Data Discovery Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Discovery
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Discovery 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.054% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £71,000 - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile £79,000 - -
South East median annual salary £75,000 £58,500 -
% change year-on-year +28.21% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data Discovery 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 3,166 3,634 3,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.81% 86.59% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,684 1,787 2,166
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,924 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% +7.27% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,700 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £56,465 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.22% +3.11% -0.43%

Data Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Data Discovery job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Data Discovery
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Data Discovery
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 Discovery within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £75,000 - 3
Data Discovery
South East

Data Discovery
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java