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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 24 38
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 -13
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,273 3,285 4,672
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.71% 7.64% 5.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.34% 8.17% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,352 1,655 3,273
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,305 £47,603 £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 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -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 58,222 40,192 73,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.86% 93.47% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,232 22,295 56,140
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
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 17 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 17 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 -8 3,674 £65,000 -7.14% 2,153
UK excluding London -14 2,134 £55,000 - 1,546
London +5 1,730 £80,000 -5.88% 1,024
Work from Home -3 1,359 £63,288 +1.26% 1,058
North of England -15 559 £53,750 -2.27% 377
South East -4 494 £55,000 -8.33% 541
Midlands -13 430 £52,500 -2.33% 226
North West -22 280 £60,000 +9.09% 202
West Midlands -11 269 £57,500 +4.55% 127
Yorkshire -3 217 £50,000 -9.09% 120
Scotland -4 203 £65,000 -7.14% 70
South West -8 190 £55,100 +3.20% 154
East of England +33 167 £50,250 -22.69% 144
East Midlands 0 158 £48,500 +2.11% 99
North East +19 62 £40,000 -27.27% 58
Northern Ireland -8 57 £45,000 +50.00% 13
Wales +9 36 £40,000 -20.00% 42

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
1 145 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
2 117 (2.74%) Apache Spark
3 107 (2.50%) CMS
4 80 (1.87%) Apache
5 57 (1.33%) Confluence
6 54 (1.26%) WordPress
7 46 (1.08%) SharePoint
8 40 (0.94%) SAS
9 34 (0.80%) ArcGIS
10 22 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
11 18 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
12 16 (0.37%) Drupal
13 12 (0.28%) 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
1 414 (9.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (2.93%) 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
9 15 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
10 13 (0.30%) Photoshop
11 11 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
11 11 (0.26%) SPSS
12 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
12 8 (0.19%) Maya
13 7 (0.16%) Trello
14 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
15 5 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
16 3 (0.070%) Final Cut Pro
16 3 (0.070%) Sketch
16 3 (0.070%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 76 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.82%) SAP IBP
4 34 (0.80%) SAP PP
5 30 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 18 (0.42%) Magento
7 17 (0.40%) Shopify
8 16 (0.37%) NetSuite
9 15 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 15 (0.35%) iTrent
9 15 (0.35%) SAP CO
10 13 (0.30%) 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
11 12 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 960 (22.47%) Azure
2 668 (15.63%) Power Platform
3 500 (11.70%) AWS
4 248 (5.80%) SaaS
5 234 (5.48%) Snowflake
6 228 (5.34%) GCP
7 224 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 190 (4.45%) Google Analytics
9 170 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
10 166 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 161 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
12 158 (3.70%) Adobe Analytics
13 156 (3.65%) GitHub
14 129 (3.02%) dbt
15 112 (2.62%) Amazon S3
15 112 (2.62%) Figma
16 96 (2.25%) Serverless
17 93 (2.18%) Entra ID
18 86 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
19 65 (1.52%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 177 (4.14%) Broadband
2 38 (0.89%) Firewall
2 38 (0.89%) VPN
3 24 (0.56%) CHAP
4 23 (0.54%) WAN
5 20 (0.47%) DNS
6 18 (0.42%) Network Security
7 14 (0.33%) Intranet
7 14 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.30%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.23%) DHCP
10 6 (0.14%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.12%) SNMP
12 4 (0.094%) HTTP
12 4 (0.094%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.094%) SMS
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
2 414 (9.69%) Tableau
3 349 (8.17%) Data Warehouse
4 220 (5.15%) Data Lake
5 190 (4.45%) Data Mining
6 188 (4.40%) Metadata
7 160 (3.74%) SQL Server
8 113 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 111 (2.60%) Looker
10 86 (2.01%) Relational Database
11 81 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
12 78 (1.83%) BigQuery
13 72 (1.68%) NoSQL
14 69 (1.61%) Big Data
15 66 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 62 (1.45%) Power Query
17 54 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 52 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
19 42 (0.98%) Oracle Database
19 42 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 154 (3.60%) Git
2 107 (2.50%) JIRA
3 71 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 33 (0.77%) GitLab
5 27 (0.63%) MLflow
6 25 (0.59%) Axure RP
6 25 (0.59%) Balsamiq
6 25 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 22 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
9 19 (0.44%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.33%) ERwin
11 11 (0.26%) CircleCI
11 11 (0.26%) Crashlytics
12 9 (0.21%) Selenium
12 9 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 8 (0.19%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
13 8 (0.19%) XCTest
14 5 (0.12%) ER Studio
General
1 1,382 (32.34%) Finance
2 1,241 (29.04%) Social Skills
3 1,101 (25.77%) Analytical Skills
4 656 (15.35%) Marketing
5 283 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 260 (6.08%) Banking
6 260 (6.08%) Public Sector
7 216 (5.05%) Law
8 203 (4.75%) Retail
9 177 (4.14%) Games
10 167 (3.91%) Legal
11 163 (3.81%) Manufacturing
12 123 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
13 112 (2.62%) Financial Institution
14 97 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
15 95 (2.22%) Automotive
16 94 (2.20%) Advertising
17 88 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
18 73 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
19 68 (1.59%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 705 (16.50%) Senior
2 643 (15.05%) Analyst
3 471 (11.02%) Lead
4 410 (9.60%) Data Engineer
5 369 (8.64%) Data Analyst
6 320 (7.49%) Architect
7 234 (5.48%) Developer
8 168 (3.93%) Trainee
8 168 (3.93%) Trainee Analyst
8 168 (3.93%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 167 (3.91%) Consultant
10 146 (3.42%) Senior Manager
11 145 (3.39%) Data Architect
12 109 (2.55%) Designer
13 97 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
14 91 (2.13%) Data Manager
15 86 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
15 86 (2.01%) Senior Data Engineer
15 86 (2.01%) Support Engineer
16 85 (1.99%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (2.57%) PySpark
2 101 (2.36%) HTML
2 101 (2.36%) Kafka
3 93 (2.18%) CSS
4 76 (1.78%) PyTorch
5 68 (1.59%) .NET
6 62 (1.45%) React
7 56 (1.31%) OAuth
7 56 (1.31%) TensorFlow
8 54 (1.26%) RESTful
9 49 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
10 47 (1.10%) REST
11 45 (1.05%) JSON
12 35 (0.82%) .NET Core
13 34 (0.80%) LangChain
13 34 (0.80%) Node.js
14 33 (0.77%) OAuth2
14 33 (0.77%) Pandas
15 28 (0.66%) scikit-learn
16 27 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 275 (6.44%) Social Media
2 197 (4.61%) Cloud Native
3 191 (4.47%) Product Ownership
4 174 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
5 164 (3.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 149 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 128 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 112 (2.62%) Algorithms
9 111 (2.60%) Life Science
10 81 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 78 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
12 65 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
13 60 (1.40%) Mobile App
14 58 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
15 43 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
16 42 (0.98%) Virtual Team
17 39 (0.91%) Fixed Income
17 39 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
18 36 (0.84%) Over-the-Top Content
19 33 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (2.55%) Windows
2 60 (1.40%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.01%) Linux
4 25 (0.59%) VMS
5 24 (0.56%) Unix
6 20 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 15 (0.35%) 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 1,212 (28.36%) AI
2 923 (21.60%) Business Intelligence
3 891 (20.85%) Decision-Making
4 867 (20.29%) Agile
5 775 (18.14%) Data Analytics
6 737 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 711 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
8 666 (15.59%) Data Modelling
9 549 (12.85%) Roadmaps
10 532 (12.45%) Data Governance
11 523 (12.24%) Data Engineering
12 503 (11.77%) Data Analysis
13 497 (11.63%) Data Science
14 490 (11.47%) Data Pipeline
15 488 (11.42%) Machine Learning
16 481 (11.26%) CI/CD
17 467 (10.93%) ETL
18 460 (10.77%) Customer Experience
19 457 (10.70%) Project Management
20 428 (10.02%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,131 (26.47%) SQL
2 1,040 (24.34%) Python
3 115 (2.69%) JavaScript
4 104 (2.43%) Java
5 98 (2.29%) C#
6 95 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 74 (1.73%) Scala
8 71 (1.66%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.61%) R
10 49 (1.15%) Bicep
11 45 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 43 (1.01%) T-SQL
13 40 (0.94%) C++
14 37 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
15 32 (0.75%) Go
16 26 (0.61%) Bash
17 20 (0.47%) PL/SQL
18 17 (0.40%) Shell Script
19 15 (0.35%) VBA
20 12 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 707 (16.55%) Degree
2 267 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 186 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 153 (3.58%) Master's Degree
5 123 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 60 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
6 60 (1.40%) IRCA
6 60 (1.40%) PhD
7 57 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 55 (1.29%) CISSP
9 49 (1.15%) CISA
10 48 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 46 (1.08%) CISM
12 45 (1.05%) DBS Check
13 43 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
14 37 (0.87%) ACCA
15 36 (0.84%) DV Cleared
16 34 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
17 32 (0.75%) AWS Certification
18 31 (0.73%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 569 (13.32%) Data Quality
2 359 (8.40%) Accessibility
3 331 (7.75%) GDPR
4 153 (3.58%) QA
5 83 (1.94%) WCAG
6 79 (1.85%) SLA
7 71 (1.66%) ISO 9001
8 68 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 51 (1.19%) NIST
10 49 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 34 (0.80%) HIPAA
12 29 (0.68%) COBIT
13 27 (0.63%) EU AI Act
13 27 (0.63%) GxP
13 27 (0.63%) IFRS
13 27 (0.63%) Solvency II
14 24 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 21 (0.49%) PSD2
15 21 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 18 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 143 (3.35%) Docker
2 64 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 31 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
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
1 208 (4.87%) Terraform
2 166 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 47 (1.10%) Ansible
4 26 (0.61%) Grafana
5 25 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 21 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.19%) EnCase
8 8 (0.19%) FTK
9 7 (0.16%) Kibana
10 6 (0.14%) QRadar
10 6 (0.14%) SCCM
11 5 (0.12%) Argo
11 5 (0.12%) SCOM
12 4 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.094%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (0.070%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.070%) Control-M
13 3 (0.070%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.070%) VxRail
Vendors
1 857 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 321 (7.51%) Google
3 301 (7.04%) Databricks
4 254 (5.94%) Adobe
5 179 (4.19%) SAP
6 174 (4.07%) Salesforce
7 146 (3.42%) Oracle
8 136 (3.18%) Cisco
9 63 (1.47%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.24%) Alteryx
11 41 (0.96%) Informatica
12 40 (0.94%) Dell
13 32 (0.75%) Bloomberg
13 32 (0.75%) Palantir
14 29 (0.68%) Instagram
14 29 (0.68%) ServiceNow
15 28 (0.66%) Foundry
15 28 (0.66%) Nexthink
15 28 (0.66%) OpenAI
15 28 (0.66%) Talend