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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 31
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,728 3,442 4,021
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.06% 6.50% 6.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 7.14% 7.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,959 1,709 2,803
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,700 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.09% +3.64% -

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 49,597 48,194 56,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.59% 90.99% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 29,262 23,336 43,211
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,246 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 21 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 21 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 3,203 £65,000 -7.14% 2,759
UK excluding London +3 1,895 £51,250 -10.09% 2,491
London +4 1,535 £75,000 -11.76% 745
Work from Home -2 1,133 £65,000 -2.89% 1,106
South East +17 560 £55,000 -9.84% 916
North of England -17 389 £52,500 -4.55% 450
Midlands -1 332 £55,000 - 332
Scotland +6 242 £52,500 -13.04% 93
North West -22 197 £51,000 -7.27% 203
West Midlands -11 194 £58,000 +1.75% 122
South West +7 188 £55,000 +1.03% 268
Yorkshire -10 151 £55,233 +15.07% 184
East Midlands +16 139 £46,445 -7.11% 202
East of England +29 118 £40,000 -36.00% 329
North East +25 42 £42,500 -19.43% 67
Northern Ireland +2 40 £45,000 -34.55% 55
Wales +25 29 £47,500 -4.14% 111

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 (2.31%) Apache Spark
2 80 (2.15%) CMS
3 75 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 54 (1.45%) WordPress
5 43 (1.15%) Apache
5 43 (1.15%) SharePoint
6 41 (1.10%) Confluence
7 25 (0.67%) SAS
8 20 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 16 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.30%) Drupal
11 9 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.16%) IIS
13 5 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.13%) SugarCRM
14 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.11%) Appian
14 4 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
15 3 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.080%) Joomla!
Applications
1 528 (14.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.78%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.78%) Maya
5 24 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 19 (0.51%) InDesign
8 15 (0.40%) Chatbot
9 14 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
10 12 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
10 12 (0.32%) 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
13 4 (0.11%) UserZoom
14 3 (0.080%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.080%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 65 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
4 23 (0.62%) SAP CO
5 22 (0.59%) SAP IBP
5 22 (0.59%) Shopify
6 21 (0.56%) Magento
7 16 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
7 16 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
7 16 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 16 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
7 16 (0.43%) SAP FI
7 16 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
8 15 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
9 13 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
9 13 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
10 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
10 10 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
11 9 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 9 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 966 (25.91%) Azure
2 750 (20.12%) Power Platform
3 380 (10.19%) AWS
4 218 (5.85%) SaaS
5 208 (5.58%) GCP
6 197 (5.28%) Snowflake
7 190 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 178 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
9 175 (4.69%) Google Analytics
10 168 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
11 158 (4.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 150 (4.02%) GitHub
13 115 (3.08%) dbt
14 102 (2.74%) Entra ID
15 85 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
16 72 (1.93%) Serverless
17 67 (1.80%) Amazon S3
18 64 (1.72%) Figma
19 61 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
20 60 (1.61%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.18%) Broadband
2 40 (1.07%) VPN
3 34 (0.91%) SMS
4 33 (0.89%) Firewall
5 15 (0.40%) CHAP
5 15 (0.40%) DNS
5 15 (0.40%) WAN
6 14 (0.38%) Unified Communications
7 11 (0.30%) Network Security
8 10 (0.27%) Intranet
9 8 (0.21%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.13%) DHCP
10 5 (0.13%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.13%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.11%) Internet
11 4 (0.11%) VoIP
12 3 (0.080%) HTTP
12 3 (0.080%) MQTT
12 3 (0.080%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 715 (19.18%) Power BI
2 392 (10.52%) Tableau
3 323 (8.66%) Data Warehouse
4 250 (6.71%) Data Lake
5 170 (4.56%) Metadata
6 153 (4.10%) Data Mining
7 149 (4.00%) SQL Server
8 96 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 96 (2.58%) SAP BW
9 94 (2.52%) Looker
10 86 (2.31%) Big Data
11 70 (1.88%) NoSQL
12 68 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 67 (1.80%) Relational Database
14 63 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
15 58 (1.56%) BigQuery
16 56 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 48 (1.29%) Power Query
18 44 (1.18%) Hadoop
19 40 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 123 (3.30%) Git
2 112 (3.00%) JIRA
3 63 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.70%) Axure RP
5 26 (0.70%) Balsamiq
6 23 (0.62%) TeamCity
7 20 (0.54%) GitLab
8 19 (0.51%) ERwin
9 17 (0.46%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.38%) Selenium
11 13 (0.35%) MLflow
12 8 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
13 7 (0.19%) ER Studio
13 7 (0.19%) Postman
14 6 (0.16%) CircleCI
14 6 (0.16%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.13%) MSI
15 5 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,300 (34.87%) Finance
2 1,252 (33.58%) Social Skills
3 1,065 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 664 (17.81%) Marketing
5 256 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 232 (6.22%) Law
7 215 (5.77%) Public Sector
8 213 (5.71%) Banking
9 198 (5.31%) Retail
10 154 (4.13%) Manufacturing
11 135 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
12 133 (3.57%) Legal
13 101 (2.71%) Games
14 96 (2.58%) Financial Institution
15 93 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
16 76 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
17 74 (1.98%) Automotive
18 70 (1.88%) Back Office
19 69 (1.85%) Advertising
20 68 (1.82%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 611 (16.39%) Analyst
2 595 (15.96%) Senior
3 458 (12.29%) Lead
4 329 (8.83%) Data Analyst
4 329 (8.83%) Data Engineer
5 285 (7.64%) Architect
6 221 (5.93%) Developer
7 140 (3.76%) Senior Manager
8 125 (3.35%) Data Architect
9 123 (3.30%) Trainee
9 123 (3.30%) Trainee Analyst
9 123 (3.30%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 86 (2.31%) Consultant
10 86 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
11 83 (2.23%) Data Manager
12 76 (2.04%) Data Scientist
13 75 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
13 75 (2.01%) Support Engineer
14 71 (1.90%) Report Analyst
15 68 (1.82%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (2.20%) HTML
2 73 (1.96%) PySpark
3 72 (1.93%) CSS
3 72 (1.93%) Kafka
4 61 (1.64%) OAuth
5 60 (1.61%) React
5 60 (1.61%) RESTful
6 55 (1.48%) PyTorch
7 54 (1.45%) REST
8 51 (1.37%) .NET
8 51 (1.37%) TensorFlow
9 45 (1.21%) JSON
10 38 (1.02%) OAuth2
11 32 (0.86%) SAML
12 29 (0.78%) Node.js
13 28 (0.75%) scikit-learn
14 27 (0.72%) Middleware
15 26 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
15 26 (0.70%) Pandas
16 24 (0.64%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 172 (4.61%) Analytical Mindset
1 172 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
2 164 (4.40%) Onboarding
2 164 (4.40%) Product Ownership
3 148 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 146 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 143 (3.84%) Social Media
6 112 (3.00%) Algorithms
7 87 (2.33%) Life Science
8 82 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
9 66 (1.77%) Data Structures
10 60 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
11 58 (1.56%) FMCG
12 49 (1.31%) Data Centre
13 46 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
14 41 (1.10%) Virtual Team
15 40 (1.07%) Fixed Income
16 38 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
17 27 (0.72%) Blog
17 27 (0.72%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 115 (3.08%) Windows
2 60 (1.61%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.15%) Linux
4 31 (0.83%) Unix
5 15 (0.40%) VMS
6 11 (0.30%) Android
6 11 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.054%) AIX
8 2 (0.054%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.027%) Debian
9 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,002 (26.88%) AI
1 1,002 (26.88%) Business Intelligence
2 834 (22.37%) Decision-Making
3 815 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
4 740 (19.85%) Data Analytics
5 702 (18.83%) Agile
6 681 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 612 (16.42%) Data Modelling
8 493 (13.22%) Data Governance
9 476 (12.77%) Machine Learning
10 466 (12.50%) Data Science
11 461 (12.37%) Data Analysis
12 453 (12.15%) Roadmaps
13 451 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 447 (11.99%) Project Management
15 437 (11.72%) Data Engineering
16 420 (11.27%) Visualisation
17 409 (10.97%) Data Pipeline
17 409 (10.97%) ETL
18 397 (10.65%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 988 (26.50%) SQL
2 913 (24.49%) Python
3 118 (3.17%) Java
4 116 (3.11%) JavaScript
5 82 (2.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 81 (2.17%) C#
7 77 (2.07%) Scala
8 75 (2.01%) PowerShell
9 66 (1.77%) R
10 51 (1.37%) Bicep
11 44 (1.18%) T-SQL
12 34 (0.91%) C++
13 32 (0.86%) Bash
14 30 (0.80%) TypeScript
15 27 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 24 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
17 21 (0.56%) Shell Script
18 19 (0.51%) Go
19 18 (0.48%) VBA
20 14 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 871 (23.36%) Degree
2 235 (6.30%) Security Cleared
3 201 (5.39%) Master's Degree
4 175 (4.69%) SC Cleared
5 122 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 97 (2.60%) PhD
7 90 (2.41%) DBS Check
8 60 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
9 59 (1.58%) CISSP
10 55 (1.48%) CISA
11 49 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 46 (1.23%) Azure Certification
12 46 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 46 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
13 41 (1.10%) CISM
14 39 (1.05%) PMI Certification
15 35 (0.94%) ACCA
16 31 (0.83%) PMP
17 25 (0.67%) DV Cleared
18 22 (0.59%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 530 (14.22%) Data Quality
2 273 (7.32%) GDPR
3 212 (5.69%) Accessibility
4 81 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.09%) QA
6 70 (1.88%) SLA
7 52 (1.39%) NIST
8 44 (1.18%) WCAG
9 43 (1.15%) GxP
10 36 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
11 32 (0.86%) COBIT
12 25 (0.67%) Solvency II
13 23 (0.62%) HIPAA
14 22 (0.59%) EU AI Act
15 21 (0.56%) IFRS
15 21 (0.56%) PSD2
16 20 (0.54%) GRC
17 17 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 16 (0.43%) PMO
19 15 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 121 (3.25%) Docker
2 53 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 34 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.21%) 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
1 187 (5.02%) Terraform
2 134 (3.59%) Kubernetes
3 36 (0.97%) Ansible
4 28 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (0.56%) Grafana
7 17 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.30%) QRadar
8 11 (0.30%) SCCM
9 8 (0.21%) EnCase
9 8 (0.21%) FTK
10 6 (0.16%) Kibana
10 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
10 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.13%) Argo
11 5 (0.13%) SCOM
12 3 (0.080%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.080%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.080%) Control-M
13 1 (0.027%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 755 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 299 (8.02%) Google
3 254 (6.81%) Databricks
4 239 (6.41%) SAP
5 212 (5.69%) Salesforce
6 140 (3.76%) Oracle
7 133 (3.57%) Cisco
8 132 (3.54%) Adobe
9 68 (1.82%) HubSpot
10 58 (1.56%) Alteryx
11 41 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 34 (0.91%) Bloomberg
12 34 (0.91%) Dell
13 33 (0.89%) ServiceNow
14 31 (0.83%) OpenAI
15 30 (0.80%) Talend
16 27 (0.72%) Informatica
17 25 (0.67%) YouTube
18 24 (0.64%) Palantir
19 23 (0.62%) IBM