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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 23 33
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 5,517 3,800 4,046
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.75% 7.76% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.50% 8.76% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,351 1,748 2,131
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £38,084
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £49,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.34% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,125 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £56,763
% change year-on-year +14.29% -7.51% +3.20%

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 84,843 43,391 61,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.66% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58,659 24,441 34,825
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,969 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 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 22 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 -8 4,935 £66,805 +8.91% 8,534
UK excluding London -8 2,943 £60,000 +14.29% 3,690
London 0 2,213 £80,000 +3.23% 5,377
Work from Home +5 1,679 £66,111 +10.18% 3,324
North of England +59 968 £60,000 +5.26% 973
Midlands +19 604 £60,000 +14.29% 572
South East -33 568 £60,000 +20.00% 950
North West +59 561 £60,000 +14.29% 576
West Midlands 0 336 £59,250 +7.73% 403
South West -20 323 £60,000 - 347
East Midlands +29 268 £60,000 +26.98% 169
Yorkshire +33 251 £65,000 +8.33% 285
East of England -13 182 £55,000 +41.03% 297
North East +26 158 £57,500 +5.02% 115
Scotland -24 117 £75,000 +37.76% 325
Northern Ireland -17 98 £65,000 +8.33% 160
Wales -6 95 £63,500 +26.69% 96
Isle of Man +3 5 £38,500 - 3

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
1 155 (2.81%) Apache Spark
2 148 (2.68%) CMS
3 86 (1.56%) Apache
3 86 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 85 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
5 70 (1.27%) Confluence
5 70 (1.27%) SAS
6 39 (0.71%) WordPress
7 29 (0.53%) Sitecore CMS
8 22 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
9 18 (0.33%) Headless CMS
10 16 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
11 15 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
12 10 (0.18%) Jupyter
13 6 (0.11%) ArcGIS
13 6 (0.11%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.054%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 2 (0.036%) Luigi
15 2 (0.036%) NServiceBus
15 2 (0.036%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 266 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (0.67%) Chatbot
5 32 (0.58%) SPSS
6 28 (0.51%) UserZoom
7 22 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 21 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 16 (0.29%) MS Visio
10 14 (0.25%) Adobe XD
11 9 (0.16%) Photoshop
12 7 (0.13%) Sketch
12 7 (0.13%) Trello
13 6 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
14 4 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
15 3 (0.054%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.054%) InDesign
15 3 (0.054%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.036%) CATIA
16 2 (0.036%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 124 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 75 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 54 (0.98%) Shopify
4 32 (0.58%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 28 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
6 21 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
7 19 (0.34%) Magento
8 15 (0.27%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.18%) NetSuite
10 8 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
11 7 (0.13%) SAP BPC
11 7 (0.13%) SAP MDG
12 6 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
12 6 (0.11%) SAP PM
12 6 (0.11%) SAP Travel Management
13 5 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
13 5 (0.091%) Oracle Receivables
13 5 (0.091%) Payment Gateway
13 5 (0.091%) SAP SD
14 4 (0.073%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1,079 (19.56%) Azure
2 925 (16.77%) Power Platform
3 796 (14.43%) AWS
4 356 (6.45%) GCP
5 330 (5.98%) SaaS
6 277 (5.02%) Google Analytics
7 247 (4.48%) Snowflake
8 219 (3.97%) Azure Data Factory
9 205 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
10 186 (3.37%) GitHub
11 163 (2.95%) Serverless
12 152 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 135 (2.45%) dbt
14 117 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
15 109 (1.98%) Amazon S3
15 109 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
16 106 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
17 87 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
18 84 (1.52%) Entra ID
19 83 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 93 (1.69%) Broadband
2 70 (1.27%) VPN
3 68 (1.23%) Internet
4 64 (1.16%) Firewall
5 46 (0.83%) DNS
5 46 (0.83%) Network Security
6 27 (0.49%) BGP
7 23 (0.42%) SMS
7 23 (0.42%) TCP/IP
8 21 (0.38%) 5G
9 20 (0.36%) VLAN
10 19 (0.34%) OSPF
11 16 (0.29%) DHCP
12 15 (0.27%) VoIP
13 14 (0.25%) CTI
14 13 (0.24%) SSL
15 10 (0.18%) Unified Communications
15 10 (0.18%) VXLAN
15 10 (0.18%) WAN
15 10 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 890 (16.13%) Power BI
2 407 (7.38%) Data Warehouse
3 279 (5.06%) Tableau
4 245 (4.44%) Metadata
5 236 (4.28%) Data Lake
6 175 (3.17%) SQL Server
7 158 (2.86%) Big Data
8 136 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 118 (2.14%) Looker
10 115 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
11 99 (1.79%) BigQuery
12 96 (1.74%) Delta Lake
13 87 (1.58%) Relational Database
14 84 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
15 83 (1.50%) Star Schema
16 78 (1.41%) NoSQL
17 74 (1.34%) MongoDB
18 66 (1.20%) Power Query
19 65 (1.18%) Semantic Layer
20 61 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 179 (3.24%) Git
2 96 (1.74%) JIRA
3 44 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 38 (0.69%) GitLab
5 27 (0.49%) MLflow
6 15 (0.27%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.20%) Crashlytics
7 11 (0.20%) fastlane
8 9 (0.16%) CircleCI
8 9 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (0.15%) Balsamiq
9 8 (0.15%) Xcode
10 7 (0.13%) Gradle
10 7 (0.13%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 6 (0.11%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.11%) ERwin
12 5 (0.091%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.091%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.091%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.091%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,514 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 1,493 (27.06%) Finance
3 1,281 (23.22%) Analytical Skills
4 959 (17.38%) Marketing
5 415 (7.52%) Retail
6 403 (7.30%) Public Sector
7 319 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 319 (5.78%) Legal
8 299 (5.42%) Law
9 218 (3.95%) Banking
10 202 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
11 169 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
12 164 (2.97%) Manufacturing
13 118 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
14 109 (1.98%) Advertising
15 103 (1.87%) Games
16 100 (1.81%) Automotive
17 94 (1.70%) Financial Institution
18 79 (1.43%) Publishing
19 62 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,112 (20.16%) Senior
2 688 (12.47%) Data Engineer
3 648 (11.75%) Analyst
4 606 (10.98%) Lead
5 527 (9.55%) Architect
6 324 (5.87%) Developer
7 260 (4.71%) Data Analyst
8 254 (4.60%) Analytics Manager
9 252 (4.57%) Data Architect
10 249 (4.51%) Senior Data Engineer
11 192 (3.48%) Consultant
12 190 (3.44%) Senior Manager
13 187 (3.39%) Data Scientist
14 170 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
15 133 (2.41%) Data Manager
16 130 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
17 123 (2.23%) Marketing Manager
18 116 (2.10%) Product Manager
19 106 (1.92%) Senior Architect
20 97 (1.76%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (4.77%) Terraform
2 210 (3.81%) PySpark
3 113 (2.05%) Kafka
4 103 (1.87%) HTML
5 94 (1.70%) .NET
6 85 (1.54%) CSS
7 82 (1.49%) REST
8 68 (1.23%) React
9 57 (1.03%) Node.js
10 54 (0.98%) Pandas
11 43 (0.78%) scikit-learn
12 42 (0.76%) PyTorch
13 41 (0.74%) Middleware
14 38 (0.69%) TensorFlow
15 37 (0.67%) ASP.NET
16 36 (0.65%) JSON
17 35 (0.63%) .NET Core
17 35 (0.63%) ASP.NET Core
18 34 (0.62%) AngularJS
19 33 (0.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 284 (5.15%) Onboarding
2 279 (5.06%) Cloud Native
3 205 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 199 (3.61%) Marketing Technology
5 190 (3.44%) Management Information System
6 187 (3.39%) Blog
7 180 (3.26%) Social Media
8 124 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 110 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
10 98 (1.78%) Data Structures
11 90 (1.63%) AI Agents
12 80 (1.45%) Algorithms
13 74 (1.34%) Mobile App
14 67 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 67 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
15 62 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
16 61 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
17 55 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
18 45 (0.82%) IoT
19 44 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (1.87%) Windows
2 84 (1.52%) Linux
3 24 (0.44%) Windows Server
4 23 (0.42%) VMS
5 20 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.16%) Android
7 6 (0.11%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.11%) Unix
7 6 (0.11%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.054%) Debian
10 1 (0.018%) AIX
10 1 (0.018%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.018%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.018%) SUSE
10 1 (0.018%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.018%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,955 (35.44%) AI
2 1,337 (24.23%) Decision-Making
3 1,234 (22.37%) Business Intelligence
4 953 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
5 895 (16.22%) Agile
6 878 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 848 (15.37%) Roadmaps
8 839 (15.21%) Data Modelling
9 784 (14.21%) Data Engineering
10 752 (13.63%) Machine Learning
11 710 (12.87%) Data Analytics
12 684 (12.40%) Data Pipeline
13 681 (12.34%) CI/CD
14 653 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
15 641 (11.62%) Mentoring
16 616 (11.17%) Data Science
17 540 (9.79%) Actionable Insight
18 539 (9.77%) ETL
19 528 (9.57%) Data Governance
20 513 (9.30%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1,510 (27.37%) SQL
2 1,229 (22.28%) Python
3 153 (2.77%) Java
4 137 (2.48%) C#
5 135 (2.45%) JavaScript
6 124 (2.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 117 (2.12%) PowerShell
8 96 (1.74%) R
9 88 (1.60%) TypeScript
10 82 (1.49%) Bicep
11 76 (1.38%) Scala
12 68 (1.23%) Bash
13 51 (0.92%) Go
14 49 (0.89%) C++
15 35 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 29 (0.53%) T-SQL
17 19 (0.34%) Kotlin
18 17 (0.31%) VBA
19 16 (0.29%) PHP
20 15 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 666 (12.07%) Degree
2 441 (7.99%) Security Cleared
3 315 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 123 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 118 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 102 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 83 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 68 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 58 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 57 (1.03%) ACCA
11 56 (1.02%) DBS Check
12 52 (0.94%) CIMA
13 42 (0.76%) CISSP
14 39 (0.71%) PhD
15 35 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
16 30 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
16 30 (0.54%) CISM
17 22 (0.40%) CCNP
17 22 (0.40%) MBA
17 22 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 819 (14.85%) Data Quality
2 301 (5.46%) Accessibility
3 242 (4.39%) GDPR
4 163 (2.95%) QA
5 55 (1.00%) WCAG
6 52 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
7 39 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 32 (0.58%) NIST
9 27 (0.49%) SLA
10 25 (0.45%) PMO
11 20 (0.36%) IFRS
11 20 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 17 (0.31%) GRC
12 17 (0.31%) ISO 9001
13 14 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
14 12 (0.22%) EU AI Act
15 11 (0.20%) PERC
16 9 (0.16%) SOC 2
17 7 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 153 (2.77%) Docker
2 88 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 28 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.29%) vSphere
7 8 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.091%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.073%) IAG
10 2 (0.036%) Firmware
11 1 (0.018%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.018%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 170 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 46 (0.83%) Ansible
3 38 (0.69%) Grafana
4 30 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 25 (0.45%) EnCase
5 25 (0.45%) FTK
6 18 (0.33%) 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%) Kibana
9 6 (0.11%) Nagios
9 6 (0.11%) Proxmox
9 6 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.091%) Packer
10 5 (0.091%) Puppet
11 4 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.073%) Control-M
11 4 (0.073%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 863 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 504 (9.14%) Databricks
3 462 (8.37%) Google
4 234 (4.24%) SAP
5 173 (3.14%) Adobe
6 119 (2.16%) Oracle
7 111 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 73 (1.32%) HubSpot
9 63 (1.14%) Workday
10 49 (0.89%) YouTube
11 48 (0.87%) Informatica
12 45 (0.82%) Cisco
13 44 (0.80%) IBM
14 41 (0.74%) TikTok
14 41 (0.74%) VMware
15 39 (0.71%) Alteryx
16 35 (0.63%) OpenAI
17 30 (0.54%) Sitecore
18 29 (0.53%) ServiceNow
19 26 (0.47%) Instagram