Data Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Manager
England > Midlands

The median Data Manager salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 213 216
Rank change year-on-year +41 +3 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 109 17 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.69% 0.31% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.33% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 71 14 39
10th Percentile £35,000 £54,750 £43,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £61,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +13.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £71,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +25.00% -7.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 14,493 5,146 8,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 92.90% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10,123 3,156 4,531
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +8.18% -2.70% -5.79%

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 14 October 2026.

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 October 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 +17 60 £65,000 -24.64% 24
East Midlands +1 49 £43,750 -35.66% 5
Data Manager
England

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

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

1 31 (28.44%) Analytics
2 30 (27.52%) Data Quality
3 29 (26.61%) Data Governance
4 23 (21.10%) Data Management
5 22 (20.18%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (20.18%) Power BI
5 22 (20.18%) Power Platform
6 20 (18.35%) Decision-Making
7 19 (17.43%) AI
8 17 (15.60%) Visualisation
9 15 (13.76%) Tableau
10 14 (12.84%) Actionable Insight
10 14 (12.84%) Data Visualisation
10 14 (12.84%) GDPR
11 13 (11.93%) Data Analytics
12 12 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (11.01%) Data Strategy
12 12 (11.01%) Degree
12 12 (11.01%) SQL
13 11 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Excel
14 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (8.26%) Benchmarking
15 9 (8.26%) Data Protection
15 9 (8.26%) Data Security
16 8 (7.34%) Data Engineering
16 8 (7.34%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 8 (7.34%) ETL
16 8 (7.34%) Master Data Management
16 8 (7.34%) 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 (0.92%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.18%) Power Platform
2 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (2.75%) Azure
4 1 (0.92%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.83%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (20.18%) Power BI
2 15 (13.76%) Tableau
3 6 (5.50%) Power Query
3 6 (5.50%) QlikView
4 5 (4.59%) GIS
5 4 (3.67%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (3.67%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.92%) Semantic Layer
General
1 22 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.09%) Finance
3 11 (10.09%) Manufacturing
4 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.67%) Social Housing
6 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Banking
7 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.92%) Law
8 1 (0.92%) Legal
8 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.50%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.83%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.83%) FMCG
5 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.92%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Linux
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (28.44%) Analytics
2 29 (26.61%) Data Governance
3 23 (21.10%) Data Management
4 22 (20.18%) Business Intelligence
5 20 (18.35%) Decision-Making
6 19 (17.43%) AI
7 17 (15.60%) Visualisation
8 14 (12.84%) Actionable Insight
8 14 (12.84%) Data Visualisation
9 13 (11.93%) Data Analytics
10 12 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (11.01%) Data Strategy
11 11 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (8.26%) Benchmarking
12 9 (8.26%) Data Protection
12 9 (8.26%) Data Security
13 8 (7.34%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 8 (7.34%) ETL
13 8 (7.34%) Master Data Management
13 8 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.01%) SQL
2 2 (1.83%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (11.01%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (27.52%) Data Quality
2 14 (12.84%) GDPR
3 7 (6.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 8 (7.34%) SAP
2 6 (5.50%) SYSPRO
3 4 (3.67%) Oracle
4 3 (2.75%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.83%) Databricks