Head of Data Management Job Trends in England

Head of Data Management
UK > England

The median Head of Data Management salary in England is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 664 -
Rank change year-on-year +62 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Data Management 2 15 0
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.004% 0.031% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.034% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 0
10th Percentile £61,000 - -
25th Percentile £64,375 £107,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £120,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.58% - -
75th Percentile £79,375 £160,000 -
90th Percentile £82,000 - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £120,000 £74,506
% change year-on-year -29.17% +61.06% -10.04%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 47,612 44,722 46,678
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 92.74% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 30,053 23,491 36,536
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -4.88%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Head of Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Data Management' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Head of Data Management job vacancy trend in England

Head of Data Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Head of Data Management job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Data Management job vacancies in England

Head of Data Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Data Management in England over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Head of Data Management in England

Head of Data Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Data Management within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +33 1 £82,500 -31.25%
South East - 1 £62,500 -
Head of Data Management
UK

Head of Data Management Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Head of Data Management 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 England region featuring Head of Data Management in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management

Head of Data Management Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) SLA