Data Strategy Job Trends in Cumbria

Data Strategy
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 41 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.70% 0.39% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.60% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 - -
North West median annual salary £69,000 £95,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year -27.37% +45.37% +0.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 245 336 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.37% 65.37% 98.82%
Number of salaries quoted 111 152 48
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,075 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,900 £36,459 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,628 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +4.17% +12.31%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £64,250 £65,000 £69,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% +4.76%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Data Strategy
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Strategy within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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
Barrow-in-Furness +14 1 £68,000 - 1
Ulverston - 1 - - 1
Data Strategy
North West

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Supply Chain Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Supply Chain Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Source to Pay
1 2 (100.00%) Supply Chain Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Numerate Degree