Data Strategy Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Data Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 212 310
Rank change year-on-year -60 +98 +165
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 173 525 420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 1.55% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.70% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 125 262 295
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,759 £43,826
25th Percentile £59,168 £57,791 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,474 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,000 £115,000 £109,252
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +10.34% +3.37%

All Process and 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 15,858 30,902 39,630
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.81% 91.40% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,902 23,451 27,583
10th Percentile £29,444 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Data Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Strategy trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Strategy
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Strategy.

Data Strategy salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Strategy over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Data Strategy salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (6.94%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.16%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.58%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 61 (35.26%) Azure
2 41 (23.70%) Power Platform
3 35 (20.23%) AWS
4 17 (9.83%) GCP
5 14 (8.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (6.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 12 (6.94%) Snowflake
7 6 (3.47%) Serverless
8 5 (2.89%) dbt
9 4 (2.31%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.31%) Cloud Composer
9 4 (2.31%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.31%) Zapier
10 3 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.73%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.73%) GitHub
11 2 (1.16%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (24.86%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (23.70%) Power BI
3 32 (18.50%) Data Lake
4 28 (16.18%) Tableau
5 15 (8.67%) BigQuery
6 10 (5.78%) Big Data
7 9 (5.20%) Relational Database
8 8 (4.62%) Looker
8 8 (4.62%) Metadata
8 8 (4.62%) NoSQL
8 8 (4.62%) SQL Server
9 7 (4.05%) RDBMS
10 6 (3.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (3.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 6 (3.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (3.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (2.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 5 (2.89%) Hadoop
11 5 (2.89%) SAP BW
12 4 (2.31%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 13 (7.51%) Git
2 3 (1.73%) GitLab
3 2 (1.16%) ERwin
4 1 (0.58%) JIRA
4 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 62 (35.84%) Social Skills
2 51 (29.48%) Finance
3 48 (27.75%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (9.83%) Public Sector
6 15 (8.67%) Banking
7 12 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (6.94%) Retail
8 9 (5.20%) Marketing
9 6 (3.47%) Law
9 6 (3.47%) Legal
10 3 (1.73%) Advertising
10 3 (1.73%) Back Office
10 3 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.58%) Front Office
12 1 (0.58%) Local Government
12 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (26.01%) Architect
2 39 (22.54%) Senior
3 34 (19.65%) Data Architect
4 26 (15.03%) Lead
5 24 (13.87%) Data Engineer
6 20 (11.56%) Data Manager
7 18 (10.40%) Analyst
8 16 (9.25%) Senior Architect
9 10 (5.78%) Data Analyst
9 10 (5.78%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (5.20%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (4.62%) Product Lead
11 8 (4.62%) Senior Data Architect
11 8 (4.62%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 7 (4.05%) Domain Architect
12 7 (4.05%) Senior Manager
13 5 (2.89%) Consultant
13 5 (2.89%) Data Consultant
13 5 (2.89%) Senior Service Manager
13 5 (2.89%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.89%) PySpark
2 4 (2.31%) Middleware
2 4 (2.31%) REST
3 3 (1.73%) Pandas
3 3 (1.73%) XGBoost
4 2 (1.16%) Node.js
4 2 (1.16%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.58%) EDI
5 1 (0.58%) HTML
5 1 (0.58%) Kafka
5 1 (0.58%) NumPy
5 1 (0.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.67%) Public Cloud
2 12 (6.94%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.62%) Distributed Architecture
4 6 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.89%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.31%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.73%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.16%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.58%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.58%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.58%) IoT
9 1 (0.58%) Kinect
9 1 (0.58%) Lidar
9 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (50.87%) Analytics
2 77 (44.51%) Data Architecture
3 74 (42.77%) Business Intelligence
4 51 (29.48%) Data Governance
4 51 (29.48%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (28.32%) Mentoring
6 46 (26.59%) Decision-Making
6 46 (26.59%) Roadmaps
7 41 (23.70%) Data Engineering
7 41 (23.70%) Data Modelling
8 40 (23.12%) Agile
9 39 (22.54%) Data Management
10 35 (20.23%) ETL
11 27 (15.61%) Data Integration
11 27 (15.61%) Visualisation
12 25 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (14.45%) DevOps
13 24 (13.87%) Data Pipeline
14 22 (12.72%) Coaching
15 20 (11.56%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 52 (30.06%) SQL
2 24 (13.87%) Python
3 8 (4.62%) R
4 6 (3.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (2.89%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.31%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.73%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.16%) Bash
8 2 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.16%) Scala
8 2 (1.16%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.58%) Java
9 1 (0.58%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (13.87%) Degree
2 11 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (5.78%) Master's Degree
4 9 (5.20%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.31%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.31%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.58%) CITP
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (27.75%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.36%) GDPR
3 10 (5.78%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.73%) PMO
5 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (2.31%) HDFS
2 2 (1.16%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.31%) Terraform
2 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.58%) Matomo
Vendors
1 37 (21.39%) Databricks
2 27 (15.61%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.25%) Google
4 8 (4.62%) Informatica
5 6 (3.47%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.47%) SAP
6 4 (2.31%) Avaloq
6 4 (2.31%) Oracle
6 4 (2.31%) Teradata
7 1 (0.58%) ESRI
7 1 (0.58%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.58%) IBM
7 1 (0.58%) Palantir
7 1 (0.58%) Talend