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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 29 32
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,798 3,342 4,427
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.94% 6.47% 6.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.43% 7.06% 6.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,000 1,629 3,168
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.90% -8.15%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,250 £57,000 £53,375
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.79% -2.95%

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 51,136 47,352 64,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.03% 91.66% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 30,240 22,667 50,432
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 2 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 2 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 3,245 £65,000 -7.14% 2,002
UK excluding London 0 1,935 £52,250 -8.33% 1,323
London +4 1,540 £75,000 -11.76% 1,056
Work from Home +1 1,169 £65,000 - 1,062
South East +16 566 £55,000 -8.33% 546
North of England -20 410 £52,000 -5.45% 277
Midlands -3 339 £55,000 -3.51% 184
Scotland +6 246 £55,000 -9.45% 68
North West -20 212 £52,500 -4.55% 170
West Midlands -8 200 £60,000 +5.26% 97
South West +4 187 £55,000 +1.03% 119
Yorkshire -14 156 £55,000 - 78
East Midlands +18 140 £45,390 -9.22% 87
East of England +34 113 £43,250 -32.16% 109
Northern Ireland +4 47 £45,000 -34.55% 9
North East +17 43 £40,000 -24.17% 32
Wales +22 29 £47,500 -4.14% 32

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 87 (2.29%) Apache Spark
1 87 (2.29%) CMS
2 84 (2.21%) Apache Airflow
3 52 (1.37%) WordPress
4 46 (1.21%) Apache
4 46 (1.21%) Confluence
5 45 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 29 (0.76%) SAS
7 20 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 18 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
9 17 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
10 13 (0.34%) Drupal
11 9 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 6 (0.16%) IIS
13 5 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
14 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.11%) Appian
14 4 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
14 4 (0.11%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 499 (13.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.68%) Maya
5 25 (0.66%) Adobe XD
6 23 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 19 (0.50%) InDesign
7 19 (0.50%) Photoshop
8 16 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 14 (0.37%) Chatbot
10 12 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
10 12 (0.32%) SPSS
11 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
11 10 (0.26%) Trello
12 9 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
13 6 (0.16%) MS Visio
14 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
14 4 (0.11%) UserZoom
15 3 (0.079%) Final Cut Pro
16 2 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 60 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
4 23 (0.61%) SAP CO
4 23 (0.61%) Shopify
5 21 (0.55%) Magento
6 19 (0.50%) SAP IBP
7 16 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
7 16 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
7 16 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
7 16 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
8 15 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
8 15 (0.39%) SAP FI
8 15 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
9 13 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
9 13 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
10 11 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 10 (0.26%) iTrent
11 10 (0.26%) NetSuite
12 9 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 970 (25.54%) Azure
2 743 (19.56%) Power Platform
3 383 (10.08%) AWS
4 210 (5.53%) SaaS
5 204 (5.37%) GCP
6 200 (5.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 189 (4.98%) Snowflake
8 182 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
8 182 (4.79%) Google Analytics
9 168 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
10 154 (4.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 147 (3.87%) GitHub
12 111 (2.92%) dbt
13 104 (2.74%) Entra ID
14 87 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
15 74 (1.95%) Serverless
16 73 (1.92%) Figma
17 71 (1.87%) Amazon S3
18 66 (1.74%) Adobe Analytics
19 65 (1.71%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.63%) Broadband
2 43 (1.13%) VPN
3 35 (0.92%) Firewall
4 18 (0.47%) CHAP
4 18 (0.47%) WAN
5 15 (0.39%) DNS
6 13 (0.34%) Unified Communications
7 12 (0.32%) Intranet
8 11 (0.29%) Network Security
9 9 (0.24%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.16%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.13%) DHCP
11 5 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.13%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.11%) HTTP
12 4 (0.11%) Internet
12 4 (0.11%) SMS
12 4 (0.11%) SNMP
12 4 (0.11%) VoIP
13 3 (0.079%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 708 (18.64%) Power BI
2 390 (10.27%) Tableau
3 314 (8.27%) Data Warehouse
4 247 (6.50%) Data Lake
5 174 (4.58%) Metadata
6 162 (4.27%) Data Mining
7 147 (3.87%) SQL Server
8 99 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 95 (2.50%) SAP BW
10 91 (2.40%) Looker
11 85 (2.24%) Big Data
12 70 (1.84%) NoSQL
12 70 (1.84%) Relational Database
13 67 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 61 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
15 55 (1.45%) Power Query
15 55 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 52 (1.37%) BigQuery
17 42 (1.11%) Hadoop
18 39 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 118 (3.11%) Git
2 117 (3.08%) JIRA
3 60 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
5 23 (0.61%) Axure RP
5 23 (0.61%) Balsamiq
5 23 (0.61%) TeamCity
6 22 (0.58%) GitLab
7 17 (0.45%) ERwin
7 17 (0.45%) Visual Studio
8 14 (0.37%) MLflow
9 13 (0.34%) Selenium
10 8 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (0.18%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.16%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.16%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.16%) Postman
13 5 (0.13%) MSI
13 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,325 (34.89%) Finance
2 1,271 (33.46%) Social Skills
3 1,062 (27.96%) Analytical Skills
4 639 (16.82%) Marketing
5 261 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 221 (5.82%) Banking
7 218 (5.74%) Public Sector
8 212 (5.58%) Law
9 192 (5.06%) Retail
10 152 (4.00%) Manufacturing
11 136 (3.58%) Legal
12 133 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
13 115 (3.03%) Games
14 104 (2.74%) Financial Institution
15 91 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
16 84 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
17 81 (2.13%) Advertising
18 77 (2.03%) Automotive
19 72 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
20 70 (1.84%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 618 (16.27%) Analyst
2 608 (16.01%) Senior
3 476 (12.53%) Lead
4 341 (8.98%) Data Engineer
5 335 (8.82%) Data Analyst
6 294 (7.74%) Architect
7 220 (5.79%) Developer
8 140 (3.69%) Senior Manager
9 132 (3.48%) Trainee
9 132 (3.48%) Trainee Analyst
9 132 (3.48%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 126 (3.32%) Data Architect
11 92 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
12 83 (2.19%) Consultant
12 83 (2.19%) Data Manager
13 79 (2.08%) Senior Analyst
14 78 (2.05%) Designer
14 78 (2.05%) Support Engineer
15 77 (2.03%) Data Scientist
16 72 (1.90%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (2.24%) HTML
2 78 (2.05%) PySpark
3 76 (2.00%) Kafka
4 75 (1.97%) CSS
5 62 (1.63%) OAuth
6 61 (1.61%) React
7 59 (1.55%) RESTful
8 56 (1.47%) .NET
9 53 (1.40%) PyTorch
10 51 (1.34%) REST
11 49 (1.29%) TensorFlow
12 43 (1.13%) JSON
13 39 (1.03%) OAuth2
14 32 (0.84%) SAML
15 29 (0.76%) Node.js
16 26 (0.68%) .NET Core
16 26 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
16 26 (0.68%) Middleware
17 24 (0.63%) scikit-learn
17 24 (0.63%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 181 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
2 179 (4.71%) Product Ownership
3 171 (4.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 165 (4.34%) Social Media
5 159 (4.19%) Cloud Native
6 157 (4.13%) Management Information System
7 130 (3.42%) Onboarding
8 112 (2.95%) Algorithms
9 89 (2.34%) Life Science
10 79 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
11 66 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
12 63 (1.66%) Data Structures
13 55 (1.45%) FMCG
14 46 (1.21%) Data Centre
15 45 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
16 42 (1.11%) Virtual Team
17 41 (1.08%) Fixed Income
18 38 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
19 33 (0.87%) Mobile App
20 29 (0.76%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 112 (2.95%) Windows
2 60 (1.58%) Windows 10
3 41 (1.08%) Linux
4 29 (0.76%) Unix
5 19 (0.50%) VMS
6 13 (0.34%) Android
7 12 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.32%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.053%) AIX
8 2 (0.053%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.026%) Debian
9 1 (0.026%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,037 (27.30%) AI
2 1,000 (26.33%) Business Intelligence
3 859 (22.62%) Decision-Making
4 817 (21.51%) Problem-Solving
5 736 (19.38%) Data Analytics
6 735 (19.35%) Agile
7 698 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 632 (16.64%) Data Modelling
9 502 (13.22%) Data Governance
10 477 (12.56%) Machine Learning
11 469 (12.35%) Project Management
12 466 (12.27%) Data Science
13 460 (12.11%) Data Analysis
14 455 (11.98%) Data Engineering
15 450 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
16 446 (11.74%) Roadmaps
17 423 (11.14%) Visualisation
18 422 (11.11%) CI/CD
18 422 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
19 413 (10.87%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1,004 (26.43%) SQL
2 914 (24.07%) Python
3 117 (3.08%) Java
4 115 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 84 (2.21%) C#
5 84 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 75 (1.97%) PowerShell
6 75 (1.97%) Scala
7 60 (1.58%) R
8 51 (1.34%) Bicep
9 42 (1.11%) T-SQL
10 34 (0.90%) Bash
10 34 (0.90%) TypeScript
11 33 (0.87%) C++
12 28 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
13 25 (0.66%) PL/SQL
14 22 (0.58%) Go
15 21 (0.55%) Shell Script
16 17 (0.45%) VBA
17 14 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 865 (22.78%) Degree
2 243 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 196 (5.16%) Master's Degree
4 177 (4.66%) SC Cleared
5 124 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 95 (2.50%) PhD
7 60 (1.58%) CTC Cleared
8 59 (1.55%) CISSP
9 54 (1.42%) CISA
10 52 (1.37%) DBS Check
11 50 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 46 (1.21%) Azure Certification
12 46 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 46 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
13 43 (1.13%) CISM
14 38 (1.00%) PMI Certification
15 32 (0.84%) ACCA
16 31 (0.82%) PMP
17 29 (0.76%) DV Cleared
18 24 (0.63%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 546 (14.38%) Data Quality
2 251 (6.61%) GDPR
3 230 (6.06%) Accessibility
4 79 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 77 (2.03%) QA
6 70 (1.84%) SLA
7 53 (1.40%) NIST
8 43 (1.13%) GxP
8 43 (1.13%) WCAG
9 39 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
10 32 (0.84%) COBIT
11 25 (0.66%) Solvency II
12 22 (0.58%) HIPAA
12 22 (0.58%) IFRS
13 21 (0.55%) EU AI Act
13 21 (0.55%) PSD2
14 19 (0.50%) GRC
15 17 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.42%) PMO
16 16 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 120 (3.16%) Docker
2 54 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 35 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.053%) Firmware
8 2 (0.053%) vSphere
9 1 (0.026%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.026%) vCloud
9 1 (0.026%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 187 (4.92%) Terraform
2 135 (3.55%) Kubernetes
3 36 (0.95%) Ansible
4 26 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (0.63%) Grafana
7 19 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.29%) QRadar
8 11 (0.29%) SCCM
9 8 (0.21%) EnCase
9 8 (0.21%) FTK
10 7 (0.18%) Kibana
11 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (0.13%) Argo
12 5 (0.13%) RSA Archer
12 5 (0.13%) SCOM
13 3 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.079%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.079%) Control-M
14 1 (0.026%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 779 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 309 (8.14%) Google
3 255 (6.71%) Databricks
4 241 (6.35%) SAP
5 180 (4.74%) Salesforce
6 151 (3.98%) Adobe
7 136 (3.58%) Cisco
8 135 (3.55%) Oracle
9 65 (1.71%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.40%) Alteryx
11 34 (0.90%) Bloomberg
11 34 (0.90%) ServiceNow
12 32 (0.84%) Dell
13 29 (0.76%) Informatica
13 29 (0.76%) Talend
13 29 (0.76%) YouTube
14 28 (0.74%) OpenAI
15 27 (0.71%) Nexthink
16 26 (0.68%) IBM
17 24 (0.63%) Palantir