Data Acquisition Job Trends in Essex

Data Acquisition
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Data Acquisition skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Acquisition 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.080% - 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median annual salary £55,000 - £92,500
% change year-on-year - - +189.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 913 313 715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 73.22% 83.91% 81.62%
Number of salaries quoted 561 177 580
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,000 £73,875
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -9.09%

Data Acquisition
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Acquisition relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Data Acquisition job vacancy trend in Essex

Data Acquisition
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Data Acquisition.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Acquisition within the Essex region over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Colchester - 1 - -
Data Acquisition
East of England

Data Acquisition
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware