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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 29 34
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,034 3,306 4,362
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.88% 6.76% 5.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.42% 7.30% 6.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,189 1,612 3,141
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,900 £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 £115,000 £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 54,345 45,260 66,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.25% 92.54% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32,629 22,226 51,183
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £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 £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.33%

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 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 20 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 3,419 £65,000 -7.14% 2,465
UK excluding London -2 2,047 £52,500 -7.89% 1,426
London +5 1,604 £80,000 -5.88% 1,445
Work from Home -2 1,279 £65,000 - 1,007
South East +13 543 £55,000 -8.33% 510
North of England -14 483 £48,552 -11.72% 363
Midlands -7 385 £52,500 -4.55% 219
Scotland +11 251 £55,000 -12.70% 72
North West -20 241 £52,500 -4.55% 216
West Midlands -12 235 £57,500 +4.55% 135
Yorkshire -4 191 £49,500 -10.00% 107
South West -3 188 £54,750 +0.57% 139
East Midlands +13 149 £45,945 -8.11% 84
East of England +32 120 £50,500 -22.31% 96
North East +16 51 £40,000 -20.79% 43
Northern Ireland +3 51 £45,000 -7.69% 18
Wales +16 29 £56,250 +13.52% 36

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
1 102 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
1 102 (2.53%) CMS
2 90 (2.23%) Apache Spark
3 57 (1.41%) WordPress
4 53 (1.31%) Apache
5 46 (1.14%) Confluence
5 46 (1.14%) SharePoint
6 37 (0.92%) SAS
7 24 (0.59%) ArcGIS
8 18 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 18 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 18 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
9 15 (0.37%) Drupal
10 9 (0.22%) Umbraco
11 7 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
12 6 (0.15%) IIS
13 4 (0.099%) Appian
13 4 (0.099%) Documentum
13 4 (0.099%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.074%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 474 (11.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 132 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.62%) Adobe XD
5 21 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 21 (0.52%) InDesign
6 20 (0.50%) Maya
7 19 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 17 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 13 (0.32%) Chatbot
10 12 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
10 12 (0.30%) SPSS
11 9 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
11 9 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
11 9 (0.22%) Trello
12 7 (0.17%) MS Visio
13 6 (0.15%) UserZoom
14 4 (0.099%) SketchUp
15 3 (0.074%) Final Cut Pro
16 2 (0.050%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 72 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
4 29 (0.72%) SAP IBP
5 21 (0.52%) SAP CO
5 21 (0.52%) Shopify
6 19 (0.47%) Magento
6 19 (0.47%) SAP PP
7 16 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
7 16 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
7 16 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
8 15 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
9 14 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (0.32%) iTrent
10 13 (0.32%) NetSuite
10 13 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
11 12 (0.30%) SAP FI
11 12 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
12 11 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
12 11 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 965 (23.92%) Azure
2 694 (17.20%) Power Platform
3 426 (10.56%) AWS
4 231 (5.73%) SaaS
5 221 (5.48%) GCP
6 218 (5.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 203 (5.03%) Snowflake
8 200 (4.96%) Google Analytics
9 179 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
10 172 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
11 157 (3.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 154 (3.82%) GitHub
13 125 (3.10%) dbt
14 108 (2.68%) Entra ID
15 90 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
16 85 (2.11%) Adobe Analytics
17 83 (2.06%) Figma
17 83 (2.06%) Serverless
18 76 (1.88%) Amazon S3
19 70 (1.74%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 90 (2.23%) Broadband
2 40 (0.99%) VPN
3 35 (0.87%) Firewall
4 20 (0.50%) CHAP
4 20 (0.50%) WAN
5 16 (0.40%) DNS
6 14 (0.35%) Network Security
7 13 (0.32%) Intranet
7 13 (0.32%) Unified Communications
8 10 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.15%) DHCP
9 6 (0.15%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.099%) HTTP
11 4 (0.099%) SMS
11 4 (0.099%) SNMP
11 4 (0.099%) VoIP
12 3 (0.074%) Internet
12 3 (0.074%) MQTT
13 2 (0.050%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 657 (16.29%) Power BI
2 415 (10.29%) Tableau
3 328 (8.13%) Data Warehouse
4 212 (5.26%) Data Lake
5 197 (4.88%) Data Mining
6 190 (4.71%) Metadata
7 155 (3.84%) SQL Server
8 108 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 99 (2.45%) Looker
10 78 (1.93%) Big Data
11 74 (1.83%) Relational Database
12 73 (1.81%) BigQuery
13 72 (1.78%) NoSQL
14 68 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 65 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
16 57 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 56 (1.39%) Power Query
18 53 (1.31%) SAP BW
19 46 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
20 37 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 125 (3.10%) Git
2 118 (2.93%) JIRA
3 65 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 29 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
5 27 (0.67%) GitLab
6 23 (0.57%) Axure RP
6 23 (0.57%) Balsamiq
6 23 (0.57%) TeamCity
7 19 (0.47%) ERwin
8 18 (0.45%) MLflow
8 18 (0.45%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.27%) Selenium
10 9 (0.22%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
11 8 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.15%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.12%) ER Studio
13 5 (0.12%) MSI
13 5 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.099%) Crashlytics
General
1 1,398 (34.66%) Finance
2 1,285 (31.85%) Social Skills
3 1,128 (27.96%) Analytical Skills
4 667 (16.53%) Marketing
5 277 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 246 (6.10%) Public Sector
7 227 (5.63%) Banking
8 218 (5.40%) Law
9 204 (5.06%) Retail
10 152 (3.77%) Manufacturing
11 145 (3.59%) Legal
12 132 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
13 118 (2.93%) Games
14 107 (2.65%) Financial Institution
15 93 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
16 91 (2.26%) Automotive
17 90 (2.23%) Advertising
17 90 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
18 76 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
19 69 (1.71%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 653 (16.19%) Senior
2 648 (16.06%) Analyst
3 482 (11.95%) Lead
4 380 (9.42%) Data Analyst
5 369 (9.15%) Data Engineer
6 322 (7.98%) Architect
7 229 (5.68%) Developer
8 169 (4.19%) Trainee
8 169 (4.19%) Trainee Analyst
8 169 (4.19%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 142 (3.52%) Data Architect
9 142 (3.52%) Senior Manager
10 121 (3.00%) Consultant
11 97 (2.40%) Designer
12 96 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
13 88 (2.18%) Data Manager
14 84 (2.08%) Support Engineer
15 83 (2.06%) Senior Analyst
16 80 (1.98%) Data Scientist
17 77 (1.91%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (2.45%) HTML
2 88 (2.18%) CSS
3 86 (2.13%) Kafka
4 78 (1.93%) PySpark
5 66 (1.64%) .NET
6 64 (1.59%) PyTorch
6 64 (1.59%) React
7 60 (1.49%) OAuth
8 58 (1.44%) RESTful
9 50 (1.24%) TensorFlow
10 46 (1.14%) REST
11 45 (1.12%) JSON
12 38 (0.94%) OAuth2
13 37 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
14 30 (0.74%) .NET Core
14 30 (0.74%) Node.js
14 30 (0.74%) SAML
15 27 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
16 24 (0.59%) Middleware
17 23 (0.57%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 204 (5.06%) Social Media
2 184 (4.56%) Product Ownership
3 180 (4.46%) Analytical Mindset
3 180 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 168 (4.16%) Cloud Native
5 155 (3.84%) Management Information System
6 125 (3.10%) Algorithms
7 122 (3.02%) Onboarding
8 108 (2.68%) Life Science
9 77 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 72 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
11 67 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
12 54 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
13 51 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
14 47 (1.17%) FMCG
15 46 (1.14%) Mobile App
16 41 (1.02%) Fixed Income
16 41 (1.02%) Virtual Team
17 40 (0.99%) Data Centre
18 36 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (2.78%) Windows
2 60 (1.49%) Windows 10
3 42 (1.04%) Linux
4 29 (0.72%) Unix
5 22 (0.55%) VMS
6 14 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 13 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.30%) Android
9 2 (0.050%) AIX
9 2 (0.050%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,122 (27.81%) AI
2 956 (23.70%) Business Intelligence
3 883 (21.89%) Decision-Making
4 786 (19.48%) Data Analytics
5 775 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
6 774 (19.19%) Agile
7 736 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 634 (15.72%) Data Modelling
9 520 (12.89%) Project Management
10 513 (12.72%) Data Analysis
11 498 (12.35%) Machine Learning
12 493 (12.22%) Data Governance
13 490 (12.15%) Data Science
14 482 (11.95%) Data Engineering
15 481 (11.92%) Roadmaps
16 454 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
17 436 (10.81%) Data Pipeline
18 432 (10.71%) Visualisation
19 429 (10.63%) ETL
20 425 (10.54%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,086 (26.92%) SQL
2 991 (24.57%) Python
3 121 (3.00%) Java
4 118 (2.93%) JavaScript
5 90 (2.23%) C#
6 89 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 80 (1.98%) PowerShell
8 79 (1.96%) Scala
9 70 (1.74%) R
10 49 (1.21%) Bicep
11 46 (1.14%) T-SQL
12 41 (1.02%) C++
13 39 (0.97%) TypeScript
14 32 (0.79%) Bash
14 32 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
15 25 (0.62%) Go
15 25 (0.62%) PL/SQL
16 22 (0.55%) Shell Script
17 16 (0.40%) VBA
18 13 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 785 (19.46%) Degree
2 269 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 190 (4.71%) SC Cleared
4 173 (4.29%) Master's Degree
5 121 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 78 (1.93%) PhD
7 60 (1.49%) CTC Cleared
8 59 (1.46%) CISSP
9 53 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 53 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 51 (1.26%) CISA
11 47 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
12 46 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 45 (1.12%) CISM
14 42 (1.04%) DBS Check
15 37 (0.92%) PMI Certification
16 36 (0.89%) ACCA
17 32 (0.79%) DV Cleared
18 31 (0.77%) PMP
19 28 (0.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 529 (13.11%) Data Quality
2 274 (6.79%) GDPR
3 268 (6.64%) Accessibility
4 100 (2.48%) QA
5 78 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 71 (1.76%) SLA
7 51 (1.26%) NIST
8 45 (1.12%) WCAG
9 42 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
10 40 (0.99%) GxP
11 31 (0.77%) COBIT
12 26 (0.64%) ISO 9001
13 25 (0.62%) Solvency II
14 24 (0.59%) IFRS
15 23 (0.57%) EU AI Act
16 22 (0.55%) HIPAA
17 21 (0.52%) PSD2
18 17 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.42%) SOC 2
19 16 (0.40%) GRC
System Software
1 130 (3.22%) Docker
2 61 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 36 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.099%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.050%) vSphere
8 1 (0.025%) Firmware
8 1 (0.025%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.025%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 200 (4.96%) Terraform
2 152 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 37 (0.92%) Ansible
4 28 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.62%) Grafana
5 25 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.25%) SCCM
8 8 (0.20%) EnCase
8 8 (0.20%) FTK
8 8 (0.20%) QRadar
9 7 (0.17%) Kibana
10 6 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.12%) Argo
11 5 (0.12%) SCOM
12 4 (0.099%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.074%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.074%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.074%) Control-M
13 3 (0.074%) VxRail
Vendors
1 847 (21.00%) Microsoft
2 337 (8.35%) Google
3 262 (6.49%) Databricks
4 212 (5.26%) SAP
5 187 (4.64%) Salesforce
6 172 (4.26%) Adobe
7 138 (3.42%) Cisco
8 134 (3.32%) Oracle
9 68 (1.69%) HubSpot
10 54 (1.34%) Alteryx
11 34 (0.84%) Bloomberg
12 33 (0.82%) ServiceNow
13 31 (0.77%) OpenAI
14 30 (0.74%) Informatica
14 30 (0.74%) YouTube
15 28 (0.69%) Nexthink
15 28 (0.69%) Talend
16 27 (0.67%) Instagram
17 26 (0.64%) Foundry
17 26 (0.64%) Palantir