Data Acquisition Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Data Acquisition
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire citing Data Acquisition skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	107	84	95
Rank change year-on-year	-23	+11	-
Permanent jobs citing Data Acquisition	11	3	1
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire	0.43%	0.26%	0.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.56%	0.32%	0.087%
Number of salaries quoted	6	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£48,750	-	£112,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	-	£115,000
75^th Percentile	£56,250	-	£117,500
90^th Percentile	£63,125	-	-
East of England median annual salary	£52,500	-	£55,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 citing process or methodology skills in Hertfordshire.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,957	935	1,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire	76.27%	81.30%	81.42%
Number of salaries quoted	1,281	563	457
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£27,500	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£32,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.02%	-21.67%	+9.09%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£60,000	£73,750
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£75,000	£90,300
East of England median annual salary	£52,500	£45,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+16.67%	-18.18%	-

Data Acquisition Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Data Acquisition Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Data Acquisition.

Data Acquisition Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Acquisition in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Acquisition in Hertfordshire

Data Acquisition Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Acquisition within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Royston	-	11	£52,500	-	2
Data Acquisition East of England

Data Acquisition Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, job vacancies citing Data Acquisition also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hertfordshire region citing Data Acquisition.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CAD	90.9%	10
1	Continuous Improvement	90.9%	10
1	Degree	90.9%	10
1	HNC	90.9%	10
1	HND	90.9%	10
1	Manufacturing Engineering	90.9%	10
1	Problem-Solving	90.9%	10
1	Process Improvement	90.9%	10
1	Root Cause Analysis	90.9%	10
1	Test Automation	90.9%	10
11	Collaborative Engineering	45.5%	5
11	Collaborative Working	45.5%	5
11	Data-Driven Decision Making	45.5%	5
11	Decision-Making	45.5%	5
11	Firmware	45.5%	5
11	Technical Leadership	45.5%	5
17	Agile	9.1%	1
17	Architectural Patterns	9.1%	1
17	C#	9.1%	1
17	Concurrent Programming	9.1%	1
17	Design Patterns	9.1%	1
17	Microsoft	9.1%	1
17	Multithreaded Programming	9.1%	1
17	Multithreading	9.1%	1
17	MVVM	9.1%	1
17	OO	9.1%	1
17	OOD	9.1%	1
17	Software Architecture	9.1%	1
17	Software Engineering	9.1%	1
17	Windows	9.1%	1

Data Acquisition Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CAD	90.9%	10
1	Continuous Improvement	90.9%	10
1	Manufacturing Engineering	90.9%	10
1	Problem-Solving	90.9%	10
1	Process Improvement	90.9%	10
1	Root Cause Analysis	90.9%	10
1	Test Automation	90.9%	10
8	Collaborative Engineering	45.5%	5
8	Collaborative Working	45.5%	5
8	Data-Driven Decision Making	45.5%	5
8	Decision-Making	45.5%	5
8	Technical Leadership	45.5%	5
13	Agile	9.1%	1
13	Architectural Patterns	9.1%	1
13	Concurrent Programming	9.1%	1
13	Design Patterns	9.1%	1
13	Multithreaded Programming	9.1%	1
13	Multithreading	9.1%	1
13	MVVM	9.1%	1
13	OO	9.1%	1