Data Extraction Job Trends

Data Extraction
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Extraction skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	684	570	627
Rank change year-on-year	-114	+57	-9
Permanent jobs citing Data Extraction	147	80	121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.12%	0.16%	0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.17%	0.18%	0.21%
Number of salaries quoted	88	57	48
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£31,250	£42,655
25^th Percentile	£42,750	£37,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£47,500	£55,250
Median % change year-on-year	-	-14.03%	+10.50%
75^th Percentile	£73,750	£65,000	£66,375
90^th Percentile	£119,500	£75,000	£83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary	£44,250	£42,500	£52,000
% change year-on-year	+4.12%	-18.27%	+6.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Data Extraction 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.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	88,011	43,297	57,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.51%	88.60%	82.22%
Number of salaries quoted	59,859	24,595	30,556
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,750	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£54,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+10.09%	-9.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+19.57%	-14.81%	+1.66%

Data Extraction Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data Extraction Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Extraction.

Data Extraction Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Extraction over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Extraction in the UK

Data Extraction Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Extraction within the UK over the 6 months to 19 October 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	-94	139	£50,000	-4.76%	144
UK excluding London	-88	102	£44,250	+4.12%	61
Work from Home	-35	57	£85,000	+78.95%	61
London	-70	41	£90,000	+44.00%	84
Midlands	-25	39	£52,500	+75.00%	13
North of England	-48	35	£43,500	-8.42%	19
East Midlands	-9	27	£44,337	-	4
North West	-35	20	£43,500	-17.14%	8
South West	-78	13	£55,000	+46.67%	3
West Midlands	-39	12	£52,500	+75.00%	9
Yorkshire	-26	10	£28,146	-25.93%	6
South East	-51	9	£47,500	+11.76%	12
North East	-	5	£72,500	-	5
Isle of Man	-	4	£38,500	-
East of England	-43	2	£51,250	-10.87%	5

Data Extraction Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing Data Extraction also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Data Extraction.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	68.0%	100
2	Problem-Solving	55.8%	82
3	Analytics	41.5%	61
4	Validation	40.8%	60
5	Data Analysis	34.0%	50
6	Python	32.0%	47
7	Business Intelligence	31.3%	46
8	ETL	28.6%	42
8	Stakeholder Engagement	28.6%	42
10	Decision-Making	27.9%	41
11	Data Analytics	26.5%	39
11	Power Platform	26.5%	39
13	Power BI	25.9%	38
14	Migration	22.4%	33
15	Data Management	21.1%	31
15	Data Quality	21.1%	31
17	Actionable Insight	20.4%	30
18	Data Migration	19.7%	29
19	ERP	19.0%	28
19	Process Improvement	19.0%	28
21	Data Transformation	18.4%	27
21	Roadmaps	18.4%	27
23	Collaborative Working	16.3%	24
23	Data Cleansing	16.3%	24
25	Dashboard Development	15.6%	23
25	Microsoft	15.6%	23
27	Project Delivery	15.0%	22
27	Stakeholder Management	15.0%	22
27	Strategic Thinking	15.0%	22
30	AI	14.3%	21

Data Extraction Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	55.8%	82
2	Analytics	41.5%	61
3	Validation	40.8%	60
4	Data Analysis	34.0%	50
5	Business Intelligence	31.3%	46
6	ETL	28.6%	42
6	Stakeholder Engagement	28.6%	42
8	Decision-Making	27.9%	41
9	Data Analytics	26.5%	39
10	Migration	22.4%	33
11	Data Management	21.1%	31
12	Actionable Insight	20.4%	30
13	Data Migration	19.7%	29
14	ERP	19.0%	28
14	Process Improvement	19.0%	28
16	Data Transformation	18.4%	27
16	Roadmaps	18.4%	27
18	Collaborative Working	16.3%	24
18	Data Cleansing	16.3%	24
20	Dashboard Development	15.6%	23