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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 22 40
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 -17
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,571 3,409 4,985
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.52% 8.34% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.25% 8.96% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,558 1,734 3,275
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 63,052 38,055 78,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.14% 93.05% 86.27%
Number of salaries quoted 38,936 22,478 58,228
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,237
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +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 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 8 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 8 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 -11 3,986 £65,000 -5.82% 1,921
UK excluding London -18 2,355 £55,000 -3.51% 1,320
London +3 1,812 £80,000 -5.88% 896
Work from Home -4 1,415 £63,288 +5.48% 858
North of England -14 671 £56,800 +3.27% 331
South East -18 512 £55,000 -8.33% 433
Midlands -15 475 £51,000 -2.86% 212
North West -18 359 £60,000 +9.09% 192
West Midlands -17 289 £55,000 - 110
Yorkshire -6 239 £50,000 -9.91% 91
South West -25 212 £55,000 +3.88% 149
East of England +12 197 £52,500 -19.23% 103
Scotland -10 196 £65,000 -11.93% 53
East Midlands -2 183 £50,000 +4.17% 102
North East +15 73 £40,000 -27.27% 52
Northern Ireland -14 56 £45,000 +50.00% 17
Wales 0 39 £40,000 -27.27% 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
1 160 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
2 126 (2.76%) Apache Spark
3 109 (2.38%) CMS
4 79 (1.73%) Apache
5 71 (1.55%) Confluence
6 55 (1.20%) WordPress
7 47 (1.03%) SharePoint
8 36 (0.79%) SAS
9 35 (0.77%) ArcGIS
10 19 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
11 17 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
12 13 (0.28%) Drupal
13 9 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
14 8 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 6 (0.13%) IIS
15 6 (0.13%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.088%) Appian
16 4 (0.088%) Documentum
16 4 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
17 3 (0.066%) Jupyter
Applications
1 407 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (0.68%) UserZoom
5 29 (0.63%) Adobe XD
6 19 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 14 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.31%) InDesign
9 10 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 10 (0.22%) SPSS
10 8 (0.18%) Trello
11 7 (0.15%) Photoshop
12 6 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
12 6 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
13 4 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
14 3 (0.066%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.066%) Sketch
15 2 (0.044%) Maya
15 2 (0.044%) Notion
Business Applications
1 77 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.74%) SAP PP
4 33 (0.72%) SAP IBP
5 27 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
6 22 (0.48%) Magento
7 21 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
8 19 (0.42%) Shopify
9 16 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 15 (0.33%) iTrent
10 15 (0.33%) NetSuite
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
1 993 (21.72%) Azure
2 737 (16.12%) Power Platform
3 543 (11.88%) AWS
4 273 (5.97%) GCP
5 268 (5.86%) SaaS
6 259 (5.67%) Snowflake
7 239 (5.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 207 (4.53%) Google Analytics
9 186 (4.07%) Adobe Analytics
10 184 (4.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 163 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
12 154 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
13 150 (3.28%) GitHub
14 143 (3.13%) dbt
15 119 (2.60%) Figma
16 113 (2.47%) Amazon S3
17 104 (2.28%) Serverless
18 84 (1.84%) Entra ID
19 74 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
20 63 (1.38%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 221 (4.83%) Broadband
2 36 (0.79%) 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 12 (0.26%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.13%) HTTPS
13 5 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.11%) SMS
13 5 (0.11%) SNMP
14 4 (0.088%) HTTP
14 4 (0.088%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.066%) BGP
15 3 (0.066%) LAN
15 3 (0.066%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 700 (15.31%) Power BI
2 416 (9.10%) Tableau
3 364 (7.96%) Data Warehouse
4 242 (5.29%) Data Lake
5 190 (4.16%) Metadata
6 175 (3.83%) Data Mining
7 164 (3.59%) SQL Server
8 130 (2.84%) Looker
9 113 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 103 (2.25%) BigQuery
11 100 (2.19%) Relational Database
12 90 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
13 76 (1.66%) NoSQL
14 70 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 67 (1.47%) Big Data
16 66 (1.44%) Power Query
17 64 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 59 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
19 50 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
20 43 (0.94%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 162 (3.54%) Git
2 113 (2.47%) JIRA
3 69 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 41 (0.90%) MLflow
5 33 (0.72%) 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 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
9 18 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 13 (0.28%) CircleCI
11 12 (0.26%) Crashlytics
12 11 (0.24%) ERwin
12 11 (0.24%) Selenium
13 10 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 9 (0.20%) XCTest
15 7 (0.15%) Claude Code
16 6 (0.13%) Cypress.io
17 5 (0.11%) MSI
General
1 1,386 (30.32%) Finance
2 1,268 (27.74%) Social Skills
3 1,167 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
4 702 (15.36%) Marketing
5 293 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 252 (5.51%) Public Sector
7 250 (5.47%) Banking
8 239 (5.23%) Retail
9 208 (4.55%) Law
10 193 (4.22%) Games
11 169 (3.70%) Manufacturing
12 161 (3.52%) Legal
13 114 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
14 111 (2.43%) Automotive
15 108 (2.36%) Financial Institution
16 105 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
17 99 (2.17%) Advertising
18 97 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
19 76 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
20 69 (1.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 761 (16.65%) Senior
2 660 (14.44%) Analyst
3 514 (11.24%) Lead
4 466 (10.19%) Data Engineer
5 362 (7.92%) Data Analyst
6 333 (7.29%) Architect
7 250 (5.47%) Developer
8 171 (3.74%) Consultant
9 156 (3.41%) Trainee
9 156 (3.41%) Trainee Analyst
9 156 (3.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 155 (3.39%) Data Architect
11 142 (3.11%) Senior Manager
12 116 (2.54%) Designer
13 105 (2.30%) Senior Data Engineer
14 103 (2.25%) Data Manager
15 100 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
16 91 (1.99%) Data Scientist
17 89 (1.95%) Support Engineer
18 85 (1.86%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (2.76%) PySpark
2 122 (2.67%) Kafka
3 105 (2.30%) HTML
4 97 (2.12%) CSS
5 96 (2.10%) PyTorch
6 70 (1.53%) .NET
6 70 (1.53%) TensorFlow
7 56 (1.23%) React
8 51 (1.12%) OAuth
9 50 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
10 49 (1.07%) JSON
10 49 (1.07%) RESTful
11 48 (1.05%) LangChain
11 48 (1.05%) scikit-learn
12 44 (0.96%) REST
13 40 (0.88%) Pandas
14 37 (0.81%) .NET Core
14 37 (0.81%) Node.js
15 26 (0.57%) OAuth2
16 24 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 301 (6.58%) Social Media
2 210 (4.59%) Cloud Native
3 188 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 174 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
5 159 (3.48%) Management Information System
6 150 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 137 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 109 (2.38%) Life Science
9 104 (2.28%) Algorithms
10 82 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
11 77 (1.68%) Data Structures
12 69 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
13 62 (1.36%) Mobile App
14 53 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
15 51 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
16 48 (1.05%) Public Cloud
17 46 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
18 45 (0.98%) Over-the-Top Content
18 45 (0.98%) Virtual Team
19 42 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 109 (2.38%) Windows
2 60 (1.31%) Windows 10
3 43 (0.94%) Linux
4 25 (0.55%) VMS
5 22 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 22 (0.48%) Unix
6 16 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 14 (0.31%) Android
8 2 (0.044%) AIX
8 2 (0.044%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.022%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,325 (28.99%) AI
2 993 (21.72%) Business Intelligence
3 983 (21.51%) Decision-Making
4 903 (19.75%) Agile
5 773 (16.91%) Data Analytics
6 754 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 747 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
8 720 (15.75%) Data Modelling
9 609 (13.32%) Data Engineering
10 597 (13.06%) Roadmaps
11 549 (12.01%) Data Governance
12 532 (11.64%) Data Pipeline
13 524 (11.46%) Data Science
14 518 (11.33%) Customer Experience
14 518 (11.33%) Machine Learning
15 502 (10.98%) Data Analysis
16 500 (10.94%) ETL
17 491 (10.74%) CI/CD
18 455 (9.95%) Project Management
19 427 (9.34%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,188 (25.99%) SQL
2 1,053 (23.04%) Python
3 117 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 112 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 98 (2.14%) C#
6 96 (2.10%) Java
7 80 (1.75%) Scala
8 69 (1.51%) R
9 57 (1.25%) PowerShell
10 47 (1.03%) T-SQL
11 44 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 42 (0.92%) Bicep
13 38 (0.83%) C++
13 38 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
14 35 (0.77%) Go
15 18 (0.39%) Bash
16 16 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 16 (0.35%) VBA
17 14 (0.31%) Shell Script
18 13 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 719 (15.73%) Degree
2 261 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 183 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 143 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 127 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 72 (1.58%) IRCA
7 60 (1.31%) CTC Cleared
8 57 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 53 (1.16%) CISSP
10 51 (1.12%) DBS Check
10 51 (1.12%) PhD
11 49 (1.07%) ACCA
12 48 (1.05%) CISA
13 47 (1.03%) CISM
14 39 (0.85%) CIMA
14 39 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 34 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
16 33 (0.72%) AWS Certification
17 32 (0.70%) DV Cleared
18 28 (0.61%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 599 (13.10%) Data Quality
2 372 (8.14%) Accessibility
3 364 (7.96%) GDPR
4 170 (3.72%) QA
5 90 (1.97%) WCAG
6 82 (1.79%) ISO 9001
7 80 (1.75%) SLA
8 64 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 53 (1.16%) NIST
10 47 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
11 38 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 34 (0.74%) HIPAA
13 31 (0.68%) COBIT
14 30 (0.66%) Solvency II
15 29 (0.63%) IFRS
16 28 (0.61%) EU AI Act
17 23 (0.50%) GxP
18 21 (0.46%) PSD2
19 20 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 19 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 147 (3.22%) Docker
2 64 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 25 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.088%) VMware NSX
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
1 199 (4.35%) Terraform
2 174 (3.81%) Kubernetes
3 47 (1.03%) Ansible
4 26 (0.57%) Grafana
4 26 (0.57%) Prometheus
5 19 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.18%) EnCase
7 8 (0.18%) 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
1 868 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 372 (8.14%) Databricks
3 345 (7.55%) Google
4 288 (6.30%) Adobe
5 183 (4.00%) SAP
6 160 (3.50%) Salesforce
7 140 (3.06%) Oracle
8 138 (3.02%) Cisco
9 63 (1.38%) HubSpot
10 58 (1.27%) Dell
11 53 (1.16%) Informatica
12 50 (1.09%) Alteryx
13 29 (0.63%) OpenAI
14 28 (0.61%) Bloomberg
14 28 (0.61%) Nexthink
14 28 (0.61%) Red Hat
14 28 (0.61%) ServiceNow
15 27 (0.59%) IBM
15 27 (0.59%) Palantir
15 27 (0.59%) Talend