Data Acquisition Job Trends in the North West

Data Acquisition
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Data Acquisition skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 212 184
Rank change year-on-year - -28 +124
Permanent jobs citing Data Acquisition 0 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West - 0.058% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.064% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £59,168 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £62,779 £94,561
Median % change year-on-year - -33.61% +53.76%
75th Percentile - £66,389 £134,356
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,779 £76,250
% change year-on-year -0.44% -17.67% +27.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,125 4,670 3,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.69% 90.29% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,471 2,293 2,702
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,389 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £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 West

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

Data Acquisition job vacancy trend in the North West

Data Acquisition
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Acquisition