Data Manager Contracts in the South West

Data Manager
England > South West

As of 26 July 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Manager daily rate in the South West.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 142 139
Rank change year-on-year +39 -3 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Data Manager 11 4 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.58% 0.13% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.15% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 13
10th Percentile - - £470
25th Percentile - £325 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -42.15% +42.35%
75th Percentile - £431 £688
90th Percentile - £465 £732
England median daily rate £525 £550 £599
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.14% +8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £29.00 - -
England median hourly rate £29.90 £29.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.11% -55.38% +62.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,691 2,751 3,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.95% 92.25% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 1,780 2,265
10th Percentile £225 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £406 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £720
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 377 273
10th Percentile £14.04 £13.94 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.19 £35.00 £39.55
Median hourly rate £26.28 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.57% +3.17% +30.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.96% +70.79%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Data Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in the South West

Data Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Manager in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Data Manager in the South West

Data Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Manager in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Data Manager in the South West

Data Manager
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 Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Bristol +9 7 - - 8
Devon - 3 - - 3
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 6
Data Manager
England

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 July 2025, Data Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Migration
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Web Analytics
2 7 (63.64%) Marketing
2 7 (63.64%) Data Extraction
2 7 (63.64%) Visualisation
2 7 (63.64%) R
2 7 (63.64%) Data Visualisation
2 7 (63.64%) Adobe Analytics
2 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 7 (63.64%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (63.64%) ETL
2 7 (63.64%) SAS
2 7 (63.64%) Adobe
2 7 (63.64%) Teradata
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Business Transformation
2 7 (63.64%) Analytics
2 7 (63.64%) Relational Database
2 7 (63.64%) Critical Thinking
2 7 (63.64%) Digital Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Storytelling
2 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
3 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (9.09%) GDPR

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (63.64%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Adobe Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (63.64%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
1 7 (63.64%) Marketing
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Local Government
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (9.09%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (9.09%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Migration
2 7 (63.64%) Analytics
2 7 (63.64%) Business Transformation
2 7 (63.64%) Critical Thinking
2 7 (63.64%) Data Extraction
2 7 (63.64%) Data Visualisation
2 7 (63.64%) Digital Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Digital Strategy
2 7 (63.64%) ETL
2 7 (63.64%) Storytelling
2 7 (63.64%) Visualisation
2 7 (63.64%) Web Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Data Stewardship
3 1 (9.09%) Demand Management
3 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
3 1 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) R
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Adobe
1 7 (63.64%) Teradata
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft