Data Strategy Job Trends in Preston

Data Strategy
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 7 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 2.11% - 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% - 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £62,500 - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £53,500
75th Percentile - - £55,250
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £70,000 - £53,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 190 66 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 57.40% 89.19% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 118 43 156
10th Percentile £31,746 £44,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,276 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,763 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +8.97% +6.71%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,540 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,870 £63,750
Lancashire median annual salary £47,000 £50,055 £45,853
% change year-on-year -6.10% +9.16% -6.42%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Preston

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Data Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile
1 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
1 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (28.57%) DAMA
1 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
1 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
1 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
1 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
1 2 (28.57%) DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) ITSM
1 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
1 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Debt
1 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) BiZZdesign