Data Collection Job Trends in the North West

Data Collection
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Data Collection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 196 158
Rank change year-on-year +22 -38 +128
Permanent jobs citing Data Collection 9 13 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.15% 0.25% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.28% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 28
10th Percentile £49,475 - -
25th Percentile £49,813 £43,116 £23,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £46,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.02% +9.52% -16.00%
75th Percentile £57,000 £47,000 £52,519
90th Percentile - £61,654 £58,472
England median annual salary £57,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.00% -9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,122 4,712 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.27% 90.23% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,464 2,332 2,655
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
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 West

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

Data Collection job vacancy trend in the North West

Data Collection
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Data Collection
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Manchester +29 4 £50,000 -28.57% 11
Merseyside - 3 £52,500 - 5
Lancashire +10 2 £57,000 +22.58% 7
Data Collection
England

Data Collection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Power BI
2 2 (22.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (22.22%) Tableau
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Billing
4 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business IT Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Commercial Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Insight Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) IT Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) IT Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Report Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior IT Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Information Systems Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Process Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Visualisation
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (22.22%) ERP
3 2 (22.22%) Statistics
3 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Time Management
3 2 (22.22%) Trend Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
3 2 (22.22%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) ACCA
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (22.22%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
2 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft