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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 744 756 846
Rank change year-on-year +12 +90 -46
Permanent jobs citing Data Acquisition 167 246 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.25% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 107 81 138
10th Percentile £39,000 £28,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £50,375
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 £66,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% +7.32%

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 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £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% +9.38%

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 4 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 4 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 +55 157 £55,000 -8.33% 92
UK excluding London -47 135 £54,500 +3.81% 77
South East +38 58 £55,000 -8.33% 14
Work from Home -24 54 £51,000 -7.27% 28
Midlands +3 35 £62,500 +19.05% 33
London +98 29 £75,000 -31.82% 17
West Midlands +5 28 £63,750 +21.43% 25
North of England +31 24 £51,000 +20.00% 4
Yorkshire +95 19 £51,000 +20.00% 1
East Midlands -15 7 £42,500 -17.07% 8
South West -24 7 £37,000 +1.35% 13
Scotland -82 6 £50,000 +53.85% 3
East of England +18 3 £92,500 +189.69% 10
North East - 3 £80,000 -
North West -1 2 - - 3
Northern Ireland +21 1 - -
Wales +1 1 - - 2

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 (7.19%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.20%) Apache
3 2 (1.20%) MTS
4 1 (0.60%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.60%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.60%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (9.58%) Simulink
2 14 (8.38%) Stateflow
3 7 (4.19%) CANalyzer
4 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.60%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (16.77%) Power Platform
2 21 (12.57%) Azure
3 20 (11.98%) AWS
4 15 (8.98%) SaaS
5 10 (5.99%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (5.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 9 (5.39%) GitHub
7 8 (4.79%) GCP
7 8 (4.79%) Snowflake
8 7 (4.19%) Boomi
9 4 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.80%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.80%) Serverless
11 2 (1.20%) Figma
11 2 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.20%) PaaS
12 1 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.60%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.38%) J1939
2 3 (1.80%) 4G
2 3 (1.80%) 5G
2 3 (1.80%) FlexRay
2 3 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.60%) Internet
3 1 (0.60%) Modbus
3 1 (0.60%) MQTT
3 1 (0.60%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.77%) Power BI
2 20 (11.98%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (11.38%) Tableau
4 18 (10.78%) Big Data
5 17 (10.18%) SQL Server
6 11 (6.59%) Data Lake
7 10 (5.99%) Metadata
8 9 (5.39%) Relational Database
9 8 (4.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (4.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (4.19%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (4.19%) BigQuery
10 7 (4.19%) Data Mining
10 7 (4.19%) NoSQL
11 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 5 (2.99%) Hadoop
13 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (1.20%) Qlik Sense
14 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
14 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (8.38%) ClearCase
1 14 (8.38%) Plastic SCM
2 11 (6.59%) JIRA
3 7 (4.19%) ClearQuest
4 5 (2.99%) LabVIEW
5 4 (2.40%) Git
6 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.20%) MLflow
7 1 (0.60%) GitLab
7 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 66 (39.52%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.16%) Finance
3 27 (16.17%) Electronics
4 26 (15.57%) Marketing
5 23 (13.77%) Automotive
6 21 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (8.38%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (7.19%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (5.39%) Games
9 9 (5.39%) Manufacturing
9 9 (5.39%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.59%) Retail
11 5 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.20%) Agriculture
13 2 (1.20%) Banking
13 2 (1.20%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.20%) Legal
14 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (30.54%) Senior
2 41 (24.55%) Data Engineer
3 34 (20.36%) Software Engineer
4 21 (12.57%) Developer
5 20 (11.98%) Senior Software Engineer
6 16 (9.58%) Senior Developer
7 12 (7.19%) Oracle Developer
7 12 (7.19%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 10 (5.99%) Lead
8 10 (5.99%) Systems Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Integration Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) SCADA Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Senior Data Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Architect
10 8 (4.79%) Azure Data Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Test Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Data Integration Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Data Manager
12 5 (2.99%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.59%) .NET
2 7 (4.19%) GraphQL
2 7 (4.19%) JSON
2 7 (4.19%) Pandas
2 7 (4.19%) RESTful
2 7 (4.19%) XML
3 5 (2.99%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.40%) Java RMI
5 3 (1.80%) HTML
6 2 (1.20%) EDI
6 2 (1.20%) HTML5
7 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.60%) CSS
7 1 (0.60%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.60%) Node.js
7 1 (0.60%) REST
7 1 (0.60%) STL
7 1 (0.60%) Web Services
7 1 (0.60%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.57%) Operational Technology
1 26 (15.57%) SCADA
2 21 (12.57%) Algorithms
3 12 (7.19%) Data Structures
4 10 (5.99%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (5.99%) Taxonomies
5 9 (5.39%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (5.39%) IoT
6 8 (4.79%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.59%) NHS
8 5 (2.99%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.99%) Virtual Reality
9 4 (2.40%) FPGA
10 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.20%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.60%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.17%) Windows
2 18 (10.78%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.38%) Linux
4 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.20%) Unix
4 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.35%) Software Engineering
2 41 (24.55%) Agile
3 31 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (17.96%) Business Intelligence
4 30 (17.96%) ETL
5 29 (17.37%) DevOps
6 26 (15.57%) Computer Science
7 25 (14.97%) Analytics
8 24 (14.37%) Visualisation
9 23 (13.77%) Data Management
9 23 (13.77%) Data Modelling
10 22 (13.17%) Data Visualisation
10 22 (13.17%) Machine Learning
10 22 (13.17%) Project Management
11 21 (12.57%) Data Governance
12 20 (11.98%) User Experience
13 19 (11.38%) Mentoring
13 19 (11.38%) Software Testing
13 19 (11.38%) Systems Engineering
14 18 (10.78%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 54 (32.34%) Python
2 37 (22.16%) SQL
3 29 (17.37%) C
4 19 (11.38%) C#
5 18 (10.78%) MATLAB
6 14 (8.38%) Embedded C
6 14 (8.38%) Java
6 14 (8.38%) Perl
7 11 (6.59%) C++
8 10 (5.99%) VB
9 8 (4.79%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.80%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.20%) Go
11 2 (1.20%) Scala
12 1 (0.60%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.60%) R
12 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 86 (51.50%) Degree
2 17 (10.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (9.58%) Security Cleared
4 15 (8.98%) SC Cleared
5 13 (7.78%) Master's Degree
6 12 (7.19%) HND
7 10 (5.99%) PhD
8 9 (5.39%) MBA
9 4 (2.40%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.80%) HNC
11 2 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.20%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.60%) CASP
12 1 (0.60%) CISSP
12 1 (0.60%) GCIA
12 1 (0.60%) GCIH
12 1 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (19.16%) Data Quality
2 21 (12.57%) GDPR
3 18 (10.78%) Accessibility
4 14 (8.38%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (8.38%) AUTOSAR
4 14 (8.38%) ISO 26262
4 14 (8.38%) MISRA
4 14 (8.38%) QA
5 10 (5.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.20%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.60%) GRC
7 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (9.58%) Hyper-V
1 16 (9.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.39%) Docker
3 7 (4.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (6.59%) Terraform
2 9 (5.39%) QRadar
3 5 (2.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.58%) IBM
2 16 (9.58%) VMware
3 14 (8.38%) Lauterbach
4 13 (7.78%) Databricks
4 13 (7.78%) Oracle
5 9 (5.39%) Darktrace
6 7 (4.19%) Atlassian
6 7 (4.19%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.40%) Facebook
7 4 (2.40%) Instagram
8 2 (1.20%) Cognos
8 2 (1.20%) Dell
8 2 (1.20%) Keysight
8 2 (1.20%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (1.20%) SAP
8 2 (1.20%) Sun
9 1 (0.60%) Adobe
9 1 (0.60%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.60%) Siemens