Data Management Job Trends in the North of England

Data Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 189 96
Rank change year-on-year -48 -93 +84
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 122 115 299
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.52% 1.23% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.41% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 76 59 200
10th Percentile £26,738 £25,463 £24,960
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,750 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,750 £87,832
England median annual salary £56,029 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.62% -7.69% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,577 8,147 10,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.42% 87.49% 78.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12,376 4,027 6,119
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,010 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,720 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -2.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Management
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Management

Data Management
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Management in the North of England

Data Management
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
North West -28 80 £50,000 +25.00% 132
Yorkshire -28 37 £38,772 +44.94% 66
North East -59 5 £41,507 -13.53% 22
Data Management
England

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.64%) Moodle
3 2 (1.64%) Totara
Applications
1 28 (22.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.46%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.64%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.82%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.82%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.46%) SystmOne
3 2 (1.64%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (1.64%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.82%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (30.33%) Power Platform
2 18 (14.75%) Azure
3 15 (12.30%) Microsoft Purview
4 14 (11.48%) AWS
5 9 (7.38%) GCP
6 8 (6.56%) Collibra
7 5 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (4.10%) SaaS
7 5 (4.10%) Serverless
7 5 (4.10%) Snowflake
8 3 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.46%) dbt
8 3 (2.46%) IaaS
8 3 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.46%) PaaS
9 2 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.64%) Canva
9 2 (1.64%) OCI
9 2 (1.64%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.82%) Broadband
1 1 (0.82%) Firewall
1 1 (0.82%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (29.51%) Power BI
2 17 (13.93%) Metadata
3 10 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (7.38%) Tableau
5 6 (4.92%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.28%) Star Schema
7 3 (2.46%) BigQuery
7 3 (2.46%) Data Vault
7 3 (2.46%) Power Query
7 3 (2.46%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.64%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (1.64%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.82%) GIS
9 1 (0.82%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Git
2 2 (1.64%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.64%) GitLab
2 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.64%) JIRA
3 1 (0.82%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.82%) Gatling
3 1 (0.82%) JMeter
3 1 (0.82%) REST Assured
General
1 39 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 28 (22.95%) Finance
3 26 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (12.30%) Marketing
5 14 (11.48%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (8.20%) Retail
8 8 (6.56%) Legal
9 7 (5.74%) Manufacturing
10 4 (3.28%) Aerospace
10 4 (3.28%) Law
10 4 (3.28%) Public Sector
10 4 (3.28%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.64%) Billing
11 2 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.82%) Military
12 1 (0.82%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.82%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 17 (13.93%) Architect
2 16 (13.11%) Consultant
3 15 (12.30%) Analyst
3 15 (12.30%) Data Architect
4 13 (10.66%) Data Technician
5 10 (8.20%) Data Consultant
5 10 (8.20%) Data Manager
5 10 (8.20%) Management Consultant
6 9 (7.38%) Senior
7 8 (6.56%) IT Support
8 7 (5.74%) Data Governance Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Data Governance Manager
8 7 (5.74%) Digital Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Governance Manager
9 6 (4.92%) Functional Consultant
9 6 (4.92%) Senior Architect
10 5 (4.10%) Data Analyst
10 5 (4.10%) Data Engineer
10 5 (4.10%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 5 (4.10%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.28%) Middleware
1 4 (3.28%) Terraform
2 2 (1.64%) JSON
2 2 (1.64%) Playwright
2 2 (1.64%) XML
3 1 (0.82%) .NET
3 1 (0.82%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.82%) Classic ASP
3 1 (0.82%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.82%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.82%) Google Maps API
3 1 (0.82%) HTML
3 1 (0.82%) REST
3 1 (0.82%) RESTful
3 1 (0.82%) Web Services
3 1 (0.82%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.20%) Marketing Technology
3 8 (6.56%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.28%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.28%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.46%) Pricing Data
5 3 (2.46%) Social Media
5 3 (2.46%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.64%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.64%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.64%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.64%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.64%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.82%) Blog
7 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.82%) IoT
7 1 (0.82%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.82%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (33.61%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (31.15%) Analytics
3 35 (28.69%) Data Governance
4 32 (26.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (25.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (22.95%) Decision-Making
7 25 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (18.85%) Data Architecture
9 21 (17.21%) Data Strategy
10 20 (16.39%) AI
10 20 (16.39%) Data Analysis
11 19 (15.57%) Agile
11 19 (15.57%) Validation
12 18 (14.75%) Data Modelling
13 17 (13.93%) Data Protection
14 16 (13.11%) Metadata Management
14 16 (13.11%) Visualisation
15 14 (11.48%) Data Transformation
15 14 (11.48%) Data Visualisation
16 13 (10.66%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.03%) SQL
2 9 (7.38%) Python
3 5 (4.10%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.46%) C#
4 3 (2.46%) TypeScript
4 3 (2.46%) VBA
5 2 (1.64%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.64%) R
6 1 (0.82%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (16.39%) Degree
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared
2 5 (4.10%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.28%) SAP Certification
4 3 (2.46%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.64%) AAT
5 2 (1.64%) ACCA
5 2 (1.64%) CIMA
5 2 (1.64%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.82%) HNC
6 1 (0.82%) HND
6 1 (0.82%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (31.97%) Data Quality
2 20 (16.39%) GDPR
3 10 (8.20%) QA
4 7 (5.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.82%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.64%) Grafana
2 1 (0.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (26.23%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.38%) Databricks
3 7 (5.74%) Informatica
4 6 (4.92%) SAP
5 3 (2.46%) Google
6 2 (1.64%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.64%) Infor
6 2 (1.64%) Oracle
6 2 (1.64%) Sage
6 2 (1.64%) Synthesia
6 2 (1.64%) YouTube
7 1 (0.82%) Adobe
7 1 (0.82%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.82%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.82%) IFS
7 1 (0.82%) Planon
7 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.82%) TikTok