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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 29 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,051 3,244 4,372
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.85% 6.85% 5.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.40% 7.39% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,189 1,578 3,146
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 £107,750 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £53,375
% change year-on-year -7.89% +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 54,747 43,918 66,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.09% 92.80% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32,789 21,812 51,500
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £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% -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 24 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 24 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 3,449 £65,000 -7.14% 1,702
UK excluding London -3 2,053 £52,500 -7.89% 1,287
London +5 1,612 £80,000 -5.88% 826
Work from Home -3 1,285 £64,000 -1.31% 819
South East +12 543 £57,500 -4.17% 503
North of England -11 495 £49,000 -10.91% 282
Midlands -4 392 £52,500 -4.55% 201
North West -16 245 £52,500 -4.55% 160
West Midlands -10 240 £56,350 +2.45% 125
Scotland +4 229 £60,000 -14.29% 48
Yorkshire -3 196 £50,000 -9.09% 88
South West -5 188 £55,000 +1.03% 132
East Midlands +8 151 £46,500 -4.62% 75
East of England +30 127 £51,500 -20.77% 102
North East +19 54 £40,000 -20.79% 37
Northern Ireland -3 52 £45,000 -7.69% 12
Wales +15 30 £56,250 +13.52% 28

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
1 107 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
2 105 (2.59%) CMS
3 91 (2.25%) Apache Spark
4 56 (1.38%) Apache
5 55 (1.36%) WordPress
6 51 (1.26%) Confluence
7 40 (0.99%) SharePoint
8 38 (0.94%) SAS
9 28 (0.69%) ArcGIS
10 18 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
11 17 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
11 17 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 15 (0.37%) Drupal
13 8 (0.20%) Umbraco
14 7 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
15 6 (0.15%) IIS
16 4 (0.099%) Appian
16 4 (0.099%) Documentum
16 4 (0.099%) Sitecore CMS
17 3 (0.074%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 470 (11.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.59%) 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%) Spreadsheet
8 13 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 12 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
9 12 (0.30%) SPSS
10 9 (0.22%) MS Visio
10 9 (0.22%) Trello
11 8 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
12 7 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
13 6 (0.15%) UserZoom
14 4 (0.099%) SketchUp
15 3 (0.074%) Final Cut Pro
16 2 (0.049%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 73 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 31 (0.77%) SAP IBP
5 23 (0.57%) SAP PP
6 21 (0.52%) 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 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
11 13 (0.32%) iTrent
11 13 (0.32%) NetSuite
11 13 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
11 13 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
12 12 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
13 11 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 11 (0.27%) SAP FI
13 11 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 961 (23.72%) Azure
2 687 (16.96%) Power Platform
3 433 (10.69%) AWS
4 235 (5.80%) SaaS
5 219 (5.41%) GCP
6 213 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 205 (5.06%) Snowflake
8 195 (4.81%) Google Analytics
9 175 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
10 168 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
11 156 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 152 (3.75%) GitHub
13 122 (3.01%) dbt
14 104 (2.57%) Entra ID
15 97 (2.39%) Adobe Analytics
16 95 (2.35%) Figma
17 90 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
18 85 (2.10%) Serverless
19 81 (2.00%) Amazon S3
20 68 (1.68%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 103 (2.54%) Broadband
2 40 (0.99%) VPN
3 35 (0.86%) Firewall
4 22 (0.54%) WAN
5 20 (0.49%) CHAP
6 16 (0.39%) DNS
7 14 (0.35%) Network Security
8 13 (0.32%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.30%) Intranet
10 10 (0.25%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.15%) DHCP
11 6 (0.15%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.12%) SNMP
12 5 (0.12%) VoIP
13 4 (0.099%) HTTP
14 3 (0.074%) Internet
14 3 (0.074%) LAN
14 3 (0.074%) SMS
14 3 (0.074%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 650 (16.05%) Power BI
2 416 (10.27%) Tableau
3 324 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
4 208 (5.13%) Data Lake
5 198 (4.89%) Data Mining
6 191 (4.71%) Metadata
7 152 (3.75%) SQL Server
8 109 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 97 (2.39%) Looker
10 77 (1.90%) Big Data
11 76 (1.88%) Relational Database
12 72 (1.78%) BigQuery
12 72 (1.78%) NoSQL
13 68 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 65 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
15 56 (1.38%) Power Query
16 55 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 52 (1.28%) SAP BW
18 43 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
19 37 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 128 (3.16%) Git
2 115 (2.84%) JIRA
3 66 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 28 (0.69%) GitLab
5 27 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
6 23 (0.57%) TeamCity
7 22 (0.54%) Axure RP
7 22 (0.54%) Balsamiq
8 20 (0.49%) ERwin
9 19 (0.47%) Visual Studio
10 18 (0.44%) MLflow
11 10 (0.25%) CircleCI
11 10 (0.25%) 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%) ER Studio
15 5 (0.12%) MSI
15 5 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,405 (34.68%) Finance
2 1,280 (31.60%) Social Skills
3 1,119 (27.62%) Analytical Skills
4 664 (16.39%) Marketing
5 280 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 242 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 229 (5.65%) Banking
8 213 (5.26%) Law
9 207 (5.11%) Retail
10 154 (3.80%) Manufacturing
11 152 (3.75%) Legal
12 131 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
13 124 (3.06%) Games
14 108 (2.67%) Financial Institution
15 91 (2.25%) Automotive
16 90 (2.22%) Advertising
17 88 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
18 87 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
19 78 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
20 69 (1.70%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 661 (16.32%) Senior
2 648 (16.00%) Analyst
3 487 (12.02%) Lead
4 380 (9.38%) Data Analyst
5 374 (9.23%) Data Engineer
6 324 (8.00%) Architect
7 224 (5.53%) Developer
8 170 (4.20%) Trainee
8 170 (4.20%) Trainee Analyst
8 170 (4.20%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 145 (3.58%) Data Architect
10 143 (3.53%) Senior Manager
11 132 (3.26%) Consultant
12 100 (2.47%) Designer
13 95 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
14 88 (2.17%) Data Manager
15 84 (2.07%) Support Engineer
16 81 (2.00%) Data Scientist
16 81 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
17 78 (1.93%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (2.37%) HTML
2 87 (2.15%) Kafka
3 86 (2.12%) CSS
4 81 (2.00%) PySpark
5 68 (1.68%) PyTorch
6 64 (1.58%) .NET
7 63 (1.56%) React
8 59 (1.46%) OAuth
9 57 (1.41%) RESTful
10 50 (1.23%) TensorFlow
11 45 (1.11%) JSON
11 45 (1.11%) REST
12 39 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
13 37 (0.91%) OAuth2
14 29 (0.72%) .NET Core
14 29 (0.72%) Node.js
14 29 (0.72%) SAML
15 26 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
16 23 (0.57%) Akka
16 23 (0.57%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 212 (5.23%) Social Media
2 193 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 181 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
4 177 (4.37%) Product Ownership
5 168 (4.15%) Cloud Native
6 154 (3.80%) Management Information System
7 124 (3.06%) Algorithms
8 123 (3.04%) Onboarding
9 110 (2.72%) Life Science
10 81 (2.00%) Data Structures
11 68 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
12 65 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
13 58 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
14 53 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
15 47 (1.16%) FMCG
15 47 (1.16%) Mobile App
16 41 (1.01%) Virtual Team
17 40 (0.99%) Data Centre
18 39 (0.96%) Fixed Income
19 38 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 113 (2.79%) Windows
2 60 (1.48%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.06%) Linux
4 29 (0.72%) Unix
5 23 (0.57%) VMS
6 14 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.30%) Android
8 2 (0.049%) AIX
8 2 (0.049%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,118 (27.60%) AI
2 943 (23.28%) Business Intelligence
3 869 (21.45%) Decision-Making
4 786 (19.40%) Data Analytics
5 779 (19.23%) Agile
6 769 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
7 733 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 637 (15.72%) Data Modelling
9 523 (12.91%) Project Management
10 516 (12.74%) Data Analysis
11 494 (12.19%) Data Governance
11 494 (12.19%) Machine Learning
12 492 (12.15%) Data Science
13 489 (12.07%) Roadmaps
14 486 (12.00%) Data Engineering
15 445 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
16 440 (10.86%) Data Pipeline
17 430 (10.61%) Visualisation
18 428 (10.57%) ETL
19 424 (10.47%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,088 (26.86%) SQL
2 991 (24.46%) Python
3 114 (2.81%) Java
4 113 (2.79%) JavaScript
5 90 (2.22%) C#
6 87 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 78 (1.93%) PowerShell
8 76 (1.88%) Scala
9 69 (1.70%) R
10 49 (1.21%) Bicep
11 43 (1.06%) T-SQL
12 40 (0.99%) C++
12 40 (0.99%) TypeScript
13 33 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
14 30 (0.74%) Bash
15 27 (0.67%) Go
16 23 (0.57%) PL/SQL
17 21 (0.52%) Shell Script
18 16 (0.39%) VBA
19 12 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 769 (18.98%) Degree
2 269 (6.64%) Security Cleared
3 190 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 169 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 119 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 74 (1.83%) PhD
7 60 (1.48%) CTC Cleared
8 58 (1.43%) CISSP
9 54 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 52 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 49 (1.21%) CISA
12 47 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
13 46 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
14 45 (1.11%) CISM
15 41 (1.01%) DBS Check
16 37 (0.91%) ACCA
17 36 (0.89%) PMI Certification
18 32 (0.79%) DV Cleared
19 30 (0.74%) PMP
20 29 (0.72%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 534 (13.18%) Data Quality
2 283 (6.99%) GDPR
3 282 (6.96%) Accessibility
4 115 (2.84%) QA
5 76 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (1.78%) SLA
7 51 (1.26%) NIST
8 49 (1.21%) WCAG
9 42 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
10 39 (0.96%) GxP
11 37 (0.91%) ISO 9001
12 30 (0.74%) COBIT
13 25 (0.62%) Solvency II
14 24 (0.59%) EU AI Act
14 24 (0.59%) IFRS
15 23 (0.57%) HIPAA
16 21 (0.52%) PSD2
17 18 (0.44%) GRC
18 17 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 132 (3.26%) Docker
2 61 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 35 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.099%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.049%) vSphere
8 1 (0.025%) Firmware
8 1 (0.025%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.025%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 199 (4.91%) Terraform
2 153 (3.78%) Kubernetes
3 38 (0.94%) Ansible
4 26 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.62%) 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%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.12%) Argo
11 5 (0.12%) RSA Archer
11 5 (0.12%) SCOM
12 3 (0.074%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.074%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.074%) Control-M
12 3 (0.074%) VxRail
Vendors
1 839 (20.71%) Microsoft
2 333 (8.22%) Google
3 258 (6.37%) Databricks
4 211 (5.21%) SAP
5 184 (4.54%) Salesforce
6 183 (4.52%) Adobe
7 138 (3.41%) Cisco
8 133 (3.28%) Oracle
9 67 (1.65%) HubSpot
10 55 (1.36%) Alteryx
11 34 (0.84%) Bloomberg
12 32 (0.79%) ServiceNow
13 31 (0.77%) OpenAI
14 30 (0.74%) YouTube
15 29 (0.72%) Informatica
15 29 (0.72%) Instagram
16 28 (0.69%) Nexthink
17 26 (0.64%) Foundry
17 26 (0.64%) Palantir
17 26 (0.64%) Talend