Master Data Manager Contracts

Master Data Manager
UK

The median Master Data Manager daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 586 694
Rank change year-on-year +57 +108 +159
Contract jobs requiring a Master Data Manager 1 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.009% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.010% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £533 £516
25th Percentile £625 £544 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £675 £594 £664
90th Percentile - £598 £671
UK excluding London median daily rate - £575 £640
% change year-on-year - -10.16% +24.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,097 40,246 56,070
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.78% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,700 26,198 39,189
10th Percentile £300 £277 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,050 2,676 1,567
10th Percentile £14.12 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.16
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.26 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.37
% change year-on-year -29.22% -6.64% +117.03%

Master Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Master Data Manager in the UK

Master Data Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Master Data Manager in the UK

Master Data Manager
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Master Data Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +62 1 £650 +13.04% 6
London - 1 £650 -

Master Data Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Master 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 Master Data Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Master 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement