Data Collection Job Trends in the South East

Data Collection
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Collection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 231 239
Rank change year-on-year -53 +8 +51
Permanent jobs citing Data Collection 32 53 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.61% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.69% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 27
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,000 £33,563
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £37,053
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -34.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,688 £60,000
90th Percentile - £53,650 £72,500
England median annual salary £46,256 £56,000 £45,249
% change year-on-year -17.40% +23.76% -20.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,418 7,630 12,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.65% 88.48% 81.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,151 4,019 8,685
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Collection job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Collection
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Collection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Collection

Data Collection
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Collection in the South East over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Collection in the South East

Data Collection
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Collection within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Thames Valley -15 13 £50,000 -2.91% 3
Hampshire -22 12 £35,000 -
Berkshire -6 9 £50,000 -
Buckinghamshire -12 4 £45,000 -12.62% 2
Surrey -22 4 £40,000 +8.11%
East Sussex -11 2 - -
Kent -22 1 £27,500 -1.79%
Data Collection
England

Data Collection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (21.88%) CMS
2 5 (15.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (21.88%) Google Data Studio
2 7 (21.88%) Google Tag Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (9.38%) Power Automate
4 3 (9.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) DNS
1 1 (3.13%) Firewall
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) Looker
2 5 (15.63%) Power BI
3 2 (6.25%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 11 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Marketing
3 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Business Development Manager
1 7 (21.88%) Business Manager
1 7 (21.88%) Development Manager
2 5 (15.63%) Administrator
2 5 (15.63%) Lead
3 4 (12.50%) Ad Operations Executive
3 4 (12.50%) Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Data Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Developer
4 3 (9.38%) IT Administrator
4 3 (9.38%) IT Systems Administrator
4 3 (9.38%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (9.38%) Systems Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Project Administrator
5 2 (6.25%) QA Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Quality Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Graduate
6 1 (3.13%) Graduate Data Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.38%) Data Structures
3 3 (9.38%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (9.38%) IoT
3 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) Analytics
3 7 (21.88%) Ad Operations
3 7 (21.88%) Business Development
3 7 (21.88%) Consent Management
3 7 (21.88%) CRM
3 7 (21.88%) Customer Experience
3 7 (21.88%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (21.88%) Marketing Automation
3 7 (21.88%) Personalization
3 7 (21.88%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (21.88%) Roadmaps
4 6 (18.75%) Validation
5 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.38%) API Integration
6 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (9.38%) Prototyping
6 3 (9.38%) SEO
6 3 (9.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) C
2 3 (9.38%) C++
2 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
1 3 (9.38%) HND
2 2 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) Data Quality
1 7 (21.88%) GDPR
2 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.25%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Braze
1 7 (21.88%) Google
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.13%) Splunk