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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 26 28
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,689 3,589 3,493
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.25% 6.37% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.55% 7.11% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,922 1,859 2,462
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -1.37%
75th Percentile £85,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,625 £118,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £57,500 £56,525
% change year-on-year -10.87% +1.72% +2.77%

All Process and 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 48,853 50,492 45,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.70% 89.69% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28,653 25,437 34,822
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,979 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.95% +4.76% -2.78%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 3,147 £62,500 -10.71% 1,125
UK excluding London +5 1,923 £51,250 -10.87% 946
London +3 1,470 £75,000 -11.76% 483
Work from Home -1 1,104 £60,000 -11.11% 545
South East +22 580 £52,500 -11.02% 357
North of England -14 375 £55,000 - 222
Midlands -1 313 £55,000 -3.51% 160
Scotland +11 259 £50,000 -17.18% 31
South West +15 206 £55,000 -8.33% 98
North West -20 194 £47,500 -13.64% 124
West Midlands -13 184 £57,468 +0.82% 87
Yorkshire -5 149 £62,500 +13.64% 69
East of England +32 133 £40,000 -33.33% 77
East Midlands +15 132 £45,390 -9.22% 72
Northern Ireland +4 34 £45,000 -34.55% 10
North East +12 33 £40,000 -27.27% 33
Wales +12 26 £60,000 +20.00% 16

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 94 (2.55%) CMS
2 91 (2.47%) Apache Spark
3 61 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
4 52 (1.41%) WordPress
5 47 (1.27%) Confluence
6 43 (1.17%) SharePoint
7 33 (0.89%) Apache
8 22 (0.60%) SAS
9 20 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 15 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
11 11 (0.30%) Umbraco
12 10 (0.27%) Headless CMS
12 10 (0.27%) SugarCRM
13 9 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 9 (0.24%) Drupal
14 4 (0.11%) Appian
14 4 (0.11%) IIS
15 3 (0.081%) Apache Superset
15 3 (0.081%) Apache Synapse
15 3 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 516 (13.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (0.87%) Maya
5 27 (0.73%) Adobe XD
5 27 (0.73%) Photoshop
6 24 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 18 (0.49%) InDesign
8 16 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 15 (0.41%) Chatbot
10 12 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
11 11 (0.30%) SPSS
12 10 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
12 10 (0.27%) Trello
13 9 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
14 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
15 6 (0.16%) MS Visio
16 4 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
16 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
17 3 (0.081%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 92 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 63 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 47 (1.27%) Shopify
4 35 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
5 28 (0.76%) SAP IBP
6 22 (0.60%) Magento
7 21 (0.57%) SAP CO
8 18 (0.49%) SAP FI
8 18 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
9 16 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
9 16 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
9 16 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
9 16 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
10 15 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
10 15 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
11 12 (0.33%) NetSuite
11 12 (0.33%) SAP FSCM
12 11 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
13 9 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
14 7 (0.19%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 943 (25.56%) Azure
2 762 (20.66%) Power Platform
3 373 (10.11%) AWS
4 236 (6.40%) Google Analytics
5 225 (6.10%) GCP
6 222 (6.02%) SaaS
7 195 (5.29%) Snowflake
8 186 (5.04%) Azure Data Factory
9 159 (4.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 157 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
11 148 (4.01%) GitHub
12 134 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
13 112 (3.04%) dbt
14 80 (2.17%) Serverless
15 76 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
16 70 (1.90%) Figma
17 69 (1.87%) Google Ads
18 64 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
18 64 (1.73%) Entra ID
19 59 (1.60%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 36 (0.98%) VPN
2 34 (0.92%) SMS
3 31 (0.84%) Firewall
4 21 (0.57%) Unified Communications
5 19 (0.52%) Network Security
6 15 (0.41%) Broadband
7 13 (0.35%) DNS
8 12 (0.33%) WAN
9 10 (0.27%) CHAP
10 9 (0.24%) Intranet
11 7 (0.19%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.11%) HTTPS
13 4 (0.11%) Internet
13 4 (0.11%) VoIP
13 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.081%) DHCP
14 3 (0.081%) MQTT
14 3 (0.081%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.054%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 728 (19.73%) Power BI
2 391 (10.60%) Tableau
3 330 (8.95%) Data Warehouse
4 256 (6.94%) Data Lake
5 168 (4.55%) Metadata
6 150 (4.07%) SQL Server
7 142 (3.85%) Data Mining
8 98 (2.66%) SAP BW
9 96 (2.60%) Big Data
10 92 (2.49%) Looker
11 90 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 76 (2.06%) NoSQL
13 73 (1.98%) BigQuery
14 70 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 67 (1.82%) Relational Database
16 60 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
17 55 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 48 (1.30%) Hadoop
18 48 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
19 43 (1.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 130 (3.52%) JIRA
2 101 (2.74%) Git
3 39 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
5 24 (0.65%) Axure RP
5 24 (0.65%) Balsamiq
6 18 (0.49%) ERwin
7 16 (0.43%) GitLab
8 13 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.35%) ER Studio
8 13 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 12 (0.33%) Selenium
10 11 (0.30%) MLflow
11 7 (0.19%) Postman
11 7 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
12 5 (0.14%) MSI
12 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
13 4 (0.11%) Maven
13 4 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 1,291 (35.00%) Finance
2 1,279 (34.67%) Social Skills
3 1,140 (30.90%) Analytical Skills
4 734 (19.90%) Marketing
5 293 (7.94%) Law
6 232 (6.29%) Retail
7 229 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 206 (5.58%) Public Sector
9 197 (5.34%) Banking
10 178 (4.83%) Manufacturing
11 156 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
12 131 (3.55%) Legal
13 101 (2.74%) Games
14 98 (2.66%) Financial Institution
15 92 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
16 76 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
17 72 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
18 70 (1.90%) Advertising
19 67 (1.82%) Front Office
20 62 (1.68%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 584 (15.83%) Analyst
2 583 (15.80%) Senior
3 462 (12.52%) Lead
4 314 (8.51%) Data Analyst
5 300 (8.13%) Architect
6 290 (7.86%) Data Engineer
7 214 (5.80%) Developer
8 148 (4.01%) Senior Manager
9 121 (3.28%) Data Architect
10 110 (2.98%) Trainee
10 110 (2.98%) Trainee Analyst
10 110 (2.98%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 100 (2.71%) Consultant
12 96 (2.60%) Innovation Manager
13 83 (2.25%) Analytics Manager
14 80 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
15 73 (1.98%) Data Manager
16 72 (1.95%) Data Scientist
17 70 (1.90%) Report Analyst
17 70 (1.90%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (2.79%) HTML
2 86 (2.33%) CSS
3 71 (1.92%) Kafka
3 71 (1.92%) PySpark
3 71 (1.92%) RESTful
4 61 (1.65%) React
5 56 (1.52%) OAuth
5 56 (1.52%) REST
6 47 (1.27%) JSON
6 47 (1.27%) PyTorch
7 46 (1.25%) TensorFlow
8 38 (1.03%) .NET
8 38 (1.03%) OAuth2
9 37 (1.00%) Node.js
10 29 (0.79%) SAML
11 28 (0.76%) Middleware
11 28 (0.76%) scikit-learn
12 27 (0.73%) GraphQL
13 25 (0.68%) Pandas
14 23 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 188 (5.10%) Analytical Mindset
2 173 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
3 172 (4.66%) Product Ownership
4 166 (4.50%) Onboarding
5 164 (4.45%) Cloud Native
6 150 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 146 (3.96%) Social Media
8 120 (3.25%) Algorithms
9 85 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
10 81 (2.20%) Life Science
11 68 (1.84%) FMCG
12 60 (1.63%) Data Structures
13 55 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
14 51 (1.38%) Data Centre
15 49 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
16 38 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
16 38 (1.03%) Virtual Team
17 36 (0.98%) Reinsurance
18 35 (0.95%) Fixed Income
19 31 (0.84%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 79 (2.14%) Windows
2 36 (0.98%) Linux
3 28 (0.76%) Windows 10
4 27 (0.73%) Unix
5 11 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.27%) VMS
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 1,004 (27.22%) Business Intelligence
2 1,001 (27.13%) AI
3 861 (23.34%) Problem-Solving
4 847 (22.96%) Decision-Making
5 707 (19.17%) Data Analytics
6 699 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 689 (18.68%) Agile
8 596 (16.16%) Data Modelling
9 502 (13.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 481 (13.04%) Roadmaps
11 472 (12.79%) Data Science
12 456 (12.36%) Data Analysis
12 456 (12.36%) Machine Learning
13 455 (12.33%) Data Governance
14 436 (11.82%) Project Management
15 412 (11.17%) Visualisation
16 400 (10.84%) Data Engineering
17 395 (10.71%) ETL
18 387 (10.49%) DevOps
19 369 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 990 (26.84%) SQL
2 920 (24.94%) Python
3 129 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 128 (3.47%) Java
5 82 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 80 (2.17%) PowerShell
7 65 (1.76%) R
8 61 (1.65%) C#
9 53 (1.44%) Scala
10 48 (1.30%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.27%) Bicep
12 38 (1.03%) TypeScript
13 33 (0.89%) Go
14 32 (0.87%) PL/SQL
15 29 (0.79%) Bash
15 29 (0.79%) C++
16 25 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
17 19 (0.52%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.41%) VBA
19 13 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 837 (22.69%) Degree
2 201 (5.45%) Master's Degree
3 185 (5.01%) Security Cleared
4 132 (3.58%) SC Cleared
5 119 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 96 (2.60%) PhD
7 93 (2.52%) DBS Check
8 58 (1.57%) CISSP
9 49 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 48 (1.30%) CISA
10 48 (1.30%) Numerate Degree
11 46 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 45 (1.22%) Azure Certification
13 42 (1.14%) ACCA
14 39 (1.06%) CISM
15 35 (0.95%) PMI Certification
16 30 (0.81%) CIMA
17 29 (0.79%) PMP
18 28 (0.76%) CTC Cleared
19 25 (0.68%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 474 (12.85%) Data Quality
2 266 (7.21%) GDPR
3 204 (5.53%) Accessibility
4 87 (2.36%) QA
5 83 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 51 (1.38%) NIST
7 44 (1.19%) SLA
8 43 (1.17%) WCAG
9 38 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
10 37 (1.00%) GxP
11 28 (0.76%) COBIT
12 24 (0.65%) Solvency II
13 23 (0.62%) HIPAA
14 22 (0.60%) EU AI Act
15 21 (0.57%) PSD2
16 18 (0.49%) GRC
16 18 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.43%) IFRS
17 16 (0.43%) PMO
18 15 (0.41%) ITGC
System Software
1 87 (2.36%) Docker
2 49 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 29 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.081%) Firmware
7 2 (0.054%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.027%) vCloud
8 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.027%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 168 (4.55%) Terraform
2 115 (3.12%) Kubernetes
3 33 (0.89%) Ansible
4 30 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.35%) Grafana
7 12 (0.33%) QRadar
8 10 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.27%) SCCM
9 7 (0.19%) EnCase
9 7 (0.19%) FTK
9 7 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 5 (0.14%) Argo
11 5 (0.14%) SCOM
12 3 (0.081%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.081%) Control-M
13 2 (0.054%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.054%) Kibana
14 1 (0.027%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 686 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 366 (9.92%) Google
3 262 (7.10%) SAP
4 259 (7.02%) Databricks
5 201 (5.45%) Salesforce
6 142 (3.85%) Oracle
7 134 (3.63%) Adobe
8 80 (2.17%) Cisco
9 68 (1.84%) HubSpot
10 56 (1.52%) Alteryx
11 41 (1.11%) ServiceNow
12 38 (1.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 35 (0.95%) Bloomberg
14 33 (0.89%) Dell
15 30 (0.81%) Talend
16 26 (0.70%) Informatica
16 26 (0.70%) OpenAI
17 23 (0.62%) Facebook
17 23 (0.62%) Sage
17 23 (0.62%) Screaming Frog