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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 90 103
Rank change year-on-year -52 +13 +57
Contract jobs citing Data Management 341 370 405
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 2.98% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 3.23% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 254 285
10th Percentile £309 £325 £363
25th Percentile £400 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £638 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.82% +15.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £775
England median daily rate £492 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 12
10th Percentile - £23.86 -
25th Percentile £19.03 £26.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £61.65 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -55.40% +197.69% -
75th Percentile £30.59 £93.75 £26.64
90th Percentile - - £28.43
England median hourly rate £29.07 £30.56 £40.00
% change year-on-year -4.88% -23.59% -0.44%

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 15,904 11,443 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.34% 92.27% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,637 7,743 11,096
10th Percentile £356 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £806 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 176 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.16 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -27.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.88 £63.75 £66.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% -2.14%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 38 £550 - 19
West London -6 18 £275 -34.52% 4
East London -7 2 £428 -36.67% 8
South London - 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 22 (6.45%) Confluence
2 21 (6.16%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.93%) HCL Notes
3 10 (2.93%) Mendix
4 8 (2.35%) CMS
5 6 (1.76%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.29%) Apache
9 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 37 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (4.40%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.05%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.47%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.88%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.88%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.88%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.29%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.29%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.29%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 75 (21.99%) Azure
2 72 (21.11%) Power Platform
3 37 (10.85%) AWS
4 24 (7.04%) PowerApps
5 19 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (4.99%) Collibra
6 17 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.69%) Power Automate
8 15 (4.40%) Serverless
9 13 (3.81%) GCP
10 12 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (3.52%) SaaS
11 11 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.23%) Azure Functions
12 10 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.93%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (2.64%) Snowflake
14 8 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (2.35%) SuccessFactors
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 3 (0.88%) SMS
3 2 (0.59%) Intranet
4 1 (0.29%) NAS
4 1 (0.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (16.72%) Power BI
2 41 (12.02%) Metadata
3 35 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (5.57%) Data Lake
4 19 (5.57%) Tableau
5 18 (5.28%) SQL Server
6 13 (3.81%) Oracle Database
7 7 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.05%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.76%) Delta Lake
8 6 (1.76%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.47%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.47%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.17%) GIS
10 4 (1.17%) Power Query
11 3 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 34 (9.97%) JIRA
2 8 (2.35%) ERwin
3 6 (1.76%) Git
4 5 (1.47%) Appium
4 5 (1.47%) JMeter
5 4 (1.17%) GitLab
5 4 (1.17%) Selenium
5 4 (1.17%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.88%) Toad
6 3 (0.88%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.59%) MLflow
7 2 (0.59%) Postman
7 2 (0.59%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.29%) GCC
8 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 146 (42.82%) Finance
2 120 (35.19%) Social Skills
3 85 (24.93%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.56%) Banking
5 32 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.45%) Financial Institution
7 21 (6.16%) Marketing
8 14 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.35%) Back Office
10 8 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.05%) Front Office
11 7 (2.05%) Retail
12 6 (1.76%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.47%) Legal
13 5 (1.47%) Local Government
13 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.47%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 85 (24.93%) Analyst
2 51 (14.96%) Lead
3 42 (12.32%) Business Analyst
4 35 (10.26%) Data Analyst
4 35 (10.26%) Senior
5 34 (9.97%) Architect
6 23 (6.74%) Data Architect
6 23 (6.74%) Data Engineer
6 23 (6.74%) Developer
7 22 (6.45%) Consultant
8 16 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
9 13 (3.81%) Data Manager
10 11 (3.23%) Data Business Analyst
11 10 (2.93%) Governance Analyst
11 10 (2.93%) Power Platform Developer
12 9 (2.64%) Administrator
13 8 (2.35%) Data Modeller
14 7 (2.05%) Data Administrator
14 7 (2.05%) Implementation Consultant
14 7 (2.05%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.52%) .NET
2 11 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (2.93%) HTML5 Canvas
3 10 (2.93%) React
4 7 (2.05%) JSON
5 6 (1.76%) REST
5 6 (1.76%) XML
6 5 (1.47%) PySpark
6 5 (1.47%) RESTful
7 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (1.17%) WebdriverIO
7 4 (1.17%) YAML
8 3 (0.88%) Hugging Face
8 3 (0.88%) LangChain
8 3 (0.88%) LangGraph
8 3 (0.88%) Model Context Protocol
8 3 (0.88%) Pandas
8 3 (0.88%) pydantic
8 3 (0.88%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (4.11%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.11%) Reference Data
4 13 (3.81%) Data Structures
4 13 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.23%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.93%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.76%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.76%) Life Science
11 5 (1.47%) FMCG
12 4 (1.17%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (1.17%) IoT
12 4 (1.17%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.17%) Android
1 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.59%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (31.09%) Data Governance
2 89 (26.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 88 (25.81%) Agile
4 87 (25.51%) Data Modelling
5 84 (24.63%) Migration
6 79 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (19.06%) Business Intelligence
8 61 (17.89%) Analytics
9 54 (15.84%) Decision-Making
10 51 (14.96%) Data Architecture
10 51 (14.96%) ETL
11 48 (14.08%) Validation
12 43 (12.61%) Data Analysis
13 42 (12.32%) Data Migration
14 41 (12.02%) DevOps
15 39 (11.44%) AI
15 39 (11.44%) Data Engineering
16 38 (11.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 34 (9.97%) Visualisation
18 33 (9.68%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 97 (28.45%) SQL
2 49 (14.37%) Python
3 18 (5.28%) C#
4 17 (4.99%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.52%) Java
6 10 (2.93%) Formula Language
6 10 (2.93%) LotusScript
7 7 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.05%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.76%) VBA
9 5 (1.47%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.17%) X++
11 3 (0.88%) Bicep
11 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.88%) R
11 3 (0.88%) Scala
12 2 (0.59%) Groovy
13 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 59 (17.30%) Degree
2 45 (13.20%) Security Cleared
3 36 (10.56%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (3.52%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.35%) CBAP
5 8 (2.35%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.35%) IIBA
6 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.47%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.17%) PMP
8 3 (0.88%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.88%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (0.88%) PhD
9 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.29%) APMP
10 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.29%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (31.67%) Data Quality
2 39 (11.44%) QA
3 26 (7.62%) GDPR
4 10 (2.93%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.47%) PMO
5 5 (1.47%) Solvency II
6 4 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.17%) COREP
6 4 (1.17%) FINREP
7 3 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.59%) IFRS
8 2 (0.59%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.29%) GAAP
9 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) MiFID
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.76%) Terraform
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.88%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.88%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 62 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.73%) Oracle
3 29 (8.50%) Databricks
4 17 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.69%) SAP
6 11 (3.23%) Informatica
7 10 (2.93%) Bloomberg
7 10 (2.93%) Kofax
7 10 (2.93%) Lotus
8 7 (2.05%) Google
9 5 (1.47%) Charles River
9 5 (1.47%) GoldenSource
9 5 (1.47%) Murex
9 5 (1.47%) Refinitiv
10 4 (1.17%) Braze
11 3 (0.88%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.88%) FactSet
11 3 (0.88%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.88%) Palantir
11 3 (0.88%) ServiceNow