Data Strategy Job Trends in the North of England

Data Strategy
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 206 183
Rank change year-on-year -13 -23 +130
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 42 80 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.40% 0.85% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.94% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 28 48 54
10th Percentile £20,000 £40,000 £42,439
25th Percentile £42,500 £56,809 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £62,779 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +4.20% -13.93%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £66,864
90th Percentile £93,125 £100,375 £87,500
England median annual salary £82,500 £84,335 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.18% +12.45% -3.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,617 8,495 6,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.05% 89.86% 90.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,856 5,290
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,726
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Strategy in the North of England

Data Strategy
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yorkshire -8 23 £75,000 +20.00% 16
North West -8 17 £43,000 -36.43% 10
North East +6 2 £100,000 +61.31% 3
Data Strategy
England

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (4.76%) Apache
1 2 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (4.76%) Apache Spark
1 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) Azure
1 6 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.14%) Amazon S3
2 3 (7.14%) AWS
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (4.76%) dbt
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
3 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
3 2 (4.76%) SaaS
4 1 (2.38%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 6 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (14.29%) Power BI
2 5 (11.90%) Data Vault
2 5 (11.90%) Delta Lake
2 5 (11.90%) Metadata
3 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
4 3 (7.14%) DynamoDB
4 3 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (4.76%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (4.76%) Power Query
6 1 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (2.38%) Neo4j
6 1 (2.38%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) LSMW
General
1 21 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (11.90%) Marketing
4 4 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Legal
6 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.38%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Data Manager
2 7 (16.67%) Architect
2 7 (16.67%) Data Architect
2 7 (16.67%) Data Engineer
2 7 (16.67%) Senior
3 5 (11.90%) Senior Data Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Data Business Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Insight Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Lead
5 2 (4.76%) MIS Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Supply Chain Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Blog
2 4 (9.52%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.76%) Low-Code
3 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.38%) IoT
4 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.38%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) Data Governance
2 14 (33.33%) Analytics
3 13 (30.95%) AI
3 13 (30.95%) Decision-Making
4 12 (28.57%) Data Engineering
4 12 (28.57%) Data Management
5 11 (26.19%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (26.19%) Data Modelling
5 11 (26.19%) Visualisation
6 10 (23.81%) Data Architecture
7 9 (21.43%) Roadmaps
8 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (16.67%) Customer Experience
9 7 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
10 6 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 6 (14.29%) ETL
11 5 (11.90%) Logistics
11 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) SQL
2 10 (23.81%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (4.76%) Java
3 2 (4.76%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.38%) SHACL
4 1 (2.38%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.81%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) Databricks
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) Civica
3 1 (2.38%) Northgate
3 1 (2.38%) Orchard
3 1 (2.38%) SAP