Data Management Contracts in England

Data Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 169 175
Rank change year-on-year +67 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Management 773 730 1,187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.12% 1.51% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 1.67% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 445 744
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.28%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £770 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 20 21
10th Percentile £15.62 £23.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.11 £30.39 £31.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.18 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.79% +8.58% +38.84%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.63 £49.59
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £40.18 £37.00
% change year-on-year +5.79% +8.58% +38.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,438 43,665 64,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.37% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,640 45,549
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,536 1,740
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.96 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +48.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in England

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in England

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in England

Data Management
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 19 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
London +61 408 £550 -8.33% 260
South West +62 97 £530 +11.58% 48
North of England +50 90 £510 -1.92% 101
North West +32 71 £510 -1.92% 58
Midlands +33 67 £585 +61.38% 72
West Midlands +48 59 £609 +74.11% 47
South East +4 53 £500 -11.50% 108
East of England +24 40 £518 +3.50% 29
Yorkshire +23 22 £513 -10.87% 26
East Midlands +3 7 £550 +41.03% 25
North East +17 3 - - 18
Data Management
UK

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 29 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.81%) Apache
3 13 (1.68%) SAS
4 12 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.55%) ArcGIS
5 10 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.39%) Confluence
7 2 (0.26%) CMS
7 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 90 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
3 30 (3.88%) Spreadsheet
4 24 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (2.20%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.55%) Acrobat
7 5 (0.65%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.39%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.26%) Revit
10 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 26 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.03%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.52%) Infor SunSystems
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.39%) ENOVIA
6 3 (0.39%) MIS ActiveH
6 3 (0.39%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.39%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.39%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.26%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.26%) Siebel CRM
7 2 (0.26%) SmartPlant
Cloud Services
1 132 (17.08%) Azure
2 81 (10.48%) Power Platform
3 71 (9.18%) AWS
4 40 (5.17%) GCP
5 35 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (4.40%) Collibra
7 29 (3.75%) Snowflake
8 23 (2.98%) Serverless
9 20 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (2.46%) Amazon S3
11 17 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
13 14 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (1.55%) Power Automate
16 11 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 9 (1.16%) Azure Stack
18 8 (1.03%) Amazon EMR
18 8 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.33%) Network Security
2 15 (1.94%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (0.78%) Firewall
4 5 (0.65%) FTP
5 4 (0.52%) LAN
5 4 (0.52%) WAN
6 3 (0.39%) IP Telephony
6 3 (0.39%) VoIP
6 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.26%) Internet
7 2 (0.26%) MPLS
7 2 (0.26%) RS-232
8 1 (0.13%) 4G
8 1 (0.13%) 5G
8 1 (0.13%) DHCP
8 1 (0.13%) DNS
8 1 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.13%) SAN
8 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (10.22%) Metadata
2 76 (9.83%) Power BI
3 75 (9.70%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (6.21%) Big Data
4 48 (6.21%) SQL Server
5 32 (4.14%) Tableau
6 28 (3.62%) Data Lake
7 22 (2.85%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.07%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.94%) Data Mining
10 14 (1.81%) GIS
11 11 (1.42%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.29%) Ataccama
12 10 (1.29%) KDB
12 10 (1.29%) MySQL
13 9 (1.16%) Metadata Repository
13 9 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
14 8 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (1.03%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.03%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 44 (5.69%) JIRA
2 22 (2.85%) Git
3 12 (1.55%) ERwin
4 8 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.65%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.39%) Xcode
7 2 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.26%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.26%) JMeter
7 2 (0.26%) kappa
7 2 (0.26%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.26%) RStudio
7 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) Mockito
8 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.13%) TestNG
General
1 230 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 225 (29.11%) Finance
3 163 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (10.22%) Public Sector
5 56 (7.24%) Presentation Skills
6 50 (6.47%) Banking
7 42 (5.43%) Marketing
8 38 (4.92%) Manufacturing
9 33 (4.27%) Retail
10 29 (3.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 26 (3.36%) Telecoms
12 24 (3.10%) Electronics
13 20 (2.59%) Aerospace
14 18 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (2.33%) Legal
15 16 (2.07%) Law
16 12 (1.55%) Billing
17 11 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.42%) Local Government
18 10 (1.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 164 (21.22%) Architect
2 141 (18.24%) Analyst
3 84 (10.87%) Data Analyst
4 77 (9.96%) Data Architect
4 77 (9.96%) Lead
5 60 (7.76%) Senior
6 54 (6.99%) Solutions Architect
7 53 (6.86%) Data Engineer
8 51 (6.60%) Developer
9 44 (5.69%) Data Manager
10 43 (5.56%) Consultant
11 36 (4.66%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.23%) Project Leader
13 22 (2.85%) Enterprise Architect
14 21 (2.72%) Project Manager
15 19 (2.46%) Data Business Analyst
16 17 (2.20%) Data Consultant
17 15 (1.94%) Administrator
17 15 (1.94%) Data Governance Analyst
17 15 (1.94%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.27%) XML
2 20 (2.59%) JSON
3 17 (2.20%) REST
4 16 (2.07%) Apache NiFi
5 13 (1.68%) RESTful
6 12 (1.55%) SGML
7 11 (1.42%) HTML
8 9 (1.16%) Node.js
9 7 (0.91%) .NET
9 7 (0.91%) CSS
9 7 (0.91%) Web Services
10 5 (0.65%) Spring
11 4 (0.52%) Hugging Face
11 4 (0.52%) Kafka
11 4 (0.52%) LangChain
11 4 (0.52%) PySpark
11 4 (0.52%) PyTorch
12 3 (0.39%) GraphQL
12 3 (0.39%) React
12 3 (0.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.35%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.49%) Data Structures
4 22 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (2.20%) Reference Data
6 16 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
6 16 (2.07%) Distributed Applications
7 13 (1.68%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.55%) Animation
9 11 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.29%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.29%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.29%) Derivative
10 10 (1.29%) Life Science
10 10 (1.29%) Wiki
11 7 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.91%) Taxonomies
12 6 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.43%) Windows
2 31 (4.01%) Linux
3 25 (3.23%) Unix
4 16 (2.07%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.68%) Android
6 10 (1.29%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.26%) zOS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (21.35%) Analytics
2 162 (20.96%) Data Governance
3 155 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
4 152 (19.66%) Agile
5 151 (19.53%) Data Modelling
5 151 (19.53%) Migration
6 127 (16.43%) Business Intelligence
7 112 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 97 (12.55%) Data Migration
9 96 (12.42%) Data Analysis
10 95 (12.29%) Data Architecture
11 83 (10.74%) Project Management
12 80 (10.35%) Project Delivery
13 78 (10.09%) ETL
14 74 (9.57%) Decision-Making
15 69 (8.93%) Data Strategy
16 67 (8.67%) DevOps
17 66 (8.54%) Computer Science
17 66 (8.54%) Roadmaps
18 62 (8.02%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 161 (20.83%) SQL
2 87 (11.25%) Python
3 37 (4.79%) Java
4 24 (3.10%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.94%) T-SQL
6 14 (1.81%) C#
6 14 (1.81%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.16%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.03%) R
9 7 (0.91%) Bash
9 7 (0.91%) Scala
10 6 (0.78%) ABAP
10 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.65%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.52%) Go
12 4 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.52%) VBA
13 3 (0.39%) C
13 3 (0.39%) Swift
Qualifications
1 129 (16.69%) Security Cleared
2 113 (14.62%) Degree
3 74 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 56 (7.24%) DV Cleared
5 24 (3.10%) APMP
6 19 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.16%) CISSP
8 8 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.91%) ACCA
9 7 (0.91%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.78%) ISEB
10 6 (0.78%) PMP
11 4 (0.52%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.52%) CIMA
11 4 (0.52%) PhD
12 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.26%) CISM
13 2 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
14 1 (0.13%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (25.23%) Data Quality
2 48 (6.21%) QA
3 40 (5.17%) GDPR
4 34 (4.40%) PMO
5 17 (2.20%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (1.68%) Def Stans
7 11 (1.42%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 10 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.78%) COBIT
10 6 (0.78%) SLA
11 5 (0.65%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.65%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.39%) GxP
12 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.13%) GRC
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.13%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 12 (1.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.78%) Docker
3 1 (0.13%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.29%) Grafana
1 10 (1.29%) Terraform
2 9 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.03%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.52%) Ansible
5 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.26%) Control-M
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) logstash
6 1 (0.13%) Matomo
6 1 (0.13%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.13%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 132 (17.08%) Microsoft
2 90 (11.64%) SAP
3 49 (6.34%) Oracle
4 27 (3.49%) Informatica
5 26 (3.36%) Databricks
6 18 (2.33%) Adobe
6 18 (2.33%) Alteryx
7 17 (2.20%) Google
8 16 (2.07%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.94%) Sparx
10 14 (1.81%) IBM
10 14 (1.81%) Talend
11 10 (1.29%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.16%) ESRI
13 8 (1.03%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.91%) Dataiku
14 7 (0.91%) Genesys
14 7 (0.91%) Remedy
14 7 (0.91%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.91%) Trillium