Data Management Job Trends in Berkshire

Data Management
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 108 92
Rank change year-on-year +62 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 87 17 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 4.45% 1.03% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.40% 1.11% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 13
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,070 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% +7.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £69,840 £71,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £100,875 £58,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £73,833 £54,500
% change year-on-year -39.05% +35.47% -17.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,610 1,531 1,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.27% 92.34% 88.51%
Number of salaries quoted 739 666 1,306
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,563 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,750 £93,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Data Management job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Data Management
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Management

Data Management
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Management in Berkshire

Data Management
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Maidenhead -13 29 - - 2
Slough -2 25 - - 15
Windsor - 24 £45,500 -
Reading +25 9 £69,840 +33.03% 2
Data Management
South East

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.30%) CMS
2 1 (1.15%) SAS
Business Applications
1 63 (72.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.94%) Azure
2 6 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (3.45%) Collibra
5 1 (1.15%) AWS
5 1 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.15%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.45%) MQTT
1 3 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.64%) Metadata
2 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
3 6 (6.90%) Power BI
4 3 (3.45%) Data Mining
4 3 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.45%) Metadata Repository
4 3 (3.45%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.45%) SAP BW
4 3 (3.45%) SAP HANA
4 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.15%) Big Data
6 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.15%) SAS EBI
6 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) ERwin
1 3 (3.45%) PowerDesigner
General
1 75 (86.21%) Social Skills
2 70 (80.46%) Finance
3 64 (73.56%) Manufacturing
4 57 (65.52%) Marketing
5 6 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Games
7 3 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (3.45%) Publishing
8 2 (2.30%) Humanities
9 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (70.11%) Senior
2 58 (66.67%) Analyst
3 57 (65.52%) SAP Analyst
3 57 (65.52%) Senior Analyst
4 9 (10.34%) Lead
5 5 (5.75%) Data Manager
6 4 (4.60%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Data Model Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.45%) SAP Data Manager
7 3 (3.45%) SAP Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.45%) SAP Manager
8 2 (2.30%) Data Engineer
8 2 (2.30%) Developer
8 2 (2.30%) Integration Developer
9 1 (1.15%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 1 (1.15%) Business Manager
9 1 (1.15%) Data Scientist
9 1 (1.15%) Governance Analyst
9 1 (1.15%) Senior Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) Middleware
1 3 (3.45%) REST
1 3 (3.45%) SOAP
2 2 (2.30%) .NET
2 2 (2.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) Life Science
1 9 (10.34%) Management Information System
1 9 (10.34%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.45%) LIMS
3 3 (3.45%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.15%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (72.41%) User Acceptance Testing
2 61 (70.11%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (67.82%) Technical Leadership
4 57 (65.52%) Architectural Design
4 57 (65.52%) Data Collection
4 57 (65.52%) Decision Quality
4 57 (65.52%) Impact Analysis
4 57 (65.52%) Incident Management
4 57 (65.52%) Logistics
4 57 (65.52%) Quality Management
4 57 (65.52%) SAP Implementation
4 57 (65.52%) Translating Business Requirements
5 22 (25.29%) Analytics
6 20 (22.99%) Data Science
7 17 (19.54%) Data Governance
8 12 (13.79%) Data Integration
9 9 (10.34%) Biotechnology
9 9 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (10.34%) Decision-Making
9 9 (10.34%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.49%) SQL
2 5 (5.75%) Python
3 2 (2.30%) C#
3 2 (2.30%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.15%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (27.59%) Degree
2 6 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (6.90%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 3 (3.45%) PMP
3 3 (3.45%) SAP Certification
4 2 (2.30%) CISSP
4 2 (2.30%) MCSE
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.30%) OCP
4 2 (2.30%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.24%) Data Quality
2 8 (9.20%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (3.45%) GxP
3 3 (3.45%) QA
4 2 (2.30%) GDPR
4 2 (2.30%) SLA
Vendors
1 66 (75.86%) SAP
2 3 (3.45%) Agilent
3 2 (2.30%) Databricks
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle