Data Manager Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Data Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £59,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 154 223
Rank change year-on-year -13 +69 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 16 92 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.47% 1.37% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.45% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 7 60 21
10th Percentile £53,721 £30,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,375 £31,813 £47,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.11% -25.00% -2.04%
75th Percentile £105,625 £51,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £70,000 £94,750
South East median annual salary £59,500 £45,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +32.22% -26.53% +20.10%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,875 6,337 5,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.94% 94.70% 89.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 4,418 3,118
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,183 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,512 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Data Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in the Thames Valley

Data Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Manager in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data Manager in the Thames Valley

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Manager in the Thames Valley

Data Manager
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Berkshire +14 9 £80,000 +72.97% 16
Buckinghamshire +28 7 £59,000 +18.00% 4
Data Manager
South East

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Data Manager 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 Thames Valley region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Data Quality
2 10 (62.50%) Data Strategy
2 10 (62.50%) Data Governance
3 7 (43.75%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (43.75%) Data Management
4 6 (37.50%) Migration
4 6 (37.50%) Project Management
4 6 (37.50%) Data Architecture
4 6 (37.50%) Azure
5 5 (31.25%) Data Engineering
5 5 (31.25%) Finance
6 4 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
6 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
6 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (25.00%) Analytics
6 4 (25.00%) DevOps
6 4 (25.00%) Data Privacy
6 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (18.75%) Accessibility
7 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
7 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (18.75%) Dimensional Modelling
7 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
7 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
7 3 (18.75%) SQL
7 3 (18.75%) Data Warehouse

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (12.50%) Tableau
3 1 (6.25%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Advertising
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Data Governance
1 10 (62.50%) Data Strategy
2 7 (43.75%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (43.75%) Data Management
3 6 (37.50%) Data Architecture
3 6 (37.50%) Migration
3 6 (37.50%) Project Management
4 5 (31.25%) Data Engineering
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) Analytics
5 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
5 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
5 4 (25.00%) Data Privacy
5 4 (25.00%) DevOps
5 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
6 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
6 3 (18.75%) Dimensional Modelling
6 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
1 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (68.75%) Data Quality
2 3 (18.75%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft