Master Data Management Job Trends in the North of England

Master Data Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Master Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 249 268
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 +114
Permanent jobs citing Master Data Management 5 25 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.047% 0.28% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.30% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 16
10th Percentile - £41,500 £44,438
25th Percentile £42,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £80,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -44.38% +1.59% +16.67%
75th Percentile £53,875 £105,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £65,350 £110,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -20.63% +6.67% +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Master 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 8,531 8,241 7,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.17% 90.66% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 3,667 5,961
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,040 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Master Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Master Data Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Master Data Management
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Master Data Management
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master Data Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Master Data Management in the North of England

Master 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 Master Data Management within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 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 +20 3 £59,000 -34.44% 9
Yorkshire -14 2 £44,000 -32.31% 9
Master Data Management
England

Master 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Markit EDM
2 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) LSMW
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) ETL Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Master Data Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
1 3 (60.00%) ETL
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Batch Scheduling
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) DAMA
3 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP