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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,709 3,453 3,871
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.08% 6.47% 6.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 7.13% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,951 1,715 2,679
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,205 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +3.64% -0.90%

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 49,261 48,421 52,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.81% 90.77% 89.63%
Number of salaries quoted 29,011 23,517 40,505
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 January 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 January 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 -7 3,186 £63,500 -9.29% 2,657
UK excluding London +4 1,898 £50,205 -11.92% 2,386
London +4 1,513 £75,000 -11.76% 715
Work from Home 0 1,121 £63,076 -6.55% 1,092
South East +20 564 £53,750 -10.42% 860
North of England -14 384 £52,500 -4.55% 439
Midlands 0 330 £55,000 - 318
Scotland +8 240 £51,250 -15.11% 87
South West +7 195 £55,000 +1.03% 260
West Midlands -5 193 £60,000 +5.26% 124
North West -22 193 £50,000 -9.09% 203
Yorkshire -8 150 £55,233 +14.46% 173
East Midlands +18 138 £45,390 -9.22% 187
East of England +39 120 £40,000 -36.00% 321
North East +23 42 £42,500 -19.43% 66
Northern Ireland +6 40 £45,000 -34.55% 57
Wales +21 28 £45,750 -8.50% 109

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 86 (2.32%) Apache Spark
2 82 (2.21%) CMS
3 74 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
4 54 (1.46%) WordPress
5 44 (1.19%) Confluence
6 43 (1.16%) SharePoint
7 42 (1.13%) Apache
8 25 (0.67%) SAS
9 20 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 16 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
11 11 (0.30%) Drupal
12 9 (0.24%) Umbraco
13 7 (0.19%) SugarCRM
14 6 (0.16%) IIS
15 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
15 4 (0.11%) Appian
15 4 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
16 3 (0.081%) Moodle
16 3 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 530 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.78%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.78%) Maya
5 24 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 21 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 19 (0.51%) InDesign
8 15 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 15 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 12 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
9 12 (0.32%) SPSS
10 10 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
10 10 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
10 10 (0.27%) Trello
11 6 (0.16%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
13 3 (0.081%) Final Cut Pro
13 3 (0.081%) Oracle Smart View
13 3 (0.081%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 69 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 61 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
4 26 (0.70%) Shopify
5 23 (0.62%) SAP CO
6 22 (0.59%) SAP IBP
7 21 (0.57%) Magento
8 16 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
8 16 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
8 16 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
8 16 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
8 16 (0.43%) SAP FI
8 16 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
9 15 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
10 14 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
11 13 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
12 10 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
13 9 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 9 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 962 (25.94%) Azure
2 753 (20.30%) Power Platform
3 375 (10.11%) AWS
4 221 (5.96%) SaaS
5 214 (5.77%) GCP
6 196 (5.28%) Snowflake
7 188 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 186 (5.01%) Google Analytics
9 177 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
10 159 (4.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 151 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
12 150 (4.04%) GitHub
13 115 (3.10%) dbt
14 85 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
14 85 (2.29%) Entra ID
15 70 (1.89%) Serverless
16 65 (1.75%) Amazon S3
17 64 (1.73%) Figma
18 63 (1.70%) Google Ads
19 60 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 40 (1.08%) VPN
2 38 (1.02%) Broadband
3 34 (0.92%) SMS
4 33 (0.89%) Firewall
5 15 (0.40%) DNS
5 15 (0.40%) Unified Communications
5 15 (0.40%) WAN
6 14 (0.38%) CHAP
7 11 (0.30%) Network Security
8 10 (0.27%) Intranet
9 8 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.13%) DHCP
10 5 (0.13%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.13%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.11%) Internet
11 4 (0.11%) VoIP
12 3 (0.081%) HTTP
12 3 (0.081%) MQTT
12 3 (0.081%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 718 (19.36%) Power BI
2 395 (10.65%) Tableau
3 322 (8.68%) Data Warehouse
4 247 (6.66%) Data Lake
5 165 (4.45%) Metadata
6 153 (4.13%) Data Mining
7 149 (4.02%) SQL Server
8 96 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 95 (2.56%) SAP BW
10 94 (2.53%) Looker
11 85 (2.29%) Big Data
12 69 (1.86%) Relational Database
13 68 (1.83%) NoSQL
13 68 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 64 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 64 (1.73%) BigQuery
15 55 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 48 (1.29%) Power Query
17 45 (1.21%) Hadoop
18 40 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 121 (3.26%) Git
2 115 (3.10%) JIRA
3 62 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.70%) Axure RP
5 26 (0.70%) Balsamiq
6 22 (0.59%) TeamCity
7 19 (0.51%) ERwin
7 19 (0.51%) GitLab
8 17 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 14 (0.38%) MLflow
10 13 (0.35%) Selenium
11 8 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
12 7 (0.19%) ER Studio
13 6 (0.16%) Postman
14 5 (0.13%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.13%) MSI
14 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
15 4 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 1,297 (34.97%) Finance
2 1,252 (33.76%) Social Skills
3 1,091 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 675 (18.20%) Marketing
5 255 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 241 (6.50%) Law
7 212 (5.72%) Public Sector
8 211 (5.69%) Banking
9 201 (5.42%) Retail
10 153 (4.13%) Manufacturing
11 139 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
12 132 (3.56%) Legal
13 97 (2.62%) Games
14 96 (2.59%) Financial Institution
15 93 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
16 75 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
17 70 (1.89%) Automotive
18 68 (1.83%) Advertising
18 68 (1.83%) Front Office
19 63 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 603 (16.26%) Analyst
2 590 (15.91%) Senior
3 461 (12.43%) Lead
4 324 (8.74%) Data Analyst
5 322 (8.68%) Data Engineer
6 282 (7.60%) Architect
7 219 (5.90%) Developer
8 140 (3.77%) Senior Manager
9 123 (3.32%) Trainee
9 123 (3.32%) Trainee Analyst
9 123 (3.32%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 119 (3.21%) Data Architect
11 86 (2.32%) Consultant
12 83 (2.24%) Data Manager
12 83 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
13 74 (2.00%) Data Scientist
13 74 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
14 71 (1.91%) Report Analyst
15 67 (1.81%) Marketing Manager
16 65 (1.75%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (2.26%) HTML
2 73 (1.97%) CSS
3 72 (1.94%) PySpark
4 71 (1.91%) Kafka
5 61 (1.64%) OAuth
6 58 (1.56%) RESTful
7 57 (1.54%) React
8 54 (1.46%) REST
9 49 (1.32%) .NET
9 49 (1.32%) PyTorch
10 48 (1.29%) TensorFlow
11 45 (1.21%) JSON
12 38 (1.02%) OAuth2
13 32 (0.86%) SAML
14 30 (0.81%) scikit-learn
15 29 (0.78%) Node.js
16 27 (0.73%) Middleware
16 27 (0.73%) Pandas
17 25 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
18 23 (0.62%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
1 175 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
2 164 (4.42%) Onboarding
2 164 (4.42%) Product Ownership
3 148 (3.99%) Cloud Native
4 144 (3.88%) Management Information System
5 140 (3.77%) Social Media
6 113 (3.05%) Algorithms
7 88 (2.37%) Life Science
8 83 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
9 63 (1.70%) Data Structures
10 59 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
10 59 (1.59%) FMCG
11 47 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
12 45 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 40 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
13 40 (1.08%) Virtual Team
14 38 (1.02%) Fixed Income
15 28 (0.75%) Blog
15 28 (0.75%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 100 (2.70%) Windows
2 44 (1.19%) Windows 10
3 42 (1.13%) Linux
4 31 (0.84%) Unix
5 14 (0.38%) VMS
6 11 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.27%) Android
8 9 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.054%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.027%) AIX
10 1 (0.027%) Debian
10 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,003 (27.04%) Business Intelligence
2 993 (26.77%) AI
3 851 (22.94%) Decision-Making
4 814 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 737 (19.87%) Data Analytics
6 697 (18.79%) Agile
7 683 (18.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 607 (16.37%) Data Modelling
9 483 (13.02%) Data Governance
10 474 (12.78%) Data Science
11 470 (12.67%) Machine Learning
12 464 (12.51%) Data Analysis
13 457 (12.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 454 (12.24%) Roadmaps
15 447 (12.05%) Project Management
16 426 (11.49%) Data Engineering
17 419 (11.30%) Visualisation
18 406 (10.95%) ETL
19 398 (10.73%) Data Pipeline
20 393 (10.60%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 988 (26.64%) SQL
2 916 (24.70%) Python
3 124 (3.34%) Java
4 113 (3.05%) JavaScript
5 82 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 79 (2.13%) C#
7 76 (2.05%) Scala
8 73 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 71 (1.91%) R
10 51 (1.38%) Bicep
11 44 (1.19%) T-SQL
12 33 (0.89%) C++
13 32 (0.86%) Bash
14 30 (0.81%) TypeScript
15 27 (0.73%) PL/SQL
16 23 (0.62%) Go
16 23 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
17 21 (0.57%) Shell Script
18 19 (0.51%) VBA
19 14 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 855 (23.05%) Degree
2 214 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 200 (5.39%) Master's Degree
4 155 (4.18%) SC Cleared
5 116 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 98 (2.64%) PhD
7 90 (2.43%) DBS Check
8 59 (1.59%) CISSP
9 55 (1.48%) CISA
10 49 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 47 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 46 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 46 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
13 44 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
14 40 (1.08%) CISM
15 39 (1.05%) ACCA
15 39 (1.05%) PMI Certification
16 31 (0.84%) PMP
17 26 (0.70%) CIMA
18 23 (0.62%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 523 (14.10%) Data Quality
2 273 (7.36%) GDPR
3 208 (5.61%) Accessibility
4 83 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 81 (2.18%) QA
6 55 (1.48%) SLA
7 50 (1.35%) NIST
8 43 (1.16%) GxP
8 43 (1.16%) WCAG
9 36 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
10 31 (0.84%) COBIT
11 25 (0.67%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.62%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.59%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.57%) IFRS
14 21 (0.57%) PSD2
15 20 (0.54%) GRC
16 17 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.43%) PMO
18 15 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 118 (3.18%) Docker
2 52 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 33 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.054%) Firmware
8 2 (0.054%) vSphere
9 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.027%) vCloud
9 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 185 (4.99%) Terraform
2 138 (3.72%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.02%) Ansible
4 28 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (0.57%) Grafana
7 16 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.30%) QRadar
8 11 (0.30%) SCCM
9 8 (0.22%) EnCase
9 8 (0.22%) FTK
10 6 (0.16%) Kibana
10 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
10 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.13%) Argo
11 5 (0.13%) SCOM
12 3 (0.081%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.081%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.081%) Control-M
13 1 (0.027%) MOM
Vendors
1 737 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 315 (8.49%) Google
3 249 (6.71%) Databricks
4 241 (6.50%) SAP
5 214 (5.77%) Salesforce
6 140 (3.77%) Oracle
7 129 (3.48%) Adobe
8 115 (3.10%) Cisco
9 68 (1.83%) HubSpot
10 58 (1.56%) Alteryx
11 42 (1.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 34 (0.92%) Bloomberg
12 34 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 31 (0.84%) OpenAI
14 30 (0.81%) Dell
14 30 (0.81%) Talend
15 27 (0.73%) Informatica
16 25 (0.67%) YouTube
17 23 (0.62%) IBM
18 22 (0.59%) Sage