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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 712 739 828
Rank change year-on-year +27 +89 +3
Permanent jobs citing Data Acquisition 174 239 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.24% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.25% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 110 82 153
10th Percentile £39,000 £28,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £40,279 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -0.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,750 £52,500 £55,070
% change year-on-year +4.29% -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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 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 20 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 +66 165 £57,500 -4.17% 77
UK excluding London -38 139 £54,750 +4.29% 59
South East +34 59 £55,000 -8.33% 14
Work from Home -14 55 £51,000 -7.27% 18
Midlands -15 37 £60,000 +14.29% 25
London +92 32 £73,750 -22.37% 19
West Midlands +9 30 £62,500 +19.05% 19
North of England +32 24 £51,000 +20.00% 5
Yorkshire +87 19 £51,000 +20.00% 1
South West -21 9 £37,000 -32.73% 10
East Midlands -22 7 £42,500 - 6
Scotland -84 5 £50,000 +53.85% 2
East of England +2 3 £92,500 +189.69% 5
North East - 3 £80,000 -
North West -13 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland +26 1 - -
Wales -3 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 11 (6.32%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.15%) Apache
3 2 (1.15%) MTS
4 1 (0.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.57%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.57%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (9.20%) Simulink
2 14 (8.05%) Stateflow
3 7 (4.02%) CANalyzer
4 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.57%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Eikon
2 1 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (17.24%) Power Platform
2 23 (13.22%) Azure
3 19 (10.92%) AWS
4 15 (8.62%) SaaS
5 12 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 9 (5.17%) GitHub
7 8 (4.60%) GCP
7 8 (4.60%) Snowflake
8 7 (4.02%) Boomi
9 4 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.72%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.72%) Serverless
11 2 (1.15%) Figma
11 2 (1.15%) PaaS
12 1 (0.57%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.57%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.57%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.05%) J1939
2 3 (1.72%) 4G
2 3 (1.72%) 5G
2 3 (1.72%) FlexRay
2 3 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.57%) Internet
3 1 (0.57%) Modbus
3 1 (0.57%) MQTT
3 1 (0.57%) RS-232
3 1 (0.57%) RS-422
3 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (17.24%) Power BI
2 22 (12.64%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (10.92%) SQL Server
3 19 (10.92%) Tableau
4 18 (10.34%) Big Data
5 13 (7.47%) Data Lake
6 12 (6.90%) Metadata
7 11 (6.32%) Relational Database
8 10 (5.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 10 (5.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (4.02%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (4.02%) BigQuery
9 7 (4.02%) Data Mining
9 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (3.45%) NoSQL
11 5 (2.87%) Hadoop
12 2 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (1.15%) Qlik Sense
13 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.57%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (8.05%) ClearCase
1 14 (8.05%) Plastic SCM
2 11 (6.32%) JIRA
3 7 (4.02%) ClearQuest
4 5 (2.87%) LabVIEW
5 4 (2.30%) Git
6 2 (1.15%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.15%) MLflow
7 1 (0.57%) GitLab
7 1 (0.57%) Subversion
General
1 69 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 32 (18.39%) Finance
3 28 (16.09%) Electronics
4 26 (14.94%) Marketing
5 24 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (13.79%) Automotive
6 16 (9.20%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (7.47%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (5.17%) Games
8 9 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 9 (5.17%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.45%) Retail
10 5 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.72%) Legal
12 2 (1.15%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.15%) Agriculture
12 2 (1.15%) Banking
12 2 (1.15%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (29.31%) Senior
2 42 (24.14%) Data Engineer
3 33 (18.97%) Software Engineer
4 21 (12.07%) Developer
5 20 (11.49%) Senior Software Engineer
6 16 (9.20%) Senior Developer
7 13 (7.47%) Lead
8 12 (6.90%) Oracle Developer
8 12 (6.90%) Senior Oracle Developer
9 10 (5.75%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) Azure Data Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) Integration Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) SCADA Engineer
11 8 (4.60%) Architect
11 8 (4.60%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (4.60%) Test Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Data Integration Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Data Manager
13 5 (2.87%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.75%) .NET
2 7 (4.02%) GraphQL
2 7 (4.02%) RESTful
3 6 (3.45%) JSON
3 6 (3.45%) Pandas
3 6 (3.45%) XML
4 5 (2.87%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.30%) Java RMI
6 3 (1.72%) HTML
7 2 (1.15%) EDI
7 2 (1.15%) HTML5
8 1 (0.57%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.57%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.57%) CSS
8 1 (0.57%) Kafka
8 1 (0.57%) LangChain
8 1 (0.57%) Node.js
8 1 (0.57%) PySpark
8 1 (0.57%) REST
8 1 (0.57%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.94%) Operational Technology
1 26 (14.94%) SCADA
2 22 (12.64%) Algorithms
3 12 (6.90%) Data Structures
4 10 (5.75%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (5.75%) Taxonomies
5 9 (5.17%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (5.17%) IoT
6 8 (4.60%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.02%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (4.02%) NHS
8 5 (2.87%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.87%) Virtual Reality
9 4 (2.30%) FPGA
10 2 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.15%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.57%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.07%) Windows
2 18 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.05%) Linux
4 2 (1.15%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.15%) Unix
4 2 (1.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.86%) Software Engineering
2 41 (23.56%) Agile
3 33 (18.97%) ETL
3 33 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (18.39%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (17.82%) DevOps
6 28 (16.09%) Analytics
7 26 (14.94%) Computer Science
8 25 (14.37%) Data Management
8 25 (14.37%) Data Modelling
9 24 (13.79%) Machine Learning
10 23 (13.22%) Project Management
11 22 (12.64%) Visualisation
12 21 (12.07%) Data Governance
12 21 (12.07%) Mentoring
13 20 (11.49%) Data Engineering
13 20 (11.49%) Data Visualisation
13 20 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (11.49%) User Experience
14 19 (10.92%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (31.61%) Python
2 37 (21.26%) SQL
3 30 (17.24%) C
4 19 (10.92%) MATLAB
5 17 (9.77%) C#
6 14 (8.05%) Embedded C
6 14 (8.05%) Java
6 14 (8.05%) Perl
7 11 (6.32%) C++
8 10 (5.75%) T-SQL
9 9 (5.17%) VB
10 3 (1.72%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.15%) Go
11 2 (1.15%) Scala
12 1 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.57%) R
12 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 86 (49.43%) Degree
2 17 (9.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (9.20%) Security Cleared
4 15 (8.62%) SC Cleared
5 13 (7.47%) Master's Degree
6 12 (6.90%) HND
7 10 (5.75%) PhD
8 9 (5.17%) MBA
9 5 (2.87%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.72%) HNC
10 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.15%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.57%) CASP
12 1 (0.57%) CISSP
12 1 (0.57%) GCIA
12 1 (0.57%) GCIH
12 1 (0.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (20.11%) Data Quality
2 23 (13.22%) GDPR
3 18 (10.34%) Accessibility
4 14 (8.05%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (8.05%) AUTOSAR
4 14 (8.05%) ISO 26262
4 14 (8.05%) MISRA
4 14 (8.05%) QA
5 10 (5.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.15%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.57%) GRC
7 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (9.20%) Hyper-V
1 16 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (4.60%) Docker
3 7 (4.02%) Firmware
4 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (7.47%) Terraform
2 9 (5.17%) QRadar
3 5 (2.87%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.20%) IBM
2 16 (9.20%) VMware
3 15 (8.62%) Databricks
4 14 (8.05%) Lauterbach
5 13 (7.47%) Oracle
6 9 (5.17%) Darktrace
7 7 (4.02%) MuleSoft
8 6 (3.45%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.30%) Facebook
9 4 (2.30%) Instagram
10 2 (1.15%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.15%) Cognos
10 2 (1.15%) Dell
10 2 (1.15%) Keysight
10 2 (1.15%) LexisNexis
10 2 (1.15%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (1.15%) SAP
10 2 (1.15%) Sun
11 1 (0.57%) Siemens