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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,733 3,737 3,741
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.92% 5.56% 7.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.16% 6.55% 7.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,913 2,007 2,716
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,975
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -1.37%
75th Percentile £85,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,500 £118,750 £113,951
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £57,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -10.53% +0.84% +2.41%

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 45,724 57,096 47,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.81% 85.02% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,947 29,808 36,597
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £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 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,714 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +4.22% -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 27 November 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 27 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 3,184 £62,500 -10.71% 2,057
UK excluding London +21 1,914 £51,000 -10.53% 1,645
London +5 1,515 £75,000 -11.76% 881
Work from Home +5 1,121 £60,000 -11.11% 946
South East +29 586 £50,205 -12.69% 730
North of England -16 354 £55,000 - 265
Midlands +22 311 £55,000 -3.51% 247
Scotland +12 257 £50,000 -21.88% 86
South West +20 210 £55,000 -15.38% 147
North West -20 193 £52,500 -4.55% 159
West Midlands +7 180 £57,500 +0.88% 145
East of England +40 151 £40,000 -31.03% 130
East Midlands +48 135 £45,390 -9.22% 98
Yorkshire -9 128 £62,500 +9.68% 73
North East +23 34 £40,000 -27.27% 37
Northern Ireland -1 31 £60,000 +26.32% 31
Wales +10 21 £60,000 +15.38% 39
Isle of Man - 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
1 113 (3.03%) CMS
2 98 (2.63%) Apache Spark
3 66 (1.77%) WordPress
4 56 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
5 51 (1.37%) Confluence
6 42 (1.13%) SharePoint
7 34 (0.91%) Apache
8 24 (0.64%) SAS
9 15 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 14 (0.38%) Drupal
11 12 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
12 11 (0.29%) Headless CMS
12 11 (0.29%) Umbraco
13 10 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 10 (0.27%) SugarCRM
14 5 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
15 4 (0.11%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
16 3 (0.080%) Joomla!
16 3 (0.080%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 517 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (0.99%) Photoshop
5 32 (0.86%) Maya
6 28 (0.75%) Adobe XD
7 26 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.48%) InDesign
9 17 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
9 17 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
10 16 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
11 14 (0.38%) Chatbot
12 12 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
13 11 (0.29%) Trello
14 9 (0.24%) SPSS
15 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
16 4 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
16 4 (0.11%) MS Visio
16 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
17 3 (0.080%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 95 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 58 (1.55%) Shopify
3 57 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 31 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
5 28 (0.75%) SAP IBP
6 21 (0.56%) Magento
7 19 (0.51%) SAP CO
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 15 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
9 14 (0.38%) NetSuite
10 13 (0.35%) SAP FSCM
10 13 (0.35%) Sprinklr
11 11 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
11 11 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
11 11 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
11 11 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
11 11 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
12 10 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
13 9 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 959 (25.69%) Azure
2 792 (21.22%) Power Platform
3 434 (11.63%) AWS
4 287 (7.69%) Google Analytics
5 247 (6.62%) GCP
6 215 (5.76%) SaaS
7 198 (5.30%) Snowflake
8 169 (4.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 153 (4.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 138 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
11 121 (3.24%) GitHub
12 117 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
13 100 (2.68%) dbt
14 93 (2.49%) Google Ads
15 84 (2.25%) Serverless
16 68 (1.82%) Entra ID
17 67 (1.79%) Figma
18 65 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
19 57 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
20 51 (1.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (0.94%) SMS
2 33 (0.88%) VPN
3 27 (0.72%) Firewall
3 27 (0.72%) Unified Communications
4 18 (0.48%) Network Security
5 13 (0.35%) DNS
6 9 (0.24%) WAN
7 8 (0.21%) Broadband
8 7 (0.19%) Intranet
9 6 (0.16%) CHAP
9 6 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.13%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.11%) Internet
11 4 (0.11%) VoIP
11 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.080%) DHCP
12 3 (0.080%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.080%) SAN
12 3 (0.080%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.054%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 759 (20.33%) Power BI
2 379 (10.15%) Tableau
3 338 (9.05%) Data Warehouse
4 259 (6.94%) Data Lake
5 159 (4.26%) Metadata
6 158 (4.23%) SQL Server
7 123 (3.29%) Data Mining
8 100 (2.68%) Big Data
9 99 (2.65%) SAP BW
10 97 (2.60%) Looker
11 83 (2.22%) NoSQL
12 81 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 73 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 70 (1.88%) BigQuery
15 67 (1.79%) Relational Database
16 62 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
17 58 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
18 54 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 52 (1.39%) Power Query
20 45 (1.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 130 (3.48%) JIRA
2 87 (2.33%) Git
3 39 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 23 (0.62%) Axure RP
4 23 (0.62%) Balsamiq
5 21 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
6 18 (0.48%) ERwin
7 17 (0.46%) ER Studio
8 15 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.38%) Selenium
10 13 (0.35%) GitLab
11 12 (0.32%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.24%) MLflow
13 8 (0.21%) Postman
14 7 (0.19%) Maven
14 7 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
15 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
16 5 (0.13%) RStudio
17 4 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
17 4 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 1,369 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 1,326 (35.52%) Finance
3 1,189 (31.85%) Analytical Skills
4 804 (21.54%) Marketing
5 393 (10.53%) Law
6 285 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 266 (7.13%) Retail
8 251 (6.72%) Banking
9 215 (5.76%) Public Sector
10 180 (4.82%) Manufacturing
11 163 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
12 141 (3.78%) Legal
13 102 (2.73%) Financial Institution
14 101 (2.71%) Advertising
15 100 (2.68%) Games
16 92 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
17 81 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
18 77 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
19 76 (2.04%) Front Office
20 58 (1.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 614 (16.45%) Senior
2 587 (15.72%) Analyst
3 487 (13.05%) Lead
4 308 (8.25%) Architect
5 300 (8.04%) Data Analyst
6 266 (7.13%) Data Engineer
7 227 (6.08%) Developer
8 139 (3.72%) Senior Manager
9 120 (3.21%) Data Architect
10 107 (2.87%) Consultant
11 96 (2.57%) Innovation Manager
12 84 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
13 83 (2.22%) Trainee
13 83 (2.22%) Trainee Analyst
13 83 (2.22%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 79 (2.12%) Analytics Manager
15 71 (1.90%) Data Scientist
16 70 (1.88%) Data Manager
16 70 (1.88%) Software Engineer
17 69 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (3.27%) HTML
2 96 (2.57%) CSS
3 83 (2.22%) Kafka
4 71 (1.90%) React
5 65 (1.74%) RESTful
6 62 (1.66%) PySpark
7 52 (1.39%) REST
8 48 (1.29%) OAuth
9 44 (1.18%) TensorFlow
10 42 (1.13%) .NET
10 42 (1.13%) JSON
10 42 (1.13%) PyTorch
11 40 (1.07%) Node.js
12 32 (0.86%) OAuth2
13 31 (0.83%) Pandas
14 30 (0.80%) scikit-learn
15 29 (0.78%) Middleware
16 28 (0.75%) GraphQL
17 27 (0.72%) AngularJS
18 26 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 216 (5.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 184 (4.93%) Product Ownership
3 179 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
4 176 (4.71%) Cloud Native
4 176 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 159 (4.26%) Social Media
6 150 (4.02%) Algorithms
7 147 (3.94%) Management Information System
8 78 (2.09%) FMCG
9 76 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
10 75 (2.01%) Life Science
11 56 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 51 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 48 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
14 44 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
15 39 (1.04%) Reinsurance
16 37 (0.99%) Credit Risk
16 37 (0.99%) Virtual Team
17 36 (0.96%) Blog
17 36 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 71 (1.90%) Windows
2 39 (1.04%) Linux
3 24 (0.64%) Unix
4 20 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.24%) Android
5 9 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.16%) VMS
7 2 (0.054%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.027%) AIX
8 1 (0.027%) Debian
8 1 (0.027%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,033 (27.67%) AI
2 1,018 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 898 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
4 875 (23.44%) Decision-Making
5 754 (20.20%) Data Analytics
6 750 (20.09%) Agile
7 691 (18.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 582 (15.59%) Data Modelling
9 511 (13.69%) Roadmaps
10 507 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 505 (13.53%) Machine Learning
12 492 (13.18%) Data Science
13 454 (12.16%) Data Analysis
14 443 (11.87%) Visualisation
15 440 (11.79%) Project Management
16 434 (11.63%) Data Governance
17 417 (11.17%) Actionable Insight
18 412 (11.04%) Data Engineering
19 392 (10.50%) CRM
20 387 (10.37%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1,000 (26.79%) SQL
2 908 (24.32%) Python
3 150 (4.02%) Java
4 138 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 85 (2.28%) PowerShell
6 83 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 73 (1.96%) R
8 56 (1.50%) C#
9 45 (1.21%) T-SQL
10 44 (1.18%) TypeScript
11 39 (1.04%) Scala
12 37 (0.99%) Bicep
13 36 (0.96%) Go
14 35 (0.94%) C++
15 29 (0.78%) PL/SQL
16 28 (0.75%) Bash
17 24 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
18 17 (0.46%) PHP
18 17 (0.46%) VBA
19 16 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 873 (23.39%) Degree
2 207 (5.55%) Master's Degree
3 172 (4.61%) Security Cleared
4 123 (3.29%) SC Cleared
5 118 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 107 (2.87%) DBS Check
7 100 (2.68%) PhD
8 59 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 58 (1.55%) CISSP
10 51 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
12 46 (1.23%) CISA
13 44 (1.18%) PMI Certification
14 41 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
15 39 (1.04%) ACCA
16 38 (1.02%) PMP
17 37 (0.99%) CISM
18 29 (0.78%) CIMA
19 26 (0.70%) AWS Certification
20 25 (0.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 445 (11.92%) Data Quality
2 257 (6.88%) GDPR
3 199 (5.33%) Accessibility
4 91 (2.44%) QA
5 80 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.26%) NIST
7 43 (1.15%) WCAG
8 34 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 33 (0.88%) SLA
10 31 (0.83%) GxP
11 24 (0.64%) HIPAA
11 24 (0.64%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.62%) COBIT
13 22 (0.59%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.56%) PSD2
15 16 (0.43%) IFRS
15 16 (0.43%) PMO
16 15 (0.40%) ITGC
16 15 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 14 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (2.28%) Docker
2 41 (1.10%) 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 (0.080%) 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
1 153 (4.10%) Terraform
2 127 (3.40%) Kubernetes
3 27 (0.72%) Ansible
3 27 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.32%) QRadar
6 10 (0.27%) SCCM
7 9 (0.24%) Grafana
7 9 (0.24%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.16%) EnCase
9 6 (0.16%) FTK
9 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.13%) Argo
10 5 (0.13%) SCOM
11 3 (0.080%) ArcSight ESM
12 2 (0.054%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.027%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.027%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 685 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 469 (12.56%) Google
3 263 (7.05%) Databricks
4 261 (6.99%) SAP
5 187 (5.01%) Salesforce
6 155 (4.15%) Oracle
7 141 (3.78%) Adobe
8 74 (1.98%) HubSpot
9 59 (1.58%) Alteryx
10 57 (1.53%) Cisco
11 42 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 40 (1.07%) OpenAI
13 39 (1.04%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 36 (0.96%) Bloomberg
15 35 (0.94%) Dell
16 32 (0.86%) Facebook
17 31 (0.83%) Ahrefs
18 29 (0.78%) Screaming Frog
19 26 (0.70%) Informatica
20 25 (0.67%) Splunk