Data Acquisition
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Acquisition skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Acquisition over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 742 848
Rank change year-on-year +21 +106 -52
Permanent jobs citing Data Acquisition 173 243 395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.25% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 109 81 140
10th Percentile £39,000 £28,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year - -0.25% +0.25%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £52,500 £55,070
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.67% +10.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Acquisition is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Data Acquisition
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Acquisition in the UK

Data Acquisition
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Acquisition.

Salary trend for Data Acquisition in the UK

Data Acquisition
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Acquisition over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Acquisition in the UK

Data Acquisition
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Acquisition within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +54 163 £57,500 -4.17% 86
UK excluding London -30 139 £54,500 +3.81% 75
South East +30 59 £55,000 -8.33% 15
Work from Home -17 56 £51,000 -7.27% 22
Midlands -17 37 £60,000 +14.29% 33
London +109 31 £75,000 -31.82% 15
West Midlands +3 30 £62,500 +19.05% 24
North of England +35 24 £51,000 +20.00% 6
Yorkshire +87 19 £51,000 +20.00% 2
South West -31 8 £37,000 +1.35% 13
East Midlands -20 7 £42,500 -17.07% 9
Scotland -78 6 £50,000 +53.85% 2
East of England +16 3 £92,500 +189.69% 8
North East - 3 £80,000 -
North West -7 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland +22 1 - -
Wales -5 1 - - 1

Data Acquisition
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (6.94%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.16%) Apache
3 2 (1.16%) MTS
4 1 (0.58%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.58%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (9.25%) Simulink
2 14 (8.09%) Stateflow
3 7 (4.05%) CANalyzer
4 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.58%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Eikon
2 1 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (17.34%) Power Platform
2 23 (13.29%) Azure
3 20 (11.56%) AWS
4 15 (8.67%) SaaS
5 12 (6.94%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (6.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 9 (5.20%) GitHub
7 8 (4.62%) GCP
7 8 (4.62%) Snowflake
8 7 (4.05%) Boomi
9 4 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.73%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.73%) Serverless
11 2 (1.16%) Figma
11 2 (1.16%) PaaS
12 1 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.58%) AWS CodePipeline
12 1 (0.58%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.09%) J1939
2 3 (1.73%) 4G
2 3 (1.73%) 5G
2 3 (1.73%) FlexRay
2 3 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.58%) Internet
3 1 (0.58%) Modbus
3 1 (0.58%) MQTT
3 1 (0.58%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (17.34%) Power BI
2 22 (12.72%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (10.98%) Big Data
3 19 (10.98%) SQL Server
3 19 (10.98%) Tableau
4 13 (7.51%) Data Lake
5 12 (6.94%) Metadata
6 11 (6.36%) Relational Database
7 10 (5.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 10 (5.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (4.05%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (4.05%) BigQuery
8 7 (4.05%) Data Mining
8 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 7 (4.05%) NoSQL
9 5 (2.89%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.16%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (8.09%) ClearCase
1 14 (8.09%) Plastic SCM
2 11 (6.36%) JIRA
3 7 (4.05%) ClearQuest
4 5 (2.89%) LabVIEW
5 4 (2.31%) Git
6 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.16%) MLflow
7 1 (0.58%) GitLab
7 1 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 68 (39.31%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.08%) Finance
3 27 (15.61%) Electronics
4 26 (15.03%) Marketing
5 24 (13.87%) Automotive
6 23 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (9.25%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (7.51%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (5.20%) Games
9 9 (5.20%) Manufacturing
9 9 (5.20%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.47%) Retail
11 5 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.73%) Legal
13 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.16%) Agriculture
13 2 (1.16%) Banking
13 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (30.06%) Senior
2 43 (24.86%) Data Engineer
3 34 (19.65%) Software Engineer
4 21 (12.14%) Developer
5 20 (11.56%) Senior Software Engineer
6 16 (9.25%) Senior Developer
7 12 (6.94%) Oracle Developer
7 12 (6.94%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 11 (6.36%) Lead
9 10 (5.78%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Azure Data Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Integration Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) SCADA Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (4.62%) Architect
11 8 (4.62%) Test Engineer
12 7 (4.05%) Data Integration Engineer
12 7 (4.05%) Data Manager
13 5 (2.89%) Operational Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.36%) .NET
2 7 (4.05%) GraphQL
2 7 (4.05%) JSON
2 7 (4.05%) Pandas
2 7 (4.05%) RESTful
2 7 (4.05%) XML
3 5 (2.89%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.31%) Java RMI
5 3 (1.73%) HTML
6 2 (1.16%) EDI
6 2 (1.16%) HTML5
7 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.58%) CSS
7 1 (0.58%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.58%) Node.js
7 1 (0.58%) REST
7 1 (0.58%) STL
7 1 (0.58%) Web Services
7 1 (0.58%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.03%) Operational Technology
1 26 (15.03%) SCADA
2 22 (12.72%) Algorithms
3 12 (6.94%) Data Structures
4 10 (5.78%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (5.78%) Taxonomies
5 9 (5.20%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (5.20%) IoT
6 8 (4.62%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (4.05%) NHS
8 5 (2.89%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.89%) Virtual Reality
9 4 (2.31%) FPGA
10 2 (1.16%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.16%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.58%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.72%) Windows
2 18 (10.40%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.09%) Linux
4 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.16%) Unix
4 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.01%) Software Engineering
2 42 (24.28%) Agile
3 32 (18.50%) Business Intelligence
3 32 (18.50%) ETL
3 32 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (17.92%) DevOps
5 27 (15.61%) Analytics
6 26 (15.03%) Computer Science
7 25 (14.45%) Data Modelling
8 24 (13.87%) Data Management
8 24 (13.87%) Visualisation
9 23 (13.29%) Machine Learning
9 23 (13.29%) Project Management
10 22 (12.72%) Data Visualisation
11 21 (12.14%) Data Governance
12 20 (11.56%) Data Engineering
12 20 (11.56%) Mentoring
12 20 (11.56%) User Experience
13 19 (10.98%) Software Testing
13 19 (10.98%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (31.79%) Python
2 39 (22.54%) SQL
3 29 (16.76%) C
4 19 (10.98%) C#
4 19 (10.98%) MATLAB
5 14 (8.09%) Embedded C
5 14 (8.09%) Java
5 14 (8.09%) Perl
6 11 (6.36%) C++
7 10 (5.78%) T-SQL
7 10 (5.78%) VB
8 3 (1.73%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.16%) Go
9 2 (1.16%) Scala
10 1 (0.58%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.58%) R
10 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 87 (50.29%) Degree
2 17 (9.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (9.25%) Security Cleared
4 15 (8.67%) SC Cleared
5 13 (7.51%) Master's Degree
6 12 (6.94%) HND
7 10 (5.78%) PhD
8 9 (5.20%) MBA
9 5 (2.89%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.73%) HNC
10 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.16%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.58%) CASP
12 1 (0.58%) CISSP
12 1 (0.58%) GCIA
12 1 (0.58%) GCIH
12 1 (0.58%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (19.65%) Data Quality
2 23 (13.29%) GDPR
3 18 (10.40%) Accessibility
4 14 (8.09%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (8.09%) AUTOSAR
4 14 (8.09%) ISO 26262
4 14 (8.09%) MISRA
4 14 (8.09%) QA
5 10 (5.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.16%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.58%) GRC
7 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.58%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.58%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (9.25%) Hyper-V
1 16 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.20%) Docker
3 7 (4.05%) Firmware
4 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (7.51%) Terraform
2 9 (5.20%) QRadar
3 5 (2.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.25%) IBM
2 16 (9.25%) VMware
3 15 (8.67%) Databricks
4 14 (8.09%) Lauterbach
5 13 (7.51%) Oracle
6 9 (5.20%) Darktrace
7 7 (4.05%) Atlassian
7 7 (4.05%) MuleSoft
8 4 (2.31%) Facebook
8 4 (2.31%) Instagram
9 2 (1.16%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.16%) Cognos
9 2 (1.16%) Dell
9 2 (1.16%) Keysight
9 2 (1.16%) LexisNexis
9 2 (1.16%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.16%) SAP
9 2 (1.16%) Sun
10 1 (0.58%) Salesforce