Master Data Management Job Trends in England

Master Data Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Master Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 576 531
Rank change year-on-year +108 -45 +58
Permanent jobs citing Master Data Management 144 102 148
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.21% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.23% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 70 61 91
10th Percentile £42,450 £50,000 £41,375
25th Percentile £46,000 £62,500 £55,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £78,438 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,625 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £63,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -20.63% +6.67% +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Master Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,692 44,038 42,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.67% 90.44% 90.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,525 21,717 32,741
10th Percentile £28,518 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Master Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Master Data Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Master Data Management job vacancy trend in England

Master Data Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Master Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Master Data Management

Master Data Management
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Master Data Management in England

Master 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 Master Data Management within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +93 77 £54,000 -16.92% 15
London +45 42 £71,028 -16.44% 25
West Midlands +24 10 £65,500 +24.76% 4
Midlands +13 10 £65,500 +24.76% 4
South West +12 7 £64,350 -14.20%
North of England 0 5 £44,500 -44.38% 6
North West +9 3 £59,000 -34.44% 3
Yorkshire -14 2 £44,000 -32.31% 2
East of England - 1 £60,000 - 2
Master Data Management
UK

Master Data Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.08%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) Apache
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.69%) SAS
Applications
1 39 (27.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 16 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.17%) SAP CO
2 6 (4.17%) SAP FI
2 6 (4.17%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.39%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.69%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.69%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.69%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.69%) SAP MDM
4 1 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 28 (19.44%) Azure
2 15 (10.42%) Collibra
3 13 (9.03%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.25%) AWS
4 9 (6.25%) Veeva
5 4 (2.78%) Azure AI
5 4 (2.78%) Azure Machine Learning
5 4 (2.78%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.39%) dbt
7 2 (1.39%) SaaS
8 1 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.69%) GCP
8 1 (0.69%) IaaS
8 1 (0.69%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.69%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (46.53%) Metadata
2 34 (23.61%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (13.19%) SQL Server
4 14 (9.72%) Relational Database
5 13 (9.03%) Power BI
6 12 (8.33%) Data Lake
6 12 (8.33%) Oracle Database
7 8 (5.56%) Tableau
8 5 (3.47%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (3.47%) Metadata Repository
8 5 (3.47%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (2.78%) Data Vault
10 3 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (2.08%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.39%) Looker
11 2 (1.39%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.69%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) MLflow
2 3 (2.08%) JIRA
3 2 (1.39%) Git
4 1 (0.69%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.69%) ERwin
4 1 (0.69%) LSMW
4 1 (0.69%) PowerDesigner
General
1 95 (65.97%) Social Skills
2 48 (33.33%) Finance
3 32 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (4.86%) Legal
5 6 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.78%) Retail
7 2 (1.39%) Banking
7 2 (1.39%) Law
7 2 (1.39%) Marketing
7 2 (1.39%) Music Industry
7 2 (1.39%) Publishing
8 1 (0.69%) Advertising
8 1 (0.69%) Billing
8 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (29.17%) Lead
2 33 (22.92%) Senior
3 24 (16.67%) Architect
4 23 (15.97%) Data Manager
4 23 (15.97%) Senior Manager
5 21 (14.58%) Data Architect
6 15 (10.42%) Data Model Manager
7 12 (8.33%) Data Engineer
8 9 (6.25%) Analyst
8 9 (6.25%) Data Steward
9 8 (5.56%) Coordinator
9 8 (5.56%) Data Coordinator
10 7 (4.86%) Developer
11 6 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 6 (4.17%) Team Leader
12 5 (3.47%) Consultant
12 5 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
13 4 (2.78%) Administrator
13 4 (2.78%) Business Manager
13 4 (2.78%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.78%) CSS
1 4 (2.78%) LangChain
1 4 (2.78%) Pandas
1 4 (2.78%) PySpark
1 4 (2.78%) PyTorch
1 4 (2.78%) React
1 4 (2.78%) scikit-learn
1 4 (2.78%) TensorFlow
1 4 (2.78%) XGBoost
2 3 (2.08%) EDI
3 2 (1.39%) Kafka
4 1 (0.69%) JSON
4 1 (0.69%) MDX
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.69%) REST
4 1 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.06%) Management Information System
2 17 (11.81%) Life Science
3 10 (6.94%) Reference Data
4 9 (6.25%) Biopharmaceutical
5 8 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.08%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.08%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (67.36%) Data Modelling
2 73 (50.69%) Data Governance
2 73 (50.69%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (43.06%) Data Architecture
4 58 (40.28%) Data Management
5 50 (34.72%) Data Strategy
6 48 (33.33%) ERP
7 47 (32.64%) Data Design
8 44 (30.56%) Analytics
9 43 (29.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 42 (29.17%) CRUD
10 42 (29.17%) SAP Implementation
11 39 (27.08%) Data Analysis
12 34 (23.61%) Decision-Making
13 32 (22.22%) ETL
14 31 (21.53%) Data Cleansing
15 27 (18.75%) Data Conversion
16 26 (18.06%) Business Intelligence
17 23 (15.97%) Roadmaps
18 21 (14.58%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.81%) SQL
2 12 (8.33%) Python
3 5 (3.47%) R
4 4 (2.78%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.78%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.69%) Korn
Qualifications
1 84 (58.33%) Degree
2 18 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 17 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (7.64%) CISSP
4 11 (7.64%) MCSE
4 11 (7.64%) OCP
4 11 (7.64%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.39%) SnowPro
6 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (56.94%) Data Quality
2 18 (12.50%) GDPR
3 4 (2.78%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.08%) QA
5 2 (1.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.39%) IFRS
5 2 (1.39%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.39%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (31.25%) SAP
2 28 (19.44%) Microsoft
3 15 (10.42%) Oracle
4 10 (6.94%) Databricks
5 5 (3.47%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.78%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.78%) Foundry
6 4 (2.78%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.39%) Informatica
8 1 (0.69%) Cognos
8 1 (0.69%) IBM
8 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.69%) Sparx