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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 78 103
Rank change year-on-year -46 +25 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Management 346 440 419
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.21% 3.26% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 3.59% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 301 307
10th Percentile £343 £325 £403
25th Percentile £413 £421 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £618 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £775
England median daily rate £490 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -8.84% -2.27% -6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 14
10th Percentile - £48.60 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £74.56 £18.25
Median hourly rate £22.75 £92.50 £22.84
Median % change year-on-year -75.41% +304.99% -29.72%
75th Percentile £29.88 £96.56 £43.37
90th Percentile £30.59 £97.50 £64.30
England median hourly rate £28.03 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -13.77% -18.75% -39.62%

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 14,164 12,253 16,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.70% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,468 7,900 11,699
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.10%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 345
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.60 £16.02
25th Percentile £23.81 £25.50 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -52 29 £575 +12.20% 20
West London -15 8 £500 +25.00% 13
East London +2 1 £675 +68.75% 10
South London -14 1 - - 8
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 20 (5.78%) Confluence
2 19 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.89%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.60%) Mendix
5 5 (1.45%) Apache
5 5 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.87%) CMS
8 2 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (10.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (4.62%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.29%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.73%) Oracle ERP
1 6 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.16%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.87%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.87%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.87%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.58%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.58%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.58%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.58%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
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
Cloud Services
1 76 (21.97%) Azure
2 66 (19.08%) Power Platform
3 40 (11.56%) AWS
4 20 (5.78%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.49%) Serverless
6 16 (4.62%) Collibra
6 16 (4.62%) GCP
6 16 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (4.62%) PowerApps
7 15 (4.34%) Azure Logic Apps
8 14 (4.05%) Azure Functions
8 14 (4.05%) Azure Service Bus
9 13 (3.76%) Power Automate
9 13 (3.76%) SaaS
10 11 (3.18%) PaaS
10 11 (3.18%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.02%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.16%) LAN
1 4 (1.16%) PSTN
1 4 (1.16%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.16%) WAN
1 4 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.87%) NAS
3 2 (0.58%) SMS
4 1 (0.29%) 2G
4 1 (0.29%) 4G
4 1 (0.29%) 5G
4 1 (0.29%) Intranet
4 1 (0.29%) IPv4
4 1 (0.29%) MQTT
4 1 (0.29%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.29%) SAN
4 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.29%) VLAN
4 1 (0.29%) WebEx
4 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (16.76%) Power BI
2 41 (11.85%) Metadata
3 38 (10.98%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.07%) SQL Server
4 21 (6.07%) Tableau
5 17 (4.91%) Data Lake
6 12 (3.47%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.89%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.89%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (2.31%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.02%) MySQL
11 5 (1.45%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.16%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.16%) GIS
12 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (1.16%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.87%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 35 (10.12%) JIRA
2 9 (2.60%) ERwin
2 9 (2.60%) Git
2 9 (2.60%) GitLab
3 4 (1.16%) Appium
3 4 (1.16%) Postman
4 3 (0.87%) JMeter
4 3 (0.87%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.87%) Toad
5 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.29%) MLflow
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.29%) Selenium
5 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 153 (44.22%) Finance
2 139 (40.17%) Social Skills
3 92 (26.59%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.85%) Banking
5 24 (6.94%) Financial Institution
5 24 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.36%) Marketing
7 16 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.89%) Front Office
9 10 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.89%) Retail
10 8 (2.31%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.31%) Legal
11 7 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.73%) Back Office
12 6 (1.73%) Local Government
12 6 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (24.28%) Analyst
2 51 (14.74%) Business Analyst
3 48 (13.87%) Lead
4 37 (10.69%) Architect
5 35 (10.12%) Senior
6 31 (8.96%) Developer
7 30 (8.67%) Data Analyst
8 28 (8.09%) Consultant
9 22 (6.36%) Data Engineer
10 18 (5.20%) Data Architect
11 15 (4.34%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (4.05%) Data Business Analyst
12 14 (4.05%) Data Modeller
13 10 (2.89%) Power Platform Developer
14 9 (2.60%) Data Manager
14 9 (2.60%) Governance Analyst
15 8 (2.31%) Oracle Consultant
15 8 (2.31%) Project Manager
16 7 (2.02%) Senior Business Analyst
16 7 (2.02%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (4.05%) .NET
2 14 (4.05%) REST
3 12 (3.47%) React
4 9 (2.60%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (2.60%) SOAP
4 9 (2.60%) XML
5 8 (2.31%) JSON
6 7 (2.02%) Kafka
7 5 (1.45%) YAML
8 4 (1.16%) LangChain
8 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (1.16%) NumPy
8 4 (1.16%) Pandas
8 4 (1.16%) PySpark
8 4 (1.16%) WebdriverIO
9 3 (0.87%) Hugging Face
9 3 (0.87%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.87%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (0.87%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.36%) Data Structures
1 22 (6.36%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.62%) Reference Data
4 13 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.18%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.89%) Low-Code
8 8 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.02%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.45%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.45%) CMDB
10 5 (1.45%) IoT
10 5 (1.45%) Life Science
10 5 (1.45%) Reinsurance
11 4 (1.16%) Derivative
11 4 (1.16%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.16%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.16%) Android
1 4 (1.16%) Apple iOS
1 4 (1.16%) Windows
2 2 (0.58%) Linux
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.64%) Agile
2 97 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (27.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 90 (26.01%) Data Modelling
5 89 (25.72%) Data Governance
6 73 (21.10%) Migration
7 69 (19.94%) Analytics
8 68 (19.65%) Business Intelligence
9 53 (15.32%) Decision-Making
10 49 (14.16%) Validation
11 47 (13.58%) ETL
12 42 (12.14%) DevOps
12 42 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 41 (11.85%) Roadmaps
13 41 (11.85%) Visualisation
14 40 (11.56%) Project Management
15 39 (11.27%) CI/CD
16 38 (10.98%) Data Analysis
16 38 (10.98%) Data Architecture
16 38 (10.98%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 93 (26.88%) SQL
2 41 (11.85%) Python
3 25 (7.23%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.34%) C#
5 10 (2.89%) Formula Language
5 10 (2.89%) LotusScript
6 8 (2.31%) Java
7 7 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.02%) Groovy
7 7 (2.02%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.02%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.45%) VBA
9 4 (1.16%) R
9 4 (1.16%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.87%) Bicep
10 3 (0.87%) Scala
11 2 (0.58%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.58%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.29%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 51 (14.74%) Degree
2 48 (13.87%) Security Cleared
3 34 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.76%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.31%) IIBA
7 7 (2.02%) CBAP
8 4 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.16%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.16%) PMP
9 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.87%) 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 92 (26.59%) Data Quality
2 37 (10.69%) QA
3 27 (7.80%) GDPR
4 11 (3.18%) PMO
5 8 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.02%) Solvency II
7 6 (1.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.16%) IFRS
9 3 (0.87%) IFRS 17
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%) GxP
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.02%) Terraform
2 4 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.29%) Grafana
3 1 (0.29%) Kibana
3 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 65 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 44 (12.72%) Oracle
3 28 (8.09%) Databricks
4 22 (6.36%) Salesforce
5 17 (4.91%) Informatica
5 17 (4.91%) SAP
6 10 (2.89%) Bloomberg
6 10 (2.89%) Google
6 10 (2.89%) Lotus
6 10 (2.89%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.60%) Kofax
8 6 (1.73%) Charles River
9 5 (1.45%) Murex
10 4 (1.16%) Adobe
10 4 (1.16%) Refinitiv
10 4 (1.16%) Talend
10 4 (1.16%) Workday
10 4 (1.16%) Yardi
11 3 (0.87%) Instagram
11 3 (0.87%) Sparx