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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,693 3,719 3,738
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.83% 5.68% 7.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.11% 6.65% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,881 1,993 2,712
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% -0.20%
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 45,531 55,918 47,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.16% 85.44% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,749 29,151 36,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £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 £97,500 £99,125
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 30 November 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 30 November 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 +6 3,147 £62,500 -10.71% 1,672
UK excluding London +16 1,896 £52,500 -7.89% 1,504
London +5 1,497 £75,000 -11.76% 763
Work from Home +2 1,104 £60,000 -11.11% 652
South East +31 590 £52,500 -8.70% 700
North of England -19 344 £55,000 - 227
Midlands +21 307 £55,000 -3.51% 224
Scotland +12 258 £50,000 -20.00% 70
South West +23 204 £55,000 -15.38% 140
North West -21 182 £52,500 -4.55% 136
West Midlands +4 180 £58,500 +2.63% 130
East of England +40 147 £40,000 -32.20% 116
East Midlands +49 131 £46,445 -7.11% 92
Yorkshire -9 129 £62,500 +13.64% 63
North East +15 34 £40,000 -27.27% 33
Northern Ireland 0 31 £60,000 +28.34% 21
Wales +12 21 £60,000 +15.38% 38

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
1 110 (2.98%) CMS
2 94 (2.55%) Apache Spark
3 64 (1.73%) WordPress
4 55 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
5 50 (1.35%) Confluence
6 43 (1.16%) SharePoint
7 32 (0.87%) Apache
8 23 (0.62%) SAS
9 17 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 14 (0.38%) Drupal
11 13 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
12 11 (0.30%) Umbraco
13 10 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 10 (0.27%) Headless CMS
13 10 (0.27%) SugarCRM
14 5 (0.14%) Apache Synapse
15 3 (0.081%) Appian
15 3 (0.081%) Joomla!
15 3 (0.081%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 504 (13.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 99 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (0.92%) Photoshop
5 32 (0.87%) Maya
6 27 (0.73%) Adobe XD
7 26 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.49%) InDesign
9 17 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
9 17 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
10 15 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
11 13 (0.35%) Chatbot
12 11 (0.30%) Trello
13 10 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
14 9 (0.24%) SPSS
15 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
16 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
17 4 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
17 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
18 3 (0.081%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 95 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 58 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 57 (1.54%) Shopify
4 29 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
5 28 (0.76%) SAP IBP
6 20 (0.54%) Magento
7 19 (0.51%) SAP CO
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 15 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
9 13 (0.35%) NetSuite
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 (0.32%) Sprinklr
11 11 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
11 11 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
12 10 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 950 (25.72%) Azure
2 773 (20.93%) Power Platform
3 421 (11.40%) AWS
4 276 (7.47%) Google Analytics
5 241 (6.53%) GCP
6 214 (5.79%) SaaS
7 195 (5.28%) Snowflake
8 168 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 151 (4.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 144 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
11 126 (3.41%) GitHub
12 119 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
13 102 (2.76%) dbt
14 91 (2.46%) Google Ads
15 81 (2.19%) Serverless
16 69 (1.87%) Figma
17 67 (1.81%) Entra ID
18 66 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
19 59 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
20 50 (1.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (0.95%) SMS
2 33 (0.89%) VPN
3 27 (0.73%) Firewall
3 27 (0.73%) Unified Communications
4 18 (0.49%) Network Security
5 13 (0.35%) DNS
6 10 (0.27%) WAN
7 8 (0.22%) Broadband
8 7 (0.19%) 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%) VoIP
11 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.081%) DHCP
12 3 (0.081%) Internet
12 3 (0.081%) SAN
12 3 (0.081%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 742 (20.09%) Power BI
2 374 (10.13%) Tableau
3 334 (9.04%) Data Warehouse
4 252 (6.82%) Data Lake
5 158 (4.28%) Metadata
6 150 (4.06%) SQL Server
7 123 (3.33%) Data Mining
8 99 (2.68%) SAP BW
9 93 (2.52%) Looker
10 92 (2.49%) Big Data
11 79 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 78 (2.11%) NoSQL
13 70 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 69 (1.87%) BigQuery
15 62 (1.68%) Relational Database
16 59 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
17 53 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
17 53 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 48 (1.30%) Power Query
19 39 (1.06%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 132 (3.57%) JIRA
2 86 (2.33%) Git
3 39 (1.06%) 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 (0.43%) ER Studio
8 13 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.35%) GitLab
9 12 (0.32%) Selenium
9 12 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.24%) 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 (0.081%) Bazaar
General
1 1,335 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 1,309 (35.45%) Finance
3 1,167 (31.60%) Analytical Skills
4 800 (21.66%) Marketing
5 369 (9.99%) Law
6 274 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 265 (7.18%) Retail
8 234 (6.34%) Banking
9 216 (5.85%) Public Sector
10 173 (4.68%) Manufacturing
11 162 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
12 140 (3.79%) Legal
13 100 (2.71%) Financial Institution
13 100 (2.71%) Games
14 97 (2.63%) Advertising
15 87 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
16 79 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
17 77 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
18 72 (1.95%) Front Office
19 59 (1.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 609 (16.49%) Senior
2 568 (15.38%) Analyst
3 479 (12.97%) Lead
4 306 (8.29%) Architect
5 297 (8.04%) Data Analyst
6 266 (7.20%) Data Engineer
7 207 (5.61%) Developer
8 140 (3.79%) Senior Manager
9 119 (3.22%) Data Architect
10 105 (2.84%) Consultant
11 96 (2.60%) Innovation Manager
12 84 (2.27%) Trainee
12 84 (2.27%) Trainee Analyst
12 84 (2.27%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 82 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
14 79 (2.14%) Analytics Manager
15 72 (1.95%) Data Manager
16 71 (1.92%) Senior Analyst
17 69 (1.87%) Data Scientist
18 67 (1.81%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (3.14%) HTML
2 89 (2.41%) CSS
3 78 (2.11%) Kafka
4 69 (1.87%) React
5 65 (1.76%) RESTful
6 60 (1.62%) PySpark
7 52 (1.41%) REST
8 51 (1.38%) OAuth
9 44 (1.19%) JSON
9 44 (1.19%) TensorFlow
10 43 (1.16%) PyTorch
11 39 (1.06%) .NET
12 37 (1.00%) Node.js
13 35 (0.95%) OAuth2
14 31 (0.84%) Pandas
15 30 (0.81%) scikit-learn
16 28 (0.76%) Middleware
17 27 (0.73%) SAML
18 26 (0.70%) AngularJS
18 26 (0.70%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 209 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 185 (5.01%) Product Ownership
3 177 (4.79%) Onboarding
4 176 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
5 175 (4.74%) Cloud Native
6 160 (4.33%) Social Media
7 147 (3.98%) Algorithms
8 146 (3.95%) Management Information System
9 79 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 75 (2.03%) FMCG
10 75 (2.03%) Life Science
11 54 (1.46%) Data Structures
12 51 (1.38%) Data Centre
13 49 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
14 43 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
15 38 (1.03%) Reinsurance
15 38 (1.03%) Virtual Team
16 36 (0.97%) Blog
16 36 (0.97%) Credit Risk
16 36 (0.97%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 70 (1.90%) Windows
2 37 (1.00%) Linux
3 23 (0.62%) Unix
4 20 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.27%) Android
6 9 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.24%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.16%) 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 1,032 (27.94%) AI
2 1,004 (27.19%) Business Intelligence
3 877 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
4 853 (23.10%) Decision-Making
5 740 (20.04%) Data Analytics
6 737 (19.96%) Agile
7 684 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 574 (15.54%) Data Modelling
9 507 (13.73%) Roadmaps
10 503 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 492 (13.32%) Machine Learning
12 482 (13.05%) Data Science
13 453 (12.27%) Data Analysis
14 440 (11.91%) Data Governance
15 436 (11.81%) Project Management
16 430 (11.64%) Visualisation
17 408 (11.05%) Data Engineering
18 400 (10.83%) Actionable Insight
19 391 (10.59%) CRM
20 377 (10.21%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 964 (26.10%) SQL
2 893 (24.18%) Python
3 140 (3.79%) Java
4 130 (3.52%) JavaScript
5 84 (2.27%) PowerShell
6 79 (2.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 69 (1.87%) R
8 55 (1.49%) C#
9 43 (1.16%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.11%) TypeScript
11 40 (1.08%) Bicep
12 38 (1.03%) Scala
13 35 (0.95%) Go
14 33 (0.89%) C++
15 30 (0.81%) PL/SQL
16 28 (0.76%) Bash
17 24 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
18 17 (0.46%) Shell Script
19 14 (0.38%) VBA
20 11 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 852 (23.07%) Degree
2 204 (5.52%) Master's Degree
3 175 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 126 (3.41%) SC Cleared
5 113 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 106 (2.87%) DBS Check
7 98 (2.65%) PhD
8 57 (1.54%) CISSP
9 55 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 49 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 49 (1.33%) Numerate Degree
11 46 (1.25%) CISA
12 44 (1.19%) PMI Certification
13 42 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
14 38 (1.03%) ACCA
14 38 (1.03%) CISM
14 38 (1.03%) PMP
15 28 (0.76%) CIMA
16 25 (0.68%) SAP Certification
17 24 (0.65%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 444 (12.02%) Data Quality
2 258 (6.99%) GDPR
3 200 (5.42%) Accessibility
4 91 (2.46%) QA
5 79 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (1.30%) NIST
7 44 (1.19%) WCAG
8 34 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
9 33 (0.89%) SLA
10 31 (0.84%) GxP
11 24 (0.65%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.62%) COBIT
12 23 (0.62%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.60%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.57%) PSD2
15 16 (0.43%) IFRS
15 16 (0.43%) PMO
15 16 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.41%) GRC
16 15 (0.41%) ITGC
System Software
1 82 (2.22%) Docker
2 39 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 23 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.081%) Firmware
8 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.027%) vCloud
8 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.027%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 154 (4.17%) Terraform
2 124 (3.36%) Kubernetes
3 29 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
4 28 (0.76%) Ansible
5 24 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.32%) QRadar
7 10 (0.27%) SCCM
8 9 (0.24%) Grafana
8 9 (0.24%) 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 (0.081%) 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
1 680 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 452 (12.24%) Google
3 261 (7.07%) SAP
4 257 (6.96%) Databricks
5 188 (5.09%) Salesforce
6 146 (3.95%) Oracle
7 140 (3.79%) Adobe
8 71 (1.92%) HubSpot
9 62 (1.68%) Cisco
10 60 (1.62%) Alteryx
11 44 (1.19%) ServiceNow
12 39 (1.06%) OpenAI
12 39 (1.06%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 37 (1.00%) Bloomberg
14 34 (0.92%) Dell
15 31 (0.84%) Facebook
16 29 (0.79%) Ahrefs
17 28 (0.76%) Screaming Frog
18 26 (0.70%) Informatica
19 25 (0.68%) Talend