Data Analytics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analytics over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 168 167
Rank change year-on-year -36 -1 +32
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 1,468 2,283 3,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 2.26% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 2.36% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 895 1,000 1,642
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -0.76% +9.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,574 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,375 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analytics 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 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +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 Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 -40 1,233 £60,000 -10.45% 440
UK excluding London -74 907 £55,000 +4.76% 221
Work from Home +25 610 £60,000 -7.69% 219
London +8 509 £71,500 - 224
Midlands -50 203 £55,000 +10.00% 51
South East -17 179 £55,000 +10.00% 32
North of England -93 167 £47,500 -13.75% 60
West Midlands -28 163 £55,000 +10.00% 42
Scotland -22 153 £62,872 +22.40% 16
South West +2 140 £62,500 +13.55% 38
North West -85 96 £50,000 -25.93% 27
Yorkshire -7 44 £42,500 -20.56% 16
East Midlands -33 40 £47,500 -13.64% 9
North East -34 27 £50,000 -10.09% 17
East of England -42 27 £48,750 -22.00% 18
Northern Ireland +37 20 £67,500 - 5
Wales +6 16 £50,000 - 4
Channel Islands - 2 - -

Data Analytics
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 58 (3.95%) SAS
2 47 (3.20%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.09%) Apache
4 16 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.95%) IIS
6 13 (0.89%) WordPress
7 10 (0.68%) Confluence
8 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.48%) CMS
9 7 (0.48%) nginx
10 6 (0.41%) IBM Notes
11 5 (0.34%) Appian
11 5 (0.34%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.20%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.14%) Moodle
14 1 (0.068%) Drupal
14 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 127 (8.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (2.18%) UserZoom
5 16 (1.09%) SPSS
6 12 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.068%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (2.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.16%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Relativity
5 3 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.14%) Endur
6 2 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 1 (0.068%) Data Workbench
7 1 (0.068%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.068%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.068%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.068%) Ringtail
7 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 355 (24.18%) Power Platform
2 319 (21.73%) Azure
3 156 (10.63%) AWS
4 83 (5.65%) GCP
5 61 (4.16%) Snowflake
6 60 (4.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 57 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
9 55 (3.75%) PowerApps
10 54 (3.68%) SaaS
11 48 (3.27%) Power Automate
12 44 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 36 (2.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 33 (2.25%) Matillion
15 32 (2.18%) Figma
15 32 (2.18%) SurveyMonkey
16 29 (1.98%) dbt
17 26 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
18 24 (1.63%) Google Analytics
19 23 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.52%) Network Security
2 18 (1.23%) DSL
3 14 (0.95%) HTTP
3 14 (0.95%) MQTT
4 12 (0.82%) Internet
4 12 (0.82%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.48%) OpenVPN
6 5 (0.34%) Broadband
6 5 (0.34%) Firewall
6 5 (0.34%) LAN
6 5 (0.34%) VoIP
6 5 (0.34%) WAN
7 4 (0.27%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.27%) FTP
7 4 (0.27%) RS-232
7 4 (0.27%) SAN
7 4 (0.27%) SMS
7 4 (0.27%) Wireless
7 4 (0.27%) WPA
8 3 (0.20%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (23.50%) Power BI
2 216 (14.71%) Data Warehouse
3 204 (13.90%) Tableau
4 134 (9.13%) SQL Server
5 112 (7.63%) Data Lake
6 96 (6.54%) Big Data
7 49 (3.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (2.93%) Relational Database
9 41 (2.79%) Star Schema
10 36 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
11 35 (2.38%) DB2
11 35 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 28 (1.91%) NoSQL
13 27 (1.84%) MongoDB
14 25 (1.70%) BigQuery
15 24 (1.63%) Data Mining
15 24 (1.63%) Looker
15 24 (1.63%) Metadata
16 21 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 20 (1.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (3.95%) Git
2 50 (3.41%) Jenkins
3 32 (2.18%) GitLab
4 30 (2.04%) JIRA
5 8 (0.54%) CircleCI
6 7 (0.48%) RStudio
7 5 (0.34%) Jasmine
7 5 (0.34%) Mockito
8 4 (0.27%) Subversion
9 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.14%) ERwin
10 2 (0.14%) gulp
10 2 (0.14%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.068%) IBM UrbanCode
11 1 (0.068%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.068%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.068%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 540 (36.78%) Social Skills
2 497 (33.86%) Finance
3 278 (18.94%) Analytical Skills
4 222 (15.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 219 (14.92%) Marketing
6 171 (11.65%) Law
7 127 (8.65%) Banking
8 84 (5.72%) Legal
9 77 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
10 70 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
11 66 (4.50%) Retail
12 63 (4.29%) Manufacturing
13 60 (4.09%) Public Sector
14 49 (3.34%) Military
15 39 (2.66%) Games
16 38 (2.59%) Financial Institution
17 37 (2.52%) Investment Banking
18 25 (1.70%) Aerospace
19 21 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
20 19 (1.29%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 251 (17.10%) Architect
2 222 (15.12%) Senior
3 208 (14.17%) Analyst
4 161 (10.97%) Developer
5 158 (10.76%) Solutions Architect
6 140 (9.54%) Data Engineer
7 110 (7.49%) Data Analyst
8 91 (6.20%) Presales Solution Architect
9 89 (6.06%) Lead
10 86 (5.86%) Consultant
11 57 (3.88%) Data Architect
12 55 (3.75%) Data Manager
13 51 (3.47%) Analytics Manager
14 50 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
15 46 (3.13%) Product Manager
16 45 (3.07%) Audit Manager
17 42 (2.86%) Senior Manager
18 40 (2.72%) Data Scientist
19 39 (2.66%) Senior Data Engineer
20 38 (2.59%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (6.95%) .NET
2 64 (4.36%) HTML
3 52 (3.54%) Kafka
4 48 (3.27%) ASP.NET
5 47 (3.20%) CSS
6 44 (3.00%) AngularJS
7 35 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 35 (2.38%) React
8 33 (2.25%) .NET Core
8 33 (2.25%) Entity Framework
9 27 (1.84%) CSS3
9 27 (1.84%) HTML5
10 26 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
10 26 (1.77%) Web Services
11 24 (1.63%) REST
12 23 (1.57%) PySpark
13 21 (1.43%) Pandas
14 20 (1.36%) Blazor
15 19 (1.29%) RESTful
16 18 (1.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 124 (8.45%) Management Information System
2 78 (5.31%) Product Ownership
3 75 (5.11%) Algorithms
4 68 (4.63%) Data Structures
5 66 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.86%) Cloud Native
7 39 (2.66%) Onboarding
8 36 (2.45%) IoT
9 32 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
10 27 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 23 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.57%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.23%) Robotics
14 17 (1.16%) Taxonomies
15 15 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
15 15 (1.02%) Cybercrime
15 15 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
16 14 (0.95%) Cyberattack
16 14 (0.95%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 58 (3.95%) Linux
2 42 (2.86%) Windows
3 26 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.36%) Unix
5 7 (0.48%) CentOS
6 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.068%) Android
7 1 (0.068%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,468 (100.00%) Analytics
2 463 (31.54%) Business Intelligence
3 412 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
4 359 (24.46%) Agile
5 317 (21.59%) Data Modelling
6 311 (21.19%) Visualisation
7 277 (18.87%) Machine Learning
8 266 (18.12%) Data Science
9 265 (18.05%) Data Analysis
10 264 (17.98%) Artificial Intelligence
11 261 (17.78%) Decision-Making
12 221 (15.05%) Actionable Insight
13 207 (14.10%) ETL
13 207 (14.10%) Roadmaps
14 203 (13.83%) Data Visualisation
15 173 (11.78%) Computer Science
16 170 (11.58%) Business Case
17 163 (11.10%) DevOps
18 151 (10.29%) Project Management
19 147 (10.01%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 507 (34.54%) SQL
2 375 (25.54%) Python
3 88 (5.99%) C#
4 87 (5.93%) JavaScript
5 86 (5.86%) Java
6 74 (5.04%) R
7 39 (2.66%) Scala
8 36 (2.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 27 (1.84%) C
11 24 (1.63%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.50%) Haskell
13 21 (1.43%) C++
14 17 (1.16%) PowerShell
14 17 (1.16%) T-SQL
15 15 (1.02%) VBA
16 14 (0.95%) PHP
17 11 (0.75%) Clojure
18 10 (0.68%) U-SQL
19 8 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 415 (28.27%) Degree
2 199 (13.56%) Security Cleared
3 142 (9.67%) SC Cleared
4 107 (7.29%) Master's Degree
5 72 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (3.54%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.25%) TOGAF Certification
8 32 (2.18%) PhD
9 29 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (1.98%) MBA
10 23 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.50%) Numerate Degree
12 20 (1.36%) ACCA
12 20 (1.36%) CISA
12 20 (1.36%) CISSP
13 14 (0.95%) DBS Check
14 11 (0.75%) CFA
14 11 (0.75%) CIMA
15 6 (0.41%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (10.97%) Data Quality
2 45 (3.07%) Actionable Recommendations
3 31 (2.11%) QA
4 30 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.70%) NIST
5 25 (1.70%) PMO
6 20 (1.36%) ITGC
7 19 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 19 (1.29%) SLA
8 18 (1.23%) GDPR
9 17 (1.16%) IFRS
10 16 (1.09%) IFRS 9
11 11 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 11 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.34%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.27%) MiFID
14 3 (0.20%) SOC 1
14 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
15 2 (0.14%) SOX 404
System Software
1 29 (1.98%) Docker
2 28 (1.91%) vSphere
3 8 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.54%) HDFS
4 7 (0.48%) Firmware
5 5 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.068%) Lustre
7 1 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 45 (3.07%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.84%) Terraform
3 6 (0.41%) Puppet
4 4 (0.27%) Ansible
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.068%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.068%) Grafana
6 1 (0.068%) Icinga
6 1 (0.068%) MOM
6 1 (0.068%) Podman
6 1 (0.068%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.068%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.068%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 291 (19.82%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.27%) Google
3 90 (6.13%) Databricks
4 66 (4.50%) Oracle
5 55 (3.75%) Alteryx
6 39 (2.66%) SAP
7 34 (2.32%) Sparx
8 32 (2.18%) Qualtrics
9 25 (1.70%) SolarWinds
9 25 (1.70%) Tanium
9 25 (1.70%) Tripwire
10 24 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 20 (1.36%) IBM
12 19 (1.29%) Cognos
13 18 (1.23%) Sybase
14 17 (1.16%) Sage
15 16 (1.09%) CA
16 15 (1.02%) Pega
17 14 (0.95%) Dataiku
17 14 (0.95%) Snow