Data Strategy Jobs in Manchester

Data Strategy
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Data Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 169 194
Rank change year-on-year +17 +25 +40
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 16 57 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.70% 0.97% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 1.16% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9 48 20
10th Percentile - £50,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,938 £58,292
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £92,500 £75,277
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +22.88% +15.81%
75th Percentile £141,151 £100,000 £79,170
90th Percentile - £111,250 £84,056
North West median annual salary £70,000 £90,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +24.14% +21.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,181 4,914 4,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.03% 83.80% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 3,565 2,489
10th Percentile £29,650 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -9.19% +5.11%
75th Percentile £75,625 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in Manchester

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Data Strategy in Manchester

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Strategy in Manchester

Data Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 8 (50.00%) AWS
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Composer
3 4 (25.00%) GCP
4 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) BigQuery
1 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (12.50%) Looker
2 2 (12.50%) Power BI
3 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
3 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 14 (87.50%) Finance
2 11 (68.75%) Banking
3 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Private Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (6.25%) Advertising
6 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Head of Engineering
2 3 (18.75%) Head of Analytics
2 3 (18.75%) Head of Data Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Data Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Head of Delivery
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Lead Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Decision-Making
2 11 (68.75%) Data Management
3 9 (56.25%) Data Modelling
4 8 (50.00%) Data Engineering
5 6 (37.50%) Analytics
5 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (31.25%) Data Architecture
6 5 (31.25%) Data Governance
6 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
6 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (31.25%) Thought Leadership
7 4 (25.00%) Agile
7 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
7 4 (25.00%) Coaching
7 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
7 4 (25.00%) Migration
7 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (6.25%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 4 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Google
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft