Head of Data Management Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Head of Data Management
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Data Management salary in the UK excluding London 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 550 650 577
Rank change year-on-year +100 -73 +273
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Data Management 3 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.002% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.002% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £67,750 £62,870
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,500 £67,865
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% +3.88% -18.06%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,250 £75,222
90th Percentile - - £76,746
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -3.85% -8.77% -13.97%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 30,620 52,611 32,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 95.19% 93.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17,340 30,810 24,526
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Head of Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Data Management in the UK excluding London

Head of Data Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Head of Data Management job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Data Management job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Head of Data Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East - 1 £62,500 - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Head of Data Management
UK

Head of Data Management Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Data Management in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Data Lake

Head of Data Management Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) SLA