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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 120 113
Rank change year-on-year -33 -7 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Management 358 327 368
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.80% 2.39% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 2.59% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 197 248
10th Percentile £306 £325 £350
25th Percentile £410 £425 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £700
90th Percentile £770 £875 £800
England median daily rate £500 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 7
10th Percentile - £22.73 £18.12
25th Percentile £19.03 £23.84 £20.78
Median hourly rate £34.76 £25.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +39.02% -10.20% -11.68%
75th Percentile £41.11 £26.69 £36.13
90th Percentile £41.87 £30.33 £53.75
England median hourly rate £38.75 £30.56 £43.75
% change year-on-year +26.79% -30.14% +32.58%

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 17,699 12,607 14,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.22% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,693 8,437 10,407
10th Percentile £363 £326 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 241 219
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £20.69 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -12.41% -20.35%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%

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 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 27 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 27 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 -35 45 £525 -4.55% 24
West London -8 14 £275 -34.52% 9
South London -13 2 - - 2
East London +3 1 £180 -73.33% 1
North London -3 1 £550 +57.14% 1
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 23 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.75%) Confluence
3 13 (3.63%) CMS
4 11 (3.07%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.96%) WordPress
6 6 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.40%) Apache
8 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (1.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.28%) Mendix
Applications
1 35 (9.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.96%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (3.63%) Aladdin
2 10 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.96%) Fidessa
3 7 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (1.40%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.84%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.28%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.28%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.28%) SAP POS DM
8 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.51%) Azure
2 64 (17.88%) Power Platform
3 42 (11.73%) AWS
4 25 (6.98%) PowerApps
5 20 (5.59%) Collibra
5 20 (5.59%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (4.75%) GCP
7 15 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.19%) Power Automate
8 14 (3.91%) Snowflake
9 13 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (3.35%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (3.07%) SaaS
12 10 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.79%) PaaS
13 6 (1.68%) Salesforce Einstein
13 6 (1.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.68%) Serverless
14 5 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.40%) WAN
2 4 (1.12%) LAN
2 4 (1.12%) PSTN
2 4 (1.12%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.84%) 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 55 (15.36%) Metadata
2 42 (11.73%) Power BI
3 28 (7.82%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (7.54%) Data Lake
5 19 (5.31%) Tableau
6 15 (4.19%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.79%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.96%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.68%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.40%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.40%) GIS
10 5 (1.40%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.40%) Power Query
10 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.12%) Big Data
11 4 (1.12%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 32 (8.94%) JIRA
2 11 (3.07%) ERwin
3 9 (2.51%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.96%) Git
5 6 (1.68%) ER Studio
6 5 (1.40%) Selenium
7 4 (1.12%) JMeter
7 4 (1.12%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.84%) MLflow
9 2 (0.56%) Postman
9 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.56%) Toad
10 1 (0.28%) Appium
10 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.28%) GCC
10 1 (0.28%) Gradle
10 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.28%) LSMW
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 139 (38.83%) Finance
2 117 (32.68%) Social Skills
3 85 (23.74%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.06%) Banking
5 34 (9.50%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.54%) Marketing
7 19 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.91%) Front Office
8 14 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.63%) Legal
10 12 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (3.07%) Retail
12 10 (2.79%) Financial Institution
13 8 (2.23%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.96%) Back Office
14 7 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.96%) Local Government
14 7 (1.96%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (19.27%) Analyst
2 49 (13.69%) Lead
3 45 (12.57%) Architect
4 35 (9.78%) Data Analyst
5 30 (8.38%) Business Analyst
6 29 (8.10%) Data Architect
6 29 (8.10%) Senior
7 24 (6.70%) Developer
8 23 (6.42%) Consultant
9 22 (6.15%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.47%) Data Manager
11 13 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.07%) Administrator
13 10 (2.79%) Test Manager
14 8 (2.23%) Data Business Analyst
14 8 (2.23%) Data Consultant
14 8 (2.23%) Governance Analyst
14 8 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
14 8 (2.23%) Technical Leader
15 7 (1.96%) Salesforce Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.51%) REST
1 9 (2.51%) RESTful
2 8 (2.23%) PySpark
3 7 (1.96%) JSON
4 6 (1.68%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.40%) .NET
5 5 (1.40%) Kafka
5 5 (1.40%) Middleware
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.40%) XML
6 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.84%) HTML
7 3 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.56%) ADO
8 2 (0.56%) CSS
8 2 (0.56%) GeoJSON
8 2 (0.56%) Playwright
8 2 (0.56%) PostGIS
8 2 (0.56%) YAML
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.06%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.26%) Reference Data
3 23 (6.42%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.87%) Data Structures
5 18 (5.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (4.75%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.91%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.35%) Fixed Income
9 11 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (2.23%) FMCG
12 7 (1.96%) Equities
12 7 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.96%) Social Media
13 6 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.68%) Life Science
14 5 (1.40%) Blog
14 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.40%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.40%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (36.59%) Data Governance
2 108 (30.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 101 (28.21%) Agile
4 79 (22.07%) Data Modelling
5 77 (21.51%) Migration
6 68 (18.99%) Data Architecture
7 67 (18.72%) Analytics
8 64 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (17.04%) AI
10 60 (16.76%) Validation
11 57 (15.92%) ETL
12 53 (14.80%) Business Intelligence
13 48 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (12.29%) Data Analysis
15 42 (11.73%) Data Migration
16 40 (11.17%) Data Engineering
16 40 (11.17%) Decision-Making
16 40 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 39 (10.89%) CRM
17 39 (10.89%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 99 (27.65%) SQL
2 50 (13.97%) Python
3 18 (5.03%) C#
4 16 (4.47%) Java
5 8 (2.23%) X++
6 7 (1.96%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.68%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.68%) VBA
8 5 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.40%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.40%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.84%) Bicep
9 3 (0.84%) Scala
9 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Formula Language
11 1 (0.28%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (13.41%) Degree
2 40 (11.17%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.66%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.63%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.96%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.12%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.12%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.84%) PMP
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.28%) CBAP
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) MBA
12 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (36.31%) Data Quality
2 39 (10.89%) QA
3 36 (10.06%) GDPR
4 14 (3.91%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.23%) PMO
6 4 (1.12%) COREP
6 4 (1.12%) FINREP
6 4 (1.12%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.56%) EMIR
8 2 (0.56%) MiFID
8 2 (0.56%) PERC
9 1 (0.28%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (1.40%) Terraform
2 4 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 58 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.61%) Databricks
3 29 (8.10%) Salesforce
4 25 (6.98%) Oracle
5 17 (4.75%) SAP
6 14 (3.91%) Informatica
7 13 (3.63%) Bloomberg
8 11 (3.07%) Charles River
9 7 (1.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 7 (1.96%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.68%) Refinitiv
11 5 (1.40%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.40%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.40%) Murex
11 5 (1.40%) Tradeweb
12 4 (1.12%) Foundry
12 4 (1.12%) Google
12 4 (1.12%) Palantir
12 4 (1.12%) Pardot
13 3 (0.84%) ServiceNow