Data Manager Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Data Manager
South East > Surrey

The median Data Manager daily rate in Surrey is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 40 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Manager 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.69% 1.18% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 1.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile £615 - -
South East median daily rate £575 £513 £800
% change year-on-year +12.20% -35.94% +68.42%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 392 319 572
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 93.82% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 196 435
10th Percentile £204 £191 £185
25th Percentile £356 £256 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £582 £538 £576
90th Percentile £688 £653 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 19 52
10th Percentile £37.20 £18.65 £12.29
25th Percentile £53.63 £20.77 £13.25
Median hourly rate £66.99 £24.18 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +177.05% -22.62% -30.56%
75th Percentile £85.40 £26.50 £68.60
90th Percentile £89.62 £39.50 £76.53
South East median hourly rate £29.81 £42.69 £44.00
% change year-on-year -30.18% -2.98% -2.22%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Data Manager job vacancy trend in Surrey

Data Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Surrey

Data Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in Surrey over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Manager in Surrey

Data Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Surrey

Data Manager
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 24 February 2026. 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
Weybridge - 2 £475 -
Woking - 1 £650 -
Data Manager
South East

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 24 February 2026, Data Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Business Enablement
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Databricks
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Enablement
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Databricks