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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 107 122
Rank change year-on-year -54 +15 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Management 359 353 358
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.79% 2.63% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 2.84% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 213 239
10th Percentile £306 £325 £343
25th Percentile £407 £413 £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 £845 £808
England median daily rate £513 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -0.24% -6.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 7
10th Percentile - £22.58 £24.04
25th Percentile £19.03 £23.45 £26.45
Median hourly rate £40.96 £25.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.84% -10.71% -31.77%
75th Percentile £41.22 - £56.25
90th Percentile £41.92 £26.35 £80.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year +13.64% -24.57% +32.58%

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 17,896 12,411 14,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.21% 92.39% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,750 8,257 10,026
10th Percentile £362 £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 £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £530
% change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 255 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.72 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -25 49 £525 -8.70% 45
West London -12 13 £275 -34.52% 11
East London +3 2 £180 -73.33% 4
South London -5 2 - - 3
North London -4 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 18 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.34%) CMS
3 11 (3.06%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.06%) Confluence
4 7 (1.95%) WordPress
5 6 (1.67%) Apache
6 5 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.56%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.56%) Mule
8 2 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.28%) Mendix
9 1 (0.28%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 36 (10.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (3.90%) Aladdin
2 10 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.67%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.39%) Fidessa
5 4 (1.11%) SAP MDG
5 4 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.28%) SAP AFS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.28%) SimCorp Dimension
7 1 (0.28%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 72 (20.06%) Azure
2 53 (14.76%) Power Platform
3 39 (10.86%) AWS
4 24 (6.69%) Collibra
5 21 (5.85%) PowerApps
6 20 (5.57%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (4.46%) GCP
9 15 (4.18%) Power Automate
10 14 (3.90%) Snowflake
11 11 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.06%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.67%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (1.67%) Salesforce Einstein
13 6 (1.67%) Serverless
14 5 (1.39%) Amazon S3
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 59 (16.43%) Metadata
2 38 (10.58%) Power BI
3 24 (6.69%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (6.41%) Data Lake
5 21 (5.85%) Tableau
6 15 (4.18%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.79%) Delta Lake
8 9 (2.51%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.23%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.67%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.39%) Data Mining
12 5 (1.39%) Power Query
13 4 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.11%) Big Data
13 4 (1.11%) GIS
14 3 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (0.84%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.84%) Looker
14 3 (0.84%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 26 (7.24%) JIRA
2 11 (3.06%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.79%) ERwin
3 10 (2.79%) Selenium
4 8 (2.23%) Git
5 7 (1.95%) ER Studio
6 5 (1.39%) JMeter
7 4 (1.11%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.84%) MLflow
9 2 (0.56%) Gradle
9 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.56%) Maven
9 2 (0.56%) Postman
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%) SilkTest
10 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
General
1 145 (40.39%) Finance
2 119 (33.15%) Social Skills
3 83 (23.12%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.42%) Banking
5 34 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.69%) Marketing
7 20 (5.57%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (4.46%) Retail
9 14 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (3.90%) Legal
10 13 (3.62%) Front Office
11 11 (3.06%) Financial Institution
11 11 (3.06%) Investment Banking
12 10 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.51%) Manufacturing
14 8 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.67%) Local Government
15 6 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.67%) Retail Banking
16 5 (1.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (18.66%) Analyst
2 44 (12.26%) Lead
3 43 (11.98%) Architect
4 34 (9.47%) Data Analyst
5 30 (8.36%) Developer
6 27 (7.52%) Consultant
7 25 (6.96%) Data Architect
7 25 (6.96%) Senior
8 24 (6.69%) Business Analyst
9 16 (4.46%) Data Engineer
9 16 (4.46%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.62%) Data Consultant
12 12 (3.34%) Test Manager
13 11 (3.06%) Administrator
14 9 (2.51%) Data Modeller
14 9 (2.51%) Governance Analyst
15 8 (2.23%) Technical Leader
16 7 (1.95%) Integration Engineer
16 7 (1.95%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.18%) REST
2 9 (2.51%) JSON
2 9 (2.51%) Kafka
2 9 (2.51%) RESTful
3 8 (2.23%) .NET
3 8 (2.23%) PySpark
4 7 (1.95%) Middleware
4 7 (1.95%) Terraform
4 7 (1.95%) XML
5 5 (1.39%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (1.11%) HTML
7 3 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.84%) SOAP
7 3 (0.84%) XSD
8 2 (0.56%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.56%) GeoJSON
8 2 (0.56%) JWT
8 2 (0.56%) LangChain
8 2 (0.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.31%) Management Information System
2 29 (8.08%) Data Structures
3 27 (7.52%) Onboarding
4 24 (6.69%) Reference Data
5 19 (5.29%) Cloud Native
6 16 (4.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (3.90%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.06%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.23%) FMCG
10 7 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.67%) Equities
11 6 (1.67%) Life Science
11 6 (1.67%) Social Media
12 5 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.39%) Pricing Data
13 4 (1.11%) Blog
13 4 (1.11%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.84%) Windows
2 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (39.00%) Data Governance
2 108 (30.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 93 (25.91%) Agile
4 76 (21.17%) Data Modelling
4 76 (21.17%) Migration
5 74 (20.61%) Analytics
6 72 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (18.66%) AI
8 66 (18.38%) Data Architecture
9 56 (15.60%) ETL
10 55 (15.32%) Validation
11 53 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (13.93%) Business Intelligence
13 43 (11.98%) Data Analysis
14 42 (11.70%) Metadata Management
15 41 (11.42%) Data Migration
16 40 (11.14%) DevOps
16 40 (11.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 38 (10.58%) CRM
18 37 (10.31%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 104 (28.97%) SQL
2 52 (14.48%) Python
3 21 (5.85%) C#
3 21 (5.85%) Java
4 10 (2.79%) X++
5 9 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.95%) VBA
7 6 (1.67%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.11%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.84%) Bicep
9 3 (0.84%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.28%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 43 (11.98%) Degree
3 42 (11.70%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.34%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.67%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.11%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.84%) ISEB
9 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.56%) CBAP
10 2 (0.56%) IIBA
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.56%) PMP
11 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (35.65%) Data Quality
2 35 (9.75%) GDPR
3 30 (8.36%) QA
4 12 (3.34%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.23%) PMO
6 5 (1.39%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.11%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.84%) COREP
8 3 (0.84%) FINREP
8 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
1 3 (0.84%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 52 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.19%) Databricks
3 29 (8.08%) Oracle
3 29 (8.08%) Salesforce
4 15 (4.18%) SAP
5 12 (3.34%) Informatica
6 10 (2.79%) Bloomberg
7 8 (2.23%) Charles River
8 7 (1.95%) Sitecore
9 5 (1.39%) Google
9 5 (1.39%) IBM
9 5 (1.39%) MarketAxess
9 5 (1.39%) Refinitiv
9 5 (1.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 5 (1.39%) Tradeweb
10 4 (1.11%) GoldenSource
10 4 (1.11%) Murex
10 4 (1.11%) Pardot
10 4 (1.11%) Sparx
11 3 (0.84%) HP