Data Manager Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Data Manager
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Data Manager salary in West Yorkshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 90 123
Rank change year-on-year -16 +33 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 17 7 20
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.92% 0.49% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.50% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 13
10th Percentile £66,325 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £67,000 £49,813 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +43.50% -4.31%
75th Percentile £72,500 £89,679 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £90,822 £66,778
Yorkshire median annual salary £68,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +43.16% -5.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,732 1,392 1,987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 97.00% 97.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 687 1,532
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,550 £29,775
25th Percentile £36,125 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,100 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Data Manager job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Data Manager
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Data Manager job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Data Manager
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Manager in West Yorkshire

Data Manager
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Leeds -12 13 £70,000 -15.15%
Wakefield - 1 £80,000 - 1
Data Manager
Yorkshire

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Data Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Data Governance
2 12 (70.59%) Data Engineering
3 11 (64.71%) SQL
4 9 (52.94%) Python
5 8 (47.06%) CI/CD
5 8 (47.06%) Databricks
6 7 (41.18%) Cost Optimisation
7 6 (35.29%) Data Management
7 6 (35.29%) Data Modelling
7 6 (35.29%) Data Quality
7 6 (35.29%) Data Strategy
8 5 (29.41%) AWS
8 5 (29.41%) Azure
8 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (29.41%) Data Pipeline
8 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
8 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
9 4 (23.53%) Coaching
9 4 (23.53%) People Management
9 4 (23.53%) SQL Optimisation
9 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
10 3 (17.65%) Analytics
10 3 (17.65%) CAFM
10 3 (17.65%) Data Architecture
10 3 (17.65%) ETL
10 3 (17.65%) Facilities Management
10 3 (17.65%) IFS
10 3 (17.65%) Logistics
10 3 (17.65%) Maximo
10 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) AWS
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
3 2 (11.76%) PowerApps
3 2 (11.76%) SaaS
4 1 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) Power Query
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.88%) Tableau
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
1 3 (17.65%) Virtual Team
2 2 (11.76%) Low-Code
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Data Governance
2 12 (70.59%) Data Engineering
3 8 (47.06%) CI/CD
4 7 (41.18%) Cost Optimisation
5 6 (35.29%) Data Management
5 6 (35.29%) Data Modelling
5 6 (35.29%) Data Strategy
6 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (29.41%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
6 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
7 4 (23.53%) Coaching
7 4 (23.53%) People Management
7 4 (23.53%) SQL Optimisation
7 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
8 3 (17.65%) CAFM
8 3 (17.65%) Data Architecture
8 3 (17.65%) Facilities Management
8 3 (17.65%) Logistics
8 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Databricks
2 3 (17.65%) IFS
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft