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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 29 32
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,848 3,328 4,419
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.96% 6.52% 6.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 7.11% 6.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,038 1,635 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 £60,866
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +15.01% -9.83%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,443 £53,250
% change year-on-year -8.60% +7.87% -3.18%

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 51,688 46,838 64,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.04% 91.77% 88.53%
Number of salaries quoted 30,626 22,631 50,390
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £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 £75,900 £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 4 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 4 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 3,285 £65,000 -7.14% 2,074
UK excluding London 0 1,969 £52,500 -8.60% 1,329
London +5 1,551 £75,000 -11.76% 1,109
Work from Home 0 1,182 £65,000 - 1,023
South East +15 574 £55,000 -8.33% 527
North of England -19 419 £52,250 -5.00% 293
Midlands -4 349 £55,000 -3.51% 201
Scotland +4 249 £55,000 -9.45% 69
North West -21 217 £53,750 -2.27% 175
West Midlands -9 207 £60,000 +5.26% 105
South West +7 187 £55,000 +1.03% 117
Yorkshire -9 158 £55,000 - 88
East Midlands +18 142 £46,445 -7.11% 96
East of England +36 115 £43,250 -32.16% 107
Northern Ireland +3 49 £45,000 -34.55% 11
North East +16 45 £40,000 -20.79% 33
Wales +15 29 £47,500 -4.14% 26

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 90 (2.34%) CMS
2 88 (2.29%) Apache Spark
3 84 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
4 52 (1.35%) WordPress
5 48 (1.25%) Apache
6 46 (1.20%) Confluence
6 46 (1.20%) SharePoint
7 29 (0.75%) SAS
8 20 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 18 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
9 18 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
10 14 (0.36%) Drupal
11 9 (0.23%) Umbraco
12 6 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 6 (0.16%) IIS
13 5 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
14 4 (0.10%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.10%) Appian
14 4 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
14 4 (0.10%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 504 (13.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.68%) Maya
5 25 (0.65%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 19 (0.49%) InDesign
7 19 (0.49%) Photoshop
8 16 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 14 (0.36%) Chatbot
10 12 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
10 12 (0.31%) SPSS
11 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
11 10 (0.26%) Trello
12 9 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
13 6 (0.16%) MS Visio
14 5 (0.13%) UserZoom
15 4 (0.10%) SketchUp
16 3 (0.078%) Final Cut Pro
17 2 (0.052%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 66 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 56 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
4 24 (0.62%) SAP CO
5 23 (0.60%) Shopify
6 22 (0.57%) SAP IBP
7 21 (0.55%) Magento
8 16 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
8 16 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
8 16 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
8 16 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
9 15 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
9 15 (0.39%) SAP FI
9 15 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
10 14 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
11 13 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
12 12 (0.31%) NetSuite
13 11 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
14 10 (0.26%) iTrent
15 9 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 979 (25.44%) Azure
2 748 (19.44%) Power Platform
3 385 (10.01%) AWS
4 216 (5.61%) SaaS
5 204 (5.30%) GCP
6 203 (5.28%) Azure Data Factory
7 191 (4.96%) Snowflake
8 185 (4.81%) Google Analytics
9 182 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
10 169 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
11 154 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 147 (3.82%) GitHub
13 111 (2.88%) dbt
14 105 (2.73%) Entra ID
15 88 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
16 75 (1.95%) Serverless
17 74 (1.92%) Figma
18 72 (1.87%) Amazon S3
19 67 (1.74%) Adobe Analytics
19 67 (1.74%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 63 (1.64%) Broadband
2 43 (1.12%) VPN
3 35 (0.91%) Firewall
4 18 (0.47%) CHAP
4 18 (0.47%) WAN
5 15 (0.39%) DNS
6 14 (0.36%) Unified Communications
7 12 (0.31%) Intranet
8 11 (0.29%) Network Security
9 9 (0.23%) 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 (0.10%) HTTP
12 4 (0.10%) Internet
12 4 (0.10%) SMS
12 4 (0.10%) SNMP
12 4 (0.10%) VoIP
13 3 (0.078%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 711 (18.48%) Power BI
2 395 (10.27%) Tableau
3 318 (8.26%) Data Warehouse
4 248 (6.44%) Data Lake
5 178 (4.63%) Metadata
6 167 (4.34%) Data Mining
7 149 (3.87%) SQL Server
8 100 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 95 (2.47%) SAP BW
10 93 (2.42%) Looker
11 85 (2.21%) Big Data
12 71 (1.85%) Relational Database
13 70 (1.82%) NoSQL
14 67 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 62 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
16 56 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 55 (1.43%) Power Query
18 53 (1.38%) BigQuery
19 42 (1.09%) Hadoop
20 39 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 118 (3.07%) Git
1 118 (3.07%) JIRA
2 60 (1.56%) Jenkins
3 31 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
4 23 (0.60%) Axure RP
4 23 (0.60%) Balsamiq
4 23 (0.60%) TeamCity
5 22 (0.57%) GitLab
6 17 (0.44%) ERwin
6 17 (0.44%) Visual Studio
7 14 (0.36%) MLflow
8 13 (0.34%) Selenium
9 8 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.18%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.16%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.16%) ER Studio
11 6 (0.16%) Postman
12 5 (0.13%) MSI
12 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,335 (34.69%) Finance
2 1,275 (33.13%) Social Skills
3 1,076 (27.96%) Analytical Skills
4 647 (16.81%) Marketing
5 263 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 221 (5.74%) Banking
7 219 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 217 (5.64%) Law
9 194 (5.04%) Retail
10 158 (4.11%) Manufacturing
11 138 (3.59%) Legal
12 133 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
13 116 (3.01%) Games
14 104 (2.70%) Financial Institution
15 91 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
16 84 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
17 83 (2.16%) Advertising
18 81 (2.10%) Automotive
19 74 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
20 70 (1.82%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 629 (16.35%) Analyst
2 611 (15.88%) Senior
3 482 (12.53%) Lead
4 345 (8.97%) Data Engineer
5 342 (8.89%) Data Analyst
6 298 (7.74%) Architect
7 222 (5.77%) Developer
8 139 (3.61%) Senior Manager
9 137 (3.56%) Trainee
9 137 (3.56%) Trainee Analyst
9 137 (3.56%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 129 (3.35%) Data Architect
11 92 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
12 88 (2.29%) Consultant
13 83 (2.16%) Data Manager
14 81 (2.10%) Senior Analyst
15 79 (2.05%) Support Engineer
16 78 (2.03%) Designer
17 77 (2.00%) Data Scientist
18 73 (1.90%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (2.26%) HTML
2 78 (2.03%) PySpark
3 77 (2.00%) CSS
3 77 (2.00%) Kafka
4 62 (1.61%) OAuth
5 61 (1.59%) React
6 59 (1.53%) RESTful
7 58 (1.51%) .NET
8 54 (1.40%) PyTorch
9 51 (1.33%) REST
10 50 (1.30%) TensorFlow
11 43 (1.12%) JSON
12 39 (1.01%) OAuth2
13 32 (0.83%) SAML
14 29 (0.75%) Node.js
15 27 (0.70%) .NET Core
16 26 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
16 26 (0.68%) Middleware
17 24 (0.62%) WebSockets
18 23 (0.60%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 183 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 180 (4.68%) Product Ownership
3 172 (4.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 167 (4.34%) Social Media
5 162 (4.21%) Cloud Native
6 158 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 130 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 115 (2.99%) Algorithms
9 95 (2.47%) Life Science
10 79 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
11 67 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
12 64 (1.66%) Data Structures
13 55 (1.43%) FMCG
14 46 (1.20%) Data Centre
14 46 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
15 42 (1.09%) Virtual Team
16 41 (1.07%) Fixed Income
17 38 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
18 33 (0.86%) Mobile App
19 31 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 112 (2.91%) Windows
2 60 (1.56%) Windows 10
3 41 (1.07%) Linux
4 29 (0.75%) Unix
5 20 (0.52%) VMS
6 13 (0.34%) Android
7 12 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.052%) AIX
8 2 (0.052%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.026%) Debian
9 1 (0.026%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,050 (27.29%) AI
2 1,008 (26.20%) Business Intelligence
3 867 (22.53%) Decision-Making
4 822 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
5 745 (19.36%) Data Analytics
6 739 (19.20%) Agile
7 704 (18.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 638 (16.58%) Data Modelling
9 508 (13.20%) Data Governance
10 480 (12.47%) Machine Learning
11 473 (12.29%) Project Management
12 469 (12.19%) Data Analysis
13 468 (12.16%) Data Science
14 461 (11.98%) Data Engineering
15 453 (11.77%) Stakeholder Management
16 452 (11.75%) Roadmaps
17 425 (11.04%) Visualisation
18 424 (11.02%) CI/CD
19 422 (10.97%) Data Pipeline
20 417 (10.84%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1,015 (26.38%) SQL
2 922 (23.96%) Python
3 117 (3.04%) Java
4 116 (3.01%) JavaScript
5 86 (2.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 85 (2.21%) C#
7 76 (1.98%) PowerShell
8 75 (1.95%) Scala
9 62 (1.61%) R
10 51 (1.33%) Bicep
11 42 (1.09%) T-SQL
12 34 (0.88%) Bash
12 34 (0.88%) TypeScript
13 33 (0.86%) C++
14 29 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
15 25 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 22 (0.57%) Go
17 21 (0.55%) Shell Script
18 17 (0.44%) VBA
19 14 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 864 (22.45%) Degree
2 245 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 195 (5.07%) Master's Degree
4 179 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 124 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 94 (2.44%) PhD
7 60 (1.56%) CTC Cleared
8 59 (1.53%) CISSP
9 54 (1.40%) CISA
10 52 (1.35%) DBS Check
11 50 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 47 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
13 46 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 46 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
14 43 (1.12%) CISM
15 39 (1.01%) PMI Certification
16 32 (0.83%) ACCA
16 32 (0.83%) PMP
17 29 (0.75%) DV Cleared
18 24 (0.62%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 552 (14.35%) Data Quality
2 254 (6.60%) GDPR
3 231 (6.00%) Accessibility
4 79 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 77 (2.00%) QA
6 70 (1.82%) SLA
7 53 (1.38%) NIST
8 43 (1.12%) GxP
8 43 (1.12%) WCAG
9 39 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 32 (0.83%) COBIT
11 25 (0.65%) Solvency II
12 22 (0.57%) HIPAA
12 22 (0.57%) IFRS
13 21 (0.55%) EU AI Act
13 21 (0.55%) PSD2
14 19 (0.49%) GRC
15 17 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.42%) PMO
16 16 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 121 (3.14%) Docker
2 55 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 35 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.10%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.052%) Firmware
8 2 (0.052%) vSphere
9 1 (0.026%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.026%) vCloud
9 1 (0.026%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 187 (4.86%) Terraform
2 136 (3.53%) Kubernetes
3 36 (0.94%) Ansible
4 27 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (0.62%) Grafana
7 19 (0.49%) 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 (0.078%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.078%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.078%) Control-M
14 1 (0.026%) MOM
Vendors
1 791 (20.56%) Microsoft
2 317 (8.24%) Google
3 258 (6.70%) Databricks
4 249 (6.47%) SAP
5 184 (4.78%) Salesforce
6 151 (3.92%) Adobe
7 137 (3.56%) Cisco
8 136 (3.53%) Oracle
9 65 (1.69%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.38%) Alteryx
11 36 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 34 (0.88%) Bloomberg
13 32 (0.83%) Dell
14 29 (0.75%) Informatica
14 29 (0.75%) Talend
14 29 (0.75%) YouTube
15 28 (0.73%) Nexthink
15 28 (0.73%) OpenAI
16 26 (0.68%) IBM
17 24 (0.62%) Palantir