Data Management Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 125 69
Rank change year-on-year -24 -56 +106
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 116 112 445
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.88% 2.01% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 2.35% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 81 90 159
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,088 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,438 £44,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,000 £80,100
England median annual salary £59,450 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.54% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,214 4,776 10,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.91% 85.68% 79.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6,541 2,831 7,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Management

Data Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Management in the Midlands

Data Management
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
West Midlands -5 68 £57,500 -11.54% 16
East Midlands -36 48 £55,000 +30.95% 21
Data Management
England

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (0.86%) Apache
1 1 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.86%) SAS
1 1 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.59%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.86%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.86%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 32 (27.59%) Power Platform
2 11 (9.48%) Azure
3 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (5.17%) AWS
5 3 (2.59%) GCP
6 2 (1.72%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.86%) OCI
7 1 (0.86%) SaaS
7 1 (0.86%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.72%) Broadband
2 1 (0.86%) Firewall
2 1 (0.86%) Intranet
2 1 (0.86%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (27.59%) Power BI
2 20 (17.24%) Tableau
3 12 (10.34%) Power Query
4 7 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (5.17%) Metadata
6 5 (4.31%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (3.45%) Data Lake
7 4 (3.45%) QlikView
7 4 (3.45%) SQL Server
7 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (2.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) Git
General
1 47 (40.52%) Social Skills
2 36 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (23.28%) Finance
4 14 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (10.34%) Manufacturing
5 12 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (1.72%) Marketing
8 1 (0.86%) Banking
8 1 (0.86%) Billing
8 1 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (26.72%) Analyst
2 26 (22.41%) Senior
3 24 (20.69%) Data Manager
4 20 (17.24%) Data Analyst
5 18 (15.52%) Senior Analyst
5 18 (15.52%) Senior Data Analyst
6 13 (11.21%) Lead
7 11 (9.48%) Data Governance Analyst
7 11 (9.48%) Data Governance Manager
7 11 (9.48%) Governance Manager
8 9 (7.76%) Architect
8 9 (7.76%) Data Architect
9 8 (6.90%) Business Manager
9 8 (6.90%) Data Quality Manager
9 8 (6.90%) Quality Manager
10 7 (6.03%) Support Analyst
11 6 (5.17%) Administrator
11 6 (5.17%) Insight Manager
11 6 (5.17%) Performance Manager
11 6 (5.17%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) .NET
1 3 (2.59%) EDI
2 2 (1.72%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.72%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.72%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (1.72%) Classic ASP
2 2 (1.72%) Entity Framework
2 2 (1.72%) Google Maps API
2 2 (1.72%) JSON
2 2 (1.72%) XML
3 1 (0.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.62%) Product Ownership
3 9 (7.76%) NHS
4 5 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (4.31%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.72%) Over-the-Top Content
5 2 (1.72%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.72%) Social Media
6 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.86%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.86%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.86%) Windows
1 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (47.41%) Decision-Making
3 46 (39.66%) Analytics
4 41 (35.34%) Data Governance
5 35 (30.17%) Business Intelligence
5 35 (30.17%) Data Analysis
6 34 (29.31%) Data Analytics
7 29 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
8 26 (22.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 23 (19.83%) Roadmaps
10 22 (18.97%) Data Transformation
11 21 (18.10%) CRM
11 21 (18.10%) Data Protection
11 21 (18.10%) Data Strategy
12 20 (17.24%) ERP
13 17 (14.66%) Data Modelling
13 17 (14.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (14.66%) Strategic Thinking
13 17 (14.66%) Validation
14 16 (13.79%) Data Extraction
Programming Languages
1 47 (40.52%) SQL
2 20 (17.24%) Python
3 6 (5.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (2.59%) VBA
5 2 (1.72%) C#
5 2 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.72%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.86%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (23.28%) Degree
2 6 (5.17%) CITP
3 4 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.59%) CIPD
4 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.72%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (36.21%) Data Quality
2 25 (21.55%) GDPR
3 7 (6.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (4.31%) PERC
5 4 (3.45%) QA
6 3 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.03%) Salesforce
3 5 (4.31%) Epicor
3 5 (4.31%) Google
4 4 (3.45%) SYSPRO
5 3 (2.59%) Planon
6 2 (1.72%) Adobe
7 1 (0.86%) Oracle
7 1 (0.86%) SAP