Data Strategy Job Trends in England

Data Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 305 274
Rank change year-on-year +67 -31 +110
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 467 430 532
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.88% 0.89% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.98% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 292 242 363
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,875 £42,439
25th Percentile £60,511 £61,563 £56,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £84,180 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +12.24% -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £114,750 £116,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £84,180 £74,250
% change year-on-year -2.00% +13.37% -1.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,077 43,814 44,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.14% 90.86% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25,929 21,493 34,060
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £79,563
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in England

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Strategy in England

Data Strategy
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
London +105 253 £86,250 -9.21% 56
South East +29 78 £58,750 -34.72% 61
Midlands +26 56 £65,000 -3.70% 27
North of England -11 53 £68,000 +8.32% 33
West Midlands +26 42 £67,500 - 18
Yorkshire -11 28 £70,932 +13.49% 16
North West -2 22 £61,418 -9.20% 12
South West -7 18 £75,000 - 17
East Midlands -13 14 £60,000 -7.69% 9
East of England +17 8 £82,500 -7.82% 15
North East +9 3 £67,004 +8.08% 5
Data Strategy
UK

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (4.07%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.57%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.71%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.50%) Apache
5 2 (0.43%) Confluence
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.78%) Maya
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (6.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.21%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.21%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 163 (34.90%) Azure
2 98 (20.99%) AWS
3 78 (16.70%) Power Platform
4 57 (12.21%) GCP
5 32 (6.85%) Snowflake
6 22 (4.71%) Azure Data Factory
7 21 (4.50%) SaaS
8 20 (4.28%) dbt
9 17 (3.64%) Collibra
10 16 (3.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 14 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 12 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (2.36%) Serverless
15 10 (2.14%) Matillion
16 7 (1.50%) Amazon S3
17 6 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
17 6 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
18 5 (1.07%) Dagster
18 5 (1.07%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.21%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (20.56%) Data Lake
2 88 (18.84%) Metadata
3 76 (16.27%) Power BI
4 75 (16.06%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (6.21%) SQL Server
6 19 (4.07%) Tableau
7 17 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (3.21%) Data Vault
9 13 (2.78%) NoSQL
10 12 (2.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.57%) Oracle Database
10 12 (2.57%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.71%) Data Mining
11 8 (1.71%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.50%) BigQuery
13 6 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.07%) Looker
14 5 (1.07%) Power Query
14 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (1.07%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (3.21%) ERwin
2 4 (0.86%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.86%) Git
2 4 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
3 3 (0.64%) JIRA
4 2 (0.43%) Postman
5 1 (0.21%) LSMW
General
1 188 (40.26%) Social Skills
2 173 (37.04%) Finance
3 121 (25.91%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (11.56%) Banking
6 51 (10.92%) Law
7 50 (10.71%) Marketing
8 30 (6.42%) Influencing Skills
8 30 (6.42%) Retail Banking
9 28 (6.00%) Financial Institution
10 26 (5.57%) Public Sector
11 25 (5.35%) Retail
12 18 (3.85%) Legal
13 13 (2.78%) Dutch Language
13 13 (2.78%) French Language
13 13 (2.78%) Games
14 12 (2.57%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.28%) Front Office
16 4 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (30.62%) Architect
2 127 (27.19%) Data Architect
3 75 (16.06%) Senior
4 68 (14.56%) Lead
5 53 (11.35%) Data Engineer
6 32 (6.85%) Data Manager
7 25 (5.35%) Senior Manager
8 21 (4.50%) Analyst
9 20 (4.28%) Consultant
9 20 (4.28%) Lead Architect
9 20 (4.28%) Senior Architect
10 19 (4.07%) Senior Data Architect
11 18 (3.85%) Azure Architect
12 16 (3.43%) Azure Data Architect
12 16 (3.43%) Data Model Manager
13 15 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (3.00%) IT Manager
15 13 (2.78%) Lead Data Architect
15 13 (2.78%) Senior Data Engineer
16 12 (2.57%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.14%) EDI
1 10 (2.14%) FHIR
2 8 (1.71%) Kafka
2 8 (1.71%) REST
3 7 (1.50%) AngularJS
3 7 (1.50%) React
3 7 (1.50%) Vue
4 3 (0.64%) PySpark
5 2 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.43%) Middleware
5 2 (0.43%) OpenAPI
5 2 (0.43%) RESTful
5 2 (0.43%) Swagger
6 1 (0.21%) CSS
6 1 (0.21%) Great Expectations
6 1 (0.21%) JDBC
6 1 (0.21%) LDAP
6 1 (0.21%) OAuth
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.21%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.57%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.57%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (4.50%) Blog
4 20 (4.28%) Data Structures
5 19 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.21%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.78%) Blockchain
9 11 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.36%) Low-Code
10 10 (2.14%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.14%) Life Science
10 10 (2.14%) Omics
11 9 (1.93%) Cloud Native
11 9 (1.93%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.28%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.07%) FMCG
13 5 (1.07%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.07%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.21%) Linux
1 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (47.32%) Data Governance
2 209 (44.75%) Data Architecture
3 207 (44.33%) Analytics
4 170 (36.40%) Data Modelling
5 143 (30.62%) Data Management
6 134 (28.69%) AI
7 133 (28.48%) Decision-Making
8 127 (27.19%) Roadmaps
9 109 (23.34%) Agile
10 106 (22.70%) Business Intelligence
11 93 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
12 87 (18.63%) Data Engineering
13 85 (18.20%) ETL
13 85 (18.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 73 (15.63%) Machine Learning
15 72 (15.42%) Data Science
15 72 (15.42%) Visualisation
16 69 (14.78%) Data Pipeline
16 69 (14.78%) Mentoring
17 63 (13.49%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 100 (21.41%) SQL
2 54 (11.56%) Python
3 8 (1.71%) Java
3 8 (1.71%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.86%) R
5 4 (0.86%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.43%) Groovy
7 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.21%) SHACL
7 1 (0.21%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 140 (29.98%) Degree
2 33 (7.07%) Azure Certification
3 28 (6.00%) AWS Certification
4 18 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
5 16 (3.43%) Security Cleared
6 15 (3.21%) Master's Degree
6 15 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.78%) Oracle Certification
8 12 (2.57%) CISSP
8 12 (2.57%) MCSE
8 12 (2.57%) OCP
9 11 (2.36%) SC Cleared
10 10 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.14%) PhD
11 5 (1.07%) CITP
12 4 (0.86%) ACCA
12 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.86%) MBA
13 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.64%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (22.48%) Data Quality
2 52 (11.13%) GDPR
3 22 (4.71%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.14%) CDISC
4 10 (2.14%) GxP
4 10 (2.14%) HL7
5 9 (1.93%) QA
6 7 (1.50%) SLA
7 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.86%) IFRS
8 4 (0.86%) IFRS 17
8 4 (0.86%) PMO
9 3 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Docker
2 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (3.21%) Terraform
2 4 (0.86%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.21%) Ansible
3 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 87 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.92%) Databricks
3 41 (8.78%) SAP
4 17 (3.64%) Oracle
5 9 (1.93%) Google
5 9 (1.93%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.07%) Informatica
6 5 (1.07%) Planon
7 4 (0.86%) IBM
8 3 (0.64%) Duck Creek
8 3 (0.64%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.43%) Ariba
9 2 (0.43%) Cognos
9 2 (0.43%) Foundry
9 2 (0.43%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.43%) IFS
10 1 (0.21%) Dell
10 1 (0.21%) Northgate
10 1 (0.21%) Teradata