DAMA DMBOK Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

DAMA International Guide to Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring DAMA DMBOK skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DAMA DMBOK 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £373 - -
25th Percentile £383 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £401 - -
90th Percentile £402 - -
South East median daily rate £400 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

DAMA DMBOK 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,830 1,798 2,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.56% 89.01% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,054 1,449
10th Percentile £267 £283 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £523
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.44% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 55 102
10th Percentile £15.01 £18.97 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.63 £30.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £49.87
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.80% +137.45%
75th Percentile £57.25 £63.22 £64.20
90th Percentile £89.63 £68.81 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £53.94
% change year-on-year -55.47% -7.31% +43.85%

DAMA DMBOK
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DAMA DMBOK relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

DAMA DMBOK job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

DAMA DMBOK
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DAMA DMBOK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DAMA DMBOK

DAMA DMBOK
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAMA DMBOK within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £400 - 1
DAMA DMBOK
South East

DAMA DMBOK
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (100.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata Repository
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Governance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DAMA
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft