Data Management Contracts

Data Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 180 179
Rank change year-on-year +72 -1 -21
Contract jobs citing Data Management 885 852 1,439
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.06% 1.46% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 1.63% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 527 909
10th Percentile £363 £325 £381
25th Percentile £450 £433 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 20 18
10th Percentile £15.52 £23.96 £19.85
25th Percentile £19.57 £30.39 £31.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.18 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +1.07% +49.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.63 £51.63
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.00 £67.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.01% +14.79% -8.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

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 12 May 2024.

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 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 15 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 12 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
England +65 781 £550 - 547
London +53 416 £550 -8.33% 226
UK excluding London +66 361 £525 +5.00% 348
Work from Home +70 294 £550 -4.35% 228
South West +65 97 £530 +11.58% 56
North of England +39 89 £500 -3.15% 76
North West +38 70 £500 -1.96% 46
Midlands +42 66 £588 +56.67% 58
West Midlands +44 58 £617 +76.25% 35
South East -5 53 £504 -8.36% 85
East of England +19 40 £535 +7.00% 32
Scotland +44 34 £538 +19.44% 29
Yorkshire +27 22 £513 -10.87% 20
East Midlands +9 7 £550 +83.33% 23
North East +17 3 - - 11

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 36 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.37%) SAS
3 14 (1.58%) Apache
4 13 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.24%) ArcGIS
6 10 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.34%) Confluence
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.23%) CMS
8 2 (0.23%) IIS
8 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 98 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.50%) Spreadsheet
4 30 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 20 (2.26%) MS Visio
7 12 (1.36%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.45%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.34%) MicroStation
10 2 (0.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 27 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.02%) Teamcenter
4 8 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 5 (0.56%) Adobe Campaign
5 5 (0.56%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.56%) Siebel CRM
6 4 (0.45%) Infor SunSystems
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.34%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.34%) ENOVIA
7 3 (0.34%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.34%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.34%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.34%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.34%) SAP MDM
7 3 (0.34%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 159 (17.97%) Azure
2 111 (12.54%) Power Platform
3 86 (9.72%) AWS
4 45 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (4.97%) GCP
6 34 (3.84%) Collibra
7 28 (3.16%) Serverless
7 28 (3.16%) Snowflake
8 22 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (2.03%) Amazon S3
11 17 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (1.92%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (1.58%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (1.36%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.37%) Network Security
2 15 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (0.68%) Firewall
4 5 (0.56%) FTP
5 4 (0.45%) LAN
5 4 (0.45%) WAN
6 3 (0.34%) IP Telephony
6 3 (0.34%) VoIP
6 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.23%) Internet
7 2 (0.23%) MPLS
7 2 (0.23%) RS-232
8 1 (0.11%) 4G
8 1 (0.11%) DHCP
8 1 (0.11%) DNS
8 1 (0.11%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.11%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.11%) SAN
8 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (11.64%) Power BI
2 87 (9.83%) Metadata
3 82 (9.27%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (5.54%) SQL Server
5 48 (5.42%) Big Data
6 38 (4.29%) Tableau
7 32 (3.62%) Data Lake
8 23 (2.60%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.81%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.69%) Data Mining
11 13 (1.47%) GIS
12 11 (1.24%) BigQuery
12 11 (1.24%) Snowflake Schema
13 10 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.13%) Ataccama
14 9 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.02%) KDB
15 8 (0.90%) MySQL
15 8 (0.90%) SAP HANA
15 8 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 55 (6.21%) JIRA
2 28 (3.16%) Git
3 14 (1.58%) ERwin
4 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.45%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.34%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.34%) JUnit
6 3 (0.34%) Xcode
7 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.23%) Gradle
7 2 (0.23%) JMeter
7 2 (0.23%) kappa
7 2 (0.23%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.23%) RStudio
7 2 (0.23%) Selenium
7 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) TestNG
8 1 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 260 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 243 (27.46%) Finance
3 190 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 61 (6.89%) Presentation Skills
6 57 (6.44%) Banking
7 46 (5.20%) Marketing
8 45 (5.08%) Manufacturing
9 37 (4.18%) Retail
10 30 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 29 (3.28%) Telecoms
12 27 (3.05%) Electronics
13 24 (2.71%) Legal
14 19 (2.15%) Aerospace
14 19 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.92%) Law
16 13 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.36%) Billing
17 12 (1.36%) Investment Banking
18 11 (1.24%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 198 (22.37%) Architect
2 163 (18.42%) Analyst
3 100 (11.30%) Data Analyst
4 94 (10.62%) Data Architect
5 84 (9.49%) Lead
6 66 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
7 62 (7.01%) Data Engineer
7 62 (7.01%) Senior
8 53 (5.99%) Data Manager
9 52 (5.88%) Developer
10 46 (5.20%) Consultant
11 44 (4.97%) Business Analyst
12 29 (3.28%) Enterprise Architect
13 25 (2.82%) Project Leader
13 25 (2.82%) Project Manager
14 23 (2.60%) Data Business Analyst
15 21 (2.37%) Enterprise Data Architect
16 19 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
17 17 (1.92%) Administrator
17 17 (1.92%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.29%) XML
2 22 (2.49%) JSON
3 20 (2.26%) REST
4 16 (1.81%) Apache NiFi
5 14 (1.58%) HTML
6 12 (1.36%) RESTful
6 12 (1.36%) SGML
7 10 (1.13%) .NET
7 10 (1.13%) CSS
7 10 (1.13%) Node.js
8 9 (1.02%) PySpark
9 8 (0.90%) PyTorch
10 7 (0.79%) Web Services
11 6 (0.68%) TensorFlow
12 5 (0.56%) Hugging Face
12 5 (0.56%) LangChain
12 5 (0.56%) Spring
13 4 (0.45%) Kafka
13 4 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
14 3 (0.34%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 93 (10.51%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.16%) Data Structures
4 27 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.26%) Reference Data
6 16 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
6 16 (1.81%) Distributed Applications
7 15 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.58%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.47%) Wiki
10 12 (1.36%) Animation
11 11 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.13%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.13%) Derivative
12 10 (1.13%) Life Science
13 8 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.79%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.79%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.97%) Windows
2 33 (3.73%) Linux
3 26 (2.94%) Unix
4 16 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 15 (1.69%) Android
6 10 (1.13%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) zOS
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (22.60%) Analytics
2 195 (22.03%) Data Governance
3 180 (20.34%) Data Modelling
3 180 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
4 176 (19.89%) Agile
5 170 (19.21%) Migration
6 161 (18.19%) Business Intelligence
7 129 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 110 (12.43%) Data Analysis
8 110 (12.43%) Data Architecture
9 104 (11.75%) Data Migration
10 95 (10.73%) Project Management
11 93 (10.51%) ETL
12 86 (9.72%) Data Strategy
12 86 (9.72%) Project Delivery
13 85 (9.60%) Computer Science
13 85 (9.60%) DevOps
14 77 (8.70%) Visualisation
15 76 (8.59%) Decision-Making
16 68 (7.68%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 184 (20.79%) SQL
2 102 (11.53%) Python
3 39 (4.41%) Java
4 31 (3.50%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.49%) C#
6 16 (1.81%) R
7 15 (1.69%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.69%) T-SQL
8 12 (1.36%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.02%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.90%) VB
11 7 (0.79%) Bash
11 7 (0.79%) Scala
12 6 (0.68%) ABAP
13 5 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.56%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.45%) Go
14 4 (0.45%) VBA
15 3 (0.34%) C
Qualifications
1 141 (15.93%) Security Cleared
2 134 (15.14%) Degree
3 87 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 57 (6.44%) DV Cleared
5 28 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.71%) APMP
7 15 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.90%) CISSP
10 7 (0.79%) ACCA
10 7 (0.79%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.68%) ISEB
11 6 (0.68%) PMP
12 4 (0.45%) CIMA
12 4 (0.45%) PhD
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.23%) Tableau Certification
14 1 (0.11%) FFIEC
14 1 (0.11%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (24.75%) Data Quality
2 54 (6.10%) QA
3 48 (5.42%) GDPR
4 39 (4.41%) PMO
5 17 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 15 (1.69%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 13 (1.47%) Def Stans
8 10 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (0.79%) CDISC
10 7 (0.79%) SLA
11 6 (0.68%) COBIT
11 6 (0.68%) GxP
12 5 (0.56%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
13 3 (0.34%) NCSC
13 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.68%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (1.92%) Terraform
2 10 (1.13%) Grafana
3 9 (1.02%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.90%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.45%) Ansible
6 3 (0.34%) Control-M
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Matomo
8 1 (0.11%) MOM
8 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 155 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 104 (11.75%) SAP
3 56 (6.33%) Oracle
4 33 (3.73%) Informatica
5 31 (3.50%) Databricks
6 22 (2.49%) Adobe
6 22 (2.49%) Google
7 20 (2.26%) Sparx
8 18 (2.03%) Alteryx
9 16 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 15 (1.69%) IBM
11 14 (1.58%) Talend
12 10 (1.13%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.02%) ESRI
14 8 (0.90%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.79%) Dataiku
15 7 (0.79%) Genesys
15 7 (0.79%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.79%) Trillium
16 6 (0.68%) Siemens