Data Manager Jobs in Wales

Data Manager
UK > Wales

The median Data Manager salary in Wales is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 110 129
Rank change year-on-year +28 +19 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 1 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.089% 0.44% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.47% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - £48,000 £48,677
25th Percentile £77,500 £50,000 £50,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £52,956 £55,043
Median % change year-on-year +51.07% -3.79% +14.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £58,750 £56,492
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £66,603
% change year-on-year +27.27% -17.42% +6.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 970 1,910 1,418
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.45% 92.67% 85.84%
Number of salaries quoted 564 1,298 802
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,979 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in Wales

Data Manager
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Data Manager in Wales

Data Manager
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 18 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
South Wales +37 1 £80,000 +39.13% 5
Data Manager
UK

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 18 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 Wales region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Stewardship
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Stewardship
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality