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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 27 29
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,622 3,532 3,620
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.14% 6.49% 6.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.51% 7.20% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,858 1,763 2,506
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -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 48,217 49,041 48,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.67% 90.12% 91.17%
Number of salaries quoted 28,251 24,093 36,700
10th Percentile £28,456 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 4 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 4 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 -8 3,105 £62,500 -10.71% 3,217
UK excluding London +5 1,872 £50,000 -13.04% 2,465
London +3 1,470 £75,000 -11.76% 1,209
Work from Home -1 1,060 £62,500 -7.41% 1,344
South East +19 575 £55,000 -8.33% 818
North of England -15 364 £51,000 -7.27% 500
Midlands -4 314 £52,500 -7.89% 413
Scotland +8 251 £45,000 -28.57% 95
South West +12 190 £53,500 -2.73% 250
North West -26 185 £45,000 -18.18% 243
West Midlands -14 182 £56,318 -1.20% 229
Yorkshire -2 145 £65,000 +18.18% 211
East Midlands +19 133 £45,000 -10.00% 164
East of England +32 123 £40,000 -38.46% 347
North East +18 35 £40,000 -27.27% 49
Northern Ireland 0 33 £45,000 -35.71% 33
Wales +18 25 £47,500 -5.00% 58

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 88 (2.43%) Apache Spark
2 82 (2.26%) CMS
3 65 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 49 (1.35%) WordPress
5 43 (1.19%) SharePoint
6 42 (1.16%) Confluence
7 34 (0.94%) Apache
8 23 (0.64%) SAS
9 20 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
11 10 (0.28%) Drupal
12 9 (0.25%) SugarCRM
12 9 (0.25%) Umbraco
13 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 5 (0.14%) IIS
14 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.11%) Appian
15 3 (0.083%) Headless CMS
15 3 (0.083%) Joomla!
15 3 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 520 (14.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.80%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.80%) Maya
5 23 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 21 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.50%) InDesign
8 15 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 14 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
10 12 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
11 11 (0.30%) SPSS
12 10 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
12 10 (0.28%) Trello
13 9 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
14 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
15 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
16 3 (0.083%) Final Cut Pro
16 3 (0.083%) MadCap Flare
16 3 (0.083%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 76 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
4 33 (0.91%) Shopify
5 23 (0.64%) SAP IBP
6 21 (0.58%) Magento
6 21 (0.58%) SAP CO
7 16 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
7 16 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
7 16 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
7 16 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
7 16 (0.44%) SAP FI
7 16 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
8 15 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
9 14 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
10 13 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
11 10 (0.28%) NetSuite
11 10 (0.28%) SAP FSCM
12 9 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
13 8 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 945 (26.09%) Azure
2 743 (20.51%) Power Platform
3 363 (10.02%) AWS
4 227 (6.27%) GCP
5 222 (6.13%) SaaS
6 201 (5.55%) Google Analytics
7 194 (5.36%) Snowflake
8 181 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 169 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
10 156 (4.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 146 (4.03%) GitHub
12 132 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
13 114 (3.15%) dbt
14 80 (2.21%) Azure Monitor
15 70 (1.93%) Serverless
16 67 (1.85%) Entra ID
16 67 (1.85%) Figma
17 62 (1.71%) Google Ads
18 60 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
19 58 (1.60%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 36 (0.99%) VPN
2 33 (0.91%) SMS
3 30 (0.83%) Firewall
4 26 (0.72%) Broadband
5 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
6 15 (0.41%) DNS
7 13 (0.36%) Network Security
8 12 (0.33%) CHAP
8 12 (0.33%) WAN
9 9 (0.25%) Intranet
10 7 (0.19%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.14%) DHCP
11 5 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.11%) HTTPS
12 4 (0.11%) Internet
12 4 (0.11%) VoIP
12 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.083%) MQTT
14 2 (0.055%) HTTP
14 2 (0.055%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 710 (19.60%) Power BI
2 394 (10.88%) Tableau
3 317 (8.75%) Data Warehouse
4 249 (6.87%) Data Lake
5 162 (4.47%) Metadata
6 146 (4.03%) Data Mining
7 145 (4.00%) SQL Server
8 95 (2.62%) SAP BW
9 93 (2.57%) Looker
10 92 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 92 (2.54%) Big Data
11 75 (2.07%) BigQuery
12 69 (1.91%) NoSQL
13 67 (1.85%) Relational Database
14 66 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 60 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
16 50 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 48 (1.33%) Hadoop
18 46 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
19 45 (1.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 118 (3.26%) JIRA
2 109 (3.01%) Git
3 49 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.72%) Axure RP
5 26 (0.72%) Balsamiq
6 19 (0.52%) GitLab
7 18 (0.50%) ERwin
8 15 (0.41%) Visual Studio
9 12 (0.33%) MLflow
9 12 (0.33%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.30%) Selenium
11 8 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.19%) ER Studio
12 7 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
13 6 (0.17%) Postman
14 5 (0.14%) MSI
14 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
15 4 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
15 4 (0.11%) CircleCI
General
1 1,286 (35.51%) Finance
2 1,250 (34.51%) Social Skills
3 1,115 (30.78%) Analytical Skills
4 699 (19.30%) Marketing
5 271 (7.48%) Law
6 238 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 209 (5.77%) Retail
8 206 (5.69%) Banking
9 198 (5.47%) Public Sector
10 160 (4.42%) Manufacturing
11 145 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
12 132 (3.64%) Legal
13 97 (2.68%) Financial Institution
14 94 (2.60%) Games
15 93 (2.57%) Pharmaceutical
16 74 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
17 67 (1.85%) Front Office
17 67 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
18 66 (1.82%) Automotive
19 65 (1.79%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 581 (16.04%) Analyst
2 543 (14.99%) Senior
3 448 (12.37%) Lead
4 314 (8.67%) Data Analyst
5 289 (7.98%) Data Engineer
6 288 (7.95%) Architect
7 217 (5.99%) Developer
8 121 (3.34%) Senior Manager
9 118 (3.26%) Data Architect
9 118 (3.26%) Trainee
9 118 (3.26%) Trainee Analyst
9 118 (3.26%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 96 (2.65%) Innovation Manager
11 90 (2.48%) Consultant
12 77 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
13 70 (1.93%) Data Scientist
13 70 (1.93%) Report Analyst
14 68 (1.88%) Data Manager
14 68 (1.88%) Senior Analyst
15 59 (1.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (2.40%) HTML
2 76 (2.10%) CSS
3 68 (1.88%) PySpark
4 67 (1.85%) RESTful
5 65 (1.79%) Kafka
6 58 (1.60%) OAuth
7 56 (1.55%) React
8 52 (1.44%) REST
9 49 (1.35%) PyTorch
10 48 (1.33%) TensorFlow
11 46 (1.27%) JSON
12 42 (1.16%) .NET
13 37 (1.02%) OAuth2
14 31 (0.86%) Node.js
14 31 (0.86%) SAML
14 31 (0.86%) scikit-learn
15 28 (0.77%) Pandas
16 26 (0.72%) Middleware
17 24 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
18 23 (0.64%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 176 (4.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 173 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
3 166 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 165 (4.56%) Product Ownership
5 161 (4.45%) Cloud Native
6 148 (4.09%) Management Information System
7 141 (3.89%) Social Media
8 114 (3.15%) Algorithms
9 83 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 83 (2.29%) Life Science
10 64 (1.77%) FMCG
11 59 (1.63%) Data Structures
12 57 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
13 48 (1.33%) Data Centre
14 46 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
15 38 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
16 37 (1.02%) Virtual Team
17 36 (0.99%) Fixed Income
18 30 (0.83%) Credit Risk
18 30 (0.83%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 82 (2.26%) Windows
2 35 (0.97%) Linux
3 28 (0.77%) Windows 10
4 27 (0.75%) Unix
5 12 (0.33%) VMS
5 12 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.25%) Android
7 8 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.028%) AIX
9 1 (0.028%) Debian
9 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 992 (27.39%) AI
2 985 (27.19%) Business Intelligence
3 847 (23.38%) Decision-Making
4 814 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
5 723 (19.96%) Data Analytics
6 705 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 673 (18.58%) Agile
8 596 (16.45%) Data Modelling
9 492 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 476 (13.14%) Data Science
11 464 (12.81%) Roadmaps
12 459 (12.67%) Data Analysis
12 459 (12.67%) Data Governance
13 456 (12.59%) Machine Learning
14 431 (11.90%) Project Management
15 410 (11.32%) Visualisation
16 402 (11.10%) Data Engineering
17 382 (10.55%) ETL
18 378 (10.44%) DevOps
19 377 (10.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 974 (26.89%) SQL
2 917 (25.32%) Python
3 129 (3.56%) Java
4 119 (3.29%) JavaScript
5 82 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 75 (2.07%) PowerShell
7 71 (1.96%) R
8 68 (1.88%) C#
9 65 (1.79%) Scala
10 50 (1.38%) Bicep
11 46 (1.27%) T-SQL
12 35 (0.97%) Go
13 32 (0.88%) TypeScript
14 30 (0.83%) Bash
15 29 (0.80%) C++
15 29 (0.80%) PL/SQL
16 24 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 20 (0.55%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.41%) VBA
19 13 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 829 (22.89%) Degree
2 196 (5.41%) Master's Degree
3 184 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 134 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 117 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 94 (2.60%) PhD
7 92 (2.54%) DBS Check
8 61 (1.68%) CISSP
9 52 (1.44%) CISA
10 48 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 48 (1.33%) Numerate Degree
11 45 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 44 (1.21%) Azure Certification
13 41 (1.13%) CISM
14 40 (1.10%) ACCA
15 37 (1.02%) PMI Certification
16 30 (0.83%) PMP
17 28 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
18 27 (0.75%) CIMA
19 24 (0.66%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 485 (13.39%) Data Quality
2 260 (7.18%) GDPR
3 199 (5.49%) Accessibility
4 84 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 80 (2.21%) QA
6 49 (1.35%) NIST
7 43 (1.19%) WCAG
8 42 (1.16%) SLA
9 39 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 39 (1.08%) GxP
10 29 (0.80%) COBIT
11 24 (0.66%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.64%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.61%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.58%) PSD2
15 20 (0.55%) GRC
16 19 (0.52%) IFRS
17 18 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 15 (0.41%) ITGC
18 15 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 104 (2.87%) Docker
2 53 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 30 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.055%) Firmware
6 2 (0.055%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.028%) vCloud
7 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.028%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 174 (4.80%) Terraform
2 132 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 33 (0.91%) Ansible
4 30 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (0.47%) Grafana
7 14 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.33%) SCCM
9 11 (0.30%) QRadar
10 7 (0.19%) EnCase
10 7 (0.19%) FTK
11 6 (0.17%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (0.14%) Argo
12 5 (0.14%) SCOM
13 4 (0.11%) Kibana
14 3 (0.083%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.083%) ArcSight ESM
14 3 (0.083%) Control-M
15 1 (0.028%) CASB
Vendors
1 702 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 332 (9.17%) Google
3 249 (6.87%) Databricks
4 246 (6.79%) SAP
5 206 (5.69%) Salesforce
6 139 (3.84%) Oracle
7 126 (3.48%) Adobe
8 90 (2.48%) Cisco
9 67 (1.85%) HubSpot
10 56 (1.55%) Alteryx
11 40 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 34 (0.94%) Bloomberg
13 33 (0.91%) ServiceNow
14 32 (0.88%) Dell
15 30 (0.83%) Talend
16 26 (0.72%) Informatica
16 26 (0.72%) OpenAI
17 23 (0.64%) YouTube
18 22 (0.61%) IBM
18 22 (0.61%) Sage