Data Management Job Trends in Birmingham

Data Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 69 78
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 +41
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 31 60 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.80% 3.18% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 3.44% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 29 36 17
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £37,638
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +4.35% -23.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £111,000 £81,000 £81,075
West Midlands median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,377 1,742 1,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 80.01% 92.41% 89.92%
Number of salaries quoted 968 820 930
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,060 £44,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £88,875 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Data Management
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Management

Data Management
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Management in Birmingham

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (48.39%) Power Platform
2 12 (38.71%) Azure
3 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
5 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.23%) OCI
5 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (45.16%) Power BI
2 6 (19.35%) Power Query
3 3 (9.68%) Data Lake
3 3 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.45%) Metadata
5 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.23%) Maven
1 1 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (32.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Finance
4 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.45%) Back Office
5 2 (6.45%) Legal
5 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.45%) Retail
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Law
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Lead
2 9 (29.03%) Architect
3 8 (25.81%) Data Architect
4 7 (22.58%) Lead Architect
4 7 (22.58%) Lead Data Architect
5 6 (19.35%) Systems Support
6 2 (6.45%) Administrator
6 2 (6.45%) Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
6 2 (6.45%) Head of IT
7 1 (3.23%) Data Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Developer
7 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
7 1 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Senior
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Systems Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) EDI
2 1 (3.23%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (3.23%) RAML
2 1 (3.23%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) FMCG
2 6 (19.35%) Pricing Data
3 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.45%) Low-Code
4 2 (6.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) Blog
5 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.23%) NHS
5 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (32.26%) Data Architecture
3 8 (25.81%) Data Modelling
3 8 (25.81%) Information Management
4 7 (22.58%) Architectural Patterns
4 7 (22.58%) Data Governance
4 7 (22.58%) Data Strategy
4 7 (22.58%) ERP
4 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (19.35%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (19.35%) CRM
6 5 (16.13%) Analytics
6 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
6 5 (16.13%) ETL
7 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (9.68%) Agile
8 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) CITP
3 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.23%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Sparx
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) SAP
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) Planon
3 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft