Data Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Data Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 106 80
Rank change year-on-year +26 -26 +68
Contract jobs citing Data Management 50 21 69
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.08% 1.03% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 1.17% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 19 36
10th Percentile £375 £342 £360
25th Percentile £406 £405 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -17.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £703
90th Percentile £770 £548 £733
England median daily rate £490 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.67% -3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 10
10th Percentile - - £21.28
25th Percentile £20.00 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £19.83 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% -39.91% -52.86%
75th Percentile £34.50 - -
90th Percentile £34.65 - £37.28
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,992 1,788 2,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.79% 87.65% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,095 1,642
10th Percentile £263 £268 £288
25th Percentile £413 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £720
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 115 266
10th Percentile £15.60 £18.33 £20.13
25th Percentile £20.36 £43.13 £45.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.26 £83.40
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 West

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in the South West over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in the South West

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Data Management
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Wiltshire -5 13 £650 +30.65% 3
Gloucestershire +1 11 £450 -7.69% 1
Bristol -2 9 £413 -21.43% 3
Devon +14 8 £575 +422.73% 1
Dorset - 7 £450 - 4
Data Management
England

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.00%) Apache
3 1 (2.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle SCM
2 2 (4.00%) Teamcenter
3 1 (2.00%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) OCI
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.00%) AWS
3 3 (6.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) Azure
4 2 (4.00%) Google Workspace
4 2 (4.00%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.00%) AWS Fargate
5 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.00%) GCP
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Big Data
1 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (4.00%) GitLab
1 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (2.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Finance
3 6 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.00%) Military
5 3 (6.00%) Marketing
5 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Local Government
7 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Electronics
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.00%) Social Housing
7 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (12.00%) Developer
2 5 (10.00%) Consultant
2 5 (10.00%) Lead
2 5 (10.00%) Senior
3 4 (8.00%) Analyst
3 4 (8.00%) Oracle Consultant
4 3 (6.00%) Administrator
4 3 (6.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Mobile Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.00%) Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Data Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Document Controller
5 2 (4.00%) Lead Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Lead Data Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Salesforce Developer
5 2 (4.00%) Systems Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (2.00%) NumPy
3 1 (2.00%) Pandas
3 1 (2.00%) PySpark
3 1 (2.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (18.00%) Onboarding
3 6 (12.00%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (4.00%) SCADA
6 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.00%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Android
1 3 (6.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) Data Governance
2 16 (32.00%) Data Strategy
3 15 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (28.00%) AI
5 10 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (18.00%) Computer Science
7 8 (16.00%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (14.00%) Agile
8 7 (14.00%) Analytics
8 7 (14.00%) Data Security
8 7 (14.00%) Project Management
8 7 (14.00%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (12.00%) Coaching
9 6 (12.00%) Data Analytics
9 6 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
9 6 (12.00%) ERP
9 6 (12.00%) Master Data Management
9 6 (12.00%) Risk Management
9 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.00%) Python
2 4 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.00%) Java
3 3 (6.00%) Perl
4 1 (2.00%) Apex Code
4 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (34.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) CISSP
5 1 (2.00%) HND
5 1 (2.00%) MCSE
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.00%) Grafana
2 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) Oracle
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.00%) Autodesk
3 2 (4.00%) Google
3 2 (4.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.00%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (2.00%) SAP