Data Management Job Trends in Reading

Data Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 71 83
Rank change year-on-year +31 +12 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 11 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 1.88% 1.39% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 1.57% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 5
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £44,214 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.03% +1.94% -31.33%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £104,500 £90,000
Berkshire median annual salary £59,000 £53,750 £50,750
% change year-on-year +9.77% +5.91% -32.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 462 699 932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 79.11% 88.37% 92.55%
Number of salaries quoted 300 309 604
10th Percentile £28,675 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,469 £50,000 £39,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in Reading

Data Management
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Management

Data Management
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management in Reading over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Management in Reading

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (27.27%) CMS
2 1 (9.09%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) Power Platform
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (9.09%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Power BI
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (9.09%) Big Data
3 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
3 1 (9.09%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (9.09%) SAS EBI
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Games
3 3 (27.27%) Humanities
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Integration Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Data Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Business Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Business Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
1 3 (27.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Data Governance
2 4 (36.36%) Data Governance Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Data Lineage
2 4 (36.36%) Data Privacy
2 4 (36.36%) Data Security
2 4 (36.36%) Data Validation
2 4 (36.36%) Validation
3 3 (27.27%) CRM
3 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) User Experience
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Data Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Data Science
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Debt
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
1 3 (27.27%) VB.NET
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) Data Quality
2 5 (45.45%) Accessibility
3 3 (27.27%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Databricks