Data Sovereignty Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Sovereignty
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Sovereignty in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Sovereignty over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	666	-	603
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Data Sovereignty	15	0	1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.017%	-	0.002%
As % of the General category	0.038%	-	0.004%
Number of salaries quoted	13	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£71,349	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£74,830	-	-
75^th Percentile	£78,312	-	-
90^th Percentile	£123,662	-	-
UK median annual salary	£74,830	-	-

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Data Sovereignty falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	39,310	22,328	26,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.37%	65.19%	54.40%
Number of salaries quoted	24,579	11,325	11,718
10^th Percentile	£28,597	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,250	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£43,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+16.28%	-14.00%	-0.28%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£59,125
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-11.21%	-1.46%

Data Sovereignty Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Sovereignty relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Sovereignty Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Sovereignty.

Data Sovereignty Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Sovereignty in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Sovereignty in the UK excluding London

Data Sovereignty 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 Sovereignty within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Northern Ireland	-	3	£74,830	-
North of England	-	2	£74,830	-	1
Midlands	-	2	£74,830	-	1
North West	-	2	£74,830	-
South East	-	2	£130,000	-
South West	-	2	-	-
Wales	-	2	£74,830	-
West Midlands	-	2	£74,830	-
Scotland	-	2	£74,830	-	2
Data Sovereignty UK

Data Sovereignty Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing Data Sovereignty also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Data Sovereignty.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	100.0%	15
2	LLM	86.7%	13
2	Microsoft	86.7%	13
4	Agile	73.3%	11
4	Cybersecurity	73.3%	11
4	Data Protection	73.3%	11
4	dbt	73.3%	11
4	Open Source	73.3%	11
4	OpenAI	73.3%	11
4	Prototyping	73.3%	11
4	Rapid Prototyping	73.3%	11
4	SC Cleared	73.3%	11
4	Security Cleared	73.3%	11
4	Service Design	73.3%	11
4	Stakeholder Engagement	73.3%	11
4	Technical Architecture	73.3%	11
17	AWS	26.7%	4
17	GCP	26.7%	4
19	Architectural Patterns	13.3%	2
19	Architecture Governance	13.3%	2
19	Azure	13.3%	2
19	Capacity Planning	13.3%	2
19	Computer Science	13.3%	2
19	Contingency Planning	13.3%	2
19	Continuous Improvement	13.3%	2
19	Cyber Resilience	13.3%	2
19	Degree	13.3%	2
19	Domain-Driven Design	13.3%	2
19	DORA	13.3%	2
19	Event-Driven	13.3%	2

Data Sovereignty Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	86.7%	13
2	Inclusion and Diversity	73.3%	11
3	Finance	26.7%	4
4	Banking	13.3%	2
4	Corporate Banking	13.3%	2
4	Retail	13.3%	2
4	Retail Banking	13.3%	2