Data Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Data Manager salary in Edinburgh is £68,642 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 74 120
Rank change year-on-year +9 +46 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 17 36 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.94% 2.38% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 2.48% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2 36 20
10th Percentile £53,374 £49,375 £46,454
25th Percentile £58,436 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,642 £67,283 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% +13.03% +8.23%
75th Percentile £80,616 £71,750 £62,833
90th Percentile £86,739 £73,500 -
Scotland median annual salary £68,642 £66,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year +3.22% +11.72% +8.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 774 1,452 1,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.26% 96.16% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 335 1,026 1,070
10th Percentile £26,929 £32,500 £35,300
25th Percentile £45,619 £45,000 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,751 £71,625 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.19%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in Edinburgh

Data Manager
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Data Manager in Edinburgh

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Manager in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Edinburgh region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Data Management
2 11 (64.71%) Analytics
3 9 (52.94%) AWS
3 9 (52.94%) Decision-Making
4 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (47.06%) Tableau
5 7 (41.18%) Finance
6 6 (35.29%) Banking
6 6 (35.29%) Visualisation
6 6 (35.29%) Data Quality
6 6 (35.29%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (35.29%) Data Engineering
7 5 (29.41%) Data Science
7 5 (29.41%) Data Analytics
7 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (29.41%) ETL
8 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
8 4 (23.53%) Use Case
8 4 (23.53%) Dimensional Modelling
8 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (23.53%) Coaching
8 4 (23.53%) Power Platform
8 4 (23.53%) People Management
8 4 (23.53%) Power BI
8 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
9 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (17.65%) Amazon QuickSight
9 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
9 3 (17.65%) Cloud Computing

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 9 (52.94%) AWS
2 4 (23.53%) Power Platform
3 3 (17.65%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.88%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) Tableau
2 4 (23.53%) Power BI
3 3 (17.65%) Amazon QuickSight
General
1 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) Banking
4 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Data Management
2 11 (64.71%) Analytics
3 9 (52.94%) Decision-Making
4 6 (35.29%) Data Engineering
4 6 (35.29%) Data Visualisation
4 6 (35.29%) Visualisation
5 5 (29.41%) Data Analytics
5 5 (29.41%) Data Science
5 5 (29.41%) ETL
5 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (23.53%) Coaching
6 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
6 4 (23.53%) Dimensional Modelling
6 4 (23.53%) People Management
6 4 (23.53%) Use Case
7 3 (17.65%) CRM
7 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
7 3 (17.65%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.76%) QA
3 1 (5.88%) ITGC