Data Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 115 181
Rank change year-on-year +42 +66 +1
Contract jobs citing Data Management 311 300 360
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.14% 1.96% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 2.23% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 198 235
10th Percentile £325 £363 £403
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +5.99%
75th Percentile £763 £647 £688
90th Percentile £938 £738 £790
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 11
10th Percentile £17.37 £27.20 £24.50
25th Percentile £18.22 £31.42 £30.27
Median hourly rate £25.43 £40.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -36.43% +30.98% -45.95%
75th Percentile £33.40 £58.75 £64.88
90th Percentile £76.75 £61.81 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £40.00 £40.18
% change year-on-year -17.50% -0.44% +8.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,017 13,465 23,106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.06% 87.90% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,189 8,984 16,334
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Data Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Management.

Data Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Management over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Data Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Management.

Data Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Management over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Data Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (3.54%) Apache
1 11 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.93%) CMS
3 6 (1.93%) Confluence
4 5 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.61%) Moodle
5 2 (0.64%) Drupal
6 1 (0.32%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.32%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (9.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.93%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.96%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.64%) CiviCRM
3 2 (0.64%) iTrent
3 2 (0.64%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.64%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.32%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.32%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.32%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 35 (11.25%) Azure
2 34 (10.93%) AWS
3 22 (7.07%) Power Platform
4 19 (6.11%) Snowflake
5 18 (5.79%) GCP
6 10 (3.22%) dbt
7 8 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.57%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.57%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.61%) GitHub
9 5 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.61%) Salsify
9 5 (1.61%) WhatsApp
10 4 (1.29%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.29%) Collibra
10 4 (1.29%) OCI
10 4 (1.29%) Serverless
11 3 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.61%) DNS
2 4 (1.29%) Firewall
2 4 (1.29%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.29%) VPN
3 3 (0.96%) Internet
3 3 (0.96%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.32%) HTTP
4 1 (0.32%) LAN
4 1 (0.32%) Wireless
4 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (24.12%) Data Lake
2 31 (9.97%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (5.79%) Power BI
4 13 (4.18%) Metadata
5 10 (3.22%) Amazon Athena
5 10 (3.22%) Power Query
5 10 (3.22%) Tableau
6 9 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.89%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.57%) Apache Arrow
7 8 (2.57%) Apache Iceberg
7 8 (2.57%) Dremio
8 7 (2.25%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.93%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.61%) Big Data
10 5 (1.61%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.29%) DB2
11 4 (1.29%) MySQL
12 3 (0.96%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.96%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (3.86%) JIRA
2 10 (3.22%) Git
3 8 (2.57%) ERwin
4 6 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.93%) Postman
5 5 (1.61%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.64%) GitLab
6 2 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.32%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.32%) Hudson
7 1 (0.32%) JUnit
7 1 (0.32%) LSMW
7 1 (0.32%) NUnit
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.32%) Vite
7 1 (0.32%) webpack
General
1 127 (40.84%) Finance
2 116 (37.30%) Social Skills
3 71 (22.83%) Front Office
4 61 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.07%) Banking
6 19 (6.11%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.86%) Investment Banking
8 11 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.54%) Retail
9 10 (3.22%) Marketing
10 9 (2.89%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.93%) Back Office
13 5 (1.61%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.29%) Law
14 4 (1.29%) Legal
14 4 (1.29%) Local Government
15 3 (0.96%) Automotive
15 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 46 (14.79%) Lead
2 41 (13.18%) Analyst
3 37 (11.90%) Head of Finance
4 32 (10.29%) Developer
5 29 (9.32%) Architect
6 24 (7.72%) Data Engineer
7 23 (7.40%) Consultant
8 21 (6.75%) Business Analyst
8 21 (6.75%) Data Analyst
9 17 (5.47%) Data Architect
9 17 (5.47%) Head of Data Management
10 16 (5.14%) Senior
11 14 (4.50%) Data Steward
11 14 (4.50%) Project Manager
12 12 (3.86%) Data Business Analyst
12 12 (3.86%) Data Manager
13 10 (3.22%) Data Consultant
13 10 (3.22%) Software Engineer
14 9 (2.89%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (2.89%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.22%) PySpark
2 9 (2.89%) RESTful
3 8 (2.57%) Kafka
3 8 (2.57%) REST
3 8 (2.57%) XML
4 6 (1.93%) JSON
5 5 (1.61%) Behat
6 4 (1.29%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.29%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (1.29%) Node.js
6 4 (1.29%) React
6 4 (1.29%) Visualforce
6 4 (1.29%) Web Services
7 3 (0.96%) SOAP
8 2 (0.64%) Ajax
8 2 (0.64%) CSS
8 2 (0.64%) Middleware
8 2 (0.64%) NumPy
8 2 (0.64%) OAuth
8 2 (0.64%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 73 (23.47%) Equities
2 71 (22.83%) Derivative
2 71 (22.83%) Fixed Income
2 71 (22.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 69 (22.19%) Hedge funds
4 21 (6.75%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.54%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.22%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.57%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.61%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.61%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.61%) VLE
10 4 (1.29%) NHS
10 4 (1.29%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.96%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.96%) Linux
2 2 (0.64%) Windows
2 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (44.69%) Data Governance
2 104 (33.44%) Migration
3 101 (32.48%) Agile
4 83 (26.69%) Roadmaps
5 76 (24.44%) Regulatory Compliance
6 68 (21.86%) Investment Management
6 68 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (18.97%) Analytics
8 47 (15.11%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (11.58%) Data Modelling
11 35 (11.25%) Data Cleansing
11 35 (11.25%) ETL
11 35 (11.25%) Project Management
12 30 (9.65%) Data Migration
12 30 (9.65%) Decision-Making
13 29 (9.32%) Data Security
14 26 (8.36%) Data Architecture
14 26 (8.36%) Validation
15 23 (7.40%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 76 (24.44%) SQL
2 46 (14.79%) Python
3 13 (4.18%) Java
4 12 (3.86%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.25%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.61%) PHP
6 5 (1.61%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.29%) Apex Code
7 4 (1.29%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.29%) VBA
8 3 (0.96%) ABAP
8 3 (0.96%) Bash
8 3 (0.96%) R
9 2 (0.64%) Groovy
9 2 (0.64%) Scala
9 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.32%) C#
10 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (12.54%) Degree
2 21 (6.75%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.86%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.89%) PMP
7 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.64%) CBAP
8 2 (0.64%) ISEB
8 2 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.32%) CCNP
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (22.83%) Data Quality
2 28 (9.00%) MiFID
3 22 (7.07%) GDPR
4 13 (4.18%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.25%) QA
6 6 (1.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.93%) PMO
7 4 (1.29%) EMIR
8 2 (0.64%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.32%) GRC
9 1 (0.32%) IFRS
9 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.32%) SLA
9 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (4.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.64%) Firmware
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.89%) Terraform
2 6 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.32%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (9.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.43%) Oracle
3 17 (5.47%) Databricks
4 15 (4.82%) Informatica
5 13 (4.18%) SAP
6 12 (3.86%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.22%) Google
8 4 (1.29%) IFS
8 4 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.29%) Sparx
9 3 (0.96%) Delphix
9 3 (0.96%) IBM
9 3 (0.96%) Sybase
9 3 (0.96%) Workday
10 2 (0.64%) Commvault
10 2 (0.64%) Kronos
10 2 (0.64%) MEDITECH
11 1 (0.32%) Amplitude
11 1 (0.32%) Criteo
11 1 (0.32%) Splunk