
2 4 (1.12%) PSTN
2 4 (1.12%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.84%) 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 50 (14.01%) Metadata
2 43 (12.04%) Power BI
3 27 (7.56%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (7.28%) Data Lake
5 21 (5.88%) Tableau
6 15 (4.20%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.96%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.68%) Delta Lake
8 6 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.40%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.40%) GIS
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%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (0.84%) Looker
Development Applications
1 32 (8.96%) JIRA
2 7 (1.96%) ERwin
2 7 (1.96%) Git
2 7 (1.96%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.12%) JMeter
3 4 (1.12%) Selenium
3 4 (1.12%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.56%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.56%) MLflow
4 2 (0.56%) Postman
4 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
4 2 (0.56%) Toad
5 1 (0.28%) Appium
5 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.28%) GCC
5 1 (0.28%) Gradle
5 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.28%) LSMW
5 1 (0.28%) Maven
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 140 (39.22%) Finance
2 116 (32.49%) Social Skills
3 83 (23.25%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.64%) Banking
5 34 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.28%) Marketing
7 19 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.92%) Front Office
8 14 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.64%) Legal
10 11 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.80%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.80%) Retail
12 8 (2.24%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.96%) Back Office
13 7 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.96%) Local Government
13 7 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.40%) Military
14 5 (1.40%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 73 (20.45%) Analyst
2 49 (13.73%) Lead
3 45 (12.61%) Architect
4 35 (9.80%) Data Analyst
5 32 (8.96%) Business Analyst
6 31 (8.68%) Senior
7 29 (8.12%) Data Architect
8 22 (6.16%) Consultant
8 22 (6.16%) Developer
9 21 (5.88%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.48%) Data Manager
11 13 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.08%) Administrator
13 9 (2.52%) Governance Analyst
13 9 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (2.52%) Test Manager
14 8 (2.24%) Technical Leader
15 7 (1.96%) Data Business Analyst
15 7 (1.96%) Data Consultant
15 7 (1.96%) Salesforce Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.24%) RESTful
2 7 (1.96%) REST
3 6 (1.68%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (1.68%) JSON
3 6 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.40%) .NET
4 5 (1.40%) Middleware
4 5 (1.40%) XML
5 4 (1.12%) Kafka
5 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.12%) PySpark
6 3 (0.84%) HTML
6 3 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.56%) ADO
7 2 (0.56%) CSS
7 2 (0.56%) GeoJSON
7 2 (0.56%) PostGIS
7 2 (0.56%) YAML
8 1 (0.28%) React
8 1 (0.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.80%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.16%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.88%) Reference Data
4 20 (5.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (4.76%) Cloud Native
6 14 (3.92%) Data Structures
7 12 (3.36%) Fixed Income
8 11 (3.08%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.96%) Equities
10 7 (1.96%) FMCG
10 7 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.96%) Social Media
11 6 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.68%) Life Science
12 5 (1.40%) Blog
12 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.12%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.40%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (36.13%) Data Governance
2 112 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (28.85%) Agile
4 82 (22.97%) Migration
5 78 (21.85%) Data Modelling
6 69 (19.33%) Analytics
7 65 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (17.93%) Data Architecture
9 59 (16.53%) AI
10 57 (15.97%) Validation
11 55 (15.41%) ETL
12 53 (14.85%) Business Intelligence
13 46 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (12.04%) Data Analysis
14 43 (12.04%) Data Migration
15 42 (11.76%) Decision-Making
16 41 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 40 (11.20%) CRM
18 39 (10.92%) DevOps
19 38 (10.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 94 (26.33%) SQL
2 47 (13.17%) Python
3 16 (4.48%) C#
4 15 (4.20%) Java
5 7 (1.96%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.68%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.68%) VBA
6 6 (1.68%) X++
7 5 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (1.40%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.12%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.84%) Bicep
9 3 (0.84%) Scala
9 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (14.85%) Degree
2 41 (11.48%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.36%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.96%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.40%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.40%) CBAP
9 4 (1.12%) IIBA
9 4 (1.12%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.56%) PMP
11 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) MBA
12 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (34.73%) Data Quality
2 38 (10.64%) GDPR
2 38 (10.64%) QA
3 14 (3.92%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.24%) PMO
5 6 (1.68%) Solvency II
6 4 (1.12%) COREP
6 4 (1.12%) FINREP
7 3 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.84%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.12%) Terraform
3 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 61 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.96%) Databricks
3 29 (8.12%) Salesforce
4 26 (7.28%) Oracle
5 16 (4.48%) SAP
6 15 (4.20%) Informatica
7 13 (3.64%) Bloomberg
8 11 (3.08%) Charles River
9 7 (1.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 7 (1.96%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.68%) Refinitiv
11 5 (1.40%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.40%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.40%) Murex
11 5 (1.40%) Tradeweb
12 4 (1.12%) Foundry
12 4 (1.12%) Google
12 4 (1.12%) Palantir
12 4 (1.12%) Pardot
13 3 (0.84%) ServiceNow