Data Strategy Job Trends in Reading

Data Strategy
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 65 101
Rank change year-on-year +18 +36 +3
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 3 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.52% 1.37% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.55% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £70,500 - £55,100
25th Percentile £73,125 - £55,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £60,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.78%
75th Percentile £85,625 - £65,750
90th Percentile £87,500 - £65,900
Berkshire median annual salary £59,750 £72,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year -17.59% +19.83% -28.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 456 644 988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 78.89% 88.22% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 293 276 645
10th Percentile £30,250 £38,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,625 £50,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +14.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £82,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £111,875 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Reading

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in Reading over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Strategy in Reading

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Transformation Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Science
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks