Data Strategy Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Data Strategy
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 60 61
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 3 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.49% 0.35% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.39% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £72,000 £57,045 £49,362
25th Percentile £73,125 £57,399 £52,155
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,992 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +20.98% +1.28% -12.56%
75th Percentile - £66,193 £64,552
90th Percentile - £66,311 £65,182
Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £58,875
% change year-on-year +20.00% +6.16% -12.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 460 507 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 75.66% 87.56% 88.71%
Number of salaries quoted 335 202 407
10th Percentile £26,500 £35,000 £25,830
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +26.32% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £82,500 £71,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Data Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Mexborough - 1 £75,000 -
Data Strategy
Yorkshire

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 3 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 3 (100.00%) IT Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Strategy