Data Strategy Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 371 411
Rank change year-on-year +64 +40 +83
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 973 815 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.86% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.90% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 590 520 599
10th Percentile £48,419 £45,450 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,660 £55,000 £55,571
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,249 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.73% -0.35% +7.41%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £111,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,235 £65,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.70% +0.77% +18.18%

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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +94 902 £80,000 +10.34% 189
UK excluding London +80 524 £69,235 +5.70% 82
Work from Home +82 515 £75,000 +7.14% 76
London +108 420 £95,000 +18.98% 105
South East +95 210 £85,000 - 18
North of England +51 136 £75,000 +14.77% 24
North West +48 94 £90,000 +50.00% 17
Midlands -8 66 £65,000 +4.00% 17
South West -8 50 £65,000 -6.40% 15
West Midlands -11 50 £65,400 +0.62% 12
Scotland -56 41 £65,066 -3.92% 4
Yorkshire +37 31 £57,500 -13.53% 4
East Midlands -16 16 £38,500 -30.00% 5
East of England -7 13 £60,000 -22.58% 2
North East -19 11 £75,000 +38.89% 3
Wales +12 5 £130,000 +179.57% 2
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 59 (6.06%) Apache Spark
2 10 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.03%) Confluence
2 10 (1.03%) SAS
3 9 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.62%) Apache
5 1 (0.10%) Luigi
Applications
1 21 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) InVision
5 1 (0.10%) Sketch
5 1 (0.10%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 6 (0.62%) 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
Cloud Services
1 261 (26.82%) Azure
2 171 (17.57%) AWS
3 165 (16.96%) Power Platform
4 104 (10.69%) GCP
5 43 (4.42%) Snowflake
6 40 (4.11%) SaaS
7 39 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 29 (2.98%) Serverless
10 24 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (2.36%) Matillion
12 17 (1.75%) Collibra
12 17 (1.75%) dbt
12 17 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (1.54%) Azure Stack
14 12 (1.23%) PaaS
14 12 (1.23%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.82%) Amazon S3
16 7 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 184 (18.91%) Broadband
2 16 (1.64%) DSL
3 4 (0.41%) Internet
4 1 (0.10%) Firewall
4 1 (0.10%) PPP
4 1 (0.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (16.75%) Power BI
2 138 (14.18%) Data Lake
3 129 (13.26%) Data Warehouse
4 105 (10.79%) Metadata
5 92 (9.46%) Tableau
6 48 (4.93%) Big Data
7 41 (4.21%) SQL Server
8 31 (3.19%) Hadoop
9 29 (2.98%) Data Vault
10 26 (2.67%) MongoDB
11 25 (2.57%) Data Mining
12 24 (2.47%) NoSQL
13 22 (2.26%) BigQuery
14 20 (2.06%) Relational Database
15 18 (1.85%) Delta Lake
15 18 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
16 17 (1.75%) Apache Ignite
17 16 (1.64%) DB2
18 14 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
19 12 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 38 (3.91%) JIRA
2 18 (1.85%) Git
3 5 (0.51%) ERwin
3 5 (0.51%) GitLab
3 5 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.21%) Spinnaker
5 1 (0.10%) Maven
5 1 (0.10%) MLflow
5 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 228 (23.43%) Marketing
2 224 (23.02%) Finance
3 194 (19.94%) Advertising
3 194 (19.94%) Social Skills
4 168 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (10.79%) Legal
6 79 (8.12%) Banking
7 67 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (4.52%) Retail
9 43 (4.42%) Law
10 36 (3.70%) Financial Institution
11 32 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (2.47%) Public Sector
13 19 (1.95%) Investment Banking
13 19 (1.95%) Retail Banking
14 16 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.72%) Billing
16 7 (0.72%) Games
16 7 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 268 (27.54%) Lead
2 194 (19.94%) Architect
3 155 (15.93%) Data Architect
4 142 (14.59%) Senior
5 138 (14.18%) Data Engineer
6 77 (7.91%) Data Manager
7 63 (6.47%) Senior Architect
8 50 (5.14%) Senior Data Architect
9 41 (4.21%) Consultant
10 40 (4.11%) Analyst
11 33 (3.39%) Software Engineer
12 32 (3.29%) Data Consultant
12 32 (3.29%) Principal Engineer
13 27 (2.77%) Informatica Engineer
14 21 (2.16%) Strategy Manager
15 20 (2.06%) Cloud Architect
15 20 (2.06%) Developer
15 20 (2.06%) Product Manager
16 19 (1.95%) Head of Engineering
16 19 (1.95%) Principal Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.14%) Kafka
2 30 (3.08%) React
3 12 (1.23%) Web Services
4 11 (1.13%) .NET
5 6 (0.62%) Apache Beam
5 6 (0.62%) Pandas
6 5 (0.51%) REST
7 4 (0.41%) ADO
7 4 (0.41%) JSON
7 4 (0.41%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.41%) Redux
7 4 (0.41%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.31%) HTML
8 3 (0.31%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.31%) PySpark
8 3 (0.31%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.31%) XML
9 2 (0.21%) Lambda Expressions
10 1 (0.10%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 184 (18.91%) Marketing Technology
2 94 (9.66%) Data Structures
3 80 (8.22%) Management Information System
4 77 (7.91%) Algorithms
5 58 (5.96%) Product Ownership
6 42 (4.32%) Public Cloud
7 40 (4.11%) Cloud Native
8 37 (3.80%) Reinsurance
9 21 (2.16%) Taxonomies
10 19 (1.95%) Reference Data
11 16 (1.64%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (0.82%) NHS
14 7 (0.72%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.72%) Mobile App
15 6 (0.62%) Blog
16 5 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.51%) Mainframe
16 5 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.72%) Windows
2 4 (0.41%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.31%) Linux
4 2 (0.21%) Unix
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (56.53%) Analytics
2 275 (28.26%) Data Modelling
3 270 (27.75%) Agile
4 260 (26.72%) Business Intelligence
5 249 (25.59%) Data Management
6 221 (22.71%) Data Governance
7 218 (22.40%) ETL
8 215 (22.10%) Use Case
9 207 (21.27%) Roadmaps
10 201 (20.66%) Data Collection
11 199 (20.45%) Business Case
12 191 (19.63%) Process Improvement
13 188 (19.32%) Digital Marketing
13 188 (19.32%) Matrix Organization
14 184 (18.91%) Regulatory Change
15 173 (17.78%) Data Architecture
16 170 (17.47%) Data Analysis
16 170 (17.47%) Visualisation
17 159 (16.34%) Data Visualisation
18 156 (16.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 250 (25.69%) SQL
2 172 (17.68%) Python
3 44 (4.52%) Java
4 42 (4.32%) R
5 38 (3.91%) Kotlin
6 34 (3.49%) Scala
7 27 (2.77%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.06%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.64%) PL/SQL
10 12 (1.23%) C#
11 10 (1.03%) Go
12 8 (0.82%) C
12 8 (0.82%) Clojure
12 8 (0.82%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.62%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.51%) Perl
15 3 (0.31%) Bash
15 3 (0.31%) VB
16 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 159 (16.34%) Degree
2 51 (5.24%) Master's Degree
3 44 (4.52%) Security Cleared
4 42 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.88%) SC Cleared
6 25 (2.57%) Azure Certification
7 20 (2.06%) MBA
8 18 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 17 (1.75%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.23%) PhD
11 11 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.51%) CISM
12 5 (0.51%) CISSP
12 5 (0.51%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.41%) CRISC
13 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.21%) PMP
14 2 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (18.40%) Data Quality
2 43 (4.42%) GDPR
3 37 (3.80%) QA
4 28 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.64%) SLA
6 10 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.41%) NIST
8 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.10%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.10%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 13 (1.34%) Docker
2 4 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.21%) HDFS
4 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.44%) Terraform
3 4 (0.41%) Ansible
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.10%) FTK
6 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.10%) Puppet
6 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 129 (13.26%) Databricks
2 117 (12.02%) Microsoft
3 56 (5.76%) Oracle
4 55 (5.65%) Informatica
5 48 (4.93%) Google
6 23 (2.36%) Alteryx
7 17 (1.75%) SAP
8 16 (1.64%) Cognos
8 16 (1.64%) Sybase
9 15 (1.54%) Teradata
10 13 (1.34%) Salesforce
11 9 (0.92%) Talend
12 8 (0.82%) Samsung
13 7 (0.72%) F5
14 6 (0.62%) IBM
15 4 (0.41%) Dell
15 4 (0.41%) ServiceNow
16 2 (0.21%) Facebook
16 2 (0.21%) Meraki
16 2 (0.21%) Twitter