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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 20 40
Rank change year-on-year -10 +20 -17
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,579 3,497 5,058
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.40% 8.49% 5.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.14% 9.13% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,553 1,754 3,298
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,367 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +10.61% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +4.59% -0.91%

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 64,151 38,285 80,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.65% 92.95% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,600 22,564 59,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -7.94%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -14 3,992 £65,000 -3.70% 1,853
UK excluding London -20 2,359 £55,000 -3.51% 1,254
London +3 1,816 £80,000 -5.88% 863
Work from Home -5 1,418 £64,000 +6.67% 789
North of England -12 678 £58,000 +5.45% 329
South East -24 500 £55,000 -8.33% 407
Midlands -19 473 £51,000 -2.86% 212
North West -17 360 £60,000 +9.09% 193
West Midlands -25 280 £52,500 -4.55% 117
Yorkshire -8 244 £55,000 -1.79% 93
South West -24 216 £57,500 +8.60% 133
East of England +17 202 £52,500 -19.23% 103
Scotland -7 198 £65,000 -11.93% 44
East Midlands 0 190 £50,000 +3.09% 95
North East +10 74 £40,000 -27.27% 47
Northern Ireland -20 55 £45,000 +50.00% 20
Wales 0 39 £40,000 -27.27% 31

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
1 160 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
2 127 (2.77%) Apache Spark
3 115 (2.51%) CMS
4 79 (1.73%) Apache
5 74 (1.62%) Confluence
6 53 (1.16%) WordPress
7 45 (0.98%) SharePoint
8 35 (0.76%) SAS
9 34 (0.74%) ArcGIS
10 19 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
11 16 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
12 12 (0.26%) Drupal
13 9 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
14 8 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 6 (0.13%) IIS
16 5 (0.11%) Umbraco
17 4 (0.087%) Appian
17 4 (0.087%) Documentum
17 4 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
18 3 (0.066%) Jupyter
Applications
1 399 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (0.68%) UserZoom
5 29 (0.63%) Adobe XD
6 19 (0.41%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 13 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 10 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 10 (0.22%) InDesign
10 9 (0.20%) SPSS
11 8 (0.17%) Trello
12 6 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
13 5 (0.11%) Photoshop
14 4 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
14 4 (0.087%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.066%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.066%) Sketch
16 2 (0.044%) Maya
16 2 (0.044%) Notion
Business Applications
1 78 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.74%) SAP PP
4 33 (0.72%) SAP IBP
5 28 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
6 27 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
7 22 (0.48%) Magento
8 17 (0.37%) Shopify
9 16 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 16 (0.35%) NetSuite
10 15 (0.33%) iTrent
11 14 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
12 13 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
12 13 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
12 13 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
12 13 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
12 13 (0.28%) SAP CO
13 10 (0.22%) SAP ERP
14 9 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
14 9 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 980 (21.40%) Azure
2 730 (15.94%) Power Platform
3 547 (11.95%) AWS
4 276 (6.03%) GCP
5 257 (5.61%) SaaS
6 256 (5.59%) Snowflake
7 235 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 207 (4.52%) Google Analytics
9 195 (4.26%) Adobe Analytics
10 184 (4.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 160 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
12 154 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
13 150 (3.28%) GitHub
14 142 (3.10%) dbt
15 129 (2.82%) Figma
16 112 (2.45%) Amazon S3
17 106 (2.31%) Serverless
18 86 (1.88%) Entra ID
19 73 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
20 66 (1.44%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 239 (5.22%) Broadband
2 37 (0.81%) Firewall
3 33 (0.72%) VPN
4 26 (0.57%) CHAP
5 23 (0.50%) WAN
6 20 (0.44%) Network Security
7 18 (0.39%) DNS
8 16 (0.35%) Intranet
9 15 (0.33%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.31%) DHCP
11 9 (0.20%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.13%) HTTPS
13 5 (0.11%) HTTP
13 5 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.11%) SMS
13 5 (0.11%) SNMP
14 4 (0.087%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.066%) BGP
15 3 (0.066%) LAN
15 3 (0.066%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 696 (15.20%) Power BI
2 404 (8.82%) Tableau
3 360 (7.86%) Data Warehouse
4 240 (5.24%) Data Lake
5 188 (4.11%) Metadata
6 173 (3.78%) Data Mining
7 164 (3.58%) SQL Server
8 124 (2.71%) Looker
9 110 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 105 (2.29%) BigQuery
11 102 (2.23%) Relational Database
12 91 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 74 (1.62%) NoSQL
14 70 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 66 (1.44%) Big Data
16 65 (1.42%) Power Query
16 65 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 61 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
18 50 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
19 44 (0.96%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 161 (3.52%) Git
2 110 (2.40%) JIRA
3 71 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 42 (0.92%) MLflow
5 34 (0.74%) GitLab
6 25 (0.55%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (0.50%) Axure RP
7 23 (0.50%) Balsamiq
7 23 (0.50%) TeamCity
8 19 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
9 18 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 13 (0.28%) CircleCI
10 13 (0.28%) Crashlytics
11 12 (0.26%) Selenium
12 10 (0.22%) ERwin
12 10 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 10 (0.22%) XCTest
13 7 (0.15%) Claude Code
14 6 (0.13%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.11%) MSI
General
1 1,372 (29.96%) Finance
2 1,243 (27.15%) Social Skills
3 1,145 (25.01%) Analytical Skills
4 691 (15.09%) Marketing
5 287 (6.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 247 (5.39%) Public Sector
7 244 (5.33%) Retail
8 241 (5.26%) Banking
9 210 (4.59%) Law
10 206 (4.50%) Games
11 164 (3.58%) Manufacturing
12 160 (3.49%) Legal
13 116 (2.53%) Automotive
14 107 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
15 105 (2.29%) Financial Institution
16 104 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
17 100 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
18 99 (2.16%) Advertising
19 70 (1.53%) Back Office
19 70 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 764 (16.68%) Senior
2 661 (14.44%) Analyst
3 512 (11.18%) Lead
4 470 (10.26%) Data Engineer
5 359 (7.84%) Data Analyst
6 338 (7.38%) Architect
7 248 (5.42%) Developer
8 174 (3.80%) Consultant
9 157 (3.43%) Data Architect
10 154 (3.36%) Trainee
10 154 (3.36%) Trainee Analyst
10 154 (3.36%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 136 (2.97%) Senior Manager
12 121 (2.64%) Designer
13 108 (2.36%) Senior Data Engineer
14 104 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
15 100 (2.18%) Data Manager
16 91 (1.99%) Data Scientist
17 89 (1.94%) Support Engineer
18 88 (1.92%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (2.77%) PySpark
2 119 (2.60%) Kafka
3 104 (2.27%) HTML
4 98 (2.14%) CSS
5 96 (2.10%) PyTorch
6 71 (1.55%) .NET
7 69 (1.51%) TensorFlow
8 56 (1.22%) React
9 51 (1.11%) OAuth
10 50 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
11 49 (1.07%) RESTful
12 48 (1.05%) JSON
12 48 (1.05%) LangChain
12 48 (1.05%) scikit-learn
13 43 (0.94%) REST
14 40 (0.87%) Pandas
15 38 (0.83%) Node.js
16 37 (0.81%) .NET Core
17 26 (0.57%) OAuth2
18 24 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 306 (6.68%) Social Media
2 208 (4.54%) Cloud Native
3 196 (4.28%) Product Ownership
4 170 (3.71%) Analytical Mindset
5 152 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 138 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
7 125 (2.73%) Onboarding
8 103 (2.25%) Life Science
9 99 (2.16%) Algorithms
10 84 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
11 78 (1.70%) Data Structures
12 69 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
13 62 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
13 62 (1.35%) Mobile App
14 55 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
15 52 (1.14%) Over-the-Top Content
16 48 (1.05%) Public Cloud
17 45 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
17 45 (0.98%) Virtual Team
18 37 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 105 (2.29%) Windows
2 60 (1.31%) Windows 10
3 43 (0.94%) Linux
4 25 (0.55%) VMS
5 23 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.41%) Unix
7 16 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 14 (0.31%) Android
9 2 (0.044%) AIX
9 2 (0.044%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.022%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,321 (28.85%) AI
2 992 (21.66%) Decision-Making
3 984 (21.49%) Business Intelligence
4 907 (19.81%) Agile
5 756 (16.51%) Data Analytics
6 750 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 740 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
8 720 (15.72%) Data Modelling
9 611 (13.34%) Data Engineering
9 611 (13.34%) Roadmaps
10 538 (11.75%) Data Governance
11 531 (11.60%) Data Pipeline
12 524 (11.44%) Customer Experience
13 508 (11.09%) Data Science
14 507 (11.07%) Machine Learning
15 500 (10.92%) Data Analysis
16 499 (10.90%) ETL
17 491 (10.72%) CI/CD
18 447 (9.76%) Project Management
19 429 (9.37%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,174 (25.64%) SQL
2 1,044 (22.80%) Python
3 117 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 110 (2.40%) JavaScript
5 98 (2.14%) C#
6 96 (2.10%) Java
7 79 (1.73%) Scala
8 65 (1.42%) R
9 60 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 46 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 42 (0.92%) Bicep
13 36 (0.79%) C++
13 36 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
14 34 (0.74%) Go
15 20 (0.44%) Bash
16 16 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 16 (0.35%) VBA
17 14 (0.31%) Kotlin
17 14 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 685 (14.96%) Degree
2 262 (5.72%) Security Cleared
3 184 (4.02%) SC Cleared
4 136 (2.97%) Master's Degree
5 122 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 72 (1.57%) IRCA
7 60 (1.31%) CTC Cleared
8 55 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 49 (1.07%) CISSP
10 46 (1.00%) DBS Check
10 46 (1.00%) PhD
11 45 (0.98%) ACCA
12 44 (0.96%) CISM
13 42 (0.92%) CISA
14 38 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
15 36 (0.79%) CIMA
16 31 (0.68%) AWS Certification
16 31 (0.68%) DV Cleared
17 28 (0.61%) SANS
18 27 (0.59%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 595 (12.99%) Data Quality
2 379 (8.28%) Accessibility
3 369 (8.06%) GDPR
4 170 (3.71%) QA
5 94 (2.05%) WCAG
6 80 (1.75%) SLA
7 79 (1.73%) ISO 9001
8 55 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 52 (1.14%) NIST
10 46 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
11 38 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 35 (0.76%) HIPAA
13 31 (0.68%) COBIT
14 30 (0.66%) Solvency II
15 28 (0.61%) EU AI Act
16 26 (0.57%) IFRS
17 21 (0.46%) PSD2
18 20 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 20 (0.44%) SOC 2
19 17 (0.37%) GxP
System Software
1 149 (3.25%) Docker
2 65 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 25 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.11%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.044%) Firmware
7 2 (0.044%) vSphere
8 1 (0.022%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.022%) IAG
8 1 (0.022%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.022%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 205 (4.48%) Terraform
2 173 (3.78%) Kubernetes
3 50 (1.09%) Ansible
4 26 (0.57%) Grafana
4 26 (0.57%) Prometheus
5 19 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.17%) EnCase
7 8 (0.17%) FTK
8 7 (0.15%) Kibana
9 5 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.11%) Argo
9 5 (0.11%) QRadar
10 3 (0.066%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.066%) Control-M
10 3 (0.066%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.066%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.066%) VxRail
11 2 (0.044%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.044%) SCCM
Vendors
1 848 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 369 (8.06%) Databricks
3 345 (7.53%) Google
4 298 (6.51%) Adobe
5 183 (4.00%) SAP
6 159 (3.47%) Salesforce
7 140 (3.06%) Oracle
8 135 (2.95%) Cisco
9 61 (1.33%) HubSpot
10 58 (1.27%) Dell
11 51 (1.11%) Informatica
12 46 (1.00%) Alteryx
13 28 (0.61%) OpenAI
13 28 (0.61%) Red Hat
13 28 (0.61%) ServiceNow
13 28 (0.61%) Talend
14 27 (0.59%) Nexthink
14 27 (0.59%) Workday
15 26 (0.57%) IBM
15 26 (0.57%) Palantir