Data Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Data Manager salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 213 233
Rank change year-on-year +37 +20 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 17 46 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.41% 0.55% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.58% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 15 33 21
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,325 £52,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £52,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -29.03% +34.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £94,250
90th Percentile £85,250 £74,720 £95,000
England median annual salary £69,018 £54,650 £66,603
% change year-on-year +26.29% -17.95% +5.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,702 7,865 5,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 94.40% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,731 5,721 3,210
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,331
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.98% +0.55%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in the West Midlands

Data Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Data Manager in the West Midlands

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Manager in the West Midlands

Data Manager
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 Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +24 9 £62,500 +13.64% 8
Warwickshire - 4 £52,500 - 4
Shropshire +11 1 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 £82,500 -
Data Manager
England

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 West Midlands region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Data Governance
2 9 (52.94%) Data Quality
3 8 (47.06%) Analytics
4 7 (41.18%) Migration
5 6 (35.29%) ETL
5 6 (35.29%) Data Strategy
6 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
6 5 (29.41%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (29.41%) Data Management
6 5 (29.41%) Data Migration
7 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
7 4 (23.53%) Informatica
7 4 (23.53%) Project Management
7 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (23.53%) Data Enrichment
7 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
7 4 (23.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (23.53%) Data Integration
7 4 (23.53%) Data Architecture
7 4 (23.53%) Tech for Good
7 4 (23.53%) Data Collection
7 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
8 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (17.65%) Data Governance Strategy
8 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
8 3 (17.65%) Azure
8 3 (17.65%) AWS

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) AWS
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) Big Data
2 1 (5.88%) Data Hub
2 1 (5.88%) Metadata
2 1 (5.88%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Tech for Good
2 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (17.65%) Law
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Billing
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Data Governance
2 8 (47.06%) Analytics
3 7 (41.18%) Migration
4 6 (35.29%) Data Strategy
4 6 (35.29%) ETL
5 5 (29.41%) Data Management
5 5 (29.41%) Data Migration
5 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
6 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (23.53%) Data Architecture
6 4 (23.53%) Data Collection
6 4 (23.53%) Data Enrichment
6 4 (23.53%) Data Integration
6 4 (23.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
6 4 (23.53%) Project Management
6 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
7 3 (17.65%) Data Governance Strategy
7 3 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.76%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Informatica
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce