DAMA Contracts in the UK excluding London

DAMA International
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DAMA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DAMA over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 394 446
Rank change year-on-year +57 +52 +49
Contract jobs citing DAMA 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.024% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.028% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £551 -
25th Percentile £463 £611 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £725 £525
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% +38.10% -19.23%
75th Percentile £488 £738 £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -13.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £67.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £67.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

DAMA 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DAMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DAMA in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DAMA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for DAMA in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAMA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
East Midlands - 2 £475 -
Midlands - 2 £475 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Governance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Culture Change
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality