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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 84 100
Rank change year-on-year -61 +16 +45
Contract jobs citing Data Management 342 394 421
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.02% 3.13% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 3.42% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 284 303
10th Percentile £313 £325 £388
25th Percentile £413 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £763 £675
90th Percentile £738 £938 £785
England median daily rate £492 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile - £40.82 -
25th Percentile £26.52 £59.73 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £92.50 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year -69.14% +301.39% +31.69%
75th Percentile £30.59 £93.75 £43.94
90th Percentile - - £64.30
England median hourly rate £28.03 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -13.77% -27.78% -28.57%

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 15,175 11,511 15,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.43% 91.41% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,190 7,798 11,384
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £751 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 167 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.65 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.10 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £64.25 £67.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -13.33%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 34 £575 +4.55% 22
West London - 12 £500 - 7
East London -2 2 £428 +6.88% 5
South London -12 2 - - 4
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 (6.43%) Confluence
2 21 (6.14%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.22%) HCL Notes
4 10 (2.92%) Mendix
5 4 (1.17%) Apache
5 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.17%) CMS
5 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 40 (11.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (4.97%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.46%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.17%) 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 (0.58%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.58%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.58%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.29%) Actimize
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.29%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
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 (21.93%) Azure
2 71 (20.76%) Power Platform
3 39 (11.40%) AWS
4 20 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.56%) Collibra
6 18 (5.26%) Serverless
7 17 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.97%) PowerApps
8 15 (4.39%) GCP
9 13 (3.80%) Azure Functions
10 12 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (3.51%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.51%) SaaS
11 11 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 11 (3.22%) Snowflake
12 8 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.34%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.17%) LAN
1 4 (1.17%) PSTN
1 4 (1.17%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.17%) WAN
1 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.58%) Intranet
2 2 (0.58%) NAS
2 2 (0.58%) 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 63 (18.42%) Power BI
2 46 (13.45%) Metadata
3 40 (11.70%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.14%) Tableau
5 19 (5.56%) Data Lake
5 19 (5.56%) SQL Server
6 15 (4.39%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.92%) Oracle Reports
8 8 (2.34%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.05%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.75%) MySQL
10 6 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (1.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.17%) GIS
12 4 (1.17%) Power Query
12 4 (1.17%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.88%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 34 (9.94%) JIRA
2 11 (3.22%) ERwin
3 8 (2.34%) Git
4 6 (1.75%) GitLab
5 5 (1.46%) Appium
5 5 (1.46%) JMeter
6 4 (1.17%) Selenium
7 3 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.88%) Toad
7 3 (0.88%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.58%) Postman
8 2 (0.58%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.29%) GCC
9 1 (0.29%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 149 (43.57%) Finance
2 139 (40.64%) Social Skills
3 98 (28.65%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (12.57%) Banking
5 28 (8.19%) Financial Institution
6 26 (7.60%) Public Sector
7 24 (7.02%) Marketing
8 15 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.22%) Retail
11 8 (2.34%) Front Office
11 8 (2.34%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.34%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.75%) Back Office
12 6 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.75%) Legal
12 6 (1.75%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 84 (24.56%) Analyst
2 50 (14.62%) Lead
3 49 (14.33%) Business Analyst
4 37 (10.82%) Senior
5 35 (10.23%) Data Analyst
6 32 (9.36%) Architect
7 24 (7.02%) Data Engineer
8 23 (6.73%) Consultant
9 22 (6.43%) Data Architect
9 22 (6.43%) Developer
10 15 (4.39%) Data Modeller
11 14 (4.09%) Data Business Analyst
11 14 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (3.22%) Power Platform Developer
13 9 (2.63%) Governance Analyst
14 7 (2.05%) Administrator
14 7 (2.05%) Project Manager
14 7 (2.05%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.05%) Technical Business Analyst
14 7 (2.05%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.80%) .NET
1 13 (3.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (3.51%) React
3 10 (2.92%) HTML5 Canvas
4 7 (2.05%) JSON
5 6 (1.75%) Kafka
5 6 (1.75%) REST
5 6 (1.75%) XML
6 5 (1.46%) PySpark
7 4 (1.17%) LangChain
7 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (1.17%) NumPy
7 4 (1.17%) Pandas
7 4 (1.17%) WebdriverIO
7 4 (1.17%) YAML
8 3 (0.88%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.88%) Hugging Face
8 3 (0.88%) LangGraph
8 3 (0.88%) Model Context Protocol
8 3 (0.88%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.43%) Management Information System
1 22 (6.43%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.85%) Reference Data
3 18 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 14 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.92%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.63%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.05%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.05%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.05%) Life Science
10 5 (1.46%) IoT
11 4 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.17%) FMCG
11 4 (1.17%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.17%) Social Media
11 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.17%) Android
1 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.58%) Linux
2 2 (0.58%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (31.29%) Data Governance
2 96 (28.07%) Data Modelling
2 96 (28.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (26.32%) Agile
5 78 (22.81%) Migration
6 75 (21.93%) Business Intelligence
7 65 (19.01%) Analytics
8 56 (16.37%) Decision-Making
9 54 (15.79%) ETL
10 51 (14.91%) Validation
11 49 (14.33%) Data Architecture
12 43 (12.57%) Data Analysis
12 43 (12.57%) Data Engineering
13 41 (11.99%) AI
14 40 (11.70%) DevOps
14 40 (11.70%) Visualisation
15 39 (11.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 38 (11.11%) Data Migration
17 36 (10.53%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 103 (30.12%) SQL
2 48 (14.04%) Python
3 18 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.09%) C#
5 11 (3.22%) Formula Language
5 11 (3.22%) LotusScript
6 9 (2.63%) Java
7 7 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.05%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.05%) VBA
8 6 (1.75%) Groovy
8 6 (1.75%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.17%) Scala
11 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.88%) R
12 2 (0.58%) Bicep
13 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.29%) Ruby
13 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 57 (16.67%) Degree
2 42 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.51%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.34%) IIBA
7 7 (2.05%) CBAP
8 5 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.17%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.17%) PMP
10 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.88%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.88%) PhD
11 2 (0.58%) APMP
11 2 (0.58%) CIPD
12 1 (0.29%) CFA
12 1 (0.29%) ISEB
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (31.29%) Data Quality
2 37 (10.82%) QA
3 23 (6.73%) GDPR
4 10 (2.92%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.92%) PMO
5 6 (1.75%) Solvency II
6 5 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.17%) COREP
7 4 (1.17%) FINREP
7 4 (1.17%) IFRS
8 3 (0.88%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.58%) Basel III
9 2 (0.58%) EMIR
9 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.58%) MiFID
10 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (1.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.75%) Terraform
2 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.88%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 65 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.74%) Oracle
3 28 (8.19%) Databricks
4 19 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.39%) SAP
6 14 (4.09%) Informatica
7 11 (3.22%) Lotus
8 10 (2.92%) Kofax
9 9 (2.63%) Bloomberg
10 8 (2.34%) Google
11 6 (1.75%) GoldenSource
12 5 (1.46%) Charles River
12 5 (1.46%) Murex
12 5 (1.46%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.17%) Refinitiv
13 4 (1.17%) Sparx
13 4 (1.17%) Yardi
14 3 (0.88%) Optimizely
14 3 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.88%) SimCorp