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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 27 30
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,646 3,492 3,686
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.12% 6.51% 6.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.55% 7.19% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,899 1,736 2,547
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -2.49%

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 48,314 48,563 49,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.11% 90.50% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 28,431 23,714 37,983
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 10 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 10 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 -8 3,136 £63,500 -9.29% 2,403
UK excluding London +5 1,880 £50,000 -12.28% 2,127
London +4 1,486 £75,000 -11.76% 687
Work from Home -3 1,067 £62,500 -7.41% 1,042
South East +20 577 £52,500 -12.50% 768
North of England -12 370 £52,000 -5.45% 389
Midlands +1 324 £55,000 -3.51% 279
Scotland +3 238 £50,000 -17.69% 70
South West +4 190 £54,500 +0.11% 246
West Midlands -14 187 £58,000 +1.75% 115
North West -22 187 £47,500 -13.64% 184
Yorkshire -9 147 £65,000 +34.71% 146
East Midlands +24 138 £45,195 -9.61% 157
East of England +35 121 £40,000 -36.00% 294
North East +21 37 £40,000 -20.79% 60
Northern Ireland +1 37 £45,000 -35.71% 46
Wales +15 26 £45,750 -8.50% 89

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 86 (2.36%) Apache Spark
2 81 (2.22%) CMS
3 69 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 51 (1.40%) WordPress
5 43 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 42 (1.15%) Confluence
7 37 (1.01%) Apache
8 24 (0.66%) SAS
9 20 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
11 10 (0.27%) Drupal
12 9 (0.25%) SugarCRM
12 9 (0.25%) Umbraco
13 6 (0.16%) IIS
14 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
15 4 (0.11%) Appian
16 3 (0.082%) Joomla!
16 3 (0.082%) Moodle
16 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 523 (14.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.80%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.80%) Maya
5 23 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 21 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.49%) InDesign
8 14 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 14 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 12 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
9 12 (0.33%) SPSS
10 10 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
10 10 (0.27%) Trello
11 9 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
12 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
13 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
14 3 (0.082%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
15 2 (0.055%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 75 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
4 30 (0.82%) Shopify
5 23 (0.63%) SAP IBP
6 22 (0.60%) SAP CO
7 21 (0.58%) 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 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
12 10 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
13 9 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 9 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 952 (26.11%) Azure
2 743 (20.38%) Power Platform
3 356 (9.76%) AWS
4 226 (6.20%) GCP
5 225 (6.17%) SaaS
6 195 (5.35%) Google Analytics
7 191 (5.24%) Snowflake
8 183 (5.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 174 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
10 155 (4.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 148 (4.06%) GitHub
12 133 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
13 110 (3.02%) dbt
14 84 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
15 69 (1.89%) Serverless
16 68 (1.87%) Entra ID
17 64 (1.76%) Figma
17 64 (1.76%) Google Ads
18 60 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
19 57 (1.56%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.04%) VPN
2 33 (0.91%) SMS
3 32 (0.88%) Firewall
4 27 (0.74%) Broadband
5 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
6 15 (0.41%) DNS
7 14 (0.38%) CHAP
7 14 (0.38%) WAN
8 12 (0.33%) Network Security
9 9 (0.25%) Intranet
10 8 (0.22%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.14%) DHCP
11 5 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.14%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.11%) HTTPS
12 4 (0.11%) Internet
12 4 (0.11%) VoIP
13 3 (0.082%) MQTT
14 2 (0.055%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 708 (19.42%) Power BI
2 392 (10.75%) Tableau
3 310 (8.50%) Data Warehouse
4 245 (6.72%) Data Lake
5 164 (4.50%) Metadata
6 146 (4.00%) Data Mining
7 145 (3.98%) SQL Server
8 95 (2.61%) SAP BW
9 93 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 92 (2.52%) Looker
11 88 (2.41%) Big Data
12 77 (2.11%) BigQuery
13 66 (1.81%) Relational Database
13 66 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 64 (1.76%) NoSQL
15 61 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
16 50 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 46 (1.26%) Hadoop
17 46 (1.26%) Power Query
18 43 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 117 (3.21%) JIRA
2 112 (3.07%) Git
3 51 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.71%) Axure RP
5 26 (0.71%) Balsamiq
6 19 (0.52%) ERwin
6 19 (0.52%) GitLab
7 16 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 13 (0.36%) MLflow
8 13 (0.36%) TeamCity
9 12 (0.33%) Selenium
10 8 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (0.19%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.16%) Postman
13 5 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.14%) MSI
13 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.11%) Maven
14 4 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 1,286 (35.27%) Finance
2 1,233 (33.82%) Social Skills
3 1,092 (29.95%) Analytical Skills
4 697 (19.12%) Marketing
5 263 (7.21%) Law
6 248 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 209 (5.73%) Banking
8 208 (5.70%) Retail
9 199 (5.46%) Public Sector
10 158 (4.33%) Manufacturing
11 144 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
12 131 (3.59%) Legal
13 98 (2.69%) Financial Institution
14 94 (2.58%) Games
15 93 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
16 74 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
17 68 (1.87%) Automotive
18 67 (1.84%) Advertising
19 66 (1.81%) Front Office
20 65 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 588 (16.13%) Analyst
2 555 (15.22%) Senior
3 456 (12.51%) Lead
4 317 (8.69%) Data Analyst
5 300 (8.23%) Data Engineer
6 286 (7.84%) Architect
7 214 (5.87%) Developer
8 129 (3.54%) Senior Manager
9 118 (3.24%) Data Architect
9 118 (3.24%) Trainee
9 118 (3.24%) Trainee Analyst
9 118 (3.24%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 89 (2.44%) Consultant
11 80 (2.19%) Innovation Manager
12 78 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
13 72 (1.97%) Data Scientist
14 70 (1.92%) Report Analyst
15 69 (1.89%) Senior Analyst
16 68 (1.87%) Data Manager
17 65 (1.78%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (2.28%) HTML
2 72 (1.97%) CSS
3 69 (1.89%) PySpark
4 67 (1.84%) Kafka
5 62 (1.70%) RESTful
6 60 (1.65%) OAuth
7 55 (1.51%) React
8 53 (1.45%) REST
9 50 (1.37%) PyTorch
10 49 (1.34%) TensorFlow
11 46 (1.26%) .NET
11 46 (1.26%) JSON
12 37 (1.01%) OAuth2
13 32 (0.88%) SAML
14 31 (0.85%) scikit-learn
15 28 (0.77%) Node.js
15 28 (0.77%) Pandas
16 26 (0.71%) Middleware
17 23 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
18 22 (0.60%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 174 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
3 167 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 162 (4.44%) Product Ownership
5 157 (4.31%) Cloud Native
6 146 (4.00%) Management Information System
7 140 (3.84%) Social Media
8 113 (3.10%) Algorithms
9 85 (2.33%) Life Science
10 83 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
11 61 (1.67%) FMCG
12 60 (1.65%) Data Structures
13 56 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
14 47 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 46 (1.26%) Data Centre
16 39 (1.07%) Virtual Team
17 37 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
18 35 (0.96%) Fixed Income
19 30 (0.82%) Credit Risk
20 29 (0.80%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 82 (2.25%) Windows
2 35 (0.96%) Linux
3 28 (0.77%) Windows 10
4 27 (0.74%) Unix
5 13 (0.36%) VMS
6 11 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.22%) Android
8 7 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.027%) AIX
10 1 (0.027%) Debian
10 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 988 (27.10%) AI
2 983 (26.96%) Business Intelligence
3 836 (22.93%) Decision-Making
4 807 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
5 723 (19.83%) Data Analytics
6 694 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 672 (18.43%) Agile
8 592 (16.24%) Data Modelling
9 479 (13.14%) Data Science
10 469 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
11 465 (12.75%) Machine Learning
12 461 (12.64%) Data Governance
12 461 (12.64%) Roadmaps
13 459 (12.59%) Data Analysis
14 436 (11.96%) Project Management
15 411 (11.27%) Visualisation
16 409 (11.22%) Data Engineering
17 385 (10.56%) ETL
18 380 (10.42%) DevOps
19 375 (10.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 972 (26.66%) SQL
2 917 (25.15%) Python
3 128 (3.51%) Java
4 114 (3.13%) JavaScript
5 81 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 76 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 73 (2.00%) C#
8 72 (1.97%) R
9 67 (1.84%) Scala
10 51 (1.40%) Bicep
11 46 (1.26%) T-SQL
12 35 (0.96%) Go
13 31 (0.85%) Bash
14 30 (0.82%) TypeScript
15 29 (0.80%) C++
15 29 (0.80%) PL/SQL
16 25 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
17 20 (0.55%) Shell Script
18 19 (0.52%) VBA
19 13 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 832 (22.82%) Degree
2 195 (5.35%) Master's Degree
3 186 (5.10%) Security Cleared
4 134 (3.68%) SC Cleared
5 113 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 95 (2.61%) PhD
7 90 (2.47%) DBS Check
8 60 (1.65%) CISSP
9 56 (1.54%) CISA
10 47 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 47 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
11 44 (1.21%) Azure Certification
11 44 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 41 (1.12%) CISM
13 40 (1.10%) ACCA
14 38 (1.04%) PMI Certification
15 30 (0.82%) PMP
16 28 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
17 27 (0.74%) CIMA
18 23 (0.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 491 (13.47%) Data Quality
2 265 (7.27%) GDPR
3 198 (5.43%) Accessibility
4 82 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 80 (2.19%) QA
6 50 (1.37%) NIST
7 43 (1.18%) WCAG
8 42 (1.15%) SLA
9 41 (1.12%) GxP
10 38 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
11 31 (0.85%) COBIT
12 25 (0.69%) Solvency II
13 23 (0.63%) HIPAA
14 22 (0.60%) EU AI Act
15 21 (0.58%) PSD2
16 20 (0.55%) GRC
16 20 (0.55%) IFRS
17 17 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 15 (0.41%) ITGC
18 15 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 105 (2.88%) Docker
2 53 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 31 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.055%) Firmware
6 2 (0.055%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.027%) vCloud
7 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.027%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 176 (4.83%) Terraform
2 133 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 34 (0.93%) Ansible
4 30 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (0.49%) Grafana
7 14 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.33%) SCCM
9 11 (0.30%) QRadar
10 8 (0.22%) EnCase
10 8 (0.22%) FTK
11 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (0.14%) Argo
12 5 (0.14%) Kibana
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
1 706 (19.36%) Microsoft
2 334 (9.16%) Google
3 245 (6.72%) Databricks
3 245 (6.72%) SAP
4 207 (5.68%) Salesforce
5 136 (3.73%) Oracle
6 127 (3.48%) Adobe
7 95 (2.61%) Cisco
8 68 (1.87%) HubSpot
9 56 (1.54%) Alteryx
10 40 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 34 (0.93%) Bloomberg
12 32 (0.88%) ServiceNow
13 31 (0.85%) Dell
14 30 (0.82%) OpenAI
15 29 (0.80%) Talend
16 25 (0.69%) Informatica
17 23 (0.63%) IBM
17 23 (0.63%) YouTube
18 22 (0.60%) Sage