Data Collection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Collection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Collection over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 462 634
Rank change year-on-year +37 +172 -67
Permanent jobs citing Data Collection 559 666 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.64% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.67% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 307 223 197
10th Percentile £29,200 £32,144 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,294 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,249 £57,197 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.89% -3.06% +7.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,703 £68,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,249 £47,709 £54,000
% change year-on-year -5.16% -11.65% +27.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Collection 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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 Collection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Collection over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Collection within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +76 545 £45,249 -22.98% 143
UK excluding London -26 347 £45,249 -5.16% 91
Work from Home +244 339 £45,249 -17.14% 75
London +116 202 £45,000 -25.00% 60
South East +52 124 £55,000 +18.66% 18
North of England +79 113 £45,249 -35.36% 27
Midlands +60 80 £55,000 +10.00% 10
West Midlands +75 73 £55,000 +15.79% 8
North West +52 63 £45,249 -35.36% 13
Yorkshire +63 29 £45,249 +12.80% 9
North East +16 21 £45,249 +13.12% 5
East of England +8 13 £41,400 - 16
South West -122 9 £27,500 -49.28% 14
Wales 0 8 £37,000 +32.40% 5
East Midlands -12 5 £28,165 -50.09% 2
Scotland -82 2 £32,500 -24.42% 6

Data Collection
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 7 (1.25%) SAS
2 4 (0.72%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 111 (19.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (8.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 47 (8.41%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.68%) SPSS
5 5 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.54%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 65 (11.63%) Power Platform
2 30 (5.37%) Azure
3 22 (3.94%) AWS
4 10 (1.79%) SaaS
5 7 (1.25%) GCP
6 5 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.72%) Google Analytics
7 4 (0.72%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.36%) Figma
9 2 (0.36%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.36%) PaaS
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.18%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (0.18%) Siteimprove
10 1 (0.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 184 (32.92%) Broadband
2 16 (2.86%) WPA
3 4 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.54%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.54%) HTTP
4 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.36%) DNS
5 2 (0.36%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.36%) Internet
5 2 (0.36%) SSH
5 2 (0.36%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.18%) Intranet
6 1 (0.18%) Modbus
6 1 (0.18%) MQTT
6 1 (0.18%) PBX
6 1 (0.18%) VoIP
6 1 (0.18%) Wireless
6 1 (0.18%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (12.52%) BigQuery
2 65 (11.63%) Power BI
3 29 (5.19%) Tableau
4 11 (1.97%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.61%) Metadata
6 9 (1.61%) Power Query
7 5 (0.89%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.89%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.54%) Big Data
8 3 (0.54%) GIS
9 2 (0.36%) Looker
9 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.36%) Tableau Desktop
10 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.18%) LogicBlox
10 1 (0.18%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.18%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (1.97%) Git
2 4 (0.72%) JIRA
3 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.36%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 210 (37.57%) Marketing
2 186 (33.27%) Advertising
3 149 (26.65%) Social Skills
4 60 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (9.12%) Finance
6 42 (7.51%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (4.47%) Law
9 23 (4.11%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.40%) Legal
11 16 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.50%) Publishing
13 12 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.79%) Electronics
16 7 (1.25%) Retail
17 6 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.07%) Telecoms
18 4 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 195 (34.88%) Lead
2 143 (25.58%) Analyst
3 71 (12.70%) Digital Analyst
4 70 (12.52%) Digital Performance Analyst
4 70 (12.52%) Performance Analyst
5 48 (8.59%) Data Analyst
6 47 (8.41%) Data Manager
7 38 (6.80%) Senior
8 18 (3.22%) Senior Manager
9 15 (2.68%) Architect
9 15 (2.68%) Quality Manager
10 14 (2.50%) Data Quality Manager
10 14 (2.50%) IT Manager
11 12 (2.15%) Change Manager
11 12 (2.15%) IT Change Manager
11 12 (2.15%) Senior Change Manager
11 12 (2.15%) Senior IT Manager
12 9 (1.61%) Commercial Analyst
12 9 (1.61%) Data Engineer
13 8 (1.43%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.86%) .NET
2 6 (1.07%) AngularJS
3 5 (0.89%) CSS
3 5 (0.89%) EDI
3 5 (0.89%) HTML
3 5 (0.89%) WinForms
4 4 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
4 4 (0.72%) React
4 4 (0.72%) YAML
5 3 (0.54%) COM
5 3 (0.54%) jQuery
6 2 (0.36%) JSON
6 2 (0.36%) LDAP
6 2 (0.36%) Middleware
6 2 (0.36%) PySpark
6 2 (0.36%) Web Services
6 2 (0.36%) XML
6 2 (0.36%) Yocto
7 1 (0.18%) HTML5
7 1 (0.18%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 184 (32.92%) Marketing Technology
2 39 (6.98%) Driving Licence
3 34 (6.08%) Management Information System
4 10 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.07%) Blog
6 5 (0.89%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.72%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.54%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.54%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.54%) iPad
8 3 (0.54%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.36%) IoT
9 2 (0.36%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.36%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.79%) Windows
2 5 (0.89%) Android
3 4 (0.72%) Linux
4 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (56.35%) Analytics
2 223 (39.89%) Process Improvement
3 200 (35.78%) Data Strategy
4 194 (34.70%) Business Case
5 191 (34.17%) Use Case
6 187 (33.45%) Digital Marketing
6 187 (33.45%) Matrix Organization
7 185 (33.09%) Regulatory Change
8 135 (24.15%) Decision-Making
9 129 (23.08%) Agile
10 110 (19.68%) Visualisation
11 91 (16.28%) Data Management
12 90 (16.10%) Coaching
13 89 (15.92%) Mentoring
13 89 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
14 73 (13.06%) User Research
15 72 (12.88%) Dashboard Development
16 69 (12.34%) Data Analysis
17 66 (11.81%) Business Intelligence
18 45 (8.05%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 129 (23.08%) SQL
2 50 (8.94%) Python
3 14 (2.50%) R
4 13 (2.33%) C#
4 13 (2.33%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (1.43%) Java
6 8 (1.43%) VBA
7 7 (1.25%) C++
8 5 (0.89%) C
8 5 (0.89%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.89%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.89%) VB
9 4 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.72%) PHP
9 4 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.36%) Rust
11 1 (0.18%) Bash
11 1 (0.18%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (11.99%) Degree
2 38 (6.80%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.08%) Numerate Degree
4 6 (1.07%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.89%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.18%) ISEB
7 1 (0.18%) MCTS
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (10.38%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.80%) ISO 9001
3 37 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 37 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 37 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.86%) QA
5 13 (2.33%) GDPR
6 10 (1.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 10 (1.79%) CDISC
6 10 (1.79%) Good Clinical Practice
7 8 (1.43%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 5 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.72%) Docker
3 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.36%) Firmware
3 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 37 (6.62%) EnCase
Vendors
1 64 (11.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (1.97%) Google
3 7 (1.25%) Salesforce
4 4 (0.72%) Anaplan
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle
4 4 (0.72%) SAP
5 3 (0.54%) Adobe
5 3 (0.54%) Databricks
5 3 (0.54%) F5
6 2 (0.36%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.36%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.18%) Facebook
7 1 (0.18%) IBM
7 1 (0.18%) Reuters
7 1 (0.18%) Snow
7 1 (0.18%) Twitter
7 1 (0.18%) Workday
7 1 (0.18%) Zoho