Data Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Manager
England > Midlands

The median Data Manager salary in the Midlands is £68,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 208 258
Rank change year-on-year +26 +50 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 81 25 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.63% 0.47% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.52% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 58 20 55
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,511 £51,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £69,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% +25.45% -18.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,938 £61,750
90th Percentile £88,250 £95,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £69,329 £70,000 £54,650
% change year-on-year -0.96% +28.09% -15.92%

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 12,204 4,803 12,995
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.07% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,483 2,965 9,190
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £32,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 2 July 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 2 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 +16 60 £67,000 +7.20% 7
East Midlands -7 21 £70,000 -6.67% 10
Data Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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 34 (41.98%) Data Quality
2 30 (37.04%) Data Governance
3 24 (29.63%) Data Management
4 22 (27.16%) Analytics
5 15 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (18.52%) Decision-Making
6 14 (17.28%) Power BI
6 14 (17.28%) Power Platform
7 13 (16.05%) Data Engineering
8 11 (13.58%) SAP
8 11 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (13.58%) Visualisation
9 10 (12.35%) Data Security
9 10 (12.35%) Data Visualisation
9 10 (12.35%) Tableau
10 9 (11.11%) AI
10 9 (11.11%) Data Strategy
10 9 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 9 (11.11%) GDPR
10 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (9.88%) Data Modelling
11 8 (9.88%) Data Protection
11 8 (9.88%) ETL
11 8 (9.88%) SQL
12 7 (8.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (7.41%) Azure
13 6 (7.41%) Data Analytics
13 6 (7.41%) Data Integration
13 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel

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:

Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.28%) Power Platform
2 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
3 6 (7.41%) Azure
4 2 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.47%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.28%) Power BI
2 10 (12.35%) Tableau
3 5 (6.17%) Metadata
4 3 (3.70%) Power Query
4 3 (3.70%) QlikView
5 1 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.23%) Semantic Layer
General
1 18 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.11%) Finance
4 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.70%) Retail
6 1 (1.23%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.64%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.94%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.47%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.23%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (37.04%) Data Governance
2 24 (29.63%) Data Management
3 22 (27.16%) Analytics
4 15 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (18.52%) Decision-Making
5 13 (16.05%) Data Engineering
6 11 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (13.58%) Visualisation
7 10 (12.35%) Data Security
7 10 (12.35%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (11.11%) AI
8 9 (11.11%) Data Strategy
8 9 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 8 (9.88%) Data Modelling
9 8 (9.88%) Data Protection
9 8 (9.88%) ETL
10 7 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (7.41%) Data Analytics
11 6 (7.41%) Data Integration
11 6 (7.41%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.17%) Degree
2 1 (1.23%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (41.98%) Data Quality
2 9 (11.11%) GDPR
3 7 (8.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 11 (13.58%) SAP
2 3 (3.70%) Databricks
2 3 (3.70%) Salesforce
2 3 (3.70%) SYSPRO
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.23%) Planon