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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 22 39
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 -16
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,427 3,333 4,937
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.67% 8.17% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.35% 8.76% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,443 1,686 3,274
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,018 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% +15.03% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £94,694 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +0.92% -0.91%

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 60,207 38,067 76,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.10% 93.27% 86.65%
Number of salaries quoted 36,835 22,259 57,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £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 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 28 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 28 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 -11 3,830 £65,000 -7.14% 1,921
UK excluding London -16 2,241 £55,000 - 1,320
London +4 1,776 £80,000 -5.88% 896
Work from Home -4 1,391 £64,000 +5.36% 858
North of England -14 602 £52,500 -4.55% 331
South East -12 506 £55,000 -8.33% 433
Midlands -15 449 £52,501 +0.00% 212
North West -19 311 £60,000 +9.09% 192
West Midlands -14 283 £57,500 +4.55% 110
Yorkshire -4 222 £50,000 -9.09% 91
South West -21 202 £55,200 +5.14% 149
Scotland -8 200 £65,000 -7.14% 53
East of England +30 188 £52,500 -19.23% 103
East Midlands -2 163 £49,500 +4.21% 102
North East +20 69 £40,000 -27.27% 52
Northern Ireland -15 59 £45,000 +50.00% 17
Wales +3 38 £40,000 -27.27% 41

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
1 158 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
2 130 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 108 (2.44%) CMS
4 79 (1.78%) Apache
5 67 (1.51%) Confluence
6 53 (1.20%) WordPress
7 45 (1.02%) SharePoint
8 39 (0.88%) SAS
9 34 (0.77%) ArcGIS
10 18 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
10 18 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
11 14 (0.32%) Drupal
12 9 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
12 9 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 8 (0.18%) Umbraco
14 6 (0.14%) IIS
15 4 (0.090%) Appian
15 4 (0.090%) Documentum
15 4 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
16 3 (0.068%) Jupyter
Applications
1 419 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.63%) Adobe XD
5 24 (0.54%) UserZoom
6 18 (0.41%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 16 (0.36%) InDesign
9 14 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 10 (0.23%) Photoshop
10 10 (0.23%) SPSS
11 8 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
11 8 (0.18%) Chatbot
12 7 (0.16%) Trello
13 6 (0.14%) Maya
13 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
14 4 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
15 3 (0.068%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.068%) Sketch
16 2 (0.045%) Notion
Business Applications
1 77 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.79%) SAP IBP
4 34 (0.77%) SAP PP
5 29 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
6 21 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
7 19 (0.43%) Magento
8 17 (0.38%) Shopify
9 16 (0.36%) NetSuite
10 15 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 15 (0.34%) iTrent
10 15 (0.34%) SAP CO
11 14 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
12 13 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
12 13 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
12 13 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
13 11 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
14 10 (0.23%) SAP ERP
15 9 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 991 (22.39%) Azure
2 714 (16.13%) Power Platform
3 533 (12.04%) AWS
4 260 (5.87%) GCP
4 260 (5.87%) Snowflake
5 257 (5.81%) SaaS
6 233 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 187 (4.22%) Google Analytics
8 185 (4.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 178 (4.02%) Adobe Analytics
10 164 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
11 163 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
12 153 (3.46%) GitHub
13 146 (3.30%) dbt
14 114 (2.58%) Figma
15 112 (2.53%) Amazon S3
16 101 (2.28%) Serverless
17 85 (1.92%) Entra ID
18 76 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
19 63 (1.42%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 214 (4.83%) Broadband
2 33 (0.75%) Firewall
2 33 (0.75%) VPN
3 25 (0.56%) CHAP
4 23 (0.52%) WAN
5 19 (0.43%) Network Security
6 16 (0.36%) Intranet
7 15 (0.34%) DNS
8 13 (0.29%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.29%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.23%) DHCP
10 6 (0.14%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.11%) SMS
11 5 (0.11%) SNMP
12 4 (0.090%) HTTP
12 4 (0.090%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.068%) LAN
13 3 (0.068%) Modbus
14 2 (0.045%) MQTT
14 2 (0.045%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 681 (15.38%) Power BI
2 431 (9.74%) Tableau
3 379 (8.56%) Data Warehouse
4 245 (5.53%) Data Lake
5 192 (4.34%) Data Mining
6 190 (4.29%) Metadata
7 159 (3.59%) SQL Server
8 131 (2.96%) Looker
9 113 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 98 (2.21%) BigQuery
11 93 (2.10%) Relational Database
12 90 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
13 75 (1.69%) NoSQL
14 70 (1.58%) Big Data
15 66 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 64 (1.45%) Power Query
17 56 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
18 55 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 53 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
20 43 (0.97%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 153 (3.46%) Git
2 108 (2.44%) JIRA
3 70 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 40 (0.90%) MLflow
5 33 (0.75%) GitLab
6 25 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
7 24 (0.54%) Axure RP
7 24 (0.54%) Balsamiq
8 23 (0.52%) TeamCity
9 20 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
10 19 (0.43%) Visual Studio
11 16 (0.36%) ERwin
12 12 (0.27%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.27%) Crashlytics
12 12 (0.27%) Selenium
13 9 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
13 9 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 9 (0.20%) XCTest
14 8 (0.18%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.11%) MSI
General
1 1,387 (31.33%) Finance
2 1,250 (28.24%) Social Skills
3 1,153 (26.04%) Analytical Skills
4 672 (15.18%) Marketing
5 290 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 254 (5.74%) Public Sector
7 252 (5.69%) Banking
8 226 (5.11%) Retail
9 208 (4.70%) Law
10 197 (4.45%) Games
11 166 (3.75%) Legal
12 164 (3.70%) Manufacturing
13 120 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
14 112 (2.53%) Financial Institution
15 100 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
16 98 (2.21%) Automotive
17 94 (2.12%) Advertising
18 92 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
19 72 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
20 68 (1.54%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 737 (16.65%) Senior
2 656 (14.82%) Analyst
3 501 (11.32%) Lead
4 444 (10.03%) Data Engineer
5 373 (8.43%) Data Analyst
6 327 (7.39%) Architect
7 234 (5.29%) Developer
8 168 (3.79%) Consultant
8 168 (3.79%) Trainee
8 168 (3.79%) Trainee Analyst
8 168 (3.79%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 150 (3.39%) Data Architect
10 142 (3.21%) Senior Manager
11 115 (2.60%) Designer
12 99 (2.24%) Data Manager
12 99 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
13 97 (2.19%) Senior Data Engineer
14 90 (2.03%) Data Scientist
15 87 (1.97%) Senior Analyst
16 85 (1.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (2.73%) Kafka
2 120 (2.71%) PySpark
3 101 (2.28%) HTML
4 93 (2.10%) CSS
5 92 (2.08%) PyTorch
6 69 (1.56%) TensorFlow
7 68 (1.54%) .NET
8 59 (1.33%) React
9 53 (1.20%) OAuth
10 51 (1.15%) RESTful
11 49 (1.11%) SAP Fiori
12 48 (1.08%) LangChain
13 45 (1.02%) JSON
14 44 (0.99%) scikit-learn
15 42 (0.95%) REST
16 37 (0.84%) .NET Core
16 37 (0.84%) Node.js
17 35 (0.79%) Pandas
18 29 (0.66%) OAuth2
19 26 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 297 (6.71%) Social Media
2 211 (4.77%) Cloud Native
3 195 (4.40%) Product Ownership
4 175 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 162 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
6 153 (3.46%) Management Information System
7 131 (2.96%) Onboarding
8 108 (2.44%) Life Science
9 106 (2.39%) Algorithms
10 81 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
11 77 (1.74%) Data Structures
12 65 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
13 60 (1.36%) Mobile App
14 53 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
15 47 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
15 47 (1.06%) Public Cloud
16 45 (1.02%) Over-the-Top Content
17 44 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
17 44 (0.99%) Virtual Team
18 40 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 107 (2.42%) Windows
2 60 (1.36%) Windows 10
3 42 (0.95%) Linux
4 26 (0.59%) VMS
5 24 (0.54%) Unix
6 21 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.32%) Windows Server
8 13 (0.29%) Android
9 2 (0.045%) AIX
9 2 (0.045%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.023%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,297 (29.30%) AI
2 982 (22.18%) Business Intelligence
3 947 (21.39%) Decision-Making
4 889 (20.08%) Agile
5 773 (17.46%) Data Analytics
6 742 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 720 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
8 710 (16.04%) Data Modelling
9 593 (13.40%) Roadmaps
10 574 (12.97%) Data Engineering
11 554 (12.51%) Data Governance
12 524 (11.84%) Data Pipeline
13 521 (11.77%) Data Science
14 514 (11.61%) Data Analysis
14 514 (11.61%) Machine Learning
15 509 (11.50%) Customer Experience
16 491 (11.09%) ETL
17 486 (10.98%) CI/CD
18 456 (10.30%) Project Management
19 421 (9.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,170 (26.43%) SQL
2 1,066 (24.08%) Python
3 113 (2.55%) JavaScript
4 106 (2.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 99 (2.24%) Java
6 96 (2.17%) C#
7 79 (1.78%) Scala
8 72 (1.63%) R
9 59 (1.33%) PowerShell
10 44 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 43 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 40 (0.90%) Bicep
13 38 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
14 37 (0.84%) C++
15 33 (0.75%) Go
16 21 (0.47%) Bash
17 17 (0.38%) PL/SQL
18 15 (0.34%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.34%) VBA
19 12 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 726 (16.40%) Degree
2 258 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 179 (4.04%) SC Cleared
4 151 (3.41%) Master's Degree
5 128 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 72 (1.63%) IRCA
7 60 (1.36%) CTC Cleared
8 55 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 54 (1.22%) PhD
10 52 (1.17%) CISSP
11 49 (1.11%) DBS Check
12 47 (1.06%) CISA
13 45 (1.02%) CISM
14 43 (0.97%) ACCA
15 42 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
16 41 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
17 34 (0.77%) DV Cleared
18 33 (0.75%) AWS Certification
19 32 (0.72%) CIMA
20 30 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 585 (13.21%) Data Quality
2 369 (8.34%) Accessibility
3 360 (8.13%) GDPR
4 168 (3.79%) QA
5 90 (2.03%) WCAG
6 83 (1.87%) ISO 9001
7 80 (1.81%) SLA
8 65 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 52 (1.17%) NIST
10 47 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
11 38 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 34 (0.77%) HIPAA
13 30 (0.68%) COBIT
14 29 (0.66%) Solvency II
15 28 (0.63%) EU AI Act
15 28 (0.63%) IFRS
16 24 (0.54%) GxP
17 21 (0.47%) PSD2
17 21 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 18 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 140 (3.16%) Docker
2 60 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 25 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.090%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.045%) Firmware
7 2 (0.045%) vSphere
8 1 (0.023%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.023%) IAG
8 1 (0.023%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.023%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 196 (4.43%) Terraform
2 165 (3.73%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.04%) Ansible
4 25 (0.56%) Grafana
4 25 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 19 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.16%) EnCase
7 7 (0.16%) FTK
7 7 (0.16%) Kibana
8 5 (0.11%) Argo
8 5 (0.11%) QRadar
9 3 (0.068%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.068%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.068%) Control-M
9 3 (0.068%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.068%) SCCM
9 3 (0.068%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.068%) VxRail
10 2 (0.045%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 871 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 356 (8.04%) Databricks
3 322 (7.27%) Google
4 280 (6.32%) Adobe
5 186 (4.20%) SAP
6 162 (3.66%) Salesforce
7 144 (3.25%) Oracle
8 137 (3.09%) Cisco
9 65 (1.47%) Dell
10 60 (1.36%) HubSpot
11 55 (1.24%) Alteryx
12 54 (1.22%) Informatica
13 34 (0.77%) Bloomberg
14 29 (0.66%) Talend
15 28 (0.63%) IBM
15 28 (0.63%) Instagram
15 28 (0.63%) Nexthink
15 28 (0.63%) Palantir
15 28 (0.63%) Red Hat
16 27 (0.61%) OpenAI