Data Management Contract Job Trends in Watford

Data Management
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing Data Management 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 4.82% - 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.33% - 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £420
25th Percentile £606 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.77%
75th Percentile £669 - £581
90th Percentile - - £660
Hertfordshire median daily rate £644 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -32.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.09 - -
90th Percentile £16.74 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £15.98 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - -12.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Watford

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 in Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 75 30 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 90.36% 90.91% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 23 81
10th Percentile - £306 £278
25th Percentile £325 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% -32.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 - £725
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -4.55% +29.41% -18.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £13.58
25th Percentile £15.00 £46.31 £13.69
Median hourly rate £16.95 £47.44 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -64.27% +221.63% -32.95%
75th Percentile £18.90 £48.57 £16.06
90th Percentile £21.38 - £16.33
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £28.00 £65.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -57.25% +31.00% -23.08%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Data Management job vacancy trend in Watford

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Management

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Management

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
2 2 (50.00%) Facilities Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) HR Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Workday Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (50.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Workday