Data Manager Jobs in Leeds

Data Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Data Manager salary in Leeds is £69,018 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 111 154
Rank change year-on-year +42 +43 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 10 26 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.26% 1.14% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.18% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9 23 18
10th Percentile £64,750 - £63,292
25th Percentile £66,250 £31,250 £65,065
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,018 £50,000 £75,625
Median % change year-on-year +38.04% -33.88% +40.05%
75th Percentile £70,834 £53,797 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,822 £66,778 £90,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £69,018 £50,000 £73,449
% change year-on-year +38.04% -31.93% +39.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 744 2,198 2,781
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 96.07% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 501 1,593 1,674
10th Percentile £28,875 £31,250 £32,575
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £78,648 £69,914 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,995 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.00% -9.09% +9.62%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in Leeds

Data Manager
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Data Manager in Leeds

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in Leeds over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Manager in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Leeds region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (60.00%) Analytics
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Banking
2 6 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 5 (50.00%) Data Engineering
4 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (40.00%) Storytelling
4 4 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (40.00%) Line Management
4 4 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (40.00%) Hackathon
5 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (30.00%) Cost Optimisation
5 3 (30.00%) SQL
5 3 (30.00%) Python
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (30.00%) AWS
5 3 (30.00%) Coaching
5 3 (30.00%) People Management
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Optimisation
5 3 (30.00%) Databricks
6 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
6 2 (20.00%) Metadata Management
6 2 (20.00%) Project Planning

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Ataccama
1 2 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 6 (60.00%) Banking
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Hackathon
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (60.00%) Analytics
2 6 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 5 (50.00%) Data Governance
4 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (40.00%) Line Management
4 4 (40.00%) Storytelling
4 4 (40.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (30.00%) Coaching
5 3 (30.00%) Cost Optimisation
5 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (30.00%) People Management
5 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Optimisation
6 2 (20.00%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Databricks
2 1 (10.00%) OneTrust