Data Management Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Data Management
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Management 19 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 7.39% 2.06% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.82% 2.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 0
10th Percentile £463 £516 -
25th Percentile £482 £524 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £545 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% - -
75th Percentile £500 £574 -
90th Percentile £504 £587 -
West Midlands median daily rate £483 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -7.95% -4.55% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 243 81 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 94.55% 83.51% 80.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 66 23
10th Percentile £387 £262 £313
25th Percentile £438 £319 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £434 £480
Median % change year-on-year +18.63% -9.56% -9.43%
75th Percentile £538 £514 £531
90th Percentile £552 £567 £585
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £27.59 - -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £23.60 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 - -
90th Percentile £38.53 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £24.18 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.66% -12.07% +55.19%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Data Management job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Data Management

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Data Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Data Management

Data Management
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Telford -14 19 £492 -9.72% 4
Data Management
West Midlands

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (73.68%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (68.42%) OpenShift
2 4 (21.05%) AWS
2 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle Database
1 5 (26.32%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (5.26%) Pentaho
2 1 (5.26%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 14 (73.68%) Git
1 14 (73.68%) GitLab
1 14 (73.68%) Jenkins
2 12 (63.16%) JUnit
2 12 (63.16%) Selenium
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Test Specialist
2 6 (31.58%) Test Automation Specialist
3 4 (21.05%) Engagement Manager
3 4 (21.05%) SAP Engagement Manager
3 4 (21.05%) SAP Manager
4 3 (15.79%) Network Specialist
4 3 (15.79%) Senior
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Engagement Manager
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Data Analytics Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Data Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (68.42%) REST
2 12 (63.16%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 18 (94.74%) Agile
2 18 (94.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (84.21%) DevOps
4 14 (73.68%) Analytics
4 14 (73.68%) Test Automation
5 13 (68.42%) Containerisation
5 13 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (63.16%) Data Pipeline
6 12 (63.16%) Sprint Planning
6 12 (63.16%) Sprint Retrospective
6 12 (63.16%) Test Strategy
7 11 (57.89%) Integration Testing
7 11 (57.89%) Test Scripting
7 11 (57.89%) Visual Analytics
8 10 (52.63%) Data Strategy
8 10 (52.63%) Defect Management
8 10 (52.63%) Regression Testing
9 8 (42.11%) Scrum
10 7 (36.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) SC Cleared
1 16 (84.21%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) QA
System Software
1 12 (63.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (68.42%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Oracle
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) Informatica
3 1 (5.26%) Talend