Data Management Contracts in London

Data Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 115 151
Rank change year-on-year +23 +36 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Management 361 399 423
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.98% 2.28% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 2.58% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 279 265
10th Percentile £352 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £763 £675 £700
90th Percentile £938 £775 £800
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 1
10th Percentile £22.87 - -
25th Percentile £24.23 £18.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.71 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.71% -5.86% -58.88%
75th Percentile £30.33 £26.64 £23.00
90th Percentile £57.54 £28.43 -
England median hourly rate £29.90 £40.00 £37.30
% change year-on-year -25.25% +7.24% +6.57%

All Process and 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 11,178 15,459 23,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 88.48% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,507 11,105 16,762
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 316 266
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.72 £18.25
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.10 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in London

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Management in London.

Daily rate trend for Data Management in London

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in London

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in London

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 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 +5 68 £550 - 36
West London +15 4 £420 - 56
East London +16 2 £675 +68.75% 7
North London - 2 £350 - 1
Data Management
England

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (6.37%) Apache
1 23 (6.37%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.22%) Confluence
3 7 (1.94%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.66%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.83%) CMS
6 2 (0.55%) Appian
6 2 (0.55%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.28%) DataSynapse
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 41 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.66%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.55%) Revit
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.39%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.83%) iTrent
4 3 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.55%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.55%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.55%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.28%) Actimize
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.28%) Maximo
6 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 60 (16.62%) AWS
2 48 (13.30%) Azure
3 47 (13.02%) Power Platform
4 26 (7.20%) Snowflake
5 18 (4.99%) dbt
6 17 (4.71%) GCP
7 11 (3.05%) Amazon S3
8 9 (2.49%) GitHub
9 8 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.22%) Collibra
9 8 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.22%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.22%) SaaS
10 7 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (1.94%) OCI
10 7 (1.94%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.39%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.11%) 5G
2 2 (0.55%) DNS
2 2 (0.55%) HTTP
2 2 (0.55%) Internet
3 1 (0.28%) FTP
3 1 (0.28%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (22.16%) Data Lake
2 43 (11.91%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (11.63%) Power BI
4 29 (8.03%) Metadata
5 24 (6.65%) Tableau
6 21 (5.82%) SQL Server
7 17 (4.71%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (4.43%) Apache Arrow
8 16 (4.43%) Apache Iceberg
8 16 (4.43%) Dremio
9 13 (3.60%) Big Data
9 13 (3.60%) Relational Database
10 11 (3.05%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (2.77%) Hadoop
11 10 (2.77%) NoSQL
11 10 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (2.77%) Power Query
12 7 (1.94%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.94%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (3.60%) JIRA
2 10 (2.77%) ERwin
3 4 (1.11%) Git
4 3 (0.83%) GitLab
5 2 (0.55%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.55%) Vite
5 2 (0.55%) webpack
6 1 (0.28%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.28%) Gradle
6 1 (0.28%) JUnit
6 1 (0.28%) LSMW
General
1 177 (49.03%) Finance
2 119 (32.96%) Social Skills
3 77 (21.33%) Front Office
4 68 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (12.47%) Banking
6 24 (6.65%) Investment Banking
7 16 (4.43%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (3.88%) Marketing
10 12 (3.32%) Retail
11 11 (3.05%) Back Office
12 8 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.22%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.94%) Legal
14 6 (1.66%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.39%) Police
15 5 (1.39%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.11%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.83%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (16.62%) Analyst
2 42 (11.63%) Lead
3 41 (11.36%) Architect
4 38 (10.53%) Developer
5 37 (10.25%) Head of Finance
6 30 (8.31%) Data Analyst
7 29 (8.03%) Data Engineer
8 26 (7.20%) Business Analyst
9 22 (6.09%) Senior
10 21 (5.82%) Consultant
11 20 (5.54%) Data Architect
12 17 (4.71%) Head of Data Management
12 17 (4.71%) Project Manager
12 17 (4.71%) Software Engineer
13 16 (4.43%) AWS Developer
13 16 (4.43%) AWS Engineer
13 16 (4.43%) AWS Software Engineer
13 16 (4.43%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 16 (4.43%) Snowflake Developer
13 16 (4.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.26%) PySpark
2 12 (3.32%) Kafka
2 12 (3.32%) Web Services
3 9 (2.49%) AngularJS
4 8 (2.22%) HTML
5 7 (1.94%) React
5 7 (1.94%) RESTful
6 6 (1.66%) CSS
7 5 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (1.11%) Node.js
8 4 (1.11%) REST
8 4 (1.11%) Spring
9 3 (0.83%) .NET
9 3 (0.83%) Ajax
9 3 (0.83%) FastAPI
9 3 (0.83%) LDAP
9 3 (0.83%) Middleware
9 3 (0.83%) SOAP
9 3 (0.83%) Visualforce
9 3 (0.83%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 80 (22.16%) Derivative
1 80 (22.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 77 (21.33%) Equities
2 77 (21.33%) Fixed Income
3 76 (21.05%) Hedge funds
4 26 (7.20%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.88%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.05%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.05%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.94%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.11%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.11%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.83%) CMDB
10 3 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.83%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.83%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.39%) Unix
2 4 (1.11%) Linux
2 4 (1.11%) Windows
3 1 (0.28%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (42.66%) Data Governance
2 120 (33.24%) Agile
3 103 (28.53%) Migration
4 81 (22.44%) Roadmaps
5 80 (22.16%) Analytics
6 72 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (19.94%) Regulatory Compliance
7 71 (19.67%) Data Modelling
8 67 (18.56%) Investment Management
9 65 (18.01%) Business Intelligence
10 61 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 43 (11.91%) ETL
12 42 (11.63%) Data Integration
13 39 (10.80%) Asset Management
14 37 (10.25%) Project Management
15 35 (9.70%) Data Architecture
16 32 (8.86%) Data Analysis
16 32 (8.86%) Decision-Making
17 31 (8.59%) Data Migration
17 31 (8.59%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 106 (29.36%) SQL
2 71 (19.67%) Python
3 28 (7.76%) Java
4 12 (3.32%) JavaScript
4 12 (3.32%) T-SQL
5 8 (2.22%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.94%) R
7 6 (1.66%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.66%) VBA
8 5 (1.39%) C#
8 5 (1.39%) Scala
8 5 (1.39%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.11%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.11%) Bash
9 4 (1.11%) Perl
9 4 (1.11%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.55%) ABAP
10 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Go
Qualifications
1 48 (13.30%) Degree
2 23 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.99%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (3.88%) PMI Certification
5 11 (3.05%) PMP
6 5 (1.39%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.11%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.83%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.83%) CIPD
8 3 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.55%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.28%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CCAB
10 1 (0.28%) CFA
10 1 (0.28%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (17.17%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.93%) GDPR
2 25 (6.93%) MiFID
3 18 (4.99%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.22%) PMO
5 7 (1.94%) QA
6 6 (1.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.39%) SLA
8 3 (0.83%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.55%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.55%) EMIR
9 2 (0.55%) WCAG
10 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.28%) Basel III
10 1 (0.28%) GxP
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.11%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) NFS
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.32%) Terraform
2 3 (0.83%) Ansible
2 3 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.83%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.55%) Puppet
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) SCCM
4 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.25%) Oracle
3 24 (6.65%) SAP
4 22 (6.09%) Informatica
5 18 (4.99%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.60%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.05%) Databricks
7 11 (3.05%) Google
8 5 (1.39%) Workday
9 4 (1.11%) Nokia
9 4 (1.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (1.11%) Sparx
9 4 (1.11%) Sybase
10 3 (0.83%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.83%) Ariba
10 3 (0.83%) Sun
11 2 (0.55%) Amplitude
11 2 (0.55%) Cognos
11 2 (0.55%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.55%) Splunk