Data Manager Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Data Manager salary in Edinburgh is £81,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 78 101
Rank change year-on-year -25 +23 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 6 18 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.59% 1.53% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 1.62% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 6
10th Percentile £66,625 - -
25th Percentile £70,938 £72,500 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £78,613 £43,586
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% +80.36% -20.75%
75th Percentile £90,938 £82,958 £61,267
90th Percentile £94,875 - £70,389
Scotland median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -6.67% +24.48% +9.54%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 929 1,112 983
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.40% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 447 437 791
10th Percentile £25,750 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -8.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £92,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -6.25%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Data Manager job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Data Manager
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Edinburgh

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Salary histogram for Data Manager in Edinburgh

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 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 Edinburgh region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) AI Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Data Discovery
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Databricks
4 1 (16.67%) dbt
4 1 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) Kafka
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Python

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) dbt
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
General
1 1 (16.67%) Back Office
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Databricks