Head of Data Salary in United Kingdom during 2025
💰 The median Head of Data Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 139,240
✏️ This salary info is based on 42 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Head of Data salary lies between USD 101,265 and USD 170,974 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- Head of Data
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 42
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Head of Data roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Head of Data job listings are Engineering, Data governance and Architecture. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Engineering | 262 jobs Data governance | 201 jobs Architecture | 197 jobs Machine Learning | 190 jobs Security | 181 jobs SQL | 152 jobs Data quality | 148 jobs Data management | 144 jobs Python | 140 jobs Data strategy | 137 jobs Pipelines | 128 jobs Computer Science | 128 jobs Privacy | 125 jobs Data Analytics | 111 jobs Finance | 105 jobs Power BI | 88 jobs AWS | 87 jobs Business Intelligence | 84 jobs Agile | 83 jobs Statistics | 83 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Head of Data roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Head of Data job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 327 jobs Health care | 178 jobs Startup environment | 170 jobs Flex hours | 152 jobs Competitive pay | 129 jobs Equity / stock options | 102 jobs Team events | 101 jobs Salary bonus | 93 jobs Parental leave | 80 jobs Flex vacation | 62 jobs Insurance | 60 jobs Medical leave | 56 jobs Wellness | 40 jobs Transparency | 33 jobs 401(k) matching | 28 jobs Home office stipend | 22 jobs Fitness / gym | 21 jobs Conferences | 18 jobs Gear | 14 jobs Travel | 12 jobsWant to contribute?
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