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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 91 118
Rank change year-on-year -26 +27 +37
Contract jobs citing Data Management 348 436 410
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.42% 2.77% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 3.09% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 272 291
10th Percentile £313 £310 £413
25th Percentile £406 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% -8.46%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £706
90th Percentile £783 £788 £788
England median daily rate £494 £518 £575
% change year-on-year -4.68% -9.91% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 8
10th Percentile - £24.32 £25.26
25th Percentile £17.00 £41.25 £37.13
Median hourly rate £18.00 £70.00 £47.78
Median % change year-on-year -74.29% +46.51% +23.30%
75th Percentile £21.19 £97.50 £63.95
90th Percentile £25.13 - £65.57
England median hourly rate £24.21 £33.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -28.27% -6.25% -48.57%

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 13,187 14,123 17,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.80% 89.82% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,685 9,134 12,308
10th Percentile £338 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £567
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -3.04% -3.86%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 166 231
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.78
25th Percentile £24.58 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.75 £37.25 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +2.67% -7.57%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%

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 4 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 4 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 -34 41 £600 +11.63% 20
South London -9 3 £583 +29.50% 7
West London -14 3 £345 -29.23% 3
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 12 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.44%) Apache
3 5 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.44%) HCL Notes
4 3 (0.86%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.57%) Mendix
5 2 (0.57%) SAS
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.29%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.30%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.72%) ProjectWise
6 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.29%) Revit
8 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.44%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (1.44%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.15%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
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%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.57%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.29%) Actimize
6 1 (0.29%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 77 (22.13%) Azure
2 50 (14.37%) Power Platform
3 44 (12.64%) AWS
4 25 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.32%) Collibra
6 19 (5.46%) GCP
7 13 (3.74%) PowerApps
7 13 (3.74%) Snowflake
8 12 (3.45%) SaaS
9 11 (3.16%) Serverless
10 10 (2.87%) OCI
11 9 (2.59%) PaaS
12 8 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.30%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (2.01%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.01%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.86%) NAS
2 1 (0.29%) 2G
2 1 (0.29%) 4G
2 1 (0.29%) 5G
2 1 (0.29%) DNS
2 1 (0.29%) HTTP
2 1 (0.29%) Intranet
2 1 (0.29%) IPv4
2 1 (0.29%) MQTT
2 1 (0.29%) Network Security
2 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.29%) SAN
2 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.29%) VLAN
2 1 (0.29%) WebEx
2 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.51%) Power BI
2 35 (10.06%) Metadata
3 27 (7.76%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.75%) Tableau
5 18 (5.17%) SQL Server
6 15 (4.31%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.87%) Power Query
8 9 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (2.30%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.72%) GIS
10 6 (1.72%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.72%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.15%) MySQL
11 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.86%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 34 (9.77%) JIRA
2 13 (3.74%) GitLab
3 10 (2.87%) Git
4 6 (1.72%) Appium
4 6 (1.72%) Selenium
5 5 (1.44%) JMeter
6 4 (1.15%) ERwin
6 4 (1.15%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.86%) Postman
7 3 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.57%) Gatling
8 2 (0.57%) JUnit
8 2 (0.57%) NUnit
8 2 (0.57%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.57%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.57%) TestNG
8 2 (0.57%) TestRail
8 2 (0.57%) WebDriver
General
1 156 (44.83%) Finance
2 144 (41.38%) Social Skills
3 110 (31.61%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (14.37%) Banking
5 21 (6.03%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.89%) Financial Institution
7 15 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (4.02%) Retail
9 13 (3.74%) Marketing
10 12 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.45%) Legal
10 12 (3.45%) Local Government
11 9 (2.59%) Front Office
11 9 (2.59%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
13 6 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.72%) Military
14 5 (1.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (18.10%) Analyst
2 50 (14.37%) Architect
3 37 (10.63%) Developer
4 29 (8.33%) Consultant
5 28 (8.05%) Business Analyst
5 28 (8.05%) Lead
6 27 (7.76%) Data Analyst
7 18 (5.17%) Senior
8 16 (4.60%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.31%) Data Architect
10 14 (4.02%) Governance Analyst
10 14 (4.02%) ServiceNow Developer
11 12 (3.45%) Data Modeller
11 12 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.87%) Data Manager
12 10 (2.87%) Enterprise Architect
13 9 (2.59%) Data Business Analyst
13 9 (2.59%) Oracle Consultant
14 7 (2.01%) Technical Analyst
15 6 (1.72%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.32%) Oracle Fusion
1 22 (6.32%) REST
2 19 (5.46%) SOAP
3 9 (2.59%) .NET
4 6 (1.72%) Kafka
4 6 (1.72%) Lightning Web Components
4 6 (1.72%) React
5 5 (1.44%) MIDP
5 5 (1.44%) PySpark
6 4 (1.15%) CSS
6 4 (1.15%) HTML
6 4 (1.15%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (1.15%) JSON
6 4 (1.15%) React Native
6 4 (1.15%) RESTful
6 4 (1.15%) WebdriverIO
7 3 (0.86%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.86%) Node.js
7 3 (0.86%) OAuth
7 3 (0.86%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.75%) Data Structures
1 20 (5.75%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.46%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.17%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (4.02%) CMDB
6 13 (3.74%) Reference Data
7 10 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.87%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.01%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.72%) Derivative
9 6 (1.72%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.44%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.44%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.44%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.15%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.15%) Housing Association
11 4 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.72%) Android
1 6 (1.72%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.15%) Linux
2 4 (1.15%) Windows
3 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.75%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (29.02%) Agile
3 87 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 85 (24.43%) Analytics
5 78 (22.41%) Data Modelling
6 74 (21.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 58 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 55 (15.80%) DevOps
9 52 (14.94%) Migration
10 48 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 43 (12.36%) Roadmaps
11 43 (12.36%) Validation
12 41 (11.78%) CI/CD
13 39 (11.21%) Data Analysis
14 38 (10.92%) Data Architecture
15 37 (10.63%) ETL
16 36 (10.34%) Visualisation
17 34 (9.77%) Data Integration
18 32 (9.20%) Workflow
19 31 (8.91%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 83 (23.85%) SQL
2 49 (14.08%) Python
3 33 (9.48%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.02%) C#
5 13 (3.74%) Java
6 8 (2.30%) Groovy
7 6 (1.72%) R
7 6 (1.72%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.44%) Formula Language
8 5 (1.44%) LotusScript
9 4 (1.15%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.15%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.86%) C++
10 3 (0.86%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.86%) VBA
11 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.57%) Scala
11 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (12.36%) Security Cleared
2 34 (9.77%) Degree
3 32 (9.20%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.15%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.57%) APMP
8 2 (0.57%) CIPD
8 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.57%) OCA
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.29%) CISA
9 1 (0.29%) CISSP
9 1 (0.29%) CRISC
9 1 (0.29%) CSSLP
9 1 (0.29%) MCP
9 1 (0.29%) PhD
9 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (22.99%) Data Quality
2 31 (8.91%) QA
3 26 (7.47%) GDPR
4 12 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.59%) PMO
6 6 (1.72%) ISO 19650
7 5 (1.44%) IFRS
8 4 (1.15%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.86%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.57%) EMIR
10 2 (0.57%) GAAP
10 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.57%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) Basel III
11 1 (0.29%) FATCA
11 1 (0.29%) GxP
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
11 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (2.01%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.87%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.72%) Terraform
3 2 (0.57%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 53 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 48 (13.79%) Oracle
3 25 (7.18%) Databricks
4 20 (5.75%) ServiceNow
5 17 (4.89%) SAP
6 15 (4.31%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.74%) Informatica
8 12 (3.45%) Google
9 9 (2.59%) Alteryx
9 9 (2.59%) Bloomberg
10 7 (2.01%) Refinitiv
10 7 (2.01%) Workday
11 5 (1.44%) Lotus
12 4 (1.15%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.15%) Murex
12 4 (1.15%) Talend
13 3 (0.86%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.86%) Palantir
13 3 (0.86%) Sparx
13 3 (0.86%) Yardi