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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 88 111
Rank change year-on-year -32 +23 +36
Contract jobs citing Data Management 351 438 400
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.45% 2.96% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 3.28% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 280 287
10th Percentile £313 £324 £422
25th Percentile £405 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £700
90th Percentile £762 £875 £775
England median daily rate £490 £525 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.89% -1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 8
10th Percentile - £23.78 £25.26
25th Percentile £17.00 £56.04 £26.03
Median hourly rate £18.00 £81.25 £47.78
Median % change year-on-year -77.85% +70.06% +59.26%
75th Percentile £21.19 £97.50 £63.95
90th Percentile £25.13 - £65.57
England median hourly rate £22.27 £33.75 £41.03
% change year-on-year -34.03% -17.74% -38.07%

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 13,097 13,344 16,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.33% 90.12% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,632 8,554 11,793
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £756 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 165 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.16 £17.80
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £20.01
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +12.31% -16.13%
75th Percentile £53.13 £55.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.91 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025. 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 -39 37 £575 +8.24% 96
West London -13 4 £500 +25.00% 3
South London -6 1 - - 9
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 14 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.85%) Confluence
3 9 (2.56%) HCL Notes
4 6 (1.71%) Mendix
5 5 (1.42%) Apache
6 4 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.85%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.28%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.85%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.71%) ProjectWise
6 4 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
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 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.42%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (1.42%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.14%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.85%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.85%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.57%) Eagle PACE
5 2 (0.57%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.57%) iTrent
5 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.57%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.57%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.28%) Actimize
6 1 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 72 (20.51%) Azure
2 55 (15.67%) Power Platform
3 38 (10.83%) AWS
4 25 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (5.98%) Collibra
6 18 (5.13%) GCP
7 16 (4.56%) PowerApps
7 16 (4.56%) Serverless
8 13 (3.70%) Snowflake
9 12 (3.42%) Azure Functions
9 12 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (3.42%) SaaS
10 11 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (3.13%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (2.85%) OCI
12 9 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.56%) PaaS
13 7 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.85%) NAS
2 2 (0.57%) SMS
3 1 (0.28%) 2G
3 1 (0.28%) 4G
3 1 (0.28%) 5G
3 1 (0.28%) Intranet
3 1 (0.28%) IPv4
3 1 (0.28%) MQTT
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.28%) SAN
3 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.28%) VLAN
3 1 (0.28%) WebEx
3 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (14.81%) Power BI
2 35 (9.97%) Metadata
3 30 (8.55%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.70%) Tableau
5 15 (4.27%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.13%) Data Lake
6 11 (3.13%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.85%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.85%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.56%) Power Query
9 8 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.71%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (1.42%) GIS
11 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.14%) MySQL
12 4 (1.14%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 39 (11.11%) JIRA
2 13 (3.70%) GitLab
3 7 (1.99%) Git
4 5 (1.42%) JMeter
5 4 (1.14%) Appium
5 4 (1.14%) Selenium
6 3 (0.85%) ERwin
6 3 (0.85%) Postman
6 3 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.57%) Gatling
7 2 (0.57%) JUnit
7 2 (0.57%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.57%) TestNG
7 2 (0.57%) TestRail
8 1 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.28%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.28%) MLflow
8 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 160 (45.58%) Finance
2 148 (42.17%) Social Skills
3 104 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.39%) Banking
5 22 (6.27%) Financial Institution
6 21 (5.98%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.84%) Marketing
8 14 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.70%) Local Government
10 12 (3.42%) Legal
10 12 (3.42%) Retail
11 11 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.56%) Investment Banking
14 8 (2.28%) Front Office
15 7 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.71%) Corporate Banking
16 6 (1.71%) Retail Banking
16 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (20.23%) Analyst
2 48 (13.68%) Architect
3 40 (11.40%) Developer
4 39 (11.11%) Lead
5 34 (9.69%) Business Analyst
6 30 (8.55%) Consultant
7 26 (7.41%) Data Analyst
8 20 (5.70%) Senior
9 15 (4.27%) Data Architect
10 14 (3.99%) Data Engineer
11 13 (3.70%) Data Modeller
11 13 (3.70%) Governance Analyst
11 13 (3.70%) ServiceNow Developer
12 11 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.85%) Data Business Analyst
13 10 (2.85%) Data Manager
13 10 (2.85%) Enterprise Architect
14 9 (2.56%) Oracle Consultant
14 9 (2.56%) Power Platform Developer
15 7 (1.99%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.55%) REST
2 22 (6.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (5.13%) SOAP
4 12 (3.42%) .NET
5 9 (2.56%) React
6 8 (2.28%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (1.71%) JSON
7 6 (1.71%) Kafka
8 5 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (1.42%) MIDP
9 4 (1.14%) LangChain
9 4 (1.14%) NumPy
9 4 (1.14%) Pandas
9 4 (1.14%) WebdriverIO
9 4 (1.14%) XML
10 3 (0.85%) Middleware
10 3 (0.85%) Node.js
10 3 (0.85%) OAuth
10 3 (0.85%) RESTful
10 3 (0.85%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.98%) Data Structures
2 20 (5.70%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.84%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.70%) CMDB
7 10 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.85%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.85%) Reference Data
8 9 (2.56%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.99%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.71%) Derivative
10 6 (1.71%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.14%) Housing Association
12 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.14%) Android
1 4 (1.14%) Apple iOS
1 4 (1.14%) Windows
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
2 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (27.92%) Agile
3 87 (24.79%) Analytics
4 85 (24.22%) Data Governance
5 83 (23.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 79 (22.51%) Data Modelling
7 63 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
8 57 (16.24%) Migration
9 55 (15.67%) DevOps
10 48 (13.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 44 (12.54%) Roadmaps
12 43 (12.25%) Validation
13 40 (11.40%) CI/CD
13 40 (11.40%) Data Analysis
14 38 (10.83%) ETL
15 37 (10.54%) Visualisation
16 36 (10.26%) Data Architecture
17 35 (9.97%) Data Integration
17 35 (9.97%) Project Management
18 33 (9.40%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 86 (24.50%) SQL
2 42 (11.97%) Python
3 33 (9.40%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.99%) C#
5 12 (3.42%) Java
6 9 (2.56%) Formula Language
6 9 (2.56%) LotusScript
7 8 (2.28%) Groovy
8 6 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.71%) R
9 5 (1.42%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.14%) VBA
11 3 (0.85%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.57%) Bicep
12 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.57%) Scala
12 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (12.54%) Security Cleared
2 36 (10.26%) Degree
3 32 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.56%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.85%) MCP
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.85%) PhD
6 2 (0.57%) APMP
6 2 (0.57%) CBAP
6 2 (0.57%) CIPD
6 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.57%) IIBA
6 2 (0.57%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.57%) OCA
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.57%) PMP
7 1 (0.28%) CRISC
7 1 (0.28%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (23.36%) Data Quality
2 31 (8.83%) QA
3 25 (7.12%) GDPR
4 9 (2.56%) PMO
5 7 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.71%) ISO 19650
7 5 (1.42%) IFRS
8 4 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.14%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.85%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.57%) Basel III
10 2 (0.57%) EMIR
10 2 (0.57%) GAAP
10 2 (0.57%) MiFID
11 1 (0.28%) FATCA
11 1 (0.28%) GxP
11 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (1.71%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.71%) Terraform
2 5 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 57 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 51 (14.53%) Oracle
3 27 (7.69%) Databricks
4 17 (4.84%) SAP
4 17 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.42%) Google
6 12 (3.42%) Informatica
7 9 (2.56%) Alteryx
7 9 (2.56%) Bloomberg
7 9 (2.56%) Lotus
8 7 (1.99%) Refinitiv
8 7 (1.99%) Workday
9 6 (1.71%) Kofax
10 4 (1.14%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.14%) Murex
10 4 (1.14%) Talend
10 4 (1.14%) Yardi
11 3 (0.85%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.85%) Sparx