Data Lineage Job Trends in the South East

Data Lineage
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Lineage skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 - 257
Rank change year-on-year - - +156
Permanent jobs citing Data Lineage 5 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.048% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.63%
75th Percentile - - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -12.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Data Lineage 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,416 8,092 6,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.91% 87.55% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,994 4,007 4,928
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £44,053 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,150
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Lineage
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Lineage relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Data Lineage job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Lineage
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Lineage.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Lineage

Data Lineage
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Lineage within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. 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
Thames Valley - 5 £69,840 - 17
Berkshire - 4 £69,840 - 10
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 4
Data Lineage
England

Data Lineage
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Data Governance Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Data Management
2 4 (80.00%) Data Privacy
2 4 (80.00%) Data Security
2 4 (80.00%) Data Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Accessibility
1 4 (80.00%) Data Quality