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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,729 3,729 3,753
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.89% 5.63% 7.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.15% 6.60% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,898 2,005 2,724
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% 0.00%
75th Percentile £86,188 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £114,031
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -7.89% +0.84% +2.77%

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 45,730 56,495 47,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.51% 85.27% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,916 29,477 36,918
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £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 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.84% +3.81% -0.94%

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 29 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 29 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 +7 3,178 £62,500 -10.71% 1,796
UK excluding London +21 1,915 £52,500 -7.89% 1,565
London +6 1,513 £75,000 -11.76% 826
Work from Home +4 1,115 £60,000 -11.11% 707
South East +31 592 £52,500 -8.70% 715
North of England -20 352 £55,000 - 252
Midlands +23 309 £55,000 -3.51% 229
Scotland +12 262 £51,250 -18.00% 71
South West +15 206 £55,000 -15.38% 148
North West -20 188 £52,500 -4.55% 150
West Midlands +7 181 £59,000 +3.51% 132
East of England +45 148 £40,000 -31.03% 123
East Midlands +47 132 £47,500 -5.00% 95
Yorkshire -10 131 £62,500 +13.64% 68
North East +20 34 £40,000 -27.27% 39
Northern Ireland 0 31 £60,000 +28.34% 21
Wales +12 21 £60,000 +15.38% 41
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
1 110 (2.95%) CMS
2 97 (2.60%) Apache Spark
3 65 (1.74%) WordPress
4 56 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
5 50 (1.34%) Confluence
6 43 (1.15%) SharePoint
7 34 (0.91%) Apache
8 23 (0.62%) SAS
9 17 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 14 (0.38%) Drupal
11 13 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
12 11 (0.29%) Umbraco
13 10 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 10 (0.27%) Headless CMS
13 10 (0.27%) SugarCRM
14 5 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
15 4 (0.11%) Jupyter
16 3 (0.080%) Appian
16 3 (0.080%) Joomla!
16 3 (0.080%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 506 (13.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (0.94%) Photoshop
5 32 (0.86%) Maya
6 28 (0.75%) Adobe XD
7 26 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 18 (0.48%) InDesign
9 17 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
9 17 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
10 15 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
11 14 (0.38%) Chatbot
12 11 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
12 11 (0.29%) Trello
13 9 (0.24%) SPSS
14 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
15 5 (0.13%) MS Visio
16 4 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
16 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
17 3 (0.080%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 95 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 58 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 57 (1.53%) Shopify
4 32 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
5 28 (0.75%) SAP IBP
6 21 (0.56%) Magento
7 19 (0.51%) SAP CO
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 19 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 15 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
9 13 (0.35%) NetSuite
9 13 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
9 13 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
9 13 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
9 13 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
9 13 (0.35%) SAP FSCM
9 13 (0.35%) Sprinklr
10 11 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
10 11 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
11 10 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 960 (25.74%) Azure
2 779 (20.89%) Power Platform
3 436 (11.69%) AWS
4 279 (7.48%) Google Analytics
5 246 (6.60%) GCP
6 215 (5.77%) SaaS
7 199 (5.34%) Snowflake
8 169 (4.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 151 (4.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 144 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
11 127 (3.41%) GitHub
12 119 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
13 102 (2.74%) dbt
14 91 (2.44%) Google Ads
15 83 (2.23%) Serverless
16 69 (1.85%) Figma
17 67 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
17 67 (1.80%) Entra ID
18 59 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
19 50 (1.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (0.94%) SMS
2 33 (0.88%) VPN
3 27 (0.72%) Firewall
3 27 (0.72%) Unified Communications
4 18 (0.48%) Network Security
5 13 (0.35%) DNS
6 10 (0.27%) WAN
7 8 (0.21%) Broadband
8 7 (0.19%) Intranet
9 6 (0.16%) CHAP
9 6 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.13%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.11%) Internet
11 4 (0.11%) VoIP
11 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.080%) DHCP
12 3 (0.080%) SAN
12 3 (0.080%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.054%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 747 (20.03%) Power BI
2 375 (10.06%) Tableau
3 339 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
4 254 (6.81%) Data Lake
5 160 (4.29%) Metadata
6 153 (4.10%) SQL Server
7 122 (3.27%) Data Mining
8 99 (2.65%) SAP BW
9 96 (2.57%) Big Data
10 94 (2.52%) Looker
11 82 (2.20%) NoSQL
12 79 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
13 70 (1.88%) BigQuery
13 70 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 65 (1.74%) Relational Database
15 62 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
16 56 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
17 53 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 49 (1.31%) Power Query
19 42 (1.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 133 (3.57%) JIRA
2 89 (2.39%) Git
3 40 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
5 24 (0.64%) Axure RP
5 24 (0.64%) Balsamiq
6 18 (0.48%) ERwin
7 16 (0.43%) ER Studio
8 14 (0.38%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.35%) GitLab
9 13 (0.35%) Selenium
10 12 (0.32%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.24%) MLflow
12 7 (0.19%) Maven
12 7 (0.19%) Postman
12 7 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
13 5 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
14 4 (0.11%) TestNG
15 3 (0.080%) JMeter
General
1 1,355 (36.34%) Social Skills
2 1,328 (35.61%) Finance
3 1,178 (31.59%) Analytical Skills
4 806 (21.61%) Marketing
5 389 (10.43%) Law
6 289 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 266 (7.13%) Retail
8 247 (6.62%) Banking
9 217 (5.82%) Public Sector
10 173 (4.64%) Manufacturing
11 162 (4.34%) Presentation Skills
12 143 (3.83%) Legal
13 102 (2.74%) Financial Institution
14 100 (2.68%) Games
15 99 (2.65%) Advertising
16 89 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
17 79 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
18 78 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
19 76 (2.04%) Front Office
20 59 (1.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 618 (16.57%) Senior
2 572 (15.34%) Analyst
3 485 (13.01%) Lead
4 309 (8.29%) Architect
5 297 (7.96%) Data Analyst
6 267 (7.16%) Data Engineer
7 218 (5.85%) Developer
8 140 (3.75%) Senior Manager
9 120 (3.22%) Data Architect
10 106 (2.84%) Consultant
11 96 (2.57%) Innovation Manager
12 85 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
13 83 (2.23%) Trainee
13 83 (2.23%) Trainee Analyst
13 83 (2.23%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 79 (2.12%) Analytics Manager
15 73 (1.96%) Data Manager
15 73 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
16 70 (1.88%) Data Scientist
17 69 (1.85%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (3.24%) HTML
2 94 (2.52%) CSS
3 83 (2.23%) Kafka
4 71 (1.90%) React
5 68 (1.82%) RESTful
6 62 (1.66%) PySpark
7 53 (1.42%) REST
8 51 (1.37%) OAuth
9 44 (1.18%) JSON
9 44 (1.18%) TensorFlow
10 43 (1.15%) PyTorch
11 39 (1.05%) .NET
12 38 (1.02%) Node.js
13 35 (0.94%) OAuth2
14 32 (0.86%) Pandas
15 30 (0.80%) scikit-learn
16 29 (0.78%) Middleware
17 28 (0.75%) AngularJS
18 27 (0.72%) GraphQL
18 27 (0.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 211 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 186 (4.99%) Product Ownership
3 179 (4.80%) Cloud Native
4 178 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
5 176 (4.72%) Onboarding
6 159 (4.26%) Social Media
7 150 (4.02%) Algorithms
8 146 (3.92%) Management Information System
9 79 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
10 77 (2.06%) FMCG
11 75 (2.01%) Life Science
12 55 (1.47%) Data Structures
13 51 (1.37%) Data Centre
14 48 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 44 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
16 38 (1.02%) Reinsurance
16 38 (1.02%) Virtual Team
17 36 (0.97%) Blog
17 36 (0.97%) Credit Risk
17 36 (0.97%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 70 (1.88%) Windows
2 39 (1.05%) Linux
3 23 (0.62%) Unix
4 20 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.27%) Android
5 10 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.24%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.16%) VMS
8 2 (0.054%) 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 1,041 (27.92%) AI
2 1,011 (27.11%) Business Intelligence
3 889 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
4 864 (23.17%) Decision-Making
5 757 (20.30%) Agile
6 749 (20.09%) Data Analytics
7 693 (18.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 578 (15.50%) Data Modelling
9 511 (13.70%) Roadmaps
10 507 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 500 (13.41%) Machine Learning
12 487 (13.06%) Data Science
13 457 (12.26%) Data Analysis
14 440 (11.80%) Data Governance
15 439 (11.77%) Project Management
16 438 (11.75%) Visualisation
17 411 (11.02%) Data Engineering
18 406 (10.89%) Actionable Insight
19 391 (10.49%) CRM
20 383 (10.27%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 984 (26.39%) SQL
2 908 (24.35%) Python
3 150 (4.02%) Java
4 136 (3.65%) JavaScript
5 85 (2.28%) PowerShell
6 80 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 70 (1.88%) R
8 56 (1.50%) C#
9 44 (1.18%) T-SQL
10 43 (1.15%) TypeScript
11 40 (1.07%) Bicep
12 38 (1.02%) Scala
13 35 (0.94%) C++
13 35 (0.94%) Go
14 30 (0.80%) PL/SQL
15 28 (0.75%) Bash
16 25 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
17 18 (0.48%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.40%) VBA
19 14 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 861 (23.09%) Degree
2 206 (5.52%) Master's Degree
3 176 (4.72%) Security Cleared
4 126 (3.38%) SC Cleared
5 117 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 106 (2.84%) DBS Check
7 99 (2.65%) PhD
8 58 (1.56%) CISSP
9 56 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 51 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 49 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
12 47 (1.26%) CISA
13 45 (1.21%) PMI Certification
14 42 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
15 39 (1.05%) PMP
16 38 (1.02%) ACCA
16 38 (1.02%) CISM
17 28 (0.75%) CIMA
18 26 (0.70%) AWS Certification
19 25 (0.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 448 (12.01%) Data Quality
2 260 (6.97%) GDPR
3 202 (5.42%) Accessibility
4 92 (2.47%) QA
5 79 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (1.29%) NIST
7 44 (1.18%) WCAG
8 34 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 33 (0.88%) SLA
10 31 (0.83%) GxP
11 24 (0.64%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.62%) COBIT
12 23 (0.62%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.59%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.56%) PSD2
15 16 (0.43%) IFRS
15 16 (0.43%) PMO
15 16 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 15 (0.40%) GRC
16 15 (0.40%) ITGC
System Software
1 87 (2.33%) Docker
2 40 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 23 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.27%) 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
1 157 (4.21%) Terraform
2 130 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 29 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
4 28 (0.75%) Ansible
5 24 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.32%) QRadar
7 10 (0.27%) SCCM
8 9 (0.24%) Grafana
8 9 (0.24%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.16%) EnCase
10 6 (0.16%) FTK
10 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 5 (0.13%) Argo
11 5 (0.13%) SCOM
12 3 (0.080%) ArcSight ESM
13 2 (0.054%) Failover Clustering
14 1 (0.027%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 1 (0.027%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 689 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 457 (12.26%) Google
3 263 (7.05%) Databricks
4 260 (6.97%) SAP
5 187 (5.01%) Salesforce
6 154 (4.13%) Oracle
7 142 (3.81%) Adobe
8 70 (1.88%) HubSpot
9 62 (1.66%) Cisco
10 60 (1.61%) Alteryx
11 44 (1.18%) ServiceNow
12 40 (1.07%) OpenAI
13 39 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 37 (0.99%) Bloomberg
15 35 (0.94%) Dell
16 31 (0.83%) Facebook
17 30 (0.80%) Ahrefs
18 29 (0.78%) Screaming Frog
19 26 (0.70%) Informatica
19 26 (0.70%) Splunk