Data Collection Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Collection
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 296 528
Rank change year-on-year -100 +232 -14
Permanent jobs citing Data Collection 62 335 134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.99% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 1.09% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 29 140 103
10th Percentile £29,050 £33,676 £31,277
25th Percentile £37,170 £42,725 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £45,249 £54,222
Median % change year-on-year +12.84% -16.55% -5.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,470 £60,917 £72,400
UK median annual salary £52,250 £45,249 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.47% -21.31% -0.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,886 30,803 39,731
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.21% 91.37% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,670 23,360 27,643
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Data Collection
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Collection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Collection trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Collection
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Collection.

Data Collection salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Collection
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Collection over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Data Collection salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Collection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (6.45%) Confluence
2 2 (3.23%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 25 (40.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (6.45%) Trello
4 2 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (3.23%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 27 (43.55%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (35.48%) Power Platform
3 17 (27.42%) Azure
4 12 (19.35%) PaaS
5 9 (14.52%) SaaS
6 8 (12.90%) IaaS
7 5 (8.06%) AWS
8 4 (6.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (6.45%) GCP
8 4 (6.45%) GitHub
8 4 (6.45%) Google Analytics
8 4 (6.45%) Google Data Studio
8 4 (6.45%) Google Sheets
8 4 (6.45%) Google Tag Manager
8 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (4.84%) Google Workspace
10 2 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
11 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.90%) DNS
2 4 (6.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (35.48%) Power BI
2 5 (8.06%) Power Query
3 4 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (4.84%) Data Mining
5 2 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.23%) Tableau
6 1 (1.61%) MySQL
6 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) JIRA
2 4 (6.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (53.23%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.65%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (20.97%) Finance
4 8 (12.90%) Retail
4 8 (12.90%) Welsh Language
5 7 (11.29%) Legal
5 7 (11.29%) Marketing
6 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.45%) Tech for Good
8 2 (3.23%) Law
9 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.61%) Local Government
9 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (27.42%) Analyst
2 14 (22.58%) Lead
3 12 (19.35%) Data Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) Data Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Server Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Data Governance Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) Data Governance Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Financial Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) Governance Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Operations Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Performance Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.23%) Consultant
6 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Officer
6 2 (3.23%) Developer
6 2 (3.23%) Lead Consultant
7 1 (1.61%) Architect
7 1 (1.61%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) JSON
2 3 (4.84%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.81%) Management Information System
2 8 (12.90%) IoT
3 6 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (9.68%) Security Posture
4 5 (8.06%) NHS
5 4 (6.45%) Product Ownership
5 4 (6.45%) Social Media
6 3 (4.84%) Tandem
7 2 (3.23%) ASTM
7 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (3.23%) Learning Management System
7 2 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.61%) Fixed Income
8 1 (1.61%) Housing Association
8 1 (1.61%) LIMS
8 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Windows
1 8 (12.90%) Windows Server
2 3 (4.84%) Linux
2 3 (4.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
1 26 (41.94%) Visualisation
2 23 (37.10%) Decision-Making
3 21 (33.87%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (33.87%) Data Visualisation
4 20 (32.26%) Data Analysis
4 20 (32.26%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 19 (30.65%) Analytics
6 16 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (25.81%) Information Security
7 14 (22.58%) Actionable Insight
7 14 (22.58%) Data Modelling
8 13 (20.97%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (16.13%) Agile
9 10 (16.13%) Data Management
9 10 (16.13%) Incident Management
9 10 (16.13%) Time Management
10 9 (14.52%) Project Management
11 8 (12.90%) ITIL
11 8 (12.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.74%) SQL
2 6 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (20.97%) DBS Check
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (16.13%) Azure Certification
4 8 (12.90%) MCSA
4 8 (12.90%) MCSE
5 6 (9.68%) Degree
6 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared
6 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
7 4 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) GDPR
2 8 (12.90%) SLA
3 7 (11.29%) Data Quality
4 4 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 10 (16.13%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.90%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 27 (43.55%) Microsoft
2 19 (30.65%) Salesforce
3 7 (11.29%) Google
4 2 (3.23%) Adobe
5 1 (1.61%) Cognos
5 1 (1.61%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.61%) IBM