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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 23 35
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 5,416 3,893 4,222
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.77% 7.85% 5.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.55% 8.85% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,265 1,765 2,227
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £38,650
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.34% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £115,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% +3.64%

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 82,691 43,965 63,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.84% 88.66% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 57,506 24,819 36,681
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.23%

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 13 September 2026.

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 13 September 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 -7 4,829 £67,500 +8.00% 6,123
UK excluding London -8 2,887 £60,000 +14.29% 2,483
London +1 2,159 £80,000 +3.23% 4,206
Work from Home +6 1,636 £65,000 +8.33% 3,136
North of England +60 941 £60,000 +4.35% 596
Midlands +16 582 £60,000 +14.29% 333
South East -33 557 £55,000 +10.00% 711
North West +62 553 £60,000 +15.94% 343
West Midlands +5 322 £60,000 +9.09% 225
South West -19 312 £60,000 - 279
East Midlands +31 260 £60,000 +23.71% 108
Yorkshire +27 236 £63,076 +2.98% 183
East of England -4 194 £55,000 +41.03% 214
North East +30 152 £55,000 -4.35% 72
Scotland -15 117 £75,000 +25.00% 229
Northern Ireland -14 100 £65,000 +30.00% 80
Wales -8 95 £61,750 +23.19% 63
Isle of Man +3 5 £38,500 - 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
1 162 (2.99%) Apache Spark
2 147 (2.71%) CMS
3 99 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 85 (1.57%) Apache
5 83 (1.53%) SharePoint
6 69 (1.27%) SAS
7 68 (1.26%) Confluence
8 39 (0.72%) WordPress
9 29 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
10 22 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
11 16 (0.30%) Headless CMS
12 15 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
13 10 (0.18%) Jupyter
14 8 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
15 6 (0.11%) ArcGIS
15 6 (0.11%) Umbraco
16 2 (0.037%) Apache Pulsar
16 2 (0.037%) Appian
16 2 (0.037%) Luigi
16 2 (0.037%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 239 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 37 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (0.65%) UserZoom
5 30 (0.55%) SPSS
6 21 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 17 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 16 (0.30%) Adobe XD
9 9 (0.17%) MS Visio
10 8 (0.15%) Sketch
11 7 (0.13%) Photoshop
12 6 (0.11%) Trello
13 4 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
14 3 (0.055%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
14 3 (0.055%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.037%) CATIA
15 2 (0.037%) InDesign
15 2 (0.037%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 120 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 75 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (0.96%) Shopify
4 33 (0.61%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 28 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
6 22 (0.41%) Adobe Campaign
6 22 (0.41%) Magento
7 13 (0.24%) Workday HCM
8 11 (0.20%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
10 7 (0.13%) SAP MDG
11 6 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
11 6 (0.11%) SAP PM
11 6 (0.11%) SAP Travel Management
12 5 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
12 5 (0.092%) Oracle Payables
12 5 (0.092%) Oracle Receivables
12 5 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.092%) SAP BPC
12 5 (0.092%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1,051 (19.41%) Azure
2 896 (16.54%) Power Platform
3 806 (14.88%) AWS
4 357 (6.59%) GCP
5 314 (5.80%) SaaS
6 269 (4.97%) Google Analytics
7 248 (4.58%) Snowflake
8 205 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 182 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
10 179 (3.31%) GitHub
11 161 (2.97%) Serverless
12 154 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 142 (2.62%) dbt
14 110 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
15 108 (1.99%) Amazon S3
16 105 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
17 103 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
18 102 (1.88%) Adobe Analytics
19 83 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
20 82 (1.51%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 128 (2.36%) Broadband
2 65 (1.20%) VPN
3 61 (1.13%) Firewall
4 59 (1.09%) Internet
5 45 (0.83%) DNS
6 43 (0.79%) Network Security
7 28 (0.52%) BGP
8 24 (0.44%) SMS
8 24 (0.44%) TCP/IP
9 21 (0.39%) 5G
10 20 (0.37%) VLAN
11 19 (0.35%) OSPF
12 16 (0.30%) DHCP
13 15 (0.28%) VoIP
14 14 (0.26%) CTI
15 13 (0.24%) SSL
16 10 (0.18%) Unified Communications
16 10 (0.18%) VXLAN
17 9 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 861 (15.90%) Power BI
2 412 (7.61%) Data Warehouse
3 282 (5.21%) Tableau
4 253 (4.67%) Data Lake
5 230 (4.25%) Metadata
6 168 (3.10%) SQL Server
7 156 (2.88%) Big Data
8 129 (2.38%) Looker
9 127 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 122 (2.25%) Amazon Redshift
11 106 (1.96%) BigQuery
12 90 (1.66%) Delta Lake
13 84 (1.55%) Relational Database
14 81 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
15 79 (1.46%) Star Schema
16 78 (1.44%) NoSQL
17 72 (1.33%) MongoDB
18 63 (1.16%) Power Query
19 58 (1.07%) Semantic Layer
20 57 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 176 (3.25%) Git
2 90 (1.66%) JIRA
3 44 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 37 (0.68%) MLflow
5 34 (0.63%) GitLab
6 16 (0.30%) Claude Code
7 14 (0.26%) Crashlytics
8 11 (0.20%) fastlane
9 10 (0.18%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
11 8 (0.15%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.15%) ERwin
11 8 (0.15%) Xcode
11 8 (0.15%) XCTest
12 7 (0.13%) Gradle
13 6 (0.11%) Axure RP
14 5 (0.092%) Android Studio
14 5 (0.092%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.092%) Poetry
14 5 (0.092%) Selenium
General
1 1,473 (27.20%) Finance
2 1,457 (26.90%) Social Skills
3 1,258 (23.23%) Analytical Skills
4 917 (16.93%) Marketing
5 403 (7.44%) Retail
6 378 (6.98%) Public Sector
7 310 (5.72%) Legal
8 305 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 294 (5.43%) Law
10 218 (4.03%) Banking
11 197 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
12 162 (2.99%) Manufacturing
13 160 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
14 133 (2.46%) Games
15 119 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
16 101 (1.86%) Automotive
17 99 (1.83%) Advertising
18 96 (1.77%) Financial Institution
19 76 (1.40%) Publishing
20 58 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,084 (20.01%) Senior
2 663 (12.24%) Data Engineer
3 620 (11.45%) Analyst
4 611 (11.28%) Lead
5 502 (9.27%) Architect
6 325 (6.00%) Developer
7 252 (4.65%) Data Analyst
8 242 (4.47%) Data Architect
9 241 (4.45%) Senior Data Engineer
10 239 (4.41%) Analytics Manager
11 186 (3.43%) Consultant
12 184 (3.40%) Data Scientist
13 176 (3.25%) Senior Manager
14 164 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
15 127 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
16 125 (2.31%) Data Manager
17 122 (2.25%) Product Manager
18 113 (2.09%) Marketing Manager
19 99 (1.83%) Senior Architect
20 95 (1.75%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (4.71%) Terraform
2 196 (3.62%) PySpark
3 126 (2.33%) Kafka
4 104 (1.92%) HTML
5 94 (1.74%) .NET
6 87 (1.61%) CSS
7 71 (1.31%) REST
8 67 (1.24%) React
9 60 (1.11%) Node.js
10 54 (1.00%) PyTorch
10 54 (1.00%) scikit-learn
11 53 (0.98%) Pandas
12 49 (0.90%) TensorFlow
13 41 (0.76%) LangChain
14 38 (0.70%) Middleware
15 37 (0.68%) .NET Core
15 37 (0.68%) ASP.NET
16 36 (0.66%) JSON
17 35 (0.65%) ASP.NET Core
17 35 (0.65%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 287 (5.30%) Cloud Native
2 278 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 206 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 203 (3.75%) Social Media
5 192 (3.55%) Marketing Technology
6 187 (3.45%) Blog
7 174 (3.21%) Management Information System
8 132 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 105 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
10 99 (1.83%) Data Structures
11 84 (1.55%) AI Agents
12 80 (1.48%) Algorithms
13 74 (1.37%) Mobile App
14 68 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
15 59 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
16 57 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
17 54 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
18 53 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
19 47 (0.87%) Public Cloud
20 46 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 93 (1.72%) Windows
2 78 (1.44%) Linux
3 24 (0.44%) VMS
4 21 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.37%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.17%) Android
7 6 (0.11%) Unix
8 5 (0.092%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.055%) Debian
10 3 (0.055%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.018%) AIX
11 1 (0.018%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.018%) SUSE
11 1 (0.018%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,942 (35.86%) AI
2 1,322 (24.41%) Decision-Making
3 1,203 (22.21%) Business Intelligence
4 914 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
5 903 (16.67%) Agile
6 849 (15.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 846 (15.62%) Roadmaps
8 820 (15.14%) Data Modelling
9 765 (14.12%) Data Engineering
10 749 (13.83%) Machine Learning
11 688 (12.70%) Data Analytics
12 660 (12.19%) CI/CD
13 657 (12.13%) Data Pipeline
14 626 (11.56%) Data Science
15 617 (11.39%) Mentoring
16 604 (11.15%) Stakeholder Management
17 525 (9.69%) Data Governance
18 522 (9.64%) ETL
19 516 (9.53%) Actionable Insight
20 482 (8.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,449 (26.75%) SQL
2 1,191 (21.99%) Python
3 152 (2.81%) Java
4 135 (2.49%) C#
5 130 (2.40%) JavaScript
6 122 (2.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 110 (2.03%) PowerShell
8 91 (1.68%) R
8 91 (1.68%) TypeScript
9 76 (1.40%) Scala
10 74 (1.37%) Bicep
11 62 (1.14%) Bash
12 49 (0.90%) Go
13 47 (0.87%) C++
14 36 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
15 26 (0.48%) T-SQL
16 22 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 18 (0.33%) Swift
18 17 (0.31%) VBA
19 16 (0.30%) Julia
Qualifications
1 661 (12.20%) Degree
2 419 (7.74%) Security Cleared
3 290 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 118 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 109 (2.01%) Azure Certification
6 102 (1.88%) Master's Degree
7 82 (1.51%) DV Cleared
8 60 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 60 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 58 (1.07%) AWS Certification
10 54 (1.00%) ACCA
11 49 (0.90%) CIMA
12 43 (0.79%) CISSP
13 41 (0.76%) PhD
14 33 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
15 31 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
15 31 (0.57%) CISM
16 24 (0.44%) IRCA
17 22 (0.41%) CCNP
18 20 (0.37%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 781 (14.42%) Data Quality
2 333 (6.15%) Accessibility
3 254 (4.69%) GDPR
4 172 (3.18%) QA
5 67 (1.24%) WCAG
6 46 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 38 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 32 (0.59%) NIST
9 28 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 28 (0.52%) SLA
10 24 (0.44%) PMO
11 23 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 20 (0.37%) IFRS
13 19 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 17 (0.31%) GRC
15 14 (0.26%) PERC
16 12 (0.22%) EU AI Act
17 11 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
18 9 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 9 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 148 (2.73%) Docker
2 87 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 27 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (0.30%) vSphere
6 15 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.092%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.074%) IAG
10 3 (0.055%) Firmware
11 1 (0.018%) Apache Flume
11 1 (0.018%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 166 (3.06%) Kubernetes
2 44 (0.81%) Ansible
3 29 (0.54%) Grafana
3 29 (0.54%) Prometheus
4 22 (0.41%) EnCase
4 22 (0.41%) FTK
5 17 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.24%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.15%) Argo
8 6 (0.11%) Graylog
8 6 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (0.11%) Nagios
9 5 (0.092%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.092%) Packer
9 5 (0.092%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.092%) Puppet
9 5 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.074%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.074%) Kibana
10 4 (0.074%) VxRail
Vendors
1 815 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 511 (9.44%) Databricks
3 447 (8.25%) Google
4 227 (4.19%) SAP
5 202 (3.73%) Adobe
6 103 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 102 (1.88%) Oracle
8 69 (1.27%) HubSpot
9 58 (1.07%) Workday
10 54 (1.00%) Informatica
11 45 (0.83%) YouTube
12 43 (0.79%) Cisco
13 42 (0.78%) IBM
14 39 (0.72%) VMware
15 37 (0.68%) Alteryx
15 37 (0.68%) TikTok
16 33 (0.61%) OpenAI
17 30 (0.55%) Dell
17 30 (0.55%) Sitecore
18 27 (0.50%) ServiceNow