Hybrid/Remote Data Strategy Job Trends

Data Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 282 201
Rank change year-on-year +35 -81 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 228 143 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.00% 0.86% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.93% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 172 105 150
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £51,700
25th Percentile £60,938 £67,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +8.47% +3.15%
75th Percentile £100,625 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £123,250 £111,375
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +13.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,803 15,435 21,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.40% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,575 8,949 15,283
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,549 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Strategy and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Strategy job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Strategy
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Strategy over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Data Strategy salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (6.58%) Apache
2 6 (2.63%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.19%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 89 (39.04%) Azure
2 60 (26.32%) Power Platform
3 36 (15.79%) GCP
4 30 (13.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 29 (12.72%) AWS
6 27 (11.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 27 (11.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 27 (11.84%) Snowflake
7 8 (3.51%) dbt
7 8 (3.51%) GitHub
8 7 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.19%) SaaS
11 3 (1.32%) Serverless
12 2 (0.88%) Amazon Bedrock
12 2 (0.88%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.58%) Broadband
2 1 (0.44%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (25.44%) Metadata
2 55 (24.12%) Power BI
3 27 (11.84%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (10.09%) BigQuery
5 22 (9.65%) Delta Lake
5 22 (9.65%) Semantic Layer
6 21 (9.21%) Data Lake
7 18 (7.89%) Data Vault
8 17 (7.46%) NoSQL
8 17 (7.46%) Tableau
9 16 (7.02%) SQL Server
10 14 (6.14%) MongoDB
10 14 (6.14%) Relational Database
11 12 (5.26%) Oracle Database
12 7 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (2.63%) MySQL
14 5 (2.19%) Big Data
15 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 4 (1.75%) Looker
15 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (6.58%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.39%) Git
3 2 (0.88%) MLflow
4 1 (0.44%) Babel
4 1 (0.44%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.44%) ERwin
4 1 (0.44%) GitLab
4 1 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 78 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 66 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (24.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 43 (18.86%) Finance
5 40 (17.54%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (6.58%) Law
8 11 (4.82%) Legal
8 11 (4.82%) Retail
9 4 (1.75%) Marketing
10 3 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.32%) Local Government
10 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.88%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.44%) Advertising
12 1 (0.44%) Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Billing
12 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 90 (39.47%) Architect
2 84 (36.84%) Data Architect
3 52 (22.81%) Data Engineer
4 37 (16.23%) Senior
5 20 (8.77%) Lead
6 13 (5.70%) Data Manager
7 12 (5.26%) Senior Architect
7 12 (5.26%) Senior Data Architect
8 11 (4.82%) Analyst
8 11 (4.82%) Data Analyst
8 11 (4.82%) Senior Data Engineer
9 10 (4.39%) Lead Data Engineer
9 10 (4.39%) Principal Engineer
10 6 (2.63%) Vendor Manager
11 5 (2.19%) Technology Director
12 4 (1.75%) Business Change Director
12 4 (1.75%) Data Scientist
12 4 (1.75%) GCP Architect
12 4 (1.75%) GCP Data Architect
12 4 (1.75%) Principal Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.53%) PySpark
2 16 (7.02%) Node.js
3 10 (4.39%) Apache NiFi
4 8 (3.51%) Kafka
5 4 (1.75%) JSON
6 2 (0.88%) EDI
7 1 (0.44%) CSS
7 1 (0.44%) CSS3
7 1 (0.44%) HTML
7 1 (0.44%) HTML5
7 1 (0.44%) React
7 1 (0.44%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.11%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.63%) Cyberattack
4 5 (2.19%) AI Agents
4 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.19%) Distributed Computing
4 5 (2.19%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.75%) Data Fabric
5 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.32%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.32%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.32%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.32%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.32%) Reinsurance
6 3 (1.32%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.88%) Blog
7 2 (0.88%) Life Science
7 2 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (59.21%) Data Modelling
2 128 (56.14%) Analytics
3 124 (54.39%) Data Architecture
4 115 (50.44%) AI
5 99 (43.42%) Data Governance
6 91 (39.91%) Roadmaps
7 89 (39.04%) Data Engineering
8 85 (37.28%) Decision-Making
9 74 (32.46%) Business Intelligence
10 66 (28.95%) Agile
11 59 (25.88%) Data Pipeline
12 58 (25.44%) ETL
13 50 (21.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 47 (20.61%) Machine Learning
15 46 (20.18%) CI/CD
16 42 (18.42%) Data Science
17 41 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
18 40 (17.54%) Mentoring
19 39 (17.11%) Data Integration
20 38 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 80 (35.09%) SQL
2 76 (33.33%) Python
3 18 (7.89%) Scala
4 16 (7.02%) Bicep
5 10 (4.39%) Java
6 8 (3.51%) Groovy
7 6 (2.63%) R
8 4 (1.75%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 31 (13.60%) Degree
2 25 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (6.58%) SnowPro
5 14 (6.14%) Azure Certification
5 14 (6.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.39%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.95%) CIPD
9 5 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.32%) ACCA
10 3 (1.32%) CIMA
11 2 (0.88%) CITP
11 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.88%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (50.88%) Data Quality
2 28 (12.28%) GDPR
3 12 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.75%) IFRS
5 2 (0.88%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.88%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.44%) PERC
6 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 4 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (7.89%) Terraform
2 2 (0.88%) Ansible
2 2 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.44%) CASB
3 1 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 63 (27.63%) Microsoft
2 38 (16.67%) Databricks
3 20 (8.77%) Oracle
4 9 (3.95%) Google
4 9 (3.95%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.32%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (1.32%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.88%) Planon
6 2 (0.88%) SAP
7 1 (0.44%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.44%) Braze
7 1 (0.44%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.44%) Infor
7 1 (0.44%) Informatica
7 1 (0.44%) Marketo
7 1 (0.44%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.44%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.44%) Workday