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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 80 111
Rank change year-on-year -38 +31 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Management 349 438 392
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.43% 3.08% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 3.41% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 283 282
10th Percentile £313 £325 £418
25th Percentile £406 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £700
90th Percentile £738 £898 £775
England median daily rate £490 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.67% -3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 8
10th Percentile - £23.78 £25.26
25th Percentile £17.00 £56.04 £26.03
Median hourly rate £18.00 £81.25 £47.78
Median % change year-on-year -77.85% +70.06% +59.26%
75th Percentile £21.19 £97.50 £63.95
90th Percentile £25.13 - £65.57
England median hourly rate £22.27 £32.50 £46.06
% change year-on-year -31.49% -29.43% -30.48%

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 13,120 12,835 16,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.46% 90.25% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,679 8,213 11,461
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 159 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.08 £17.04
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.44 £54.50 £54.56
90th Percentile £69.24 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 6 January 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
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 6 January 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 -43 37 £575 +9.52% 32
West London -13 4 £500 +25.00% 2
South London -7 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 13 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.87%) Confluence
3 8 (2.29%) HCL Notes
4 7 (2.01%) Mendix
5 5 (1.43%) Apache
6 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.29%) CMS
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (9.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.87%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.72%) ProjectWise
6 4 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.29%) Revit
7 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.43%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.15%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.86%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.86%) 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 (0.29%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.29%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 71 (20.34%) Azure
2 56 (16.05%) Power Platform
3 37 (10.60%) AWS
4 26 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (6.02%) Collibra
6 17 (4.87%) GCP
6 17 (4.87%) Serverless
7 15 (4.30%) PowerApps
8 13 (3.72%) Azure Functions
8 13 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (3.72%) Snowflake
9 12 (3.44%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (3.15%) OCI
10 11 (3.15%) SaaS
11 10 (2.87%) Power Automate
12 9 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.58%) PaaS
13 8 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
15 6 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.86%) NAS
2 2 (0.57%) SMS
3 1 (0.29%) 2G
3 1 (0.29%) 4G
3 1 (0.29%) 5G
3 1 (0.29%) Intranet
3 1 (0.29%) IPv4
3 1 (0.29%) MQTT
3 1 (0.29%) Network Security
3 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.29%) SAN
3 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.29%) VLAN
3 1 (0.29%) WebEx
3 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (15.19%) Power BI
2 37 (10.60%) Metadata
3 31 (8.88%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.73%) Tableau
5 14 (4.01%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.15%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.87%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.87%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.58%) Power Query
9 8 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.01%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (1.43%) GIS
12 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
13 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.15%) MySQL
13 4 (1.15%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 39 (11.17%) JIRA
2 13 (3.72%) GitLab
3 7 (2.01%) Git
4 5 (1.43%) JMeter
5 4 (1.15%) Appium
5 4 (1.15%) Selenium
6 3 (0.86%) ERwin
6 3 (0.86%) Postman
6 3 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.57%) Gatling
7 2 (0.57%) JUnit
7 2 (0.57%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.57%) TestNG
7 2 (0.57%) TestRail
8 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.29%) MLflow
8 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 157 (44.99%) Finance
2 146 (41.83%) Social Skills
3 99 (28.37%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.47%) Banking
5 24 (6.88%) Financial Institution
6 22 (6.30%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.16%) Marketing
8 14 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.44%) Legal
10 11 (3.15%) Local Government
10 11 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.58%) Investment Banking
13 8 (2.29%) Front Office
13 8 (2.29%) Retail
14 7 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.72%) Retail Banking
15 6 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (21.49%) Analyst
2 42 (12.03%) Architect
3 41 (11.75%) Lead
4 39 (11.17%) Developer
5 37 (10.60%) Business Analyst
6 30 (8.60%) Consultant
7 28 (8.02%) Data Analyst
8 24 (6.88%) Senior
9 15 (4.30%) Data Architect
9 15 (4.30%) Governance Analyst
10 13 (3.72%) Data Engineer
10 13 (3.72%) Data Modeller
10 13 (3.72%) ServiceNow Developer
11 11 (3.15%) Data Business Analyst
12 10 (2.87%) Data Manager
12 10 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (2.58%) Oracle Consultant
13 9 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.29%) Power Platform Developer
15 7 (2.01%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.59%) Oracle Fusion
1 23 (6.59%) REST
2 18 (5.16%) SOAP
3 13 (3.72%) .NET
4 10 (2.87%) React
5 7 (2.01%) HTML5 Canvas
6 6 (1.72%) JSON
6 6 (1.72%) Kafka
7 5 (1.43%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (1.43%) MIDP
7 5 (1.43%) XML
8 4 (1.15%) LangChain
8 4 (1.15%) NumPy
8 4 (1.15%) Pandas
8 4 (1.15%) WebdriverIO
9 3 (0.86%) Middleware
9 3 (0.86%) Node.js
9 3 (0.86%) OAuth
9 3 (0.86%) RESTful
9 3 (0.86%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.88%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.02%) Data Structures
3 19 (5.44%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.72%) CMDB
4 13 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.72%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.87%) Reference Data
7 8 (2.29%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.72%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.72%) Derivative
8 6 (1.72%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.72%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.15%) Android
1 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
2 2 (0.57%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (30.09%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (28.08%) Agile
3 88 (25.21%) Data Governance
4 87 (24.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 86 (24.64%) Analytics
6 82 (23.50%) Data Modelling
7 61 (17.48%) Business Intelligence
8 58 (16.62%) Migration
9 56 (16.05%) DevOps
10 49 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 43 (12.32%) Validation
12 42 (12.03%) Roadmaps
13 41 (11.75%) CI/CD
14 39 (11.17%) Visualisation
15 38 (10.89%) Data Analysis
15 38 (10.89%) ETL
16 35 (10.03%) Data Integration
16 35 (10.03%) Project Management
17 34 (9.74%) Data Architecture
17 34 (9.74%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 87 (24.93%) SQL
2 40 (11.46%) Python
3 32 (9.17%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.72%) C#
5 12 (3.44%) Java
6 8 (2.29%) Formula Language
6 8 (2.29%) Groovy
6 8 (2.29%) LotusScript
7 6 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.43%) R
8 5 (1.43%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.15%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.15%) VBA
10 3 (0.86%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.86%) 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 47 (13.47%) Security Cleared
2 36 (10.32%) Degree
3 35 (10.03%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.58%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.86%) CBAP
5 3 (0.86%) IIBA
5 3 (0.86%) MCP
5 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.86%) PhD
6 2 (0.57%) APMP
6 2 (0.57%) CIPD
6 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.57%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.57%) OCA
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.57%) PMP
7 1 (0.29%) CFA
7 1 (0.29%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (24.07%) Data Quality
2 32 (9.17%) QA
3 26 (7.45%) GDPR
4 9 (2.58%) PMO
5 7 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.72%) ISO 19650
7 5 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.43%) IFRS
8 4 (1.15%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.86%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.57%) Basel III
10 2 (0.57%) EMIR
10 2 (0.57%) GAAP
10 2 (0.57%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) FATCA
11 1 (0.29%) GxP
11 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (1.72%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.72%) Terraform
2 5 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 54 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.18%) Oracle
3 25 (7.16%) Databricks
4 17 (4.87%) SAP
4 17 (4.87%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.58%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.44%) Informatica
7 11 (3.15%) Google
8 9 (2.58%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.58%) Bloomberg
9 8 (2.29%) Lotus
10 7 (2.01%) Kofax
10 7 (2.01%) Refinitiv
10 7 (2.01%) Workday
11 4 (1.15%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.15%) Murex
11 4 (1.15%) Talend
11 4 (1.15%) Yardi
12 3 (0.86%) Adobe
12 3 (0.86%) Hyperion