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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 21 34
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 5,357 3,910 4,300
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.87% 7.86% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.66% 8.87% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,222 1,797 2,362
10th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £113,750 £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 80,423 44,076 65,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.58% 80.81%
Number of salaries quoted 55,931 25,099 39,866
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%
75th Percentile £79,938 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year +15.79% -7.50% -5.93%

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 3 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 3 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 -6 4,792 £66,805 +7.75% 7,305
UK excluding London -6 2,865 £60,000 +14.29% 3,024
London +1 2,140 £80,000 +1.59% 5,140
Work from Home +8 1,624 £65,000 +8.33% 2,932
North of England +64 934 £60,000 +6.67% 760
Midlands +17 584 £60,000 +14.29% 373
North West +64 543 £60,000 +17.65% 475
South East -33 540 £55,000 +5.77% 761
West Midlands +3 318 £57,500 +4.55% 231
South West -22 300 £60,000 - 384
East Midlands +32 266 £60,000 +23.71% 142
Yorkshire +23 241 £63,076 +0.92% 208
East of England -3 204 £55,000 +37.50% 224
North East +29 150 £50,000 -13.04% 82
Scotland -15 115 £70,000 +16.67% 340
Northern Ireland -20 104 £65,000 +30.00% 145
Wales 0 92 £60,000 +14.15% 61
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
1 164 (3.06%) Apache Spark
2 150 (2.80%) CMS
3 103 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 88 (1.64%) Apache
5 81 (1.51%) SharePoint
6 70 (1.31%) Confluence
7 66 (1.23%) SAS
8 40 (0.75%) WordPress
9 29 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
10 24 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
11 18 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
12 16 (0.30%) Headless CMS
13 10 (0.19%) Jupyter
14 7 (0.13%) ArcGIS
15 6 (0.11%) Umbraco
16 5 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
17 3 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
18 2 (0.037%) Apache Pulsar
18 2 (0.037%) Luigi
18 2 (0.037%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 242 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (0.67%) UserZoom
4 35 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 31 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 28 (0.52%) SPSS
7 21 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 16 (0.30%) Adobe XD
9 13 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 9 (0.17%) MS Visio
11 7 (0.13%) Sketch
12 6 (0.11%) Trello
13 4 (0.075%) Photoshop
14 3 (0.056%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
14 3 (0.056%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.037%) Adobe Illustrator
15 2 (0.037%) CapCut
16 1 (0.019%) InDesign
16 1 (0.019%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 115 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 74 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (0.97%) Shopify
4 33 (0.62%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 28 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
6 27 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
7 21 (0.39%) Magento
8 12 (0.22%) NetSuite
9 11 (0.21%) Workday HCM
10 8 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
11 7 (0.13%) SAP MDG
12 6 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
12 6 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
12 6 (0.11%) SAP PM
12 6 (0.11%) SAP Travel Management
13 5 (0.093%) Oracle Payables
13 5 (0.093%) Oracle Receivables
13 5 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
13 5 (0.093%) SAP BPC
13 5 (0.093%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1,042 (19.45%) Azure
2 884 (16.50%) Power Platform
3 802 (14.97%) AWS
4 360 (6.72%) GCP
5 307 (5.73%) SaaS
6 258 (4.82%) Google Analytics
7 251 (4.69%) Snowflake
8 203 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 186 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
10 181 (3.38%) GitHub
11 163 (3.04%) Serverless
12 150 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 141 (2.63%) dbt
14 126 (2.35%) Adobe Analytics
15 105 (1.96%) Amazon S3
16 104 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
17 103 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
17 103 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
18 94 (1.75%) Figma
19 85 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 154 (2.87%) Broadband
2 64 (1.19%) VPN
3 61 (1.14%) Firewall
4 57 (1.06%) Internet
5 47 (0.88%) DNS
6 41 (0.77%) Network Security
7 28 (0.52%) BGP
8 25 (0.47%) SMS
8 25 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 20 (0.37%) VLAN
10 19 (0.35%) OSPF
11 18 (0.34%) DHCP
12 15 (0.28%) VoIP
13 14 (0.26%) CTI
14 13 (0.24%) SSL
15 12 (0.22%) 5G
16 10 (0.19%) Unified Communications
17 9 (0.17%) VXLAN
17 9 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (0.15%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 847 (15.81%) Power BI
2 419 (7.82%) Data Warehouse
3 296 (5.53%) Tableau
4 250 (4.67%) Data Lake
5 225 (4.20%) Metadata
6 170 (3.17%) SQL Server
7 151 (2.82%) Big Data
8 131 (2.45%) Looker
9 129 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 117 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 107 (2.00%) BigQuery
12 87 (1.62%) Delta Lake
12 87 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
13 85 (1.59%) Relational Database
14 80 (1.49%) NoSQL
14 80 (1.49%) Star Schema
15 74 (1.38%) MongoDB
16 65 (1.21%) Power Query
17 59 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 56 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 170 (3.17%) Git
2 87 (1.62%) JIRA
3 52 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 36 (0.67%) GitLab
4 36 (0.67%) MLflow
5 18 (0.34%) Crashlytics
6 17 (0.32%) Claude Code
7 13 (0.24%) fastlane
8 11 (0.21%) CircleCI
8 11 (0.21%) XCTest
9 9 (0.17%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.17%) Xcode
10 8 (0.15%) ERwin
10 8 (0.15%) Gradle
11 7 (0.13%) Axure RP
11 7 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.11%) Android Studio
12 6 (0.11%) Selenium
13 5 (0.093%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.093%) Browser DevTools
General
1 1,482 (27.66%) Finance
2 1,439 (26.86%) Social Skills
3 1,250 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 889 (16.60%) Marketing
5 393 (7.34%) Retail
6 372 (6.94%) Public Sector
7 305 (5.69%) Legal
8 294 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 287 (5.36%) Law
10 221 (4.13%) Banking
11 188 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
12 157 (2.93%) Games
13 148 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
14 147 (2.74%) Manufacturing
15 121 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
16 104 (1.94%) Automotive
17 98 (1.83%) Advertising
17 98 (1.83%) Financial Institution
18 70 (1.31%) Publishing
19 52 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,041 (19.43%) Senior
2 644 (12.02%) Data Engineer
3 626 (11.69%) Analyst
4 610 (11.39%) Lead
5 494 (9.22%) Architect
6 333 (6.22%) Developer
7 264 (4.93%) Data Analyst
8 240 (4.48%) Data Architect
9 220 (4.11%) Analytics Manager
9 220 (4.11%) Senior Data Engineer
10 188 (3.51%) Consultant
11 179 (3.34%) Data Scientist
12 164 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
13 162 (3.02%) Senior Manager
14 128 (2.39%) Product Manager
15 127 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
16 121 (2.26%) Data Manager
17 114 (2.13%) Marketing Manager
18 96 (1.79%) Senior Architect
19 91 (1.70%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (4.93%) Terraform
2 187 (3.49%) PySpark
3 130 (2.43%) Kafka
4 101 (1.89%) HTML
5 95 (1.77%) .NET
6 89 (1.66%) CSS
7 72 (1.34%) REST
8 68 (1.27%) React
9 63 (1.18%) Node.js
10 52 (0.97%) scikit-learn
11 51 (0.95%) PyTorch
12 49 (0.91%) Pandas
13 46 (0.86%) TensorFlow
14 41 (0.77%) LangChain
15 40 (0.75%) .NET Core
16 39 (0.73%) RESTful
17 38 (0.71%) ASP.NET
17 38 (0.71%) Middleware
18 36 (0.67%) ASP.NET Core
19 34 (0.63%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 287 (5.36%) Cloud Native
2 279 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 215 (4.01%) Social Media
4 208 (3.88%) Product Ownership
5 188 (3.51%) Marketing Technology
6 186 (3.47%) Blog
7 167 (3.12%) Management Information System
8 142 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 104 (1.94%) Data Structures
10 99 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
11 80 (1.49%) Algorithms
12 79 (1.47%) AI Agents
13 77 (1.44%) Mobile App
14 72 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
15 59 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
16 56 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
17 53 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
18 50 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
19 46 (0.86%) Public Cloud
20 45 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 92 (1.72%) Windows
2 80 (1.49%) Linux
3 25 (0.47%) VMS
4 24 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 21 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.19%) Android
7 6 (0.11%) Unix
8 5 (0.093%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.056%) Debian
11 2 (0.037%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.019%) AIX
12 1 (0.019%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.019%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.019%) SUSE
12 1 (0.019%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,901 (35.49%) AI
2 1,303 (24.32%) Decision-Making
3 1,180 (22.03%) Business Intelligence
4 919 (17.16%) Agile
5 894 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
6 860 (16.05%) Roadmaps
7 845 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 826 (15.42%) Data Modelling
9 756 (14.11%) Data Engineering
10 748 (13.96%) Machine Learning
11 691 (12.90%) Data Analytics
12 675 (12.60%) CI/CD
13 651 (12.15%) Data Pipeline
14 619 (11.55%) Data Science
15 605 (11.29%) Mentoring
16 574 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 529 (9.87%) Data Governance
18 521 (9.73%) Actionable Insight
19 518 (9.67%) ETL
20 487 (9.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,447 (27.01%) SQL
2 1,203 (22.46%) Python
3 147 (2.74%) Java
4 137 (2.56%) C#
5 128 (2.39%) JavaScript
6 122 (2.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 110 (2.05%) PowerShell
8 91 (1.70%) TypeScript
9 88 (1.64%) R
10 76 (1.42%) Scala
11 73 (1.36%) Bicep
12 62 (1.16%) Bash
13 51 (0.95%) Go
14 46 (0.86%) C++
15 36 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
16 26 (0.49%) Kotlin
16 26 (0.49%) T-SQL
17 22 (0.41%) Swift
18 18 (0.34%) Julia
18 18 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 649 (12.11%) Degree
2 386 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 258 (4.82%) SC Cleared
4 122 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 111 (2.07%) Azure Certification
6 101 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 86 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 61 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 59 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 48 (0.90%) ACCA
11 47 (0.88%) DBS Check
12 45 (0.84%) CISSP
13 43 (0.80%) CIMA
13 43 (0.80%) PhD
14 36 (0.67%) IRCA
15 34 (0.63%) CISM
16 33 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
17 29 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
18 22 (0.41%) Postgraduate
19 20 (0.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 761 (14.21%) Data Quality
2 338 (6.31%) Accessibility
3 266 (4.97%) GDPR
4 182 (3.40%) QA
5 74 (1.38%) WCAG
6 44 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 39 (0.73%) ISO 9001
7 39 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (0.65%) NIST
9 29 (0.54%) SLA
10 24 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 24 (0.45%) PMO
11 21 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 20 (0.37%) IFRS
13 17 (0.32%) GRC
14 14 (0.26%) PERC
15 13 (0.24%) EU AI Act
16 12 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
17 11 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 9 (0.17%) GAAP
System Software
1 151 (2.82%) Docker
2 88 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 25 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (0.30%) vSphere
6 15 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.075%) Firmware
8 4 (0.075%) IAG
8 4 (0.075%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.019%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.019%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 176 (3.29%) Kubernetes
2 46 (0.86%) Ansible
3 30 (0.56%) Grafana
4 29 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 18 (0.34%) EnCase
5 18 (0.34%) FTK
6 15 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.15%) Argo
9 6 (0.11%) Graylog
9 6 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
9 6 (0.11%) Nagios
10 5 (0.093%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.093%) Packer
10 5 (0.093%) Puppet
10 5 (0.093%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.075%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.075%) VxRail
12 3 (0.056%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.056%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 818 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 511 (9.54%) Databricks
3 434 (8.10%) Google
4 225 (4.20%) Adobe
5 221 (4.13%) SAP
6 102 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 99 (1.85%) Oracle
8 70 (1.31%) HubSpot
9 55 (1.03%) Workday
10 53 (0.99%) Informatica
11 42 (0.78%) IBM
12 41 (0.77%) Cisco
13 36 (0.67%) VMware
13 36 (0.67%) YouTube
14 35 (0.65%) Alteryx
15 33 (0.62%) OpenAI
16 31 (0.58%) TikTok
17 30 (0.56%) Dell
17 30 (0.56%) Sitecore
18 27 (0.50%) Cognos