Data Manager Job Trends in Surrey

Data Manager
South East > Surrey

The median Data Manager salary in Surrey is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 92 83
Rank change year-on-year +22 -9 +84
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 30 10 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.83% 0.83% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.06% 0.93% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% +45.00% -45.10%
75th Percentile £41,000 £59,688 £78,750
90th Percentile - £62,800 -
South East median annual salary £63,500 £42,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +51.19% -32.80% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,454 1,072 1,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.77% 88.96% 92.51%
Number of salaries quoted 912 542 713
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,000 £28,821
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

Data Manager job vacancy trend in Surrey

Data Manager
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in Surrey

Data Manager
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Manager within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 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
Tadworth - 12 - -
Woking - 2 - -
Redhill - 1 £40,000 -
Data Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Surrey region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 22 (73.33%) Degree
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (36.67%) Data Visualisation
4 11 (36.67%) Visualisation
5 10 (33.33%) Clinical Data Management
5 10 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
5 10 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
5 10 (33.33%) Data Collection
5 10 (33.33%) Data Management
5 10 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Strategy
5 10 (33.33%) Good Clinical Practice
5 10 (33.33%) Spotfire
5 10 (33.33%) Validation
6 6 (20.00%) Power BI
6 6 (20.00%) Power Platform
7 5 (16.67%) Data Integration
7 5 (16.67%) Line Management
7 5 (16.67%) SQL
8 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (10.00%) Break/Fix
9 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
9 3 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (10.00%) ETL
9 3 (10.00%) Informatica
9 3 (10.00%) Oracle
9 3 (10.00%) People Management
9 3 (10.00%) Python
9 3 (10.00%) Snowflake

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 1 (3.33%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) Spotfire
2 6 (20.00%) Power BI
3 3 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (3.33%) QlikView
5 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (3.33%) Tableau
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Data Visualisation
1 11 (36.67%) Visualisation
2 10 (33.33%) Clinical Data Management
2 10 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
2 10 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
2 10 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 10 (33.33%) Data Management
2 10 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 10 (33.33%) Validation
3 5 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 5 (16.67%) Line Management
4 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.00%) Break/Fix
5 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (10.00%) ETL
5 3 (10.00%) People Management
5 3 (10.00%) Workload Management
6 2 (6.67%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
7 1 (3.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) SQL
2 3 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (73.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) Good Clinical Practice
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Informatica
2 3 (10.00%) Oracle