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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 112 116
Rank change year-on-year -40 +4 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Management 362 343 402
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.85% 2.57% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.79% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 215 274
10th Percentile £298 £325 £354
25th Percentile £400 £450 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £763 £688
90th Percentile £744 £875 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
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 £30.81 £40.00
% change year-on-year +21.73% -22.99% +17.65%

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 17,398 12,312 15,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.95% 92.16% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 8,218 11,064
10th Percentile £358 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £524 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 230 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.91 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +7.50% -27.31%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%

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 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 8 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 8 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 -36 42 £500 -9.09% 21
West London -6 15 £275 -34.52% 9
East London -1 2 £428 -36.67% 1
South London -7 2 - - 2
North London 0 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 25 (6.91%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.97%) Confluence
3 12 (3.31%) CMS
4 10 (2.76%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.93%) WordPress
6 5 (1.38%) Apache
6 5 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (1.10%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.83%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.83%) Mendix
9 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 37 (10.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (3.04%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.93%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.49%) Aladdin
2 8 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.66%) Fidessa
3 6 (1.66%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.66%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.10%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.83%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.28%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.28%) IntelliMatch
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 POS DM
7 1 (0.28%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 78 (21.55%) Azure
2 65 (17.96%) Power Platform
3 44 (12.15%) AWS
4 23 (6.35%) Collibra
4 23 (6.35%) PowerApps
5 20 (5.52%) GCP
6 17 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (3.87%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (3.87%) Snowflake
9 13 (3.59%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (3.04%) SaaS
12 10 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.49%) PaaS
14 8 (2.21%) Serverless
15 6 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 5 (1.38%) Entra ID
16 5 (1.38%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.38%) WAN
2 4 (1.10%) LAN
2 4 (1.10%) PSTN
2 4 (1.10%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.10%) 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 50 (13.81%) Metadata
2 47 (12.98%) Power BI
3 30 (8.29%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (6.91%) Data Lake
5 23 (6.35%) Tableau
6 19 (5.25%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.93%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.93%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.66%) Delta Lake
9 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.38%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.38%) GIS
10 5 (1.38%) Power Query
10 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.10%) MySQL
11 4 (1.10%) OLAP
11 4 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 32 (8.84%) JIRA
2 9 (2.49%) ERwin
3 7 (1.93%) Git
4 5 (1.38%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.10%) JMeter
5 4 (1.10%) Selenium
6 3 (0.83%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.83%) Toad
6 3 (0.83%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.55%) MLflow
7 2 (0.55%) 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
1 140 (38.67%) Finance
2 117 (32.32%) Social Skills
3 83 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.77%) Banking
5 34 (9.39%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.91%) Marketing
7 19 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.59%) Legal
10 12 (3.31%) Financial Institution
11 11 (3.04%) Retail
12 10 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.49%) Front Office
14 7 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.93%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.93%) Local Government
14 7 (1.93%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.66%) Back Office
16 5 (1.38%) Military
17 4 (1.10%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 77 (21.27%) Analyst
2 49 (13.54%) Lead
3 42 (11.60%) Architect
4 37 (10.22%) Data Analyst
5 34 (9.39%) Senior
6 32 (8.84%) Business Analyst
7 28 (7.73%) Data Architect
8 23 (6.35%) Consultant
8 23 (6.35%) Data Engineer
9 22 (6.08%) Developer
10 18 (4.97%) Data Manager
11 11 (3.04%) Administrator
11 11 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.76%) Governance Analyst
12 10 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (2.49%) Test Manager
14 8 (2.21%) Data Business Analyst
15 7 (1.93%) Implementation Consultant
15 7 (1.93%) Project Manager
15 7 (1.93%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.93%) .NET
1 7 (1.93%) REST
2 6 (1.66%) JSON
2 6 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.66%) XML
3 5 (1.38%) Middleware
3 5 (1.38%) PySpark
3 5 (1.38%) RESTful
4 4 (1.10%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.83%) HTML
5 3 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (0.83%) Kafka
5 3 (0.83%) React
5 3 (0.83%) YAML
6 2 (0.55%) ADO
6 2 (0.55%) CSS
6 2 (0.55%) GeoJSON
6 2 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.55%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.77%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.35%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (4.70%) Reference Data
5 16 (4.42%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.76%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.76%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.93%) Fixed Income
10 7 (1.93%) FMCG
10 7 (1.93%) Life Science
11 6 (1.66%) Social Media
12 5 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.38%) Equities
12 5 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.10%) Freedom of Information
13 4 (1.10%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.10%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (36.46%) Data Governance
2 105 (29.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 104 (28.73%) Agile
4 86 (23.76%) Migration
5 81 (22.38%) Data Modelling
6 70 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (19.06%) Analytics
8 62 (17.13%) Data Architecture
9 60 (16.57%) ETL
10 57 (15.75%) AI
11 56 (15.47%) Validation
12 54 (14.92%) Business Intelligence
13 52 (14.36%) Decision-Making
14 47 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
15 46 (12.71%) Data Analysis
15 46 (12.71%) Data Migration
16 41 (11.33%) DevOps
16 41 (11.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 40 (11.05%) CRM
17 40 (11.05%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 100 (27.62%) SQL
2 52 (14.36%) Python
3 16 (4.42%) C#
4 15 (4.14%) Java
5 8 (2.21%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.93%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.93%) VBA
7 5 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.10%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.10%) X++
9 3 (0.83%) Bicep
9 3 (0.83%) Formula Language
9 3 (0.83%) LotusScript
9 3 (0.83%) Scala
9 3 (0.83%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (16.02%) Degree
2 44 (12.15%) Security Cleared
3 34 (9.39%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.04%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.49%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.38%) CBAP
8 5 (1.38%) IIBA
9 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.10%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.83%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.55%) PMP
12 1 (0.28%) MBA
12 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) RIBA
12 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (34.53%) Data Quality
2 41 (11.33%) QA
3 40 (11.05%) GDPR
4 12 (3.31%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.93%) PMO
6 6 (1.66%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.10%) COREP
7 4 (1.10%) FINREP
8 3 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.55%) EMIR
9 2 (0.55%) MiFID
9 2 (0.55%) PERC
10 1 (0.28%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.28%) NCSC
10 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (0.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (1.38%) Terraform
2 4 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.83%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.83%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.56%) Databricks
2 31 (8.56%) Oracle
3 29 (8.01%) Salesforce
4 15 (4.14%) SAP
5 14 (3.87%) Informatica
6 11 (3.04%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.93%) Charles River
7 7 (1.93%) Google
7 7 (1.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 7 (1.93%) Sitecore
8 5 (1.38%) GoldenSource
8 5 (1.38%) Murex
8 5 (1.38%) Refinitiv
9 4 (1.10%) FactSet
9 4 (1.10%) Foundry
9 4 (1.10%) Palantir
9 4 (1.10%) Pardot
9 4 (1.10%) SimCorp
10 3 (0.83%) ServiceNow