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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,704 3,450 3,738
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.11% 6.46% 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.55% 7.11% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,942 1,714 2,570
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,611
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +10.24% -5.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +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 49,036 48,491 50,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.83% 90.77% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,943 23,557 38,431
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
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 £51,528
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.74% -6.31%

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 16 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 16 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 -9 3,179 £64,000 -8.57% 2,492
UK excluding London +4 1,895 £50,000 -12.28% 2,238
London +4 1,509 £75,000 -11.76% 692
Work from Home 0 1,115 £63,076 -6.55% 1,083
South East +19 559 £55,000 -8.33% 815
North of England -15 386 £52,500 -4.55% 410
Midlands +1 329 £55,000 - 297
Scotland +5 239 £51,250 -15.11% 87
South West +13 197 £55,000 +1.03% 238
North West -19 193 £50,000 -9.09% 188
West Midlands -5 192 £59,527 +4.43% 121
Yorkshire -4 152 £58,750 +21.12% 162
East Midlands +21 138 £45,390 -9.22% 170
East of England +41 120 £40,000 -36.00% 300
North East +22 42 £42,500 -15.84% 63
Northern Ireland +3 40 £45,000 -34.55% 52
Wales +22 28 £45,750 -8.50% 101

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 80 (2.16%) CMS
3 71 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 52 (1.40%) 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%) Joomla!
16 3 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 530 (14.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.78%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.78%) Maya
5 23 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.49%) 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%) Microsoft Project
10 10 (0.27%) Trello
11 9 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
12 6 (0.16%) MS Visio
13 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
14 3 (0.081%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.081%) Oracle Smart View
14 3 (0.081%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 69 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 61 (1.65%) 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
1 957 (25.84%) Azure
2 749 (20.22%) Power Platform
3 374 (10.10%) AWS
4 224 (6.05%) SaaS
5 218 (5.89%) GCP
6 195 (5.26%) Snowflake
7 188 (5.08%) Google Analytics
8 186 (5.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 176 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
10 157 (4.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 150 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
12 149 (4.02%) GitHub
13 111 (3.00%) dbt
14 84 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
14 84 (2.27%) 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 39 (1.05%) VPN
2 38 (1.03%) Broadband
3 34 (0.92%) SMS
4 32 (0.86%) Firewall
5 16 (0.43%) Unified Communications
6 15 (0.40%) DNS
7 14 (0.38%) CHAP
7 14 (0.38%) WAN
8 11 (0.30%) Network Security
9 10 (0.27%) Intranet
10 8 (0.22%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.13%) DHCP
11 5 (0.13%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.13%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.11%) Internet
12 4 (0.11%) VoIP
13 3 (0.081%) HTTP
13 3 (0.081%) MQTT
13 3 (0.081%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 714 (19.28%) Power BI
2 396 (10.69%) Tableau
3 319 (8.61%) Data Warehouse
4 245 (6.61%) Data Lake
5 164 (4.43%) Metadata
6 151 (4.08%) Data Mining
7 149 (4.02%) SQL Server
8 96 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 95 (2.56%) SAP BW
10 94 (2.54%) Looker
11 87 (2.35%) Big Data
12 68 (1.84%) NoSQL
12 68 (1.84%) Relational Database
12 68 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 64 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
13 64 (1.73%) BigQuery
14 55 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 47 (1.27%) Power Query
16 45 (1.21%) Hadoop
17 43 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 117 (3.16%) 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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,300 (35.10%) Finance
2 1,248 (33.69%) Social Skills
3 1,093 (29.51%) Analytical Skills
4 679 (18.33%) Marketing
5 256 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 242 (6.53%) Law
7 211 (5.70%) Banking
7 211 (5.70%) Public Sector
8 205 (5.53%) Retail
9 153 (4.13%) Manufacturing
10 139 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
11 131 (3.54%) Legal
12 97 (2.62%) Financial Institution
13 96 (2.59%) Games
14 93 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
15 73 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
16 68 (1.84%) Advertising
16 68 (1.84%) Automotive
16 68 (1.84%) Front Office
17 65 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 603 (16.28%) Analyst
2 591 (15.96%) Senior
3 465 (12.55%) Lead
4 325 (8.77%) Data Analyst
5 317 (8.56%) Data Engineer
6 282 (7.61%) Architect
7 222 (5.99%) Developer
8 140 (3.78%) 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
13 82 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
14 75 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
15 72 (1.94%) Data Scientist
15 72 (1.94%) Report Analyst
16 67 (1.81%) Marketing Manager
17 65 (1.75%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (2.21%) HTML
2 72 (1.94%) CSS
2 72 (1.94%) PySpark
3 70 (1.89%) Kafka
4 61 (1.65%) RESTful
5 60 (1.62%) OAuth
6 56 (1.51%) React
7 53 (1.43%) REST
8 49 (1.32%) PyTorch
9 48 (1.30%) .NET
9 48 (1.30%) TensorFlow
10 45 (1.21%) JSON
11 38 (1.03%) OAuth2
12 31 (0.84%) SAML
13 30 (0.81%) scikit-learn
14 28 (0.76%) Node.js
15 27 (0.73%) Middleware
15 27 (0.73%) Pandas
16 25 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
17 23 (0.62%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
1 175 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
2 164 (4.43%) Onboarding
3 162 (4.37%) Product Ownership
4 149 (4.02%) Cloud Native
5 144 (3.89%) Management Information System
6 142 (3.83%) Social Media
7 112 (3.02%) Algorithms
8 88 (2.38%) Life Science
9 84 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 64 (1.73%) Data Structures
11 60 (1.62%) FMCG
12 58 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
13 47 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
14 45 (1.21%) Data Centre
15 39 (1.05%) Virtual Team
16 38 (1.03%) Fixed Income
16 38 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
17 29 (0.78%) Reinsurance
18 28 (0.76%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 100 (2.70%) Windows
2 44 (1.19%) Windows 10
3 41 (1.11%) Linux
4 31 (0.84%) Unix
5 13 (0.35%) VMS
6 11 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.24%) Android
8 8 (0.22%) 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
1 999 (26.97%) Business Intelligence
2 992 (26.78%) AI
3 849 (22.92%) Decision-Making
4 814 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
5 738 (19.92%) Data Analytics
6 693 (18.71%) Agile
7 685 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 602 (16.25%) Data Modelling
9 482 (13.01%) Data Governance
10 471 (12.72%) Data Science
11 467 (12.61%) Machine Learning
12 466 (12.58%) Data Analysis
13 456 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
14 455 (12.28%) Roadmaps
15 442 (11.93%) Project Management
16 424 (11.45%) Data Engineering
17 421 (11.37%) Visualisation
18 403 (10.88%) ETL
19 391 (10.56%) Data Pipeline
20 389 (10.50%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 983 (26.54%) SQL
2 913 (24.65%) Python
3 122 (3.29%) Java
4 113 (3.05%) JavaScript
5 81 (2.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 77 (2.08%) C#
7 76 (2.05%) Scala
8 73 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 72 (1.94%) R
10 51 (1.38%) Bicep
11 43 (1.16%) T-SQL
12 32 (0.86%) Bash
12 32 (0.86%) C++
13 30 (0.81%) TypeScript
14 27 (0.73%) PL/SQL
15 22 (0.59%) Go
15 22 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
16 21 (0.57%) Shell Script
17 19 (0.51%) VBA
18 13 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 852 (23.00%) Degree
2 213 (5.75%) Security Cleared
3 196 (5.29%) Master's Degree
4 154 (4.16%) SC Cleared
5 115 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 97 (2.62%) PhD
7 91 (2.46%) DBS Check
8 60 (1.62%) CISSP
9 56 (1.51%) CISA
10 47 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 47 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 47 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 46 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
12 44 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
13 41 (1.11%) CISM
14 39 (1.05%) ACCA
15 38 (1.03%) PMI Certification
16 30 (0.81%) PMP
17 26 (0.70%) CIMA
18 23 (0.62%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 521 (14.07%) Data Quality
2 269 (7.26%) GDPR
3 206 (5.56%) Accessibility
4 82 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 79 (2.13%) QA
6 56 (1.51%) SLA
7 51 (1.38%) NIST
8 43 (1.16%) GxP
8 43 (1.16%) WCAG
9 36 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
10 32 (0.86%) COBIT
11 25 (0.67%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.62%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.59%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.57%) GRC
14 21 (0.57%) IFRS
14 21 (0.57%) PSD2
15 17 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.40%) ITGC
16 15 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 120 (3.24%) Docker
2 51 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 32 (0.86%) 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
1 183 (4.94%) Terraform
2 137 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.00%) Ansible
4 28 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (0.57%) Grafana
7 16 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.30%) SCCM
9 10 (0.27%) QRadar
10 8 (0.22%) EnCase
10 8 (0.22%) FTK
11 6 (0.16%) Kibana
11 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (0.13%) Argo
12 5 (0.13%) SCOM
13 3 (0.081%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.081%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.081%) Control-M
14 1 (0.027%) MOM
Vendors
1 731 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 317 (8.56%) Google
3 248 (6.70%) Databricks
4 241 (6.51%) SAP
5 214 (5.78%) Salesforce
6 140 (3.78%) Oracle
7 128 (3.46%) Adobe
8 115 (3.10%) Cisco
9 68 (1.84%) HubSpot
10 57 (1.54%) 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