Data Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Strategy over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 397 411
Rank change year-on-year +98 +14 +88
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 978 849 1,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 0.84% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.88% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 584 546 608
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,415 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £70,139
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +3.37% +3.91%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £121,250 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,950 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.67% +8.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in the UK

Data Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Strategy in the UK

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Strategy in the UK

Data Strategy
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 +125 903 £80,000 +6.67% 173
Work from Home +98 525 £75,000 +7.14% 81
UK excluding London +79 510 £67,950 +0.67% 79
London +111 439 £92,500 +15.63% 93
South East +109 201 £85,000 - 20
North of England +65 132 £75,000 +14.77% 21
North West +45 85 £90,000 +37.72% 13
Midlands -1 64 £65,000 +4.00% 12
South West -11 49 £65,000 -19.25% 12
West Midlands +10 48 £65,400 +0.62% 10
Scotland -44 45 £65,000 +8.25% 3
Yorkshire +71 36 £58,875 -10.12% 6
East Midlands -11 16 £35,500 -35.45% 2
East of England +10 11 £60,000 -22.58% 10
North East -15 11 £75,000 +38.89% 2
Wales +9 5 £130,000 +271.43% 1
Channel Islands - 2 - -
Northern Ireland +16 1 £70,000 +112.12% 1

Data Strategy
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 63 (6.44%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.02%) Confluence
3 10 (1.02%) SAS
4 6 (0.61%) Apache
5 1 (0.10%) Luigi
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) InVision
5 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.10%) Sketch
5 1 (0.10%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 8 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.31%) Endur
3 1 (0.10%) Data Workbench
3 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.10%) Shopify
3 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 262 (26.79%) Azure
2 178 (18.20%) AWS
3 165 (16.87%) Power Platform
4 105 (10.74%) GCP
5 47 (4.81%) Snowflake
6 40 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (3.99%) SaaS
8 34 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 31 (3.17%) Serverless
10 25 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 25 (2.56%) Matillion
11 20 (2.04%) dbt
11 20 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (1.64%) Collibra
13 15 (1.53%) Azure Stack
14 11 (1.12%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.12%) PaaS
14 11 (1.12%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 184 (18.81%) Broadband
2 18 (1.84%) DSL
3 4 (0.41%) Internet
4 1 (0.10%) Firewall
4 1 (0.10%) PPP
4 1 (0.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (16.56%) Power BI
2 143 (14.62%) Data Lake
3 123 (12.58%) Data Warehouse
4 105 (10.74%) Metadata
5 94 (9.61%) Tableau
6 49 (5.01%) Big Data
7 46 (4.70%) SQL Server
8 35 (3.58%) Hadoop
9 32 (3.27%) Data Vault
10 30 (3.07%) Data Mining
11 29 (2.97%) MongoDB
12 24 (2.45%) Delta Lake
12 24 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
13 23 (2.35%) Apache Ignite
14 22 (2.25%) BigQuery
14 22 (2.25%) NoSQL
14 22 (2.25%) Relational Database
15 18 (1.84%) DB2
16 14 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
17 13 (1.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 43 (4.40%) JIRA
2 21 (2.15%) Git
3 6 (0.61%) ERwin
4 5 (0.51%) GitLab
4 5 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.20%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.10%) Maven
7 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 230 (23.52%) Marketing
2 225 (23.01%) Finance
3 196 (20.04%) Social Skills
4 194 (19.84%) Advertising
5 179 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
6 104 (10.63%) Legal
7 84 (8.59%) Banking
8 63 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 49 (5.01%) Law
10 46 (4.70%) Retail
11 35 (3.58%) Financial Institution
12 31 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.15%) Investment Banking
13 21 (2.15%) Public Sector
14 18 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.64%) Retail Banking
16 11 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.82%) Games
18 7 (0.72%) Billing
18 7 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 267 (27.30%) Lead
2 197 (20.14%) Architect
3 148 (15.13%) Data Architect
4 145 (14.83%) Senior
5 142 (14.52%) Data Engineer
6 70 (7.16%) Data Manager
7 65 (6.65%) Senior Architect
8 47 (4.81%) Senior Data Architect
9 41 (4.19%) Consultant
10 39 (3.99%) Analyst
11 35 (3.58%) Principal Engineer
12 31 (3.17%) Data Consultant
12 31 (3.17%) Software Engineer
13 26 (2.66%) Informatica Engineer
14 25 (2.56%) Cloud Architect
15 24 (2.45%) IT Architect
16 23 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (2.15%) Developer
18 20 (2.04%) Product Manager
18 20 (2.04%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.52%) Kafka
2 27 (2.76%) React
3 12 (1.23%) Web Services
4 11 (1.12%) .NET
5 7 (0.72%) Apache Beam
6 6 (0.61%) Pandas
7 4 (0.41%) ADO
7 4 (0.41%) Redux
7 4 (0.41%) REST
8 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.31%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.31%) JSON
8 3 (0.31%) PySpark
9 2 (0.20%) HTML
9 2 (0.20%) Lambda Expressions
9 2 (0.20%) scikit-learn
10 1 (0.10%) CarPlay
10 1 (0.10%) Keras
10 1 (0.10%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.10%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 184 (18.81%) Marketing Technology
2 93 (9.51%) Data Structures
3 77 (7.87%) Management Information System
4 74 (7.57%) Algorithms
5 56 (5.73%) Product Ownership
6 48 (4.91%) Public Cloud
7 42 (4.29%) Cloud Native
8 38 (3.89%) Reinsurance
9 19 (1.94%) Taxonomies
10 16 (1.64%) Reference Data
11 15 (1.53%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.72%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.72%) Mobile App
15 6 (0.61%) Blog
15 6 (0.61%) IoT
15 6 (0.61%) NHS
16 5 (0.51%) Mainframe
16 5 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.82%) Windows
2 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.20%) Linux
4 1 (0.10%) Android
4 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.10%) Unix
4 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (56.13%) Analytics
2 285 (29.14%) Agile
3 282 (28.83%) Data Modelling
4 256 (26.18%) Business Intelligence
5 247 (25.26%) Data Management
6 223 (22.80%) ETL
7 218 (22.29%) Use Case
8 214 (21.88%) Data Governance
9 213 (21.78%) Roadmaps
10 201 (20.55%) Data Collection
11 198 (20.25%) Business Case
12 190 (19.43%) Process Improvement
13 189 (19.33%) Digital Marketing
13 189 (19.33%) Matrix Organization
14 184 (18.81%) Regulatory Change
14 184 (18.81%) Visualisation
15 176 (18.00%) Data Analysis
16 168 (17.18%) Data Architecture
17 167 (17.08%) Data Visualisation
18 150 (15.34%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 253 (25.87%) SQL
2 178 (18.20%) Python
3 45 (4.60%) Java
4 43 (4.40%) R
5 41 (4.19%) Kotlin
6 34 (3.48%) Scala
7 28 (2.86%) T-SQL
8 18 (1.84%) PL/SQL
8 18 (1.84%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.53%) C#
10 10 (1.02%) Go
11 9 (0.92%) PowerShell
12 8 (0.82%) C
13 6 (0.61%) Clojure
14 5 (0.51%) Perl
14 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.31%) Bash
15 3 (0.31%) VB
16 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.20%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 153 (15.64%) Degree
2 50 (5.11%) Master's Degree
3 40 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (3.99%) Security Cleared
5 24 (2.45%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 20 (2.04%) MBA
7 15 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.23%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.23%) PhD
9 11 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (0.61%) OCP
10 6 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.20%) CISM
12 2 (0.20%) CISSP
12 2 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (17.28%) Data Quality
2 46 (4.70%) GDPR
3 35 (3.58%) QA
4 25 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.84%) SLA
6 10 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.10%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.10%) GMP
8 1 (0.10%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (1.02%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) HDFS
3 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.53%) Terraform
3 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.31%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.10%) Puppet
6 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 135 (13.80%) Databricks
2 118 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 60 (6.13%) Oracle
4 58 (5.93%) Informatica
5 54 (5.52%) Google
6 25 (2.56%) Alteryx
7 20 (2.04%) SAP
8 18 (1.84%) Cognos
8 18 (1.84%) Sybase
9 16 (1.64%) Teradata
10 14 (1.43%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.82%) Samsung
12 7 (0.72%) F5
12 7 (0.72%) IBM
12 7 (0.72%) Talend
13 4 (0.41%) Dell
13 4 (0.41%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.20%) Adobe
14 2 (0.20%) Ariba
14 2 (0.20%) Meraki