Data Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Data Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Data Manager salary in Birmingham is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 122 125
Rank change year-on-year +22 +3 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 9 21 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.65% 0.75% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.80% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 7
10th Percentile £56,500 £46,430 £49,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,325 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -2.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £58,400 £61,875
90th Percentile £84,000 £60,007 £65,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -24.14% +22.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,318 2,631 1,768
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 94.44% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 771 2,138 1,360
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,251
West Midlands median annual salary £51,887 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -4.76% +5.00%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Data Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in Birmingham

Data Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Data Manager in Birmingham

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Manager in Birmingham

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Data Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Data Governance
1 7 (77.78%) Analytics
2 6 (66.67%) Data Strategy
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
4 4 (44.44%) Data Management
4 4 (44.44%) ETL
4 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
4 4 (44.44%) Data Migration
4 4 (44.44%) Data Integration
4 4 (44.44%) Data Architecture
4 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
4 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
4 4 (44.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
5 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (33.33%) Data Governance Strategy
5 3 (33.33%) AWS
5 3 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (33.33%) High Availability
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) Informatica
5 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (33.33%) ERP
5 3 (33.33%) Data Security

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Law
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Analytics
1 7 (77.78%) Data Governance
2 6 (66.67%) Data Strategy
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
4 4 (44.44%) Data Architecture
4 4 (44.44%) Data Integration
4 4 (44.44%) Data Management
4 4 (44.44%) Data Migration
4 4 (44.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
4 4 (44.44%) ETL
4 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
4 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
5 3 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (33.33%) Data Governance Strategy
5 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
5 3 (33.33%) High Availability
5 3 (33.33%) Logistics
5 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Informatica
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft