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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 209 320
Rank change year-on-year +7 +111 +59
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 100 205 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.05% 1.18% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.41% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 32 89 35
10th Percentile £53,518 £45,554 £43,000
25th Percentile £55,790 £63,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - +36.00%
75th Percentile £91,875 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £108,625 £101,500 £107,000
England median annual salary £94,637 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +18.30% +6.67% -

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 8,777 14,553 13,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.07% 83.59% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,223 10,031 7,752
10th Percentile £29,300 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,928 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +102 74 £90,000 +28.57% 146
Berkshire +93 67 £92,500 +32.14% 106
Surrey -12 19 £55,790 -38.01% 21
Buckinghamshire +28 6 £82,500 +15.79% 26
Hampshire +41 2 £95,000 +5.56% 43
West Sussex +37 2 £90,000 +28.57% 12
Kent +24 2 £82,500 -2.94% 23
Oxfordshire +42 1 £102,500 +95.24% 14
East Sussex +17 1 £80,000 +14.29% 15
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 (2.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 58 (58.00%) Azure
2 25 (25.00%) AWS
2 25 (25.00%) Snowflake
3 24 (24.00%) GCP
4 12 (12.00%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (37.00%) Data Lake
2 35 (35.00%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (24.00%) Metadata
4 12 (12.00%) Power BI
5 10 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (5.00%) SQL Server
6 5 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (4.00%) Tableau
8 3 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (2.00%) Big Data
9 2 (2.00%) Neo4j
10 1 (1.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.00%) ERwin
1 1 (1.00%) Git
1 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 60 (60.00%) Law
2 30 (30.00%) Finance
3 16 (16.00%) Marketing
4 13 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (12.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.00%) Local Government
8 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (55.00%) Lead
2 31 (31.00%) Senior
3 16 (16.00%) Data Analytics Director
4 9 (9.00%) Data Manager
5 6 (6.00%) Analyst
6 5 (5.00%) Architect
6 5 (5.00%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.00%) Cost Analyst
7 4 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
7 4 (4.00%) Performance Analyst
8 3 (3.00%) Data Architect
8 3 (3.00%) Senior Service Manager
8 3 (3.00%) Service Manager
9 2 (2.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (2.00%) Developer
10 1 (1.00%) Backend Developer
10 1 (1.00%) Data Warehouse Manager
10 1 (1.00%) Development Consultant
10 1 (1.00%) Master Data Manager
10 1 (1.00%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.00%) React
2 3 (3.00%) REST
3 2 (2.00%) Pandas
4 1 (1.00%) jQuery
4 1 (1.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.00%) FMCG
2 10 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.00%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (80.00%) Analytics
2 61 (61.00%) Data Governance
3 55 (55.00%) Data Architecture
4 49 (49.00%) Data Modelling
5 43 (43.00%) Data Management
6 38 (38.00%) Decision-Making
7 32 (32.00%) Data Engineering
8 31 (31.00%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (29.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 29 (29.00%) Master Data Management
10 28 (28.00%) ETL
10 28 (28.00%) Roadmaps
11 27 (27.00%) Data Transformation
11 27 (27.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (26.00%) Data Pipeline
12 26 (26.00%) Data Validation
12 26 (26.00%) Validation
13 24 (24.00%) Asset Management
13 24 (24.00%) Data Stewardship
13 24 (24.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 38 (38.00%) SQL
2 27 (27.00%) Python
3 3 (3.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.00%) Bash
4 2 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (49.00%) Degree
2 4 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 37 (37.00%) Data Quality
3 25 (25.00%) QA
4 2 (2.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 26 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (20.00%) SAP
3 10 (10.00%) Salesforce
4 5 (5.00%) Databricks
5 3 (3.00%) Informatica