Statistics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Statistics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Statistics over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 367 264
Rank change year-on-year +63 -103 -53
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 954 895 2,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.88% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.92% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 506 549 742
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £33,775
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,528 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £78,562
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £101,175
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £49,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.34% +0.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Statistics 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 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Statistics.

Salary trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Statistics over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +93 878 £55,000 -11.31% 365
London +163 509 £60,000 -14.29% 181
UK excluding London -41 412 £45,000 -8.16% 188
Work from Home +101 396 £51,528 -6.31% 185
North of England +45 95 £45,000 -10.00% 49
Midlands -25 79 £42,500 - 32
South East -26 73 £55,000 -8.33% 44
South West -32 62 £54,522 +0.97% 28
East of England +47 58 £55,000 -8.33% 24
North West +5 53 £50,000 -0.50% 32
West Midlands -8 47 £39,000 -4.00% 16
East Midlands -4 28 £44,500 -24.25% 16
Yorkshire +65 25 £51,528 -1.85% 10
Wales -2 20 £43,750 +56.55% 5
Scotland -67 20 £51,528 -17.56% 7
North East +3 17 £30,000 -36.15% 8
Northern Ireland +26 4 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1

Statistics
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 76 (7.97%) SAS
2 43 (4.51%) Apache Spark
3 20 (2.10%) Apache
4 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.42%) Luigi
8 3 (0.31%) nginx
8 3 (0.31%) Smallworld
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.10%) Confluence
10 1 (0.10%) IIS
10 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 136 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.52%) SPSS
4 22 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.42%) InDesign
6 4 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.31%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.31%) Stata
8 2 (0.21%) EViews
9 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.63%) ResourceLink
3 4 (0.42%) Lawson
4 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.31%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.31%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 242 (25.37%) AWS
2 124 (13.00%) Power Platform
3 116 (12.16%) Azure
4 63 (6.60%) GCP
5 36 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (2.52%) SaaS
7 19 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.68%) Snowflake
9 9 (0.94%) Amazon S3
9 9 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (0.94%) Serverless
10 8 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (0.84%) PaaS
11 7 (0.73%) GitHub
11 7 (0.73%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.63%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (0.63%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.63%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (0.52%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.62%) WAN
2 23 (2.41%) LAN
3 16 (1.68%) WPA
4 12 (1.26%) Internet
5 10 (1.05%) DNS
6 7 (0.73%) DHCP
6 7 (0.73%) Firewall
7 5 (0.52%) SMS
7 5 (0.52%) Wireless
8 4 (0.42%) VPN
9 3 (0.31%) FTP
9 3 (0.31%) Intranet
9 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.21%) SMTP
10 2 (0.21%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.10%) MPLS
11 1 (0.10%) SAN
11 1 (0.10%) SNMP
11 1 (0.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (29.35%) Tableau
2 123 (12.89%) Power BI
3 47 (4.93%) Big Data
4 37 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (3.35%) Data Mining
6 30 (3.14%) SQL Server
7 26 (2.73%) MySQL
8 24 (2.52%) Looker
9 21 (2.20%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.89%) Hadoop
10 18 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (1.78%) Redis
12 16 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (1.36%) Amazon QuickSight
15 11 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (1.15%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.15%) NoSQL
15 11 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (1.15%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 179 (18.76%) Git
2 7 (0.73%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.52%) GitLab
3 5 (0.52%) JIRA
3 5 (0.52%) Postman
3 5 (0.52%) SoapUI
3 5 (0.52%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.31%) gulp
4 3 (0.31%) PostCSS
4 3 (0.31%) rollup.js
4 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.31%) Vite
5 2 (0.21%) MLflow
5 2 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.10%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.10%) GDB
6 1 (0.10%) Maven
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
General
1 451 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 437 (45.81%) Analytical Skills
3 213 (22.33%) Finance
4 196 (20.55%) Retail
5 167 (17.51%) Presentation Skills
6 82 (8.60%) Marketing
7 57 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (5.77%) Banking
9 49 (5.14%) Law
10 39 (4.09%) Games
11 34 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
13 23 (2.41%) Manufacturing
14 21 (2.20%) Legal
15 17 (1.78%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.57%) Public Sector
17 14 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.47%) Local Government
17 14 (1.47%) Retail Finance
18 13 (1.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 401 (42.03%) Analyst
2 289 (30.29%) Senior
3 223 (23.38%) Data Analyst
4 154 (16.14%) Data Scientist
5 150 (15.72%) Senior Analyst
6 97 (10.17%) Senior Data Analyst
7 95 (9.96%) Senior Data Scientist
8 76 (7.97%) Lead
9 37 (3.88%) Developer
10 35 (3.67%) Lead Data Analyst
11 32 (3.35%) Data Manager
12 30 (3.14%) Analytics Manager
13 26 (2.73%) Service Analyst
14 23 (2.41%) Lead Data Scientist
15 22 (2.31%) Administrator
16 19 (1.99%) Service Desk Analyst
16 19 (1.99%) Software Engineer
17 18 (1.89%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 16 (1.68%) Senior Manager
19 15 (1.57%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (10.69%) TensorFlow
2 62 (6.50%) Pandas
3 53 (5.56%) scikit-learn
4 48 (5.03%) PySpark
5 46 (4.82%) PyTorch
6 40 (4.19%) Kafka
7 38 (3.98%) NumPy
8 35 (3.67%) .NET
9 26 (2.73%) Keras
10 18 (1.89%) CSS
10 18 (1.89%) HTML
10 18 (1.89%) XML
11 14 (1.47%) Web Services
12 12 (1.26%) Apache Beam
12 12 (1.26%) JSON
12 12 (1.26%) XGBoost
13 11 (1.15%) React
14 10 (1.05%) RESTful
15 9 (0.94%) .NET Framework
16 8 (0.84%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 151 (15.83%) Algorithms
2 78 (8.18%) Management Information System
3 49 (5.14%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.98%) Data Structures
5 30 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (2.94%) Life Science
7 27 (2.83%) Credit Risk
8 16 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.68%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.26%) Blog
10 11 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
11 10 (1.05%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.05%) Social Media
12 9 (0.94%) Taxonomies
13 8 (0.84%) Cloud Native
13 8 (0.84%) Hedge funds
14 7 (0.73%) Biopharmaceutical
14 7 (0.73%) Blockchain
15 6 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (0.63%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.09%) Windows
2 21 (2.20%) Android
3 15 (1.57%) Linux
4 8 (0.84%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.31%) Unix
5 3 (0.31%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (49.90%) Mathematics
2 406 (42.56%) Analytics
3 342 (35.85%) Visualisation
4 309 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
5 295 (30.92%) Data Analysis
6 276 (28.93%) Computer Science
6 276 (28.93%) Data Science
7 250 (26.21%) Actionable Insight
8 231 (24.21%) Machine Learning
9 203 (21.28%) Business Intelligence
10 184 (19.29%) Root Cause Analysis
11 181 (18.97%) Decision-Making
12 165 (17.30%) Storytelling
13 160 (16.77%) Business Strategy
14 153 (16.04%) Data Pipeline
15 138 (14.47%) Data Visualisation
16 125 (13.10%) Agile
16 125 (13.10%) Artificial Intelligence
17 122 (12.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 116 (12.16%) Customer Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 513 (53.77%) Python
2 478 (50.10%) SQL
3 127 (13.31%) R
4 46 (4.82%) C#
4 46 (4.82%) JavaScript
5 39 (4.09%) Java
6 27 (2.83%) MATLAB
7 22 (2.31%) C++
7 22 (2.31%) VBA
8 20 (2.10%) T-SQL
9 14 (1.47%) C
9 14 (1.47%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.94%) VB
11 8 (0.84%) Groovy
12 7 (0.73%) PHP
13 6 (0.63%) Go
14 4 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.31%) Bash
15 3 (0.31%) Perl
15 3 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 636 (66.67%) Degree
2 182 (19.08%) Master's Degree
3 156 (16.35%) DBS Check
4 85 (8.91%) Numerate Degree
5 84 (8.81%) PhD
6 50 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (3.46%) Security Cleared
8 18 (1.89%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.05%) MBA
10 8 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.63%) CCNA
11 6 (0.63%) HNC
11 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.52%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.52%) SC Cleared
13 4 (0.42%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.42%) Postgraduate
14 3 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.31%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (7.76%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.04%) QA
4 24 (2.52%) SLA
5 18 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
5 18 (1.89%) GDPR
6 16 (1.68%) IFRS
6 16 (1.68%) IFRS 9
7 15 (1.57%) CRD IV
8 11 (1.15%) CDISC
8 11 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.73%) ISO 14001
10 7 (0.73%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.42%) Good Clinical Practice
12 4 (0.42%) MiFID
13 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.21%) PMO
13 2 (0.21%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 37 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.84%) Docker
3 2 (0.21%) Firmware
3 2 (0.21%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (0.84%) Kubernetes
1 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.73%) Terraform
3 5 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.42%) Ansible
5 3 (0.31%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (0.31%) Perfmon
5 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.21%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.10%) Grafana
7 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 174 (18.24%) Databricks
2 141 (14.78%) Microsoft
3 24 (2.52%) Google
4 23 (2.41%) Oracle
5 19 (1.99%) SAP
6 15 (1.57%) OpenAI
7 12 (1.26%) Alteryx
8 10 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.84%) Cisco
9 8 (0.84%) Cognos
10 7 (0.73%) Adobe
10 7 (0.73%) Dataiku
10 7 (0.73%) iManage
10 7 (0.73%) Mapbox
11 6 (0.63%) Kronos
12 5 (0.52%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.52%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.42%) Citrix
13 4 (0.42%) Meraki
13 4 (0.42%) Varonis