Head of Data Management Job Trends in the South East

Head of Data Management
England > South East

The median Head of Data Management salary in the South East is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Data Management 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.011% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £66,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £64,480
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.81% -28.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,071 12,329 8,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 95.89% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,404 7,325 6,074
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £67,313 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Head of Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Head of Data Management in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Data Management in the South East

Head of Data Management
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Head of Data Management job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Data Management job vacancies in the South East

Head of Data Management
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Data Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £62,500 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £62,500 - 1
Head of Data Management
England

Head of Data Management Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Head of Data Management job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Head of Data Management in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management

Head of Data Management Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) SLA