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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 33 30
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 -8
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,647 3,712 4,208
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.45% 5.33% 7.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.40% 6.48% 7.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,704 1,951 3,089
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -

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 43,423 57,271 53,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.70% 82.20% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24,627 30,673 40,835
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £53,928 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.77% +0.80% +1.90%

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 18 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the UK

Analytics
Top 18 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 18 October 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 +10 3,153 £61,182 -12.60% 3,542
UK excluding London +17 1,997 £50,000 -13.04% 2,628
London +6 1,373 £75,000 -11.76% 1,694
Work from Home -11 1,038 £60,000 -14.29% 1,976
South East +42 815 £50,000 -9.09% 1,304
North of England -43 296 £55,000 - 502
Midlands +4 263 £53,475 -7.00% 279
South West +31 231 £60,000 -4.00% 180
Scotland +1 221 £52,500 -19.23% 91
North West -49 198 £50,000 -9.50% 328
West Midlands +6 158 £55,000 -8.33% 167
East of England +29 150 £34,000 -42.13% 220
East Midlands +18 107 £45,000 -10.00% 109
Yorkshire -31 84 £61,250 +10.36% 126
Wales +18 22 £48,812 -9.61% 47
Northern Ireland -9 16 £51,546 -10.36% 38
North East -3 15 £46,750 -6.50% 54
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

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
1 118 (3.24%) CMS
2 97 (2.66%) Apache Spark
3 64 (1.75%) WordPress
4 46 (1.26%) SharePoint
5 42 (1.15%) Confluence
6 39 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
7 29 (0.80%) Apache
8 19 (0.52%) SAS
9 15 (0.41%) Drupal
10 13 (0.36%) Headless CMS
10 13 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
11 12 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 11 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 11 (0.30%) Umbraco
13 10 (0.27%) SugarCRM
14 6 (0.16%) ArcGIS
14 6 (0.16%) Jupyter
15 5 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
16 4 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
17 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 422 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 94 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (1.07%) Photoshop
5 31 (0.85%) Maya
6 22 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 20 (0.55%) Adobe XD
8 16 (0.44%) InDesign
8 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
9 15 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
9 15 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 15 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
10 13 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
11 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
12 6 (0.16%) SPSS
12 6 (0.16%) Trello
13 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
14 4 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
14 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
15 3 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 82 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 56 (1.54%) Shopify
3 49 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 28 (0.77%) SAP IBP
5 27 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 17 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 17 (0.47%) SAP FI
6 17 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
7 15 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
7 15 (0.41%) Magento
7 15 (0.41%) SAP FSCM
8 13 (0.36%) Sprinklr
9 12 (0.33%) SAP IS-U
10 11 (0.30%) NetSuite
10 11 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
11 10 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
12 9 (0.25%) Adaptiv
13 6 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
13 6 (0.16%) SAP MM
14 5 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 892 (24.46%) Azure
2 740 (20.29%) Power Platform
3 478 (13.11%) AWS
4 319 (8.75%) Google Analytics
5 259 (7.10%) GCP
6 217 (5.95%) SaaS
7 162 (4.44%) Snowflake
8 122 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
9 116 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
10 115 (3.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 105 (2.88%) Google Ads
12 98 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
13 91 (2.50%) Serverless
14 81 (2.22%) Entra ID
15 76 (2.08%) dbt
15 76 (2.08%) GitHub
16 71 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
17 54 (1.48%) Amazon S3
17 54 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
18 53 (1.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.12%) VPN
2 35 (0.96%) SMS
3 34 (0.93%) Firewall
4 27 (0.74%) Unified Communications
5 25 (0.69%) DNS
6 23 (0.63%) WAN
7 19 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.33%) Network Security
9 7 (0.19%) SAN
10 4 (0.11%) Internet
10 4 (0.11%) Intranet
10 4 (0.11%) VoIP
10 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.082%) Broadband
11 3 (0.082%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.055%) NAS
12 2 (0.055%) SSH
12 2 (0.055%) SSL
12 2 (0.055%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 714 (19.58%) Power BI
2 338 (9.27%) Tableau
3 306 (8.39%) Data Warehouse
4 287 (7.87%) Data Lake
5 142 (3.89%) Metadata
6 128 (3.51%) SQL Server
7 116 (3.18%) Big Data
8 97 (2.66%) NoSQL
9 94 (2.58%) SAP BW
10 92 (2.52%) Looker
11 78 (2.14%) Data Mining
12 74 (2.03%) BigQuery
13 70 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
14 59 (1.62%) MySQL
14 59 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
15 58 (1.59%) Relational Database
16 55 (1.51%) MongoDB
17 47 (1.29%) Hadoop
18 44 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 38 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 109 (2.99%) JIRA
2 96 (2.63%) Git
3 39 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 21 (0.58%) ERwin
5 19 (0.52%) ER Studio
6 16 (0.44%) Axure RP
6 16 (0.44%) Balsamiq
6 16 (0.44%) GitLab
7 14 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
8 13 (0.36%) Selenium
9 10 (0.27%) Maven
10 8 (0.22%) Bazaar
10 8 (0.22%) MLflow
10 8 (0.22%) Postman
11 7 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
12 6 (0.16%) JUnit
13 5 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
13 5 (0.14%) RStudio
13 5 (0.14%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 1,542 (42.28%) Social Skills
2 1,401 (38.42%) Finance
3 1,091 (29.91%) Analytical Skills
4 790 (21.66%) Marketing
5 519 (14.23%) Law
6 281 (7.70%) Retail
7 268 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 223 (6.11%) Banking
9 153 (4.20%) Manufacturing
9 153 (4.20%) Public Sector
10 150 (4.11%) Legal
11 139 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
12 133 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
13 121 (3.32%) Advertising
14 101 (2.77%) Games
15 81 (2.22%) Financial Institution
16 75 (2.06%) Front Office
17 74 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
18 58 (1.59%) Telecoms
19 47 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 623 (17.08%) Senior
2 486 (13.33%) Lead
3 468 (12.83%) Analyst
4 254 (6.96%) Architect
5 239 (6.55%) Data Engineer
6 226 (6.20%) Systems Manager
7 222 (6.09%) Data Analyst
8 216 (5.92%) Developer
9 215 (5.90%) Resource Manager
10 136 (3.73%) Senior Manager
11 107 (2.93%) Consultant
12 91 (2.50%) Data Architect
13 83 (2.28%) Software Engineer
14 80 (2.19%) Innovation Manager
15 75 (2.06%) Data Scientist
16 72 (1.97%) Analytics Manager
17 68 (1.86%) Data Manager
18 63 (1.73%) Product Manager
19 59 (1.62%) Report Analyst
20 57 (1.56%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (2.91%) HTML
2 98 (2.69%) Kafka
3 82 (2.25%) CSS
4 66 (1.81%) React
5 59 (1.62%) PySpark
5 59 (1.62%) RESTful
6 50 (1.37%) REST
7 40 (1.10%) .NET
8 33 (0.90%) OAuth
9 31 (0.85%) JSON
9 31 (0.85%) TensorFlow
10 30 (0.82%) Middleware
10 30 (0.82%) Node.js
11 29 (0.80%) Pandas
11 29 (0.80%) PyTorch
12 28 (0.77%) AngularJS
13 24 (0.66%) GraphQL
13 24 (0.66%) XML
14 23 (0.63%) scikit-learn
15 22 (0.60%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 211 (5.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 182 (4.99%) Product Ownership
3 170 (4.66%) Cloud Native
4 169 (4.63%) Management Information System
5 161 (4.41%) Algorithms
6 160 (4.39%) Social Media
7 145 (3.98%) Onboarding
8 131 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
9 88 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
10 80 (2.19%) FMCG
11 63 (1.73%) Data Centre
12 55 (1.51%) Data Structures
13 48 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
14 42 (1.15%) Credit Risk
15 40 (1.10%) Reinsurance
16 39 (1.07%) Life Science
17 35 (0.96%) Equities
18 33 (0.90%) Blog
18 33 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 32 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 69 (1.89%) Windows
2 44 (1.21%) Linux
3 21 (0.58%) Unix
4 16 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.11%) Android
7 4 (0.11%) VMS
8 3 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.027%) AIX
9 1 (0.027%) Debian
9 1 (0.027%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.027%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 910 (24.95%) Business Intelligence
2 894 (24.51%) AI
3 841 (23.06%) Problem-Solving
4 803 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 772 (21.17%) Decision-Making
6 765 (20.98%) Agile
7 727 (19.93%) Data Analytics
8 553 (15.16%) Roadmaps
9 539 (14.78%) Data Management
10 517 (14.18%) Machine Learning
11 509 (13.96%) Data Modelling
12 503 (13.79%) Data Science
13 496 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 454 (12.45%) ERP
15 422 (11.57%) Visualisation
16 402 (11.02%) Data Governance
17 401 (11.00%) Actionable Insight
18 381 (10.45%) Data Analysis
19 377 (10.34%) Project Management
20 368 (10.09%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 950 (26.05%) SQL
2 847 (23.22%) Python
3 168 (4.61%) Java
4 126 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 93 (2.55%) PowerShell
6 87 (2.39%) R
7 53 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 50 (1.37%) C#
9 47 (1.29%) T-SQL
10 44 (1.21%) C++
11 42 (1.15%) TypeScript
12 39 (1.07%) Bicep
13 36 (0.99%) Scala
14 34 (0.93%) Go
15 29 (0.80%) Bash
16 27 (0.74%) PL/SQL
17 21 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
17 21 (0.58%) VBA
18 16 (0.44%) PHP
19 15 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 855 (23.44%) Degree
2 209 (5.73%) Master's Degree
3 153 (4.20%) Security Cleared
4 132 (3.62%) DBS Check
5 107 (2.93%) PhD
6 104 (2.85%) SC Cleared
7 87 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 71 (1.95%) Azure Certification
9 65 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 49 (1.34%) CISSP
10 49 (1.34%) PMI Certification
11 41 (1.12%) CISA
11 41 (1.12%) PMP
12 37 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 36 (0.99%) ACCA
14 32 (0.88%) AWS Certification
15 31 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
16 30 (0.82%) CIMA
17 29 (0.80%) CISM
18 23 (0.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 381 (10.45%) Data Quality
2 203 (5.57%) GDPR
3 169 (4.63%) Accessibility
4 113 (3.10%) QA
5 67 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (0.99%) WCAG
7 34 (0.93%) NIST
8 30 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
9 27 (0.74%) SLA
10 26 (0.71%) GxP
11 18 (0.49%) COBIT
12 15 (0.41%) PMO
13 14 (0.38%) GRC
13 14 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 12 (0.33%) HL7
15 12 (0.33%) ITGC
16 11 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
17 10 (0.27%) CDISC
17 10 (0.27%) IFRS
System Software
1 75 (2.06%) Docker
2 35 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 33 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.082%) Firmware
8 1 (0.027%) Varnish
8 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 134 (3.67%) Terraform
2 113 (3.10%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.44%) Ansible
6 10 (0.27%) SCCM
7 8 (0.22%) Grafana
7 8 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.22%) QRadar
8 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
8 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.14%) SCOM
10 3 (0.082%) EnCase
10 3 (0.082%) FTK
10 3 (0.082%) SmoothWall
11 2 (0.055%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.027%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.027%) CASB
12 1 (0.027%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.027%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 555 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 512 (14.04%) Google
3 258 (7.07%) Databricks
4 231 (6.33%) SAP
5 177 (4.85%) Salesforce
6 143 (3.92%) Oracle
7 142 (3.89%) Adobe
8 61 (1.67%) HubSpot
9 47 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 46 (1.26%) ServiceNow
11 45 (1.23%) Facebook
12 41 (1.12%) Alteryx
13 37 (1.01%) Ahrefs
13 37 (1.01%) Cisco
14 33 (0.90%) Dell
14 33 (0.90%) OpenAI
15 32 (0.88%) Screaming Frog
16 30 (0.82%) Informatica
17 27 (0.74%) Hotjar
17 27 (0.74%) TikTok