Acoustics Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Acoustics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Acoustics in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Acoustics over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 529 563
Rank change year-on-year +57 +34 +33
Permanent jobs citing Acoustics 50 29 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.081% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.24% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 43 14 0
10th Percentile - £47,125 -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 -
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,000 -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £42,631
% change year-on-year -18.18% +29.01% -25.86%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Acoustics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,683 12,325 11,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.11% 34.26% 34.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,346 5,311 8,421
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Acoustics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Acoustics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Acoustics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Acoustics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Acoustics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Acoustics

Acoustics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acoustics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Acoustics in the UK excluding London

Acoustics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acoustics within the UK excluding London 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
South West +25 36 £45,000 -18.18% 6
North of England +16 7 £75,000 - 1
South East +25 4 £74,200 +14.15% 7
North West +23 4 - - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £75,000 -
Midlands +22 2 £26,500 -60.74% 4
East of England +21 1 £95,000 +72.73% 1
West Midlands +20 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 £26,500 - 1
Acoustics
UK

Acoustics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (6.00%) CATIA
2 1 (2.00%) Abaqus
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.00%) Blender
2 1 (2.00%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) VoIP
2 1 (2.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.00%) RS-232
2 1 (2.00%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
1 3 (6.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Finance
3 3 (6.00%) Military
3 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Electronics
4 1 (2.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (66.00%) Senior
2 32 (64.00%) Consultant
2 32 (64.00%) Senior Consultant
3 7 (14.00%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (8.00%) Finance Manager
5 3 (6.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.00%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 1 (2.00%) Business Development Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Business Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Business Systems Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Development Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (2.00%) Lead
7 1 (2.00%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.00%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 1 (2.00%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (2.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (6.00%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.00%) Robotics
3 1 (2.00%) Self-Driving Car
3 1 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Android
2 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (66.00%) Mentoring
2 32 (64.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 4 (8.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (6.00%) Agile
4 3 (6.00%) Network Design
4 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (6.00%) Requirements Management
4 3 (6.00%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (6.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (2.00%) Battery Management
5 1 (2.00%) Budgeting
5 1 (2.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (2.00%) Data Acquisition
5 1 (2.00%) LLM
5 1 (2.00%) Natural Language Processing
5 1 (2.00%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (2.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (2.00%) Reinforcement Learning
5 1 (2.00%) Videography
Qualifications
1 32 (64.00%) RIBA
2 6 (12.00%) Degree
3 5 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (8.00%) Master's Degree
5 3 (6.00%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (6.00%) IBM
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe
2 1 (2.00%) EMC
2 1 (2.00%) Google