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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 172 207
Rank change year-on-year +31 +35 +29
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 16 54 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.74% 1.01% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.18% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10 45 10
10th Percentile - £50,000 £37,375
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £48,054
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £90,000 £62,675
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +43.60% +4.46%
75th Percentile £131,176 £100,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £141,151 £111,250 £83,500
North West median annual salary £70,000 £90,000 £57,166
% change year-on-year -22.22% +57.44% -4.30%

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 2,073 4,571 4,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.44% 85.09% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,159 3,465 2,488
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £81,250 £82,500
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 28 May 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 11 (68.75%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) AWS
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Composer
3 4 (25.00%) GCP
4 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (6.25%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) BigQuery
2 3 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (18.75%) Power BI
3 2 (12.50%) Looker
4 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
4 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 14 (87.50%) Finance
2 10 (62.50%) Banking
3 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Marketing
5 2 (12.50%) Private Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Retail
6 1 (6.25%) Advertising
6 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
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 10 (62.50%) Data Management
3 9 (56.25%) Data Modelling
4 7 (43.75%) Data Engineering
5 6 (37.50%) Analytics
5 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
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%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
7 4 (25.00%) Coaching
7 4 (25.00%) Data Architecture
7 4 (25.00%) Data Extraction
7 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
7 4 (25.00%) Migration
7 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
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 2 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (6.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Google
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft