Hybrid/Remote Data Manager Job Trends

Data Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 342 375
Rank change year-on-year +21 +33 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Manager 139 79 115
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.47% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.51% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 98 55 78
10th Percentile £45,000 £57,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £58,298
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +41.51% -3.24%
75th Percentile £108,750 £107,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +27.27% -8.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 23,358 15,599 21,120
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 93.05% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 16,151 8,737 13,136
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Data Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Data Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Data Manager job vacancies

Data Manager
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Manager over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Data Manager salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 6 October 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 55 (39.57%) Data Governance
2 42 (30.22%) AI
3 40 (28.78%) Data Engineering
4 39 (28.06%) Power Platform
5 36 (25.90%) Data Quality
5 36 (25.90%) Power BI
6 32 (23.02%) Business Intelligence
7 30 (21.58%) Agile
7 30 (21.58%) Azure
7 30 (21.58%) Databricks
8 26 (18.71%) SQL
9 23 (16.55%) Data Protection
9 23 (16.55%) Machine Learning
10 22 (15.83%) Data Management
11 21 (15.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 21 (15.11%) Data Security
11 21 (15.11%) GDPR
11 21 (15.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (15.11%) Roadmaps
11 21 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (14.39%) Microsoft
13 18 (12.95%) Data Strategy
14 17 (12.23%) Analytics
14 17 (12.23%) Decision-Making
14 17 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (12.23%) Visualisation
15 16 (11.51%) Data Architecture
15 16 (11.51%) Data Visualisation
16 14 (10.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 14 (10.07%) Migration

Data Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.72%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (28.06%) Power Platform
2 30 (21.58%) Azure
3 21 (15.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 21 (15.11%) Microsoft Purview
4 11 (7.91%) Azure AI
4 11 (7.91%) Azure Machine Learning
4 11 (7.91%) Snowflake
5 4 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.16%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.44%) AWS
7 2 (1.44%) SaaS
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Databricks
8 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.72%) Collibra
8 1 (0.72%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (25.90%) Power BI
2 14 (10.07%) SQL Server
2 14 (10.07%) Tableau
3 9 (6.47%) Data Lake
4 8 (5.76%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (5.04%) Big Data
6 4 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.72%) GIS
7 1 (0.72%) Metadata
7 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Git
2 4 (2.88%) MLflow
2 4 (2.88%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.16%) JIRA
4 1 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
General
1 27 (19.42%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.71%) Finance
3 22 (15.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.76%) Marketing
6 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.16%) Publishing
8 2 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.44%) Legal
8 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.72%) Law
9 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) NumPy
1 5 (3.60%) Pandas
2 4 (2.88%) SciPy
3 1 (0.72%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.72%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.72%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.51%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.04%) Lidar
3 6 (4.32%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.44%) Reference Data
4 2 (1.44%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.72%) Life Science
5 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Linux
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (39.57%) Data Governance
2 42 (30.22%) AI
3 40 (28.78%) Data Engineering
4 32 (23.02%) Business Intelligence
5 30 (21.58%) Agile
6 23 (16.55%) Data Protection
6 23 (16.55%) Machine Learning
7 22 (15.83%) Data Management
8 21 (15.11%) Data Security
8 21 (15.11%) Roadmaps
8 21 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (12.95%) Data Strategy
10 17 (12.23%) Analytics
10 17 (12.23%) Decision-Making
10 17 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (12.23%) Visualisation
11 16 (11.51%) Data Architecture
11 16 (11.51%) Data Visualisation
12 14 (10.07%) Migration
13 12 (8.63%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.71%) SQL
2 8 (5.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (8.63%) Degree
2 9 (6.47%) DBS Check
2 9 (6.47%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (25.90%) Data Quality
2 21 (15.11%) GDPR
3 14 (10.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 8 (5.76%) SLA
5 6 (4.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.72%) ECSS
6 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 11 (7.91%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 30 (21.58%) Databricks
2 20 (14.39%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.44%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.72%) Cognizant
4 1 (0.72%) Google
4 1 (0.72%) IBM
4 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (0.72%) SAP
4 1 (0.72%) TippingPoint