Data Management Jobs

Data Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 106 165
Rank change year-on-year +12 +59 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 1,691 2,517 2,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.03% 2.43% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.24% 2.89% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 749 1,389 1,245
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,367 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.61% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,228 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,441 £52,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -9.57% +8.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Management.

Salary trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England -1 1,470 £70,000 +16.67% 1,062
UK excluding London +20 1,049 £54,441 +4.69% 547
Work from Home -20 564 £80,000 +33.33% 566
London +1 514 £95,000 +26.67% 585
South East +46 450 £62,500 +25.00% 148
North of England -82 192 £55,000 +10.00% 157
North West -62 144 £65,000 +30.00% 97
South West +131 126 £62,500 +13.64% 49
Midlands -52 118 £55,000 - 87
Scotland +94 110 £52,000 -13.33% 56
West Midlands -36 71 £63,750 +15.91% 60
East Midlands -13 46 £37,500 -16.67% 26
East of England +43 45 £35,000 -6.67% 37
Yorkshire -27 43 £25,813 -51.75% 49
Northern Ireland +49 10 £57,500 -17.86% 7
North East -15 7 £60,000 +140.38% 12
Wales +28 6 £80,000 +71.66% 7
Channel Islands - 2 £87,500 - 13

Data Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 75 (4.44%) Oracle Application Server
2 57 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 42 (2.48%) Apache
3 42 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (1.36%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.59%) SAS
6 6 (0.35%) IBM Domino
6 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.24%) Appian
7 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.24%) CMS
8 3 (0.18%) Confluence
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.18%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.12%) Mule
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.059%) Kentico
10 1 (0.059%) Luigi
10 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 232 (13.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.83%) Trello
6 6 (0.35%) Windchill
7 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.059%) Revit
9 1 (0.059%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 33 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.71%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.65%) JDE OneWorld
5 8 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
7 6 (0.35%) iTrent
7 6 (0.35%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.30%) Adaptiv
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.30%) PeopleSoft Financials
8 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
10 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.12%) Endur
11 2 (0.12%) NEC Housing
12 1 (0.059%) Lorenzo
12 1 (0.059%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 364 (21.53%) Azure
2 237 (14.02%) Power Platform
3 214 (12.66%) AWS
4 105 (6.21%) GCP
5 85 (5.03%) Snowflake
6 51 (3.02%) SaaS
7 46 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
9 44 (2.60%) PowerApps
10 42 (2.48%) Power Automate
11 40 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
12 38 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
13 34 (2.01%) dbt
14 33 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
15 29 (1.71%) Collibra
16 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
17 22 (1.30%) Boomi
17 22 (1.30%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 18 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 14 (0.83%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.47%) Intranet
2 6 (0.35%) LoRaWAN
2 6 (0.35%) Wireless
3 5 (0.30%) DNS
3 5 (0.30%) Firewall
3 5 (0.30%) Network Security
4 4 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.18%) DHCP
5 3 (0.18%) Internet
5 3 (0.18%) Skype
5 3 (0.18%) VoIP
6 2 (0.12%) ADSL2
6 2 (0.12%) HTTP
6 2 (0.12%) InfiniBand
6 2 (0.12%) Link 16
6 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
6 2 (0.12%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.12%) WAN
7 1 (0.059%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.059%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (13.07%) Power BI
2 214 (12.66%) Data Warehouse
3 191 (11.30%) Data Lake
4 135 (7.98%) Metadata
5 120 (7.10%) Tableau
6 97 (5.74%) Oracle Reports
7 77 (4.55%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 61 (3.61%) SQL Server
9 45 (2.66%) Big Data
10 42 (2.48%) Relational Database
11 39 (2.31%) NoSQL
12 33 (1.95%) Dremio
13 32 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
13 32 (1.89%) Apache Arrow
13 32 (1.89%) Apache Iceberg
14 28 (1.66%) Data Mining
15 24 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
16 23 (1.36%) Metadata Repository
17 22 (1.30%) BigQuery
17 22 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 71 (4.20%) JIRA
2 30 (1.77%) Git
3 9 (0.53%) ERwin
4 6 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.35%) NDoc
5 4 (0.24%) Robot Framework
5 4 (0.24%) Selenium
5 4 (0.24%) Snyk
6 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.12%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.059%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.059%) GitLab
8 1 (0.059%) Subversion
8 1 (0.059%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 814 (48.14%) Finance
2 808 (47.78%) Social Skills
3 372 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (12.18%) Law
5 145 (8.57%) Banking
6 119 (7.04%) Organisational Skills
7 114 (6.74%) Marketing
8 112 (6.62%) Front Office
9 89 (5.26%) Military
10 85 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 83 (4.91%) Legal
12 75 (4.44%) Retail
13 49 (2.90%) Manufacturing
14 46 (2.72%) Investment Banking
15 40 (2.37%) Retail Banking
16 32 (1.89%) Financial Institution
17 29 (1.71%) Telecoms
18 27 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
19 25 (1.48%) Public Sector
20 24 (1.42%) Games
Job Titles
1 240 (14.19%) Lead
2 217 (12.83%) Systems Manager
3 215 (12.71%) Resource Manager
4 168 (9.93%) Analyst
5 145 (8.57%) Senior
6 142 (8.40%) Developer
7 140 (8.28%) Architect
8 89 (5.26%) Data Analyst
9 73 (4.32%) Data Architect
10 70 (4.14%) Data Manager
11 61 (3.61%) Data Engineer
12 46 (2.72%) Administrator
13 45 (2.66%) Software Engineer
14 37 (2.19%) Python Developer
15 34 (2.01%) AWS Engineer
15 34 (2.01%) Senior Manager
16 33 (1.95%) IT Support
16 33 (1.95%) Principal Engineer
16 33 (1.95%) Solutions Architect
17 32 (1.89%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.54%) REST
2 42 (2.48%) Middleware
3 40 (2.37%) PySpark
4 38 (2.25%) SOAP
5 35 (2.07%) .NET
6 29 (1.71%) HTML
6 29 (1.71%) Lightning Web Components
7 26 (1.54%) XML
8 25 (1.48%) CSS
9 22 (1.30%) Kafka
9 22 (1.30%) Web Services
10 20 (1.18%) .NET Framework
10 20 (1.18%) JSON
11 16 (0.95%) React
12 13 (0.77%) NumPy
13 12 (0.71%) CSS3
13 12 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
14 11 (0.65%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.65%) Hibernate
14 11 (0.65%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 196 (11.59%) Management Information System
2 115 (6.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 115 (6.80%) Hedge funds
3 111 (6.56%) Derivative
3 111 (6.56%) Equities
4 109 (6.45%) Fixed Income
5 65 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
6 55 (3.25%) Data Structures
7 54 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (2.42%) Product Ownership
9 32 (1.89%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.54%) Social Media
11 25 (1.48%) Taxonomies
12 21 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (1.18%) Onboarding
14 19 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
15 15 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.83%) Virtual Team
17 13 (0.77%) FMCG
18 12 (0.71%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.48%) Windows
2 25 (1.48%) Linux
3 8 (0.47%) Unix
4 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.059%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 734 (43.41%) Analytics
2 501 (29.63%) Agile
3 419 (24.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 373 (22.06%) Data Governance
5 367 (21.70%) Data Modelling
6 353 (20.88%) ERP
7 283 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
8 235 (13.90%) Business Intelligence
9 209 (12.36%) Migration
10 208 (12.30%) Data Integration
11 199 (11.77%) DevOps
12 197 (11.65%) Roadmaps
13 191 (11.30%) Data Analysis
14 188 (11.12%) Decision-Making
15 183 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
16 180 (10.64%) Data Architecture
17 171 (10.11%) Project Management
18 158 (9.34%) Data Analytics
19 153 (9.05%) Computer Science
20 148 (8.75%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 383 (22.65%) SQL
2 211 (12.48%) Python
3 77 (4.55%) Java
4 47 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 44 (2.60%) C#
6 30 (1.77%) R
7 26 (1.54%) Apex Code
8 20 (1.18%) VBA
9 14 (0.83%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.53%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.41%) C++
11 7 (0.41%) Scala
11 7 (0.41%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.35%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.30%) Clojure
13 5 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.18%) Bash
14 3 (0.18%) PHP
14 3 (0.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 359 (21.23%) Degree
2 98 (5.80%) DBS Check
3 62 (3.67%) Master's Degree
4 51 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (2.66%) Security Cleared
6 43 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 41 (2.42%) AWS Certification
8 37 (2.19%) PMI Certification
9 36 (2.13%) PMP
10 25 (1.48%) SC Cleared
11 19 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.01%) A+ Certification
12 17 (1.01%) PhD
13 16 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (0.59%) CFA
16 10 (0.59%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.53%) HND
18 8 (0.47%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 368 (21.76%) Data Quality
2 105 (6.21%) GDPR
3 86 (5.09%) Accessibility
3 86 (5.09%) QA
4 34 (2.01%) MiFID
5 13 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 12 (0.71%) NIST
6 12 (0.71%) SLA
7 10 (0.59%) HIPAA
8 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
11 5 (0.30%) IFRS
12 4 (0.24%) Basel II
12 4 (0.24%) Basel III
12 4 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
12 4 (0.24%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 45 (2.66%) Docker
2 8 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.41%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.12%) GPFS
4 2 (0.12%) Lustre
4 2 (0.12%) NFS
5 1 (0.059%) HDFS
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.059%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.059%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (2.01%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.65%) Terraform
3 10 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.30%) Ansible
4 5 (0.30%) Grafana
4 5 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
4 5 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.059%) Avamar
6 1 (0.059%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.059%) Puppet
Vendors
1 376 (22.24%) Microsoft
2 131 (7.75%) Oracle
3 89 (5.26%) SAP
4 83 (4.91%) Salesforce
5 76 (4.49%) Databricks
6 64 (3.78%) Google
7 43 (2.54%) Informatica
8 38 (2.25%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 18 (1.06%) Commvault
10 18 (1.06%) Facebook
11 15 (0.89%) NetApp
12 14 (0.83%) Dell
13 13 (0.77%) Siebel
14 12 (0.71%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.65%) Workday
16 9 (0.53%) Murex
16 9 (0.53%) Palantir
16 9 (0.53%) VMware
17 6 (0.35%) Talend