Data Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Data Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 178 174
Rank change year-on-year +59 -4 -21
Contract jobs citing Data Management 365 305 440
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.80% 1.32% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.48% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 181 287
10th Percentile £340 £300 £331
25th Percentile £425 £363 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +3.36%
75th Percentile £672 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 20 12
10th Percentile £14.59 £23.96 £14.05
25th Percentile £27.00 £30.39 £30.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% +14.79% -8.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.63 £48.81
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.00 £52.15
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year -0.44% -5.47% +59.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,110 20,642 27,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.43% 89.51% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,201 14,252 18,911
10th Percentile £250 £255 £236
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £476
Median % change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,261 1,359
10th Percentile £12.31 £10.75 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.71 £61.30
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in the UK excluding London

Data Management
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 Data Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
South West +69 97 £530 +11.58% 57
North of England +42 92 £510 -1.21% 85
North West +37 73 £510 - 53
Midlands +42 67 £585 +61.38% 63
West Midlands +48 59 £609 +74.11% 38
South East -2 53 £504 -8.36% 87
East of England +23 40 £518 +3.50% 29
Scotland +50 34 £538 +19.44% 32
Yorkshire +26 22 £513 -10.87% 21
East Midlands +2 7 £550 +83.33% 25
North East +14 3 - - 12
Data Management
UK

Data Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.47%) Apache
2 9 (2.47%) SAS
3 7 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.64%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.37%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 57 (15.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (7.40%) Spreadsheet
4 24 (6.58%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (3.29%) Acrobat
6 10 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.82%) MicroStation
7 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.55%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.92%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.10%) Infor SunSystems
4 4 (1.10%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.82%) ENOVIA
5 3 (0.82%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.82%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.82%) SAP PLM
6 2 (0.55%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.55%) SmartPlant
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.27%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.27%) Odoo
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 54 (14.79%) Azure
2 45 (12.33%) Power Platform
3 21 (5.75%) Snowflake
4 20 (5.48%) AWS
4 20 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.56%) Power Automate
6 11 (3.01%) Amazon S3
6 11 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (2.74%) Serverless
8 8 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.92%) Collibra
9 7 (1.92%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.64%) Amazon EMR
10 6 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.64%) Azure Stack
10 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.37%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.38%) Network Security
2 15 (4.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (1.37%) FTP
4 3 (0.82%) LAN
4 3 (0.82%) WAN
5 2 (0.55%) RS-232
6 1 (0.27%) DHCP
6 1 (0.27%) DNS
6 1 (0.27%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.27%) Firewall
6 1 (0.27%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.27%) MPLS
6 1 (0.27%) SAN
6 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.05%) Power BI
2 34 (9.32%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (9.04%) Metadata
4 28 (7.67%) Big Data
5 19 (5.21%) SQL Server
6 15 (4.11%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.56%) Tableau
8 8 (2.19%) Metadata Repository
9 7 (1.92%) Ataccama
9 7 (1.92%) Data Mining
9 7 (1.92%) GIS
9 7 (1.92%) MySQL
9 7 (1.92%) Qlik Sense
10 6 (1.64%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.10%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 42 (11.51%) JIRA
2 14 (3.84%) Git
3 8 (2.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.37%) ERwin
5 2 (0.55%) Gradle
5 2 (0.55%) JUnit
5 2 (0.55%) kappa
5 2 (0.55%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.27%) LSMW
General
1 122 (33.42%) Social Skills
2 96 (26.30%) Finance
3 82 (22.47%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.68%) Public Sector
5 37 (10.14%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (7.12%) Manufacturing
6 26 (7.12%) Pharmaceutical
7 20 (5.48%) Aerospace
8 15 (4.11%) Law
8 15 (4.11%) Marketing
9 12 (3.29%) Electronics
9 12 (3.29%) Legal
9 12 (3.29%) Retail
10 11 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.19%) Banking
11 8 (2.19%) Billing
11 8 (2.19%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.37%) Military
12 5 (1.37%) Publishing
13 3 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 87 (23.84%) Architect
2 59 (16.16%) Analyst
3 47 (12.88%) Data Architect
4 43 (11.78%) Data Analyst
5 39 (10.68%) Lead
6 30 (8.22%) Data Manager
7 26 (7.12%) Solutions Architect
8 25 (6.85%) Project Leader
9 23 (6.30%) Senior
10 21 (5.75%) Data Engineer
11 17 (4.66%) Developer
12 16 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (3.56%) Administrator
13 13 (3.56%) Data Quality Analyst
13 13 (3.56%) Quality Analyst
14 12 (3.29%) Author
14 12 (3.29%) Technical Author
15 11 (3.01%) Enterprise Architect
16 10 (2.74%) Business Analyst
16 10 (2.74%) QA Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.95%) XML
2 15 (4.11%) Apache NiFi
3 12 (3.29%) JSON
3 12 (3.29%) SGML
4 7 (1.92%) REST
5 4 (1.10%) CSS
5 4 (1.10%) HTML
6 3 (0.82%) Kafka
7 2 (0.55%) Android Jetpack
7 2 (0.55%) Dagger
7 2 (0.55%) Jetpack Compose
7 2 (0.55%) Node.js
7 2 (0.55%) PySpark
7 2 (0.55%) React
7 2 (0.55%) RESTful
7 2 (0.55%) Retrofit
7 2 (0.55%) SOAP
8 1 (0.27%) Hugging Face
8 1 (0.27%) LangChain
8 1 (0.27%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.60%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.38%) Cyber Defence
2 16 (4.38%) Distributed Applications
3 14 (3.84%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.29%) Animation
4 12 (3.29%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.92%) Reference Data
7 5 (1.37%) Life Science
7 5 (1.37%) NHS
7 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.10%) e-Health
8 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.10%) Wiki
9 3 (0.82%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.82%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (0.82%) FMCG
9 3 (0.82%) Lidar
9 3 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.58%) Windows
2 17 (4.66%) Unix
3 15 (4.11%) Android
3 15 (4.11%) Linux
4 13 (3.56%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.19%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.55%) zOS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (24.11%) Agile
2 80 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (20.55%) Migration
4 74 (20.27%) Analytics
5 68 (18.63%) Business Intelligence
6 63 (17.26%) Data Governance
6 63 (17.26%) Project Management
7 62 (16.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 54 (14.79%) Data Analysis
8 54 (14.79%) Project Delivery
9 52 (14.25%) Data Modelling
10 51 (13.97%) Data Migration
11 46 (12.60%) Data Architecture
12 38 (10.41%) Computer Science
13 33 (9.04%) Data Strategy
14 32 (8.77%) Data Pipeline
15 31 (8.49%) PRINCE2
16 30 (8.22%) Data Engineering
17 29 (7.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 29 (7.95%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 67 (18.36%) SQL
2 33 (9.04%) Python
3 17 (4.66%) Java
4 8 (2.19%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.64%) C#
6 5 (1.37%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.10%) ABAP
7 4 (1.10%) Bash
8 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.82%) R
8 3 (0.82%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.55%) C
9 2 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.55%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.55%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.27%) Perl
10 1 (0.27%) PHP
10 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 75 (20.55%) Security Cleared
2 60 (16.44%) Degree
3 50 (13.70%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.85%) SC Cleared
5 24 (6.58%) APMP
6 9 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.92%) ACCA
8 6 (1.64%) ISEB
9 4 (1.10%) CIMA
10 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.82%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.55%) PhD
11 2 (0.55%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.27%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.27%) MCSA
12 1 (0.27%) MCSE
12 1 (0.27%) OCP
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (21.10%) Data Quality
2 34 (9.32%) PMO
3 23 (6.30%) QA
4 16 (4.38%) GDPR
5 15 (4.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (3.56%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.55%) GxP
8 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.27%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.82%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.82%) Terraform
2 2 (0.55%) Ansible
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.27%) Control-M
3 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (20.27%) Microsoft
2 54 (14.79%) SAP
3 16 (4.38%) Oracle
4 15 (4.11%) Informatica
5 14 (3.84%) Adobe
6 12 (3.29%) Databricks
7 11 (3.01%) Alteryx
8 10 (2.74%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.92%) Dataiku
9 7 (1.92%) Remedy
9 7 (1.92%) Trillium
10 6 (1.64%) Talend
11 5 (1.37%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.37%) Autodesk
11 5 (1.37%) Sparx
12 4 (1.10%) Siemens
12 4 (1.10%) Sun
13 3 (0.82%) Brio
13 3 (0.82%) ESRI
13 3 (0.82%) Hyperion