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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 23 35
Rank change year-on-year -4 +12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 5,490 3,971 4,405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.11% 7.96% 5.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.97% 8.92% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,202 1,792 2,534
10th Percentile £36,750 £31,275 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,297
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £62,879
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.58% -3.26%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 78,774 44,506 67,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.34% 89.17% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 54,302 25,213 43,010
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the UK

Analytics
Top 18 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 19 August 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 -4 4,908 £67,500 +10.33% 4,863
UK excluding London -6 2,890 £60,000 +9.09% 2,324
London +2 2,232 £80,000 +3.23% 3,175
Work from Home +10 1,663 £65,000 +8.33% 2,015
North of England +55 935 £60,000 +5.26% 635
Midlands +14 600 £60,000 +14.29% 285
North West +51 549 £60,000 +14.29% 377
South East -36 534 £55,000 - 643
West Midlands +3 330 £59,250 +7.73% 179
South West -21 296 £60,000 - 263
East Midlands +32 270 £60,000 +23.71% 106
Yorkshire +34 242 £63,076 +0.92% 178
East of England +13 222 £56,000 +40.00% 154
North East +23 144 £53,750 -6.52% 83
Scotland -20 113 £65,000 -7.14% 238
Northern Ireland -17 108 £65,000 +50.84% 70
Wales -2 87 £60,000 +9.09% 51
Isle of Man +1 3 £38,500 - 2

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
1 193 (3.52%) Apache Spark
2 150 (2.73%) CMS
3 134 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
4 106 (1.93%) Apache
5 80 (1.46%) SharePoint
6 70 (1.28%) Confluence
7 64 (1.17%) SAS
8 40 (0.73%) WordPress
9 29 (0.53%) Sitecore CMS
10 26 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
11 17 (0.31%) ArcGIS
12 15 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
13 14 (0.26%) Headless CMS
14 10 (0.18%) Jupyter
15 6 (0.11%) Umbraco
16 5 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
17 4 (0.073%) Oracle Application Server
18 3 (0.055%) Drupal
19 2 (0.036%) Apache Pulsar
19 2 (0.036%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 256 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (0.80%) UserZoom
3 38 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (0.60%) Chatbot
6 26 (0.47%) SPSS
7 21 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 19 (0.35%) MS Visio
9 17 (0.31%) Adobe XD
10 13 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.13%) Sketch
12 6 (0.11%) Trello
13 5 (0.091%) Photoshop
14 3 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
14 3 (0.055%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
14 3 (0.055%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.036%) CapCut
15 2 (0.036%) InDesign
16 1 (0.018%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 114 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 95 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 40 (0.73%) Shopify
4 33 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
4 33 (0.60%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 32 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
6 20 (0.36%) Magento
7 19 (0.35%) SAP IBP
8 17 (0.31%) SAP PP
9 14 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 10 (0.18%) Workday HCM
11 9 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
12 8 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
12 8 (0.15%) Relativity
13 7 (0.13%) SAP MDG
14 6 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
14 6 (0.11%) iTrent
14 6 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
14 6 (0.11%) SAP PM
14 6 (0.11%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 1,047 (19.07%) Azure
2 893 (16.27%) Power Platform
3 820 (14.94%) AWS
4 371 (6.76%) GCP
5 317 (5.77%) SaaS
6 281 (5.12%) Snowflake
7 237 (4.32%) Google Analytics
8 193 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 172 (3.13%) GitHub
10 171 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
11 164 (2.99%) Adobe Analytics
12 151 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 151 (2.75%) dbt
13 149 (2.71%) Serverless
14 126 (2.30%) Amazon S3
15 109 (1.99%) Figma
16 105 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
17 98 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
18 95 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
19 77 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 198 (3.61%) Broadband
2 61 (1.11%) VPN
3 59 (1.07%) Firewall
4 57 (1.04%) Internet
5 48 (0.87%) DNS
6 42 (0.77%) Network Security
7 27 (0.49%) BGP
7 27 (0.49%) TCP/IP
8 21 (0.38%) SMS
9 20 (0.36%) VLAN
10 19 (0.35%) DHCP
11 18 (0.33%) OSPF
12 16 (0.29%) VoIP
13 14 (0.26%) CTI
14 12 (0.22%) 5G
14 12 (0.22%) SSL
15 10 (0.18%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.16%) CHAP
16 9 (0.16%) WAN
16 9 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 852 (15.52%) Power BI
2 444 (8.09%) Data Warehouse
3 336 (6.12%) Tableau
4 269 (4.90%) Data Lake
5 211 (3.84%) Metadata
6 175 (3.19%) SQL Server
7 148 (2.70%) Big Data
8 139 (2.53%) Looker
9 129 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
10 124 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 113 (2.06%) BigQuery
12 95 (1.73%) Relational Database
13 90 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
14 80 (1.46%) NoSQL
15 79 (1.44%) Delta Lake
16 75 (1.37%) Star Schema
17 72 (1.31%) MongoDB
18 68 (1.24%) Power Query
19 56 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
20 54 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 184 (3.35%) Git
2 81 (1.48%) JIRA
3 56 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 46 (0.84%) MLflow
5 34 (0.62%) GitLab
6 24 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
7 19 (0.35%) Crashlytics
8 17 (0.31%) Claude Code
9 13 (0.24%) fastlane
10 12 (0.22%) CircleCI
10 12 (0.22%) XCTest
11 10 (0.18%) Balsamiq
12 9 (0.16%) ERwin
12 9 (0.16%) Xcode
13 8 (0.15%) Axure RP
13 8 (0.15%) Gradle
14 6 (0.11%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (0.11%) Selenium
15 5 (0.091%) Bitbucket
General
1 1,551 (28.25%) Finance
2 1,448 (26.38%) Social Skills
3 1,274 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
4 889 (16.19%) Marketing
5 386 (7.03%) Retail
6 360 (6.56%) Public Sector
7 316 (5.76%) Legal
8 310 (5.65%) Law
9 303 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 252 (4.59%) Banking
11 196 (3.57%) Games
12 191 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
13 169 (3.08%) Manufacturing
14 139 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
15 120 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
16 110 (2.00%) Automotive
17 102 (1.86%) Financial Institution
18 97 (1.77%) Advertising
19 67 (1.22%) Publishing
20 59 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,045 (19.03%) Senior
2 642 (11.69%) Analyst
3 626 (11.40%) Data Engineer
4 622 (11.33%) Lead
5 499 (9.09%) Architect
6 338 (6.16%) Developer
7 281 (5.12%) Data Analyst
8 244 (4.44%) Data Architect
9 213 (3.88%) Consultant
10 207 (3.77%) Senior Data Engineer
11 205 (3.73%) Analytics Manager
12 185 (3.37%) Data Scientist
13 167 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
14 159 (2.90%) Senior Manager
15 144 (2.62%) Product Manager
16 124 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
17 117 (2.13%) Data Manager
18 112 (2.04%) Marketing Manager
19 92 (1.68%) Senior Architect
20 87 (1.58%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (3.19%) PySpark
2 139 (2.53%) Kafka
3 100 (1.82%) HTML
4 92 (1.68%) CSS
5 84 (1.53%) .NET
6 69 (1.26%) REST
7 67 (1.22%) PyTorch
7 67 (1.22%) React
8 62 (1.13%) Node.js
8 62 (1.13%) scikit-learn
9 61 (1.11%) Pandas
10 54 (0.98%) TensorFlow
11 51 (0.93%) LangChain
12 45 (0.82%) .NET Core
13 39 (0.71%) RESTful
14 38 (0.69%) ASP.NET
15 37 (0.67%) SAP Fiori
16 36 (0.66%) ASP.NET Core
17 35 (0.64%) JSON
17 35 (0.64%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 306 (5.57%) Cloud Native
2 273 (4.97%) Onboarding
3 257 (4.68%) Social Media
4 207 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 191 (3.48%) Marketing Technology
6 189 (3.44%) Blog
7 172 (3.13%) Management Information System
8 166 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 110 (2.00%) Data Structures
10 94 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
11 90 (1.64%) Algorithms
11 90 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
12 81 (1.48%) AI Agents
13 80 (1.46%) Mobile App
14 60 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
15 59 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
16 56 (1.02%) Public Cloud
17 44 (0.80%) Virtual Team
18 43 (0.78%) e-Learning
19 42 (0.77%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 90 (1.64%) Windows
2 79 (1.44%) Linux
3 28 (0.51%) VMS
4 25 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 21 (0.38%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.18%) Android
7 6 (0.11%) Unix
8 5 (0.091%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.055%) Debian
11 2 (0.036%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.018%) AIX
12 1 (0.018%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.018%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.018%) SUSE
12 1 (0.018%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,961 (35.72%) AI
2 1,310 (23.86%) Decision-Making
3 1,187 (21.62%) Business Intelligence
4 961 (17.50%) Agile
5 906 (16.50%) Roadmaps
6 883 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 880 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
8 826 (15.05%) Data Modelling
9 768 (13.99%) Data Engineering
10 762 (13.88%) Machine Learning
11 713 (12.99%) Data Analytics
12 676 (12.31%) Data Pipeline
13 664 (12.09%) CI/CD
14 631 (11.49%) Data Science
15 582 (10.60%) Mentoring
16 567 (10.33%) Data Governance
17 551 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
18 539 (9.82%) Actionable Insight
19 525 (9.56%) ETL
20 497 (9.05%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 1,461 (26.61%) SQL
2 1,241 (22.60%) Python
3 131 (2.39%) Java
4 123 (2.24%) C#
5 119 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 111 (2.02%) JavaScript
7 108 (1.97%) PowerShell
8 90 (1.64%) R
9 89 (1.62%) TypeScript
10 72 (1.31%) Scala
11 70 (1.28%) Bicep
12 54 (0.98%) Bash
13 46 (0.84%) Go
14 36 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
15 35 (0.64%) C++
16 27 (0.49%) Kotlin
16 27 (0.49%) T-SQL
17 23 (0.42%) Swift
18 18 (0.33%) Julia
18 18 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 660 (12.02%) Degree
2 378 (6.89%) Security Cleared
3 249 (4.54%) SC Cleared
4 125 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 110 (2.00%) Azure Certification
6 104 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 80 (1.46%) DV Cleared
8 61 (1.11%) AWS Certification
9 60 (1.09%) IRCA
10 54 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 52 (0.95%) ACCA
12 46 (0.84%) CIMA
12 46 (0.84%) CISSP
13 45 (0.82%) DBS Check
14 43 (0.78%) PhD
15 35 (0.64%) CISM
16 32 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
16 32 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
17 22 (0.40%) CCNP
17 22 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 744 (13.55%) Data Quality
2 387 (7.05%) Accessibility
3 305 (5.56%) GDPR
4 205 (3.73%) QA
5 96 (1.75%) WCAG
6 63 (1.15%) ISO 9001
7 44 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
8 39 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 39 (0.71%) NIST
9 38 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 33 (0.60%) SLA
11 23 (0.42%) PMO
12 22 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 21 (0.38%) IFRS
14 16 (0.29%) GRC
14 16 (0.29%) HIPAA
15 15 (0.27%) EU AI Act
16 14 (0.26%) PERC
17 13 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 12 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 150 (2.73%) Docker
2 90 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 25 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (0.29%) vSphere
6 15 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.073%) Firmware
8 4 (0.073%) IAG
8 4 (0.073%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.018%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.018%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 257 (4.68%) Terraform
2 177 (3.22%) Kubernetes
3 47 (0.86%) Ansible
4 27 (0.49%) Grafana
4 27 (0.49%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.29%) EnCase
5 16 (0.29%) FTK
6 14 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.15%) Argo
9 6 (0.11%) Graylog
9 6 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
9 6 (0.11%) Nagios
10 5 (0.091%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.091%) Packer
10 5 (0.091%) Puppet
10 5 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.073%) VxRail
12 3 (0.055%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.055%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 803 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 516 (9.40%) Databricks
3 413 (7.52%) Google
4 269 (4.90%) Adobe
5 239 (4.35%) SAP
6 136 (2.48%) Oracle
7 109 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 70 (1.28%) HubSpot
9 58 (1.06%) Informatica
10 57 (1.04%) Workday
11 50 (0.91%) Dell
12 43 (0.78%) Cisco
13 42 (0.77%) IBM
14 37 (0.67%) Alteryx
15 33 (0.60%) OpenAI
15 33 (0.60%) VMware
16 30 (0.55%) Cognos
16 30 (0.55%) Sitecore
16 30 (0.55%) YouTube
17 27 (0.49%) Cloudera