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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 22 39
Rank change year-on-year -11 +17 -14
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,272 3,296 4,697
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.67% 7.79% 5.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.30% 8.33% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,353 1,644 3,279
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,342 £47,781 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +5.56% -1.82%

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 58,555 39,559 74,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.69% 93.50% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 35,503 22,222 56,291
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,910 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -9 3,683 £65,000 -7.14% 2,093
UK excluding London -14 2,144 £55,000 -3.51% 1,467
London +5 1,725 £80,000 -5.88% 991
Work from Home -3 1,344 £63,076 +0.92% 1,028
North of England -16 562 £52,500 -4.55% 345
South East -11 495 £55,000 -8.33% 521
Midlands -13 435 £52,500 -4.55% 212
North West -21 285 £59,000 +7.27% 198
West Midlands -14 275 £57,500 +2.68% 116
Yorkshire -3 214 £50,000 -9.09% 98
Scotland -6 198 £65,000 -7.14% 58
South West -10 192 £55,000 +3.01% 156
East of England +33 172 £50,000 -23.08% 134
East Midlands -8 157 £48,500 +2.11% 96
North East +17 63 £40,000 -27.27% 53
Northern Ireland -7 57 £45,000 +50.00% 13
Wales +3 36 £40,000 -20.00% 45

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
1 148 (3.46%) Apache Airflow
2 116 (2.72%) Apache Spark
3 106 (2.48%) CMS
4 77 (1.80%) Apache
5 59 (1.38%) Confluence
6 55 (1.29%) WordPress
7 47 (1.10%) SharePoint
8 40 (0.94%) SAS
9 34 (0.80%) ArcGIS
10 22 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
11 18 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
12 15 (0.35%) Drupal
13 11 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 9 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
15 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
16 6 (0.14%) IIS
17 4 (0.094%) Appian
17 4 (0.094%) Documentum
17 4 (0.094%) Sitecore CMS
18 3 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 413 (9.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.66%) Adobe XD
5 23 (0.54%) UserZoom
6 18 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.40%) InDesign
8 16 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 16 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
9 13 (0.30%) Photoshop
10 11 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
10 11 (0.26%) SPSS
11 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
11 8 (0.19%) Maya
12 7 (0.16%) Trello
13 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
14 5 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
15 3 (0.070%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.070%) Sketch
15 3 (0.070%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 75 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.82%) SAP IBP
4 34 (0.80%) SAP PP
5 29 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
6 18 (0.42%) Magento
7 17 (0.40%) NetSuite
7 17 (0.40%) Shopify
8 15 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 15 (0.35%) iTrent
8 15 (0.35%) SAP CO
9 14 (0.33%) Adobe Campaign
10 13 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
10 13 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
10 13 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
11 12 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
12 10 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 953 (22.31%) Azure
2 667 (15.61%) Power Platform
3 506 (11.84%) AWS
4 246 (5.76%) SaaS
5 236 (5.52%) Snowflake
6 234 (5.48%) GCP
7 224 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 190 (4.45%) Google Analytics
9 170 (3.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 163 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
11 161 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
12 158 (3.70%) Adobe Analytics
13 154 (3.60%) GitHub
14 131 (3.07%) dbt
15 112 (2.62%) Figma
16 111 (2.60%) Amazon S3
17 97 (2.27%) Serverless
18 87 (2.04%) Entra ID
19 78 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
20 63 (1.47%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 179 (4.19%) Broadband
2 33 (0.77%) Firewall
2 33 (0.77%) VPN
3 25 (0.59%) CHAP
4 23 (0.54%) WAN
5 18 (0.42%) Network Security
6 15 (0.35%) Intranet
7 14 (0.33%) DNS
7 14 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.30%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.21%) DHCP
10 6 (0.14%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.12%) SMS
11 5 (0.12%) SNMP
12 4 (0.094%) HTTP
12 4 (0.094%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.070%) LAN
13 3 (0.070%) Modbus
13 3 (0.070%) MQTT
14 2 (0.047%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 635 (14.86%) Power BI
2 413 (9.67%) Tableau
3 353 (8.26%) Data Warehouse
4 223 (5.22%) Data Lake
5 191 (4.47%) Data Mining
6 186 (4.35%) Metadata
7 159 (3.72%) SQL Server
8 113 (2.65%) Looker
9 112 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 86 (2.01%) Relational Database
11 84 (1.97%) BigQuery
12 81 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
13 73 (1.71%) NoSQL
14 68 (1.59%) Big Data
15 66 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 61 (1.43%) Power Query
17 54 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
18 53 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 43 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
20 41 (0.96%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 151 (3.53%) Git
2 107 (2.50%) JIRA
3 71 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 33 (0.77%) GitLab
5 31 (0.73%) MLflow
6 25 (0.59%) Axure RP
6 25 (0.59%) Balsamiq
6 25 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 21 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
9 19 (0.44%) Visual Studio
10 15 (0.35%) ERwin
11 12 (0.28%) CircleCI
11 12 (0.28%) Crashlytics
12 10 (0.23%) Selenium
13 9 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
13 9 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 9 (0.21%) XCTest
14 8 (0.19%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.12%) MSI
General
1 1,376 (32.21%) Finance
2 1,233 (28.86%) Social Skills
3 1,105 (25.87%) Analytical Skills
4 656 (15.36%) Marketing
5 283 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 260 (6.09%) Banking
7 259 (6.06%) Public Sector
8 216 (5.06%) Law
9 210 (4.92%) Retail
10 176 (4.12%) Games
11 167 (3.91%) Legal
12 164 (3.84%) Manufacturing
13 125 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
14 111 (2.60%) Financial Institution
15 101 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
16 96 (2.25%) Automotive
17 93 (2.18%) Advertising
18 90 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
19 71 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
20 68 (1.59%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 709 (16.60%) Senior
2 645 (15.10%) Analyst
3 475 (11.12%) Lead
4 412 (9.64%) Data Engineer
5 370 (8.66%) Data Analyst
6 317 (7.42%) Architect
7 230 (5.38%) Developer
8 168 (3.93%) Trainee
8 168 (3.93%) Trainee Analyst
8 168 (3.93%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 166 (3.89%) Consultant
10 144 (3.37%) Senior Manager
11 142 (3.32%) Data Architect
12 109 (2.55%) Designer
13 97 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
14 90 (2.11%) Data Manager
15 87 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
15 87 (2.04%) Senior Data Engineer
16 84 (1.97%) Data Scientist
17 83 (1.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (2.53%) PySpark
2 107 (2.50%) Kafka
3 101 (2.36%) HTML
4 93 (2.18%) CSS
5 79 (1.85%) PyTorch
6 69 (1.62%) .NET
7 61 (1.43%) React
8 59 (1.38%) TensorFlow
9 54 (1.26%) OAuth
10 52 (1.22%) RESTful
11 49 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
12 43 (1.01%) JSON
12 43 (1.01%) REST
13 38 (0.89%) LangChain
14 36 (0.84%) .NET Core
15 35 (0.82%) Node.js
16 33 (0.77%) Pandas
17 31 (0.73%) OAuth2
17 31 (0.73%) scikit-learn
18 26 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 272 (6.37%) Social Media
2 196 (4.59%) Cloud Native
3 191 (4.47%) Product Ownership
4 172 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
5 164 (3.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 150 (3.51%) Management Information System
7 124 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 111 (2.60%) Algorithms
9 110 (2.57%) Life Science
10 79 (1.85%) Data Structures
10 79 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
11 65 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
12 60 (1.40%) Mobile App
13 57 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
14 44 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
15 42 (0.98%) Virtual Team
16 40 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
17 37 (0.87%) Over-the-Top Content
18 36 (0.84%) Fixed Income
18 36 (0.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 108 (2.53%) Windows
2 60 (1.40%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.01%) Linux
4 25 (0.59%) VMS
5 24 (0.56%) Unix
6 21 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.33%) Windows Server
8 13 (0.30%) Android
9 2 (0.047%) AIX
9 2 (0.047%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.023%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,223 (28.63%) AI
2 926 (21.68%) Business Intelligence
3 899 (21.04%) Decision-Making
4 859 (20.11%) Agile
5 771 (18.05%) Data Analytics
6 731 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 709 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
8 663 (15.52%) Data Modelling
9 545 (12.76%) Roadmaps
10 530 (12.41%) Data Governance
11 528 (12.36%) Data Engineering
12 509 (11.91%) Data Analysis
13 503 (11.77%) Data Science
14 490 (11.47%) Data Pipeline
15 488 (11.42%) Machine Learning
16 477 (11.17%) CI/CD
17 466 (10.91%) Customer Experience
18 463 (10.84%) ETL
19 456 (10.67%) Project Management
20 423 (9.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,124 (26.31%) SQL
2 1,034 (24.20%) Python
3 115 (2.69%) JavaScript
4 101 (2.36%) Java
5 98 (2.29%) C#
6 94 (2.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 74 (1.73%) Scala
8 70 (1.64%) R
9 61 (1.43%) PowerShell
10 44 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 41 (0.96%) Bicep
11 41 (0.96%) T-SQL
12 39 (0.91%) C++
13 37 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
14 33 (0.77%) Go
15 23 (0.54%) Bash
16 18 (0.42%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.37%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.35%) VBA
19 12 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 721 (16.88%) Degree
2 262 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 181 (4.24%) SC Cleared
4 154 (3.60%) Master's Degree
5 124 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 60 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
6 60 (1.40%) IRCA
7 59 (1.38%) PhD
8 54 (1.26%) CISSP
9 51 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 49 (1.15%) CISA
11 46 (1.08%) CISM
12 45 (1.05%) DBS Check
13 43 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
14 42 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
15 38 (0.89%) ACCA
16 37 (0.87%) DV Cleared
17 31 (0.73%) AWS Certification
17 31 (0.73%) PMI Certification
18 29 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 569 (13.32%) Data Quality
2 359 (8.40%) Accessibility
3 335 (7.84%) GDPR
4 156 (3.65%) QA
5 83 (1.94%) WCAG
6 80 (1.87%) SLA
7 71 (1.66%) ISO 9001
8 67 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 52 (1.22%) NIST
10 48 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 34 (0.80%) HIPAA
12 30 (0.70%) COBIT
13 28 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 27 (0.63%) EU AI Act
14 27 (0.63%) GxP
14 27 (0.63%) IFRS
14 27 (0.63%) Solvency II
15 22 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 21 (0.49%) PSD2
17 18 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 140 (3.28%) Docker
2 59 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 26 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.094%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.047%) Firmware
8 2 (0.047%) vSphere
9 1 (0.023%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.023%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 200 (4.68%) Terraform
2 161 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.08%) Ansible
4 25 (0.59%) Grafana
4 25 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 20 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.19%) EnCase
7 8 (0.19%) FTK
8 7 (0.16%) Kibana
9 5 (0.12%) Argo
9 5 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.094%) SCCM
10 4 (0.094%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.070%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.070%) Control-M
11 3 (0.070%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.070%) VxRail
12 1 (0.023%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 851 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 318 (7.44%) Google
3 310 (7.26%) Databricks
4 255 (5.97%) Adobe
5 177 (4.14%) SAP
6 171 (4.00%) Salesforce
7 143 (3.35%) Oracle
8 136 (3.18%) Cisco
9 58 (1.36%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.24%) Alteryx
11 48 (1.12%) Dell
12 45 (1.05%) Informatica
13 32 (0.75%) Bloomberg
13 32 (0.75%) Palantir
14 29 (0.68%) Instagram
14 29 (0.68%) ServiceNow
14 29 (0.68%) Talend
15 28 (0.66%) Foundry
15 28 (0.66%) Nexthink
15 28 (0.66%) OpenAI