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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 111 102
Rank change year-on-year -47 -9 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Management 373 350 390
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.83% 2.60% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 2.81% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 207 244
10th Percentile £307 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.90% -3.82%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £700
90th Percentile £768 £774 £821
England median daily rate £524 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.80% -4.76% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 8
10th Percentile £17.40 - £21.40
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.00 £24.55
Median hourly rate £26.13 £22.73 £35.17
Median % change year-on-year +14.98% -35.39% -14.30%
75th Percentile £41.00 £25.00 £75.94
90th Percentile £41.82 £25.68 £97.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £29.83 £39.68
% change year-on-year -2.53% -24.84% +20.24%

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 18,107 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.93% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,868 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 252 179
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -36 49 £525 -4.55% 92
West London -13 13 £275 -34.52% 18
East London +5 5 £503 -25.56% 12
North London 0 1 £550 -
South London -9 1 - - 7
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 16 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.95%) Confluence
3 10 (2.68%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.68%) CMS
4 7 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.88%) WordPress
5 5 (1.34%) Apache
6 3 (0.80%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.54%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.54%) Mule
8 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.27%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 36 (9.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.14%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (3.49%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.34%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.34%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.07%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.54%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.27%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.27%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.27%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.27%) Summit
8 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 74 (19.84%) Azure
2 51 (13.67%) Power Platform
3 35 (9.38%) AWS
4 29 (7.77%) Collibra
5 20 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.09%) PowerApps
7 17 (4.56%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.02%) GCP
8 15 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.02%) Snowflake
9 14 (3.75%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.22%) Alation
11 11 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (2.14%) Azure Databricks
13 8 (2.14%) GitHub
14 7 (1.88%) dbt
14 7 (1.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 6 (1.61%) Copilot Studio
15 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.07%) SMS
2 2 (0.54%) Broadband
2 2 (0.54%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.27%) Firewall
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) Network Security
3 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (18.23%) Metadata
2 37 (9.92%) Power BI
3 25 (6.70%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (5.90%) Data Lake
4 22 (5.90%) Tableau
5 21 (5.63%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.68%) Delta Lake
6 10 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.68%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.14%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.34%) Ataccama
9 5 (1.34%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.34%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.34%) Power Query
10 4 (1.07%) GIS
10 4 (1.07%) Looker
11 3 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (7.51%) JIRA
2 11 (2.95%) Selenium
2 11 (2.95%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.41%) ERwin
4 8 (2.14%) Git
5 7 (1.88%) ER Studio
6 6 (1.61%) JMeter
7 5 (1.34%) Jenkins
8 4 (1.07%) Postman
9 3 (0.80%) MLflow
9 3 (0.80%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.54%) eggPlant
10 2 (0.54%) Gradle
10 2 (0.54%) Maven
10 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.54%) SOAtest
11 1 (0.27%) Newman
11 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
General
1 150 (40.21%) Finance
2 127 (34.05%) Social Skills
3 82 (21.98%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.80%) Banking
5 39 (10.46%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (6.17%) Marketing
8 16 (4.29%) Front Office
9 15 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (4.02%) Retail
10 13 (3.49%) Legal
11 12 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (3.22%) Investment Banking
12 11 (2.95%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (2.41%) Local Government
14 8 (2.14%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (17.69%) Analyst
2 43 (11.53%) Architect
3 42 (11.26%) Lead
4 32 (8.58%) Developer
5 30 (8.04%) Data Analyst
6 28 (7.51%) Consultant
6 28 (7.51%) Senior
7 26 (6.97%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.70%) Data Architect
9 17 (4.56%) Data Manager
10 16 (4.29%) Data Consultant
11 15 (4.02%) Data Engineer
12 11 (2.95%) Governance Analyst
12 11 (2.95%) Project Manager
12 11 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.68%) Administrator
13 10 (2.68%) Test Manager
14 9 (2.41%) Technical Leader
15 8 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
16 7 (1.88%) Governance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.56%) REST
2 14 (3.75%) Kafka
3 10 (2.68%) JSON
3 10 (2.68%) RESTful
4 9 (2.41%) .NET
4 9 (2.41%) HTML
5 8 (2.14%) Middleware
5 8 (2.14%) PySpark
5 8 (2.14%) XML
6 7 (1.88%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (1.88%) Terraform
7 5 (1.34%) CSS
8 4 (1.07%) SOAP
8 4 (1.07%) XSD
9 3 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.80%) Playwright
9 3 (0.80%) Spring
9 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.38%) Data Structures
2 34 (9.12%) Management Information System
3 33 (8.85%) Onboarding
4 25 (6.70%) Reference Data
5 19 (5.09%) Product Ownership
6 18 (4.83%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.68%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.88%) Equities
10 7 (1.88%) FMCG
10 7 (1.88%) Life Science
11 6 (1.61%) Pricing Data
11 6 (1.61%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.61%) Social Media
12 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.34%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.07%) Windows
2 2 (0.54%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Android
3 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (38.87%) Data Governance
2 118 (31.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 111 (29.76%) Agile
4 78 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (20.11%) Data Modelling
6 73 (19.57%) Analytics
7 71 (19.03%) AI
7 71 (19.03%) Migration
8 66 (17.69%) Data Architecture
9 60 (16.09%) Validation
10 54 (14.48%) ETL
11 52 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (12.87%) Business Intelligence
12 48 (12.87%) Metadata Management
13 47 (12.60%) DevOps
14 46 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 44 (11.80%) Decision-Making
15 44 (11.80%) Roadmaps
16 42 (11.26%) Data Migration
17 40 (10.72%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 105 (28.15%) SQL
2 49 (13.14%) Python
3 25 (6.70%) C#
4 22 (5.90%) Java
5 14 (3.75%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.68%) X++
7 7 (1.88%) VBA
8 6 (1.61%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.07%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.80%) Bicep
11 2 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.54%) R
11 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.27%) C
12 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 50 (13.40%) Security Cleared
2 43 (11.53%) SC Cleared
3 42 (11.26%) Degree
4 12 (3.22%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.14%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.88%) PMP
9 5 (1.34%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.80%) ISEB
10 3 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.54%) CAPM
11 2 (0.54%) CBAP
11 2 (0.54%) IIBA
11 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (36.73%) Data Quality
2 38 (10.19%) GDPR
3 29 (7.77%) QA
4 13 (3.49%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.95%) PMO
6 6 (1.61%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.07%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.54%) COREP
8 2 (0.54%) EMIR
8 2 (0.54%) FINREP
8 2 (0.54%) IFRS
8 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.54%) MiFID
8 2 (0.54%) PERC
9 1 (0.27%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.27%) GMP
9 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (0.80%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 64 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.38%) Databricks
3 30 (8.04%) Salesforce
4 28 (7.51%) Oracle
5 21 (5.63%) Informatica
6 16 (4.29%) SAP
7 11 (2.95%) Bloomberg
8 9 (2.41%) IBM
9 8 (2.14%) Charles River
10 7 (1.88%) Google
10 7 (1.88%) Sitecore
11 6 (1.61%) Refinitiv
11 6 (1.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (1.34%) MarketAxess
12 5 (1.34%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.34%) Tradeweb
13 4 (1.07%) GoldenSource
13 4 (1.07%) Pardot
13 4 (1.07%) Talend
13 4 (1.07%) UiPath