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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 30 29
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,709 3,747 3,645
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.67% 5.92% 7.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.94% 6.85% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,918 1,998 2,637
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,350 £37,341
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% -
75th Percentile £85,875 £93,778 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £114,491
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -7.89% +0.84% +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 46,704 54,735 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.99% 86.52% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28,159 28,437 36,165
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
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% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.15%

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 5 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 5 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 0 3,164 £62,500 -10.71% 1,655
UK excluding London +6 1,887 £52,500 -7.89% 1,433
London +5 1,514 £75,000 -11.76% 625
Work from Home +1 1,114 £60,000 -11.11% 756
South East +30 583 £52,500 -8.70% 547
North of England -21 348 £55,000 - 297
Midlands +10 313 £55,000 - 229
Scotland +14 253 £50,000 -20.00% 56
South West +18 201 £55,000 -15.38% 139
North West -22 185 £52,500 -4.55% 170
West Midlands -11 181 £57,750 +1.32% 134
East of England +35 143 £40,000 -32.20% 136
East Midlands +33 135 £47,500 -5.00% 92
Yorkshire -16 132 £61,250 +11.36% 86
North East +13 32 £40,000 -27.27% 48
Northern Ireland +2 30 £60,000 +28.34% 20
Wales +12 22 £60,000 +15.38% 38

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
1 111 (2.99%) CMS
2 97 (2.62%) Apache Spark
3 62 (1.67%) WordPress
4 58 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
5 50 (1.35%) Confluence
6 43 (1.16%) SharePoint
7 32 (0.86%) Apache
8 23 (0.62%) SAS
9 17 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 14 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
11 13 (0.35%) Drupal
12 11 (0.30%) Umbraco
13 10 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 10 (0.27%) Headless CMS
13 10 (0.27%) SugarCRM
14 5 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
15 4 (0.11%) Appian
16 3 (0.081%) Joomla!
16 3 (0.081%) Jupyter
16 3 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 505 (13.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (0.89%) Photoshop
5 32 (0.86%) Maya
6 29 (0.78%) Adobe XD
7 26 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.49%) InDesign
9 16 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
10 15 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
11 14 (0.38%) Chatbot
12 13 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
13 11 (0.30%) Trello
14 10 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
15 9 (0.24%) SPSS
16 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
17 5 (0.13%) MS Visio
18 4 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
18 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
19 3 (0.081%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 95 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 56 (1.51%) Shopify
4 30 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
5 28 (0.75%) SAP IBP
6 20 (0.54%) Magento
7 19 (0.51%) SAP CO
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 15 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
9 13 (0.35%) NetSuite
9 13 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
9 13 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
9 13 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
9 13 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
9 13 (0.35%) SAP FSCM
10 12 (0.32%) Sprinklr
11 11 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
11 11 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
12 9 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 946 (25.51%) Azure
2 776 (20.92%) Power Platform
3 411 (11.08%) AWS
4 273 (7.36%) Google Analytics
5 239 (6.44%) GCP
6 219 (5.90%) SaaS
7 197 (5.31%) Snowflake
8 173 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 155 (4.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 148 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
11 132 (3.56%) GitHub
12 122 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
13 104 (2.80%) dbt
14 88 (2.37%) Google Ads
15 83 (2.24%) Serverless
16 72 (1.94%) Figma
17 69 (1.86%) Azure Monitor
18 68 (1.83%) Entra ID
19 60 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
20 52 (1.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (0.92%) SMS
1 34 (0.92%) VPN
2 29 (0.78%) Firewall
3 27 (0.73%) Unified Communications
4 19 (0.51%) Network Security
5 13 (0.35%) DNS
6 11 (0.30%) WAN
7 9 (0.24%) Broadband
8 8 (0.22%) Intranet
9 6 (0.16%) CHAP
9 6 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.16%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.11%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.11%) Internet
10 4 (0.11%) VoIP
10 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.081%) DHCP
11 3 (0.081%) SAN
11 3 (0.081%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 745 (20.09%) Power BI
2 383 (10.33%) Tableau
3 334 (9.01%) Data Warehouse
4 249 (6.71%) Data Lake
5 159 (4.29%) Metadata
6 152 (4.10%) SQL Server
7 133 (3.59%) Data Mining
8 99 (2.67%) SAP BW
9 96 (2.59%) Big Data
10 95 (2.56%) Looker
11 85 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 77 (2.08%) NoSQL
13 71 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 69 (1.86%) BigQuery
15 66 (1.78%) Relational Database
16 59 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
17 57 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 52 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
19 47 (1.27%) Power Query
20 42 (1.13%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 131 (3.53%) JIRA
2 91 (2.45%) Git
3 39 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.70%) Axure RP
4 26 (0.70%) Balsamiq
5 25 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
6 18 (0.49%) ERwin
7 16 (0.43%) ER Studio
8 15 (0.40%) GitLab
9 13 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.35%) Selenium
9 13 (0.35%) Visual Studio
10 10 (0.27%) MLflow
11 7 (0.19%) Postman
11 7 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
12 6 (0.16%) Maven
13 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
14 4 (0.11%) TestNG
15 3 (0.081%) Fiddler
General
1 1,331 (35.89%) Social Skills
2 1,303 (35.13%) Finance
3 1,170 (31.54%) Analytical Skills
4 786 (21.19%) Marketing
5 340 (9.17%) Law
6 262 (7.06%) Retail
7 256 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 219 (5.90%) Public Sector
9 216 (5.82%) Banking
10 177 (4.77%) Manufacturing
11 162 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
12 140 (3.77%) Legal
13 100 (2.70%) Games
14 98 (2.64%) Financial Institution
15 94 (2.53%) Advertising
16 82 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
17 77 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
17 77 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
18 68 (1.83%) Front Office
19 61 (1.64%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 598 (16.12%) Senior
2 572 (15.42%) Analyst
3 483 (13.02%) Lead
4 311 (8.39%) Architect
5 307 (8.28%) Data Analyst
6 272 (7.33%) Data Engineer
7 211 (5.69%) Developer
8 141 (3.80%) Senior Manager
9 122 (3.29%) Data Architect
10 107 (2.88%) Consultant
11 96 (2.59%) Innovation Manager
12 91 (2.45%) Trainee
12 91 (2.45%) Trainee Analyst
12 91 (2.45%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 83 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
14 78 (2.10%) Analytics Manager
15 74 (2.00%) Data Manager
16 73 (1.97%) Data Scientist
16 73 (1.97%) Senior Analyst
17 68 (1.83%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (3.07%) HTML
2 90 (2.43%) CSS
3 76 (2.05%) Kafka
4 65 (1.75%) PySpark
4 65 (1.75%) React
4 65 (1.75%) RESTful
5 54 (1.46%) REST
6 49 (1.32%) OAuth
7 45 (1.21%) TensorFlow
8 44 (1.19%) JSON
8 44 (1.19%) PyTorch
9 38 (1.02%) .NET
9 38 (1.02%) Node.js
10 33 (0.89%) OAuth2
11 31 (0.84%) scikit-learn
12 29 (0.78%) Middleware
12 29 (0.78%) Pandas
13 27 (0.73%) GraphQL
14 26 (0.70%) SAML
15 23 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 200 (5.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 188 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 178 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
4 177 (4.77%) Onboarding
5 172 (4.64%) Cloud Native
6 160 (4.31%) Social Media
7 147 (3.96%) Management Information System
8 145 (3.91%) Algorithms
9 79 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
10 76 (2.05%) Life Science
11 75 (2.02%) FMCG
12 57 (1.54%) Data Structures
13 51 (1.38%) Data Centre
14 48 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 46 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
16 39 (1.05%) Virtual Team
17 38 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
17 38 (1.02%) Reinsurance
18 37 (1.00%) Credit Risk
19 36 (0.97%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 72 (1.94%) Windows
2 38 (1.02%) Linux
3 24 (0.65%) Unix
4 20 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.24%) Android
7 8 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.22%) VMS
8 2 (0.054%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.027%) AIX
9 1 (0.027%) Debian
9 1 (0.027%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,029 (27.74%) AI
2 1,013 (27.31%) Business Intelligence
3 870 (23.46%) Problem-Solving
4 853 (23.00%) Decision-Making
5 732 (19.74%) Data Analytics
6 710 (19.14%) Agile
7 691 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 584 (15.75%) Data Modelling
9 504 (13.59%) Roadmaps
10 501 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 481 (12.97%) Machine Learning
12 476 (12.83%) Data Science
13 454 (12.24%) Data Analysis
14 451 (12.16%) Data Governance
15 438 (11.81%) Project Management
16 429 (11.57%) Visualisation
17 409 (11.03%) Data Engineering
18 389 (10.49%) DevOps
19 387 (10.43%) CRM
19 387 (10.43%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 987 (26.61%) SQL
2 911 (24.56%) Python
3 132 (3.56%) JavaScript
4 131 (3.53%) Java
5 84 (2.26%) PowerShell
6 80 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 71 (1.91%) R
8 57 (1.54%) C#
9 43 (1.16%) T-SQL
10 40 (1.08%) Bicep
10 40 (1.08%) Scala
10 40 (1.08%) TypeScript
11 35 (0.94%) Go
12 31 (0.84%) C++
13 30 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 29 (0.78%) Bash
15 25 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
16 16 (0.43%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.40%) VBA
18 11 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 848 (22.86%) Degree
2 206 (5.55%) Master's Degree
3 179 (4.83%) Security Cleared
4 129 (3.48%) SC Cleared
5 115 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 101 (2.72%) DBS Check
7 100 (2.70%) PhD
8 57 (1.54%) CISSP
9 56 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 50 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
11 46 (1.24%) CISA
12 43 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 41 (1.11%) PMI Certification
14 39 (1.05%) ACCA
15 38 (1.02%) CISM
16 35 (0.94%) PMP
17 28 (0.75%) CIMA
18 25 (0.67%) SAP Certification
19 24 (0.65%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 454 (12.24%) Data Quality
2 259 (6.98%) GDPR
3 205 (5.53%) Accessibility
4 90 (2.43%) QA
5 80 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (1.29%) NIST
7 47 (1.27%) WCAG
8 34 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 34 (0.92%) SLA
9 32 (0.86%) GxP
10 24 (0.65%) Solvency II
11 23 (0.62%) COBIT
11 23 (0.62%) HIPAA
12 22 (0.59%) EU AI Act
13 21 (0.57%) PSD2
14 17 (0.46%) GRC
14 17 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 16 (0.43%) IFRS
15 16 (0.43%) PMO
16 15 (0.40%) ITGC
System Software
1 86 (2.32%) Docker
2 42 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 26 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.081%) Firmware
8 2 (0.054%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.027%) vCloud
9 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.027%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 159 (4.29%) Terraform
2 121 (3.26%) Kubernetes
3 32 (0.86%) Ansible
4 28 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.32%) QRadar
7 10 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.27%) SCCM
8 9 (0.24%) Grafana
9 8 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.16%) EnCase
10 6 (0.16%) FTK
10 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 5 (0.13%) Argo
11 5 (0.13%) SCOM
12 3 (0.081%) ArcSight ESM
13 2 (0.054%) Failover Clustering
14 1 (0.027%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 1 (0.027%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 1 (0.027%) Kibana
Vendors
1 692 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 444 (11.97%) Google
3 262 (7.06%) SAP
4 258 (6.96%) Databricks
5 188 (5.07%) Salesforce
6 145 (3.91%) Oracle
7 142 (3.83%) Adobe
8 70 (1.89%) HubSpot
9 62 (1.67%) Alteryx
9 62 (1.67%) Cisco
10 42 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 39 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 38 (1.02%) OpenAI
13 36 (0.97%) Bloomberg
14 34 (0.92%) Dell
15 29 (0.78%) Informatica
16 28 (0.75%) Ahrefs
16 28 (0.75%) Facebook
16 28 (0.75%) Talend
17 27 (0.73%) Screaming Frog