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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,088 3,272 4,317
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.87% 6.87% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.43% 7.40% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,209 1,601 3,104
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £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 £108,750 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% +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 55,019 44,239 66,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.97% 92.93% 88.38%
Number of salaries quoted 33,006 22,069 51,040
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.07%

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 26 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 26 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 3,482 £65,000 -7.14% 1,246
UK excluding London -2 2,067 £52,500 -7.89% 878
London +5 1,631 £80,000 -5.88% 602
Work from Home -3 1,290 £63,076 -2.74% 609
South East +22 538 £57,500 -4.17% 292
North of England -12 496 £49,000 -10.91% 209
Midlands -3 398 £52,250 -5.00% 156
West Midlands -9 245 £57,500 +4.55% 100
North West -20 244 £52,500 -4.55% 116
Scotland +7 230 £65,000 -7.14% 41
Yorkshire -8 198 £50,000 -9.09% 70
South West -1 191 £55,000 +1.03% 100
East Midlands +7 152 £46,500 -4.62% 55
East of England +30 135 £50,250 -22.69% 61
North East +19 54 £40,000 -20.79% 26
Northern Ireland -1 52 £45,000 -7.69% 10
Wales +14 30 £56,250 +14.55% 25

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
1 123 (3.01%) Apache Airflow
2 106 (2.59%) Apache Spark
3 105 (2.57%) CMS
4 73 (1.79%) Apache
5 55 (1.35%) WordPress
6 51 (1.25%) Confluence
7 42 (1.03%) SharePoint
8 38 (0.93%) SAS
9 32 (0.78%) ArcGIS
10 18 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
11 17 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
11 17 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 16 (0.39%) Drupal
13 8 (0.20%) Umbraco
14 7 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
15 6 (0.15%) IIS
16 4 (0.098%) Appian
16 4 (0.098%) Documentum
16 4 (0.098%) Sitecore CMS
17 3 (0.073%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 464 (11.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.61%) Adobe XD
5 20 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 20 (0.49%) InDesign
6 18 (0.44%) Photoshop
7 17 (0.42%) Maya
7 17 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 12 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
8 12 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 12 (0.29%) SPSS
9 9 (0.22%) Trello
10 8 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
11 7 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
12 6 (0.15%) UserZoom
13 4 (0.098%) SketchUp
14 3 (0.073%) Final Cut Pro
15 2 (0.049%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 77 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 50 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.83%) SAP IBP
4 33 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
5 26 (0.64%) SAP PP
6 21 (0.51%) Shopify
7 20 (0.49%) SAP CO
8 18 (0.44%) Magento
9 15 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
9 15 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
9 15 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
10 14 (0.34%) iTrent
10 14 (0.34%) NetSuite
10 14 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
11 13 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
12 12 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
13 11 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 11 (0.27%) SAP FI
13 11 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 960 (23.48%) Azure
2 687 (16.81%) Power Platform
3 455 (11.13%) AWS
4 235 (5.75%) SaaS
5 219 (5.36%) GCP
6 213 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 208 (5.09%) Snowflake
8 198 (4.84%) Google Analytics
9 176 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
10 170 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
11 156 (3.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 152 (3.72%) GitHub
13 121 (2.96%) dbt
14 104 (2.54%) Entra ID
15 98 (2.40%) Adobe Analytics
16 97 (2.37%) Amazon S3
17 96 (2.35%) Figma
18 90 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
19 84 (2.05%) Serverless
20 69 (1.69%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.54%) Broadband
2 40 (0.98%) VPN
3 35 (0.86%) Firewall
4 22 (0.54%) CHAP
4 22 (0.54%) WAN
5 16 (0.39%) DNS
6 15 (0.37%) Network Security
7 13 (0.32%) Intranet
7 13 (0.32%) Unified Communications
8 10 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.15%) DHCP
9 6 (0.15%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.12%) SNMP
10 5 (0.12%) VoIP
11 4 (0.098%) HTTP
12 3 (0.073%) Internet
12 3 (0.073%) LAN
12 3 (0.073%) SMS
12 3 (0.073%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 650 (15.90%) Power BI
2 432 (10.57%) Tableau
3 322 (7.88%) Data Warehouse
4 203 (4.97%) Data Lake
5 198 (4.84%) Data Mining
6 189 (4.62%) Metadata
7 152 (3.72%) SQL Server
8 109 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 97 (2.37%) Looker
10 77 (1.88%) Big Data
10 77 (1.88%) Relational Database
11 71 (1.74%) BigQuery
12 70 (1.71%) NoSQL
13 68 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 65 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
15 57 (1.39%) Power Query
16 54 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 45 (1.10%) SAP BW
18 43 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
19 40 (0.98%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 147 (3.60%) Git
2 115 (2.81%) JIRA
3 67 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 28 (0.68%) GitLab
5 27 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
6 23 (0.56%) Axure RP
6 23 (0.56%) Balsamiq
6 23 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 21 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
8 20 (0.49%) ERwin
9 19 (0.46%) Visual Studio
10 18 (0.44%) MLflow
11 10 (0.24%) CircleCI
11 10 (0.24%) Selenium
12 9 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 8 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
14 6 (0.15%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.12%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.12%) MSI
15 5 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,423 (34.81%) Finance
2 1,275 (31.19%) Social Skills
3 1,123 (27.47%) Analytical Skills
4 670 (16.39%) Marketing
5 281 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 250 (6.12%) Banking
7 246 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 218 (5.33%) Law
9 210 (5.14%) Retail
10 160 (3.91%) Legal
11 159 (3.89%) Manufacturing
12 131 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
13 125 (3.06%) Games
14 110 (2.69%) Financial Institution
15 92 (2.25%) Automotive
16 90 (2.20%) Advertising
17 88 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
17 88 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
18 82 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
19 69 (1.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 664 (16.24%) Analyst
2 659 (16.12%) Senior
3 478 (11.69%) Lead
4 381 (9.32%) Data Analyst
5 372 (9.10%) Data Engineer
6 329 (8.05%) Architect
7 224 (5.48%) Developer
8 171 (4.18%) Trainee
8 171 (4.18%) Trainee Analyst
8 171 (4.18%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 149 (3.64%) Data Architect
10 143 (3.50%) Senior Manager
11 139 (3.40%) Consultant
12 101 (2.47%) Designer
13 96 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
14 89 (2.18%) Data Manager
15 84 (2.05%) Support Engineer
16 81 (1.98%) Senior Analyst
17 80 (1.96%) Data Scientist
18 78 (1.91%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (2.42%) PySpark
2 97 (2.37%) HTML
3 87 (2.13%) CSS
4 84 (2.05%) Kafka
5 70 (1.71%) PyTorch
6 64 (1.57%) .NET
7 62 (1.52%) React
8 59 (1.44%) OAuth
9 57 (1.39%) RESTful
10 50 (1.22%) TensorFlow
11 45 (1.10%) REST
12 44 (1.08%) JSON
13 43 (1.05%) SAP Fiori
14 37 (0.91%) OAuth2
15 32 (0.78%) Pandas
16 29 (0.71%) .NET Core
16 29 (0.71%) SAML
17 28 (0.68%) Node.js
18 26 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
19 24 (0.59%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 214 (5.23%) Social Media
2 188 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 181 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
4 179 (4.38%) Product Ownership
5 169 (4.13%) Cloud Native
6 155 (3.79%) Management Information System
7 126 (3.08%) Algorithms
8 124 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 114 (2.79%) Life Science
10 81 (1.98%) Data Structures
11 68 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
12 65 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
13 63 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
14 51 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
15 47 (1.15%) Mobile App
16 44 (1.08%) FMCG
17 41 (1.00%) Virtual Team
18 39 (0.95%) Fixed Income
19 38 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
20 37 (0.91%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 113 (2.76%) Windows
2 60 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.05%) Linux
4 29 (0.71%) Unix
5 23 (0.56%) VMS
6 14 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.29%) Android
8 2 (0.049%) AIX
8 2 (0.049%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,143 (27.96%) AI
2 938 (22.95%) Business Intelligence
3 863 (21.11%) Decision-Making
4 804 (19.67%) Agile
5 797 (19.50%) Data Analytics
6 763 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
7 745 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 631 (15.44%) Data Modelling
9 524 (12.82%) Data Analysis
10 523 (12.79%) Project Management
11 514 (12.57%) Data Governance
12 496 (12.13%) Machine Learning
13 495 (12.11%) Data Engineering
13 495 (12.11%) Roadmaps
14 492 (12.04%) Data Science
15 455 (11.13%) Data Pipeline
16 443 (10.84%) CI/CD
16 443 (10.84%) ETL
17 441 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
18 430 (10.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1,104 (27.01%) SQL
2 1,010 (24.71%) Python
3 114 (2.79%) JavaScript
4 112 (2.74%) Java
5 90 (2.20%) C#
6 89 (2.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 77 (1.88%) PowerShell
8 75 (1.83%) Scala
9 70 (1.71%) R
10 49 (1.20%) Bicep
11 44 (1.08%) T-SQL
12 41 (1.00%) C++
13 40 (0.98%) TypeScript
14 33 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
15 30 (0.73%) Bash
16 27 (0.66%) Go
17 23 (0.56%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.51%) Shell Script
19 16 (0.39%) VBA
20 12 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 764 (18.69%) Degree
2 271 (6.63%) Security Cleared
3 192 (4.70%) SC Cleared
4 169 (4.13%) Master's Degree
5 120 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 74 (1.81%) PhD
7 61 (1.49%) CISSP
8 60 (1.47%) CTC Cleared
9 54 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 52 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 51 (1.25%) CISA
12 48 (1.17%) CISM
13 47 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
14 46 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
15 41 (1.00%) DBS Check
16 37 (0.91%) ACCA
17 36 (0.88%) PMI Certification
18 32 (0.78%) DV Cleared
19 30 (0.73%) PMP
20 28 (0.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 547 (13.38%) Data Quality
2 295 (7.22%) GDPR
3 288 (7.05%) Accessibility
4 117 (2.86%) QA
5 75 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 73 (1.79%) SLA
7 53 (1.30%) NIST
8 52 (1.27%) WCAG
9 43 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
10 39 (0.95%) GxP
11 37 (0.91%) ISO 9001
12 32 (0.78%) COBIT
12 32 (0.78%) HIPAA
13 25 (0.61%) Solvency II
14 24 (0.59%) EU AI Act
14 24 (0.59%) IFRS
15 21 (0.51%) PSD2
16 18 (0.44%) GRC
17 17 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 16 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 133 (3.25%) Docker
2 61 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 35 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.098%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.049%) vSphere
8 1 (0.024%) Firmware
8 1 (0.024%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.024%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 198 (4.84%) Terraform
2 153 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 40 (0.98%) Ansible
4 26 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.61%) Grafana
6 24 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.22%) 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%) RSA Archer
10 6 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.12%) Argo
11 5 (0.12%) SCOM
12 3 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.073%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.073%) Control-M
12 3 (0.073%) VxRail
Vendors
1 849 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 335 (8.19%) Google
3 261 (6.38%) Databricks
4 205 (5.01%) SAP
5 186 (4.55%) Adobe
6 185 (4.53%) Salesforce
7 151 (3.69%) Oracle
8 139 (3.40%) Cisco
9 67 (1.64%) HubSpot
10 55 (1.35%) Alteryx
11 34 (0.83%) Bloomberg
12 32 (0.78%) ServiceNow
13 30 (0.73%) Instagram
13 30 (0.73%) YouTube
14 29 (0.71%) Informatica
14 29 (0.71%) OpenAI
15 28 (0.68%) Nexthink
16 26 (0.64%) Palantir
16 26 (0.64%) Talend
17 25 (0.61%) Foundry