Data Management Contracts

Data Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 108 172
Rank change year-on-year +8 +64 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Management 751 893 898
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.57% 2.05% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 2.37% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 555 550
10th Percentile £325 £363 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £713 £661 £675
90th Percentile £875 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 53 21
10th Percentile £20.87 £15.09 £19.06
25th Percentile £24.54 £19.57 £30.00
Median hourly rate £31.90 £40.00 £38.35
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% +4.30% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75.63 £45.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.50 £63.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.90 £45.00 £40.18
% change year-on-year -33.56% +12.01% +16.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Management.

Daily rate trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Management.

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +12 672 £575 +4.55% 898
London +17 383 £625 +13.64% 449
Work from Home +41 311 £600 +9.09% 503
UK excluding London +12 276 £525 - 517
North of England +9 68 £525 +5.00% 134
South East +55 64 £550 +10.00% 125
North West -2 52 £550 +10.00% 91
East of England +42 51 £500 -3.38% 46
Midlands -2 44 £525 -10.45% 89
West Midlands -15 30 £538 -10.42% 54
South West -22 27 £525 -0.94% 55
Scotland -15 16 £428 -18.48% 53
Yorkshire +8 15 £438 -20.45% 37
East Midlands +17 14 £461 -16.18% 34
Northern Ireland - 7 £425 - 10
Wales - 2 £725 - 17
North East -3 1 - - 6

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 39 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.53%) Confluence
3 33 (4.39%) Apache Airflow
4 32 (4.26%) Apache
5 14 (1.86%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.07%) CMS
6 8 (1.07%) IBM Domino
7 7 (0.93%) SAS
8 5 (0.67%) Moodle
9 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.27%) Drupal
10 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 85 (11.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (2.13%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.40%) CATIA
7 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.13%) Revit
8 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 34 (4.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.73%) Teamcenter
3 12 (1.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.80%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.67%) SAP MDG-S
7 4 (0.53%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.53%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.53%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.40%) iTrent
8 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.40%) SAP GTS
9 2 (0.27%) CiviCRM
9 2 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.27%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.27%) Sprinklr
9 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 109 (14.51%) Azure
2 92 (12.25%) AWS
3 87 (11.58%) Power Platform
4 52 (6.92%) GCP
5 42 (5.59%) Snowflake
6 23 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (2.93%) dbt
8 20 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.13%) Power Automate
9 16 (2.13%) PowerApps
10 15 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (2.00%) Collibra
10 15 (2.00%) SaaS
11 14 (1.86%) Amazon S3
12 13 (1.73%) GitHub
12 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (1.60%) Serverless
14 11 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (1.07%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.80%) DNS
1 6 (0.80%) Firewall
1 6 (0.80%) Network Security
2 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.67%) VPN
3 4 (0.53%) Internet
3 4 (0.53%) LAN
3 4 (0.53%) WLAN
4 3 (0.40%) Intranet
4 3 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (0.40%) SAN
5 2 (0.27%) 5G
6 1 (0.13%) FTP
6 1 (0.13%) HTTP
6 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (12.65%) Data Lake
2 86 (11.45%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (10.52%) Power BI
4 58 (7.72%) Metadata
5 47 (6.26%) Tableau
6 31 (4.13%) SQL Server
7 26 (3.46%) Big Data
8 22 (2.93%) Relational Database
9 20 (2.66%) Amazon Athena
9 20 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (2.53%) BigQuery
10 19 (2.53%) Hadoop
11 18 (2.40%) NoSQL
12 16 (2.13%) Apache Arrow
12 16 (2.13%) Apache Iceberg
12 16 (2.13%) Dremio
13 15 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (2.00%) Power Query
14 14 (1.86%) MongoDB
15 12 (1.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 31 (4.13%) JIRA
2 22 (2.93%) ERwin
3 20 (2.66%) Git
4 10 (1.33%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
6 6 (0.80%) GitLab
6 6 (0.80%) Postman
7 5 (0.67%) PHPUnit
8 3 (0.40%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.40%) Plastic SCM
8 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.13%) Ant
10 1 (0.13%) JMeter
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.13%) LSMW
10 1 (0.13%) NUnit
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 295 (39.28%) Social Skills
2 246 (32.76%) Finance
3 164 (21.84%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (10.79%) Front Office
5 63 (8.39%) Banking
6 48 (6.39%) Public Sector
7 35 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (4.39%) Pharmaceutical
9 32 (4.26%) Marketing
10 28 (3.73%) Investment Banking
10 28 (3.73%) Retail
11 21 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (2.40%) Manufacturing
13 15 (2.00%) Local Government
14 13 (1.73%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.60%) Back Office
15 12 (1.60%) Legal
15 12 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 106 (14.11%) Analyst
2 91 (12.12%) Architect
3 73 (9.72%) Lead
4 67 (8.92%) Developer
5 61 (8.12%) Data Analyst
6 59 (7.86%) Data Engineer
7 49 (6.52%) Consultant
8 46 (6.13%) Data Architect
9 45 (5.99%) Senior
10 39 (5.19%) Business Analyst
11 37 (4.93%) Head of Finance
12 27 (3.60%) Data Manager
12 27 (3.60%) Project Manager
13 25 (3.33%) Data Modeller
14 21 (2.80%) Data Consultant
14 21 (2.80%) Head of Data Management
14 21 (2.80%) Software Engineer
15 19 (2.53%) Snowflake Engineer
16 17 (2.26%) Administrator
16 17 (2.26%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.33%) PySpark
2 23 (3.06%) Kafka
3 20 (2.66%) RESTful
4 16 (2.13%) XML
5 15 (2.00%) REST
6 13 (1.73%) JSON
6 13 (1.73%) React
7 12 (1.60%) AngularJS
8 11 (1.46%) Web Services
9 9 (1.20%) Middleware
10 8 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
11 7 (0.93%) SOAP
12 6 (0.80%) HTML
13 5 (0.67%) .NET
13 5 (0.67%) ADO
13 5 (0.67%) Behat
13 5 (0.67%) CSS
13 5 (0.67%) Node.js
13 5 (0.67%) Spring
13 5 (0.67%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.32%) Equities
2 84 (11.19%) Derivative
2 84 (11.19%) Fixed Income
3 83 (11.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 78 (10.39%) Hedge funds
5 60 (7.99%) Management Information System
6 30 (3.99%) Data Structures
7 27 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (2.93%) Reference Data
9 21 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (2.00%) Onboarding
12 13 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.46%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.46%) Life Science
14 9 (1.20%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.20%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.07%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.13%) Linux
1 16 (2.13%) Windows
2 10 (1.33%) Unix
3 7 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (33.02%) Data Governance
2 199 (26.50%) Agile
3 196 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (24.10%) Migration
5 164 (21.84%) Analytics
6 134 (17.84%) Business Intelligence
7 125 (16.64%) Data Modelling
8 119 (15.85%) Roadmaps
9 110 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 95 (12.65%) Regulatory Compliance
11 93 (12.38%) Project Management
12 91 (12.12%) ETL
13 88 (11.72%) Data Migration
14 80 (10.65%) Data Architecture
15 77 (10.25%) Data Analysis
16 74 (9.85%) Decision-Making
17 70 (9.32%) Investment Management
17 70 (9.32%) Visualisation
18 67 (8.92%) Data Integration
19 63 (8.39%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 190 (25.30%) SQL
2 140 (18.64%) Python
3 40 (5.33%) Java
4 21 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.26%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.73%) Bash
6 13 (1.73%) R
7 11 (1.46%) PL/SQL
7 11 (1.46%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.20%) C#
8 9 (1.20%) VBA
9 8 (1.07%) Apex Code
9 8 (1.07%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.07%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.80%) Perl
10 6 (0.80%) Scala
11 5 (0.67%) ABAP
11 5 (0.67%) PHP
12 4 (0.53%) Ruby
13 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 99 (13.18%) Degree
2 74 (9.85%) Security Cleared
3 52 (6.92%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.06%) PMI Certification
6 20 (2.66%) PMP
7 11 (1.46%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.53%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.40%) CBAP
13 3 (0.40%) ISEB
13 3 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.27%) CCA
14 2 (0.27%) CTC Cleared
14 2 (0.27%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (21.57%) Data Quality
2 55 (7.32%) GDPR
3 30 (3.99%) Accessibility
4 28 (3.73%) MiFID
5 24 (3.20%) QA
6 13 (1.73%) PMO
7 11 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 11 (1.46%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.53%) EMIR
8 4 (0.53%) GxP
8 4 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.53%) SLA
9 3 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.27%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.27%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.27%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (3.60%) Docker
2 10 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) NFS
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (3.06%) Terraform
2 19 (2.53%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.53%) Ansible
4 3 (0.40%) Backup Exec
4 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.13%) Podman
6 1 (0.13%) SCCM
6 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 113 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.92%) SAP
3 63 (8.39%) Oracle
4 33 (4.39%) Databricks
4 33 (4.39%) Informatica
4 33 (4.39%) Salesforce
5 31 (4.13%) Google
6 19 (2.53%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.13%) Ariba
8 13 (1.73%) Sparx
9 9 (1.20%) IBM
9 9 (1.20%) Sybase
10 6 (0.80%) MuleSoft
10 6 (0.80%) Workday
11 5 (0.67%) BiZZdesign
11 5 (0.67%) Delphix
11 5 (0.67%) IFS
12 4 (0.53%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.53%) LabVantage
12 4 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud