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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 22 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,312 3,312 4,770
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.68% 7.84% 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 8.38% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,373 1,653 3,257
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £47,683 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +5.56% -1.82%

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 58,981 39,507 74,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.68% 93.49% 87.04%
Number of salaries quoted 35,808 22,230 56,250
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,887 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -11 3,720 £65,000 -7.14% 2,104
UK excluding London -13 2,164 £55,000 -3.51% 1,456
London +5 1,742 £80,000 -5.88% 1,012
Work from Home -3 1,361 £63,076 +0.92% 1,046
North of England -15 567 £52,250 -5.00% 347
South East -11 501 £55,000 -8.33% 515
Midlands -15 437 £52,500 -4.55% 215
North West -19 289 £59,000 +7.27% 206
West Midlands -15 275 £57,500 +4.55% 122
Yorkshire -5 215 £50,000 -9.09% 94
Scotland -6 199 £65,000 -7.14% 63
South West -12 194 £55,000 +4.76% 156
East of England +38 176 £50,250 -22.69% 127
East Midlands -7 159 £48,500 +2.11% 93
North East +16 63 £40,000 -27.27% 51
Northern Ireland -12 57 £45,000 +50.00% 12
Wales 0 36 £40,000 -20.00% 44

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
1 151 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
2 119 (2.76%) Apache Spark
3 107 (2.48%) CMS
4 77 (1.79%) Apache
5 61 (1.41%) Confluence
6 55 (1.28%) WordPress
7 48 (1.11%) SharePoint
8 41 (0.95%) SAS
9 34 (0.79%) ArcGIS
10 22 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
11 19 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
12 15 (0.35%) Drupal
13 11 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 9 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
15 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
16 6 (0.14%) IIS
17 4 (0.093%) Appian
17 4 (0.093%) Documentum
17 4 (0.093%) Sitecore CMS
18 3 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 414 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.65%) Adobe XD
5 23 (0.53%) UserZoom
6 18 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.39%) InDesign
7 17 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 16 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 13 (0.30%) Photoshop
10 11 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
10 11 (0.26%) SPSS
11 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
11 8 (0.19%) Maya
12 7 (0.16%) Trello
13 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
14 5 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
15 3 (0.070%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.070%) Sketch
15 3 (0.070%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 75 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.81%) SAP IBP
4 34 (0.79%) SAP PP
5 30 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 20 (0.46%) Magento
7 17 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 17 (0.39%) Shopify
8 15 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 15 (0.35%) iTrent
8 15 (0.35%) SAP CO
9 14 (0.32%) Adobe Campaign
9 14 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
10 13 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
10 13 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
11 12 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
12 10 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 962 (22.31%) Azure
2 676 (15.68%) Power Platform
3 512 (11.87%) AWS
4 248 (5.75%) SaaS
5 241 (5.59%) GCP
6 239 (5.54%) Snowflake
7 226 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 192 (4.45%) Google Analytics
9 172 (3.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 170 (3.94%) Adobe Analytics
11 164 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
12 162 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
13 154 (3.57%) GitHub
14 136 (3.15%) dbt
15 118 (2.74%) Figma
16 112 (2.60%) Amazon S3
17 99 (2.30%) Serverless
18 87 (2.02%) Entra ID
19 79 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
20 64 (1.48%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 191 (4.43%) Broadband
2 33 (0.77%) Firewall
2 33 (0.77%) VPN
3 25 (0.58%) CHAP
4 23 (0.53%) WAN
5 18 (0.42%) Network Security
6 15 (0.35%) DNS
6 15 (0.35%) Intranet
7 14 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.30%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.23%) DHCP
10 6 (0.14%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.12%) SMS
11 5 (0.12%) SNMP
12 4 (0.093%) HTTP
12 4 (0.093%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.070%) LAN
13 3 (0.070%) Modbus
13 3 (0.070%) MQTT
14 2 (0.046%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 643 (14.91%) Power BI
2 416 (9.65%) Tableau
3 357 (8.28%) Data Warehouse
4 227 (5.26%) Data Lake
5 191 (4.43%) Data Mining
6 187 (4.34%) Metadata
7 161 (3.73%) SQL Server
8 119 (2.76%) Looker
9 113 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 88 (2.04%) BigQuery
11 87 (2.02%) Relational Database
12 83 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
13 74 (1.72%) NoSQL
14 69 (1.60%) Big Data
15 66 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 61 (1.41%) Power Query
17 55 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
18 53 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 45 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
20 41 (0.95%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 152 (3.53%) Git
2 109 (2.53%) JIRA
3 71 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 34 (0.79%) GitLab
5 33 (0.77%) MLflow
6 25 (0.58%) Axure RP
6 25 (0.58%) Balsamiq
6 25 (0.58%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (0.53%) TeamCity
8 21 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
9 19 (0.44%) Visual Studio
10 15 (0.35%) ERwin
11 12 (0.28%) CircleCI
11 12 (0.28%) Crashlytics
12 10 (0.23%) Selenium
13 9 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
13 9 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 9 (0.21%) XCTest
14 8 (0.19%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.12%) MSI
General
1 1,383 (32.07%) Finance
2 1,238 (28.71%) Social Skills
3 1,115 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
4 659 (15.28%) Marketing
5 286 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 262 (6.08%) Banking
7 260 (6.03%) Public Sector
8 217 (5.03%) Law
9 213 (4.94%) Retail
10 188 (4.36%) Games
11 168 (3.90%) Legal
12 165 (3.83%) Manufacturing
13 125 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
14 111 (2.57%) Financial Institution
15 103 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
16 96 (2.23%) Automotive
17 94 (2.18%) Advertising
18 91 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
19 72 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
20 68 (1.58%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 714 (16.56%) Senior
2 647 (15.00%) Analyst
3 484 (11.22%) Lead
4 415 (9.62%) Data Engineer
5 370 (8.58%) Data Analyst
6 319 (7.40%) Architect
7 230 (5.33%) Developer
8 168 (3.90%) Trainee
8 168 (3.90%) Trainee Analyst
8 168 (3.90%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 166 (3.85%) Consultant
10 144 (3.34%) Senior Manager
11 143 (3.32%) Data Architect
12 113 (2.62%) Designer
13 97 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
14 91 (2.11%) Data Manager
15 88 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
16 87 (2.02%) Senior Data Engineer
17 85 (1.97%) Data Scientist
18 84 (1.95%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (2.57%) Kafka
2 109 (2.53%) PySpark
3 103 (2.39%) HTML
4 95 (2.20%) CSS
5 82 (1.90%) PyTorch
6 70 (1.62%) .NET
7 61 (1.41%) React
7 61 (1.41%) TensorFlow
8 55 (1.28%) OAuth
9 53 (1.23%) RESTful
10 49 (1.14%) SAP Fiori
11 44 (1.02%) JSON
12 43 (1.00%) REST
13 40 (0.93%) LangChain
14 37 (0.86%) .NET Core
15 36 (0.83%) Node.js
16 34 (0.79%) Pandas
16 34 (0.79%) scikit-learn
17 31 (0.72%) OAuth2
18 26 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 284 (6.59%) Social Media
2 200 (4.64%) Cloud Native
3 193 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 172 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
5 165 (3.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 152 (3.53%) Management Information System
7 125 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 111 (2.57%) Algorithms
9 110 (2.55%) Life Science
10 80 (1.86%) Data Structures
11 79 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
12 65 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
13 60 (1.39%) Mobile App
14 57 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
15 45 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
16 43 (1.00%) Virtual Team
17 40 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
18 38 (0.88%) Public Cloud
19 37 (0.86%) Over-the-Top Content
20 36 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 108 (2.50%) Windows
2 60 (1.39%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.00%) Linux
4 26 (0.60%) VMS
5 24 (0.56%) Unix
6 21 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.32%) Windows Server
8 13 (0.30%) Android
9 2 (0.046%) AIX
9 2 (0.046%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.023%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,246 (28.90%) AI
2 933 (21.64%) Business Intelligence
3 906 (21.01%) Decision-Making
4 874 (20.27%) Agile
5 776 (18.00%) Data Analytics
6 735 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 716 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
8 670 (15.54%) Data Modelling
9 562 (13.03%) Roadmaps
10 535 (12.41%) Data Governance
11 534 (12.38%) Data Engineering
12 511 (11.85%) Data Analysis
13 506 (11.73%) Data Science
14 495 (11.48%) Data Pipeline
15 493 (11.43%) Machine Learning
16 480 (11.13%) CI/CD
16 480 (11.13%) Customer Experience
17 468 (10.85%) ETL
18 457 (10.60%) Project Management
19 426 (9.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,133 (26.28%) SQL
2 1,038 (24.07%) Python
3 116 (2.69%) JavaScript
4 101 (2.34%) Java
5 99 (2.30%) C#
6 95 (2.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 75 (1.74%) Scala
8 71 (1.65%) R
9 62 (1.44%) PowerShell
10 44 (1.02%) TypeScript
11 41 (0.95%) Bicep
11 41 (0.95%) T-SQL
12 39 (0.90%) C++
13 38 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
14 33 (0.77%) Go
15 23 (0.53%) Bash
16 18 (0.42%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.37%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.35%) VBA
19 12 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 726 (16.84%) Degree
2 262 (6.08%) Security Cleared
3 181 (4.20%) SC Cleared
4 153 (3.55%) Master's Degree
5 124 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 60 (1.39%) CTC Cleared
6 60 (1.39%) IRCA
7 59 (1.37%) PhD
8 54 (1.25%) CISSP
9 51 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 49 (1.14%) CISA
11 47 (1.09%) DBS Check
12 46 (1.07%) CISM
13 43 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
14 42 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
15 38 (0.88%) ACCA
16 37 (0.86%) DV Cleared
17 31 (0.72%) AWS Certification
17 31 (0.72%) PMI Certification
18 29 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 570 (13.22%) Data Quality
2 371 (8.60%) Accessibility
3 338 (7.84%) GDPR
4 156 (3.62%) QA
5 86 (1.99%) WCAG
6 80 (1.86%) SLA
7 71 (1.65%) ISO 9001
8 67 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 52 (1.21%) NIST
10 48 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 34 (0.79%) HIPAA
12 30 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 30 (0.70%) COBIT
13 28 (0.65%) IFRS
13 28 (0.65%) Solvency II
14 27 (0.63%) EU AI Act
14 27 (0.63%) GxP
15 23 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 21 (0.49%) PSD2
17 18 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 141 (3.27%) Docker
2 60 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 26 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.093%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.046%) Firmware
8 2 (0.046%) vSphere
9 1 (0.023%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.023%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.023%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 200 (4.64%) Terraform
2 162 (3.76%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.07%) Ansible
4 25 (0.58%) Grafana
4 25 (0.58%) Prometheus
5 20 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.19%) EnCase
7 8 (0.19%) FTK
8 7 (0.16%) Kibana
9 5 (0.12%) Argo
9 5 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.093%) SCCM
10 4 (0.093%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.070%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.070%) Control-M
11 3 (0.070%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.070%) VxRail
12 1 (0.023%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 855 (19.83%) Microsoft
2 324 (7.51%) Google
3 316 (7.33%) Databricks
4 268 (6.22%) Adobe
5 178 (4.13%) SAP
6 171 (3.97%) Salesforce
7 144 (3.34%) Oracle
8 136 (3.15%) Cisco
9 58 (1.35%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.23%) Alteryx
11 50 (1.16%) Dell
12 45 (1.04%) Informatica
13 33 (0.77%) Bloomberg
14 32 (0.74%) Palantir
15 30 (0.70%) Talend
16 29 (0.67%) Instagram
16 29 (0.67%) ServiceNow
17 28 (0.65%) Foundry
17 28 (0.65%) Nexthink
17 28 (0.65%) Red Hat