Data Manager Job Trends in Essex

Data Manager
East of England > Essex

The median Data Manager salary in Essex is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.079% 0.25% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.30% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +45.83% -34.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 1,094 332 823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.96% 84.05% 94.16%
Number of salaries quoted 701 204 672
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,830 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,691 £29,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,063 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,750 £83,375 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% -13.64%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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 Essex.

Data Manager job vacancy trend in Essex

Data Manager
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Essex.

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Essex

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 Essex region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality