Acoustics Jobs

Acoustics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Acoustics in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Acoustics over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 829 880
Rank change year-on-year +150 +51 +264
Permanent jobs citing Acoustics 30 83 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.080% 0.084%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 23 35 14
10th Percentile £50,170 £33,750 £30,431
25th Percentile - £37,875 £30,448
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -8.57% -20.45%
75th Percentile £57,641 £45,000 £51,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £66,700 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% -13.64%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Acoustics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Acoustics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Acoustics in the UK

Acoustics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Acoustics.

Salary trend for Acoustics in the UK

Acoustics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acoustics over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Acoustics in the UK

Acoustics
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acoustics within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 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
UK excluding London +145 30 £55,000 +37.50% 253
England +104 29 £55,000 +37.50% 246
South East +68 22 £55,000 +37.50% 65
Work from Home +106 3 £55,565 +11.13% 164
South West +98 3 - - 30
Midlands +83 3 £85,000 +126.67% 47
West Midlands +60 3 £85,000 - 25
Wales - 3 - - 7
North of England +40 1 £50,000 +36.99% 57
North West -3 1 £50,000 +36.99% 28
Scotland - 1 £50,000 - 9

Acoustics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Wireless
2 1 (3.33%) RS-232
2 1 (3.33%) RS-422
2 1 (3.33%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Metadata
1 2 (6.67%) RDBMS
1 2 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) CMake
1 1 (3.33%) Git
1 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (23.33%) Finance
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Local Government
2 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (3.33%) Agriculture
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Health
4 1 (3.33%) Electronics
4 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.33%) Military
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Senior
2 14 (46.67%) Senior Software Engineer
2 14 (46.67%) Software Engineer
3 7 (23.33%) Lead
4 3 (10.00%) Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Scientific Software Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.33%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Field Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Lead Network Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) .NET
1 1 (3.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.33%) Bazel
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Linux
1 2 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (6.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 16 (53.33%) Software Engineering
2 16 (53.33%) Software Testing
3 14 (46.67%) SDLC
4 4 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (13.33%) Project Management
4 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (13.33%) Validation
5 3 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (10.00%) Data Management
5 3 (10.00%) Line Management
5 3 (10.00%) People Management
5 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Thinking
6 2 (6.67%) Business Development
6 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 2 (6.67%) Performance Management
6 2 (6.67%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) C#
2 14 (46.67%) Ada
3 5 (16.67%) C
3 5 (16.67%) C++
4 4 (13.33%) Python
5 2 (6.67%) Bash
5 2 (6.67%) Fortran
5 2 (6.67%) MATLAB
5 2 (6.67%) SQL
6 1 (3.33%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (66.67%) Degree
2 14 (46.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 3 (10.00%) Master's Degree
6 2 (6.67%) PhD
7 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) SAP