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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 115 122
Rank change year-on-year -42 +7 +30
Contract jobs citing Data Management 354 341 357
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.76% 2.52% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.73% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 208 246
10th Percentile £309 £325 £347
25th Percentile £402 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £851 £819
England median daily rate £511 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -0.24% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 6
10th Percentile - £22.58 £23.70
25th Percentile £19.03 £23.45 £25.92
Median hourly rate £40.96 £25.00 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +63.84% -10.46% -11.42%
75th Percentile £41.22 - £39.94
90th Percentile £41.92 £26.35 £56.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £31.66 £45.00
% change year-on-year +18.45% -29.64% +36.36%

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 17,900 12,495 14,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 92.36% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,760 8,322 10,079
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 £662 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £777 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 253 201
10th Percentile £17.07 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.71
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.39% -12.41%
75th Percentile £56.25 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -37 48 £525 -4.55% 35
West London -8 13 £275 -34.52% 16
East London 0 2 £180 -73.33% 3
South London -9 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 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.67%) CMS
3 11 (3.11%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.54%) Confluence
5 7 (1.98%) WordPress
6 6 (1.69%) Apache
7 5 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.85%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.56%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.56%) Mule
10 1 (0.28%) Mendix
10 1 (0.28%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 36 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (3.95%) Aladdin
2 11 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.41%) Fidessa
5 4 (1.13%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.28%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.28%) SAP APO
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%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.28%) Summit
8 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.77%) Azure
2 53 (14.97%) Power Platform
3 39 (11.02%) AWS
4 22 (6.21%) Collibra
5 21 (5.93%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (5.65%) PowerApps
7 16 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.52%) GCP
8 14 (3.95%) Power Automate
9 13 (3.67%) Snowflake
10 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.69%) Salesforce Einstein
13 6 (1.69%) Serverless
14 5 (1.41%) Copilot Studio
14 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.41%) OCI
14 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 55 (15.54%) Metadata
2 37 (10.45%) Power BI
3 23 (6.50%) Data Lake
3 23 (6.50%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (5.93%) Tableau
5 12 (3.39%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.54%) Delta Lake
7 7 (1.98%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.41%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.41%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.41%) Power Query
9 4 (1.13%) Big Data
9 4 (1.13%) GIS
10 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.85%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (6.78%) JIRA
2 11 (3.11%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.82%) ERwin
4 9 (2.54%) Git
4 9 (2.54%) Selenium
5 7 (1.98%) ER Studio
6 5 (1.41%) JMeter
7 4 (1.13%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.85%) MLflow
8 3 (0.85%) 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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 138 (38.98%) Finance
2 118 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 81 (22.88%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.30%) Banking
5 34 (9.60%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.34%) Marketing
7 22 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.95%) Legal
8 14 (3.95%) Retail
9 12 (3.39%) Front Office
10 10 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.82%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.54%) Investment Banking
11 9 (2.54%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.69%) Local Government
13 6 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.41%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 66 (18.64%) Analyst
2 43 (12.15%) Architect
3 42 (11.86%) Lead
4 34 (9.60%) Data Analyst
5 27 (7.63%) Consultant
5 27 (7.63%) Developer
6 26 (7.34%) Data Architect
7 24 (6.78%) Senior
8 23 (6.50%) Business Analyst
9 18 (5.08%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.80%) Data Manager
11 14 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.67%) Data Consultant
13 11 (3.11%) Administrator
13 11 (3.11%) Test Manager
14 9 (2.54%) Governance Analyst
15 7 (1.98%) Data Management Specialist
15 7 (1.98%) Salesforce Administrator
15 7 (1.98%) Senior Analyst
15 7 (1.98%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.95%) REST
2 9 (2.54%) JSON
2 9 (2.54%) Kafka
2 9 (2.54%) RESTful
3 8 (2.26%) PySpark
4 7 (1.98%) Middleware
4 7 (1.98%) XML
5 5 (1.41%) .NET
5 5 (1.41%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (1.13%) HTML
7 3 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.85%) SOAP
7 3 (0.85%) XSD
8 2 (0.56%) GeoJSON
8 2 (0.56%) JWT
8 2 (0.56%) LangChain
8 2 (0.56%) OAuth
8 2 (0.56%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.89%) Management Information System
2 27 (7.63%) Data Structures
2 27 (7.63%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.78%) Reference Data
4 18 (5.08%) Cloud Native
5 17 (4.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (3.67%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.82%) Fixed Income
8 9 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.26%) FMCG
10 7 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.98%) Social Media
11 6 (1.69%) Equities
11 6 (1.69%) Life Science
12 5 (1.41%) Blog
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 90 (25.42%) Agile
4 76 (21.47%) Migration
5 73 (20.62%) Data Modelling
6 71 (20.06%) Analytics
6 71 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (18.36%) AI
7 65 (18.36%) Data Architecture
8 55 (15.54%) Validation
9 53 (14.97%) ETL
10 51 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 50 (14.12%) Business Intelligence
12 43 (12.15%) Data Analysis
12 43 (12.15%) Data Migration
13 40 (11.30%) Metadata Management
14 38 (10.73%) DevOps
15 37 (10.45%) CRM
15 37 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 36 (10.17%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 100 (28.25%) SQL
2 50 (14.12%) Python
3 22 (6.21%) Java
4 17 (4.80%) C#
5 10 (2.82%) X++
6 9 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.98%) VBA
8 4 (1.13%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.13%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.85%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.56%) Bicep
10 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.56%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 47 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 41 (11.58%) Degree
3 38 (10.73%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.69%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.56%) ISEB
10 2 (0.56%) PMP
11 1 (0.28%) CBAP
11 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (35.88%) Data Quality
2 33 (9.32%) GDPR
3 32 (9.04%) QA
4 12 (3.39%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.26%) PMO
6 5 (1.41%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.13%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.85%) COREP
8 3 (0.85%) FINREP
8 3 (0.85%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.28%) GMP
10 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.69%) 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 51 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.04%) Databricks
3 30 (8.47%) Salesforce
4 27 (7.63%) Oracle
5 17 (4.80%) SAP
6 12 (3.39%) Informatica
7 11 (3.11%) Bloomberg
8 8 (2.26%) Charles River
9 7 (1.98%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.69%) Refinitiv
10 6 (1.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (1.41%) Google
11 5 (1.41%) IBM
11 5 (1.41%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.41%) Tradeweb
12 4 (1.13%) GoldenSource
12 4 (1.13%) Murex
12 4 (1.13%) Pardot
13 3 (0.85%) Duck Creek
13 3 (0.85%) MuleSoft