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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,677 3,471 3,700
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.10% 6.48% 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 7.14% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,926 1,724 2,545
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,786
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,288 £70,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.59% +10.24% -5.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £114,375 £118,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -1.79%

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 48,808 48,616 49,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.95% 90.71% 89.93%
Number of salaries quoted 28,796 23,669 37,967
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -9 3,158 £65,000 -7.14% 2,502
UK excluding London +4 1,880 £50,000 -12.28% 2,218
London +4 1,502 £75,000 -11.76% 732
Work from Home 0 1,109 £63,076 -8.25% 1,092
South East +13 558 £55,000 -8.33% 820
North of England -14 381 £52,500 -4.55% 412
Midlands +1 327 £55,000 - 284
Scotland +7 239 £51,250 -15.11% 81
South West +4 193 £55,000 +1.03% 237
North West -20 192 £50,000 -9.09% 190
West Midlands -12 190 £58,764 +3.09% 117
Yorkshire -4 150 £58,750 +21.12% 161
East Midlands +16 138 £45,390 -9.22% 162
East of England +41 120 £40,000 -36.00% 295
North East +28 40 £42,500 -15.84% 64
Northern Ireland +1 37 £45,000 -34.55% 49
Wales +22 28 £45,750 -8.50% 98

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 85 (2.31%) Apache Spark
2 80 (2.18%) CMS
3 69 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
4 51 (1.39%) WordPress
5 43 (1.17%) Confluence
5 43 (1.17%) SharePoint
6 41 (1.12%) Apache
7 25 (0.68%) SAS
8 20 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.30%) Drupal
11 9 (0.24%) Umbraco
12 7 (0.19%) SugarCRM
13 6 (0.16%) IIS
14 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.11%) Appian
14 4 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
15 3 (0.082%) Moodle
15 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 530 (14.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.79%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.79%) Maya
5 23 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.49%) InDesign
8 15 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 14 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
10 12 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
10 12 (0.33%) SPSS
11 10 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
11 10 (0.27%) Trello
12 9 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
13 6 (0.16%) MS Visio
14 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
15 3 (0.082%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
15 3 (0.082%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 69 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
4 26 (0.71%) Shopify
5 23 (0.63%) SAP CO
6 22 (0.60%) SAP IBP
7 21 (0.57%) Magento
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
8 16 (0.44%) SAP FI
8 16 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
9 15 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
10 14 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
11 13 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
12 10 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
13 9 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 9 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 957 (26.03%) Azure
2 748 (20.34%) Power Platform
3 365 (9.93%) AWS
4 223 (6.06%) SaaS
5 213 (5.79%) GCP
6 194 (5.28%) Snowflake
7 188 (5.11%) Google Analytics
8 187 (5.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 178 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
10 158 (4.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 150 (4.08%) GitHub
12 149 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
13 111 (3.02%) dbt
14 85 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
15 84 (2.28%) Entra ID
16 70 (1.90%) Serverless
17 64 (1.74%) Figma
18 62 (1.69%) Amazon S3
19 60 (1.63%) Google Ads
20 59 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.03%) Broadband
1 38 (1.03%) VPN
2 34 (0.92%) SMS
3 31 (0.84%) Firewall
4 15 (0.41%) DNS
4 15 (0.41%) Unified Communications
5 14 (0.38%) CHAP
5 14 (0.38%) WAN
6 11 (0.30%) Network Security
7 10 (0.27%) Intranet
8 8 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.14%) DHCP
9 5 (0.14%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.14%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.11%) Internet
10 4 (0.11%) VoIP
11 3 (0.082%) HTTP
11 3 (0.082%) MQTT
11 3 (0.082%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 713 (19.39%) Power BI
2 394 (10.72%) Tableau
3 317 (8.62%) Data Warehouse
4 246 (6.69%) Data Lake
5 159 (4.32%) Metadata
6 151 (4.11%) Data Mining
7 148 (4.03%) SQL Server
8 97 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 95 (2.58%) SAP BW
10 94 (2.56%) Looker
11 86 (2.34%) Big Data
12 68 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 67 (1.82%) NoSQL
13 67 (1.82%) Relational Database
14 64 (1.74%) BigQuery
15 63 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
16 55 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 47 (1.28%) Power Query
18 45 (1.22%) Hadoop
19 43 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 115 (3.13%) Git
1 115 (3.13%) JIRA
2 61 (1.66%) Jenkins
3 31 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
4 26 (0.71%) Axure RP
4 26 (0.71%) Balsamiq
5 22 (0.60%) TeamCity
6 20 (0.54%) GitLab
7 19 (0.52%) ERwin
8 17 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 14 (0.38%) MLflow
10 13 (0.35%) Selenium
11 8 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
12 7 (0.19%) ER Studio
13 6 (0.16%) Postman
14 5 (0.14%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.14%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.14%) MSI
14 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
15 4 (0.11%) Maven
General
1 1,292 (35.14%) Finance
2 1,239 (33.70%) Social Skills
3 1,085 (29.51%) Analytical Skills
4 673 (18.30%) Marketing
5 256 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 242 (6.58%) Law
7 211 (5.74%) Banking
8 207 (5.63%) Public Sector
9 204 (5.55%) Retail
10 151 (4.11%) Manufacturing
11 139 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
12 131 (3.56%) Legal
13 96 (2.61%) Financial Institution
13 96 (2.61%) Games
14 94 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
15 72 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
16 69 (1.88%) Automotive
17 68 (1.85%) Front Office
18 65 (1.77%) Advertising
18 65 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 600 (16.32%) Analyst
2 582 (15.83%) Senior
3 462 (12.56%) Lead
4 324 (8.81%) Data Analyst
5 313 (8.51%) Data Engineer
6 283 (7.70%) Architect
7 219 (5.96%) Developer
8 135 (3.67%) Senior Manager
9 123 (3.35%) Trainee
9 123 (3.35%) Trainee Analyst
9 123 (3.35%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 120 (3.26%) Data Architect
11 86 (2.34%) Consultant
12 83 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
13 77 (2.09%) Data Manager
14 74 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
15 72 (1.96%) Data Scientist
16 71 (1.93%) Report Analyst
17 64 (1.74%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 64 (1.74%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (2.23%) HTML
2 72 (1.96%) CSS
2 72 (1.96%) PySpark
3 68 (1.85%) Kafka
4 61 (1.66%) RESTful
5 60 (1.63%) OAuth
6 56 (1.52%) React
7 53 (1.44%) REST
8 49 (1.33%) PyTorch
9 48 (1.31%) TensorFlow
10 47 (1.28%) .NET
11 46 (1.25%) JSON
12 37 (1.01%) OAuth2
13 32 (0.87%) SAML
14 30 (0.82%) scikit-learn
15 28 (0.76%) Node.js
16 27 (0.73%) Middleware
16 27 (0.73%) Pandas
17 25 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
18 23 (0.63%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 172 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
3 166 (4.51%) Onboarding
4 162 (4.41%) Product Ownership
5 148 (4.03%) Cloud Native
6 143 (3.89%) Management Information System
7 142 (3.86%) Social Media
8 111 (3.02%) Algorithms
9 88 (2.39%) Life Science
10 83 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
11 63 (1.71%) Data Structures
12 60 (1.63%) FMCG
13 57 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
14 47 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
15 44 (1.20%) Data Centre
16 39 (1.06%) Virtual Team
17 38 (1.03%) Fixed Income
18 37 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
19 29 (0.79%) Reinsurance
20 28 (0.76%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 100 (2.72%) Windows
2 44 (1.20%) Windows 10
3 38 (1.03%) Linux
4 29 (0.79%) Unix
5 13 (0.35%) VMS
6 11 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.24%) Android
8 8 (0.22%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.054%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.027%) AIX
10 1 (0.027%) Debian
10 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 994 (27.03%) Business Intelligence
2 984 (26.76%) AI
3 840 (22.84%) Decision-Making
4 809 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
5 738 (20.07%) Data Analytics
6 693 (18.85%) Agile
7 682 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 598 (16.26%) Data Modelling
9 473 (12.86%) Data Governance
10 468 (12.73%) Data Science
11 465 (12.65%) Data Analysis
11 465 (12.65%) Machine Learning
12 457 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 454 (12.35%) Roadmaps
14 441 (11.99%) Project Management
15 418 (11.37%) Data Engineering
15 418 (11.37%) Visualisation
16 399 (10.85%) ETL
17 388 (10.55%) Data Pipeline
17 388 (10.55%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 979 (26.62%) SQL
2 912 (24.80%) Python
3 120 (3.26%) Java
4 113 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 81 (2.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 76 (2.07%) Scala
7 75 (2.04%) C#
8 74 (2.01%) PowerShell
9 73 (1.99%) R
10 52 (1.41%) Bicep
11 44 (1.20%) T-SQL
12 31 (0.84%) Bash
12 31 (0.84%) C++
13 30 (0.82%) TypeScript
14 28 (0.76%) PL/SQL
15 23 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 22 (0.60%) Go
17 20 (0.54%) Shell Script
18 19 (0.52%) VBA
19 13 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 850 (23.12%) Degree
2 209 (5.68%) Security Cleared
3 196 (5.33%) Master's Degree
4 152 (4.13%) SC Cleared
5 114 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 97 (2.64%) PhD
7 90 (2.45%) DBS Check
8 60 (1.63%) CISSP
9 56 (1.52%) CISA
10 48 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 47 (1.28%) Azure Certification
12 46 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 46 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
13 44 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
14 41 (1.12%) CISM
15 39 (1.06%) ACCA
16 38 (1.03%) PMI Certification
17 30 (0.82%) PMP
18 26 (0.71%) CIMA
19 22 (0.60%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 510 (13.87%) Data Quality
2 266 (7.23%) GDPR
3 205 (5.58%) Accessibility
4 82 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.12%) QA
6 56 (1.52%) SLA
7 51 (1.39%) NIST
8 43 (1.17%) GxP
8 43 (1.17%) WCAG
9 36 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
10 32 (0.87%) COBIT
11 25 (0.68%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.63%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.60%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.57%) GRC
14 21 (0.57%) IFRS
14 21 (0.57%) PSD2
15 17 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.41%) ITGC
16 15 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 118 (3.21%) Docker
2 51 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 32 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.082%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.054%) Firmware
8 2 (0.054%) vSphere
9 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.027%) vCloud
9 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 181 (4.92%) Terraform
2 135 (3.67%) Kubernetes
3 36 (0.98%) Ansible
4 29 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (0.52%) Grafana
7 15 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.30%) SCCM
9 10 (0.27%) QRadar
10 8 (0.22%) EnCase
10 8 (0.22%) FTK
11 6 (0.16%) Kibana
11 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (0.14%) Argo
12 5 (0.14%) SCOM
13 3 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.082%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.082%) Control-M
14 1 (0.027%) MOM
Vendors
1 730 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 313 (8.51%) Google
3 248 (6.74%) Databricks
4 240 (6.53%) SAP
5 212 (5.77%) Salesforce
6 139 (3.78%) Oracle
7 128 (3.48%) Adobe
8 114 (3.10%) Cisco
9 68 (1.85%) HubSpot
10 57 (1.55%) Alteryx
11 41 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 34 (0.92%) Bloomberg
13 32 (0.87%) ServiceNow
14 31 (0.84%) OpenAI
15 30 (0.82%) Dell
15 30 (0.82%) Talend
16 26 (0.71%) Informatica
17 24 (0.65%) YouTube
18 23 (0.63%) IBM
19 22 (0.60%) Sage