Data Acquisition Contract Job Trends in the South West

Data Acquisition
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Data Acquisition skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - 152
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Acquisition 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.060% - 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.077% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £450
75th Percentile £575 - £531
90th Percentile - - £580
England median daily rate £485 £643 £600
% change year-on-year -24.59% +7.08% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +27.27% +15.79% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Data Acquisition falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,612 1,515 2,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.39% 90.61% 83.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,424 945 1,670
10th Percentile £321 £232 £220
25th Percentile £413 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 156 342
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.36 £13.87
25th Percentile £26.01 £18.87 £29.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

Data Acquisition
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Acquisition relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Data Acquisition job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Acquisition
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Acquisition.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Acquisition.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Acquisition within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire - 1 £550 -
Bristol - 1 - - 25
Data Acquisition
England

Data Acquisition
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Ada
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Def Stans