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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 185 173
Rank change year-on-year +67 -12 -5
Contract jobs citing Data Management 843 796 1,423
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.95% 1.43% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 1.60% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 485 909
10th Percentile £350 £325 £370
25th Percentile £450 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £770 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 20 21
10th Percentile £15.73 £20.81 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.02 £31.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £34.01 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.63% -2.84% +29.82%
75th Percentile £45.00 £64.63 £49.59
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.00 £64.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £36.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.14% +3.57% -18.49%

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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 June 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 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 16 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 9 June 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 +61 743 £550 - 655
London +44 389 £550 -8.33% 289
UK excluding London +60 353 £513 +2.50% 385
Work from Home +62 267 £550 -5.17% 301
South West +57 93 £530 +11.58% 49
North of England +53 89 £500 -3.15% 88
North West +33 70 £500 -1.96% 55
Midlands +30 63 £606 +61.67% 87
West Midlands +35 55 £650 +85.71% 48
South East +1 52 £388 -32.90% 78
East of England +18 41 £475 -9.52% 42
Scotland +34 29 £515 +3.00% 34
Yorkshire +19 22 £513 -10.87% 25
East Midlands -1 7 £550 +10.00% 39
North East +15 3 - - 8
Wales +17 2 £550 +20.55% 9

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 32 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.25%) Apache
2 19 (2.25%) SAS
3 14 (1.66%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.54%) ArcGIS
5 10 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.36%) Confluence
7 2 (0.24%) CMS
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 92 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (3.80%) Spreadsheet
4 28 (3.32%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (1.78%) MS Visio
7 12 (1.42%) Acrobat
8 5 (0.59%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.47%) MicroStation
10 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Inventor
10 2 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 27 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (0.95%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.59%) MIS ActiveH
4 5 (0.59%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.59%) SAP MDG
5 4 (0.47%) Infor SunSystems
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.47%) SAP IS-U
6 3 (0.36%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.36%) ENOVIA
6 3 (0.36%) OPENHousing
6 3 (0.36%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.24%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.24%) Siebel CRM
7 2 (0.24%) SmartPlant
Cloud Services
1 152 (18.03%) Azure
2 99 (11.74%) Power Platform
3 78 (9.25%) AWS
4 45 (5.34%) GCP
5 43 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (3.68%) Snowflake
7 27 (3.20%) Collibra
8 23 (2.73%) Serverless
9 20 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (2.37%) Power Automate
10 19 (2.25%) Amazon S3
10 19 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (1.78%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 11 (1.30%) AWS Step Functions
15 11 (1.30%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.73%) Network Security
2 18 (2.14%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (0.59%) FTP
4 4 (0.47%) Firewall
5 3 (0.36%) IP Telephony
5 3 (0.36%) LAN
5 3 (0.36%) VoIP
5 3 (0.36%) WAN
6 2 (0.24%) Internet
6 2 (0.24%) MPLS
6 2 (0.24%) SSL
6 2 (0.24%) VPN
6 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.12%) DHCP
7 1 (0.12%) DNS
7 1 (0.12%) DWDM
7 1 (0.12%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.12%) SAN
7 1 (0.12%) VPLS
7 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (10.79%) Power BI
2 88 (10.44%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (9.25%) Metadata
4 51 (6.05%) Big Data
5 49 (5.81%) SQL Server
6 36 (4.27%) Data Lake
7 34 (4.03%) Tableau
8 28 (3.32%) Relational Database
9 17 (2.02%) GIS
10 16 (1.90%) Data Mining
10 16 (1.90%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.66%) BigQuery
12 13 (1.54%) MySQL
13 11 (1.30%) Metadata Repository
13 11 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
14 10 (1.19%) Ataccama
14 10 (1.19%) KDB
15 9 (1.07%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 9 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 56 (6.64%) JIRA
2 26 (3.08%) Git
3 7 (0.83%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.59%) CircleCI
5 4 (0.47%) ERwin
6 3 (0.36%) JUnit
7 2 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.24%) Gradle
7 2 (0.24%) RStudio
7 2 (0.24%) Selenium
7 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) Mockito
8 1 (0.12%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.12%) TestNG
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 253 (30.01%) Social Skills
2 223 (26.45%) Finance
3 192 (22.78%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (10.08%) Public Sector
5 58 (6.88%) Banking
6 56 (6.64%) Presentation Skills
7 37 (4.39%) Marketing
8 36 (4.27%) Manufacturing
9 28 (3.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 26 (3.08%) Legal
11 25 (2.97%) Retail
12 23 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (2.49%) Telecoms
14 20 (2.37%) Aerospace
15 19 (2.25%) Electronics
16 17 (2.02%) Billing
17 16 (1.90%) Law
18 13 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 13 (1.54%) Investment Banking
19 11 (1.30%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 181 (21.47%) Architect
2 153 (18.15%) Analyst
3 93 (11.03%) Data Analyst
4 91 (10.79%) Lead
5 84 (9.96%) Data Architect
6 61 (7.24%) Solutions Architect
7 60 (7.12%) Senior
8 58 (6.88%) Data Engineer
9 52 (6.17%) Consultant
10 49 (5.81%) Developer
11 42 (4.98%) Business Analyst
12 41 (4.86%) Data Manager
13 25 (2.97%) Project Leader
14 24 (2.85%) Data Consultant
15 22 (2.61%) Project Manager
16 19 (2.25%) Data Business Analyst
17 18 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
18 16 (1.90%) Administrator
19 15 (1.78%) Enterprise Architect
20 13 (1.54%) Quality Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.51%) XML
2 19 (2.25%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (2.25%) JSON
3 18 (2.14%) REST
4 17 (2.02%) HTML
5 15 (1.78%) RESTful
6 14 (1.66%) .NET
7 12 (1.42%) CSS
7 12 (1.42%) SGML
8 10 (1.19%) Node.js
9 9 (1.07%) PySpark
9 9 (1.07%) PyTorch
10 7 (0.83%) TensorFlow
11 6 (0.71%) Kafka
11 6 (0.71%) Web Services
12 5 (0.59%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (0.59%) React
12 5 (0.59%) Spring
13 4 (0.47%) EDI
13 4 (0.47%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 103 (12.22%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.32%) Data Structures
2 28 (3.32%) Product Ownership
3 20 (2.37%) Reference Data
4 19 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
4 19 (2.25%) Distributed Applications
5 16 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (1.42%) Animation
6 12 (1.42%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.19%) Derivative
9 9 (1.07%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.07%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.07%) Life Science
10 7 (0.83%) Data Fabric
10 7 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (0.83%) NHS
10 7 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.98%) Windows
2 31 (3.68%) Linux
3 25 (2.97%) Unix
4 18 (2.14%) Android
5 16 (1.90%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.07%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (24.32%) Analytics
2 170 (20.17%) Data Governance
3 167 (19.81%) Agile
4 166 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (19.45%) Migration
6 162 (19.22%) Data Modelling
7 143 (16.96%) Business Intelligence
8 125 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 111 (13.17%) Data Analysis
10 97 (11.51%) Data Migration
11 96 (11.39%) Data Architecture
12 95 (11.27%) Project Management
13 91 (10.79%) ETL
14 90 (10.68%) Project Delivery
15 88 (10.44%) Computer Science
16 80 (9.49%) DevOps
17 68 (8.07%) Decision-Making
17 68 (8.07%) Visualisation
18 63 (7.47%) Data Integration
18 63 (7.47%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 179 (21.23%) SQL
2 101 (11.98%) Python
3 39 (4.63%) Java
4 36 (4.27%) JavaScript
5 20 (2.37%) C#
6 17 (2.02%) R
7 13 (1.54%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.30%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.30%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.19%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.07%) VB
11 8 (0.95%) Scala
12 6 (0.71%) ABAP
12 6 (0.71%) Bash
13 5 (0.59%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.47%) Go
14 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.47%) VBA
15 3 (0.36%) PHP
16 2 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 139 (16.49%) Degree
2 137 (16.25%) Security Cleared
3 78 (9.25%) SC Cleared
4 65 (7.71%) DV Cleared
5 28 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.85%) APMP
7 17 (2.02%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.07%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.07%) CISSP
9 8 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.83%) ACCA
10 7 (0.83%) ISEB
11 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.71%) PMP
12 5 (0.59%) PhD
12 5 (0.59%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.47%) CIMA
14 2 (0.24%) CISA
14 2 (0.24%) CISM
14 2 (0.24%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (24.91%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.81%) QA
3 39 (4.63%) GDPR
4 38 (4.51%) PMO
5 20 (2.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 13 (1.54%) Def Stans
7 9 (1.07%) SLA
8 7 (0.83%) CDISC
8 7 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.71%) COBIT
9 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 5 (0.59%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.47%) GxP
12 3 (0.36%) Good Clinical Practice
12 3 (0.36%) NCSC
13 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.12%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (1.90%) Terraform
2 8 (0.95%) Grafana
3 7 (0.83%) ITRS Geneos
3 7 (0.83%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.36%) Control-M
5 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.24%) Ansible
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) logstash
6 1 (0.12%) Matomo
6 1 (0.12%) MOM
6 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.12%) Puppet
6 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 150 (17.79%) Microsoft
2 90 (10.68%) SAP
3 57 (6.76%) Oracle
4 34 (4.03%) Databricks
5 30 (3.56%) Informatica
6 22 (2.61%) Google
7 20 (2.37%) Adobe
8 19 (2.25%) Alteryx
9 17 (2.02%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.66%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.54%) IBM
11 13 (1.54%) Talend
12 12 (1.42%) Sparx
13 9 (1.07%) ESRI
14 7 (0.83%) Dataiku
14 7 (0.83%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.83%) Remedy
14 7 (0.83%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.83%) Trillium
15 6 (0.71%) Genesys