Change Data Capture Job Trends

Change Data Capture (CDC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Change Data Capture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 647 680 695
Rank change year-on-year +33 +15 +285
Permanent jobs citing Change Data Capture 6 13 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.024% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% 0.027% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 11
10th Percentile - £45,275 £41,375
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,766 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% -8.40%
75th Percentile £69,063 £79,688 £71,250
90th Percentile £76,375 £96,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £46,875
% change year-on-year +5.26% +21.60% -21.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Change Data Capture 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,076 48,429 57,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.42% 91.10% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29,566 23,408 43,853
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Change Data Capture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Change Data Capture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Change Data Capture job vacancy trend in the UK

Change Data Capture
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Change Data Capture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Change Data Capture

Change Data Capture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Data Capture over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Data Capture in the UK

Change Data Capture
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Data Capture within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +55 6 £60,000 - 6
UK excluding London +33 5 £60,000 +5.26% 2
Midlands +23 3 £60,000 +11.76%
West Midlands +23 3 £60,000 +11.76%
North of England +9 2 £77,500 +33.05% 1
North East -2 2 £77,500 +29.17% 1
London +40 1 - - 4

Change Data Capture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (50.00%) Delta Lake
3 3 (50.00%) Parquet
4 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
4 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
4 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 3 (50.00%) Automotive
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Data Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Data Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Python Data Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Python Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Data Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL DBA
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) PySpark
2 1 (16.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement Process
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Databricks
3 1 (16.67%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat