Data Collection Jobs

Data Collection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Collection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Collection over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 429 457
Rank change year-on-year -32 +28 +149
Permanent jobs citing Data Collection 238 559 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.57% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.66% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 78 307 226
10th Percentile £31,550 £29,200 £32,278
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,750 £40,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,249 £57,349
Median % change year-on-year +16.03% -21.10% -2.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £57,500 £68,703
90th Percentile £100,000 £65,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £45,249 £47,709
% change year-on-year +1.66% -5.16% -11.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Collection 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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Collection over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Collection in the UK

Data Collection
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Collection within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -68 199 £55,000 +21.55% 326
UK excluding London +14 132 £46,000 +1.66% 188
London +1 82 £70,000 +55.56% 176
Work from Home -35 63 £51,058 +12.84% 169
South East +33 48 £37,000 -32.73% 69
Midlands +34 32 £52,500 -4.55% 23
West Midlands +6 29 £52,500 -4.55% 15
North of England -6 21 £46,000 +1.66% 47
Yorkshire +60 13 £45,000 -0.55% 17
South West +110 12 £51,058 +85.67% 28
Wales +49 11 £38,094 +2.96% 2
North West -25 6 £46,000 +1.66% 26
Scotland +134 4 £80,000 +146.15% 6
East of England +48 4 £100,000 +141.55% 17
East Midlands +48 3 - - 6
North East +31 2 - - 4

Data Collection
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 6 (2.52%) Confluence
2 4 (1.68%) CMS
3 2 (0.84%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.84%) WordPress
4 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.68%) Trello
4 2 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.42%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.68%) Shopify
2 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.42%) Relativity
2 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (19.75%) Power Platform
2 31 (13.03%) Azure
3 27 (11.34%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (6.30%) SaaS
5 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Purview
6 12 (5.04%) PaaS
7 11 (4.62%) Google Analytics
8 9 (3.78%) AWS
8 9 (3.78%) Collibra
9 8 (3.36%) IaaS
10 7 (2.94%) GCP
11 6 (2.52%) Google Tag Manager
11 6 (2.52%) Salsify
12 4 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.68%) Canva
12 4 (1.68%) GitHub
12 4 (1.68%) Google Data Studio
12 4 (1.68%) Google Sheets
13 3 (1.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.36%) DNS
2 4 (1.68%) Firewall
2 4 (1.68%) VPN
3 1 (0.42%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (0.42%) BGP
3 1 (0.42%) DMVPN
3 1 (0.42%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.42%) NAS
3 1 (0.42%) VLAN
3 1 (0.42%) VoIP
3 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (19.75%) Power BI
2 22 (9.24%) Tableau
3 21 (8.82%) Metadata
4 9 (3.78%) IBM InfoSphere
5 6 (2.52%) Data Mining
6 5 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.10%) MySQL
6 5 (2.10%) Power Query
7 4 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.68%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.26%) Big Data
8 3 (1.26%) GIS
8 3 (1.26%) Looker
9 2 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.84%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.84%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.42%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.42%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 8 (3.36%) JIRA
2 4 (1.68%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.84%) Bitbucket
General
1 112 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 74 (31.09%) Law
3 70 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (22.69%) Finance
5 41 (17.23%) Manufacturing
6 33 (13.87%) Marketing
7 22 (9.24%) Legal
8 21 (8.82%) Electronics
9 17 (7.14%) Retail
10 16 (6.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (4.20%) Banking
12 9 (3.78%) Aerospace
13 8 (3.36%) Welsh Language
14 7 (2.94%) Aeronautics
14 7 (2.94%) Automotive
14 7 (2.94%) Public Sector
15 6 (2.52%) Publishing
16 5 (2.10%) Advertising
16 5 (2.10%) Telecoms
17 4 (1.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 76 (31.93%) Lead
2 39 (16.39%) Analyst
3 35 (14.71%) Senior
4 20 (8.40%) Technical Leader
5 17 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 17 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (6.72%) Data Manager
7 15 (6.30%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (5.46%) Senior Manager
9 12 (5.04%) Automation Engineer
10 9 (3.78%) Data Steward
10 9 (3.78%) Operations Analyst
10 9 (3.78%) Senior Operations Analyst
11 8 (3.36%) Server Engineer
12 7 (2.94%) Architect
12 7 (2.94%) Data Architect
12 7 (2.94%) Development Officer
12 7 (2.94%) Performance Engineer
13 6 (2.52%) Associate Director
14 5 (2.10%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.04%) JSON
2 5 (2.10%) XML
3 3 (1.26%) CSS
3 3 (1.26%) HTML
3 3 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.84%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.84%) OAuth
4 2 (0.84%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.84%) RESTful
4 2 (0.84%) Web Services
5 1 (0.42%) .NET
5 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.42%) Pandas
5 1 (0.42%) REST
5 1 (0.42%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.42%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.55%) Management Information System
2 32 (13.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 28 (11.76%) IoT
4 25 (10.50%) SCADA
5 21 (8.82%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (8.40%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (5.46%) FMCG
8 12 (5.04%) Operational Technology
8 12 (5.04%) Taxonomies
9 9 (3.78%) Social Media
10 8 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (3.36%) Mobile App
11 7 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (2.94%) Security Posture
12 6 (2.52%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (2.10%) NHS
13 5 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (1.68%) Onboarding
14 4 (1.68%) Product Ownership
14 4 (1.68%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.20%) Windows
2 9 (3.78%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.94%) Linux
4 5 (2.10%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (36.55%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (31.51%) Analytics
3 68 (28.57%) Data Management
4 55 (23.11%) Data Analysis
4 55 (23.11%) Data Modelling
4 55 (23.11%) Visualisation
5 52 (21.85%) Business Intelligence
6 50 (21.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (18.49%) Data Visualisation
8 40 (16.81%) Decision-Making
9 34 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 33 (13.87%) Project Management
11 30 (12.61%) Agile
12 27 (11.34%) Data Governance
12 27 (11.34%) Decision Quality
13 26 (10.92%) Artificial Intelligence
14 25 (10.50%) Quality Management
15 24 (10.08%) Validation
16 23 (9.66%) Information Security
17 22 (9.24%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 35 (14.71%) SQL
2 27 (11.34%) Python
3 8 (3.36%) R
4 7 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.68%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.84%) Bash
6 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.84%) Java
6 2 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.84%) Perl
6 2 (0.84%) PHP
6 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.42%) C#
7 1 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (23.95%) Degree
2 16 (6.72%) DBS Check
3 12 (5.04%) HNC
4 11 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (4.20%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.78%) Master's Degree
6 9 (3.78%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.78%) Security Cleared
7 8 (3.36%) MCSA
7 8 (3.36%) MCSE
8 7 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (2.94%) PhD
9 4 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.42%) CCNA
11 1 (0.42%) CCNP
11 1 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.42%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (18.07%) Data Quality
2 25 (10.50%) GDPR
3 16 (6.72%) Good Clinical Practice
3 16 (6.72%) QA
4 10 (4.20%) Accessibility
5 8 (3.36%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 48 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.45%) Rockwell
2 32 (13.45%) Siemens
3 21 (8.82%) Salesforce
4 19 (7.98%) Google
5 10 (4.20%) IBM
6 9 (3.78%) Informatica
7 6 (2.52%) Adobe
8 4 (1.68%) Facebook
8 4 (1.68%) Instagram
9 3 (1.26%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.84%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.84%) Symantec
11 1 (0.42%) Cisco
11 1 (0.42%) Cognos
11 1 (0.42%) dotdigital
11 1 (0.42%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.42%) SAP
11 1 (0.42%) VMware