Data Acquisition Job Trends in the South West

Data Acquisition
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Data Acquisition skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 196 220
Rank change year-on-year +32 +24 +66
Permanent jobs citing Data Acquisition 8 16 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.20% 0.26% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.34% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +3.23% +34.24%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,175 4,653 4,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 79.00% 75.88% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,082 2,641 3,245
10th Percentile £27,707 £30,000 £30,431
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Data Acquisition
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Data Acquisition job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Acquisition
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Data Acquisition
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Acquisition within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Somerset -9 5 £90,000 +12.50% 4
Gloucestershire - 3 - - 5
Data Acquisition
England

Data Acquisition
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 1 (12.50%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Modbus
1 1 (12.50%) RS-485
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 4 (50.00%) Project Coordinator
2 3 (37.50%) Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Technology
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) CCTV
2 1 (12.50%) Derivative
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Debian
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) OpenWrt
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Validation
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) AI
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Vision
2 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Data Science
2 3 (37.50%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
2 3 (37.50%) Physics
2 3 (37.50%) Statistical Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) QMS
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) MikroTik