Data Design Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Design
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 - 220
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Permanent jobs citing Data Design 37 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.87% - 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% - 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £73,375
25th Percentile £82,500 - £74,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £78,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.27%
75th Percentile £87,500 - £82,188
90th Percentile - - £83,125
South East median annual salary £68,750 £75,778 £85,000
% change year-on-year -9.27% -10.85% -2.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data Design 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,393 3,100 4,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 79.37% 92.90% 87.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,897 1,298 3,352
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,450 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +13.73% -7.27%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Data Design job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Data Design
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Design

Data Design
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Design within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
Berkshire - 36 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £85,000 - 1
Data Design
South East

Data Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 21 (56.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (40.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (40.54%) Collibra
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
General
1 37 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (48.65%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (56.76%) Lead
2 15 (40.54%) Data Model Manager
2 15 (40.54%) Senior
2 15 (40.54%) Senior Manager
3 1 (2.70%) Architect
3 1 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (97.30%) CRUD
1 36 (97.30%) Data Modelling
1 36 (97.30%) ERP
1 36 (97.30%) Master Data Management
1 36 (97.30%) Problem-Solving
1 36 (97.30%) SAP Implementation
2 21 (56.76%) Data Analysis
2 21 (56.76%) Data Cleansing
2 21 (56.76%) Data Conversion
2 21 (56.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 15 (40.54%) Data Architecture
3 15 (40.54%) Data Strategy
4 1 (2.70%) Agile
4 1 (2.70%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (2.70%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (2.70%) Kanban
4 1 (2.70%) Scrum
4 1 (2.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (2.70%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 36 (97.30%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (56.76%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 36 (97.30%) SAP