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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 118 114
Rank change year-on-year -43 -4 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Management 354 333 363
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.76% 2.44% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.65% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 203 248
10th Percentile £309 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £667 £694 £700
90th Percentile £771 £863 £802
England median daily rate £513 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -0.49% -6.36% -
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 17,923 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.03% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,813 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -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 296 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -33 45 £525 -4.55% 69
West London -11 13 £275 -34.52% 14
East London +3 2 £180 -73.33% 1
South London -15 2 - -
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 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.95%) CMS
3 11 (3.11%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.82%) Confluence
5 7 (1.98%) WordPress
6 6 (1.69%) Apache
6 6 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.85%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.56%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.56%) Mule
9 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.28%) Mendix
Applications
1 33 (9.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (3.67%) Aladdin
2 11 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.98%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.69%) Fidessa
4 6 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.13%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.56%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.28%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.28%) Summit
8 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 72 (20.34%) Azure
2 58 (16.38%) Power Platform
3 40 (11.30%) AWS
4 23 (6.50%) Collibra
5 21 (5.93%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (5.65%) PowerApps
7 16 (4.52%) GCP
8 15 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.95%) Power Automate
9 14 (3.95%) Snowflake
10 11 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.69%) Salesforce Einstein
12 6 (1.69%) Serverless
13 5 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.41%) Copilot Studio
13 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.85%) 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 57 (16.10%) Metadata
2 40 (11.30%) Power BI
3 26 (7.34%) Data Lake
3 26 (7.34%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (5.93%) Tableau
5 14 (3.95%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.54%) Delta Lake
7 7 (1.98%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.41%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.41%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.41%) Power Query
9 5 (1.41%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.13%) Big Data
10 4 (1.13%) GIS
11 3 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (7.34%) JIRA
2 10 (2.82%) ERwin
2 10 (2.82%) Visual Studio
3 7 (1.98%) ER Studio
3 7 (1.98%) Git
4 6 (1.69%) Selenium
5 5 (1.41%) JMeter
6 4 (1.13%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.85%) MLflow
8 2 (0.56%) Gradle
8 2 (0.56%) Maven
8 2 (0.56%) Postman
8 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.28%) GCC
9 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.28%) LSMW
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) Toad
General
1 138 (38.98%) Finance
2 118 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 86 (24.29%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.45%) Banking
5 32 (9.04%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.34%) Marketing
7 19 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.67%) Front Office
9 13 (3.67%) Legal
10 12 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.39%) Financial Institution
10 12 (3.39%) Retail
11 9 (2.54%) Investment Banking
11 9 (2.54%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.69%) Back Office
13 6 (1.69%) Local Government
13 6 (1.69%) Multimedia
14 5 (1.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (18.36%) Analyst
2 46 (12.99%) Lead
3 44 (12.43%) Architect
4 32 (9.04%) Data Analyst
5 28 (7.91%) Data Architect
6 27 (7.63%) Developer
6 27 (7.63%) Senior
7 25 (7.06%) Business Analyst
7 25 (7.06%) Consultant
8 22 (6.21%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.80%) Data Manager
10 13 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.11%) Administrator
12 10 (2.82%) Data Consultant
12 10 (2.82%) Test Manager
13 9 (2.54%) Governance Analyst
14 7 (1.98%) Data Modeller
14 7 (1.98%) Salesforce Administrator
14 7 (1.98%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (1.98%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.67%) REST
2 10 (2.82%) JSON
3 9 (2.54%) RESTful
4 8 (2.26%) PySpark
5 6 (1.69%) Kafka
5 6 (1.69%) Middleware
5 6 (1.69%) XML
6 5 (1.41%) .NET
6 5 (1.41%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.85%) HTML
7 3 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.85%) SOAP
8 2 (0.56%) CSS
8 2 (0.56%) GeoJSON
8 2 (0.56%) JDBC
8 2 (0.56%) JWT
8 2 (0.56%) LangChain
8 2 (0.56%) OAuth
8 2 (0.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.60%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.78%) Reference Data
3 23 (6.50%) Data Structures
4 22 (6.21%) Onboarding
5 18 (5.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (5.08%) Cloud Native
6 14 (3.95%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.82%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.26%) FMCG
9 8 (2.26%) Social Media
10 7 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.98%) Life Science
11 6 (1.69%) Blog
11 6 (1.69%) Equities
12 5 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.41%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.85%) Windows
2 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (37.85%) Data Governance
2 103 (29.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (25.71%) Agile
4 76 (21.47%) Data Modelling
5 74 (20.90%) Migration
6 72 (20.34%) Analytics
7 70 (19.77%) Data Architecture
8 68 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (18.36%) AI
10 58 (16.38%) Validation
11 57 (16.10%) ETL
12 54 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
13 45 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (12.15%) Data Analysis
14 43 (12.15%) Data Migration
15 40 (11.30%) Data Engineering
15 40 (11.30%) Metadata Management
16 38 (10.73%) CRM
16 38 (10.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 36 (10.17%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 100 (28.25%) SQL
2 47 (13.28%) Python
3 20 (5.65%) Java
4 18 (5.08%) C#
5 9 (2.54%) X++
6 7 (1.98%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.98%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.69%) VBA
8 5 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.13%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.85%) Bicep
10 3 (0.85%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.56%) Scala
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.28%) R
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (12.15%) Degree
2 39 (11.02%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.04%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.11%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.41%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.85%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.56%) PMP
10 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.28%) ISEB
11 1 (0.28%) ISEB Practitioner
11 1 (0.28%) MBA
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (36.16%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.17%) QA
3 34 (9.60%) GDPR
4 12 (3.39%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.26%) PMO
6 6 (1.69%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.13%) COREP
7 4 (1.13%) FINREP
8 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.56%) EMIR
9 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.56%) MiFID
9 2 (0.56%) PERC
10 1 (0.28%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.28%) GAAP
10 1 (0.28%) GMP
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.41%) Terraform
2 3 (0.85%) HP ALM
2 3 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.28%) Kibana
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 53 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.89%) Databricks
3 30 (8.47%) Salesforce
4 26 (7.34%) Oracle
5 15 (4.24%) SAP
6 12 (3.39%) Bloomberg
7 11 (3.11%) Informatica
8 9 (2.54%) Charles River
9 7 (1.98%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.69%) Refinitiv
10 6 (1.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (1.41%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.41%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.41%) Tradeweb
12 4 (1.13%) IBM
12 4 (1.13%) Murex
12 4 (1.13%) Pardot
13 3 (0.85%) Duck Creek
13 3 (0.85%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.85%) Sparx