Data Manager Contracts

Data Manager
UK

The median Data Manager daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
10 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 464 585
Rank change year-on-year +75 +121 -95
Contract jobs requiring a Data Manager 197 244 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.42% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.45% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 171 192
10th Percentile £361 £410 £325
25th Percentile £500 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -2.73% +5.50%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £775 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +15.00% -3.85% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -61.54% - -
75th Percentile £36.00 - -
90th Percentile £40.30 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -61.54% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in the UK

Data Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Manager in the UK

Data Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Manager over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Manager in the UK

Data Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Manager in the UK

Data Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Manager over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Manager in the UK

Data Manager
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +66 177 £575 +5.50% 145
London +88 101 £575 -4.17% 76
UK excluding London +32 82 £575 +15.00% 83
Work from Home +82 52 £600 +9.09% 58
North of England +39 25 £585 +7.34% 13
East of England +26 21 £500 +5.26% 10
North West +30 19 £585 +9.35% 11
South East 0 17 £700 +40.00% 25
Midlands +21 8 £550 -4.35% 9
Scotland +21 8 £475 +5.56% 14
West Midlands +17 7 £575 - 6
Yorkshire +17 5 £600 +9.09% 2
South West +9 3 £625 +4.17% 12
East Midlands +18 1 £355 -30.39% 3
North East +16 1 £625 +38.89%
Wales - 1 £625 -

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Data Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 57 (28.93%) Data Governance
2 53 (26.90%) Data Management
3 50 (25.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 49 (24.87%) Finance
4 49 (24.87%) Social Skills
5 46 (23.35%) Migration
6 45 (22.84%) Data Quality
7 40 (20.30%) Data Migration
7 40 (20.30%) Analytics
8 37 (18.78%) Agile
8 37 (18.78%) Project Management
9 36 (18.27%) Business Intelligence
10 35 (17.77%) SQL
11 30 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
12 28 (14.21%) Power BI
12 28 (14.21%) Power Platform
12 28 (14.21%) SAP
13 26 (13.20%) Data Analytics
13 26 (13.20%) Roadmaps
14 25 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (12.18%) Azure
15 24 (12.18%) Data Modelling
16 21 (10.66%) Data Strategy
17 20 (10.15%) Data Science
17 20 (10.15%) Microsoft Excel
18 19 (9.64%) ETL
18 19 (9.64%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (9.64%) Degree
19 18 (9.14%) Data Protection
19 18 (9.14%) Data Warehouse

Data Manager Skill Set
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 6 (3.05%) SAS
2 5 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 20 (10.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (4.06%) MS Visio
4 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (2.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (4.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.55%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.52%) Primavera
3 3 (1.52%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.52%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.51%) SAP MDM
4 1 (0.51%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.21%) Power Platform
2 24 (12.18%) Azure
3 9 (4.57%) AWS
4 5 (2.54%) GCP
5 3 (1.52%) Collibra
5 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (1.52%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.52%) PowerApps
5 3 (1.52%) Veeva
6 2 (1.02%) Alation
6 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.02%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.02%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.02%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.51%) IaaS
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.21%) Power BI
2 18 (9.14%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (6.60%) Data Lake
4 11 (5.58%) Metadata
5 6 (3.05%) Big Data
6 4 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.03%) QlikView
6 4 (2.03%) Tableau
7 3 (1.52%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (1.52%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.02%) SAS Data Integration Studio
8 2 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.02%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.51%) Looker
9 1 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) LSMW
2 1 (0.51%) MLflow
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
General
1 49 (24.87%) Finance
1 49 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.64%) Pharmaceutical
4 16 (8.12%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (6.60%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.58%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.05%) Marketing
9 5 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.54%) Local Government
9 5 (2.54%) Retail
10 4 (2.03%) Law
10 4 (2.03%) Legal
10 4 (2.03%) Publishing
11 2 (1.02%) Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.51%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.51%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) JSON
1 1 (0.51%) Kafka
1 1 (0.51%) NumPy
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.51%) Pandas
1 1 (0.51%) PySpark
1 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.57%) NHS
1 9 (4.57%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.55%) Reference Data
3 4 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.52%) FMCG
4 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.02%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.02%) Life Science
5 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.51%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.51%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.51%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.93%) Data Governance
2 53 (26.90%) Data Management
3 50 (25.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (23.35%) Migration
5 40 (20.30%) Analytics
5 40 (20.30%) Data Migration
6 37 (18.78%) Agile
6 37 (18.78%) Project Management
7 36 (18.27%) Business Intelligence
8 26 (13.20%) Data Analytics
8 26 (13.20%) Roadmaps
9 25 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (12.18%) Data Modelling
11 21 (10.66%) Data Strategy
12 20 (10.15%) Data Science
13 19 (9.64%) ETL
14 18 (9.14%) Data Protection
15 17 (8.63%) Decision-Making
16 15 (7.61%) Data Analysis
16 15 (7.61%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.77%) SQL
2 9 (4.57%) Python
3 8 (4.06%) R
4 3 (1.52%) C#
4 3 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.52%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.52%) VB
5 1 (0.51%) Java
5 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (9.64%) Degree
2 4 (2.03%) Master's Degree
2 4 (2.03%) SC Cleared
2 4 (2.03%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.52%) CIMA
3 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.02%) CCNA
4 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.02%) PhD
4 2 (1.02%) PMP
5 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (22.84%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.61%) GDPR
3 10 (5.08%) QA
4 4 (2.03%) GxP
4 4 (2.03%) PMO
5 3 (1.52%) CDISC
5 3 (1.52%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (0.51%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (14.21%) SAP
2 14 (7.11%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.57%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.54%) Informatica
5 4 (2.03%) IFS
5 4 (2.03%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.52%) Databricks
6 3 (1.52%) Marketo
6 3 (1.52%) Oracle
6 3 (1.52%) Pardot
7 2 (1.02%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.02%) BT
7 2 (1.02%) Cadence
7 2 (1.02%) Cisco
7 2 (1.02%) Facebook
7 2 (1.02%) IBM
7 2 (1.02%) Radianz
7 2 (1.02%) Reuters
7 2 (1.02%) Symantec
7 2 (1.02%) Varonis
175 Data Manager jobs Nationwide