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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 29 33
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -9
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,874 3,327 4,448
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.93% 6.56% 5.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.42% 7.14% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,053 1,632 3,188
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,600 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.18% -10.74%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £53,159
% change year-on-year -7.89% +7.23% -3.35%

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 52,183 46,628 65,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.83% 91.97% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30,949 22,565 51,052
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £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 8 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 8 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 3,307 £65,000 -7.14% 1,497
UK excluding London +1 1,974 £52,500 -7.89% 1,100
London +6 1,567 £76,250 -10.29% 748
Work from Home 0 1,190 £65,000 - 715
South East +16 574 £55,000 -8.33% 437
North of England -15 433 £50,000 -9.09% 243
Midlands -1 347 £55,000 - 171
Scotland +9 249 £55,000 -8.90% 50
North West -17 224 £52,500 -4.55% 142
West Midlands -12 205 £59,527 +4.43% 96
South West +13 185 £55,000 +1.03% 116
Yorkshire -16 164 £49,000 -10.91% 72
East Midlands +15 142 £46,445 -7.11% 75
East of England +38 112 £47,500 -25.49% 66
Northern Ireland 0 48 £45,000 -34.55% 9
North East +18 46 £40,000 -20.79% 32
Wales +21 28 £56,250 +13.52% 28

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 93 (2.40%) CMS
2 87 (2.25%) Apache Spark
3 86 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
4 56 (1.45%) WordPress
5 48 (1.24%) Apache
6 46 (1.19%) Confluence
7 45 (1.16%) SharePoint
8 29 (0.75%) SAS
9 20 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 18 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
11 17 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
12 15 (0.39%) Drupal
13 9 (0.23%) Umbraco
14 7 (0.18%) ArcGIS
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
1 500 (12.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.67%) Adobe XD
4 26 (0.67%) Maya
5 21 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.49%) InDesign
6 19 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 13 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 12 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
9 12 (0.31%) SPSS
10 9 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 9 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
10 9 (0.23%) Trello
11 6 (0.15%) MS Visio
12 5 (0.13%) UserZoom
13 4 (0.10%) SketchUp
14 3 (0.077%) Final Cut Pro
15 2 (0.052%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 64 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
4 23 (0.59%) SAP CO
4 23 (0.59%) Shopify
5 22 (0.57%) SAP IBP
6 21 (0.54%) Magento
7 16 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
7 16 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
7 16 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 16 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
8 15 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
9 14 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
9 14 (0.36%) SAP FI
9 14 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
10 13 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
11 12 (0.31%) NetSuite
12 11 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 10 (0.26%) iTrent
14 8 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 976 (25.19%) Azure
2 739 (19.08%) Power Platform
3 383 (9.89%) AWS
4 222 (5.73%) SaaS
5 207 (5.34%) Azure Data Factory
6 204 (5.27%) GCP
7 191 (4.93%) Google Analytics
8 189 (4.88%) Snowflake
9 180 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
10 170 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
11 153 (3.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 147 (3.79%) GitHub
13 115 (2.97%) dbt
14 105 (2.71%) Entra ID
15 86 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
16 76 (1.96%) Serverless
17 75 (1.94%) Figma
18 74 (1.91%) Amazon S3
19 68 (1.76%) Google Ads
20 67 (1.73%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 65 (1.68%) Broadband
2 41 (1.06%) VPN
3 35 (0.90%) Firewall
4 19 (0.49%) CHAP
5 18 (0.46%) WAN
6 14 (0.36%) DNS
6 14 (0.36%) Unified Communications
7 12 (0.31%) Intranet
7 12 (0.31%) Network Security
8 9 (0.23%) 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
1 702 (18.12%) Power BI
2 394 (10.17%) Tableau
3 319 (8.23%) Data Warehouse
4 251 (6.48%) Data Lake
5 177 (4.57%) Metadata
6 171 (4.41%) Data Mining
7 152 (3.92%) SQL Server
8 102 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 96 (2.48%) SAP BW
10 92 (2.37%) Looker
11 85 (2.19%) Big Data
12 72 (1.86%) Relational Database
13 69 (1.78%) NoSQL
14 67 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 62 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
16 57 (1.47%) Power Query
17 56 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 54 (1.39%) BigQuery
19 41 (1.06%) Hadoop
20 39 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 119 (3.07%) Git
1 119 (3.07%) JIRA
2 62 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 31 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
4 24 (0.62%) Axure RP
4 24 (0.62%) Balsamiq
4 24 (0.62%) GitLab
5 23 (0.59%) TeamCity
6 18 (0.46%) ERwin
6 18 (0.46%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.39%) MLflow
8 13 (0.34%) Selenium
9 8 (0.21%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.15%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.15%) ER Studio
11 6 (0.15%) Postman
12 5 (0.13%) MSI
12 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,341 (34.62%) Finance
2 1,276 (32.94%) Social Skills
3 1,087 (28.06%) Analytical Skills
4 650 (16.78%) Marketing
5 265 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 223 (5.76%) Banking
7 219 (5.65%) Law
8 217 (5.60%) Public Sector
9 195 (5.03%) Retail
10 153 (3.95%) Manufacturing
11 138 (3.56%) Legal
12 132 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
13 116 (2.99%) Games
14 108 (2.79%) Financial Institution
15 91 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
16 89 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
17 85 (2.19%) Advertising
18 82 (2.12%) Automotive
19 73 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
20 68 (1.76%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 630 (16.26%) Analyst
2 622 (16.06%) Senior
3 484 (12.49%) Lead
4 350 (9.03%) Data Engineer
5 346 (8.93%) Data Analyst
6 302 (7.80%) Architect
7 224 (5.78%) Developer
8 141 (3.64%) Trainee
8 141 (3.64%) Trainee Analyst
8 141 (3.64%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 138 (3.56%) Senior Manager
10 130 (3.36%) Data Architect
11 93 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
12 88 (2.27%) Consultant
13 84 (2.17%) Data Manager
14 83 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
15 82 (2.12%) Designer
16 80 (2.07%) Data Scientist
17 79 (2.04%) Support Engineer
18 74 (1.91%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (2.37%) HTML
2 81 (2.09%) CSS
3 77 (1.99%) Kafka
3 77 (1.99%) PySpark
4 62 (1.60%) OAuth
5 61 (1.57%) React
6 60 (1.55%) RESTful
7 59 (1.52%) .NET
8 51 (1.32%) PyTorch
8 51 (1.32%) REST
9 49 (1.26%) TensorFlow
10 44 (1.14%) JSON
11 39 (1.01%) OAuth2
12 32 (0.83%) SAML
13 29 (0.75%) Node.js
14 27 (0.70%) .NET Core
15 26 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
15 26 (0.67%) Middleware
16 23 (0.59%) Akka
16 23 (0.59%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 188 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
2 184 (4.75%) Product Ownership
3 175 (4.52%) Social Media
4 174 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 166 (4.28%) Cloud Native
6 159 (4.10%) Management Information System
7 128 (3.30%) Onboarding
8 115 (2.97%) Algorithms
9 95 (2.45%) Life Science
10 78 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
11 67 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
12 66 (1.70%) Data Structures
13 53 (1.37%) FMCG
14 46 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
15 45 (1.16%) Data Centre
16 42 (1.08%) Virtual Team
17 40 (1.03%) Fixed Income
18 38 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
19 37 (0.96%) Mobile App
20 33 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 112 (2.89%) Windows
2 60 (1.55%) Windows 10
3 42 (1.08%) Linux
4 30 (0.77%) Unix
5 19 (0.49%) VMS
6 13 (0.34%) Android
7 12 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.052%) AIX
8 2 (0.052%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.026%) Debian
9 1 (0.026%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,061 (27.39%) AI
2 999 (25.79%) Business Intelligence
3 873 (22.53%) Decision-Making
4 815 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
5 750 (19.36%) Data Analytics
6 745 (19.23%) Agile
7 707 (18.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 645 (16.65%) Data Modelling
9 505 (13.04%) Data Governance
10 481 (12.42%) Machine Learning
11 480 (12.39%) Project Management
12 471 (12.16%) Data Science
13 466 (12.03%) Data Engineering
14 465 (12.00%) Data Analysis
15 453 (11.69%) Roadmaps
16 446 (11.51%) Stakeholder Management
17 427 (11.02%) CI/CD
18 426 (11.00%) Data Pipeline
19 421 (10.87%) Visualisation
20 417 (10.76%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1,021 (26.36%) SQL
2 932 (24.06%) Python
3 116 (2.99%) Java
3 116 (2.99%) JavaScript
4 89 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 85 (2.19%) C#
6 77 (1.99%) PowerShell
7 76 (1.96%) Scala
8 64 (1.65%) R
9 51 (1.32%) Bicep
10 42 (1.08%) T-SQL
11 35 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 34 (0.88%) Bash
12 34 (0.88%) C++
13 29 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
14 25 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 23 (0.59%) Go
16 22 (0.57%) Shell Script
17 17 (0.44%) VBA
18 14 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 862 (22.25%) Degree
2 244 (6.30%) Security Cleared
3 190 (4.90%) Master's Degree
4 179 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 123 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 91 (2.35%) PhD
7 60 (1.55%) CISSP
7 60 (1.55%) CTC Cleared
8 54 (1.39%) CISA
9 51 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 49 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 48 (1.24%) Azure Certification
12 47 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
13 46 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
14 44 (1.14%) CISM
15 38 (0.98%) PMI Certification
16 32 (0.83%) ACCA
17 31 (0.80%) PMP
18 27 (0.70%) DV Cleared
19 26 (0.67%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 552 (14.25%) Data Quality
2 254 (6.56%) GDPR
3 233 (6.01%) Accessibility
4 80 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.01%) QA
6 71 (1.83%) SLA
7 54 (1.39%) NIST
8 45 (1.16%) WCAG
9 43 (1.11%) GxP
10 40 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
11 32 (0.83%) COBIT
12 25 (0.65%) Solvency II
13 22 (0.57%) EU AI Act
13 22 (0.57%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.57%) IFRS
14 21 (0.54%) PSD2
15 18 (0.46%) GRC
16 17 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.44%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 119 (3.07%) Docker
2 57 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 35 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.10%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.052%) Firmware
8 2 (0.052%) vSphere
9 1 (0.026%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.026%) vCloud
9 1 (0.026%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 188 (4.85%) Terraform
2 137 (3.54%) Kubernetes
3 36 (0.93%) Ansible
4 29 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.65%) Grafana
5 25 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.28%) SCCM
8 10 (0.26%) QRadar
9 8 (0.21%) EnCase
9 8 (0.21%) FTK
10 7 (0.18%) Kibana
11 6 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (0.13%) Argo
12 5 (0.13%) RSA Archer
12 5 (0.13%) SCOM
13 3 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.077%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.077%) Control-M
14 1 (0.026%) MOM
Vendors
1 802 (20.70%) Microsoft
2 323 (8.34%) Google
3 257 (6.63%) Databricks
4 247 (6.38%) SAP
5 184 (4.75%) Salesforce
6 152 (3.92%) Adobe
7 137 (3.54%) Cisco
8 134 (3.46%) Oracle
9 67 (1.73%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.37%) Alteryx
11 37 (0.96%) ServiceNow
12 34 (0.88%) Bloomberg
13 31 (0.80%) Dell
14 30 (0.77%) Informatica
14 30 (0.77%) OpenAI
15 29 (0.75%) Talend
15 29 (0.75%) YouTube
16 28 (0.72%) Nexthink
17 26 (0.67%) IBM
18 24 (0.62%) Instagram