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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 91 108
Rank change year-on-year -52 +17 +51
Contract jobs citing Data Management 351 356 403
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.93% 2.94% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 3.19% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 244 281
10th Percentile £312 £338 £363
25th Percentile £409 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £763 £675
90th Percentile £744 £938 £775
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 12
10th Percentile - £23.20 -
25th Percentile £19.03 - £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £25.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +14.20% +20.71% -5.86%
75th Percentile £41.00 £33.40 £26.64
90th Percentile £41.54 £69.61 £28.43
England median hourly rate £32.75 £30.32 £42.50
% change year-on-year +8.00% -28.66% +10.82%

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 16,097 11,157 15,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.41% 92.20% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,758 7,514 11,083
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 181 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% +10.33% -29.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.84 £63.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

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 26 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in London over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in London

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 26 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 -45 38 £550 - 25
West London -13 18 £275 -34.52% 3
East London -5 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 27 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 22 (6.27%) Confluence
3 10 (2.85%) HCL Notes
3 10 (2.85%) Mendix
4 9 (2.56%) CMS
5 7 (1.99%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.42%) WordPress
7 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.85%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.57%) Apache
10 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 39 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (4.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (4.27%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.28%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.71%) Aladdin
1 6 (1.71%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.14%) Fidessa
3 4 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.85%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.28%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.28%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.94%) Azure
2 73 (20.80%) Power Platform
3 36 (10.26%) AWS
4 26 (7.41%) PowerApps
5 20 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.84%) Collibra
7 17 (4.84%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.99%) Serverless
9 13 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (3.70%) GCP
10 12 (3.42%) SaaS
11 11 (3.13%) Azure Functions
12 10 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (2.85%) Snowflake
13 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (2.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (2.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.14%) LAN
1 4 (1.14%) PSTN
1 4 (1.14%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.14%) WAN
1 4 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.85%) SMS
3 2 (0.57%) Intranet
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (16.24%) Power BI
2 43 (12.25%) Metadata
3 35 (9.97%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.70%) Data Lake
4 20 (5.70%) Tableau
5 17 (4.84%) SQL Server
6 15 (4.27%) Oracle Database
7 8 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.99%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.99%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (1.99%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.42%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.42%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.14%) GIS
10 4 (1.14%) OLAP
10 4 (1.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 32 (9.12%) JIRA
2 8 (2.28%) ERwin
3 6 (1.71%) Git
4 4 (1.14%) Selenium
4 4 (1.14%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.85%) JMeter
5 3 (0.85%) Toad
5 3 (0.85%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.57%) MLflow
6 2 (0.57%) Postman
6 2 (0.57%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.28%) Appium
7 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.28%) GCC
7 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 150 (42.74%) Finance
2 121 (34.47%) Social Skills
3 84 (23.93%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.26%) Banking
5 30 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.27%) Financial Institution
6 22 (6.27%) Marketing
7 15 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.28%) Legal
9 7 (1.99%) Back Office
9 7 (1.99%) Front Office
9 7 (1.99%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.71%) Local Government
11 5 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.42%) Retail
12 4 (1.14%) Military
12 4 (1.14%) Multimedia
12 4 (1.14%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (23.36%) Analyst
2 54 (15.38%) Lead
3 39 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 36 (10.26%) Data Analyst
5 34 (9.69%) Architect
5 34 (9.69%) Senior
6 25 (7.12%) Data Architect
6 25 (7.12%) Developer
7 23 (6.55%) Consultant
8 22 (6.27%) Data Engineer
9 16 (4.56%) Data Manager
10 15 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (2.85%) Administrator
11 10 (2.85%) Data Business Analyst
11 10 (2.85%) Governance Analyst
11 10 (2.85%) Power Platform Developer
12 8 (2.28%) Data Administrator
12 8 (2.28%) Data Modeller
13 7 (1.99%) Implementation Consultant
13 7 (1.99%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.42%) .NET
2 10 (2.85%) HTML5 Canvas
2 10 (2.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (2.85%) React
3 8 (2.28%) REST
4 7 (1.99%) JSON
5 6 (1.71%) PySpark
5 6 (1.71%) XML
6 5 (1.42%) RESTful
7 4 (1.14%) CSS
7 4 (1.14%) HTML
7 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (1.14%) YAML
8 3 (0.85%) Hugging Face
8 3 (0.85%) LangChain
8 3 (0.85%) Model Context Protocol
8 3 (0.85%) Pandas
8 3 (0.85%) pydantic
8 3 (0.85%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.84%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.99%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.99%) Reference Data
5 13 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.42%) Data Structures
6 12 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.85%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.28%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.99%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.71%) Life Science
12 5 (1.42%) FMCG
13 4 (1.14%) Blog
13 4 (1.14%) Replication
13 4 (1.14%) Social Media
13 4 (1.14%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (31.91%) Data Governance
2 93 (26.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 90 (25.64%) Agile
4 88 (25.07%) Data Modelling
5 85 (24.22%) Migration
6 78 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (18.23%) Business Intelligence
8 59 (16.81%) Analytics
9 55 (15.67%) Decision-Making
10 54 (15.38%) ETL
11 52 (14.81%) Data Architecture
12 47 (13.39%) Validation
13 46 (13.11%) AI
14 43 (12.25%) Data Analysis
14 43 (12.25%) Data Migration
14 43 (12.25%) DevOps
15 40 (11.40%) Data Engineering
16 39 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 37 (10.54%) Visualisation
18 35 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 100 (28.49%) SQL
2 51 (14.53%) Python
3 18 (5.13%) C#
4 14 (3.99%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.42%) Java
6 10 (2.85%) Formula Language
6 10 (2.85%) LotusScript
7 7 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (1.99%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.71%) VBA
9 5 (1.42%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.14%) X++
11 3 (0.85%) Bicep
11 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.85%) R
11 3 (0.85%) Scala
11 3 (0.85%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.57%) Groovy
13 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 62 (17.66%) Degree
2 45 (12.82%) Security Cleared
3 37 (10.54%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (3.42%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.28%) CBAP
5 8 (2.28%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.28%) IIBA
6 6 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.14%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.14%) PMP
9 3 (0.85%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.85%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.85%) PhD
10 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.28%) CFA
11 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.28%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (31.91%) Data Quality
2 37 (10.54%) QA
3 31 (8.83%) GDPR
4 10 (2.85%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.71%) PMO
6 4 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.14%) COREP
6 4 (1.14%) FINREP
6 4 (1.14%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) Basel III
9 1 (0.28%) GAAP
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (0.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (1.42%) Terraform
2 4 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.85%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.28%) Grafana
5 1 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 65 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.68%) Oracle
3 30 (8.55%) Databricks
4 21 (5.98%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.27%) SAP
6 12 (3.42%) Informatica
7 10 (2.85%) Bloomberg
7 10 (2.85%) Kofax
7 10 (2.85%) Lotus
8 7 (1.99%) Google
9 6 (1.71%) Charles River
10 5 (1.42%) GoldenSource
10 5 (1.42%) Refinitiv
10 5 (1.42%) Sitecore
11 4 (1.14%) Murex
12 3 (0.85%) Adobe
12 3 (0.85%) Foundry
12 3 (0.85%) HP
12 3 (0.85%) Palantir
12 3 (0.85%) SimCorp