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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 29 32
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -8
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,909 3,304 4,374
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.88% 6.63% 5.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.37% 7.20% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,092 1,635 3,122
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,738 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £53,067
% change year-on-year -7.89% +7.41% -3.51%

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 53,044 45,908 65,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.73% 92.10% 88.26%
Number of salaries quoted 31,514 22,467 50,521
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £95,000
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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -5 3,330 £65,000 -7.14% 1,477
UK excluding London -1 1,992 £52,500 -7.89% 1,075
London +5 1,569 £77,500 -8.82% 736
Work from Home 0 1,224 £65,000 - 714
South East +11 559 £55,000 -8.33% 430
North of England -21 443 £50,000 -9.09% 239
Midlands -4 359 £55,000 - 169
Scotland +13 249 £55,000 -9.45% 44
North West -21 227 £53,750 -2.27% 138
West Midlands -14 214 £59,527 +4.43% 101
South West +10 186 £54,750 +0.57% 116
Yorkshire -17 171 £50,000 -9.09% 69
East Midlands +14 145 £45,945 -8.11% 67
East of England +39 122 £47,500 -26.92% 60
Northern Ireland +1 48 £45,000 -34.55% 11
North East +17 46 £40,000 -20.79% 34
Wales +16 28 £56,250 +13.52% 23

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 95 (2.43%) CMS
2 89 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
3 86 (2.20%) Apache Spark
4 56 (1.43%) WordPress
5 49 (1.25%) Apache
6 47 (1.20%) Confluence
7 46 (1.18%) SharePoint
8 32 (0.82%) SAS
9 19 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 18 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
11 17 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
12 14 (0.36%) Drupal
13 12 (0.31%) ArcGIS
14 9 (0.23%) Umbraco
15 6 (0.15%) IIS
16 5 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
17 4 (0.10%) Appian
17 4 (0.10%) Documentum
17 4 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
18 3 (0.077%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 485 (12.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.67%) Adobe XD
5 23 (0.59%) Maya
6 21 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 19 (0.49%) InDesign
7 19 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 18 (0.46%) Photoshop
9 13 (0.33%) Chatbot
10 12 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
10 12 (0.31%) SPSS
11 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
12 9 (0.23%) Trello
13 8 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
14 6 (0.15%) MS Visio
15 5 (0.13%) UserZoom
16 4 (0.10%) SketchUp
17 3 (0.077%) Final Cut Pro
18 2 (0.051%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 66 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
4 23 (0.59%) SAP IBP
5 22 (0.56%) SAP CO
5 22 (0.56%) Shopify
6 20 (0.51%) Magento
7 17 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
7 17 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 17 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
8 16 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
9 15 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (0.33%) NetSuite
10 13 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
10 13 (0.33%) SAP FI
10 13 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
11 12 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
12 11 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 11 (0.28%) iTrent
13 10 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 970 (24.81%) Azure
2 727 (18.60%) Power Platform
3 392 (10.03%) AWS
4 226 (5.78%) SaaS
5 208 (5.32%) GCP
6 207 (5.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 192 (4.91%) Google Analytics
7 192 (4.91%) Snowflake
8 181 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
9 172 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
10 153 (3.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 152 (3.89%) GitHub
12 119 (3.04%) dbt
13 109 (2.79%) Entra ID
14 89 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
15 79 (2.02%) Serverless
16 77 (1.97%) Figma
17 76 (1.94%) Adobe Analytics
18 74 (1.89%) Amazon S3
19 68 (1.74%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 74 (1.89%) Broadband
2 41 (1.05%) VPN
3 36 (0.92%) Firewall
4 19 (0.49%) CHAP
4 19 (0.49%) WAN
5 15 (0.38%) DNS
6 13 (0.33%) Unified Communications
7 12 (0.31%) Intranet
7 12 (0.31%) Network Security
8 10 (0.26%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.15%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.13%) DHCP
10 5 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.10%) HTTP
11 4 (0.10%) Internet
11 4 (0.10%) SMS
11 4 (0.10%) SNMP
11 4 (0.10%) VoIP
11 4 (0.10%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.077%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 692 (17.70%) Power BI
2 399 (10.21%) Tableau
3 320 (8.19%) Data Warehouse
4 232 (5.94%) Data Lake
5 180 (4.60%) Metadata
6 173 (4.43%) Data Mining
7 151 (3.86%) SQL Server
8 104 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 97 (2.48%) Looker
10 82 (2.10%) Big Data
11 78 (2.00%) SAP BW
12 69 (1.77%) NoSQL
12 69 (1.77%) Relational Database
13 68 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 64 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
15 59 (1.51%) BigQuery
16 57 (1.46%) Power Query
17 55 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 40 (1.02%) Hadoop
18 40 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 121 (3.10%) Git
2 120 (3.07%) JIRA
3 63 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.67%) GitLab
6 24 (0.61%) Axure RP
6 24 (0.61%) Balsamiq
7 23 (0.59%) TeamCity
8 18 (0.46%) ERwin
8 18 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 15 (0.38%) MLflow
10 12 (0.31%) Selenium
11 8 (0.20%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
12 7 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (0.15%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.15%) ER Studio
14 5 (0.13%) MSI
14 5 (0.13%) Postman
14 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,352 (34.59%) Finance
2 1,266 (32.39%) Social Skills
3 1,088 (27.83%) Analytical Skills
4 657 (16.81%) Marketing
5 267 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 229 (5.86%) Public Sector
7 223 (5.70%) Banking
8 208 (5.32%) Law
9 200 (5.12%) Retail
10 149 (3.81%) Manufacturing
11 139 (3.56%) Legal
12 136 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
13 118 (3.02%) Games
14 106 (2.71%) Financial Institution
15 91 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
16 90 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
17 87 (2.23%) Advertising
18 85 (2.17%) Automotive
19 76 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
20 69 (1.77%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 634 (16.22%) Senior
2 633 (16.19%) Analyst
3 483 (12.36%) Lead
4 350 (8.95%) Data Engineer
5 349 (8.93%) Data Analyst
6 309 (7.90%) Architect
7 226 (5.78%) Developer
8 144 (3.68%) Trainee
8 144 (3.68%) Trainee Analyst
8 144 (3.68%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 136 (3.48%) Senior Manager
10 135 (3.45%) Data Architect
11 97 (2.48%) Consultant
12 95 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
13 92 (2.35%) Designer
14 85 (2.17%) Data Manager
14 85 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
15 83 (2.12%) Support Engineer
16 78 (2.00%) Data Scientist
17 74 (1.89%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (2.46%) HTML
2 85 (2.17%) CSS
3 79 (2.02%) Kafka
4 77 (1.97%) PySpark
5 63 (1.61%) .NET
6 61 (1.56%) OAuth
7 60 (1.53%) React
8 59 (1.51%) RESTful
9 53 (1.36%) PyTorch
10 48 (1.23%) TensorFlow
11 47 (1.20%) REST
12 43 (1.10%) JSON
13 39 (1.00%) OAuth2
14 31 (0.79%) SAML
15 29 (0.74%) Node.js
16 28 (0.72%) .NET Core
17 26 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
18 25 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
19 24 (0.61%) Middleware
20 23 (0.59%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 184 (4.71%) Product Ownership
2 183 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
2 183 (4.68%) Social Media
3 170 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 166 (4.25%) Cloud Native
5 156 (3.99%) Management Information System
6 124 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 115 (2.94%) Algorithms
8 96 (2.46%) Life Science
9 76 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
10 69 (1.77%) Data Structures
11 67 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
12 52 (1.33%) FMCG
13 50 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
14 43 (1.10%) Mobile App
15 42 (1.07%) Data Centre
16 41 (1.05%) Fixed Income
16 41 (1.05%) Virtual Team
17 40 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
18 37 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 115 (2.94%) Windows
2 60 (1.53%) Windows 10
3 44 (1.13%) Linux
4 29 (0.74%) Unix
5 20 (0.51%) VMS
6 15 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.31%) Android
7 12 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.051%) AIX
8 2 (0.051%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.026%) Debian
9 1 (0.026%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,075 (27.50%) AI
2 992 (25.38%) Business Intelligence
3 870 (22.26%) Decision-Making
4 803 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
5 756 (19.34%) Data Analytics
6 749 (19.16%) Agile
7 714 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 637 (16.30%) Data Modelling
9 495 (12.66%) Data Governance
10 481 (12.30%) Machine Learning
10 481 (12.30%) Project Management
11 476 (12.18%) Data Analysis
12 473 (12.10%) Data Science
13 465 (11.90%) Data Engineering
14 458 (11.72%) Roadmaps
15 450 (11.51%) Stakeholder Management
16 425 (10.87%) CI/CD
17 424 (10.85%) Visualisation
18 421 (10.77%) Data Pipeline
19 420 (10.74%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1,036 (26.50%) SQL
2 938 (24.00%) Python
3 117 (2.99%) Java
3 117 (2.99%) JavaScript
4 92 (2.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 88 (2.25%) C#
6 81 (2.07%) PowerShell
7 77 (1.97%) Scala
8 67 (1.71%) R
9 51 (1.30%) Bicep
10 45 (1.15%) T-SQL
11 36 (0.92%) C++
12 35 (0.90%) TypeScript
13 34 (0.87%) Bash
14 30 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
15 25 (0.64%) PL/SQL
16 24 (0.61%) Go
17 22 (0.56%) Shell Script
18 17 (0.43%) VBA
19 14 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 833 (21.31%) Degree
2 254 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 184 (4.71%) SC Cleared
4 180 (4.60%) Master's Degree
5 122 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 84 (2.15%) PhD
7 60 (1.53%) CISSP
7 60 (1.53%) CTC Cleared
8 54 (1.38%) CISA
8 54 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 52 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.28%) DBS Check
11 47 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
12 46 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 44 (1.13%) CISM
14 37 (0.95%) PMI Certification
15 34 (0.87%) ACCA
16 31 (0.79%) PMP
17 28 (0.72%) DV Cleared
18 26 (0.67%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 538 (13.76%) Data Quality
2 258 (6.60%) GDPR
3 245 (6.27%) Accessibility
4 80 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 79 (2.02%) QA
6 71 (1.82%) SLA
7 54 (1.38%) NIST
8 45 (1.15%) WCAG
9 41 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
9 41 (1.05%) GxP
10 32 (0.82%) COBIT
11 25 (0.64%) Solvency II
12 24 (0.61%) IFRS
13 22 (0.56%) EU AI Act
13 22 (0.56%) HIPAA
14 21 (0.54%) PSD2
15 18 (0.46%) GRC
16 17 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.43%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 122 (3.12%) Docker
2 59 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 37 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.10%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.051%) vSphere
8 1 (0.026%) Firmware
8 1 (0.026%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.026%) vCloud
8 1 (0.026%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 194 (4.96%) Terraform
2 143 (3.66%) Kubernetes
3 37 (0.95%) Ansible
4 28 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 26 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.64%) Grafana
7 21 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.28%) SCCM
9 10 (0.26%) QRadar
10 8 (0.20%) EnCase
10 8 (0.20%) FTK
11 7 (0.18%) Kibana
12 6 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 5 (0.13%) Argo
13 5 (0.13%) RSA Archer
13 5 (0.13%) SCOM
14 3 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.077%) ArcSight ESM
14 3 (0.077%) Control-M
14 3 (0.077%) VxRail
Vendors
1 814 (20.82%) Microsoft
2 324 (8.29%) Google
3 258 (6.60%) Databricks
4 234 (5.99%) SAP
5 185 (4.73%) Salesforce
6 161 (4.12%) Adobe
7 137 (3.50%) Cisco
8 134 (3.43%) Oracle
9 67 (1.71%) HubSpot
10 55 (1.41%) Alteryx
11 35 (0.90%) ServiceNow
12 34 (0.87%) Bloomberg
13 32 (0.82%) Informatica
14 30 (0.77%) Dell
14 30 (0.77%) OpenAI
14 30 (0.77%) Talend
15 29 (0.74%) YouTube
16 28 (0.72%) Nexthink
17 26 (0.67%) IBM
18 25 (0.64%) Instagram