Data Development Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Development over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 737 616
Rank change year-on-year +200 -121 +150
Permanent jobs citing Data Development 34 28 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.038% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.046% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 29 23 65
10th Percentile - £39,750 £48,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,942 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,014 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,560 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.07% -4.00% -13.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Development 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Data Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Development in the UK excluding London

Data Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Development in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Development in the UK excluding London

Data Development
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Development in the UK excluding London

Data Development
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
North of England +45 12 £45,000 +8.43% 4
North West +11 11 £45,000 -6.25% 3
South East +92 10 £54,043 +8.09% 10
Midlands +62 7 £67,629 +12.71% 4
West Midlands +65 6 £67,629 +12.71% 3
Scotland +125 4 £85,253 +6.57%
North East +48 1 £47,500 +18.75%
East of England +43 1 £24,000 -56.36% 4
East Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 1
Data Development
UK

Data Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (8.82%) Apache Spark
2 2 (5.88%) Confluence
3 1 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.94%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) SAP Business One
2 1 (2.94%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (47.06%) Power Platform
2 15 (44.12%) Azure
3 10 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (23.53%) AWS
4 8 (23.53%) GCP
5 5 (14.71%) Serverless
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.94%) GitHub
6 1 (2.94%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Network Security
2 1 (2.94%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (44.12%) Power BI
2 6 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 6 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (11.76%) Big Data
4 3 (8.82%) Hadoop
4 3 (8.82%) Metadata
4 3 (8.82%) NoSQL
5 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
5 2 (5.88%) Spark SQL
6 1 (2.94%) BigQuery
6 1 (2.94%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.94%) HBase
6 1 (2.94%) Impala
6 1 (2.94%) MySQL
6 1 (2.94%) Neo4j
6 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.94%) QlikView
6 1 (2.94%) SQLite
6 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Git
2 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (55.88%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Finance
5 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.88%) Banking
6 2 (5.88%) Law
6 2 (5.88%) Marketing
6 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.94%) Advertising
7 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Lead
2 11 (32.35%) Data Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Cloud Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Senior
5 3 (8.82%) Lead Data Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Data Scientist
6 2 (5.88%) Electronics Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Lead Electronics Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Systems Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Leader
7 1 (2.94%) Java Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Lead Software Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Marketing Assistant
7 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Senior C# Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) React
2 2 (5.88%) Kafka
2 2 (5.88%) PySpark
3 1 (2.94%) .NET
3 1 (2.94%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (2.94%) Blazor
3 1 (2.94%) Middleware
3 1 (2.94%) Plotly
3 1 (2.94%) Regular Expression
3 1 (2.94%) RESTful
3 1 (2.94%) Shiny
3 1 (2.94%) Spring
3 1 (2.94%) Web Services
3 1 (2.94%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Cloud Native
2 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.76%) Operational Technology
3 3 (8.82%) Credit Risk
4 2 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.88%) Private Cloud
4 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.94%) Blog
5 1 (2.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
1 4 (11.76%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Agile
2 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (32.35%) Data Engineering
3 11 (32.35%) ETL
3 11 (32.35%) Mentoring
3 11 (32.35%) Operational Stability
3 11 (32.35%) Visualisation
4 10 (29.41%) Coaching
4 10 (29.41%) Data Protection
4 10 (29.41%) Project Management
4 10 (29.41%) Software Engineering
5 9 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (26.47%) Data Modelling
6 8 (23.53%) Business Strategy
6 8 (23.53%) Data Analysis
6 8 (23.53%) Line Management
7 7 (20.59%) Data Governance
8 6 (17.65%) Data Strategy
8 6 (17.65%) Digital Strategy
8 6 (17.65%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (52.94%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) Python
3 2 (5.88%) Java
4 1 (2.94%) Bash
4 1 (2.94%) C#
4 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.94%) PROC SQL
4 1 (2.94%) R
4 1 (2.94%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (41.18%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (11.76%) MCSA
3 4 (11.76%) MCSE
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.88%) AWS Certification
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.88%) HNC
4 2 (5.88%) HND
4 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) IFRS
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Apache Flume
2 1 (2.94%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kibana
1 1 (2.94%) logstash
1 1 (2.94%) Oozie
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Informatica
2 7 (20.59%) Google
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
3 5 (14.71%) SAP
4 2 (5.88%) Databricks
4 2 (5.88%) Oracle
5 1 (2.94%) MicroStrategy