Master Data Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Master Data Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Master Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 187 162
Rank change year-on-year +18 -25 +96
Permanent jobs citing Master Data Management 11 11 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.21% 0.25% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.28% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 9
10th Percentile £56,500 £50,000 £52,325
25th Percentile £56,750 £50,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £52,500 £59,300
Median % change year-on-year +24.76% -11.47% -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,188 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -20.63% +6.67% +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Master 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,343 3,932 2,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.57% 90.66% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,243 1,772 2,527
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £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%

Master Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Master Data Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Master Data Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Master Data Management

Master Data Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master Data Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Master Data Management in the West Midlands

Master Data Management
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 Master Data Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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 +27 6 £63,500 -16.72% 2
Coventry - 4 £67,500 - 1
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Master Data Management
England

Master Data Management
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 9 (81.82%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) ERwin
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (18.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
1 5 (45.45%) Data Architect
1 5 (45.45%) Data Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Data Governance Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Data Governance Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Governance Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 10 (90.91%) Data Architecture
2 10 (90.91%) Data Strategy
3 9 (81.82%) Metadata Management
4 6 (54.55%) Data Modelling
5 5 (45.45%) Agile
5 5 (45.45%) Data Management
5 5 (45.45%) Decision-Making
5 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (36.36%) Analytics
6 4 (36.36%) Data Stewardship
6 4 (36.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (36.36%) Technology Enablement
7 3 (27.27%) Building Information Modelling
7 3 (27.27%) Information Management
7 3 (27.27%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (18.18%) Architectural Design
8 2 (18.18%) Reverse Engineering
9 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
9 1 (9.09%) Data Lineage
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Databricks