Data Manager Contract Job Trends in Telford

Data Manager
Shropshire > Telford

The median Data Manager daily rate in Telford is £421, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -41 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Manager 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 1.08% 2.54% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 2.80% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - £512 -
25th Percentile - £512 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% - -
75th Percentile £494 £539 -
90th Percentile £509 £541 -
Shropshire median daily rate £421 £525 -
% change year-on-year -19.81% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 430 107 66
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 90.68% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 74 45
10th Percentile £386 £314 £382
25th Percentile £413 £434 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £481 £523
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -8.04% -3.24%
75th Percentile £525 £528 £536
90th Percentile £566 £544 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.73%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £15.00
% change year-on-year +106.49% -18.80% -59.11%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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 Telford.

Data Manager job vacancy trend in Telford

Data Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

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

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 27 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 Telford region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Agile Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (60.00%) Confluence
3 3 (60.00%) Dependency Management
3 3 (60.00%) JIRA
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Migration
4 2 (40.00%) Servant Leadership
4 2 (40.00%) TDD

Data Manager Skill Set
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 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Dependency Management
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Servant Leadership
3 2 (40.00%) TDD
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Atlassian