DAMA International Guide to Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DAMA DMBOK skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DAMA DMBOK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 908 986 1208
Rank change year-on-year +78 +222 -
Permanent jobs citing DAMA DMBOK 3 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.013% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.013% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 0
10th Percentile - £44,875 -
25th Percentile £29,000 £57,813 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £62,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.40% - -
75th Percentile £33,000 £95,000 -
90th Percentile - £97,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £76,500 -
% change year-on-year -59.48% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

DAMA DMBOK is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

DAMA DMBOK
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DAMA DMBOK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DAMA DMBOK in the UK

DAMA DMBOK
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DAMA DMBOK.

Salary trend for DAMA DMBOK in the UK

DAMA DMBOK
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DAMA DMBOK within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
England +81 3 £31,000 -50.40% 3
Work from Home +74 2 £31,000 -55.71% 1
UK excluding London -9 2 £31,000 -59.48% 2
East of England - 2 £31,000 -
London +110 1 - - 1

DAMA DMBOK
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Big Data
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Junior
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) Life Science
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DAMA
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Hematology
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft