Data Management Jobs

Data Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Management over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 162 168
Rank change year-on-year +56 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 2,560 2,156 4,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.43% 2.27% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 2.38% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,253 1,868
10th Percentile £31,000 £39,959 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £57,750 £53,325
% change year-on-year -9.96% +8.30% +6.65%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +58 2,300 £60,000 -7.69% 720
UK excluding London +81 1,554 £52,000 -9.96% 412
Work from Home +16 956 £60,000 -7.69% 275
London +41 888 £75,000 +7.14% 332
South East +44 466 £50,000 -20.00% 85
North of England +169 457 £50,000 -13.04% 89
Midlands +99 326 £55,000 -2.22% 87
North West +96 236 £51,250 -10.56% 54
West Midlands +67 209 £55,000 -8.33% 48
Yorkshire +124 145 £53,500 -14.40% 22
Scotland -1 133 £60,000 +0.80% 48
East Midlands +62 117 £45,000 -6.25% 38
South West -75 95 £55,000 -8.71% 56
North East +46 76 £24,960 -52.00% 13
East of England -45 53 £34,742 -39.58% 37
Wales +3 19 £46,604 -16.42% 9
Northern Ireland +21 3 £70,000 +86.67% 6
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -

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
1 316 (12.34%) SAS
2 87 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 43 (1.68%) Confluence
5 41 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
6 29 (1.13%) Apache
7 12 (0.47%) WordPress
8 7 (0.27%) CMS
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.20%) Kinematics
10 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.12%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 3 (0.12%) Orchard CMS
11 3 (0.12%) Smallworld
11 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.078%) Luigi
12 2 (0.078%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 427 (16.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 200 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.55%) Sketch
6 9 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.23%) SPSS
7 6 (0.23%) Stata
8 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.039%) InVision
9 1 (0.039%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 300 (11.72%) SAP ERP
2 31 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 29 (1.13%) Primavera
4 22 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.55%) SAP BPC
6 10 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 5 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.20%) Odoo
8 5 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.16%) Finacle
9 4 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
9 4 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
9 4 (0.16%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.16%) Temenos T24
10 3 (0.12%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 396 (15.47%) Azure
2 334 (13.05%) Power Platform
3 225 (8.79%) AWS
4 132 (5.16%) GCP
5 73 (2.85%) Snowflake
6 67 (2.62%) SaaS
7 62 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
10 46 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
11 44 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
12 38 (1.48%) PowerApps
13 37 (1.45%) Collibra
14 36 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 34 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
16 29 (1.13%) IaaS
17 27 (1.05%) GitHub
17 27 (1.05%) Power Automate
18 26 (1.02%) Serverless
19 25 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 323 (12.62%) Broadband
2 39 (1.52%) 5G
3 37 (1.45%) Firewall
4 36 (1.41%) WAN
5 33 (1.29%) Wireless
6 31 (1.21%) Internet
7 22 (0.86%) Bluetooth
7 22 (0.86%) GSM
7 22 (0.86%) ISDN
7 22 (0.86%) LTE
7 22 (0.86%) PSTN
7 22 (0.86%) UMTS
7 22 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (0.78%) LAN
8 20 (0.78%) WPA
9 17 (0.66%) 4G
9 17 (0.66%) MPLS
10 13 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 12 (0.47%) SAN
12 11 (0.43%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 306 (11.95%) Power BI
2 204 (7.97%) Data Warehouse
3 155 (6.05%) Metadata
4 142 (5.55%) SQL Server
5 109 (4.26%) Data Lake
6 98 (3.83%) Tableau
7 64 (2.50%) NoSQL
8 59 (2.30%) Big Data
8 59 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 48 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 47 (1.84%) BigQuery
11 44 (1.72%) Power Query
12 34 (1.33%) Data Vault
13 33 (1.29%) Relational Database
14 28 (1.09%) Data Mining
14 28 (1.09%) MongoDB
14 28 (1.09%) SAP BW
15 27 (1.05%) Looker
16 25 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
17 22 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 174 (6.80%) JIRA
2 69 (2.70%) Git
3 35 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.05%) GitLab
5 24 (0.94%) LabVIEW
6 12 (0.47%) CircleCI
7 11 (0.43%) JUnit
7 11 (0.43%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.39%) Selenium
9 9 (0.35%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.31%) Spinnaker
11 7 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.23%) RStudio
13 4 (0.16%) ERwin
14 3 (0.12%) Maven
14 3 (0.12%) MLflow
14 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
14 3 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
15 2 (0.078%) ER Studio
15 2 (0.078%) Moq
General
1 1,160 (45.31%) Finance
2 1,113 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 557 (21.76%) Analytical Skills
4 302 (11.80%) Legal
5 289 (11.29%) Retail
6 285 (11.13%) Banking
7 258 (10.08%) Marketing
8 188 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 103 (4.02%) Telecoms
10 101 (3.95%) Law
11 69 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (2.42%) Manufacturing
13 51 (1.99%) Billing
14 46 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
15 39 (1.52%) Financial Institution
16 36 (1.41%) Public Sector
17 35 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
18 28 (1.09%) Local Government
19 23 (0.90%) Back Office
20 20 (0.78%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 518 (20.23%) Architect
2 364 (14.22%) Solutions Architect
3 360 (14.06%) Analyst
4 332 (12.97%) Senior
5 193 (7.54%) Data Manager
6 186 (7.27%) Data Analyst
7 153 (5.98%) Lead
8 146 (5.70%) Developer
9 140 (5.47%) Data Engineer
10 122 (4.77%) Senior Analyst
11 117 (4.57%) Data Architect
12 74 (2.89%) Consultant
12 74 (2.89%) Development Manager
13 55 (2.15%) Administrator
14 54 (2.11%) Coordinator
15 49 (1.91%) Senior Manager
16 48 (1.88%) Quantity Surveyor
17 46 (1.80%) Senior Architect
18 45 (1.76%) Software Engineer
19 42 (1.64%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (2.27%) .NET
2 29 (1.13%) Kafka
3 25 (0.98%) React
4 23 (0.90%) Node.js
5 22 (0.86%) Web Services
6 21 (0.82%) AngularJS
7 19 (0.74%) Middleware
7 19 (0.74%) RESTful
8 18 (0.70%) Apache Beam
9 17 (0.66%) HTML
10 15 (0.59%) PySpark
11 12 (0.47%) CSS
11 12 (0.47%) Laravel
12 9 (0.35%) EDI
12 9 (0.35%) Spring
12 9 (0.35%) Vue
13 8 (0.31%) LDAP
13 8 (0.31%) Pandas
13 8 (0.31%) XML
13 8 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 275 (10.74%) Management Information System
2 141 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
3 113 (4.41%) Data Structures
4 102 (3.98%) Product Ownership
5 77 (3.01%) Algorithms
6 56 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 46 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 45 (1.76%) IoT
8 45 (1.76%) Reference Data
9 42 (1.64%) Public Cloud
10 40 (1.56%) Reinsurance
11 39 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 39 (1.52%) Mobile App
12 32 (1.25%) Life Science
13 27 (1.05%) Driving Licence
14 23 (0.90%) Acoustics
14 23 (0.90%) Blog
14 23 (0.90%) Virtual Team
15 22 (0.86%) Data Centre
15 22 (0.86%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 77 (3.01%) Linux
2 72 (2.81%) Windows
3 30 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.66%) Unix
5 12 (0.47%) zOS
6 9 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.20%) Android
7 5 (0.20%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.078%) AIX
9 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.039%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 899 (35.12%) Agile
2 542 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
3 507 (19.80%) Analytics
4 482 (18.83%) Data Governance
4 482 (18.83%) Roadmaps
5 402 (15.70%) Business Intelligence
6 380 (14.84%) ERP
7 375 (14.65%) Change Management
8 354 (13.83%) Data Modelling
9 337 (13.16%) Performance Management
10 333 (13.01%) Data Analysis
11 330 (12.89%) Enterprise Architecture
12 329 (12.85%) TOGAF
13 328 (12.81%) Strategic Roadmap
14 280 (10.94%) Decision-Making
15 273 (10.66%) ETL
16 271 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
17 260 (10.16%) Visualisation
18 249 (9.73%) Data Strategy
19 242 (9.45%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 503 (19.65%) SQL
2 245 (9.57%) Python
3 85 (3.32%) Java
4 69 (2.70%) C#
5 64 (2.50%) T-SQL
6 45 (1.76%) R
7 41 (1.60%) JavaScript
8 37 (1.45%) C
9 33 (1.29%) PowerShell
10 23 (0.90%) C++
11 21 (0.82%) Rust
12 17 (0.66%) PHP
13 16 (0.63%) Go
13 16 (0.63%) Scala
14 14 (0.55%) Shell Script
15 13 (0.51%) Bash
15 13 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 13 (0.51%) VBA
16 11 (0.43%) TypeScript
17 8 (0.31%) Perl
Qualifications
1 537 (20.98%) Degree
2 142 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 84 (3.28%) Master's Degree
4 79 (3.09%) Security Cleared
5 47 (1.84%) Numerate Degree
6 43 (1.68%) ACCA
6 43 (1.68%) CIMA
7 37 (1.45%) DBS Check
8 32 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 26 (1.02%) SC Cleared
10 25 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (0.86%) MBA
12 19 (0.74%) AWS Certification
13 18 (0.70%) PhD
14 17 (0.66%) PMI Certification
15 14 (0.55%) CISSP
16 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (0.35%) CTC Cleared
18 8 (0.31%) A+ Certification
18 8 (0.31%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 461 (18.01%) Data Quality
2 272 (10.63%) GDPR
3 114 (4.45%) QA
4 62 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 44 (1.72%) SLA
6 19 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 18 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.43%) Good Clinical Practice
8 11 (0.43%) PSD2
9 10 (0.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 10 (0.39%) CDISC
9 10 (0.39%) PMO
10 9 (0.35%) COSHH
10 9 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 7 (0.27%) GRC
12 6 (0.23%) GAAP
12 6 (0.23%) IFRS
13 5 (0.20%) COBIT
13 5 (0.20%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 37 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.17%) Docker
3 28 (1.09%) Hyper-V
4 21 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.20%) DFS Replication
5 5 (0.20%) Firmware
5 5 (0.20%) NFS
5 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.039%) HDFS
7 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (1.45%) Kubernetes
1 37 (1.45%) Terraform
2 17 (0.66%) FortiGate
3 16 (0.63%) Ansible
4 9 (0.35%) Grafana
5 8 (0.31%) Puppet
6 7 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.20%) NetBackup
7 5 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.20%) SCOM
7 5 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 4 (0.16%) Nagios
8 4 (0.16%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.078%) SQL Sentry
11 1 (0.039%) Consul
11 1 (0.039%) FTK
11 1 (0.039%) Packer
11 1 (0.039%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 511 (19.96%) Microsoft
2 413 (16.13%) Oracle
3 406 (15.86%) SAP
4 301 (11.76%) Hyperion
5 299 (11.68%) Anaplan
6 117 (4.57%) Databricks
7 88 (3.44%) Salesforce
8 73 (2.85%) NEC
9 63 (2.46%) Google
10 55 (2.15%) Informatica
11 41 (1.60%) Virgin Media
12 30 (1.17%) Cisco
13 27 (1.05%) VMware
14 21 (0.82%) HP
15 18 (0.70%) Openreach
15 18 (0.70%) ServiceNow
16 17 (0.66%) Darktrace
17 14 (0.55%) Alteryx
18 12 (0.47%) F5
19 11 (0.43%) Teradata