Data Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Manager
England > Midlands

The median Data Manager salary in the Midlands is £68,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 213 199
Rank change year-on-year +3 -14 +136
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 22 68 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.39% 0.68% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.72% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 20 35 34
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,500 £53,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £60,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -15.79% +1.79%
75th Percentile £80,938 £70,000 £85,938
90th Percentile £95,250 £73,000 £94,775
England median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year +27.27% -8.71% -7.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 5,184 9,503 5,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 94.79% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,273 5,473 4,061
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,119 £26,768
25th Percentile £31,335 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in the Midlands

Data Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Manager in the Midlands

Data Manager
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 Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. 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 +21 12 £75,000 +15.38% 9
East Midlands +8 10 £68,000 +23.64% 3
Data Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 September 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 Midlands region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Data Governance
2 10 (45.45%) SQL
2 10 (45.45%) Data Strategy
3 8 (36.36%) Python
4 7 (31.82%) Data Modelling
4 7 (31.82%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (31.82%) Data Engineering
5 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
6 5 (22.73%) Cost Optimisation
6 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
6 5 (22.73%) Analytics
6 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (22.73%) Databricks
6 5 (22.73%) Virtual Team Management
6 5 (22.73%) Virtual Team
6 5 (22.73%) ETL
6 5 (22.73%) Project Management
6 5 (22.73%) Migration
6 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
6 5 (22.73%) Test Automation
6 5 (22.73%) Logistics
6 5 (22.73%) Azure
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (18.18%) Data Management
7 4 (18.18%) Law
7 4 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
8 3 (13.64%) Informatica
8 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
8 3 (13.64%) Predictive Modelling

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.09%) Apache Spark
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) SAP QM
2 1 (4.55%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) Big Data
2 1 (4.55%) Data Hub
2 1 (4.55%) Looker
2 1 (4.55%) Metadata
2 1 (4.55%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Law
4 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.09%) Tech for Good
5 1 (4.55%) Billing
5 1 (4.55%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Virtual Team
2 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Data Governance
2 10 (45.45%) Data Strategy
3 7 (31.82%) Data Engineering
3 7 (31.82%) Data Modelling
3 7 (31.82%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (22.73%) Analytics
4 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
4 5 (22.73%) Cost Optimisation
4 5 (22.73%) ETL
4 5 (22.73%) Logistics
4 5 (22.73%) Migration
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Test Automation
4 5 (22.73%) Virtual Team Management
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Data Management
6 3 (13.64%) Data Architecture
6 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
6 3 (13.64%) Predictive Modelling
6 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
2 3 (13.64%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Databricks
2 3 (13.64%) Informatica
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) SAP
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Salesforce