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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 86 100
Rank change year-on-year -48 +14 +45
Contract jobs citing Data Management 340 399 425
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.03% 3.16% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 3.45% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 290 308
10th Percentile £325 £325 £396
25th Percentile £413 £428 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £763 £675
90th Percentile £743 £938 £775
England median daily rate £490 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.91% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 14
10th Percentile - £40.45 -
25th Percentile £26.52 £58.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £81.25 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year -64.86% +252.57% -29.09%
75th Percentile £30.59 £93.75 £43.94
90th Percentile - - £64.30
England median hourly rate £28.03 £30.81 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.02% -31.54% -29.69%

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 14,995 11,556 15,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.68% 91.45% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,050 7,835 11,420
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 169 333
10th Percentile £18.11 £19.16 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £69.90
England median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.49% -1.52% -12.00%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -48 30 £588 +8.05% 22
West London - 11 £500 - 7
South London -14 2 - - 4
East London -7 1 £675 +68.75% 5
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 (6.47%) Confluence
1 22 (6.47%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.24%) HCL Notes
3 10 (2.94%) Mendix
4 4 (1.18%) Apache
4 4 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.18%) CMS
4 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 38 (11.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (4.71%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.65%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.76%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.47%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.88%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.88%) SimCorp Dimension
4 3 (0.88%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.59%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.59%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.59%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.29%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.29%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.29%) iTrent
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 75 (22.06%) Azure
2 72 (21.18%) Power Platform
3 39 (11.47%) AWS
4 20 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (5.88%) Collibra
5 18 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.29%) Serverless
6 17 (5.00%) PowerApps
7 16 (4.71%) GCP
8 13 (3.82%) Azure Functions
9 12 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (3.53%) Power Automate
9 12 (3.53%) Snowflake
10 11 (3.24%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (3.24%) SaaS
11 10 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.35%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.18%) LAN
1 4 (1.18%) PSTN
1 4 (1.18%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.18%) WAN
1 4 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.59%) Intranet
2 2 (0.59%) NAS
2 2 (0.59%) SMS
3 1 (0.29%) 2G
3 1 (0.29%) 4G
3 1 (0.29%) 5G
3 1 (0.29%) MQTT
3 1 (0.29%) Network Security
3 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.29%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (18.82%) Power BI
2 45 (13.24%) Metadata
3 39 (11.47%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.18%) SQL Server
4 21 (6.18%) Tableau
5 17 (5.00%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.41%) Oracle Database
7 9 (2.65%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (2.65%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.06%) MySQL
8 7 (2.06%) NoSQL
8 7 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.18%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.18%) GIS
10 4 (1.18%) Star Schema
11 3 (0.88%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (0.88%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 34 (10.00%) JIRA
2 11 (3.24%) ERwin
3 8 (2.35%) Git
4 6 (1.76%) GitLab
5 5 (1.47%) Appium
5 5 (1.47%) JMeter
6 3 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.88%) Selenium
6 3 (0.88%) Toad
7 2 (0.59%) Postman
7 2 (0.59%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.59%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.29%) GCC
8 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 149 (43.82%) Finance
2 140 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 97 (28.53%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.24%) Banking
5 27 (7.94%) Financial Institution
6 24 (7.06%) Marketing
7 23 (6.76%) Public Sector
8 14 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Retail
11 10 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.35%) Front Office
12 8 (2.35%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.76%) Back Office
13 6 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.76%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.76%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.47%) Legal
15 4 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (24.12%) Analyst
2 50 (14.71%) Lead
3 48 (14.12%) Business Analyst
4 36 (10.59%) Senior
5 33 (9.71%) Data Analyst
6 31 (9.12%) Architect
7 27 (7.94%) Developer
8 24 (7.06%) Consultant
8 24 (7.06%) Data Engineer
9 20 (5.88%) Data Architect
10 15 (4.41%) Data Modeller
11 14 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (3.82%) Data Business Analyst
13 11 (3.24%) Power Platform Developer
14 9 (2.65%) Governance Analyst
15 7 (2.06%) Administrator
15 7 (2.06%) Project Manager
15 7 (2.06%) Technical Business Analyst
16 6 (1.76%) Senior Business Analyst
16 6 (1.76%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.82%) .NET
1 13 (3.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (3.53%) React
3 10 (2.94%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (2.65%) REST
5 7 (2.06%) JSON
6 6 (1.76%) Kafka
6 6 (1.76%) XML
7 5 (1.47%) PySpark
7 5 (1.47%) YAML
8 4 (1.18%) LangChain
8 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (1.18%) NumPy
8 4 (1.18%) Pandas
8 4 (1.18%) WebdriverIO
9 3 (0.88%) Hugging Face
9 3 (0.88%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.88%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (0.88%) pydantic
9 3 (0.88%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 19 (5.59%) Reference Data
3 17 (5.00%) Data Structures
4 14 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.94%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.65%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.06%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.76%) Life Science
11 5 (1.47%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.47%) IoT
12 4 (1.18%) Blog
12 4 (1.18%) Derivative
12 4 (1.18%) Social Media
12 4 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.18%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.18%) Android
1 4 (1.18%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.59%) Linux
2 2 (0.59%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (30.00%) Data Governance
2 96 (28.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 95 (27.94%) Data Modelling
4 91 (26.76%) Agile
5 89 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (23.24%) Migration
7 75 (22.06%) Business Intelligence
8 67 (19.71%) Analytics
9 56 (16.47%) Decision-Making
10 55 (16.18%) ETL
11 49 (14.41%) Validation
12 48 (14.12%) Data Architecture
13 44 (12.94%) Data Engineering
14 41 (12.06%) Visualisation
15 40 (11.76%) Data Analysis
15 40 (11.76%) DevOps
15 40 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 39 (11.47%) AI
17 38 (11.18%) Data Migration
18 35 (10.29%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 103 (30.29%) SQL
2 49 (14.41%) Python
3 20 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.12%) C#
5 11 (3.24%) Formula Language
5 11 (3.24%) LotusScript
6 10 (2.94%) Java
7 7 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.06%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.76%) Groovy
8 6 (1.76%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.76%) VBA
9 5 (1.47%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.18%) Scala
11 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.88%) R
12 1 (0.29%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) Korn
12 1 (0.29%) Ruby
12 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (16.47%) Degree
2 44 (12.94%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.71%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.53%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.35%) IIBA
7 7 (2.06%) CBAP
8 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.18%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.18%) PMP
10 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.88%) PhD
11 2 (0.59%) APMP
11 2 (0.59%) CIPD
11 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.29%) CFA
12 1 (0.29%) ISEB
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (30.29%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.59%) QA
3 23 (6.76%) GDPR
4 10 (2.94%) PMO
5 9 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.06%) Solvency II
7 5 (1.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.18%) IFRS
9 3 (0.88%) COREP
9 3 (0.88%) FINREP
9 3 (0.88%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.59%) Basel III
10 2 (0.59%) EMIR
10 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.59%) MiFID
11 1 (0.29%) GAAP
11 1 (0.29%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.47%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (1.47%) Terraform
2 4 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.59%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.29%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) Kibana
4 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 64 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.82%) Oracle
3 27 (7.94%) Databricks
4 19 (5.59%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.71%) Informatica
6 15 (4.41%) SAP
7 11 (3.24%) Lotus
8 10 (2.94%) Kofax
9 9 (2.65%) Bloomberg
9 9 (2.65%) Google
10 7 (2.06%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.47%) Charles River
11 5 (1.47%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.47%) Murex
12 4 (1.18%) Refinitiv
12 4 (1.18%) Sparx
12 4 (1.18%) Talend
12 4 (1.18%) Yardi
13 3 (0.88%) FactSet
13 3 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud