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 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 213 202
Rank change year-on-year +23 -11 +99
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 26 67 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.46% 0.76% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.80% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 20 41 22
10th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £52,875
25th Percentile £65,625 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £72,188 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% -12.00% -10.71%

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 5,257 8,332 4,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 94.08% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,468 4,259 3,808
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Data Manager job vacancy trend 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 8 November 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 8 November 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
East Midlands +7 14 £68,000 +23.64% 4
West Midlands +16 12 £67,500 +3.85% 15
Data Manager
England

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 18 (69.23%) Data Governance
2 12 (46.15%) Data Strategy
3 9 (34.62%) Analytics
3 9 (34.62%) Data Engineering
3 9 (34.62%) Data Quality
4 8 (30.77%) Data Management
4 8 (30.77%) SQL
4 8 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
5 7 (26.92%) Metadata
5 7 (26.92%) Python
6 6 (23.08%) Data Modelling
6 6 (23.08%) Databricks
6 6 (23.08%) Metadata Management
7 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
7 5 (19.23%) Cost Optimisation
7 5 (19.23%) Logistics
7 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
7 5 (19.23%) Virtual Team Management
8 4 (15.38%) Master Data Management
9 3 (11.54%) Agile
9 3 (11.54%) Azure
9 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (11.54%) Data Architecture
9 3 (11.54%) Data Stewardship
9 3 (11.54%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 3 (11.54%) GDPR
9 3 (11.54%) Migration
9 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving

Data Manager Skill Set
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 (3.85%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.85%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) SAP QM
2 1 (3.85%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.85%) Alation
3 1 (3.85%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.85%) Collibra
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) Metadata
2 2 (7.69%) Power BI
3 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.85%) Looker
3 1 (3.85%) SAS EBI
3 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.85%) Tableau
General
1 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Banking
3 2 (7.69%) Retail
4 1 (3.85%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Virtual Team
2 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.54%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Data Governance
2 12 (46.15%) Data Strategy
3 9 (34.62%) Analytics
3 9 (34.62%) Data Engineering
4 8 (30.77%) Data Management
4 8 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
6 6 (23.08%) Data Modelling
6 6 (23.08%) Metadata Management
7 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
7 5 (19.23%) Cost Optimisation
7 5 (19.23%) Logistics
7 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
7 5 (19.23%) Virtual Team Management
8 4 (15.38%) Master Data Management
9 3 (11.54%) Agile
9 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (11.54%) Data Architecture
9 3 (11.54%) Data Stewardship
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) SQL
2 7 (26.92%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (34.62%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.54%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Databricks
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) Informatica