Data Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 169 167
Rank change year-on-year +55 -2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 2,385 2,243 4,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.39% 2.26% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 2.37% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,301 1,843
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +5.09%
75th Percentile £82,783 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.22% +9.52% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Management.

Salary trend for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Management in the UK

Data Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
England +51 2,135 £60,000 -7.69% 616
UK excluding London +77 1,392 £54,500 -5.22% 425
Work from Home +25 969 £60,000 -7.69% 265
London +46 882 £75,000 +7.14% 262
South East +49 419 £50,000 -20.00% 111
North of England +172 415 £53,000 -11.67% 105
Midlands +76 262 £55,000 - 72
North West +114 232 £52,500 -12.50% 61
West Midlands +62 173 £55,000 -7.56% 47
Yorkshire +139 143 £52,500 -16.00% 27
Scotland +2 130 £60,000 +0.80% 38
South West -79 92 £62,500 +3.74% 49
East Midlands +41 89 £45,000 -6.25% 25
East of England -40 51 £34,742 -39.58% 29
North East +20 40 £60,000 +15.38% 18
Wales +8 19 £46,332 -19.42% 17
Northern Ireland +22 3 £70,000 +86.67% 9
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -

Data Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 315 (13.21%) SAS
2 87 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.84%) Confluence
4 43 (1.80%) Apache Spark
5 39 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
6 27 (1.13%) Apache
7 14 (0.59%) WordPress
8 8 (0.34%) CMS
9 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.21%) Kinematics
11 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.13%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 3 (0.13%) Orchard CMS
12 3 (0.13%) Smallworld
12 3 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.084%) Luigi
13 2 (0.084%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 326 (13.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 103 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.59%) Sketch
6 10 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.25%) SPSS
8 6 (0.25%) Stata
9 5 (0.21%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.042%) InVision
11 1 (0.042%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 300 (12.58%) SAP ERP
2 36 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 29 (1.22%) Primavera
4 18 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.59%) SAP BPC
6 10 (0.42%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 5 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.21%) Odoo
8 5 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.17%) Finacle
9 4 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
9 4 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
9 4 (0.17%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.17%) Temenos T24
10 3 (0.13%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.13%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 390 (16.35%) Azure
2 324 (13.58%) Power Platform
3 222 (9.31%) AWS
4 146 (6.12%) GCP
5 72 (3.02%) Snowflake
6 61 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (2.56%) SaaS
7 51 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
8 48 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
9 46 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
10 39 (1.64%) Collibra
11 38 (1.59%) PowerApps
12 35 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
13 34 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 33 (1.38%) GitHub
15 27 (1.13%) IaaS
15 27 (1.13%) Serverless
16 26 (1.09%) Power Automate
17 24 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 323 (13.54%) Broadband
2 38 (1.59%) Firewall
3 37 (1.55%) 5G
4 35 (1.47%) Wireless
5 34 (1.43%) WAN
6 32 (1.34%) Internet
7 22 (0.92%) Bluetooth
7 22 (0.92%) GSM
7 22 (0.92%) ISDN
7 22 (0.92%) LAN
7 22 (0.92%) LTE
7 22 (0.92%) PSTN
7 22 (0.92%) UMTS
7 22 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (0.84%) WPA
9 15 (0.63%) 4G
9 15 (0.63%) MPLS
9 15 (0.63%) TCP/IP
10 13 (0.55%) DHCP
10 13 (0.55%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 294 (12.33%) Power BI
2 197 (8.26%) Data Warehouse
3 152 (6.37%) Metadata
4 141 (5.91%) SQL Server
5 104 (4.36%) Data Lake
6 93 (3.90%) Tableau
7 58 (2.43%) Big Data
8 57 (2.39%) NoSQL
9 56 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 48 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 47 (1.97%) BigQuery
11 47 (1.97%) Power Query
12 34 (1.43%) Data Vault
13 32 (1.34%) Relational Database
14 28 (1.17%) Looker
14 28 (1.17%) SAP BW
15 26 (1.09%) Data Mining
16 22 (0.92%) MongoDB
17 21 (0.88%) Delta Lake
17 21 (0.88%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 180 (7.55%) JIRA
2 77 (3.23%) Git
3 44 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.13%) GitLab
5 22 (0.92%) LabVIEW
6 14 (0.59%) Spinnaker
7 12 (0.50%) CircleCI
8 11 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.42%) JUnit
9 10 (0.42%) Selenium
10 9 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.25%) RStudio
13 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
14 4 (0.17%) ERwin
14 4 (0.17%) IBM UrbanCode
15 3 (0.13%) Maven
15 3 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
15 3 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
16 2 (0.084%) Xcode
General
1 1,094 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 1,061 (44.49%) Finance
3 438 (18.36%) Analytical Skills
4 297 (12.45%) Legal
5 296 (12.41%) Banking
6 179 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 148 (6.21%) Marketing
8 139 (5.83%) Retail
9 100 (4.19%) Law
9 100 (4.19%) Telecoms
10 78 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
11 59 (2.47%) Manufacturing
12 51 (2.14%) Billing
13 46 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
14 39 (1.64%) Public Sector
15 38 (1.59%) Financial Institution
16 35 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
17 29 (1.22%) Local Government
18 22 (0.92%) Back Office
18 22 (0.92%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 496 (20.80%) Architect
2 343 (14.38%) Solutions Architect
3 331 (13.88%) Analyst
4 315 (13.21%) Senior
5 187 (7.84%) Data Manager
6 157 (6.58%) Data Analyst
7 154 (6.46%) Lead
8 142 (5.95%) Data Engineer
9 139 (5.83%) Developer
10 117 (4.91%) Data Architect
11 116 (4.86%) Senior Analyst
12 70 (2.94%) Consultant
13 50 (2.10%) Senior Manager
14 49 (2.05%) Software Engineer
15 48 (2.01%) Quantity Surveyor
16 45 (1.89%) Coordinator
17 44 (1.84%) Administrator
17 44 (1.84%) Senior Architect
18 39 (1.64%) Senior Data Engineer
19 36 (1.51%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.26%) .NET
2 30 (1.26%) Kafka
3 24 (1.01%) React
4 23 (0.96%) AngularJS
4 23 (0.96%) RESTful
4 23 (0.96%) Web Services
5 22 (0.92%) Node.js
6 21 (0.88%) Middleware
7 18 (0.75%) Apache Beam
8 17 (0.71%) HTML
9 14 (0.59%) Laravel
9 14 (0.59%) PySpark
10 13 (0.55%) CSS
11 9 (0.38%) Spring
11 9 (0.38%) Vue
12 8 (0.34%) ADO
12 8 (0.34%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.34%) EDI
12 8 (0.34%) LDAP
12 8 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 288 (12.08%) Management Information System
2 163 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
3 110 (4.61%) Data Structures
4 104 (4.36%) Product Ownership
5 76 (3.19%) Algorithms
6 54 (2.26%) Onboarding
7 49 (2.05%) Cloud Native
8 46 (1.93%) Public Cloud
9 43 (1.80%) IoT
10 41 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 41 (1.72%) Reinsurance
11 40 (1.68%) Reference Data
12 39 (1.64%) Mobile App
13 33 (1.38%) Taxonomies
14 32 (1.34%) Life Science
15 24 (1.01%) Driving Licence
16 23 (0.96%) Blog
17 22 (0.92%) Acoustics
17 22 (0.92%) Satnav
17 22 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (3.02%) Linux
2 67 (2.81%) Windows
3 30 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.63%) Unix
5 12 (0.50%) zOS
6 7 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.21%) Android
7 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.042%) AIX
9 1 (0.042%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.042%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 797 (33.42%) Agile
2 505 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
3 496 (20.80%) Analytics
4 485 (20.34%) Roadmaps
5 466 (19.54%) Data Governance
6 393 (16.48%) Business Intelligence
7 382 (16.02%) ERP
8 367 (15.39%) Change Management
9 345 (14.47%) Data Modelling
10 338 (14.17%) Performance Management
11 332 (13.92%) TOGAF
12 329 (13.79%) Strategic Roadmap
13 327 (13.71%) Enterprise Architecture
14 318 (13.33%) Data Analysis
15 287 (12.03%) Decision-Making
16 275 (11.53%) ETL
17 271 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
18 258 (10.82%) Visualisation
19 250 (10.48%) Data Protection
19 250 (10.48%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 466 (19.54%) SQL
2 234 (9.81%) Python
3 87 (3.65%) Java
4 65 (2.73%) C#
5 61 (2.56%) T-SQL
6 48 (2.01%) R
7 42 (1.76%) JavaScript
8 36 (1.51%) C
9 30 (1.26%) PowerShell
10 23 (0.96%) C++
11 21 (0.88%) Rust
12 19 (0.80%) PHP
13 18 (0.75%) Go
14 15 (0.63%) Scala
15 14 (0.59%) PL/SQL
16 13 (0.55%) Shell Script
17 12 (0.50%) TypeScript
17 12 (0.50%) VBA
18 11 (0.46%) Bash
19 8 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 529 (22.18%) Degree
2 139 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 86 (3.61%) Master's Degree
4 83 (3.48%) Security Cleared
5 47 (1.97%) Numerate Degree
6 42 (1.76%) ACCA
6 42 (1.76%) CIMA
7 39 (1.64%) DBS Check
8 33 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 29 (1.22%) SC Cleared
10 27 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (0.92%) MBA
12 18 (0.75%) PhD
13 17 (0.71%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.71%) PMI Certification
14 16 (0.67%) CISSP
15 15 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.42%) CISM
16 10 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
17 9 (0.38%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 441 (18.49%) Data Quality
2 272 (11.40%) GDPR
3 114 (4.78%) QA
4 57 (2.39%) Accessibility
5 18 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 18 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (0.46%) Good Clinical Practice
6 11 (0.46%) PSD2
7 10 (0.42%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 10 (0.42%) CDISC
7 10 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.42%) PMO
8 9 (0.38%) COSHH
9 6 (0.25%) GAAP
9 6 (0.25%) GRC
9 6 (0.25%) IFRS
9 6 (0.25%) SLA
10 5 (0.21%) COBIT
10 5 (0.21%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.21%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 36 (1.51%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.34%) Docker
3 25 (1.05%) Hyper-V
4 20 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.21%) DFS Replication
5 5 (0.21%) Firmware
5 5 (0.21%) NFS
5 5 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.042%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 31 (1.30%) Terraform
3 15 (0.63%) FortiGate
4 14 (0.59%) Ansible
5 10 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (0.38%) Grafana
7 7 (0.29%) Puppet
8 5 (0.21%) NetBackup
8 5 (0.21%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.21%) SCOM
8 5 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 4 (0.17%) Nagios
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.13%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.042%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.042%) Packer
11 1 (0.042%) SCCM
11 1 (0.042%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 421 (17.65%) Oracle
2 413 (17.32%) Microsoft
3 412 (17.27%) SAP
4 301 (12.62%) Hyperion
5 299 (12.54%) Anaplan
6 118 (4.95%) Databricks
7 95 (3.98%) Salesforce
8 71 (2.98%) Google
8 71 (2.98%) NEC
9 53 (2.22%) Informatica
10 41 (1.72%) Virgin Media
11 27 (1.13%) Cisco
12 25 (1.05%) VMware
13 18 (0.75%) HP
13 18 (0.75%) Openreach
13 18 (0.75%) ServiceNow
14 15 (0.63%) Darktrace
15 13 (0.55%) Alteryx
16 12 (0.50%) F5
16 12 (0.50%) Facebook