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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 32 29
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 -8
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,744 3,685 3,872
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.02% 5.38% 7.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.24% 6.41% 7.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,912 1,988 2,810
10th Percentile £34,100 £40,000 £36,930
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% -0.01%
75th Percentile £86,250 £93,778 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £114,152
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £57,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -11.40% +1.79% +1.82%

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 45,432 57,470 49,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.24% 83.88% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,673 30,239 37,620
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,975 £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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,150 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.14% -

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 22 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 22 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 3,186 £62,500 -10.71% 3,818
UK excluding London +21 1,931 £50,500 -11.40% 2,022
London +4 1,502 £75,000 -11.76% 2,173
Work from Home +7 1,134 £60,000 -14.29% 1,680
South East +28 598 £50,000 -13.04% 769
North of England -16 356 £55,000 - 400
Midlands +30 311 £54,250 -3.13% 331
Scotland +11 259 £50,000 -20.00% 100
South West +14 208 £55,200 -15.08% 187
North West -15 197 £52,500 -4.55% 251
West Midlands +9 181 £57,750 +0.43% 192
East of England +37 152 £39,000 -35.00% 178
East Midlands +53 134 £45,000 -10.00% 136
Yorkshire -5 125 £61,250 +4.76% 104
North East +24 35 £41,250 -25.00% 50
Northern Ireland -2 31 £60,000 +26.32% 43
Wales +16 23 £55,062 +5.89% 54
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
1 116 (3.10%) CMS
2 95 (2.54%) Apache Spark
3 68 (1.82%) WordPress
4 51 (1.36%) Confluence
5 49 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 42 (1.12%) SharePoint
7 32 (0.85%) Apache
8 25 (0.67%) SAS
9 15 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 14 (0.37%) Drupal
11 11 (0.29%) Headless CMS
11 11 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
11 11 (0.29%) Umbraco
12 10 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 10 (0.27%) SugarCRM
13 4 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
13 4 (0.11%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.11%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
14 3 (0.080%) Joomla!
Applications
1 519 (13.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 102 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (1.01%) Photoshop
5 30 (0.80%) Maya
6 28 (0.75%) Adobe XD
7 26 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
8 18 (0.48%) InDesign
9 17 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
9 17 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
10 14 (0.37%) Chatbot
11 13 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
12 11 (0.29%) Trello
13 9 (0.24%) SPSS
14 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
15 4 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
15 4 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
15 4 (0.11%) MS Visio
15 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 90 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (1.58%) Shopify
3 57 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 35 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
5 28 (0.75%) SAP IBP
6 22 (0.59%) Magento
7 19 (0.51%) SAP CO
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 16 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
9 14 (0.37%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
11 11 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
12 9 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 964 (25.75%) Azure
2 792 (21.15%) Power Platform
3 440 (11.75%) AWS
4 295 (7.88%) Google Analytics
5 243 (6.49%) GCP
6 213 (5.69%) SaaS
7 196 (5.24%) Snowflake
8 169 (4.51%) Azure Data Factory
9 152 (4.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 135 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
11 119 (3.18%) GitHub
12 115 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
13 99 (2.64%) dbt
14 94 (2.51%) Google Ads
15 87 (2.32%) Serverless
16 67 (1.79%) Figma
17 66 (1.76%) Entra ID
18 64 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
19 57 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
20 48 (1.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (0.93%) SMS
2 29 (0.77%) VPN
3 27 (0.72%) Unified Communications
4 24 (0.64%) Firewall
5 15 (0.40%) Network Security
6 12 (0.32%) DNS
7 8 (0.21%) Broadband
8 7 (0.19%) WAN
9 6 (0.16%) CHAP
9 6 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.13%) Intranet
11 4 (0.11%) VoIP
11 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.080%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.080%) Internet
12 3 (0.080%) SAN
12 3 (0.080%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.053%) Kerberos
13 2 (0.053%) SSH
13 2 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 759 (20.27%) Power BI
2 376 (10.04%) Tableau
3 348 (9.29%) Data Warehouse
4 259 (6.92%) Data Lake
5 158 (4.22%) Metadata
6 156 (4.17%) SQL Server
7 118 (3.15%) Data Mining
8 101 (2.70%) Big Data
9 97 (2.59%) SAP BW
10 96 (2.56%) Looker
11 85 (2.27%) NoSQL
12 80 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 71 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 68 (1.82%) BigQuery
15 62 (1.66%) Relational Database
16 61 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
17 57 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
18 52 (1.39%) Power Query
19 51 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 41 (1.10%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 132 (3.53%) JIRA
2 85 (2.27%) Git
3 39 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 23 (0.61%) Axure RP
4 23 (0.61%) Balsamiq
5 21 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
6 18 (0.48%) ERwin
7 17 (0.45%) ER Studio
8 15 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.35%) GitLab
10 12 (0.32%) Selenium
11 11 (0.29%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.21%) MLflow
12 8 (0.21%) Postman
13 7 (0.19%) Maven
13 7 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
14 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.13%) RStudio
16 4 (0.11%) Bazaar
16 4 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 1,382 (36.91%) Social Skills
2 1,336 (35.68%) Finance
3 1,197 (31.97%) Analytical Skills
4 814 (21.74%) Marketing
5 402 (10.74%) Law
6 288 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 273 (7.29%) Retail
8 267 (7.13%) Banking
9 216 (5.77%) Public Sector
10 176 (4.70%) Manufacturing
11 163 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
12 149 (3.98%) Legal
13 105 (2.80%) Advertising
14 103 (2.75%) Financial Institution
15 99 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
16 93 (2.48%) Games
17 82 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
18 77 (2.06%) Front Office
19 76 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
20 59 (1.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 613 (16.37%) Senior
2 587 (15.68%) Analyst
3 487 (13.01%) Lead
4 305 (8.15%) Architect
5 296 (7.91%) Data Analyst
6 260 (6.94%) Data Engineer
7 227 (6.06%) Developer
8 143 (3.82%) Senior Manager
9 121 (3.23%) Data Architect
10 108 (2.88%) Consultant
11 96 (2.56%) Innovation Manager
12 85 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
13 80 (2.14%) Trainee
13 80 (2.14%) Trainee Analyst
13 80 (2.14%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 78 (2.08%) Analytics Manager
15 74 (1.98%) Data Manager
16 70 (1.87%) Data Scientist
16 70 (1.87%) Software Engineer
17 68 (1.82%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (3.23%) HTML
2 96 (2.56%) CSS
3 85 (2.27%) Kafka
4 70 (1.87%) React
5 66 (1.76%) RESTful
6 61 (1.63%) PySpark
7 50 (1.34%) REST
8 47 (1.26%) OAuth
9 42 (1.12%) .NET
10 41 (1.10%) JSON
11 40 (1.07%) TensorFlow
12 38 (1.01%) Node.js
12 38 (1.01%) PyTorch
13 32 (0.85%) OAuth2
14 29 (0.77%) Pandas
15 27 (0.72%) AngularJS
15 27 (0.72%) GraphQL
15 27 (0.72%) Middleware
15 27 (0.72%) scikit-learn
16 25 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 225 (6.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 184 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 181 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
4 176 (4.70%) Onboarding
5 175 (4.67%) Cloud Native
6 163 (4.35%) Social Media
7 149 (3.98%) Algorithms
7 149 (3.98%) Management Information System
8 79 (2.11%) FMCG
9 74 (1.98%) Life Science
10 73 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
11 53 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 51 (1.36%) Data Centre
13 46 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
14 40 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
15 39 (1.04%) Reinsurance
16 37 (0.99%) Credit Risk
16 37 (0.99%) Virtual Team
17 36 (0.96%) Fixed Income
18 35 (0.93%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 69 (1.84%) Windows
2 40 (1.07%) Linux
3 23 (0.61%) Unix
4 20 (0.53%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.21%) Android
5 8 (0.21%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.16%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.13%) VMS
8 2 (0.053%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.027%) AIX
9 1 (0.027%) Debian
9 1 (0.027%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,031 (27.54%) AI
2 1,013 (27.06%) Business Intelligence
3 903 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
4 879 (23.48%) Decision-Making
5 760 (20.30%) Agile
6 755 (20.17%) Data Analytics
7 691 (18.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 583 (15.57%) Data Modelling
9 511 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 507 (13.54%) Machine Learning
10 507 (13.54%) Roadmaps
11 495 (13.22%) Data Science
12 461 (12.31%) Data Analysis
13 444 (11.86%) Visualisation
14 442 (11.81%) Project Management
15 434 (11.59%) Data Governance
16 417 (11.14%) Actionable Insight
16 417 (11.14%) Data Engineering
17 392 (10.47%) CRM
18 388 (10.36%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 998 (26.66%) SQL
2 897 (23.96%) Python
3 150 (4.01%) Java
4 134 (3.58%) JavaScript
5 83 (2.22%) PowerShell
6 82 (2.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 75 (2.00%) R
8 53 (1.42%) C#
9 45 (1.20%) T-SQL
10 43 (1.15%) TypeScript
11 39 (1.04%) Scala
12 37 (0.99%) Bicep
13 36 (0.96%) Go
14 35 (0.93%) C++
15 29 (0.77%) PL/SQL
16 28 (0.75%) Bash
17 24 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
18 17 (0.45%) Shell Script
18 17 (0.45%) VBA
19 15 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 868 (23.18%) Degree
2 205 (5.48%) Master's Degree
3 172 (4.59%) Security Cleared
4 122 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 122 (3.26%) SC Cleared
5 109 (2.91%) DBS Check
6 95 (2.54%) PhD
7 62 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 59 (1.58%) CISSP
9 52 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 51 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
11 47 (1.26%) CISA
12 45 (1.20%) PMI Certification
13 40 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
14 39 (1.04%) PMP
15 38 (1.01%) ACCA
16 36 (0.96%) CISM
17 30 (0.80%) AWS Certification
18 29 (0.77%) CIMA
19 23 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 438 (11.70%) Data Quality
2 251 (6.70%) GDPR
3 200 (5.34%) Accessibility
4 90 (2.40%) QA
5 77 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (1.23%) NIST
7 43 (1.15%) WCAG
8 34 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 32 (0.85%) SLA
10 31 (0.83%) GxP
11 25 (0.67%) COBIT
12 24 (0.64%) HIPAA
12 24 (0.64%) Solvency II
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 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 84 (2.24%) Docker
2 39 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.24%) 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
1 152 (4.06%) Terraform
2 126 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 26 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
4 25 (0.67%) Ansible
5 24 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.32%) QRadar
7 10 (0.27%) Grafana
7 10 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.27%) SCCM
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 1 (0.027%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.027%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.027%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.027%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 682 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 481 (12.85%) Google
3 262 (7.00%) Databricks
4 256 (6.84%) SAP
5 191 (5.10%) Salesforce
6 158 (4.22%) Oracle
7 140 (3.74%) Adobe
8 73 (1.95%) HubSpot
9 58 (1.55%) Alteryx
10 57 (1.52%) Cisco
11 43 (1.15%) ServiceNow
12 39 (1.04%) OpenAI
13 38 (1.01%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 36 (0.96%) Bloomberg
14 36 (0.96%) Dell
14 36 (0.96%) Facebook
15 32 (0.85%) Ahrefs
16 31 (0.83%) Screaming Frog
17 27 (0.72%) Informatica
18 26 (0.69%) Splunk