Data Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 373 433
Rank change year-on-year +88 +60 +57
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 986 919 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 0.88% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.92% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 573 566 608
10th Percentile £48,768 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £71,367 £70,278
Median % change year-on-year +12.10% +1.55% +8.12%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,937 £65,956 £60,050
% change year-on-year +4.52% +9.83% +14.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Strategy 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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in the UK

Data Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Strategy in the UK

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Strategy in the UK

Data Strategy
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 Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +113 911 £80,000 +6.67% 168
Work from Home +98 522 £75,000 +7.14% 79
UK excluding London +87 515 £68,937 +4.52% 82
London +101 441 £90,000 +12.50% 89
South East +125 203 £85,000 - 18
North of England +53 133 £75,000 +14.63% 23
North West +42 82 £90,000 +50.00% 13
Midlands +22 65 £65,000 +6.12% 15
South West +5 49 £65,000 -20.00% 13
West Midlands +34 47 £65,400 +2.59% 13
Scotland -57 45 £65,000 +8.25% 6
Yorkshire +74 40 £60,249 -9.40% 7
East Midlands -8 18 £38,500 -23.00% 2
East of England +4 12 £60,000 -22.58% 9
North East -14 11 £75,000 +20.97% 4
Wales +14 5 £130,000 +271.43% 1
Channel Islands - 2 - -
Northern Ireland +25 1 £70,000 +112.12%

Data Strategy
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 62 (6.29%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.22%) SAS
3 11 (1.12%) Confluence
3 11 (1.12%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.61%) Apache
6 1 (0.10%) Luigi
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) InVision
5 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.10%) Sketch
5 1 (0.10%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 9 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.30%) Endur
3 2 (0.20%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.10%) Data Workbench
4 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.10%) Shopify
4 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 267 (27.08%) Azure
2 179 (18.15%) AWS
3 166 (16.84%) Power Platform
4 104 (10.55%) GCP
5 49 (4.97%) Snowflake
6 40 (4.06%) SaaS
7 39 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 32 (3.25%) Serverless
10 26 (2.64%) Matillion
11 24 (2.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 21 (2.13%) dbt
13 20 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (1.52%) Azure Stack
14 15 (1.52%) Collibra
15 11 (1.12%) Amazon S3
15 11 (1.12%) PaaS
15 11 (1.12%) PowerApps
16 7 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (0.71%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 184 (18.66%) Broadband
2 18 (1.83%) DSL
3 2 (0.20%) Internet
4 1 (0.10%) Firewall
4 1 (0.10%) PPP
4 1 (0.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (16.53%) Power BI
2 143 (14.50%) Data Lake
3 120 (12.17%) Data Warehouse
4 99 (10.04%) Metadata
5 93 (9.43%) Tableau
6 50 (5.07%) Big Data
7 46 (4.67%) SQL Server
8 37 (3.75%) Hadoop
9 33 (3.35%) Data Mining
10 31 (3.14%) Data Vault
11 29 (2.94%) MongoDB
12 27 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (2.64%) Apache Ignite
14 24 (2.43%) Delta Lake
15 23 (2.33%) BigQuery
15 23 (2.33%) NoSQL
16 21 (2.13%) Relational Database
17 18 (1.83%) DB2
18 14 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
19 13 (1.32%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 43 (4.36%) JIRA
2 21 (2.13%) Git
3 7 (0.71%) ERwin
4 5 (0.51%) GitLab
4 5 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.20%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.10%) Maven
7 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 232 (23.53%) Marketing
2 220 (22.31%) Finance
3 196 (19.88%) Social Skills
4 193 (19.57%) Advertising
5 181 (18.36%) Analytical Skills
6 103 (10.45%) Legal
7 77 (7.81%) Banking
8 57 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 48 (4.87%) Law
10 46 (4.67%) Retail
11 32 (3.25%) Financial Institution
12 31 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.23%) Public Sector
14 21 (2.13%) Investment Banking
15 17 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.42%) Retail Banking
17 10 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.81%) Games
19 7 (0.71%) Billing
20 6 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 264 (26.77%) Lead
2 202 (20.49%) Architect
3 162 (16.43%) Senior
4 156 (15.82%) Data Engineer
5 147 (14.91%) Data Architect
6 65 (6.59%) Senior Architect
7 63 (6.39%) Data Manager
8 42 (4.26%) Analyst
8 42 (4.26%) Senior Data Architect
9 40 (4.06%) Consultant
10 35 (3.55%) Principal Engineer
11 31 (3.14%) Senior Data Engineer
12 30 (3.04%) Data Consultant
13 29 (2.94%) Software Engineer
14 28 (2.84%) Cloud Architect
14 28 (2.84%) IT Architect
15 25 (2.54%) Informatica Engineer
15 25 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.23%) Developer
17 20 (2.03%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.48%) Kafka
2 24 (2.43%) React
3 12 (1.22%) Web Services
4 11 (1.12%) .NET
5 7 (0.71%) Apache Beam
6 6 (0.61%) Pandas
7 4 (0.41%) ADO
7 4 (0.41%) PySpark
7 4 (0.41%) Redux
7 4 (0.41%) REST
8 3 (0.30%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.30%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.30%) JSON
9 2 (0.20%) HTML
9 2 (0.20%) Lambda Expressions
10 1 (0.10%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.10%) CarPlay
10 1 (0.10%) D3.js
10 1 (0.10%) Middleware
10 1 (0.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 184 (18.66%) Marketing Technology
2 92 (9.33%) Data Structures
3 76 (7.71%) Algorithms
4 72 (7.30%) Management Information System
5 55 (5.58%) Product Ownership
6 46 (4.67%) Public Cloud
7 42 (4.26%) Cloud Native
8 38 (3.85%) Reinsurance
9 17 (1.72%) Taxonomies
10 14 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.22%) Reference Data
12 11 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.71%) IoT
15 6 (0.61%) Blog
16 5 (0.51%) Data Centre
16 5 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.51%) Mainframe
16 5 (0.51%) Mobile App
16 5 (0.51%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.91%) Windows
2 7 (0.71%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.20%) Linux
4 1 (0.10%) Android
4 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.10%) Unix
4 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (55.07%) Analytics
2 283 (28.70%) Data Modelling
3 280 (28.40%) Agile
4 254 (25.76%) Business Intelligence
5 242 (24.54%) Data Management
6 221 (22.41%) ETL
7 218 (22.11%) Use Case
8 217 (22.01%) Roadmaps
9 210 (21.30%) Data Governance
10 200 (20.28%) Data Collection
11 196 (19.88%) Business Case
12 190 (19.27%) Digital Marketing
12 190 (19.27%) Process Improvement
13 189 (19.17%) Visualisation
14 188 (19.07%) Matrix Organization
15 184 (18.66%) Regulatory Change
16 173 (17.55%) Data Analysis
17 172 (17.44%) Data Visualisation
18 165 (16.73%) Data Architecture
19 152 (15.42%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 262 (26.57%) SQL
2 184 (18.66%) Python
3 45 (4.56%) R
4 42 (4.26%) Java
5 38 (3.85%) Kotlin
6 31 (3.14%) Scala
7 28 (2.84%) T-SQL
8 18 (1.83%) PL/SQL
9 15 (1.52%) C#
9 15 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.01%) Go
10 10 (1.01%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.81%) C
12 5 (0.51%) Perl
12 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.30%) Bash
13 3 (0.30%) Clojure
13 3 (0.30%) VB
14 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.20%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 150 (15.21%) Degree
2 50 (5.07%) Master's Degree
3 39 (3.96%) Security Cleared
4 37 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.54%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.03%) MBA
7 16 (1.62%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.32%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.12%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.12%) PhD
10 10 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (0.61%) OCP
11 6 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
15 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 1 (0.10%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (16.13%) Data Quality
2 47 (4.77%) GDPR
3 35 (3.55%) QA
4 24 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.83%) SLA
6 10 (1.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.10%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.10%) GMP
9 1 (0.10%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 10 (1.01%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) HDFS
3 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (3.14%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.52%) Terraform
3 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.30%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.10%) Puppet
6 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 137 (13.89%) Databricks
2 118 (11.97%) Microsoft
3 60 (6.09%) Oracle
4 57 (5.78%) Informatica
5 56 (5.68%) Google
6 27 (2.74%) Alteryx
7 22 (2.23%) SAP
8 18 (1.83%) Cognos
8 18 (1.83%) Sybase
9 17 (1.72%) Teradata
10 14 (1.42%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.81%) IBM
11 8 (0.81%) Samsung
12 7 (0.71%) F5
13 6 (0.61%) Talend
14 4 (0.41%) Dell
14 4 (0.41%) ServiceNow
15 2 (0.20%) Adobe
15 2 (0.20%) Ariba
15 2 (0.20%) Facebook