Data Strategy Job Trends in Cheshire

Data Strategy
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 66 57
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.18% 0.13% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.16% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +46.15% -53.57%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £41,000 £85,000 £62,414
% change year-on-year -51.76% +36.19% -3.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Data Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 969 627 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.66% 81.32% 92.48%
Number of salaries quoted 404 328 315
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.57% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,625 £68,484 £77,800
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,369 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% -6.60% +2.33%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Strategy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Data Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) MIS Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR