Data Collection Job Trends in the North of England

Data Collection
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Data Collection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 258 254
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +131
Permanent jobs citing Data Collection 10 20 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.092% 0.22% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.24% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 33
10th Percentile £49,325 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £49,438 £42,962 £23,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +4.65% -14.00%
75th Percentile £54,313 £47,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £55,175 £57,798 £60,741
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,671 8,283 7,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 79.86% 90.85% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,668 3,697 5,882
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Data Collection job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Collection
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Data Collection
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 Collection within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North West +18 7 £51,250 +11.41% 7
North East - 2 - - 3
Yorkshire -17 1 - - 10
Data Collection
England

Data Collection
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:

Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Power BI
2 5 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Insight Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Report Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior IT Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Systems Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Actionable Insight
1 7 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Data Analysis
1 7 (70.00%) Decision-Making
1 7 (70.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (70.00%) Process Improvement
1 7 (70.00%) Visualisation
2 5 (50.00%) Analytics
2 5 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 5 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 5 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 5 (50.00%) Time Management
2 5 (50.00%) Visual Analytics
2 5 (50.00%) WFM
3 2 (20.00%) Business Case
3 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Focus Group
3 2 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft