Analytics Job Trends

Analytics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,678 3,438 3,879
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.04% 6.47% 6.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.49% 7.12% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,931 1,706 2,679
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -0.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,128 48,280 53,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.62% 90.90% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 28,894 23,393 40,832
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Analytics job vacancy trend in the UK

Analytics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the UK

Analytics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 19 January 2026. 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 -7 3,173 £63,500 -9.29% 2,954
UK excluding London +3 1,874 £50,000 -12.28% 2,698
London +3 1,508 £75,000 -11.76% 755
Work from Home -1 1,114 £63,076 -4.96% 1,284
South East +15 560 £52,500 -12.50% 966
North of England -15 385 £52,500 -4.55% 479
Midlands +2 331 £55,000 - 351
Scotland +5 224 £51,250 -15.11% 99
North West -23 193 £50,000 -9.09% 210
South West +8 192 £55,000 +1.03% 304
West Midlands -8 191 £58,764 +3.09% 131
Yorkshire -6 151 £55,233 +15.67% 197
East Midlands +17 141 £45,390 -9.22% 212
East of England +38 117 £40,000 -36.00% 379
North East +24 42 £42,500 -19.43% 75
Northern Ireland +3 40 £45,000 -34.55% 65
Wales +23 28 £45,750 -7.67% 127

Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 86 (2.34%) Apache Spark
2 79 (2.15%) CMS
3 74 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 54 (1.47%) WordPress
5 42 (1.14%) Apache
5 42 (1.14%) SharePoint
6 41 (1.11%) Confluence
7 25 (0.68%) SAS
8 20 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.30%) Drupal
11 9 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.16%) IIS
12 6 (0.16%) SugarCRM
13 5 (0.14%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.11%) Appian
14 4 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
15 3 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.082%) Joomla!
Applications
1 530 (14.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 115 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.79%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.79%) Maya
5 24 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 19 (0.52%) InDesign
8 15 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 14 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
10 12 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
10 12 (0.33%) SPSS
11 10 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
11 10 (0.27%) Trello
12 6 (0.16%) MS Visio
13 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
14 3 (0.082%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
14 3 (0.082%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 66 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
4 25 (0.68%) Shopify
5 23 (0.63%) SAP CO
6 22 (0.60%) SAP IBP
7 21 (0.57%) Magento
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
8 16 (0.44%) SAP FI
8 16 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
9 15 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
10 13 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
11 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
11 10 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
12 9 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 9 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 951 (25.86%) Azure
2 747 (20.31%) Power Platform
3 371 (10.09%) AWS
4 215 (5.85%) SaaS
5 212 (5.76%) GCP
6 195 (5.30%) Snowflake
7 187 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 181 (4.92%) Google Analytics
9 175 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
10 158 (4.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 150 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
12 149 (4.05%) GitHub
13 115 (3.13%) dbt
14 85 (2.31%) Entra ID
15 84 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
16 69 (1.88%) Serverless
17 65 (1.77%) Amazon S3
18 64 (1.74%) Figma
19 62 (1.69%) Google Ads
20 60 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 40 (1.09%) VPN
2 39 (1.06%) Broadband
3 34 (0.92%) SMS
4 33 (0.90%) Firewall
5 15 (0.41%) DNS
5 15 (0.41%) WAN
6 14 (0.38%) CHAP
6 14 (0.38%) Unified Communications
7 11 (0.30%) Network Security
8 10 (0.27%) Intranet
9 8 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.14%) DHCP
10 5 (0.14%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.14%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.11%) Internet
11 4 (0.11%) VoIP
12 3 (0.082%) HTTP
12 3 (0.082%) MQTT
12 3 (0.082%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 712 (19.36%) Power BI
2 396 (10.77%) Tableau
3 321 (8.73%) Data Warehouse
4 245 (6.66%) Data Lake
5 163 (4.43%) Metadata
6 153 (4.16%) Data Mining
7 148 (4.02%) SQL Server
8 96 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 95 (2.58%) SAP BW
10 94 (2.56%) Looker
11 85 (2.31%) Big Data
12 68 (1.85%) NoSQL
12 68 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 67 (1.82%) Relational Database
14 64 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 64 (1.74%) BigQuery
15 55 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 48 (1.31%) Power Query
17 45 (1.22%) Hadoop
18 40 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 120 (3.26%) Git
2 111 (3.02%) JIRA
3 62 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.71%) Axure RP
5 26 (0.71%) Balsamiq
6 23 (0.63%) TeamCity
7 19 (0.52%) ERwin
7 19 (0.52%) GitLab
8 17 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 13 (0.35%) MLflow
9 13 (0.35%) Selenium
10 8 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (0.19%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.16%) Postman
13 5 (0.14%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.14%) MSI
13 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 1,288 (35.02%) Finance
2 1,225 (33.31%) Social Skills
3 1,066 (28.98%) Analytical Skills
4 674 (18.33%) Marketing
5 255 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 240 (6.53%) Law
7 211 (5.74%) Banking
8 210 (5.71%) Public Sector
9 198 (5.38%) Retail
10 150 (4.08%) Manufacturing
11 136 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
12 133 (3.62%) Legal
13 97 (2.64%) Games
14 95 (2.58%) Financial Institution
15 93 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
16 75 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
17 73 (1.98%) Automotive
18 69 (1.88%) Advertising
19 67 (1.82%) Front Office
20 63 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 602 (16.37%) Analyst
2 589 (16.01%) Senior
3 454 (12.34%) Lead
4 325 (8.84%) Data Analyst
5 322 (8.75%) Data Engineer
6 281 (7.64%) Architect
7 217 (5.90%) Developer
8 140 (3.81%) Senior Manager
9 123 (3.34%) Trainee
9 123 (3.34%) Trainee Analyst
9 123 (3.34%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 119 (3.24%) Data Architect
11 85 (2.31%) Consultant
12 83 (2.26%) Data Manager
13 82 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
14 74 (2.01%) Data Scientist
14 74 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
15 71 (1.93%) Report Analyst
16 66 (1.79%) Marketing Manager
17 65 (1.77%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (2.20%) HTML
2 72 (1.96%) PySpark
3 71 (1.93%) CSS
4 70 (1.90%) Kafka
5 61 (1.66%) OAuth
6 58 (1.58%) RESTful
7 57 (1.55%) React
8 54 (1.47%) REST
9 51 (1.39%) PyTorch
10 49 (1.33%) .NET
11 47 (1.28%) TensorFlow
12 45 (1.22%) JSON
13 38 (1.03%) OAuth2
14 32 (0.87%) SAML
15 28 (0.76%) Node.js
15 28 (0.76%) scikit-learn
16 26 (0.71%) Middleware
16 26 (0.71%) Pandas
17 25 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
18 23 (0.63%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 174 (4.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 171 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
3 164 (4.46%) Product Ownership
4 163 (4.43%) Onboarding
5 148 (4.02%) Cloud Native
6 143 (3.89%) Management Information System
7 140 (3.81%) Social Media
8 111 (3.02%) Algorithms
9 88 (2.39%) Life Science
10 82 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
11 63 (1.71%) Data Structures
12 59 (1.60%) FMCG
13 58 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
14 46 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
15 44 (1.20%) Data Centre
16 40 (1.09%) Virtual Team
17 38 (1.03%) Fixed Income
17 38 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
18 27 (0.73%) Blog
18 27 (0.73%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 99 (2.69%) Windows
2 44 (1.20%) Windows 10
3 41 (1.11%) Linux
4 31 (0.84%) Unix
5 14 (0.38%) VMS
6 11 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.27%) Android
8 9 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.054%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.027%) AIX
10 1 (0.027%) Debian
10 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 997 (27.11%) Business Intelligence
2 980 (26.64%) AI
3 828 (22.51%) Decision-Making
4 809 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
5 734 (19.96%) Data Analytics
6 692 (18.81%) Agile
7 663 (18.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 604 (16.42%) Data Modelling
9 481 (13.08%) Data Governance
10 468 (12.72%) Data Science
11 465 (12.64%) Machine Learning
12 460 (12.51%) Data Analysis
13 454 (12.34%) Roadmaps
14 444 (12.07%) Project Management
15 440 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
16 425 (11.56%) Data Engineering
17 415 (11.28%) Visualisation
18 405 (11.01%) ETL
19 399 (10.85%) Data Pipeline
20 388 (10.55%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 979 (26.62%) SQL
2 908 (24.69%) Python
3 123 (3.34%) Java
4 113 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 82 (2.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 79 (2.15%) C#
7 76 (2.07%) Scala
8 72 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 67 (1.82%) R
10 50 (1.36%) Bicep
11 44 (1.20%) T-SQL
12 33 (0.90%) C++
13 31 (0.84%) Bash
14 29 (0.79%) TypeScript
15 26 (0.71%) PL/SQL
16 23 (0.63%) Go
16 23 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
17 21 (0.57%) Shell Script
18 18 (0.49%) VBA
19 14 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 847 (23.03%) Degree
2 212 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 198 (5.38%) Master's Degree
4 154 (4.19%) SC Cleared
5 115 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 97 (2.64%) PhD
7 90 (2.45%) DBS Check
8 59 (1.60%) CISSP
9 55 (1.50%) CISA
10 49 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 46 (1.25%) Azure Certification
11 46 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 46 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
12 44 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
13 40 (1.09%) CISM
14 39 (1.06%) PMI Certification
15 36 (0.98%) ACCA
16 31 (0.84%) PMP
17 23 (0.63%) CIMA
17 23 (0.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 521 (14.17%) Data Quality
2 270 (7.34%) GDPR
3 207 (5.63%) Accessibility
4 82 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 79 (2.15%) QA
6 54 (1.47%) SLA
7 50 (1.36%) NIST
8 43 (1.17%) GxP
8 43 (1.17%) WCAG
9 36 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
10 31 (0.84%) COBIT
11 25 (0.68%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.63%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.60%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.57%) IFRS
14 21 (0.57%) PSD2
15 20 (0.54%) GRC
16 17 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.44%) PMO
18 15 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 118 (3.21%) Docker
2 52 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 33 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.054%) Firmware
8 2 (0.054%) vSphere
9 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.027%) vCloud
9 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 183 (4.98%) Terraform
2 137 (3.72%) Kubernetes
3 36 (0.98%) Ansible
4 28 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (0.57%) Grafana
7 16 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.30%) QRadar
8 11 (0.30%) SCCM
9 8 (0.22%) EnCase
9 8 (0.22%) FTK
10 6 (0.16%) Kibana
10 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
10 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.14%) Argo
11 5 (0.14%) SCOM
12 3 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.082%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.082%) Control-M
13 1 (0.027%) MOM
Vendors
1 735 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 310 (8.43%) Google
3 245 (6.66%) Databricks
4 239 (6.50%) SAP
5 211 (5.74%) Salesforce
6 140 (3.81%) Oracle
7 128 (3.48%) Adobe
8 115 (3.13%) Cisco
9 67 (1.82%) HubSpot
10 58 (1.58%) Alteryx
11 41 (1.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 34 (0.92%) Bloomberg
13 33 (0.90%) ServiceNow
14 31 (0.84%) OpenAI
15 30 (0.82%) Dell
15 30 (0.82%) Talend
16 27 (0.73%) Informatica
17 25 (0.68%) YouTube
18 23 (0.63%) IBM
19 22 (0.60%) Nexthink