Data Development Jobs

Data Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 641 843 772
Rank change year-on-year +202 -71 +165
Permanent jobs citing Data Development 61 64 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.062% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.073% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 52 57 88
10th Percentile - £39,750 £48,375
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% -4.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £93,778 £67,500 £71,563
90th Percentile £109,625 £107,250 £90,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,208 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.99% - +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Development in the UK

Data Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Development.

Salary trend for Data Development in the UK

Data Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Development over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Development in the UK

Data Development
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 31 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
England +173 56 £56,675 -5.54% 15
UK excluding London +189 34 £55,208 -3.99% 6
London +104 27 £92,500 +42.31% 9
Work from Home +101 14 £92,500 +68.18% 9
North of England +42 12 £45,000 +8.43% 2
North West +12 11 £45,000 -6.25% 2
South East +80 10 £54,043 +8.09%
Midlands +66 6 £67,629 +12.71% 2
West Midlands +57 6 £67,629 +12.71% 1
Scotland +124 5 £85,253 +6.57%
North East +50 1 £47,500 +18.75%
East of England +50 1 £24,000 -56.36% 1

Data Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (9.84%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (4.92%) Apache Spark
3 2 (3.28%) Confluence
4 1 (1.64%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (6.56%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.64%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 29 (47.54%) Azure
2 27 (44.26%) Power Platform
3 12 (19.67%) AWS
4 10 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (13.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (13.11%) GCP
6 7 (11.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (8.20%) Serverless
8 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.64%) GitHub
9 1 (1.64%) OCI
9 1 (1.64%) PaaS
9 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.56%) Network Security
2 1 (1.64%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (44.26%) Power BI
2 7 (11.48%) SQL Server
2 7 (11.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (9.84%) Metadata
4 5 (8.20%) Big Data
4 5 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (4.92%) Data Lake
5 3 (4.92%) Hadoop
5 3 (4.92%) NoSQL
5 3 (4.92%) Relational Database
6 2 (3.28%) MySQL
6 2 (3.28%) Spark SQL
7 1 (1.64%) Apache Hive
7 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.64%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.64%) QlikView
7 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.64%) SQLite
7 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Git
General
1 22 (36.07%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (18.03%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.39%) Finance
4 9 (14.75%) Marketing
5 5 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.56%) Back Office
6 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.92%) Banking
7 3 (4.92%) Electronics
7 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.28%) Law
9 1 (1.64%) Advertising
9 1 (1.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (40.98%) Data Engineer
2 18 (29.51%) Lead
3 9 (14.75%) Architect
3 9 (14.75%) Senior
4 6 (9.84%) Senior Data Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Cloud Architect
5 5 (8.20%) Data Scientist
5 5 (8.20%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Python Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Data Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Lead Data Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Lead Data Scientist
7 3 (4.92%) Machine Learning Scientist
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Data Scientist
8 2 (3.28%) Lead Electronics Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Lead Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.11%) Kafka
1 8 (13.11%) PySpark
2 6 (9.84%) React
3 2 (3.28%) RESTful
3 2 (3.28%) Spring
3 2 (3.28%) Web Services
4 1 (1.64%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (1.64%) Plotly
4 1 (1.64%) Regular Expression
4 1 (1.64%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 4 (6.56%) Credit Risk
2 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.56%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.92%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.28%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.28%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.64%) Blog
5 1 (1.64%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.64%) Replication
5 1 (1.64%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Windows
1 4 (6.56%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (39.34%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (36.07%) Agile
2 22 (36.07%) Data Engineering
3 19 (31.15%) Machine Learning
4 18 (29.51%) Data Modelling
4 18 (29.51%) Mentoring
4 18 (29.51%) Operational Stability
5 17 (27.87%) Artificial Intelligence
5 17 (27.87%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (27.87%) Visualisation
6 16 (26.23%) Analytics
6 16 (26.23%) Coaching
6 16 (26.23%) ETL
7 14 (22.95%) Business Strategy
7 14 (22.95%) Data Analysis
7 14 (22.95%) Data Strategy
7 14 (22.95%) DevOps
8 12 (19.67%) Data Governance
8 12 (19.67%) Data Protection
9 11 (18.03%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (60.66%) SQL
2 18 (29.51%) Python
3 3 (4.92%) Java
4 1 (1.64%) Bash
4 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.64%) PROC SQL
4 1 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (26.23%) Degree
2 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
2 14 (22.95%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (6.56%) MCSA
5 4 (6.56%) MCSE
6 3 (4.92%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.28%) HNC
7 2 (3.28%) HND
7 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (27.87%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.64%) IFRS
2 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) Docker
2 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.64%) Apache Flume
3 1 (1.64%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 8 (13.11%) Terraform
2 5 (8.20%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.64%) Kibana
3 1 (1.64%) logstash
3 1 (1.64%) Oozie
Vendors
1 9 (14.75%) Databricks
1 9 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.11%) Informatica
2 8 (13.11%) SAP
3 7 (11.48%) Google
4 3 (4.92%) Oracle
5 1 (1.64%) MicroStrategy