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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 29 34
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,087 3,236 4,334
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.88% 6.83% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 7.35% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,204 1,593 3,119
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 £108,750 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% -1.82%

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 54,960 44,026 66,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.09% 92.87% 88.40%
Number of salaries quoted 32,942 21,945 51,245
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,494
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,651 £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 25 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 25 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 3,481 £65,000 -7.14% 1,665
UK excluding London -2 2,073 £52,500 -7.89% 1,276
London +4 1,625 £80,000 -5.88% 809
Work from Home -3 1,291 £64,000 -0.66% 802
South East +20 547 £57,500 -4.17% 496
North of England -10 497 £49,000 -10.91% 275
Midlands -7 395 £52,500 -4.55% 204
North West -20 246 £53,750 -2.27% 147
West Midlands -9 242 £57,500 +4.55% 127
Scotland +6 230 £65,000 -7.14% 49
Yorkshire -5 197 £50,000 -9.09% 92
South West -1 189 £55,000 +1.03% 128
East Midlands +5 152 £46,500 -4.62% 76
East of England +31 136 £50,500 -22.31% 99
North East +16 54 £40,000 -20.79% 39
Northern Ireland -2 52 £45,000 -7.69% 12
Wales +10 30 £56,250 +14.55% 34

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
1 121 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
2 105 (2.57%) Apache Spark
2 105 (2.57%) CMS
3 70 (1.71%) Apache
4 55 (1.35%) WordPress
5 51 (1.25%) Confluence
6 40 (0.98%) SharePoint
7 38 (0.93%) SAS
8 29 (0.71%) ArcGIS
9 18 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
10 17 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
10 17 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 15 (0.37%) Drupal
12 8 (0.20%) Umbraco
13 7 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
14 6 (0.15%) IIS
15 4 (0.098%) Appian
15 4 (0.098%) Documentum
15 4 (0.098%) Sitecore CMS
16 3 (0.073%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 470 (11.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.61%) 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 15 (0.37%) MS Visio
9 13 (0.32%) Chatbot
10 12 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
10 12 (0.29%) SPSS
11 9 (0.22%) Trello
12 8 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
13 7 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
14 6 (0.15%) UserZoom
15 4 (0.098%) SketchUp
16 3 (0.073%) Final Cut Pro
17 2 (0.049%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 75 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
4 32 (0.78%) SAP IBP
5 24 (0.59%) SAP PP
6 21 (0.51%) 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 (0.34%) iTrent
10 14 (0.34%) NetSuite
10 14 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
11 13 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
12 12 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
13 11 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 11 (0.27%) SAP FI
13 11 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 965 (23.61%) Azure
2 688 (16.83%) Power Platform
3 453 (11.08%) AWS
4 235 (5.75%) SaaS
5 220 (5.38%) GCP
6 213 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 208 (5.09%) Snowflake
8 197 (4.82%) Google Analytics
9 176 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
10 168 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
11 157 (3.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 152 (3.72%) GitHub
13 122 (2.99%) dbt
14 104 (2.54%) Entra ID
15 98 (2.40%) Adobe Analytics
16 96 (2.35%) Figma
17 95 (2.32%) Amazon S3
18 90 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
19 85 (2.08%) Serverless
20 69 (1.69%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.54%) Broadband
2 40 (0.98%) VPN
3 35 (0.86%) Firewall
4 22 (0.54%) WAN
5 20 (0.49%) CHAP
6 16 (0.39%) DNS
7 15 (0.37%) Network Security
8 13 (0.32%) Intranet
8 13 (0.32%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.24%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.15%) DHCP
10 6 (0.15%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.12%) SNMP
11 5 (0.12%) VoIP
12 4 (0.098%) HTTP
13 3 (0.073%) Internet
13 3 (0.073%) LAN
13 3 (0.073%) SMS
13 3 (0.073%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 650 (15.90%) Power BI
2 429 (10.50%) Tableau
3 324 (7.93%) Data Warehouse
4 209 (5.11%) Data Lake
5 198 (4.84%) Data Mining
6 191 (4.67%) Metadata
7 152 (3.72%) SQL Server
8 109 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 97 (2.37%) Looker
10 78 (1.91%) Big Data
11 77 (1.88%) Relational Database
12 72 (1.76%) BigQuery
12 72 (1.76%) NoSQL
13 68 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 65 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
15 56 (1.37%) Power Query
16 55 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 52 (1.27%) SAP BW
18 43 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
19 37 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 143 (3.50%) Git
2 115 (2.81%) JIRA
3 67 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 28 (0.69%) GitLab
5 27 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
6 23 (0.56%) Axure RP
6 23 (0.56%) Balsamiq
6 23 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 20 (0.49%) ERwin
8 19 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 18 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
9 18 (0.44%) MLflow
10 10 (0.24%) CircleCI
10 10 (0.24%) Selenium
11 9 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 8 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
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 1,423 (34.82%) Finance
2 1,284 (31.42%) Social Skills
3 1,127 (27.58%) Analytical Skills
4 670 (16.39%) Marketing
5 282 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 245 (5.99%) Banking
6 245 (5.99%) Public Sector
7 217 (5.31%) Law
8 210 (5.14%) Retail
9 160 (3.91%) Legal
10 157 (3.84%) Manufacturing
11 132 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
12 125 (3.06%) Games
13 108 (2.64%) Financial Institution
14 91 (2.23%) Automotive
15 90 (2.20%) Advertising
16 88 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
16 88 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 82 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
18 69 (1.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 661 (16.17%) Analyst
1 661 (16.17%) Senior
2 488 (11.94%) Lead
3 380 (9.30%) Data Analyst
4 374 (9.15%) Data Engineer
5 329 (8.05%) Architect
6 225 (5.51%) Developer
7 170 (4.16%) Trainee
7 170 (4.16%) Trainee Analyst
7 170 (4.16%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 148 (3.62%) Data Architect
9 143 (3.50%) Senior Manager
10 136 (3.33%) Consultant
11 101 (2.47%) Designer
12 96 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
13 89 (2.18%) Data Manager
14 84 (2.06%) Support Engineer
15 81 (1.98%) Data Scientist
16 80 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
17 78 (1.91%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (2.37%) HTML
2 95 (2.32%) PySpark
3 87 (2.13%) CSS
3 87 (2.13%) Kafka
4 69 (1.69%) PyTorch
5 64 (1.57%) .NET
6 63 (1.54%) React
7 59 (1.44%) OAuth
8 57 (1.39%) RESTful
9 50 (1.22%) TensorFlow
10 45 (1.10%) JSON
10 45 (1.10%) REST
11 41 (1.00%) SAP Fiori
12 37 (0.91%) OAuth2
13 29 (0.71%) .NET Core
13 29 (0.71%) Node.js
13 29 (0.71%) Pandas
13 29 (0.71%) SAML
14 26 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
15 24 (0.59%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 214 (5.24%) Social Media
2 193 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 181 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
4 179 (4.38%) Product Ownership
5 169 (4.14%) Cloud Native
6 155 (3.79%) Management Information System
7 125 (3.06%) Algorithms
8 124 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 112 (2.74%) Life Science
10 81 (1.98%) Data Structures
11 68 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
12 65 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
13 60 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
14 53 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
15 47 (1.15%) FMCG
15 47 (1.15%) Mobile App
16 41 (1.00%) Virtual Team
17 40 (0.98%) Data Centre
18 39 (0.95%) Fixed Income
19 38 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 113 (2.76%) Windows
2 60 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.05%) Linux
4 29 (0.71%) Unix
5 23 (0.56%) 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 1,138 (27.84%) AI
2 943 (23.07%) Business Intelligence
3 869 (21.26%) Decision-Making
4 796 (19.48%) Agile
5 795 (19.45%) Data Analytics
6 770 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
7 744 (18.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 638 (15.61%) Data Modelling
9 525 (12.85%) Project Management
10 522 (12.77%) Data Analysis
11 513 (12.55%) Data Governance
12 499 (12.21%) Data Engineering
13 495 (12.11%) Machine Learning
14 493 (12.06%) Data Science
14 493 (12.06%) Roadmaps
15 454 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
16 448 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 442 (10.81%) ETL
18 441 (10.79%) CI/CD
19 430 (10.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1,103 (26.99%) SQL
2 1,007 (24.64%) Python
3 114 (2.79%) Java
3 114 (2.79%) JavaScript
4 90 (2.20%) C#
5 86 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 78 (1.91%) PowerShell
7 76 (1.86%) Scala
8 69 (1.69%) R
9 49 (1.20%) Bicep
10 43 (1.05%) T-SQL
11 40 (0.98%) C++
11 40 (0.98%) TypeScript
12 33 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 30 (0.73%) Bash
14 27 (0.66%) Go
15 23 (0.56%) PL/SQL
16 21 (0.51%) Shell Script
17 16 (0.39%) VBA
18 12 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 774 (18.94%) Degree
2 271 (6.63%) Security Cleared
3 192 (4.70%) SC Cleared
4 170 (4.16%) Master's Degree
5 120 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 74 (1.81%) PhD
7 60 (1.47%) CTC Cleared
8 59 (1.44%) CISSP
9 54 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 52 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 49 (1.20%) CISA
12 47 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
13 46 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
13 46 (1.13%) CISM
14 41 (1.00%) DBS Check
15 37 (0.91%) ACCA
16 36 (0.88%) PMI Certification
17 32 (0.78%) DV Cleared
18 30 (0.73%) PMP
19 29 (0.71%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 553 (13.53%) Data Quality
2 292 (7.14%) GDPR
3 286 (7.00%) Accessibility
4 116 (2.84%) QA
5 76 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (1.76%) SLA
7 51 (1.25%) NIST
7 51 (1.25%) WCAG
8 42 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
9 39 (0.95%) GxP
10 37 (0.91%) ISO 9001
11 31 (0.76%) HIPAA
12 30 (0.73%) COBIT
13 25 (0.61%) Solvency II
14 24 (0.59%) EU AI Act
14 24 (0.59%) IFRS
15 21 (0.51%) PSD2
16 18 (0.44%) GRC
17 17 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 132 (3.23%) Docker
2 61 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 35 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.39%) 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%) Firmware
8 1 (0.024%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.024%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 199 (4.87%) Terraform
2 153 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 39 (0.95%) Ansible
4 26 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.61%) 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 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.073%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.073%) Control-M
12 3 (0.073%) VxRail
Vendors
1 843 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 336 (8.22%) Google
3 259 (6.34%) Databricks
4 213 (5.21%) SAP
5 187 (4.58%) Salesforce
6 186 (4.55%) Adobe
7 148 (3.62%) Oracle
8 139 (3.40%) Cisco
9 67 (1.64%) HubSpot
10 55 (1.35%) Alteryx
11 34 (0.83%) Bloomberg
12 32 (0.78%) ServiceNow
13 31 (0.76%) OpenAI
14 30 (0.73%) Instagram
14 30 (0.73%) YouTube
15 29 (0.71%) Informatica
16 28 (0.69%) Nexthink
17 26 (0.64%) Foundry
17 26 (0.64%) Palantir
17 26 (0.64%) Talend