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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 88 116
Rank change year-on-year -29 +28 +37
Contract jobs citing Data Management 351 427 413
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.44% 2.84% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 3.15% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 268 297
10th Percentile £313 £312 £422
25th Percentile £406 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -6.30% -9.80%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £785 £832 £775
England median daily rate £490 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -6.67% -8.70% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile - £23.78 £25.30
25th Percentile £17.00 £56.04 £26.24
Median hourly rate £18.00 £81.25 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year -77.85% +76.42% +53.52%
75th Percentile £21.19 £97.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £25.13 - £65.23
England median hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -30.77% -9.72% -45.66%

All Process and 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 13,143 13,541 16,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.10% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,710 12,087
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 164 235
10th Percentile £18.17 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

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 December 2025.

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
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 December 2025. 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 -38 38 £575 +5.75% 20
West London -13 4 £500 +25.00% 4
South London -8 1 - - 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 14 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.85%) Confluence
3 8 (2.28%) HCL Notes
4 5 (1.42%) Apache
4 5 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.42%) Mendix
5 3 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.28%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.85%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.71%) ProjectWise
6 4 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.28%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.28%) Revit
7 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.42%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (1.42%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.14%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.85%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.85%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.57%) Eagle PACE
5 2 (0.57%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.57%) iTrent
5 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.57%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.57%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.28%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 75 (21.37%) Azure
2 55 (15.67%) Power Platform
3 38 (10.83%) AWS
4 25 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (5.98%) Collibra
6 18 (5.13%) GCP
7 15 (4.27%) PowerApps
7 15 (4.27%) Serverless
8 14 (3.99%) Snowflake
9 12 (3.42%) SaaS
10 11 (3.13%) Azure Functions
10 11 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (2.85%) Power Automate
12 9 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.56%) OCI
12 9 (2.56%) PaaS
13 7 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.85%) NAS
2 2 (0.57%) SMS
3 1 (0.28%) 2G
3 1 (0.28%) 4G
3 1 (0.28%) 5G
3 1 (0.28%) Intranet
3 1 (0.28%) IPv4
3 1 (0.28%) MQTT
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.28%) SAN
3 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.28%) VLAN
3 1 (0.28%) WebEx
3 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (14.81%) Power BI
2 34 (9.69%) Metadata
3 29 (8.26%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (5.98%) Tableau
5 16 (4.56%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.42%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.85%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.85%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.85%) Power Query
7 10 (2.85%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.71%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.42%) GIS
10 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.14%) MySQL
11 4 (1.14%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 39 (11.11%) JIRA
2 13 (3.70%) GitLab
3 9 (2.56%) Git
4 5 (1.42%) Appium
4 5 (1.42%) JMeter
4 5 (1.42%) Selenium
5 3 (0.85%) ERwin
5 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.85%) Postman
5 3 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.57%) Gatling
6 2 (0.57%) JUnit
6 2 (0.57%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.57%) TestNG
6 2 (0.57%) TestRail
7 1 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.28%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.28%) MLflow
General
1 158 (45.01%) Finance
2 145 (41.31%) Social Skills
3 106 (30.20%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (13.96%) Banking
5 20 (5.70%) Financial Institution
5 20 (5.70%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.56%) Marketing
7 14 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.99%) Retail
8 13 (3.70%) Local Government
9 12 (3.42%) Legal
9 12 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.56%) Front Office
10 9 (2.56%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.71%) Corporate Banking
13 6 (1.71%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (19.66%) Analyst
2 50 (14.25%) Architect
3 40 (11.40%) Developer
4 35 (9.97%) Lead
5 33 (9.40%) Business Analyst
6 29 (8.26%) Consultant
7 26 (7.41%) Data Analyst
8 18 (5.13%) Senior
9 17 (4.84%) Data Architect
10 15 (4.27%) Data Engineer
11 13 (3.70%) Data Modeller
11 13 (3.70%) Governance Analyst
11 13 (3.70%) ServiceNow Developer
12 11 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.85%) Data Business Analyst
13 10 (2.85%) Data Manager
13 10 (2.85%) Enterprise Architect
14 9 (2.56%) Oracle Consultant
15 8 (2.28%) Power Platform Developer
16 7 (1.99%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.55%) REST
2 21 (5.98%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (5.13%) SOAP
4 11 (3.13%) .NET
5 8 (2.28%) React
6 7 (1.99%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (1.71%) JSON
7 6 (1.71%) Kafka
8 5 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (1.42%) MIDP
9 4 (1.14%) LangChain
9 4 (1.14%) NumPy
9 4 (1.14%) Pandas
9 4 (1.14%) RESTful
9 4 (1.14%) WebdriverIO
10 3 (0.85%) PySpark
10 3 (0.85%) PyTorch
10 3 (0.85%) React Native
10 3 (0.85%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.98%) Data Structures
2 18 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.70%) CMDB
6 11 (3.13%) Reference Data
7 10 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.85%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.28%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.99%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.71%) Derivative
11 5 (1.42%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.14%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.42%) Android
1 5 (1.42%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.14%) Windows
3 3 (0.85%) Linux
4 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (29.34%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (27.64%) Agile
3 89 (25.36%) Analytics
4 87 (24.79%) Data Governance
5 81 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 79 (22.51%) Data Modelling
7 64 (18.23%) Business Intelligence
8 56 (15.95%) DevOps
8 56 (15.95%) Migration
9 47 (13.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 43 (12.25%) Roadmaps
10 43 (12.25%) Validation
11 41 (11.68%) CI/CD
12 40 (11.40%) Data Analysis
12 40 (11.40%) ETL
13 38 (10.83%) Data Architecture
14 37 (10.54%) Visualisation
15 35 (9.97%) Data Integration
16 34 (9.69%) Decision-Making
17 33 (9.40%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (24.79%) SQL
2 47 (13.39%) Python
3 32 (9.12%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.99%) C#
5 12 (3.42%) Java
6 8 (2.28%) Formula Language
6 8 (2.28%) Groovy
6 8 (2.28%) LotusScript
7 6 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.71%) R
8 5 (1.42%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.14%) VBA
10 3 (0.85%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.57%) Bicep
11 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.57%) Scala
11 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (12.54%) Security Cleared
2 34 (9.69%) Degree
3 32 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.56%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.85%) ISTQB
5 3 (0.85%) MCP
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.85%) PhD
6 2 (0.57%) APMP
6 2 (0.57%) CIPD
6 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.57%) OCA
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.57%) PMP
7 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.28%) CRISC
7 1 (0.28%) SANS
7 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (23.36%) Data Quality
2 31 (8.83%) QA
3 25 (7.12%) GDPR
4 10 (2.85%) PMO
5 8 (2.28%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.71%) ISO 19650
7 5 (1.42%) IFRS
8 4 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.14%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.85%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.57%) Basel III
10 2 (0.57%) EMIR
10 2 (0.57%) GAAP
10 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.57%) MiFID
11 1 (0.28%) FATCA
11 1 (0.28%) GxP
11 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.28%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.71%) Terraform
3 2 (0.57%) Ansible
4 1 (0.28%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 56 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 50 (14.25%) Oracle
3 28 (7.98%) Databricks
4 17 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.56%) SAP
6 14 (3.99%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.42%) Google
7 12 (3.42%) Informatica
8 9 (2.56%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.56%) Bloomberg
9 8 (2.28%) Lotus
10 7 (1.99%) Refinitiv
10 7 (1.99%) Workday
11 5 (1.42%) Kofax
12 4 (1.14%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.14%) Murex
12 4 (1.14%) Talend
12 4 (1.14%) Yardi
13 3 (0.85%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.85%) Sparx