Data Strategy Jobs in the South East

Data Strategy
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 189 280
Rank change year-on-year -20 +91 +61
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 109 171 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.02% 1.20% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.48% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 22 64 39
10th Percentile £47,550 £42,999 £48,250
25th Percentile £60,313 £62,175 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - +13.33%
75th Percentile £100,313 £96,250 £92,375
90th Percentile £117,750 £97,500 £103,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £75,554
% change year-on-year - +12.50% +0.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,568 11,573 10,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 89.91% 81.40% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,100 7,395 6,653
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Data Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in the South East

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Strategy in the South East.

Salary trend for Data Strategy in the South East

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Strategy in the South East

Data Strategy
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 Strategy within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 August 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 +77 91 £92,500 +29.82% 11
Berkshire +80 85 £102,500 - 8
Surrey -49 10 £65,000 -27.78% 3
Buckinghamshire 0 5 £62,000 -8.15% 3
Hampshire +42 3 £45,000 -51.35% 5
Kent +5 3 £82,500 -2.94% 2
West Sussex +13 1 £70,000 +8.36% 2
Middlesex -27 1 - - 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £102,500 - 1
Data Strategy
England

Data Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.83%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.92%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (67.89%) Azure
2 43 (39.45%) AWS
2 43 (39.45%) GCP
3 25 (22.94%) Snowflake
4 11 (10.09%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.92%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (47.71%) Data Warehouse
2 40 (36.70%) Data Lake
3 25 (22.94%) Metadata
4 11 (10.09%) Power BI
5 3 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.75%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.83%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.83%) Big Data
6 2 (1.83%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.83%) Tableau
7 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.92%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.92%) ERwin
1 1 (0.92%) Git
General
1 79 (72.48%) Law
2 36 (33.03%) Marketing
3 29 (26.61%) Finance
4 14 (12.84%) Social Skills
5 10 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.83%) Retail
6 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.92%) Banking
7 1 (0.92%) Local Government
7 1 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (45.87%) Lead
2 48 (44.04%) Senior
3 22 (20.18%) Architect
4 21 (19.27%) Data Architect
5 19 (17.43%) Senior Architect
5 19 (17.43%) Senior Data Architect
6 16 (14.68%) Data Analytics Director
7 5 (4.59%) Data Manager
8 4 (3.67%) Analyst
9 3 (2.75%) Senior Manager
9 3 (2.75%) Senior Service Manager
9 3 (2.75%) Service Manager
10 2 (1.83%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 2 (1.83%) Data Engineer
10 2 (1.83%) Developer
10 2 (1.83%) Strategy Analyst
11 1 (0.92%) Data Migration Lead
11 1 (0.92%) Head of Analytics
11 1 (0.92%) Head of Data Analytics
11 1 (0.92%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.83%) Pandas
2 1 (0.92%) FHIR
2 1 (0.92%) Node.js
2 1 (0.92%) React
2 1 (0.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.68%) FMCG
2 10 (9.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.92%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.92%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.92%) Life Science
4 1 (0.92%) Omics
4 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.92%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (71.56%) Analytics
2 74 (67.89%) Data Governance
3 70 (64.22%) Data Architecture
4 69 (63.30%) Data Modelling
5 50 (45.87%) Data Engineering
6 49 (44.95%) ETL
7 48 (44.04%) Data Pipeline
8 44 (40.37%) Roadmaps
9 42 (38.53%) Data Management
10 38 (34.86%) Artificial Intelligence
11 37 (33.94%) Decision-Making
11 37 (33.94%) Machine Learning
12 35 (32.11%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (26.61%) Data Transformation
13 29 (26.61%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 27 (24.77%) Master Data Management
14 27 (24.77%) Mentoring
14 27 (24.77%) Validation
15 26 (23.85%) Data Validation
15 26 (23.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (33.94%) SQL
2 31 (28.44%) Python
3 3 (2.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.83%) Bash
4 2 (1.83%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (41.28%) Degree
2 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.92%) PhD
2 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
2 1 (0.92%) PMP
2 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (48.62%) Data Quality
2 42 (38.53%) Accessibility
3 25 (22.94%) QA
4 4 (3.67%) GDPR
5 1 (0.92%) CDISC
5 1 (0.92%) GxP
5 1 (0.92%) HL7
Vendors
1 26 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 21 (19.27%) SAP
3 10 (9.17%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.59%) Databricks
5 1 (0.92%) Cognos
5 1 (0.92%) Informatica
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle