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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 71 111
Rank change year-on-year -48 +40 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Management 358 463 401
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.42% 3.35% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 3.70% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 307 294
10th Percentile £313 £325 £414
25th Percentile £406 £414 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £566
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.87% -9.40%
75th Percentile £625 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £750
England median daily rate £492 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 13
10th Percentile - £23.78 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £58.10 £18.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £92.50 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -80.54% +264.46% -21.91%
75th Percentile £21.19 £97.50 £50.75
90th Percentile £25.13 - £64.38
England median hourly rate £22.75 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.45% -49.29%

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 13,482 12,521 16,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.48% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,929 7,934 11,797
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
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 208 155 336
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.90 £24.88 £19.83
Median hourly rate £34.14 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +14.75% -18.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.75 £79.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%

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 31 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 31 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 -50 32 £500 -6.98% 22
West London -16 6 £500 +25.00% 6
East London -5 1 £675 +68.75% 3
South London -6 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 19 (5.31%) Confluence
2 18 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.79%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.51%) Mendix
5 5 (1.40%) Apache
6 4 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.84%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.28%) CMS
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.19%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.12%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.28%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.28%) Revit
7 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.40%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.84%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.84%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.84%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.56%) Eagle PACE
4 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.56%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.56%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.56%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.56%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 85 (23.74%) Azure
2 62 (17.32%) Power Platform
3 41 (11.45%) AWS
4 30 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.31%) PowerApps
5 19 (5.31%) Serverless
6 17 (4.75%) SaaS
7 16 (4.47%) GCP
8 15 (4.19%) Azure Functions
8 15 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (4.19%) Collibra
8 15 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (4.19%) PaaS
8 15 (4.19%) Snowflake
9 14 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (3.63%) Power Automate
11 11 (3.07%) OCI
12 9 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.12%) LAN
1 4 (1.12%) PSTN
1 4 (1.12%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.12%) WAN
1 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.84%) NAS
3 2 (0.56%) SMS
4 1 (0.28%) 2G
4 1 (0.28%) 4G
4 1 (0.28%) 5G
4 1 (0.28%) Intranet
4 1 (0.28%) IPv4
4 1 (0.28%) MQTT
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
4 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.28%) SAN
4 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.28%) VLAN
4 1 (0.28%) WebEx
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (15.36%) Power BI
2 37 (10.34%) Metadata
3 36 (10.06%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (5.87%) Tableau
5 17 (4.75%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.35%) Data Lake
6 12 (3.35%) Oracle Database
7 11 (3.07%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (2.79%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.51%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.96%) MySQL
11 5 (1.40%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.12%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.12%) GIS
12 4 (1.12%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.84%) Metadata Repository
13 3 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 47 (13.13%) JIRA
2 12 (3.35%) GitLab
3 9 (2.51%) ERwin
4 6 (1.68%) Git
5 4 (1.12%) Appium
5 4 (1.12%) JMeter
6 3 (0.84%) Postman
6 3 (0.84%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.56%) Selenium
7 2 (0.56%) TestRail
7 2 (0.56%) Toad
8 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.28%) Gatling
8 1 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.28%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.28%) MLflow
8 1 (0.28%) TestNG
8 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 152 (42.46%) Social Skills
2 151 (42.18%) Finance
3 98 (27.37%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (12.29%) Banking
5 24 (6.70%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.15%) Financial Institution
7 19 (5.31%) Marketing
8 14 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.79%) Retail
11 9 (2.51%) Front Office
12 8 (2.23%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.23%) Legal
12 8 (2.23%) Local Government
13 7 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.68%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.40%) Back Office
15 5 (1.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 86 (24.02%) Analyst
2 46 (12.85%) Business Analyst
2 46 (12.85%) Lead
3 39 (10.89%) Developer
4 38 (10.61%) Architect
5 35 (9.78%) Data Analyst
6 31 (8.66%) Senior
7 28 (7.82%) Consultant
8 17 (4.75%) Data Modeller
9 16 (4.47%) Data Architect
10 15 (4.19%) Data Engineer
11 14 (3.91%) Data Business Analyst
11 14 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (3.63%) ServiceNow Developer
13 12 (3.35%) Data Manager
14 11 (3.07%) Governance Analyst
15 10 (2.79%) Power Platform Developer
16 9 (2.51%) Oracle Consultant
17 7 (1.96%) Administrator
17 7 (1.96%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.15%) Oracle Fusion
1 22 (6.15%) REST
2 17 (4.75%) SOAP
3 15 (4.19%) .NET
4 12 (3.35%) React
5 9 (2.51%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (2.23%) XML
7 6 (1.68%) JSON
7 6 (1.68%) Kafka
8 4 (1.12%) LangChain
8 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (1.12%) NumPy
8 4 (1.12%) Pandas
8 4 (1.12%) PySpark
8 4 (1.12%) WebdriverIO
8 4 (1.12%) YAML
9 3 (0.84%) Hugging Face
9 3 (0.84%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.84%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (0.84%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.42%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.15%) Data Structures
3 19 (5.31%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.63%) CMDB
5 12 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.35%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.07%) Reference Data
7 10 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.79%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.96%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.68%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.40%) Derivative
10 5 (1.40%) IoT
11 4 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.12%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.12%) Android
1 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
1 4 (1.12%) Windows
2 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (32.40%) Agile
2 109 (30.45%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (27.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 91 (25.42%) Data Modelling
5 90 (25.14%) Data Governance
6 81 (22.63%) Analytics
7 67 (18.72%) Migration
8 62 (17.32%) Business Intelligence
9 59 (16.48%) DevOps
10 50 (13.97%) Decision-Making
11 49 (13.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 48 (13.41%) Validation
13 44 (12.29%) Visualisation
14 43 (12.01%) ETL
15 42 (11.73%) Roadmaps
16 41 (11.45%) CI/CD
17 39 (10.89%) Project Management
18 37 (10.34%) Data Architecture
18 37 (10.34%) Data Integration
19 35 (9.78%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 94 (26.26%) SQL
2 45 (12.57%) Python
3 33 (9.22%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.19%) C#
5 10 (2.79%) Formula Language
5 10 (2.79%) LotusScript
6 8 (2.23%) Groovy
6 8 (2.23%) Java
7 6 (1.68%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.40%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.40%) VBA
9 4 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.12%) R
10 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.56%) Bicep
11 2 (0.56%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.28%) C++
12 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 55 (15.36%) Security Cleared
2 49 (13.69%) Degree
3 39 (10.89%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.07%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.23%) IIBA
7 7 (1.96%) CBAP
8 4 (1.12%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.84%) PhD
9 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.84%) PMP
10 2 (0.56%) APMP
10 2 (0.56%) CIPD
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.56%) OCA
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (24.86%) Data Quality
2 33 (9.22%) QA
3 30 (8.38%) GDPR
4 9 (2.51%) PMO
5 8 (2.23%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.68%) Solvency II
7 5 (1.40%) IFRS
8 4 (1.12%) ISO 19650
9 3 (0.84%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.56%) Basel III
10 2 (0.56%) EMIR
10 2 (0.56%) GAAP
10 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.56%) MiFID
11 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.28%) FATCA
11 1 (0.28%) GxP
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.96%) Terraform
2 4 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.28%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 62 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 50 (13.97%) Oracle
3 27 (7.54%) Databricks
4 18 (5.03%) Salesforce
4 18 (5.03%) SAP
5 17 (4.75%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.19%) Informatica
7 10 (2.79%) Lotus
8 9 (2.51%) Google
8 9 (2.51%) Kofax
9 8 (2.23%) Bloomberg
10 7 (1.96%) Workday
11 5 (1.40%) Alteryx
11 5 (1.40%) Charles River
12 4 (1.12%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.12%) Murex
12 4 (1.12%) Talend
12 4 (1.12%) Yardi
13 3 (0.84%) Instagram
13 3 (0.84%) Optimizely