Data Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Data Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 73 128
Rank change year-on-year -42 +55 -1
Contract jobs citing Data Management 69 103 77
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.56% 2.87% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 3.24% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 49 58
10th Percentile £184 £313 £387
25th Percentile £268 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £592
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -11.24% +10.56%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £667
90th Percentile £650 £658 £889
England median daily rate £490 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.67% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 5
10th Percentile - - £36.94
25th Percentile £12.63 £31.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £22.13 £33.75 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -34.44% -33.89% +45.87%
75th Percentile £81.00 £35.00 £59.00
90th Percentile - - £66.80
England median hourly rate £22.38 £33.75 £41.03
% change year-on-year -33.68% -17.74% -38.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,733 3,176 4,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.61% 88.47% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,453 1,980 2,845
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -1.19% +1.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £678 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 119 237
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.84 £19.13
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.13 £27.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +33.90%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.00 £66.44
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.89 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Management

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in the South East over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in the South East

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Management

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in the South East over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in the South East

Data Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley -49 28 £402 -26.91% 120
West Sussex -1 15 £475 +12.56% 14
Berkshire -44 12 £600 +9.09% 77
Oxfordshire -8 11 £225 -45.45% 14
Surrey +1 10 £500 - 23
Hampshire -33 6 £750 +36.36% 39
Buckinghamshire -3 5 £402 -30.99% 29
Isle of Wight - 5 - - 13
East Sussex +3 1 £475 - 10
Sussex -4 1 - -
Kent -5 1 - - 22
Home Counties - 1 - -
Data Management
England

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.45%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.45%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.84%) Power Platform
2 10 (14.49%) Azure
3 9 (13.04%) Collibra
4 7 (10.14%) Tricentis Tosca
5 6 (8.70%) GCP
6 5 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (5.80%) AWS
7 4 (5.80%) OCI
7 4 (5.80%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.45%) Alation
9 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (1.45%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) LAN
2 1 (1.45%) Broadband
2 1 (1.45%) HTTP
2 1 (1.45%) MPLS
2 1 (1.45%) SAN
2 1 (1.45%) WAN
2 1 (1.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.39%) Power BI
2 8 (11.59%) Metadata
3 3 (4.35%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 2 (2.90%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.90%) Metadata Repository
4 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.90%) Tableau
5 1 (1.45%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.45%) GIS
5 1 (1.45%) QGIS
5 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (10.14%) GitLab
1 7 (10.14%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) HP UFT
3 1 (1.45%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (1.45%) Selenium
3 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 22 (31.88%) Finance
3 16 (23.19%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.49%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.25%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.35%) Local Government
8 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Retail
8 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.45%) Billing
9 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Electronics
9 1 (1.45%) Law
9 1 (1.45%) Legal
9 1 (1.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (17.39%) Analyst
2 11 (15.94%) Data Analyst
2 11 (15.94%) Senior
3 8 (11.59%) Administrator
4 7 (10.14%) QA Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Lead
6 5 (7.25%) Consultant
6 5 (7.25%) Data Administrator
6 5 (7.25%) Design Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) RF Design Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) RF Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Engagement Manager
7 4 (5.80%) SAP Engagement Manager
7 4 (5.80%) SAP Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Engagement Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Manager
8 3 (4.35%) Senior Accountant
8 3 (4.35%) Senior QA Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.90%) ADO
3 1 (1.45%) .NET
3 1 (1.45%) ATL
3 1 (1.45%) EDI
3 1 (1.45%) JSON
3 1 (1.45%) Playwright
3 1 (1.45%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (1.45%) RESTful
3 1 (1.45%) Web Services
3 1 (1.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Synthetic Data
2 5 (7.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.35%) Reference Data
5 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.45%) CMDB
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.45%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.45%) Life Science
6 1 (1.45%) Thin Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (24.64%) Agile
2 17 (24.64%) Data Governance
3 14 (20.29%) DevOps
4 12 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (17.39%) CI/CD
4 12 (17.39%) Project Management
5 11 (15.94%) Data Strategy
5 11 (15.94%) ERP
5 11 (15.94%) Validation
6 10 (14.49%) Data Privacy
6 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 9 (13.04%) Migration
8 8 (11.59%) Change Management
8 8 (11.59%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 8 (11.59%) Test Automation
9 7 (10.14%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 7 (10.14%) Data Protection
9 7 (10.14%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.29%) SQL
2 7 (10.14%) PL/SQL
3 3 (4.35%) Python
4 2 (2.90%) X++
5 1 (1.45%) C
5 1 (1.45%) C#
5 1 (1.45%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (23.19%) Degree
2 15 (21.74%) Security Cleared
3 14 (20.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.14%) OCA
4 7 (10.14%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.35%) CCAB
7 2 (2.90%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.45%) HNC
8 1 (1.45%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (24.64%) Data Quality
2 16 (23.19%) QA
3 11 (15.94%) GDPR
4 2 (2.90%) GRC
4 2 (2.90%) PMO
5 1 (1.45%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (36.23%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.49%) SAP
3 9 (13.04%) Oracle
4 5 (7.25%) EMC
4 5 (7.25%) Informatica
5 4 (5.80%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.90%) Databricks
6 2 (2.90%) Google
6 2 (2.90%) OneTrust
6 2 (2.90%) Palantir
6 2 (2.90%) Talend
7 1 (1.45%) Cisco
7 1 (1.45%) ESRI
7 1 (1.45%) Juniper
7 1 (1.45%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (1.45%) Micro Focus
7 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.45%) Salesforce