Data Collection Job Trends in Manchester

Data Collection
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Data Collection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 147 134
Rank change year-on-year +18 -13 +101
Permanent jobs citing Data Collection 4 4 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.14% 0.15% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.16% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 14
10th Percentile - - £37,875
25th Percentile - £67,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £50,367
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +38.98% +0.73%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £56,875
90th Percentile - - £60,741
North West median annual salary £51,250 £46,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +11.41% -1.08% -7.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Data Collection 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,284 2,498 2,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.72% 93.66% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,169 1,842
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Data Collection job vacancy trend in Manchester

Data Collection
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Collection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Collection

Data Collection
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Collection within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Cheadle - 1 £50,000 -
Data Collection
North West

Data Collection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Tableau
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Report Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Information Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Information Systems Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft