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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 82 97
Rank change year-on-year -47 +15 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Management 342 413 423
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.12% 3.19% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 3.50% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 299 307
10th Percentile £347 £325 £400
25th Percentile £413 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £763 £675
90th Percentile £746 £938 £775
England median daily rate £491 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.73% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 15
10th Percentile - £44.52 -
25th Percentile £26.52 £69.00 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £92.50 £24.97
Median % change year-on-year -69.14% +270.44% -23.17%
75th Percentile £30.59 £93.75 £38.79
90th Percentile - £96.00 £64.22
England median hourly rate £28.55 £30.51 £40.00
% change year-on-year -6.42% -23.73% -36.51%

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 14,510 11,786 16,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.86% 91.05% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,757 7,831 11,538
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 158 353
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.32 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.05 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.25 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +16.88% -16.22%
75th Percentile £56.85 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.77 £69.90
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -54 32 £575 +8.24% 17
West London -8 10 £500 +25.00% 10
East London -2 1 £675 +68.75% 11
South London -15 1 - - 11
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 22 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 21 (6.14%) Confluence
3 11 (3.22%) HCL Notes
4 10 (2.92%) Mendix
5 5 (1.46%) Apache
6 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.17%) CMS
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 35 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (6.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.68%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.34%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
1 6 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.46%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.88%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.88%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.88%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.58%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.58%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.58%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.29%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.29%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.29%) iTrent
5 1 (0.29%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 78 (22.81%) Azure
2 70 (20.47%) Power Platform
3 41 (11.99%) AWS
4 22 (6.43%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.26%) Collibra
5 18 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.26%) Serverless
6 17 (4.97%) PowerApps
7 16 (4.68%) GCP
8 14 (4.09%) Snowflake
9 13 (3.80%) Azure Functions
9 13 (3.80%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (3.51%) SaaS
11 11 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.22%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (2.63%) PaaS
13 8 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (2.05%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.17%) LAN
1 4 (1.17%) PSTN
1 4 (1.17%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.17%) WAN
1 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.58%) NAS
2 2 (0.58%) 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%) MQTT
3 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.29%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (18.13%) Power BI
2 40 (11.70%) Metadata
3 38 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.14%) SQL Server
5 20 (5.85%) Tableau
6 17 (4.97%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.80%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.92%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (2.92%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.05%) MySQL
10 7 (2.05%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.17%) GIS
12 4 (1.17%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.17%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.88%) OLAP
13 3 (0.88%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 35 (10.23%) JIRA
2 10 (2.92%) Git
3 9 (2.63%) ERwin
3 9 (2.63%) GitLab
4 4 (1.17%) Appium
5 3 (0.88%) JMeter
5 3 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.88%) Toad
6 2 (0.58%) Postman
6 2 (0.58%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.29%) GCC
7 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 149 (43.57%) Finance
2 138 (40.35%) Social Skills
3 97 (28.36%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.99%) Banking
5 27 (7.89%) Financial Institution
6 24 (7.02%) Public Sector
7 23 (6.73%) Marketing
8 16 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.22%) Retail
11 10 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.63%) Front Office
13 8 (2.34%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.75%) Back Office
14 6 (1.75%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.75%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.46%) Legal
15 5 (1.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 82 (23.98%) Analyst
2 51 (14.91%) Business Analyst
3 48 (14.04%) Lead
4 35 (10.23%) Senior
5 34 (9.94%) Architect
6 31 (9.06%) Data Analyst
7 30 (8.77%) Developer
8 26 (7.60%) Consultant
9 24 (7.02%) Data Engineer
10 21 (6.14%) Data Architect
11 15 (4.39%) Data Modeller
11 15 (4.39%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (4.09%) Data Business Analyst
13 11 (3.22%) Power Platform Developer
14 9 (2.63%) Governance Analyst
15 8 (2.34%) Oracle Consultant
16 7 (2.05%) Project Manager
16 7 (2.05%) Senior Business Analyst
16 7 (2.05%) Technical Business Analyst
16 7 (2.05%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (4.09%) .NET
3 13 (3.80%) React
4 11 (3.22%) REST
5 10 (2.92%) HTML5 Canvas
6 7 (2.05%) JSON
6 7 (2.05%) XML
7 6 (1.75%) Kafka
7 6 (1.75%) SOAP
8 5 (1.46%) YAML
9 4 (1.17%) LangChain
9 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (1.17%) NumPy
9 4 (1.17%) Pandas
9 4 (1.17%) PySpark
9 4 (1.17%) WebdriverIO
10 3 (0.88%) Hugging Face
10 3 (0.88%) LangGraph
10 3 (0.88%) Model Context Protocol
10 3 (0.88%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.14%) Data Structures
2 18 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.97%) Reference Data
4 16 (4.68%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.92%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.63%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.05%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.75%) Life Science
12 5 (1.46%) CMDB
12 5 (1.46%) IoT
12 5 (1.46%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.46%) Social Media
13 4 (1.17%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.17%) Android
1 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.58%) Linux
2 2 (0.58%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (30.12%) Agile
2 95 (27.78%) Data Governance
2 95 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 93 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (26.61%) Data Modelling
5 77 (22.51%) Migration
6 71 (20.76%) Business Intelligence
7 65 (19.01%) Analytics
8 51 (14.91%) Decision-Making
9 49 (14.33%) Validation
10 47 (13.74%) ETL
11 43 (12.57%) DevOps
12 42 (12.28%) Data Architecture
13 41 (11.99%) Visualisation
14 40 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 38 (11.11%) AI
16 37 (10.82%) CI/CD
16 37 (10.82%) Data Engineering
17 36 (10.53%) Data Analysis
17 36 (10.53%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 96 (28.07%) SQL
2 46 (13.45%) Python
3 25 (7.31%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.09%) C#
5 11 (3.22%) Formula Language
5 11 (3.22%) LotusScript
6 10 (2.92%) Java
7 8 (2.34%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.05%) Groovy
9 6 (1.75%) VBA
10 5 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.46%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.17%) R
11 4 (1.17%) Scala
12 2 (0.58%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.29%) C++
13 1 (0.29%) Ruby
13 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 54 (15.79%) Degree
2 51 (14.91%) Security Cleared
3 38 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.51%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.34%) IIBA
7 7 (2.05%) CBAP
8 4 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.17%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.17%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.17%) PMP
9 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.88%) PhD
10 2 (0.58%) APMP
10 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CIPD
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.29%) RIBA
11 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (27.49%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.53%) QA
3 24 (7.02%) GDPR
4 10 (2.92%) PMO
5 8 (2.34%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.05%) Solvency II
7 5 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.17%) IFRS
9 3 (0.88%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.58%) Basel III
10 2 (0.58%) EMIR
10 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.58%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) COREP
11 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.29%) FINREP
11 1 (0.29%) GAAP
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.46%) Terraform
2 4 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.29%) Grafana
3 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.29%) Kibana
3 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 63 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.74%) Oracle
3 26 (7.60%) Databricks
4 20 (5.85%) Salesforce
5 17 (4.97%) Informatica
6 16 (4.68%) SAP
7 11 (3.22%) Lotus
8 10 (2.92%) Google
8 10 (2.92%) Kofax
8 10 (2.92%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.63%) Bloomberg
10 6 (1.75%) Charles River
11 5 (1.46%) Murex
12 4 (1.17%) Refinitiv
12 4 (1.17%) Talend
12 4 (1.17%) Workday
12 4 (1.17%) Yardi
13 3 (0.88%) Instagram
13 3 (0.88%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.88%) Sparx