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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 395 408
Rank change year-on-year +88 +13 +83
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 963 830 1,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 0.85% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.89% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 582 528 603
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,660 £55,000 £55,571
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £71,499 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% -1.38% +7.41%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £112,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,937 £65,728 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.88% +5.16% +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 85,989 93,723 157,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.40% 95.55% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 60,364 55,437 82,675
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 26 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 26 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 +97 890 £80,000 +6.67% 242
Work from Home +91 517 £75,000 +7.14% 90
UK excluding London +92 513 £68,937 +4.88% 145
London +91 420 £92,500 +15.85% 145
South East +110 206 £85,000 - 70
North of England +57 131 £75,000 +14.77% 29
North West +56 89 £90,000 +57.44% 19
Midlands -3 64 £65,000 +4.00% 16
South West +3 51 £65,000 -6.77% 16
West Midlands +19 49 £65,200 +0.31% 10
Scotland -49 42 £65,066 +3.24% 6
Yorkshire +50 31 £57,500 -12.21% 5
East Midlands -17 15 £38,500 -30.00% 6
East of England +5 11 £60,000 -22.58% 6
North East -11 11 £75,000 +38.89% 5
Wales +14 5 £130,000 +179.57% 2
Channel Islands - 2 - -
Northern Ireland +17 1 £70,000 +112.12% 2

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 60 (6.23%) Apache Spark
2 10 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.04%) Confluence
2 10 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.93%) SAS
4 6 (0.62%) Apache
5 1 (0.10%) Luigi
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.93%) 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 7 (0.73%) 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 (27.10%) Azure
2 166 (17.24%) AWS
3 164 (17.03%) Power Platform
4 98 (10.18%) GCP
5 45 (4.67%) Snowflake
6 40 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (4.15%) SaaS
7 34 (3.53%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (3.22%) Serverless
9 25 (2.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 24 (2.49%) Matillion
11 19 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (1.77%) Collibra
12 17 (1.77%) dbt
13 15 (1.56%) Azure Stack
14 12 (1.25%) PaaS
15 11 (1.14%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.83%) Amazon S3
17 7 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
17 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 184 (19.11%) Broadband
2 18 (1.87%) DSL
3 4 (0.42%) Internet
4 1 (0.10%) Firewall
4 1 (0.10%) PPP
4 1 (0.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (16.72%) Power BI
2 141 (14.64%) Data Lake
3 126 (13.08%) Data Warehouse
4 104 (10.80%) Metadata
5 94 (9.76%) Tableau
6 48 (4.98%) Big Data
7 42 (4.36%) SQL Server
8 30 (3.12%) Data Vault
8 30 (3.12%) Hadoop
9 27 (2.80%) MongoDB
10 25 (2.60%) Data Mining
11 24 (2.49%) NoSQL
12 22 (2.28%) BigQuery
13 21 (2.18%) Relational Database
14 20 (2.08%) Delta Lake
15 18 (1.87%) DB2
15 18 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
16 17 (1.77%) Apache Ignite
17 14 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
18 12 (1.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 38 (3.95%) JIRA
2 18 (1.87%) Git
3 5 (0.52%) ERwin
3 5 (0.52%) GitLab
3 5 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.52%) 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
1 230 (23.88%) Marketing
2 223 (23.16%) Finance
3 194 (20.15%) Advertising
4 191 (19.83%) Social Skills
5 171 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
6 106 (11.01%) Legal
7 80 (8.31%) Banking
8 67 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 45 (4.67%) Law
10 44 (4.57%) Retail
11 37 (3.84%) Financial Institution
12 32 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.18%) Investment Banking
14 20 (2.08%) Public Sector
15 18 (1.87%) Retail Banking
16 17 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.73%) Billing
18 7 (0.73%) Games
18 7 (0.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 265 (27.52%) Lead
2 189 (19.63%) Architect
3 149 (15.47%) Data Architect
4 142 (14.75%) Senior
5 140 (14.54%) Data Engineer
6 73 (7.58%) Data Manager
7 62 (6.44%) Senior Architect
8 49 (5.09%) Senior Data Architect
9 40 (4.15%) Consultant
10 38 (3.95%) Analyst
11 33 (3.43%) Software Engineer
12 32 (3.32%) Data Consultant
12 32 (3.32%) Principal Engineer
13 27 (2.80%) Informatica Engineer
14 22 (2.28%) Developer
15 21 (2.18%) Strategy Manager
16 20 (2.08%) Cloud Architect
16 20 (2.08%) Product Manager
17 19 (1.97%) Head of Engineering
17 19 (1.97%) Software Engineering Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.30%) Kafka
2 30 (3.12%) React
3 12 (1.25%) Web Services
4 11 (1.14%) .NET
5 7 (0.73%) Pandas
6 6 (0.62%) Apache Beam
6 6 (0.62%) REST
7 4 (0.42%) ADO
7 4 (0.42%) JSON
7 4 (0.42%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.42%) Redux
7 4 (0.42%) 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 (19.11%) Marketing Technology
2 93 (9.66%) Data Structures
3 80 (8.31%) Management Information System
4 76 (7.89%) Algorithms
5 57 (5.92%) Product Ownership
6 45 (4.67%) Public Cloud
7 42 (4.36%) Cloud Native
8 37 (3.84%) Reinsurance
9 21 (2.18%) Taxonomies
10 18 (1.87%) Reference Data
11 15 (1.56%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (0.83%) NHS
14 7 (0.73%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.73%) Mobile App
15 6 (0.62%) Blog
16 5 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.52%) IoT
16 5 (0.52%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.93%) Windows
2 6 (0.62%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.31%) Linux
4 2 (0.21%) Unix
5 1 (0.10%) Android
5 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (56.49%) Analytics
2 275 (28.56%) Data Modelling
3 269 (27.93%) Agile
4 257 (26.69%) Business Intelligence
5 243 (25.23%) Data Management
6 221 (22.95%) ETL
7 216 (22.43%) Data Governance
8 214 (22.22%) Use Case
9 207 (21.50%) Roadmaps
10 198 (20.56%) Business Case
10 198 (20.56%) Data Collection
11 191 (19.83%) Process Improvement
12 188 (19.52%) Digital Marketing
13 187 (19.42%) Matrix Organization
14 184 (19.11%) Regulatory Change
15 171 (17.76%) Data Analysis
15 171 (17.76%) Visualisation
16 166 (17.24%) Data Architecture
17 160 (16.61%) Data Visualisation
18 156 (16.20%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 252 (26.17%) SQL
2 175 (18.17%) Python
3 46 (4.78%) Java
4 42 (4.36%) R
5 38 (3.95%) Kotlin
6 36 (3.74%) Scala
7 28 (2.91%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.08%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.87%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.35%) C#
11 10 (1.04%) Go
11 10 (1.04%) PowerShell
12 8 (0.83%) C
12 8 (0.83%) Clojure
13 6 (0.62%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.52%) Perl
15 3 (0.31%) Bash
15 3 (0.31%) VB
16 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 154 (15.99%) Degree
2 51 (5.30%) Master's Degree
3 42 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (4.05%) Security Cleared
5 24 (2.49%) Azure Certification
5 24 (2.49%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.08%) MBA
7 17 (1.77%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.35%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.25%) PhD
10 11 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.52%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.42%) CISM
12 4 (0.42%) CISSP
12 4 (0.42%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.31%) CRISC
14 2 (0.21%) PMP
14 2 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (17.96%) Data Quality
2 44 (4.57%) GDPR
3 37 (3.84%) QA
4 27 (2.80%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.87%) SLA
6 10 (1.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.31%) NIST
8 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.10%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.10%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 12 (1.25%) Docker
2 5 (0.52%) 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 38 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.45%) Terraform
3 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.42%) Ansible
5 2 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.10%) FTK
6 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.10%) Puppet
6 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 133 (13.81%) Databricks
2 117 (12.15%) Microsoft
3 59 (6.13%) Oracle
4 54 (5.61%) Informatica
5 47 (4.88%) Google
6 25 (2.60%) Alteryx
7 18 (1.87%) Cognos
7 18 (1.87%) SAP
7 18 (1.87%) Sybase
8 15 (1.56%) Teradata
9 13 (1.35%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.93%) Talend
11 8 (0.83%) Samsung
12 7 (0.73%) F5
13 6 (0.62%) IBM
14 4 (0.42%) Dell
14 4 (0.42%) ServiceNow
15 2 (0.21%) Facebook
15 2 (0.21%) Meraki
15 2 (0.21%) Twitter