Data Acquisition Job Trends in the North of England

Data Acquisition
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 266 268
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +156
Permanent jobs citing Data Acquisition 2 17 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.019% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 10
10th Percentile - £57,917 £57,500
25th Percentile - £59,168 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £62,779 £129,121
Median % change year-on-year - -51.38% +109.95%
75th Percentile - £66,389 £134,356
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,779 £75,000
% change year-on-year -0.44% -16.30% +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,592 8,328 7,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.06% 90.23% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,558 3,739 5,516
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,507
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -1.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Acquisition
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Data Acquisition job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Acquisition
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Acquisition.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Acquisition within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
Yorkshire -18 2 - - 1
Data Acquisition
England

Data Acquisition
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST