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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 22 39
Rank change year-on-year -11 +17 -14
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,257 3,303 4,686
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.67% 7.77% 5.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.30% 8.31% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,338 1,650 3,282
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £47,535 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +5.56% -1.82%

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 58,352 39,745 74,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.73% 93.47% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 35,337 22,215 56,156
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,029
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 19 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 19 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 -8 3,668 £65,000 -7.14% 2,021
UK excluding London -15 2,133 £55,000 -3.51% 1,446
London +5 1,720 £80,000 -5.88% 982
Work from Home -3 1,344 £63,288 +1.26% 991
North of England -15 562 £52,500 -4.55% 352
South East -10 491 £55,000 -8.33% 524
Midlands -10 431 £52,500 -4.55% 210
North West -19 283 £59,000 +7.27% 195
West Midlands -13 269 £57,500 +4.55% 121
Yorkshire -2 217 £50,000 -9.09% 106
Scotland -8 197 £65,000 -7.14% 61
South West -11 190 £55,100 +4.07% 145
East of England +35 171 £50,000 -23.08% 117
East Midlands -5 159 £48,500 +2.11% 89
North East +19 62 £40,000 -27.27% 55
Northern Ireland -8 57 £45,000 +50.00% 12
Wales +10 36 £40,000 -20.00% 44

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
1 149 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
2 117 (2.75%) Apache Spark
3 105 (2.47%) CMS
4 78 (1.83%) Apache
5 59 (1.39%) Confluence
6 54 (1.27%) WordPress
7 46 (1.08%) SharePoint
8 40 (0.94%) SAS
9 34 (0.80%) ArcGIS
10 22 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
11 18 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
12 15 (0.35%) Drupal
13 11 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 9 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
15 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
16 6 (0.14%) IIS
17 4 (0.094%) Appian
17 4 (0.094%) Documentum
17 4 (0.094%) Sitecore CMS
18 3 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 412 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.66%) Adobe XD
5 23 (0.54%) UserZoom
6 18 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 16 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 16 (0.38%) InDesign
8 15 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
9 12 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 11 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
10 11 (0.26%) SPSS
11 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
11 8 (0.19%) Maya
12 7 (0.16%) Trello
13 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
14 4 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
15 3 (0.070%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.070%) Sketch
15 3 (0.070%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 75 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (0.82%) SAP IBP
4 34 (0.80%) SAP PP
5 29 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
6 18 (0.42%) Magento
7 17 (0.40%) NetSuite
7 17 (0.40%) Shopify
8 15 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 15 (0.35%) iTrent
8 15 (0.35%) SAP CO
9 14 (0.33%) Adobe Campaign
10 13 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
10 13 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
10 13 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
11 12 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
12 11 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
13 10 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 953 (22.39%) Azure
2 664 (15.60%) Power Platform
3 502 (11.79%) AWS
4 245 (5.76%) SaaS
5 236 (5.54%) Snowflake
6 231 (5.43%) GCP
7 224 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 186 (4.37%) Google Analytics
9 170 (3.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 163 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
11 161 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
12 158 (3.71%) Adobe Analytics
13 152 (3.57%) GitHub
14 131 (3.08%) dbt
15 112 (2.63%) Figma
16 111 (2.61%) Amazon S3
17 96 (2.26%) Serverless
18 87 (2.04%) Entra ID
19 78 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
20 63 (1.48%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 179 (4.20%) Broadband
2 33 (0.78%) Firewall
2 33 (0.78%) VPN
3 25 (0.59%) CHAP
4 23 (0.54%) WAN
5 18 (0.42%) Network Security
6 14 (0.33%) DNS
6 14 (0.33%) Intranet
6 14 (0.33%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.31%) Unified Communications
8 9 (0.21%) DHCP
9 6 (0.14%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.12%) SNMP
11 4 (0.094%) HTTP
11 4 (0.094%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.094%) SMS
12 3 (0.070%) LAN
12 3 (0.070%) Modbus
12 3 (0.070%) MQTT
13 2 (0.047%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 632 (14.85%) Power BI
2 411 (9.65%) Tableau
3 354 (8.32%) Data Warehouse
4 224 (5.26%) Data Lake
5 191 (4.49%) Data Mining
6 188 (4.42%) Metadata
7 159 (3.74%) SQL Server
8 113 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 111 (2.61%) Looker
10 86 (2.02%) Relational Database
11 82 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
11 82 (1.93%) BigQuery
12 73 (1.71%) NoSQL
13 68 (1.60%) Big Data
14 67 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 61 (1.43%) Power Query
16 54 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 53 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
18 44 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
19 42 (0.99%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 151 (3.55%) Git
2 107 (2.51%) JIRA
3 71 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 33 (0.78%) GitLab
5 31 (0.73%) MLflow
6 25 (0.59%) Axure RP
6 25 (0.59%) Balsamiq
6 25 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 21 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
9 19 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 15 (0.35%) ERwin
11 12 (0.28%) CircleCI
12 11 (0.26%) Crashlytics
13 10 (0.23%) Selenium
14 9 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
14 9 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 8 (0.19%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.19%) XCTest
16 5 (0.12%) ER Studio
General
1 1,375 (32.30%) Finance
2 1,234 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 1,103 (25.91%) Analytical Skills
4 650 (15.27%) Marketing
5 281 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 259 (6.08%) Banking
7 258 (6.06%) Public Sector
8 217 (5.10%) Law
9 205 (4.82%) Retail
10 176 (4.13%) Games
11 167 (3.92%) Legal
12 163 (3.83%) Manufacturing
13 123 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
14 111 (2.61%) Financial Institution
15 98 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
16 96 (2.26%) Automotive
17 93 (2.18%) Advertising
18 89 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
19 72 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
20 68 (1.60%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 706 (16.58%) Senior
2 642 (15.08%) Analyst
3 475 (11.16%) Lead
4 409 (9.61%) Data Engineer
5 369 (8.67%) Data Analyst
6 320 (7.52%) Architect
7 229 (5.38%) Developer
8 168 (3.95%) Consultant
8 168 (3.95%) Trainee
8 168 (3.95%) Trainee Analyst
8 168 (3.95%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 144 (3.38%) Data Architect
9 144 (3.38%) Senior Manager
10 109 (2.56%) Designer
11 97 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
12 90 (2.11%) Data Manager
13 87 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
13 87 (2.04%) Senior Data Engineer
14 83 (1.95%) Support Engineer
15 81 (1.90%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (2.56%) PySpark
2 107 (2.51%) Kafka
3 99 (2.33%) HTML
4 91 (2.14%) CSS
5 79 (1.86%) PyTorch
6 69 (1.62%) .NET
7 60 (1.41%) React
8 59 (1.39%) TensorFlow
9 54 (1.27%) OAuth
10 52 (1.22%) RESTful
11 49 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
12 45 (1.06%) REST
13 43 (1.01%) JSON
14 38 (0.89%) LangChain
15 36 (0.85%) .NET Core
16 34 (0.80%) Node.js
17 33 (0.78%) Pandas
18 31 (0.73%) OAuth2
18 31 (0.73%) scikit-learn
19 26 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 271 (6.37%) Social Media
2 196 (4.60%) Cloud Native
3 190 (4.46%) Product Ownership
4 171 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 165 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 149 (3.50%) Management Information System
7 123 (2.89%) Onboarding
8 111 (2.61%) Algorithms
9 110 (2.58%) Life Science
10 81 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 78 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
12 65 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
13 59 (1.39%) Mobile App
14 57 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
15 43 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
16 41 (0.96%) Virtual Team
17 40 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
18 37 (0.87%) Over-the-Top Content
19 36 (0.85%) Fixed Income
19 36 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 108 (2.54%) Windows
2 60 (1.41%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.01%) Linux
4 25 (0.59%) VMS
5 24 (0.56%) Unix
6 20 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.33%) Windows Server
8 13 (0.31%) Android
9 2 (0.047%) AIX
9 2 (0.047%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.023%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,213 (28.49%) AI
2 925 (21.73%) Business Intelligence
3 895 (21.02%) Decision-Making
4 860 (20.20%) Agile
5 768 (18.04%) Data Analytics
6 730 (17.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 708 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
8 665 (15.62%) Data Modelling
9 545 (12.80%) Roadmaps
10 530 (12.45%) Data Governance
11 527 (12.38%) Data Engineering
12 507 (11.91%) Data Analysis
13 499 (11.72%) Data Science
14 489 (11.49%) Data Pipeline
15 488 (11.46%) Machine Learning
16 472 (11.09%) CI/CD
17 465 (10.92%) ETL
18 463 (10.88%) Customer Experience
19 456 (10.71%) Project Management
20 424 (9.96%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,128 (26.50%) SQL
2 1,034 (24.29%) Python
3 114 (2.68%) JavaScript
4 102 (2.40%) Java
5 98 (2.30%) C#
6 94 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 74 (1.74%) Scala
8 69 (1.62%) R
9 61 (1.43%) PowerShell
10 43 (1.01%) T-SQL
10 43 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 41 (0.96%) Bicep
12 39 (0.92%) C++
13 37 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
14 33 (0.78%) Go
15 23 (0.54%) Bash
16 19 (0.45%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.38%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.35%) VBA
19 12 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 713 (16.75%) Degree
2 262 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 181 (4.25%) SC Cleared
4 152 (3.57%) Master's Degree
5 124 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 60 (1.41%) CTC Cleared
6 60 (1.41%) IRCA
7 58 (1.36%) PhD
8 54 (1.27%) CISSP
9 52 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 49 (1.15%) CISA
11 46 (1.08%) CISM
12 44 (1.03%) DBS Check
13 43 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
14 42 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
15 37 (0.87%) ACCA
16 36 (0.85%) DV Cleared
17 31 (0.73%) AWS Certification
17 31 (0.73%) PMI Certification
18 29 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 569 (13.37%) Data Quality
2 358 (8.41%) Accessibility
3 334 (7.85%) GDPR
4 154 (3.62%) QA
5 83 (1.95%) WCAG
6 80 (1.88%) SLA
7 71 (1.67%) ISO 9001
8 67 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 52 (1.22%) NIST
10 48 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 34 (0.80%) HIPAA
12 30 (0.70%) COBIT
13 28 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 27 (0.63%) EU AI Act
14 27 (0.63%) GxP
14 27 (0.63%) IFRS
14 27 (0.63%) Solvency II
15 22 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 21 (0.49%) PSD2
17 18 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 139 (3.27%) Docker
2 59 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 26 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.094%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.047%) Firmware
8 2 (0.047%) vSphere
9 1 (0.023%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.023%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 198 (4.65%) Terraform
2 161 (3.78%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.08%) Ansible
4 25 (0.59%) Grafana
4 25 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 20 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.19%) EnCase
7 8 (0.19%) FTK
8 7 (0.16%) Kibana
9 5 (0.12%) Argo
9 5 (0.12%) QRadar
10 4 (0.094%) SCCM
10 4 (0.094%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.070%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.070%) Control-M
11 3 (0.070%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.070%) VxRail
12 1 (0.023%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 850 (19.97%) Microsoft
2 314 (7.38%) Google
3 310 (7.28%) Databricks
4 254 (5.97%) Adobe
5 178 (4.18%) SAP
6 172 (4.04%) Salesforce
7 145 (3.41%) Oracle
8 136 (3.19%) Cisco
9 60 (1.41%) HubSpot
10 53 (1.25%) Alteryx
11 48 (1.13%) Dell
12 45 (1.06%) Informatica
13 32 (0.75%) Bloomberg
13 32 (0.75%) Palantir
14 29 (0.68%) Instagram
14 29 (0.68%) ServiceNow
14 29 (0.68%) Talend
15 28 (0.66%) Foundry
15 28 (0.66%) Nexthink
15 28 (0.66%) OpenAI