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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 -10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,088 3,283 4,360
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.84% 6.95% 5.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.41% 7.47% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,206 1,618 3,127
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £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 £108,125 £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 55,198 43,957 67,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.83% 93.01% 88.40%
Number of salaries quoted 33,132 22,050 51,588
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,125 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £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 £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% -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 28 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 28 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 -6 3,504 £65,000 -7.14% 1,501
UK excluding London -4 2,034 £52,500 -7.89% 1,237
London +4 1,661 £80,000 -5.88% 675
Work from Home -3 1,298 £64,000 +1.95% 702
South East +22 524 £57,500 -4.17% 470
North of England -13 496 £48,105 -12.54% 274
Midlands -4 398 £53,500 -2.73% 207
West Midlands -11 249 £57,500 +4.55% 125
North West -19 241 £53,750 -2.27% 143
Scotland +1 208 £65,000 -7.14% 48
Yorkshire -4 200 £49,000 -10.91% 90
South West -3 191 £55,000 +1.03% 127
East Midlands +2 147 £47,500 -2.56% 81
East of England +32 139 £50,000 -23.08% 86
North East +17 55 £40,000 -20.79% 43
Northern Ireland 0 52 £45,000 +50.00% 12
Wales +15 29 £65,000 +32.37% 31

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
1 125 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
2 108 (2.64%) Apache Spark
3 105 (2.57%) CMS
4 75 (1.83%) Apache
5 53 (1.30%) WordPress
6 51 (1.25%) Confluence
7 42 (1.03%) SharePoint
8 39 (0.95%) SAS
9 32 (0.78%) ArcGIS
10 18 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
11 17 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
12 16 (0.39%) Drupal
12 16 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 8 (0.20%) Umbraco
14 7 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
15 6 (0.15%) IIS
16 4 (0.098%) Appian
16 4 (0.098%) Documentum
16 4 (0.098%) Sitecore CMS
17 3 (0.073%) Jupyter
Applications
1 456 (11.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.61%) Adobe XD
5 20 (0.49%) InDesign
6 18 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 17 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 16 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 16 (0.39%) Maya
9 14 (0.34%) UserZoom
10 11 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
10 11 (0.27%) SPSS
11 10 (0.24%) Chatbot
12 9 (0.22%) Trello
13 8 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
14 6 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
15 3 (0.073%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.073%) SketchUp
16 2 (0.049%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 78 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.86%) SAP IBP
4 32 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
5 29 (0.71%) SAP PP
6 18 (0.44%) SAP CO
6 18 (0.44%) Shopify
7 16 (0.39%) Magento
8 14 (0.34%) iTrent
8 14 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 14 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
8 14 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 14 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 13 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
9 13 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
9 13 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
10 12 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
11 11 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 11 (0.27%) SAP ERP
12 9 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 949 (23.21%) Azure
2 681 (16.66%) Power Platform
3 459 (11.23%) AWS
4 237 (5.80%) SaaS
5 217 (5.31%) Azure Data Factory
5 217 (5.31%) GCP
6 211 (5.16%) Snowflake
7 184 (4.50%) Google Analytics
8 171 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
9 168 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
10 158 (3.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 149 (3.64%) GitHub
12 119 (2.91%) dbt
13 113 (2.76%) Adobe Analytics
14 102 (2.50%) Amazon S3
15 101 (2.47%) Entra ID
16 94 (2.30%) Figma
17 90 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
18 85 (2.08%) Serverless
19 64 (1.57%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 123 (3.01%) Broadband
2 39 (0.95%) VPN
3 35 (0.86%) Firewall
4 22 (0.54%) CHAP
4 22 (0.54%) WAN
5 17 (0.42%) DNS
6 15 (0.37%) Network Security
7 14 (0.34%) Intranet
8 13 (0.32%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.24%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.17%) DHCP
11 6 (0.15%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.12%) SNMP
13 4 (0.098%) HTTP
13 4 (0.098%) VoIP
14 3 (0.073%) Internet
14 3 (0.073%) LAN
14 3 (0.073%) MQTT
15 2 (0.049%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 644 (15.75%) Power BI
2 428 (10.47%) Tableau
3 326 (7.97%) Data Warehouse
4 205 (5.01%) Data Lake
5 199 (4.87%) Data Mining
6 191 (4.67%) Metadata
7 155 (3.79%) SQL Server
8 110 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 97 (2.37%) Looker
10 79 (1.93%) Relational Database
11 75 (1.83%) Big Data
12 71 (1.74%) BigQuery
13 70 (1.71%) NoSQL
14 68 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
15 67 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 58 (1.42%) Power Query
17 54 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 44 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
19 41 (1.00%) Oracle Database
20 38 (0.93%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 147 (3.60%) Git
2 114 (2.79%) JIRA
3 65 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 29 (0.71%) GitLab
5 25 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
6 23 (0.56%) Axure RP
6 23 (0.56%) Balsamiq
6 23 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
6 23 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 21 (0.51%) ERwin
8 19 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 17 (0.42%) MLflow
10 10 (0.24%) CircleCI
11 9 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 8 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
12 8 (0.20%) Selenium
13 6 (0.15%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.12%) Crashlytics
14 5 (0.12%) MSI
14 5 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,417 (34.66%) Finance
2 1,245 (30.45%) Social Skills
3 1,100 (26.91%) Analytical Skills
4 660 (16.14%) Marketing
5 284 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 255 (6.24%) Banking
7 247 (6.04%) Public Sector
8 222 (5.43%) Law
9 212 (5.19%) Retail
10 162 (3.96%) Legal
10 162 (3.96%) Manufacturing
11 136 (3.33%) Games
12 129 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
13 112 (2.74%) Financial Institution
14 92 (2.25%) Automotive
15 88 (2.15%) Advertising
15 88 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
15 88 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
16 83 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
17 69 (1.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 663 (16.22%) Senior
2 662 (16.19%) Analyst
3 484 (11.84%) Lead
4 383 (9.37%) Data Analyst
5 378 (9.25%) Data Engineer
6 327 (8.00%) Architect
7 222 (5.43%) Developer
8 173 (4.23%) Trainee
8 173 (4.23%) Trainee Analyst
8 173 (4.23%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 150 (3.67%) Data Architect
10 145 (3.55%) Senior Manager
11 144 (3.52%) Consultant
12 101 (2.47%) Designer
13 96 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
14 89 (2.18%) Data Manager
15 85 (2.08%) Support Engineer
16 83 (2.03%) Data Scientist
16 83 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
17 78 (1.91%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (2.47%) PySpark
2 95 (2.32%) HTML
3 85 (2.08%) CSS
4 84 (2.05%) Kafka
5 69 (1.69%) PyTorch
6 65 (1.59%) .NET
7 62 (1.52%) React
8 59 (1.44%) OAuth
9 55 (1.35%) RESTful
10 49 (1.20%) TensorFlow
11 45 (1.10%) JSON
11 45 (1.10%) SAP Fiori
12 43 (1.05%) REST
13 36 (0.88%) OAuth2
14 32 (0.78%) Pandas
15 30 (0.73%) .NET Core
16 29 (0.71%) Node.js
17 28 (0.68%) SAML
18 27 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
19 24 (0.59%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 227 (5.55%) Social Media
2 183 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 182 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 181 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
5 169 (4.13%) Cloud Native
6 156 (3.82%) Management Information System
7 123 (3.01%) Algorithms
8 122 (2.98%) Onboarding
9 117 (2.86%) Life Science
10 83 (2.03%) Data Structures
11 67 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
12 66 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
13 65 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
14 51 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
15 48 (1.17%) Mobile App
16 44 (1.08%) FMCG
17 41 (1.00%) Virtual Team
18 39 (0.95%) Fixed Income
19 36 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
20 35 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (2.72%) Windows
2 60 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 42 (1.03%) Linux
4 29 (0.71%) Unix
5 24 (0.59%) VMS
6 14 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.29%) Android
8 2 (0.049%) AIX
8 2 (0.049%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,142 (27.94%) AI
2 935 (22.87%) Business Intelligence
3 862 (21.09%) Decision-Making
4 817 (19.99%) Agile
5 801 (19.59%) Data Analytics
6 753 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
7 718 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 631 (15.44%) Data Modelling
9 525 (12.84%) Data Analysis
10 515 (12.60%) Data Governance
11 514 (12.57%) Project Management
11 514 (12.57%) Roadmaps
12 501 (12.26%) Data Engineering
13 498 (12.18%) Data Science
14 492 (12.04%) Machine Learning
15 459 (11.23%) Data Pipeline
16 448 (10.96%) ETL
17 445 (10.89%) CI/CD
18 429 (10.49%) Visualisation
19 421 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,110 (27.15%) SQL
2 1,010 (24.71%) Python
3 112 (2.74%) JavaScript
4 109 (2.67%) Java
5 91 (2.23%) C#
6 90 (2.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 76 (1.86%) Scala
8 75 (1.83%) PowerShell
9 69 (1.69%) R
10 49 (1.20%) Bicep
11 44 (1.08%) T-SQL
12 42 (1.03%) C++
13 40 (0.98%) TypeScript
14 34 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
15 28 (0.68%) Bash
16 27 (0.66%) Go
17 23 (0.56%) PL/SQL
18 20 (0.49%) Shell Script
19 16 (0.39%) VBA
20 12 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 755 (18.47%) Degree
2 273 (6.68%) Security Cleared
3 193 (4.72%) SC Cleared
4 167 (4.09%) Master's Degree
5 120 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 72 (1.76%) PhD
7 60 (1.47%) CTC Cleared
8 58 (1.42%) CISSP
9 55 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 51 (1.25%) CISA
10 51 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 46 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 46 (1.13%) CISM
11 46 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
12 42 (1.03%) DBS Check
13 39 (0.95%) ACCA
14 34 (0.83%) PMI Certification
15 32 (0.78%) DV Cleared
16 30 (0.73%) AWS Certification
17 28 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 544 (13.31%) Data Quality
2 298 (7.29%) Accessibility
3 293 (7.17%) GDPR
4 116 (2.84%) QA
5 73 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 73 (1.79%) SLA
6 59 (1.44%) WCAG
7 50 (1.22%) NIST
8 44 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 39 (0.95%) GxP
10 37 (0.91%) ISO 9001
11 33 (0.81%) HIPAA
12 30 (0.73%) COBIT
13 25 (0.61%) EU AI Act
13 25 (0.61%) IFRS
13 25 (0.61%) Solvency II
14 21 (0.51%) PSD2
15 17 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.39%) GRC
16 16 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 133 (3.25%) Docker
2 61 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 34 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.098%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.049%) vSphere
8 1 (0.024%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.024%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 195 (4.77%) Terraform
2 153 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 40 (0.98%) Ansible
4 25 (0.61%) Grafana
4 25 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 22 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.20%) EnCase
7 8 (0.20%) FTK
7 8 (0.20%) SCCM
8 7 (0.17%) Kibana
9 6 (0.15%) QRadar
9 6 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.12%) Argo
10 5 (0.12%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.12%) SCOM
11 3 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.073%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.073%) Control-M
11 3 (0.073%) VxRail
Vendors
1 846 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 318 (7.78%) Google
3 266 (6.51%) Databricks
4 203 (4.97%) SAP
5 202 (4.94%) Adobe
6 184 (4.50%) Salesforce
7 153 (3.74%) Oracle
8 139 (3.40%) Cisco
9 64 (1.57%) HubSpot
10 57 (1.39%) Alteryx
11 34 (0.83%) Bloomberg
12 33 (0.81%) Informatica
13 31 (0.76%) ServiceNow
14 30 (0.73%) Instagram
15 29 (0.71%) OpenAI
15 29 (0.71%) YouTube
16 28 (0.68%) Dell
16 28 (0.68%) Nexthink
17 26 (0.64%) Red Hat
17 26 (0.64%) Talend