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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 27 30
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,656 3,502 3,611
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.12% 6.52% 6.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.54% 7.21% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,895 1,741 2,481
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -2.49%

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 48,482 48,584 49,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.16% 90.44% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,500 23,705 37,321
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 -7 3,129 £63,500 -9.29% 2,646
UK excluding London +4 1,899 £50,000 -12.28% 2,395
London +4 1,476 £75,000 -11.76% 693
Work from Home -3 1,059 £62,500 -10.71% 1,158
South East +19 578 £52,500 -12.50% 828
North of England -15 370 £52,000 -5.45% 432
Midlands +3 326 £54,250 -4.82% 314
Scotland +9 254 £50,000 -17.69% 82
South West +3 189 £53,500 -1.72% 275
West Midlands -11 188 £57,468 +0.82% 126
North West -23 186 £47,500 -13.64% 190
Yorkshire -3 148 £65,000 +35.42% 172
East Midlands +17 139 £45,195 -9.61% 176
East of England +37 122 £40,000 -36.00% 362
North East +23 37 £40,000 -20.79% 71
Northern Ireland +1 37 £45,000 -35.71% 56
Wales +16 26 £45,750 -8.50% 111

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 86 (2.35%) Apache Spark
2 82 (2.24%) CMS
3 67 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 50 (1.37%) WordPress
5 43 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 42 (1.15%) Confluence
7 37 (1.01%) Apache
8 24 (0.66%) SAS
9 20 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
11 10 (0.27%) Drupal
12 9 (0.25%) SugarCRM
12 9 (0.25%) Umbraco
13 6 (0.16%) IIS
14 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
15 4 (0.11%) Appian
16 3 (0.082%) Joomla!
16 3 (0.082%) Moodle
16 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 523 (14.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.79%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.79%) Maya
5 23 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 21 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.49%) InDesign
8 14 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 14 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 12 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
9 12 (0.33%) SPSS
10 10 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
10 10 (0.27%) Trello
11 9 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
12 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
13 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
14 3 (0.082%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
15 2 (0.055%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 75 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
4 30 (0.82%) Shopify
5 23 (0.63%) SAP IBP
6 22 (0.60%) SAP CO
7 21 (0.57%) Magento
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
8 16 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
8 16 (0.44%) SAP FI
8 16 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
9 15 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
10 14 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
11 13 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
12 10 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
13 9 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
13 9 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 949 (25.96%) Azure
2 744 (20.35%) Power Platform
3 356 (9.74%) AWS
4 226 (6.18%) GCP
5 223 (6.10%) SaaS
6 195 (5.33%) Google Analytics
7 193 (5.28%) Snowflake
8 183 (5.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 173 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
10 155 (4.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 147 (4.02%) GitHub
12 132 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
13 112 (3.06%) dbt
14 83 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
15 69 (1.89%) Serverless
16 67 (1.83%) Entra ID
17 65 (1.78%) Google Ads
18 64 (1.75%) Figma
19 60 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
20 57 (1.56%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.01%) VPN
2 33 (0.90%) SMS
3 31 (0.85%) Firewall
4 26 (0.71%) Broadband
5 17 (0.46%) Unified Communications
6 15 (0.41%) DNS
7 13 (0.36%) WAN
8 12 (0.33%) CHAP
8 12 (0.33%) Network Security
9 9 (0.25%) Intranet
10 8 (0.22%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.14%) DHCP
11 5 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.14%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.11%) HTTPS
12 4 (0.11%) Internet
12 4 (0.11%) VoIP
13 3 (0.082%) MQTT
14 2 (0.055%) HTTP
14 2 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 709 (19.39%) Power BI
2 393 (10.75%) Tableau
3 310 (8.48%) Data Warehouse
4 244 (6.67%) Data Lake
5 163 (4.46%) Metadata
6 146 (3.99%) Data Mining
7 143 (3.91%) SQL Server
8 95 (2.60%) SAP BW
9 94 (2.57%) Azure SQL Database
10 93 (2.54%) Looker
11 88 (2.41%) Big Data
12 76 (2.08%) BigQuery
13 66 (1.81%) Relational Database
13 66 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 65 (1.78%) NoSQL
15 61 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
16 50 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 46 (1.26%) Hadoop
17 46 (1.26%) Power Query
18 44 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 117 (3.20%) JIRA
2 113 (3.09%) Git
3 50 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (0.71%) Axure RP
5 26 (0.71%) Balsamiq
6 19 (0.52%) ERwin
6 19 (0.52%) GitLab
7 16 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 12 (0.33%) MLflow
8 12 (0.33%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.30%) Selenium
10 8 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (0.19%) ER Studio
12 6 (0.16%) Postman
13 5 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.14%) MSI
13 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.11%) Maven
14 4 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 1,286 (35.18%) Finance
2 1,244 (34.03%) Social Skills
3 1,108 (30.31%) Analytical Skills
4 702 (19.20%) Marketing
5 262 (7.17%) Law
6 244 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 207 (5.66%) Retail
8 206 (5.63%) Banking
9 198 (5.42%) Public Sector
10 159 (4.35%) Manufacturing
11 144 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
12 131 (3.58%) Legal
13 96 (2.63%) Financial Institution
14 94 (2.57%) Games
15 93 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
16 73 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
17 69 (1.89%) Automotive
18 68 (1.86%) Advertising
19 66 (1.81%) Front Office
19 66 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 588 (16.08%) Analyst
2 555 (15.18%) Senior
3 457 (12.50%) Lead
4 317 (8.67%) Data Analyst
5 299 (8.18%) Data Engineer
6 286 (7.82%) Architect
7 215 (5.88%) Developer
8 129 (3.53%) Senior Manager
9 118 (3.23%) Trainee
9 118 (3.23%) Trainee Analyst
9 118 (3.23%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 117 (3.20%) Data Architect
11 96 (2.63%) Innovation Manager
12 89 (2.43%) Consultant
13 78 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
14 70 (1.91%) Data Scientist
14 70 (1.91%) Report Analyst
15 69 (1.89%) Senior Analyst
16 67 (1.83%) Data Manager
17 64 (1.75%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (2.30%) HTML
2 73 (2.00%) CSS
3 68 (1.86%) PySpark
4 66 (1.81%) Kafka
5 64 (1.75%) RESTful
6 59 (1.61%) OAuth
7 56 (1.53%) React
8 53 (1.45%) REST
9 50 (1.37%) PyTorch
10 49 (1.34%) TensorFlow
11 47 (1.29%) .NET
12 46 (1.26%) JSON
13 37 (1.01%) OAuth2
14 31 (0.85%) SAML
14 31 (0.85%) scikit-learn
15 28 (0.77%) Node.js
15 28 (0.77%) Pandas
16 26 (0.71%) Middleware
17 23 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
18 22 (0.60%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 174 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 174 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 167 (4.57%) Onboarding
3 162 (4.43%) Product Ownership
4 158 (4.32%) Cloud Native
5 145 (3.97%) Management Information System
6 142 (3.88%) Social Media
7 113 (3.09%) Algorithms
8 85 (2.32%) Life Science
9 83 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 61 (1.67%) FMCG
11 60 (1.64%) Data Structures
12 56 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
13 47 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
14 46 (1.26%) Data Centre
15 39 (1.07%) Virtual Team
16 37 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
17 35 (0.96%) Fixed Income
18 30 (0.82%) Credit Risk
18 30 (0.82%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 82 (2.24%) Windows
2 35 (0.96%) Linux
3 28 (0.77%) Windows 10
4 27 (0.74%) Unix
5 12 (0.33%) VMS
6 11 (0.30%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.25%) Android
8 8 (0.22%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.027%) AIX
10 1 (0.027%) Debian
10 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,000 (27.35%) AI
2 985 (26.94%) Business Intelligence
3 850 (23.25%) Decision-Making
4 807 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
5 722 (19.75%) Data Analytics
6 709 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 668 (18.27%) Agile
8 594 (16.25%) Data Modelling
9 486 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 478 (13.07%) Data Science
11 462 (12.64%) Roadmaps
12 461 (12.61%) Machine Learning
13 460 (12.58%) Data Governance
14 458 (12.53%) Data Analysis
15 433 (11.84%) Project Management
16 409 (11.19%) Visualisation
17 405 (11.08%) Data Engineering
18 382 (10.45%) ETL
19 378 (10.34%) DevOps
20 377 (10.31%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 970 (26.53%) SQL
2 914 (25.00%) Python
3 128 (3.50%) Java
4 115 (3.15%) JavaScript
5 81 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 76 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 73 (2.00%) C#
8 71 (1.94%) R
9 66 (1.81%) Scala
10 51 (1.39%) Bicep
11 46 (1.26%) T-SQL
12 35 (0.96%) Go
13 31 (0.85%) Bash
13 31 (0.85%) TypeScript
14 29 (0.79%) C++
14 29 (0.79%) PL/SQL
15 24 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
16 20 (0.55%) Shell Script
17 19 (0.52%) VBA
18 13 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 832 (22.76%) Degree
2 195 (5.33%) Master's Degree
3 185 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 134 (3.67%) SC Cleared
5 113 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 95 (2.60%) PhD
7 92 (2.52%) DBS Check
8 58 (1.59%) CISSP
9 54 (1.48%) CISA
10 47 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 47 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
11 45 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 43 (1.18%) Azure Certification
13 40 (1.09%) ACCA
14 39 (1.07%) CISM
15 37 (1.01%) PMI Certification
16 29 (0.79%) PMP
17 28 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
18 27 (0.74%) CIMA
19 23 (0.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 490 (13.40%) Data Quality
2 262 (7.17%) GDPR
3 199 (5.44%) Accessibility
4 81 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 79 (2.16%) QA
6 48 (1.31%) NIST
7 43 (1.18%) WCAG
8 42 (1.15%) SLA
9 41 (1.12%) GxP
10 38 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
11 29 (0.79%) COBIT
12 25 (0.68%) Solvency II
13 23 (0.63%) HIPAA
14 22 (0.60%) EU AI Act
15 21 (0.57%) PSD2
16 20 (0.55%) GRC
16 20 (0.55%) IFRS
17 17 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 15 (0.41%) ITGC
18 15 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 104 (2.84%) Docker
2 52 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 30 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.055%) Firmware
6 2 (0.055%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.027%) vCloud
7 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.027%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 175 (4.79%) Terraform
2 132 (3.61%) Kubernetes
3 33 (0.90%) Ansible
4 30 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (0.49%) Grafana
7 14 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.33%) SCCM
9 11 (0.30%) QRadar
10 8 (0.22%) EnCase
10 8 (0.22%) FTK
11 6 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (0.14%) Argo
12 5 (0.14%) Kibana
12 5 (0.14%) SCOM
13 3 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.082%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.082%) Control-M
14 1 (0.027%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 704 (19.26%) Microsoft
2 334 (9.14%) Google
3 245 (6.70%) SAP
4 243 (6.65%) Databricks
5 208 (5.69%) Salesforce
6 136 (3.72%) Oracle
7 126 (3.45%) Adobe
8 95 (2.60%) Cisco
9 68 (1.86%) HubSpot
10 56 (1.53%) Alteryx
11 40 (1.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 34 (0.93%) Bloomberg
13 31 (0.85%) Dell
13 31 (0.85%) ServiceNow
14 29 (0.79%) OpenAI
14 29 (0.79%) Talend
15 25 (0.68%) Informatica
16 23 (0.63%) IBM
16 23 (0.63%) YouTube
17 22 (0.60%) Sage