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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 24 35
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,179 3,369 4,565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.78% 7.28% 5.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.36% 7.78% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,269 1,652 3,247
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,754 £33,400
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,938 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -9.77%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - +2.80% -2.73%

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 56,779 43,287 71,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.47% 93.48% 87.85%
Number of salaries quoted 34,177 22,512 54,463
10th Percentile £29,262 £32,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,875 £80,100 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 7 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 7 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 -6 3,590 £65,000 -7.14% 2,369
UK excluding London -9 2,072 £55,000 - 1,747
London +5 1,705 £80,000 -5.88% 1,094
Work from Home -3 1,321 £64,000 +2.40% 1,287
North of England -17 520 £50,000 -9.09% 379
South East +9 513 £57,500 -4.17% 635
Midlands -7 412 £52,501 -2.32% 243
North West -22 260 £57,500 +4.55% 195
West Midlands -10 256 £59,527 +8.23% 143
Yorkshire -8 204 £50,000 -9.09% 130
Scotland -4 203 £65,000 -7.14% 71
South West -5 198 £55,000 +1.03% 186
East Midlands +5 154 £48,000 +1.05% 100
East of England +35 145 £50,000 -23.08% 199
North East +14 56 £40,000 -20.79% 56
Northern Ireland -3 53 £45,000 +50.00% 18
Wales +8 31 £65,000 +31.18% 48

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
1 136 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
2 119 (2.85%) Apache Spark
3 105 (2.51%) CMS
4 76 (1.82%) Apache
5 53 (1.27%) Confluence
5 53 (1.27%) WordPress
6 43 (1.03%) SharePoint
7 40 (0.96%) SAS
8 33 (0.79%) ArcGIS
9 18 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
10 17 (0.41%) Drupal
11 16 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
12 14 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 8 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
13 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
14 6 (0.14%) IIS
15 4 (0.096%) Appian
15 4 (0.096%) Documentum
15 4 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
16 3 (0.072%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 430 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.62%) Adobe XD
5 19 (0.45%) InDesign
5 19 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 16 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 15 (0.36%) UserZoom
9 13 (0.31%) Maya
10 11 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
10 11 (0.26%) SPSS
11 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
11 8 (0.19%) Trello
12 7 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
13 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
14 3 (0.072%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.072%) SketchUp
15 2 (0.048%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 81 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 38 (0.91%) SAP IBP
4 34 (0.81%) SAP PP
5 31 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 19 (0.45%) Shopify
7 17 (0.41%) SAP CO
8 16 (0.38%) Magento
9 15 (0.36%) NetSuite
10 14 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 14 (0.34%) iTrent
11 13 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
11 13 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
11 13 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
11 13 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
11 13 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
12 12 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
12 12 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
13 11 (0.26%) SAP ERP
14 8 (0.19%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 948 (22.68%) Azure
2 680 (16.27%) Power Platform
3 481 (11.51%) AWS
4 242 (5.79%) SaaS
5 230 (5.50%) Snowflake
6 228 (5.46%) GCP
7 216 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 185 (4.43%) Google Analytics
9 167 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
10 165 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
11 164 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 150 (3.59%) GitHub
13 127 (3.04%) dbt
14 121 (2.90%) Adobe Analytics
15 106 (2.54%) Amazon S3
16 98 (2.35%) Entra ID
16 98 (2.35%) Figma
17 89 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
18 84 (2.01%) Serverless
19 66 (1.58%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 134 (3.21%) Broadband
2 40 (0.96%) VPN
3 37 (0.89%) Firewall
4 23 (0.55%) WAN
5 22 (0.53%) CHAP
6 17 (0.41%) DNS
7 16 (0.38%) Network Security
8 14 (0.34%) Intranet
9 13 (0.31%) Unified Communications
10 12 (0.29%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.17%) DHCP
12 6 (0.14%) HTTPS
13 5 (0.12%) SNMP
14 4 (0.096%) HTTP
14 4 (0.096%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.072%) Internet
15 3 (0.072%) LAN
15 3 (0.072%) MQTT
15 3 (0.072%) VoIP
16 2 (0.048%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 645 (15.43%) Power BI
2 418 (10.00%) Tableau
3 344 (8.23%) Data Warehouse
4 217 (5.19%) Data Lake
5 190 (4.55%) Metadata
6 187 (4.47%) Data Mining
7 154 (3.69%) SQL Server
8 110 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 106 (2.54%) Looker
10 84 (2.01%) Relational Database
11 79 (1.89%) BigQuery
12 77 (1.84%) Amazon Redshift
13 73 (1.75%) Big Data
14 70 (1.68%) NoSQL
15 66 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 59 (1.41%) Power Query
17 51 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 44 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
18 44 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
19 42 (1.01%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 150 (3.59%) Git
2 113 (2.70%) JIRA
3 65 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 30 (0.72%) GitLab
5 25 (0.60%) MLflow
6 24 (0.57%) Axure RP
6 24 (0.57%) Balsamiq
6 24 (0.57%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
7 23 (0.55%) TeamCity
8 19 (0.45%) ERwin
8 19 (0.45%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.24%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 8 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
11 8 (0.19%) Selenium
12 6 (0.14%) Crashlytics
12 6 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.12%) ER Studio
13 5 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,404 (33.60%) Finance
2 1,239 (29.65%) Social Skills
3 1,093 (26.15%) Analytical Skills
4 661 (15.82%) Marketing
5 284 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 255 (6.10%) Banking
7 252 (6.03%) Public Sector
8 218 (5.22%) Law
9 213 (5.10%) Retail
10 170 (4.07%) Manufacturing
11 166 (3.97%) Legal
12 141 (3.37%) Games
13 127 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
14 107 (2.56%) Financial Institution
15 93 (2.23%) Automotive
16 90 (2.15%) Advertising
16 90 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
17 87 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
18 82 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
19 69 (1.65%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 690 (16.51%) Senior
2 646 (15.46%) Analyst
3 474 (11.34%) Lead
4 394 (9.43%) Data Engineer
5 371 (8.88%) Data Analyst
6 332 (7.94%) Architect
7 231 (5.53%) Developer
8 163 (3.90%) Trainee
8 163 (3.90%) Trainee Analyst
8 163 (3.90%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 152 (3.64%) Consultant
9 152 (3.64%) Data Architect
10 147 (3.52%) Senior Manager
11 100 (2.39%) Designer
12 99 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
13 92 (2.20%) Data Manager
14 86 (2.06%) Data Scientist
15 85 (2.03%) Support Engineer
16 84 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
17 81 (1.94%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (2.54%) PySpark
2 98 (2.35%) HTML
3 95 (2.27%) Kafka
4 89 (2.13%) CSS
5 77 (1.84%) PyTorch
6 65 (1.56%) .NET
7 60 (1.44%) React
8 59 (1.41%) OAuth
9 57 (1.36%) TensorFlow
10 53 (1.27%) RESTful
11 51 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
12 45 (1.08%) JSON
12 45 (1.08%) REST
13 35 (0.84%) OAuth2
14 33 (0.79%) LangChain
14 33 (0.79%) Pandas
15 32 (0.77%) .NET Core
16 29 (0.69%) Node.js
16 29 (0.69%) scikit-learn
17 27 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 241 (5.77%) Social Media
2 186 (4.45%) Cloud Native
3 182 (4.36%) Product Ownership
4 179 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
5 174 (4.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 154 (3.69%) Management Information System
7 124 (2.97%) Onboarding
8 123 (2.94%) Algorithms
9 118 (2.82%) Life Science
10 83 (1.99%) Data Structures
11 73 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
12 66 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
13 64 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
14 52 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
15 51 (1.22%) Mobile App
16 41 (0.98%) Virtual Team
17 40 (0.96%) Fixed Income
18 37 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
19 35 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
20 32 (0.77%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 110 (2.63%) Windows
2 60 (1.44%) Windows 10
3 42 (1.01%) Linux
4 29 (0.69%) Unix
5 24 (0.57%) VMS
6 15 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.34%) Windows Server
8 12 (0.29%) Android
9 2 (0.048%) AIX
9 2 (0.048%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,173 (28.07%) AI
2 942 (22.54%) Business Intelligence
3 883 (21.13%) Decision-Making
4 831 (19.89%) Agile
5 793 (18.98%) Data Analytics
6 731 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
7 722 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 640 (15.31%) Data Modelling
9 531 (12.71%) Data Governance
10 520 (12.44%) Roadmaps
11 517 (12.37%) Data Engineering
12 516 (12.35%) Data Analysis
12 516 (12.35%) Data Science
13 497 (11.89%) Machine Learning
14 488 (11.68%) Project Management
15 474 (11.34%) Data Pipeline
16 460 (11.01%) ETL
17 449 (10.74%) CI/CD
18 426 (10.19%) Visualisation
19 419 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,115 (26.68%) SQL
2 1,026 (24.55%) Python
3 114 (2.73%) JavaScript
4 109 (2.61%) Java
5 93 (2.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 92 (2.20%) C#
7 76 (1.82%) Scala
8 71 (1.70%) PowerShell
8 71 (1.70%) R
9 51 (1.22%) Bicep
10 43 (1.03%) C++
10 43 (1.03%) T-SQL
11 40 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 35 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
13 28 (0.67%) Go
14 26 (0.62%) Bash
15 21 (0.50%) PL/SQL
16 19 (0.45%) Shell Script
17 16 (0.38%) VBA
18 12 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 740 (17.71%) Degree
2 277 (6.63%) Security Cleared
3 196 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 158 (3.78%) Master's Degree
5 120 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 67 (1.60%) PhD
7 60 (1.44%) CTC Cleared
8 55 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 55 (1.32%) CISSP
9 50 (1.20%) CISA
9 50 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 48 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 46 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
12 44 (1.05%) CISM
13 42 (1.01%) DBS Check
14 41 (0.98%) ACCA
15 36 (0.86%) IRCA
16 33 (0.79%) PMI Certification
17 31 (0.74%) DV Cleared
18 28 (0.67%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 548 (13.11%) Data Quality
2 314 (7.51%) Accessibility
3 310 (7.42%) GDPR
4 128 (3.06%) QA
5 77 (1.84%) SLA
6 70 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 69 (1.65%) WCAG
8 48 (1.15%) ISO 9001
8 48 (1.15%) NIST
9 47 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 35 (0.84%) GxP
11 33 (0.79%) HIPAA
12 28 (0.67%) COBIT
13 26 (0.62%) IFRS
14 25 (0.60%) EU AI Act
14 25 (0.60%) Solvency II
15 22 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 21 (0.50%) PSD2
17 19 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 16 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 139 (3.33%) Docker
2 61 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 32 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 12 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.096%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.048%) vSphere
7 1 (0.024%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.024%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 196 (4.69%) Terraform
2 158 (3.78%) Kubernetes
3 43 (1.03%) Ansible
4 25 (0.60%) Grafana
5 24 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.19%) EnCase
8 8 (0.19%) FTK
9 7 (0.17%) Kibana
9 7 (0.17%) SCCM
10 6 (0.14%) QRadar
10 6 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.12%) Argo
11 5 (0.12%) SCOM
12 4 (0.096%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.072%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.072%) Control-M
13 3 (0.072%) VxRail
Vendors
1 845 (20.22%) Microsoft
2 324 (7.75%) Google
3 283 (6.77%) Databricks
4 211 (5.05%) Adobe
5 198 (4.74%) SAP
6 186 (4.45%) Salesforce
7 152 (3.64%) Oracle
8 138 (3.30%) Cisco
9 64 (1.53%) HubSpot
10 57 (1.36%) Alteryx
11 43 (1.03%) Dell
12 42 (1.01%) Informatica
13 33 (0.79%) Bloomberg
14 31 (0.74%) ServiceNow
15 29 (0.69%) Instagram
15 29 (0.69%) OpenAI
16 28 (0.67%) Nexthink
16 28 (0.67%) Talend
16 28 (0.67%) YouTube
17 27 (0.65%) Red Hat