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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,670 3,684 3,699
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.76% 5.76% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.06% 6.71% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,878 1,970 2,678
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
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 £86,250 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £114,152
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -7.89% +0.84% +2.22%

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 45,523 54,873 47,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.89% 85.86% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 27,788 28,510 36,562
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,905 £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 £98,750 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

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 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 2 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 +7 3,127 £62,500 -10.71% 2,165
UK excluding London +17 1,876 £52,500 -7.89% 1,951
London +5 1,496 £75,000 -11.76% 899
Work from Home +2 1,088 £60,000 -11.11% 1,081
South East +30 581 £52,500 -8.70% 830
North of England -20 342 £55,000 - 369
Midlands +19 307 £55,000 -3.51% 279
Scotland +13 258 £50,000 -18.86% 94
South West +15 201 £55,000 -15.38% 166
North West -18 182 £53,000 -3.64% 222
West Midlands +4 180 £58,500 +2.63% 153
East of England +37 141 £40,000 -32.20% 168
East Midlands +45 131 £47,500 -5.00% 121
Yorkshire -14 129 £62,500 +13.64% 105
North East +16 32 £40,000 -27.27% 49
Northern Ireland -1 31 £60,000 +28.34% 23
Wales +11 21 £60,000 +15.38% 57

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
1 109 (2.97%) CMS
2 96 (2.62%) Apache Spark
3 61 (1.66%) WordPress
4 57 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
5 50 (1.36%) Confluence
6 43 (1.17%) SharePoint
7 32 (0.87%) Apache
8 23 (0.63%) SAS
9 17 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 13 (0.35%) Drupal
10 13 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
11 11 (0.30%) Umbraco
12 10 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 10 (0.27%) Headless CMS
12 10 (0.27%) SugarCRM
13 5 (0.14%) Apache Synapse
14 3 (0.082%) Appian
14 3 (0.082%) Joomla!
14 3 (0.082%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 497 (13.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (0.90%) Photoshop
5 32 (0.87%) Maya
6 27 (0.74%) Adobe XD
7 26 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.49%) InDesign
9 16 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
10 15 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
11 14 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
12 13 (0.35%) Chatbot
13 11 (0.30%) Trello
14 10 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
15 9 (0.25%) SPSS
16 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
17 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
18 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
19 3 (0.082%) Final Cut Pro
19 3 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 94 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 57 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 56 (1.53%) Shopify
4 29 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
5 28 (0.76%) SAP IBP
6 20 (0.54%) Magento
7 19 (0.52%) SAP CO
7 19 (0.52%) SAP FI
7 19 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
8 15 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
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 (0.33%) NetSuite
10 12 (0.33%) Sprinklr
11 11 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
11 11 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
12 9 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 941 (25.64%) Azure
2 767 (20.90%) Power Platform
3 420 (11.44%) AWS
4 269 (7.33%) Google Analytics
5 242 (6.59%) GCP
6 211 (5.75%) SaaS
7 197 (5.37%) Snowflake
8 168 (4.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 152 (4.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 145 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
11 125 (3.41%) GitHub
12 119 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
13 101 (2.75%) dbt
14 87 (2.37%) Google Ads
15 81 (2.21%) Serverless
16 68 (1.85%) Figma
17 67 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
17 67 (1.83%) Entra ID
18 59 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
19 51 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (0.93%) SMS
2 33 (0.90%) VPN
3 28 (0.76%) Firewall
4 27 (0.74%) Unified Communications
5 18 (0.49%) Network Security
6 13 (0.35%) DNS
7 10 (0.27%) WAN
8 8 (0.22%) Broadband
8 8 (0.22%) Intranet
9 6 (0.16%) CHAP
9 6 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.14%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.11%) Internet
11 4 (0.11%) VoIP
11 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.082%) DHCP
12 3 (0.082%) SAN
12 3 (0.082%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.054%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 737 (20.08%) Power BI
2 372 (10.14%) Tableau
3 335 (9.13%) Data Warehouse
4 248 (6.76%) Data Lake
5 157 (4.28%) Metadata
6 149 (4.06%) SQL Server
7 123 (3.35%) Data Mining
8 99 (2.70%) SAP BW
9 94 (2.56%) Big Data
10 92 (2.51%) Looker
11 81 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
12 78 (2.13%) NoSQL
13 70 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 69 (1.88%) BigQuery
15 65 (1.77%) Relational Database
16 59 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
17 53 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 50 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
19 48 (1.31%) Power Query
20 39 (1.06%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 130 (3.54%) JIRA
2 85 (2.32%) Git
3 38 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
5 24 (0.65%) Axure RP
5 24 (0.65%) Balsamiq
6 18 (0.49%) ERwin
7 16 (0.44%) ER Studio
8 13 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.35%) GitLab
9 12 (0.33%) Selenium
9 12 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.25%) MLflow
11 7 (0.19%) Postman
11 7 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
12 6 (0.16%) Maven
13 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
14 4 (0.11%) TestNG
15 3 (0.082%) Charles Proxy
General
1 1,320 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 1,301 (35.45%) Finance
3 1,157 (31.53%) Analytical Skills
4 786 (21.42%) Marketing
5 357 (9.73%) Law
6 267 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 262 (7.14%) Retail
8 227 (6.19%) Banking
9 215 (5.86%) Public Sector
10 175 (4.77%) Manufacturing
11 161 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
12 141 (3.84%) Legal
13 99 (2.70%) Financial Institution
13 99 (2.70%) Games
14 94 (2.56%) Advertising
15 81 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
16 78 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
17 76 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
18 71 (1.93%) Front Office
19 59 (1.61%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 602 (16.40%) Senior
2 559 (15.23%) Analyst
3 480 (13.08%) Lead
4 310 (8.45%) Architect
5 298 (8.12%) Data Analyst
6 266 (7.25%) Data Engineer
7 205 (5.59%) Developer
8 139 (3.79%) Senior Manager
9 121 (3.30%) Data Architect
10 105 (2.86%) Consultant
11 96 (2.62%) Innovation Manager
12 84 (2.29%) Trainee
12 84 (2.29%) Trainee Analyst
12 84 (2.29%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 83 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
14 79 (2.15%) Analytics Manager
15 74 (2.02%) Data Manager
16 71 (1.93%) Data Scientist
17 70 (1.91%) Senior Analyst
18 68 (1.85%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (3.05%) HTML
2 88 (2.40%) CSS
3 76 (2.07%) Kafka
4 65 (1.77%) React
4 65 (1.77%) RESTful
5 61 (1.66%) PySpark
6 50 (1.36%) REST
7 49 (1.34%) OAuth
8 43 (1.17%) JSON
8 43 (1.17%) TensorFlow
9 42 (1.14%) PyTorch
10 38 (1.04%) .NET
11 37 (1.01%) Node.js
12 34 (0.93%) OAuth2
13 30 (0.82%) scikit-learn
14 29 (0.79%) Pandas
15 28 (0.76%) Middleware
16 26 (0.71%) GraphQL
16 26 (0.71%) SAML
17 24 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 201 (5.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 185 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 176 (4.80%) Cloud Native
4 175 (4.77%) Onboarding
4 175 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
5 156 (4.25%) Social Media
6 147 (4.01%) Algorithms
7 145 (3.95%) Management Information System
8 79 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 75 (2.04%) FMCG
9 75 (2.04%) Life Science
10 55 (1.50%) Data Structures
11 51 (1.39%) Data Centre
12 49 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
13 44 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
14 38 (1.04%) Reinsurance
14 38 (1.04%) Virtual Team
15 36 (0.98%) Fixed Income
15 36 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
16 35 (0.95%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 71 (1.93%) Windows
2 38 (1.04%) Linux
3 24 (0.65%) Unix
4 20 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.25%) Android
5 9 (0.25%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.19%) 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 1,026 (27.96%) AI
2 998 (27.19%) Business Intelligence
3 866 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
4 846 (23.05%) Decision-Making
5 730 (19.89%) Data Analytics
6 722 (19.67%) Agile
7 678 (18.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 576 (15.69%) Data Modelling
9 499 (13.60%) Roadmaps
9 499 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 480 (13.08%) Machine Learning
11 472 (12.86%) Data Science
12 446 (12.15%) Data Analysis
13 444 (12.10%) Data Governance
14 428 (11.66%) Visualisation
15 427 (11.63%) Project Management
16 411 (11.20%) Data Engineering
17 387 (10.54%) Actionable Insight
18 385 (10.49%) CRM
19 379 (10.33%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 965 (26.29%) SQL
2 898 (24.47%) Python
3 137 (3.73%) Java
4 129 (3.51%) JavaScript
5 84 (2.29%) PowerShell
6 79 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 69 (1.88%) R
8 56 (1.53%) C#
9 43 (1.17%) T-SQL
10 40 (1.09%) Bicep
11 39 (1.06%) TypeScript
12 38 (1.04%) Scala
13 34 (0.93%) Go
14 33 (0.90%) C++
15 30 (0.82%) PL/SQL
16 28 (0.76%) Bash
17 24 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
18 17 (0.46%) Shell Script
19 15 (0.41%) VBA
20 11 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 842 (22.94%) Degree
2 203 (5.53%) Master's Degree
3 174 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 125 (3.41%) SC Cleared
5 113 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 100 (2.72%) DBS Check
7 99 (2.70%) PhD
8 57 (1.55%) CISSP
9 55 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 50 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 49 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
12 46 (1.25%) CISA
13 43 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
14 40 (1.09%) PMI Certification
15 38 (1.04%) ACCA
15 38 (1.04%) CISM
16 34 (0.93%) PMP
17 28 (0.76%) CIMA
18 25 (0.68%) SAP Certification
19 24 (0.65%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 446 (12.15%) Data Quality
2 256 (6.98%) GDPR
3 197 (5.37%) Accessibility
4 90 (2.45%) QA
5 79 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.28%) NIST
7 44 (1.20%) WCAG
8 34 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 33 (0.90%) SLA
10 31 (0.84%) GxP
11 24 (0.65%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.63%) COBIT
12 23 (0.63%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.60%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.57%) PSD2
15 16 (0.44%) IFRS
15 16 (0.44%) PMO
15 16 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.41%) GRC
16 15 (0.41%) ITGC
System Software
1 84 (2.29%) Docker
2 39 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 23 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.082%) 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
1 157 (4.28%) Terraform
2 123 (3.35%) Kubernetes
3 30 (0.82%) Ansible
4 28 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.33%) QRadar
7 10 (0.27%) SCCM
8 9 (0.25%) Grafana
8 9 (0.25%) Prometheus
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 (0.14%) Argo
11 5 (0.14%) SCOM
12 3 (0.082%) 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%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 677 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 442 (12.04%) Google
3 259 (7.06%) SAP
4 257 (7.00%) Databricks
5 186 (5.07%) Salesforce
6 145 (3.95%) Oracle
7 138 (3.76%) Adobe
8 69 (1.88%) HubSpot
9 62 (1.69%) Cisco
10 60 (1.63%) Alteryx
11 42 (1.14%) ServiceNow
12 39 (1.06%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 38 (1.04%) OpenAI
14 36 (0.98%) Bloomberg
15 34 (0.93%) Dell
16 29 (0.79%) Facebook
17 28 (0.76%) Ahrefs
18 27 (0.74%) Informatica
18 27 (0.74%) Screaming Frog
19 26 (0.71%) Talend