Data Management Contract Job Trends in Telford

Data Management
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Telford 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 37 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Management 19 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 8.33% 2.41% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.64% 2.78% -
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 -
Shropshire median daily rate £492 £545 -
% change year-on-year -9.72% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 220 72 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 96.49% 86.75% 87.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 65 19
10th Percentile £384 £298 £383
25th Percentile £450 £338 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £434 £480
Median % change year-on-year +18.60% -9.54% -9.43%
75th Percentile £538 £515 £544
90th Percentile £552 £567 £588
Shropshire median daily rate £515 £434 £480
% change year-on-year +18.63% -9.56% -9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £31.31 £23.60 -
% change year-on-year +32.65% - -

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in Telford

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

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

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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