Data Manager Job Trends in the East Midlands

Data Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Data Manager salary in the East Midlands is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 110 110
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 18 18 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.72% 0.82% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.85% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 9
10th Percentile - - £39,805
25th Percentile £67,000 £53,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +44.44% -35.71%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,295 2,111 1,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 95.69% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,540 934 1,464
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -3.07%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Data Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Data Manager
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Manager in the East Midlands

Data Manager
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Derbyshire -12 9 £68,000 -
Lincolnshire -12 6 £75,000 +30.43% 1
Nottinghamshire +17 1 £60,000 -
Leicestershire +1 1 £70,000 - 2
Northamptonshire - 1 £82,500 -
Data Manager
England

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Data Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Data Engineering
2 7 (38.89%) Data Governance
3 6 (33.33%) Data Integration
4 5 (27.78%) Databricks
4 5 (27.78%) SQL
4 5 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (22.22%) Data Management
5 4 (22.22%) Data Quality
5 4 (22.22%) Data Strategy
5 4 (22.22%) Python
6 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 3 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
6 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 3 (16.67%) Logistics
6 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 3 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
7 1 (5.56%) Agile
7 1 (5.56%) Alation
7 1 (5.56%) Azure
7 1 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (5.56%) Business Development
7 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.56%) Collibra
7 1 (5.56%) Contingency Planning
7 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (5.56%) CRM
7 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
7 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (5.56%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SAP MDG
1 1 (5.56%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Alation
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (5.56%) Collibra
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.56%) Metadata
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) SAS EBI
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Data Engineering
2 7 (38.89%) Data Governance
3 6 (33.33%) Data Integration
4 5 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (22.22%) Data Management
5 4 (22.22%) Data Strategy
6 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 3 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
6 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 3 (16.67%) Logistics
6 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 3 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
7 1 (5.56%) Business Development
7 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.56%) Dimensional Modelling
7 1 (5.56%) Kimball Methodology
7 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.56%) People Management
7 1 (5.56%) Performance Management
7 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Databricks
2 1 (5.56%) Informatica
2 1 (5.56%) SAP