Data Design Job Trends in the West Midlands

Data Design
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 203 166
Rank change year-on-year +29 -37 +113
Permanent jobs citing Data Design 1 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.019% 0.089% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.099% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £53,268
25th Percentile - £56,809 £54,681
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,206 £59,075
Median % change year-on-year +22.54% +3.61% +5.02%
75th Percentile - £65,603 £63,181
90th Percentile - - £64,423
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,778 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.57% -5.28% +5.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Data Design 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,311 4,028 2,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.51% 89.85% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,824 2,404
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Data Design job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Data Design
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Design

Data Design
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Design within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Birmingham +28 1 £75,000 +22.54%
Data Design
England

Data Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management