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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 112 111
Rank change year-on-year -33 -1 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Management 363 339 408
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.88% 2.59% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 2.81% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 216 276
10th Percentile £304 £325 £363
25th Percentile £403 £450 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £763 £682
90th Percentile £743 £875 £788
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.32% -2.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 11
10th Percentile - £22.87 -
25th Percentile £19.03 £24.23 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £25.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +14.20% +20.71% -34.30%
75th Percentile £41.00 £30.33 £25.92
90th Percentile £41.44 £57.54 £28.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £30.56 £40.00
% change year-on-year +22.70% -23.59% +14.29%

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 17,177 12,084 15,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.22% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,420 8,065 11,124
10th Percentile £360 £331 £341
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 227 298
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.98
25th Percentile £23.25 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.62% +8.33% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

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 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -37 42 £500 -9.09% 33
West London -10 15 £275 -34.52% 8
East London -1 2 £428 -36.67% 1
South London -6 2 - - 2
North London 0 1 £550 +57.14%
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 25 (6.89%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.23%) Confluence
3 12 (3.31%) CMS
4 8 (2.20%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.93%) WordPress
6 4 (1.10%) Apache
6 4 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.10%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.83%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.83%) Mendix
8 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 38 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (3.03%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.48%) Aladdin
2 8 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.65%) Fidessa
3 6 (1.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.10%) SimCorp Dimension
6 3 (0.83%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.55%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.28%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.28%) SAP AFS
8 1 (0.28%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.28%) SAP POS DM
8 1 (0.28%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 76 (20.94%) Azure
2 67 (18.46%) Power Platform
3 43 (11.85%) AWS
4 23 (6.34%) Collibra
4 23 (6.34%) PowerApps
5 19 (5.23%) GCP
6 16 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (3.86%) Microsoft Purview
7 14 (3.86%) Snowflake
8 13 (3.58%) Power Automate
9 12 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.03%) SaaS
11 8 (2.20%) PaaS
11 8 (2.20%) Serverless
12 6 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 5 (1.38%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.38%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.38%) WAN
2 4 (1.10%) LAN
2 4 (1.10%) PSTN
2 4 (1.10%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.83%) SMS
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.28%) Intranet
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
4 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.50%) Metadata
1 49 (13.50%) Power BI
2 31 (8.54%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (6.89%) Data Lake
4 22 (6.06%) Tableau
5 19 (5.23%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.20%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.93%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.65%) Delta Lake
9 6 (1.65%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.38%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.38%) GIS
10 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.10%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (1.10%) OLAP
11 4 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (1.10%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 33 (9.09%) JIRA
2 9 (2.48%) ERwin
3 7 (1.93%) Git
4 5 (1.38%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.10%) JMeter
5 4 (1.10%) Selenium
6 3 (0.83%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.83%) Toad
6 3 (0.83%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.55%) MLflow
7 2 (0.55%) Postman
8 1 (0.28%) Appium
8 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.28%) GCC
8 1 (0.28%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.28%) LSMW
8 1 (0.28%) Maven
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 141 (38.84%) Finance
2 117 (32.23%) Social Skills
3 85 (23.42%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.02%) Banking
5 34 (9.37%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.89%) Marketing
7 19 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.58%) Financial Institution
9 13 (3.58%) Legal
10 10 (2.75%) Front Office
10 10 (2.75%) Retail
11 9 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.20%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.93%) Local Government
13 7 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.65%) Back Office
15 5 (1.38%) Military
16 4 (1.10%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 81 (22.31%) Analyst
2 50 (13.77%) Lead
3 42 (11.57%) Architect
4 39 (10.74%) Data Analyst
5 36 (9.92%) Business Analyst
6 34 (9.37%) Senior
7 28 (7.71%) Data Architect
8 23 (6.34%) Consultant
9 21 (5.79%) Data Engineer
9 21 (5.79%) Developer
10 18 (4.96%) Data Manager
11 13 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (3.03%) Administrator
12 11 (3.03%) Governance Analyst
12 11 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.48%) Data Business Analyst
13 9 (2.48%) Test Manager
14 7 (1.93%) Project Manager
14 7 (1.93%) Salesforce Administrator
14 7 (1.93%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.93%) REST
2 6 (1.65%) .NET
2 6 (1.65%) JSON
2 6 (1.65%) XML
3 5 (1.38%) Middleware
3 5 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.38%) PySpark
3 5 (1.38%) RESTful
4 4 (1.10%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.10%) YAML
5 3 (0.83%) HTML
5 3 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (0.83%) React
6 2 (0.55%) ADO
6 2 (0.55%) CSS
6 2 (0.55%) GeoJSON
6 2 (0.55%) Kafka
6 2 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.55%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.74%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.61%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (4.68%) Reference Data
5 15 (4.13%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.75%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.75%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.20%) Fixed Income
9 8 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.93%) FMCG
10 7 (1.93%) Life Science
11 5 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.38%) Equities
11 5 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.38%) Social Media
12 4 (1.10%) IoT
12 4 (1.10%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (36.09%) Data Governance
2 108 (29.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 106 (29.20%) Agile
4 87 (23.97%) Migration
5 83 (22.87%) Data Modelling
6 73 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (18.46%) Analytics
8 62 (17.08%) Data Architecture
9 59 (16.25%) ETL
10 56 (15.43%) AI
11 54 (14.88%) Business Intelligence
11 54 (14.88%) Validation
12 51 (14.05%) Decision-Making
13 46 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (12.67%) Data Migration
14 44 (12.12%) Data Analysis
15 41 (11.29%) CRM
15 41 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 40 (11.02%) Roadmaps
17 39 (10.74%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 101 (27.82%) SQL
2 49 (13.50%) Python
3 15 (4.13%) Java
4 14 (3.86%) C#
5 8 (2.20%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.93%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.65%) VBA
8 5 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.38%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.10%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.10%) X++
10 3 (0.83%) Bicep
10 3 (0.83%) Formula Language
10 3 (0.83%) LotusScript
10 3 (0.83%) Scala
11 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.55%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (15.98%) Degree
2 45 (12.40%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.64%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.20%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.65%) CBAP
8 6 (1.65%) IIBA
9 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.10%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.83%) PMP
11 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) RIBA
12 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (34.16%) Data Quality
2 42 (11.57%) QA
3 41 (11.29%) GDPR
4 11 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.65%) Solvency II
6 5 (1.38%) PMO
7 4 (1.10%) COREP
7 4 (1.10%) FINREP
8 3 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.55%) EMIR
9 2 (0.55%) MiFID
9 2 (0.55%) PERC
10 1 (0.28%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.28%) GAAP
10 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (1.38%) Terraform
2 4 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.83%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.28%) Grafana
5 1 (0.28%) Kibana
5 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.54%) Databricks
3 30 (8.26%) Oracle
3 30 (8.26%) Salesforce
4 17 (4.68%) SAP
5 14 (3.86%) Informatica
6 12 (3.31%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.93%) Charles River
7 7 (1.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 7 (1.93%) Sitecore
8 6 (1.65%) Google
9 5 (1.38%) GoldenSource
9 5 (1.38%) Murex
9 5 (1.38%) Refinitiv
10 4 (1.10%) FactSet
10 4 (1.10%) Foundry
10 4 (1.10%) Palantir
10 4 (1.10%) Pardot
10 4 (1.10%) SimCorp
11 3 (0.83%) Kofax