Data Analysis Jobs

Data Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 128 123
Rank change year-on-year +33 -5 +61
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 2,774 2,642 5,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.68% 2.76% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.18% 2.89% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 1,294 2,182
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,938 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -8.60% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analysis 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 87,130 91,478 160,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.04% 95.50% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 60,896 54,580 82,863
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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% +9.38%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis.

Salary trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
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 Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +39 2,449 £52,500 - 901
UK excluding London +24 1,877 £50,000 +17.65% 572
Work from Home +35 929 £52,500 +5.00% 313
London +41 788 £60,000 -7.69% 347
Midlands +4 473 £50,000 +23.46% 122
South East +63 455 £50,000 +5.82% 123
North of England +4 368 £55,000 +46.67% 153
West Midlands +10 351 £50,000 +28.21% 72
North West 0 224 £58,750 +67.86% 87
Scotland -17 198 £55,000 +50.26% 40
South West +15 190 £54,500 +30.29% 67
East of England +26 164 £50,000 -2.44% 61
East Midlands +3 122 £45,000 +0.00% 50
Yorkshire +31 100 £52,500 +23.53% 43
North East -8 44 £40,000 +2.56% 26
Wales -2 21 £53,000 +23.06% 12
Northern Ireland +27 8 £57,500 +27.78% 10

Data Analysis
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 95 (3.42%) SAS
2 61 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 50 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 39 (1.41%) Apache
5 34 (1.23%) Confluence
6 24 (0.87%) CMS
7 16 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
9 10 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 10 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.18%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.14%) WordPress
12 3 (0.11%) Moodle
13 2 (0.072%) IIS
13 2 (0.072%) MTS
14 1 (0.036%) Luigi
14 1 (0.036%) Tomcat
Applications
1 647 (23.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 351 (12.65%) Microsoft Office
3 80 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
5 24 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 24 (0.87%) SPSS
6 17 (0.61%) Windchill
7 14 (0.50%) Trello
8 8 (0.29%) Simulink
9 6 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
10 4 (0.14%) Stata
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.072%) InDesign
12 2 (0.072%) InVision
12 2 (0.072%) LaTeX
12 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.072%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.072%) Sketch
12 2 (0.072%) Zeplin
13 1 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 28 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.61%) Teamcenter
3 14 (0.50%) Primavera
4 12 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 10 (0.36%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
6 6 (0.22%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.14%) Eloqua
8 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.14%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.14%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.11%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.11%) Sage 300 ERP
9 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.072%) Magento
10 2 (0.072%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 626 (22.57%) Power Platform
2 469 (16.91%) AWS
3 422 (15.21%) Azure
4 87 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
6 59 (2.13%) GCP
7 52 (1.87%) SaaS
8 46 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 43 (1.55%) Serverless
10 42 (1.51%) PowerApps
10 42 (1.51%) Snowflake
11 36 (1.30%) Power Automate
12 32 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 25 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
14 22 (0.79%) Amazon S3
15 21 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (0.76%) Google Sheets
16 18 (0.65%) GitHub
16 18 (0.65%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.61%) DSL
2 16 (0.58%) Firewall
3 14 (0.50%) HTTP
3 14 (0.50%) Intranet
3 14 (0.50%) Network Security
4 11 (0.40%) Ethernet
5 9 (0.32%) WAN
6 7 (0.25%) DNS
6 7 (0.25%) Internet
6 7 (0.25%) LAN
6 7 (0.25%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.25%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.22%) WPA
8 5 (0.18%) Broadband
8 5 (0.18%) NAS
8 5 (0.18%) SAN
8 5 (0.18%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.18%) VPN
8 5 (0.18%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 604 (21.77%) Power BI
2 456 (16.44%) Tableau
3 240 (8.65%) Data Warehouse
4 159 (5.73%) SQL Server
5 99 (3.57%) Big Data
6 84 (3.03%) Data Vault
7 78 (2.81%) Data Lake
8 65 (2.34%) Metadata
9 57 (2.05%) NoSQL
10 54 (1.95%) Relational Database
10 54 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 52 (1.87%) GIS
12 46 (1.66%) Data Mining
13 45 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 37 (1.33%) QlikView
15 34 (1.23%) Delta Lake
16 27 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
16 27 (0.97%) Hadoop
17 26 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
18 24 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 176 (6.34%) Git
2 110 (3.97%) JIRA
3 19 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 15 (0.54%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.32%) GitLab
7 7 (0.25%) LabVIEW
7 7 (0.25%) Toad
8 6 (0.22%) AdminStudio
8 6 (0.22%) InstallShield
8 6 (0.22%) MSI
9 5 (0.18%) Postman
9 5 (0.18%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.14%) Charles Proxy
11 3 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.072%) CANoe
12 2 (0.072%) ERwin
12 2 (0.072%) MLflow
12 2 (0.072%) Selenium
12 2 (0.072%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1,045 (37.67%) Social Skills
2 832 (29.99%) Analytical Skills
3 819 (29.52%) Finance
4 410 (14.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 345 (12.44%) Presentation Skills
6 280 (10.09%) Retail
7 254 (9.16%) Legal
8 232 (8.36%) Law
9 229 (8.26%) Marketing
10 198 (7.14%) Military
11 135 (4.87%) Banking
12 102 (3.68%) Manufacturing
13 99 (3.57%) Public Sector
14 79 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
15 63 (2.27%) Investment Banking
16 60 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
17 58 (2.09%) Publishing
18 55 (1.98%) Back Office
19 48 (1.73%) Financial Institution
19 48 (1.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 846 (30.50%) Analyst
2 446 (16.08%) Data Analyst
3 440 (15.86%) Senior
4 226 (8.15%) Lead
5 225 (8.11%) Senior Analyst
6 220 (7.93%) Graduate
7 192 (6.92%) Data Scientist
8 148 (5.34%) Data Engineer
9 140 (5.05%) Senior Data Analyst
10 122 (4.40%) Developer
11 114 (4.11%) Software Engineer
12 95 (3.42%) Architect
13 94 (3.39%) Data Manager
14 89 (3.21%) Business Analyst
15 69 (2.49%) Data Architect
16 67 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 63 (2.27%) Consultant
18 48 (1.73%) AWS Engineer
18 48 (1.73%) AWS Software Engineer
19 46 (1.66%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (1.62%) .NET
2 39 (1.41%) Pandas
3 38 (1.37%) CSS
3 38 (1.37%) HTML
4 34 (1.23%) Kafka
5 33 (1.19%) React
6 30 (1.08%) PySpark
7 28 (1.01%) JSON
7 28 (1.01%) Web Services
8 22 (0.79%) AngularJS
8 22 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
8 22 (0.79%) XML
9 19 (0.68%) NumPy
10 18 (0.65%) ASP.NET
11 16 (0.58%) .NET Core
11 16 (0.58%) REST
12 15 (0.54%) Lambda Expressions
12 15 (0.54%) Node.js
12 15 (0.54%) scikit-learn
12 15 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 330 (11.90%) Onboarding
2 309 (11.14%) Algorithms
3 231 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 122 (4.40%) Data Structures
5 119 (4.29%) Product Ownership
6 79 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
7 78 (2.81%) Cloud Native
8 57 (2.05%) Credit Risk
9 56 (2.02%) Public Cloud
10 51 (1.84%) Reinsurance
11 34 (1.23%) Life Science
12 32 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (0.94%) Data Centre
14 25 (0.90%) Taxonomies
15 24 (0.87%) Market Risk
16 23 (0.83%) Driving Licence
16 23 (0.83%) IoT
17 21 (0.76%) Mobile App
17 21 (0.76%) NHS
17 21 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 46 (1.66%) Windows
2 44 (1.59%) Linux
3 10 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.29%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.25%) Android
5 7 (0.25%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.22%) Unix
6 6 (0.22%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.18%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.072%) AIX
8 2 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 950 (34.25%) Problem-Solving
2 866 (31.22%) Analytics
3 707 (25.49%) Business Intelligence
4 658 (23.72%) Visualisation
5 579 (20.87%) Decision-Making
6 484 (17.45%) Agile
7 472 (17.02%) Mathematics
8 463 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 414 (14.92%) Computer Science
9 414 (14.92%) Data Science
10 381 (13.73%) Data Modelling
11 339 (12.22%) Actionable Insight
12 334 (12.04%) Data Visualisation
12 334 (12.04%) ETL
13 333 (12.00%) Data Management
14 322 (11.61%) Customer Service
15 317 (11.43%) Process Improvement
16 315 (11.36%) Coaching
17 311 (11.21%) Data Pipeline
18 305 (10.99%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 996 (35.90%) SQL
2 746 (26.89%) Python
3 140 (5.05%) R
4 101 (3.64%) Java
5 80 (2.88%) C#
5 80 (2.88%) JavaScript
6 57 (2.05%) T-SQL
7 43 (1.55%) VBA
8 42 (1.51%) PowerShell
9 40 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 37 (1.33%) Scala
11 32 (1.15%) MATLAB
12 26 (0.94%) PL/SQL
13 22 (0.79%) C
14 19 (0.68%) VB
15 18 (0.65%) C++
16 17 (0.61%) TypeScript
17 16 (0.58%) Go
18 14 (0.50%) Bash
19 10 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,177 (42.43%) Degree
2 175 (6.31%) DBS Check
3 153 (5.52%) Master's Degree
4 122 (4.40%) Security Cleared
5 96 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 61 (2.20%) SC Cleared
7 49 (1.77%) PhD
8 47 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 32 (1.15%) MBA
10 31 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
11 30 (1.08%) HNC
12 26 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.68%) CIMA
14 16 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.54%) CFA
16 12 (0.43%) APMP
17 10 (0.36%) PMI Certification
18 8 (0.29%) CISSP
18 8 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
19 7 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (9.37%) Data Quality
2 103 (3.71%) QA
3 54 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 48 (1.73%) GDPR
4 48 (1.73%) IFRS
5 40 (1.44%) IFRS 9
6 29 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
7 28 (1.01%) PMO
8 25 (0.90%) SLA
9 19 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
10 10 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.25%) COBIT
11 7 (0.25%) NIST
12 5 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.14%) CDISC
13 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.11%) MiFID
14 3 (0.11%) P3O
15 2 (0.072%) Disclosure Scotland
15 2 (0.072%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 39 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.05%) Docker
3 12 (0.43%) Firmware
4 11 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.072%) HDFS
9 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.036%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.036%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.50%) SCCM
3 13 (0.47%) SCOM
4 9 (0.32%) Terraform
5 8 (0.29%) WSUS
6 7 (0.25%) SysTrack
7 4 (0.14%) Ansible
7 4 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.11%) Puppet
9 2 (0.072%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.036%) FTK
10 1 (0.036%) Grafana
10 1 (0.036%) Iperf
10 1 (0.036%) Nmap
10 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 484 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 309 (11.14%) Databricks
3 110 (3.97%) Oracle
4 83 (2.99%) Google
5 64 (2.31%) Informatica
6 53 (1.91%) Alteryx
7 50 (1.80%) SAP
8 44 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 43 (1.55%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.05%) Adobe
11 23 (0.83%) Cognos
12 17 (0.61%) Sybase
13 16 (0.58%) VMware
14 15 (0.54%) HP
15 13 (0.47%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.47%) Riverbed
16 12 (0.43%) Sparx
17 11 (0.40%) ESRI
17 11 (0.40%) Sage
17 11 (0.40%) Splunk