Data Collection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Collection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Collection over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 464 605
Rank change year-on-year +29 +141 -39
Permanent jobs citing Data Collection 560 642 794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.63% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.66% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 304 220 193
10th Percentile £28,664 £32,000 £36,400
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,519 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,249 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.31% -2.54% +0.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,877 £68,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,249 £47,709 £54,000
% change year-on-year -5.16% -11.65% +27.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Collection 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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
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 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 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 +76 546 £45,249 -24.59% 206
UK excluding London -28 344 £45,249 -5.16% 140
Work from Home +222 336 £45,249 -16.55% 73
London +86 206 £45,000 -25.00% 73
South East +24 121 £55,000 +18.66% 26
North of England +85 112 £45,249 -35.36% 43
Midlands +48 80 £55,000 +10.00% 26
West Midlands +65 73 £55,000 +15.79% 14
North West +53 62 £45,249 -35.36% 22
Yorkshire +64 29 £45,249 +12.80% 14
North East +14 21 £45,249 +13.12% 7
East of England +17 14 £41,400 - 17
South West -141 9 £27,500 -52.17% 20
Wales -9 8 £37,000 +32.40% 5
East Midlands -13 5 £28,165 -50.09% 12
Scotland -85 2 £32,500 -24.42% 6

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 8 (1.43%) SAS
2 4 (0.71%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 108 (19.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (8.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 48 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.68%) SPSS
5 6 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.54%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 63 (11.25%) Power Platform
2 29 (5.18%) Azure
3 22 (3.93%) AWS
4 9 (1.61%) SaaS
5 8 (1.43%) GCP
6 5 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (0.89%) Google Analytics
7 4 (0.71%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.36%) Figma
9 2 (0.36%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.36%) PaaS
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.18%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.18%) Cloud Composer
10 1 (0.18%) GitHub
10 1 (0.18%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 184 (32.86%) Broadband
2 16 (2.86%) WPA
3 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.54%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.54%) HTTP
4 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.36%) DNS
5 2 (0.36%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.36%) Internet
5 2 (0.36%) SSH
5 2 (0.36%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.18%) Intranet
6 1 (0.18%) Modbus
6 1 (0.18%) MQTT
6 1 (0.18%) PBX
6 1 (0.18%) VoIP
6 1 (0.18%) Wireless
6 1 (0.18%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (12.68%) BigQuery
2 63 (11.25%) Power BI
3 29 (5.18%) Tableau
4 10 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.61%) Metadata
5 9 (1.61%) Power Query
6 8 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.43%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.07%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.89%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.54%) Big Data
9 3 (0.54%) GIS
9 3 (0.54%) Looker
10 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.36%) Tableau Desktop
11 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.18%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.18%) Redshift Spectrum
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (1.96%) Git
2 4 (0.71%) JIRA
3 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.36%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 208 (37.14%) Marketing
2 186 (33.21%) Advertising
3 149 (26.61%) Social Skills
4 65 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (9.46%) Finance
6 42 (7.50%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (4.46%) Law
8 25 (4.46%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.39%) Legal
10 16 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.50%) Publishing
12 11 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.79%) Electronics
13 10 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.25%) Retail
16 6 (1.07%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.71%) Games
Job Titles
1 195 (34.82%) Lead
2 145 (25.89%) Analyst
3 71 (12.68%) Digital Analyst
4 70 (12.50%) Digital Performance Analyst
4 70 (12.50%) Performance Analyst
5 48 (8.57%) Data Analyst
6 46 (8.21%) Data Manager
7 37 (6.61%) Senior
8 18 (3.21%) Senior Manager
9 15 (2.68%) Quality Manager
10 14 (2.50%) Architect
10 14 (2.50%) Data Quality Manager
10 14 (2.50%) IT Manager
11 12 (2.14%) Change Manager
11 12 (2.14%) IT Change Manager
11 12 (2.14%) Senior Change Manager
11 12 (2.14%) Senior IT Manager
12 10 (1.79%) Data Engineer
13 9 (1.61%) Commercial Analyst
14 8 (1.43%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.86%) .NET
2 6 (1.07%) AngularJS
3 5 (0.89%) CSS
3 5 (0.89%) EDI
3 5 (0.89%) HTML
3 5 (0.89%) WinForms
4 4 (0.71%) HTML5 Canvas
4 4 (0.71%) React
4 4 (0.71%) YAML
5 3 (0.54%) COM
5 3 (0.54%) jQuery
6 2 (0.36%) JSON
6 2 (0.36%) LDAP
6 2 (0.36%) Middleware
6 2 (0.36%) PySpark
6 2 (0.36%) Web Services
6 2 (0.36%) XML
6 2 (0.36%) Yocto
7 1 (0.18%) HTML5
7 1 (0.18%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 184 (32.86%) Marketing Technology
2 39 (6.96%) Driving Licence
3 33 (5.89%) Management Information System
4 10 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.07%) Blog
6 5 (0.89%) Onboarding
6 5 (0.89%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.71%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.54%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.54%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.54%) iPad
9 2 (0.36%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.36%) IoT
9 2 (0.36%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.36%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (0.36%) NHS
9 2 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.79%) Windows
2 5 (0.89%) Android
3 4 (0.71%) Linux
4 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (56.43%) Analytics
2 223 (39.82%) Process Improvement
3 201 (35.89%) Data Strategy
4 194 (34.64%) Business Case
5 190 (33.93%) Use Case
6 187 (33.39%) Digital Marketing
6 187 (33.39%) Matrix Organization
7 185 (33.04%) Regulatory Change
8 138 (24.64%) Decision-Making
9 126 (22.50%) Agile
10 110 (19.64%) Visualisation
11 91 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
12 90 (16.07%) Coaching
12 90 (16.07%) Data Management
13 89 (15.89%) Mentoring
14 73 (13.04%) User Research
15 71 (12.68%) Dashboard Development
16 70 (12.50%) Data Analysis
17 64 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
18 48 (8.57%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 128 (22.86%) SQL
2 50 (8.93%) Python
3 14 (2.50%) R
4 13 (2.32%) C#
4 13 (2.32%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (1.43%) Java
6 8 (1.43%) VBA
7 7 (1.25%) C++
8 5 (0.89%) C
8 5 (0.89%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.89%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.89%) VB
9 4 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.71%) PHP
9 4 (0.71%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.36%) Rust
11 1 (0.18%) Bash
11 1 (0.18%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (12.50%) Degree
2 38 (6.79%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.43%) Numerate Degree
4 6 (1.07%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.07%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.18%) ISEB
6 1 (0.18%) MCTS
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (10.18%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.79%) ISO 9001
3 37 (6.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 37 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 37 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.86%) QA
5 13 (2.32%) GDPR
6 10 (1.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 10 (1.79%) CDISC
6 10 (1.79%) Good Clinical Practice
7 8 (1.43%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 5 (0.89%) Active Directory
1 5 (0.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.36%) Firmware
2 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 37 (6.61%) EnCase
2 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (11.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.14%) Google
3 5 (0.89%) Salesforce
3 5 (0.89%) SAP
4 4 (0.71%) Anaplan
5 3 (0.54%) Adobe
5 3 (0.54%) Databricks
5 3 (0.54%) F5
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle
6 2 (0.36%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.36%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.18%) Facebook
7 1 (0.18%) IBM
7 1 (0.18%) Reuters
7 1 (0.18%) Snow
7 1 (0.18%) Twitter
7 1 (0.18%) Workday
7 1 (0.18%) Zoho