Data Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 179 178
Rank change year-on-year +67 -1 -22
Contract jobs citing Data Management 288 327 666
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.95% 1.33% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.48% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 214 452
10th Percentile £363 £366 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.73% +6.75%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 6
10th Percentile £27.36 £24.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £33.21 £30.27 £26.94
Median hourly rate £47.50 £30.54 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.53% -38.30% +106.25%
75th Percentile £58.13 £64.88 £70.38
90th Percentile £61.36 £66.00 £75.00
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Data Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Data Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Data Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

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 15 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.47%) SAS
3 1 (0.35%) Apache
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.35%) CMS
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
3 1 (0.35%) JBoss
3 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.13%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.04%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.69%) Revit
7 1 (0.35%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 8 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (2.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.74%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.04%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (1.04%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.69%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.69%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.69%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.69%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.35%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.35%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.35%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.35%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.35%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.35%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.35%) SmartPlant
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.06%) Azure
2 42 (14.58%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.46%) AWS
4 17 (5.90%) Serverless
5 15 (5.21%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 12 (4.17%) AWS Step Functions
6 12 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.17%) Collibra
7 9 (3.13%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.13%) GCP
8 8 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.43%) Veeva
10 6 (2.08%) Amazon Kinesis
10 6 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.08%) Azure Stack
11 5 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.74%) dbt
11 5 (1.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.74%) Network Security
2 3 (1.04%) Firewall
3 2 (0.69%) LAN
3 2 (0.69%) WAN
4 1 (0.35%) 4G
4 1 (0.35%) 5G
4 1 (0.35%) Internet
4 1 (0.35%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.35%) MPLS
4 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.35%) SSL
4 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.19%) Power BI
2 36 (12.50%) Metadata
3 29 (10.07%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (7.29%) SQL Server
5 10 (3.47%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.47%) Tableau
6 9 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (2.78%) DynamoDB
8 7 (2.43%) Big Data
8 7 (2.43%) KDB
9 6 (2.08%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (1.74%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.39%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.39%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.04%) Amazon QuickSight
13 2 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.69%) Metadata Repository
13 2 (0.69%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (3.82%) JIRA
2 10 (3.47%) ERwin
3 8 (2.78%) Git
4 5 (1.74%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.04%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.69%) RStudio
6 2 (0.69%) Selenium
7 1 (0.35%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.35%) JMeter
7 1 (0.35%) kappa
7 1 (0.35%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.35%) Xcode
General
1 84 (29.17%) Finance
1 84 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 66 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (13.54%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.94%) Marketing
5 19 (6.60%) Banking
6 16 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 16 (5.56%) Retail
6 16 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.82%) Electronics
8 10 (3.47%) Legal
9 9 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.13%) Local Government
10 8 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (2.08%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.39%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.39%) Publishing
14 3 (1.04%) Billing
14 3 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (27.08%) Architect
2 46 (15.97%) Analyst
3 41 (14.24%) Data Architect
4 33 (11.46%) Data Analyst
5 26 (9.03%) Data Engineer
6 23 (7.99%) Developer
7 21 (7.29%) Lead
7 21 (7.29%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (6.25%) Senior
9 16 (5.56%) Business Analyst
10 15 (5.21%) Enterprise Architect
11 13 (4.51%) Data Manager
12 12 (4.17%) Enterprise Data Architect
13 9 (3.13%) Consultant
14 8 (2.78%) Data Business Analyst
14 8 (2.78%) Data Scientist
14 8 (2.78%) Integration Engineer
14 8 (2.78%) Project Manager
15 7 (2.43%) KDB Developer
15 7 (2.43%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.82%) XML
2 9 (3.13%) Node.js
2 9 (3.13%) REST
3 8 (2.78%) JSON
4 7 (2.43%) RESTful
5 5 (1.74%) HTML
5 5 (1.74%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.39%) CSS
6 4 (1.39%) PySpark
7 3 (1.04%) .NET
7 3 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.04%) scikit-learn
7 3 (1.04%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.69%) AWS SAM
8 2 (0.69%) Hugging Face
8 2 (0.69%) Kafka
8 2 (0.69%) LangChain
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.69%) React
9 1 (0.35%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (3.82%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.47%) Reference Data
5 10 (3.47%) Wiki
6 7 (2.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.74%) NHS
9 4 (1.39%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.04%) Data Fabric
10 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.04%) IoT
10 3 (1.04%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.74%) Linux
2 3 (1.04%) Unix
2 3 (1.04%) Windows
3 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (29.86%) Data Governance
2 85 (29.51%) Analytics
3 68 (23.61%) Data Modelling
4 63 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
5 60 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (19.10%) Agile
7 45 (15.63%) Migration
8 41 (14.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 40 (13.89%) Data Architecture
10 37 (12.85%) Data Strategy
11 33 (11.46%) ETL
12 31 (10.76%) Data Analysis
13 30 (10.42%) Master Data Management
14 28 (9.72%) Data Migration
14 28 (9.72%) Data Security
14 28 (9.72%) Decision-Making
14 28 (9.72%) Visualisation
15 27 (9.38%) Project Management
16 26 (9.03%) Data Integration
16 26 (9.03%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 61 (21.18%) SQL
2 39 (13.54%) Python
3 20 (6.94%) JavaScript
4 12 (4.17%) C#
4 12 (4.17%) Java
4 12 (4.17%) PL/SQL
5 10 (3.47%) R
6 8 (2.78%) VB
7 6 (2.08%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.04%) Bash
8 3 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.04%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.69%) Go
9 2 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.69%) Perl
9 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.69%) VBA
10 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.35%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 38 (13.19%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.85%) Degree
4 6 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.39%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.39%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.69%) CISSP
7 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.35%) CISM
8 1 (0.35%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.35%) PhD
8 1 (0.35%) PMP
8 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (30.21%) Data Quality
2 31 (10.76%) GDPR
3 19 (6.60%) QA
4 12 (4.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.78%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.43%) CDISC
7 6 (2.08%) COBIT
7 6 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.74%) ISO 22301
8 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (1.04%) Good Clinical Practice
9 3 (1.04%) GxP
9 3 (1.04%) NCSC
10 2 (0.69%) NIST
10 2 (0.69%) PMO
11 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.04%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.78%) Terraform
2 4 (1.39%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.04%) Ansible
4 2 (0.69%) Grafana
5 1 (0.35%) Control-M
5 1 (0.35%) Kibana
5 1 (0.35%) logstash
5 1 (0.35%) Matomo
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.35%) MOM
5 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.99%) Oracle
2 23 (7.99%) SAP
3 18 (6.25%) Sparx
4 12 (4.17%) Informatica
5 9 (3.13%) Databricks
5 9 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.08%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.39%) Adobe
7 4 (1.39%) Genesys
8 3 (1.04%) Ariba
8 3 (1.04%) Brio
8 3 (1.04%) Google
8 3 (1.04%) NEC
8 3 (1.04%) NetApp
8 3 (1.04%) Splunk
9 2 (0.69%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.69%) Marketo
9 2 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.69%) Siebel