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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 24 39
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 -14
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,245 3,300 4,678
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.67% 7.71% 5.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.29% 8.25% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,334 1,655 3,272
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £47,748 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +5.56% -1.82%

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 58,218 39,990 74,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.81% 93.48% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,252 22,229 56,158
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 March 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 18 March 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 3,654 £65,000 -7.14% 2,111
UK excluding London -14 2,127 £55,000 -3.51% 1,516
London +5 1,713 £80,000 -5.88% 1,005
Work from Home -3 1,346 £64,000 +2.40% 1,048
North of England -16 560 £52,500 -4.55% 365
South East -4 491 £55,000 -8.33% 542
Midlands -11 431 £52,500 -4.55% 226
North West -23 282 £60,000 +9.09% 197
West Midlands -13 269 £57,500 +4.55% 127
Yorkshire -2 216 £50,000 -9.09% 112
Scotland -6 198 £65,000 -7.14% 68
South West -11 189 £55,000 +3.01% 140
East of England +32 167 £50,250 -22.69% 142
East Midlands +2 159 £48,500 +2.11% 99
North East +19 62 £40,000 -27.27% 59
Northern Ireland -7 57 £45,000 +50.00% 13
Wales +6 36 £40,000 -20.00% 41

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
1 144 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
2 114 (2.69%) Apache Spark
3 105 (2.47%) CMS
4 78 (1.84%) Apache
5 57 (1.34%) Confluence
6 54 (1.27%) WordPress
7 46 (1.08%) SharePoint
8 40 (0.94%) SAS
9 34 (0.80%) ArcGIS
10 22 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
11 18 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
12 15 (0.35%) Drupal
13 11 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 9 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
15 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
16 6 (0.14%) IIS
17 4 (0.094%) Appian
17 4 (0.094%) Documentum
17 4 (0.094%) Sitecore CMS
18 3 (0.071%) Jupyter
Applications
1 413 (9.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.66%) Adobe XD
5 23 (0.54%) UserZoom
6 18 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 16 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.38%) InDesign
8 15 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
9 12 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 11 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
10 11 (0.26%) SPSS
11 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
11 8 (0.19%) Maya
12 7 (0.16%) Trello
13 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
14 4 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
15 3 (0.071%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.071%) Sketch
15 3 (0.071%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 75 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.82%) SAP IBP
4 34 (0.80%) SAP PP
5 29 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
6 18 (0.42%) Magento
7 17 (0.40%) Shopify
8 16 (0.38%) NetSuite
9 15 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 15 (0.35%) iTrent
9 15 (0.35%) SAP CO
10 13 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
10 13 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
10 13 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
10 13 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
11 12 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
11 12 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 946 (22.29%) Azure
2 663 (15.62%) Power Platform
3 498 (11.73%) AWS
4 246 (5.80%) SaaS
5 231 (5.44%) Snowflake
6 225 (5.30%) GCP
7 223 (5.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 187 (4.41%) Google Analytics
9 165 (3.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 163 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
11 159 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
12 158 (3.72%) Adobe Analytics
13 151 (3.56%) GitHub
14 126 (2.97%) dbt
15 112 (2.64%) Amazon S3
15 112 (2.64%) Figma
16 97 (2.29%) Serverless
17 86 (2.03%) Entra ID
18 79 (1.86%) Azure Monitor
19 64 (1.51%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 178 (4.19%) Broadband
2 33 (0.78%) Firewall
2 33 (0.78%) VPN
3 25 (0.59%) CHAP
4 23 (0.54%) WAN
5 18 (0.42%) Network Security
6 14 (0.33%) DNS
6 14 (0.33%) Intranet
6 14 (0.33%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.31%) Unified Communications
8 9 (0.21%) DHCP
9 6 (0.14%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.12%) SNMP
11 4 (0.094%) HTTP
11 4 (0.094%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.094%) SMS
12 3 (0.071%) LAN
12 3 (0.071%) Modbus
12 3 (0.071%) MQTT
13 2 (0.047%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 630 (14.84%) Power BI
2 410 (9.66%) Tableau
3 346 (8.15%) Data Warehouse
4 217 (5.11%) Data Lake
5 191 (4.50%) Data Mining
6 188 (4.43%) Metadata
7 159 (3.75%) SQL Server
8 113 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 107 (2.52%) Looker
10 86 (2.03%) Relational Database
11 80 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
12 78 (1.84%) BigQuery
13 73 (1.72%) NoSQL
14 68 (1.60%) Big Data
15 66 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 62 (1.46%) Power Query
17 54 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 52 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
19 42 (0.99%) Oracle Database
20 41 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 151 (3.56%) Git
2 105 (2.47%) JIRA
3 71 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 33 (0.78%) GitLab
5 27 (0.64%) MLflow
6 25 (0.59%) Axure RP
6 25 (0.59%) Balsamiq
6 25 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 21 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
9 19 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.33%) ERwin
11 12 (0.28%) CircleCI
12 11 (0.26%) Crashlytics
13 9 (0.21%) Selenium
13 9 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.19%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
14 8 (0.19%) XCTest
15 5 (0.12%) ER Studio
General
1 1,372 (32.32%) Finance
2 1,233 (29.05%) Social Skills
3 1,096 (25.82%) Analytical Skills
4 650 (15.31%) Marketing
5 282 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 261 (6.15%) Banking
7 258 (6.08%) Public Sector
8 216 (5.09%) Law
9 203 (4.78%) Retail
10 177 (4.17%) Games
11 166 (3.91%) Legal
12 163 (3.84%) Manufacturing
13 123 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
14 113 (2.66%) Financial Institution
15 97 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
16 96 (2.26%) Automotive
17 93 (2.19%) Advertising
18 88 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
19 73 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
20 68 (1.60%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 701 (16.51%) Senior
2 638 (15.03%) Analyst
3 472 (11.12%) Lead
4 406 (9.56%) Data Engineer
5 368 (8.67%) Data Analyst
6 319 (7.51%) Architect
7 233 (5.49%) Developer
8 168 (3.96%) Trainee
8 168 (3.96%) Trainee Analyst
8 168 (3.96%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 167 (3.93%) Consultant
10 144 (3.39%) Data Architect
10 144 (3.39%) Senior Manager
11 109 (2.57%) Designer
12 97 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
13 91 (2.14%) Data Manager
14 86 (2.03%) Data Scientist
14 86 (2.03%) Senior Data Engineer
15 85 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
16 83 (1.96%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (2.57%) PySpark
2 101 (2.38%) Kafka
3 100 (2.36%) HTML
4 92 (2.17%) CSS
5 76 (1.79%) PyTorch
6 68 (1.60%) .NET
7 61 (1.44%) React
8 56 (1.32%) TensorFlow
9 54 (1.27%) OAuth
10 53 (1.25%) RESTful
11 49 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
12 45 (1.06%) REST
13 44 (1.04%) JSON
14 35 (0.82%) .NET Core
15 34 (0.80%) LangChain
15 34 (0.80%) Node.js
16 33 (0.78%) Pandas
17 31 (0.73%) OAuth2
18 28 (0.66%) scikit-learn
19 26 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 272 (6.41%) Social Media
2 190 (4.48%) Cloud Native
3 189 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 171 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
5 165 (3.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 149 (3.51%) Management Information System
7 123 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 111 (2.61%) Algorithms
8 111 (2.61%) Life Science
9 81 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 78 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
11 65 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
12 60 (1.41%) Mobile App
13 57 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
14 43 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
15 41 (0.97%) Virtual Team
16 39 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
17 38 (0.90%) Fixed Income
18 36 (0.85%) Over-the-Top Content
19 32 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 107 (2.52%) Windows
2 60 (1.41%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.01%) Linux
4 25 (0.59%) VMS
5 24 (0.57%) Unix
6 20 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.33%) Windows Server
8 13 (0.31%) Android
9 2 (0.047%) AIX
9 2 (0.047%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.024%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,204 (28.36%) AI
2 916 (21.58%) Business Intelligence
3 887 (20.90%) Decision-Making
4 860 (20.26%) Agile
5 769 (18.12%) Data Analytics
6 729 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 709 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
8 662 (15.59%) Data Modelling
9 545 (12.84%) Roadmaps
10 526 (12.39%) Data Governance
11 519 (12.23%) Data Engineering
12 504 (11.87%) Data Analysis
13 494 (11.64%) Data Science
14 487 (11.47%) Data Pipeline
15 485 (11.43%) Machine Learning
16 472 (11.12%) CI/CD
17 463 (10.91%) ETL
18 460 (10.84%) Customer Experience
19 458 (10.79%) Project Management
20 424 (9.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,124 (26.48%) SQL
2 1,031 (24.29%) Python
3 114 (2.69%) JavaScript
4 102 (2.40%) Java
5 98 (2.31%) C#
6 95 (2.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 74 (1.74%) Scala
8 69 (1.63%) R
9 62 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 43 (1.01%) T-SQL
10 43 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 41 (0.97%) Bicep
12 39 (0.92%) C++
13 37 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
14 33 (0.78%) Go
15 23 (0.54%) Bash
16 19 (0.45%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.38%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.35%) VBA
19 12 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 708 (16.68%) Degree
2 262 (6.17%) Security Cleared
3 181 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 153 (3.60%) Master's Degree
5 123 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 61 (1.44%) PhD
7 60 (1.41%) CTC Cleared
7 60 (1.41%) IRCA
8 55 (1.30%) CISSP
9 52 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 49 (1.15%) CISA
11 46 (1.08%) CISM
12 45 (1.06%) DBS Check
13 43 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 43 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
14 37 (0.87%) ACCA
15 36 (0.85%) DV Cleared
16 31 (0.73%) AWS Certification
16 31 (0.73%) PMI Certification
17 29 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 565 (13.31%) Data Quality
2 359 (8.46%) Accessibility
3 330 (7.77%) GDPR
4 154 (3.63%) QA
5 83 (1.96%) WCAG
6 79 (1.86%) SLA
7 71 (1.67%) ISO 9001
8 67 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 52 (1.22%) NIST
10 48 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 34 (0.80%) HIPAA
12 30 (0.71%) COBIT
13 27 (0.64%) EU AI Act
13 27 (0.64%) GxP
13 27 (0.64%) IFRS
13 27 (0.64%) Solvency II
14 24 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 21 (0.49%) PSD2
15 21 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 18 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 140 (3.30%) Docker
2 58 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 26 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.094%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.047%) Firmware
8 2 (0.047%) vSphere
9 1 (0.024%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.024%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 197 (4.64%) Terraform
2 160 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.08%) Ansible
4 25 (0.59%) Grafana
4 25 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 20 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.19%) EnCase
7 8 (0.19%) FTK
8 7 (0.16%) Kibana
9 5 (0.12%) Argo
9 5 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.094%) SCCM
10 4 (0.094%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.071%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.071%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.071%) Control-M
11 3 (0.071%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.071%) VxRail
12 1 (0.024%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 846 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 315 (7.42%) Google
3 301 (7.09%) Databricks
4 253 (5.96%) Adobe
5 178 (4.19%) SAP
6 173 (4.08%) Salesforce
7 145 (3.42%) Oracle
8 136 (3.20%) Cisco
9 62 (1.46%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.25%) Alteryx
11 41 (0.97%) Informatica
12 40 (0.94%) Dell
13 32 (0.75%) Bloomberg
13 32 (0.75%) Palantir
14 29 (0.68%) Instagram
14 29 (0.68%) ServiceNow
15 28 (0.66%) Foundry
15 28 (0.66%) Nexthink
15 28 (0.66%) OpenAI
15 28 (0.66%) Talend