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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 22 36
Rank change year-on-year -5 +14 -14
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,918 3,822 5,388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.18% 8.42% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.06% 9.13% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,982 1,718 3,385
10th Percentile £35,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,001 £88,169 £83,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -0.91%

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 69,702 41,872 87,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.38% 92.19% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 48,070 22,602 61,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,681 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% - -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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -3 4,416 £67,500 +3.85% 1,813
UK excluding London -6 2,623 £60,000 +9.09% 1,136
London +3 1,906 £80,000 - 1,006
Work from Home +4 1,519 £65,000 +8.33% 747
North of England +40 884 £60,000 +9.09% 277
Midlands +13 577 £59,527 +13.38% 177
North West +38 528 £60,000 +14.29% 172
South East -34 476 £55,000 -4.35% 417
West Midlands +1 335 £57,500 +9.52% 109
Yorkshire +17 243 £60,000 - 70
East Midlands +31 240 £58,616 +20.86% 67
South West -31 239 £60,000 - 121
East of England +26 230 £60,000 +20.00% 84
Scotland -7 126 £65,000 -7.14% 41
North East +23 113 £50,000 -2.91% 35
Wales -15 49 £60,000 +19.70% 30
Northern Ireland -16 45 £45,000 +50.00% 12

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
1 157 (3.19%) Apache Spark
2 144 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
3 119 (2.42%) CMS
4 101 (2.05%) Apache
5 65 (1.32%) Confluence
6 56 (1.14%) SAS
7 46 (0.94%) SharePoint
7 46 (0.94%) WordPress
8 35 (0.71%) ArcGIS
9 29 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
10 17 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
11 9 (0.18%) Drupal
11 9 (0.18%) Jupyter
12 7 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
13 6 (0.12%) Headless CMS
14 5 (0.10%) Umbraco
15 4 (0.081%) Documentum
15 4 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
16 3 (0.061%) Sitecore CMS
17 2 (0.041%) Apache Qpid
Applications
1 253 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (0.94%) UserZoom
4 39 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 18 (0.37%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.35%) SPSS
8 15 (0.31%) Chatbot
9 12 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 12 (0.24%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.12%) Trello
11 5 (0.10%) Photoshop
12 4 (0.081%) InDesign
12 4 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
12 4 (0.081%) Sketch
13 3 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.020%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.020%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 96 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (0.71%) SAP IBP
3 34 (0.69%) Adobe Campaign
4 33 (0.67%) SAP PP
5 22 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 19 (0.39%) Shopify
7 17 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
8 14 (0.28%) Magento
9 13 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 12 (0.24%) iTrent
11 11 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
12 6 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
12 6 (0.12%) SAP ERP
12 6 (0.12%) SAP PM
12 6 (0.12%) SAP Travel Management
12 6 (0.12%) Workday HCM
13 5 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
13 5 (0.10%) SAP CO
13 5 (0.10%) SAP PS
13 5 (0.10%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 996 (20.25%) Azure
2 773 (15.72%) Power Platform
3 683 (13.89%) AWS
4 312 (6.34%) GCP
5 300 (6.10%) SaaS
6 219 (4.45%) Snowflake
7 212 (4.31%) Adobe Analytics
8 195 (3.97%) Google Analytics
9 180 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 165 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
11 146 (2.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 139 (2.83%) Serverless
13 138 (2.81%) GitHub
14 127 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
15 121 (2.46%) Amazon S3
16 119 (2.42%) dbt
17 114 (2.32%) Figma
18 108 (2.20%) Entra ID
19 85 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
20 79 (1.61%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 270 (5.49%) Broadband
2 53 (1.08%) VPN
3 44 (0.89%) Firewall
4 37 (0.75%) DNS
5 32 (0.65%) Network Security
6 25 (0.51%) TCP/IP
7 23 (0.47%) BGP
8 21 (0.43%) Internet
9 20 (0.41%) VLAN
10 19 (0.39%) CHAP
11 18 (0.37%) OSPF
12 17 (0.35%) SMS
13 16 (0.33%) DHCP
13 16 (0.33%) WAN
14 14 (0.28%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.22%) Intranet
16 10 (0.20%) SNMP
16 10 (0.20%) VXLAN
16 10 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (0.18%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 739 (15.03%) Power BI
2 349 (7.10%) Data Warehouse
3 302 (6.14%) Tableau
4 212 (4.31%) Data Lake
5 172 (3.50%) Metadata
6 150 (3.05%) SQL Server
7 123 (2.50%) Looker
8 111 (2.26%) BigQuery
9 110 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 110 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 102 (2.07%) Big Data
11 93 (1.89%) Relational Database
12 85 (1.73%) NoSQL
13 82 (1.67%) Data Mining
14 78 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
15 66 (1.34%) Power Query
16 63 (1.28%) MongoDB
17 59 (1.20%) Star Schema
18 56 (1.14%) Delta Lake
19 54 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 168 (3.42%) Git
2 79 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 74 (1.50%) JIRA
4 46 (0.94%) MLflow
5 38 (0.77%) GitLab
6 25 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
6 25 (0.51%) TeamCity
7 20 (0.41%) Crashlytics
8 17 (0.35%) CircleCI
9 14 (0.28%) XCTest
10 13 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 13 (0.26%) fastlane
11 11 (0.22%) ERwin
12 9 (0.18%) Selenium
12 9 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 9 (0.18%) Xcode
13 8 (0.16%) Gradle
13 8 (0.16%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.12%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.12%) Balsamiq
General
1 1,315 (26.74%) Finance
2 1,227 (24.95%) Social Skills
3 1,080 (21.96%) Analytical Skills
4 659 (13.40%) Marketing
5 297 (6.04%) Public Sector
6 283 (5.75%) Retail
7 253 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 231 (4.70%) Games
9 229 (4.66%) Law
10 205 (4.17%) Banking
11 188 (3.82%) Legal
12 143 (2.91%) Manufacturing
13 130 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
14 126 (2.56%) Automotive
15 120 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
16 106 (2.16%) Advertising
17 89 (1.81%) Financial Institution
18 77 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
19 53 (1.08%) Telecoms
20 40 (0.81%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 900 (18.30%) Senior
2 612 (12.44%) Analyst
3 548 (11.14%) Data Engineer
4 539 (10.96%) Lead
5 396 (8.05%) Architect
6 314 (6.38%) Developer
7 298 (6.06%) Data Analyst
8 206 (4.19%) Data Architect
9 201 (4.09%) Consultant
10 152 (3.09%) Senior Data Engineer
11 143 (2.91%) Senior Manager
12 136 (2.77%) Data Scientist
13 128 (2.60%) Product Manager
14 126 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
15 122 (2.48%) Analytics Manager
16 111 (2.26%) Data Manager
17 110 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
18 102 (2.07%) Designer
19 84 (1.71%) Azure Engineer
20 82 (1.67%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (2.91%) PySpark
2 123 (2.50%) Kafka
3 97 (1.97%) .NET
4 89 (1.81%) HTML
5 86 (1.75%) CSS
6 73 (1.48%) PyTorch
7 59 (1.20%) React
8 56 (1.14%) .NET Core
8 56 (1.14%) SAP Fiori
9 54 (1.10%) REST
10 48 (0.98%) Pandas
11 44 (0.89%) TensorFlow
12 43 (0.87%) Node.js
12 43 (0.87%) RESTful
13 42 (0.85%) LangChain
13 42 (0.85%) scikit-learn
14 35 (0.71%) JSON
15 28 (0.57%) ASP.NET
15 28 (0.57%) ASP.NET Core
15 28 (0.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 294 (5.98%) Social Media
2 249 (5.06%) Cloud Native
3 197 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 166 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 160 (3.25%) Onboarding
6 149 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 112 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
8 108 (2.20%) Data Structures
9 96 (1.95%) Algorithms
10 87 (1.77%) Mobile App
11 83 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
12 74 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
13 66 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
14 61 (1.24%) Life Science
15 58 (1.18%) Over-the-Top Content
16 56 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
16 56 (1.14%) Public Cloud
17 44 (0.89%) Blog
18 43 (0.87%) Virtual Team
19 41 (0.83%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 115 (2.34%) Windows
2 76 (1.55%) Linux
3 39 (0.79%) VMS
4 34 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 27 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.24%) Android
8 11 (0.22%) Unix
9 3 (0.061%) AIX
10 2 (0.041%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.020%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,494 (30.38%) AI
2 1,056 (21.47%) Decision-Making
3 1,038 (21.11%) Business Intelligence
4 934 (18.99%) Agile
5 784 (15.94%) Roadmaps
6 757 (15.39%) Data Modelling
7 725 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 719 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
9 717 (14.58%) Data Analytics
10 650 (13.22%) Data Engineering
11 595 (12.10%) Data Pipeline
12 589 (11.98%) CI/CD
13 561 (11.41%) Data Governance
14 558 (11.35%) Machine Learning
15 532 (10.82%) Customer Experience
16 490 (9.96%) ETL
17 481 (9.78%) Data Science
18 469 (9.54%) Mentoring
19 441 (8.97%) DevOps
20 440 (8.95%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,281 (26.05%) SQL
2 1,086 (22.08%) Python
3 129 (2.62%) C#
4 123 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 111 (2.26%) PowerShell
6 108 (2.20%) Java
7 84 (1.71%) Scala
8 82 (1.67%) R
9 79 (1.61%) JavaScript
10 66 (1.34%) TypeScript
11 55 (1.12%) Bicep
12 53 (1.08%) Bash
13 45 (0.92%) C++
14 44 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
15 36 (0.73%) Go
16 31 (0.63%) T-SQL
17 24 (0.49%) VBA
18 23 (0.47%) Kotlin
19 21 (0.43%) Swift
20 18 (0.37%) Julia
Qualifications
1 566 (11.51%) Degree
2 314 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 213 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 96 (1.95%) Master's Degree
5 91 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 88 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 72 (1.46%) IRCA
8 53 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 53 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 51 (1.04%) DBS Check
10 50 (1.02%) ACCA
11 46 (0.94%) CISSP
12 45 (0.92%) AWS Certification
12 45 (0.92%) CIMA
13 40 (0.81%) CISM
14 38 (0.77%) PhD
15 34 (0.69%) CISA
15 34 (0.69%) CTC Cleared
16 33 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
17 22 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 630 (12.81%) Data Quality
2 395 (8.03%) Accessibility
3 326 (6.63%) GDPR
4 202 (4.11%) QA
5 95 (1.93%) WCAG
6 76 (1.55%) ISO 9001
7 58 (1.18%) SLA
8 45 (0.92%) NIST
9 44 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 36 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 32 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
12 24 (0.49%) IFRS
13 23 (0.47%) COBIT
14 20 (0.41%) PCI DSS
15 17 (0.35%) SOC 2
16 15 (0.31%) HIPAA
17 14 (0.28%) GAAP
17 14 (0.28%) PERC
17 14 (0.28%) PMO
17 14 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 165 (3.36%) Docker
2 95 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.33%) vSphere
6 13 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.081%) IAG
10 2 (0.041%) Firmware
11 1 (0.020%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 245 (4.98%) Terraform
2 191 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 44 (0.89%) Ansible
4 32 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 28 (0.57%) Grafana
6 14 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.24%) EnCase
7 12 (0.24%) FTK
8 8 (0.16%) Kibana
9 7 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.12%) Nagios
10 6 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.12%) VxRail
11 5 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.10%) Argo
11 5 (0.10%) Graylog
12 3 (0.061%) Control-M
12 3 (0.061%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.061%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.041%) vRealize
Vendors
1 797 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 430 (8.74%) Databricks
3 344 (6.99%) Google
4 302 (6.14%) Adobe
5 235 (4.78%) SAP
6 130 (2.64%) Salesforce
7 129 (2.62%) Oracle
8 74 (1.50%) Cisco
9 70 (1.42%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.08%) Dell
11 49 (1.00%) Informatica
12 38 (0.77%) Workday
13 30 (0.61%) VMware
14 28 (0.57%) ServiceNow
15 27 (0.55%) Alteryx
15 27 (0.55%) Cloudera
15 27 (0.55%) IBM
16 26 (0.53%) OpenAI
16 26 (0.53%) Teradata
17 25 (0.51%) Hotjar