Data Management Contracts

Data Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 183 178
Rank change year-on-year +74 -5 -15
Contract jobs citing Data Management 885 871 1,464
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.05% 1.47% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 1.64% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 539 928
10th Percentile £363 £338 £384
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £673 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 20 19
10th Percentile £15.41 £23.96 £15.50
25th Percentile £19.57 £30.39 £25.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.18 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +8.58% +38.84%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.63 £50.75
90th Percentile £61.88 £66.00 £66.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.18 £31.00
% change year-on-year +12.01% +29.60% -8.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +63 778 £550 - 692
London +53 414 £550 -8.33% 303
UK excluding London +58 365 £525 +5.00% 428
Work from Home +75 293 £550 -4.35% 291
South West +72 99 £530 +8.72% 49
North of England +47 88 £500 -2.44% 93
North West +40 68 £500 -3.85% 52
Midlands +38 67 £594 +58.33% 84
West Midlands +48 59 £600 +65.52% 31
South East -4 53 £504 -8.36% 114
Scotland +48 39 £513 +7.89% 33
East of England +26 37 £535 +12.63% 42
Yorkshire +23 22 £513 - 32
East Midlands +3 7 £550 +41.03% 53
North East +20 4 £454 +10.06% 10

Data Management
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 38 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.37%) SAS
3 14 (1.58%) Apache
4 13 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.24%) ArcGIS
6 10 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.34%) Confluence
8 2 (0.23%) CMS
8 2 (0.23%) IIS
8 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 98 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.62%) Spreadsheet
4 30 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 20 (2.26%) MS Visio
7 12 (1.36%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.45%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.34%) MicroStation
10 2 (0.23%) Revit
Business Applications
1 27 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.02%) Teamcenter
4 8 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 5 (0.56%) Adobe Campaign
5 5 (0.56%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.56%) Siebel CRM
6 4 (0.45%) Infor SunSystems
6 4 (0.45%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.34%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.34%) ENOVIA
7 3 (0.34%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.34%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.34%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.34%) SAP MDM
7 3 (0.34%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 160 (18.08%) Azure
2 114 (12.88%) Power Platform
3 86 (9.72%) AWS
4 45 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (4.97%) GCP
6 33 (3.73%) Collibra
7 28 (3.16%) Snowflake
8 25 (2.82%) Serverless
9 21 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (1.92%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.81%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (1.58%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.24%) Azure Stack
16 10 (1.13%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.37%) Network Security
2 15 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (0.68%) Firewall
4 5 (0.56%) FTP
5 4 (0.45%) LAN
5 4 (0.45%) WAN
6 3 (0.34%) IP Telephony
6 3 (0.34%) VoIP
6 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.23%) Internet
7 2 (0.23%) MPLS
7 2 (0.23%) RS-232
8 1 (0.11%) 4G
8 1 (0.11%) DHCP
8 1 (0.11%) DNS
8 1 (0.11%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.11%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.11%) SAN
8 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (11.98%) Power BI
2 89 (10.06%) Metadata
3 81 (9.15%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (5.65%) Big Data
5 48 (5.42%) SQL Server
6 39 (4.41%) Tableau
7 32 (3.62%) Data Lake
8 24 (2.71%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.81%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.58%) Data Mining
11 13 (1.47%) GIS
12 11 (1.24%) Snowflake Schema
13 10 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.02%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.90%) KDB
15 8 (0.90%) Metadata Repository
15 8 (0.90%) MySQL
15 8 (0.90%) SAP HANA
15 8 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 54 (6.10%) JIRA
2 28 (3.16%) Git
3 14 (1.58%) ERwin
4 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.45%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.34%) JUnit
6 3 (0.34%) Xcode
7 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.23%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.23%) Gradle
7 2 (0.23%) JMeter
7 2 (0.23%) kappa
7 2 (0.23%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.23%) RStudio
7 2 (0.23%) Selenium
7 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) Gatling
8 1 (0.11%) TestNG
8 1 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 265 (29.94%) Social Skills
2 244 (27.57%) Finance
3 187 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (11.53%) Public Sector
5 62 (7.01%) Presentation Skills
6 57 (6.44%) Banking
7 46 (5.20%) Marketing
8 45 (5.08%) Manufacturing
9 38 (4.29%) Retail
10 30 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 29 (3.28%) Telecoms
12 27 (3.05%) Electronics
13 25 (2.82%) Legal
14 20 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.92%) Aerospace
15 17 (1.92%) Law
16 14 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (1.47%) Billing
17 13 (1.47%) Investment Banking
18 11 (1.24%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 197 (22.26%) Architect
2 166 (18.76%) Analyst
3 101 (11.41%) Data Analyst
4 92 (10.40%) Data Architect
5 81 (9.15%) Lead
6 67 (7.57%) Solutions Architect
7 61 (6.89%) Data Engineer
8 59 (6.67%) Senior
9 56 (6.33%) Data Manager
10 52 (5.88%) Developer
11 48 (5.42%) Consultant
12 45 (5.08%) Business Analyst
13 29 (3.28%) Enterprise Architect
14 26 (2.94%) Project Manager
15 25 (2.82%) Project Leader
16 24 (2.71%) Data Business Analyst
17 21 (2.37%) Enterprise Data Architect
18 19 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
19 18 (2.03%) Administrator
19 18 (2.03%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.29%) XML
2 22 (2.49%) JSON
3 20 (2.26%) REST
4 16 (1.81%) Apache NiFi
5 14 (1.58%) HTML
6 12 (1.36%) SGML
7 10 (1.13%) .NET
7 10 (1.13%) CSS
7 10 (1.13%) RESTful
8 9 (1.02%) PySpark
9 8 (0.90%) PyTorch
10 7 (0.79%) Node.js
10 7 (0.79%) Web Services
11 6 (0.68%) TensorFlow
12 5 (0.56%) Hugging Face
12 5 (0.56%) LangChain
12 5 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.56%) Spring
13 4 (0.45%) Kafka
14 3 (0.34%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 93 (10.51%) Management Information System
2 34 (3.84%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
3 27 (3.05%) Data Structures
4 21 (2.37%) Reference Data
5 16 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
5 16 (1.81%) Distributed Applications
6 15 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.58%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.47%) Wiki
9 12 (1.36%) Animation
10 11 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.13%) Life Science
12 9 (1.02%) Derivative
13 8 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.79%) Taxonomies
15 6 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.86%) Windows
2 33 (3.73%) Linux
3 26 (2.94%) Unix
4 16 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 15 (1.69%) Android
6 10 (1.13%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (22.49%) Analytics
2 191 (21.58%) Data Governance
3 179 (20.23%) Data Modelling
4 178 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
5 172 (19.44%) Agile
6 170 (19.21%) Migration
7 164 (18.53%) Business Intelligence
8 130 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 109 (12.32%) Data Analysis
10 108 (12.20%) Data Architecture
11 104 (11.75%) Data Migration
12 97 (10.96%) Project Management
13 89 (10.06%) ETL
14 87 (9.83%) Project Delivery
15 85 (9.60%) Data Strategy
15 85 (9.60%) DevOps
16 83 (9.38%) Computer Science
17 81 (9.15%) Decision-Making
18 76 (8.59%) Visualisation
19 66 (7.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 179 (20.23%) SQL
2 100 (11.30%) Python
3 35 (3.95%) Java
4 28 (3.16%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.60%) C#
6 15 (1.69%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.69%) R
6 15 (1.69%) T-SQL
7 11 (1.24%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.02%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.79%) Bash
9 7 (0.79%) Scala
9 7 (0.79%) VB
10 6 (0.68%) ABAP
11 5 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.56%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.45%) C++
12 4 (0.45%) Go
12 4 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 141 (15.93%) Security Cleared
2 133 (15.03%) Degree
3 87 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 57 (6.44%) DV Cleared
5 26 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.71%) APMP
7 14 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.90%) CISSP
10 7 (0.79%) ACCA
10 7 (0.79%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.68%) ISEB
12 5 (0.56%) PMP
13 4 (0.45%) CIMA
13 4 (0.45%) PhD
14 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.23%) Tableau Certification
15 1 (0.11%) FFIEC
15 1 (0.11%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (24.41%) Data Quality
2 56 (6.33%) QA
3 49 (5.54%) GDPR
4 40 (4.52%) PMO
5 17 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 16 (1.81%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 13 (1.47%) Def Stans
9 10 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (0.79%) CDISC
11 7 (0.79%) SLA
12 6 (0.68%) COBIT
12 6 (0.68%) GxP
13 5 (0.56%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
15 3 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
15 3 (0.34%) NCSC
15 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.68%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (1.92%) Terraform
2 10 (1.13%) Grafana
3 9 (1.02%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.90%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.45%) Ansible
6 3 (0.34%) Control-M
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Matomo
8 1 (0.11%) MOM
8 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 153 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 103 (11.64%) SAP
3 55 (6.21%) Oracle
4 33 (3.73%) Informatica
5 30 (3.39%) Databricks
6 22 (2.49%) Adobe
7 21 (2.37%) Google
8 20 (2.26%) Sparx
9 17 (1.92%) Alteryx
10 15 (1.69%) IBM
10 15 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 13 (1.47%) Talend
12 10 (1.13%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.02%) ESRI
14 8 (0.90%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.90%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.79%) Dataiku
15 7 (0.79%) Genesys
15 7 (0.79%) Trillium
16 6 (0.68%) Siemens