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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 27 30
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,647 3,536 3,623
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.10% 6.51% 6.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.51% 7.22% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,884 1,757 2,485
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
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% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £114,625 £118,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -2.14%

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 48,581 48,989 48,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.32% 90.25% 90.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28,539 24,001 36,978
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 7 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 7 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 -6 3,122 £63,500 -9.29% 2,025
UK excluding London +4 1,891 £50,000 -13.04% 1,522
London +3 1,473 £75,000 -11.76% 803
Work from Home -2 1,068 £62,500 -7.41% 845
South East +20 578 £55,000 -8.33% 541
North of England -16 367 £52,250 -5.00% 324
Midlands -3 321 £55,000 -3.51% 208
Scotland +6 253 £50,000 -20.63% 52
South West +8 191 £54,500 -0.40% 170
North West -24 187 £46,250 -15.91% 167
West Midlands -17 185 £57,500 +0.88% 106
Yorkshire -3 145 £65,000 +18.18% 110
East Midlands +21 137 £45,390 -9.22% 98
East of England +35 123 £40,000 -37.25% 190
North East +18 36 £40,000 -27.27% 47
Northern Ireland +1 34 £45,000 -35.71% 26
Wales +19 27 £47,500 -5.00% 49

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 88 (2.41%) Apache Spark
2 82 (2.25%) CMS
3 66 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
4 49 (1.34%) WordPress
5 43 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 42 (1.15%) Confluence
7 36 (0.99%) Apache
8 23 (0.63%) 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 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 5 (0.14%) IIS
14 4 (0.11%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.11%) Appian
15 3 (0.082%) Joomla!
15 3 (0.082%) Moodle
15 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 520 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.80%) Adobe XD
4 29 (0.80%) Maya
5 23 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 21 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.49%) InDesign
8 15 (0.41%) Chatbot
9 14 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
10 12 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
11 11 (0.30%) SPSS
12 10 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
12 10 (0.27%) Trello
13 9 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
14 5 (0.14%) MS Visio
15 4 (0.11%) SketchUp
16 3 (0.082%) Final Cut Pro
16 3 (0.082%) MadCap Flare
16 3 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 76 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
4 31 (0.85%) Shopify
5 23 (0.63%) SAP IBP
6 22 (0.60%) SAP CO
7 21 (0.58%) 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%) SAP IS-U
14 8 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 952 (26.10%) Azure
2 742 (20.35%) Power Platform
3 358 (9.82%) AWS
4 224 (6.14%) GCP
5 222 (6.09%) SaaS
6 198 (5.43%) Google Analytics
7 195 (5.35%) Snowflake
8 182 (4.99%) Azure Data Factory
9 170 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
10 157 (4.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 147 (4.03%) GitHub
12 133 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
13 112 (3.07%) dbt
14 81 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
15 71 (1.95%) Serverless
16 67 (1.84%) Entra ID
17 65 (1.78%) Figma
18 62 (1.70%) Google Ads
19 60 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
20 57 (1.56%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 36 (0.99%) VPN
2 33 (0.90%) SMS
3 30 (0.82%) Firewall
4 26 (0.71%) Broadband
5 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
6 15 (0.41%) DNS
7 12 (0.33%) CHAP
7 12 (0.33%) Network Security
7 12 (0.33%) WAN
8 9 (0.25%) Intranet
9 7 (0.19%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.14%) DHCP
10 5 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.11%) Internet
11 4 (0.11%) VoIP
11 4 (0.11%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.082%) MQTT
13 2 (0.055%) HTTP
13 2 (0.055%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 708 (19.41%) Power BI
2 394 (10.80%) Tableau
3 317 (8.69%) Data Warehouse
4 249 (6.83%) Data Lake
5 163 (4.47%) Metadata
6 146 (4.00%) Data Mining
7 144 (3.95%) SQL Server
8 95 (2.60%) SAP BW
9 94 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 93 (2.55%) Looker
11 90 (2.47%) Big Data
12 76 (2.08%) BigQuery
13 67 (1.84%) NoSQL
14 66 (1.81%) Relational Database
14 66 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 61 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
16 50 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 47 (1.29%) Hadoop
18 45 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
18 45 (1.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 118 (3.24%) JIRA
2 110 (3.02%) 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 15 (0.41%) 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%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.16%) Postman
13 5 (0.14%) MSI
13 5 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.11%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.11%) Maven
General
1 1,291 (35.40%) Finance
2 1,250 (34.27%) Social Skills
3 1,112 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
4 702 (19.25%) Marketing
5 266 (7.29%) Law
6 238 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 209 (5.73%) Retail
8 206 (5.65%) Banking
9 198 (5.43%) Public Sector
10 161 (4.41%) Manufacturing
11 145 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
12 132 (3.62%) Legal
13 97 (2.66%) Financial Institution
14 94 (2.58%) Games
15 92 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 75 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
17 68 (1.86%) Automotive
18 67 (1.84%) Front Office
19 66 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
20 65 (1.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 581 (15.93%) Analyst
2 551 (15.11%) Senior
3 454 (12.45%) Lead
4 314 (8.61%) Data Analyst
5 295 (8.09%) Data Engineer
6 289 (7.92%) Architect
7 219 (6.00%) Developer
8 127 (3.48%) Senior Manager
9 120 (3.29%) Data Architect
10 118 (3.24%) Trainee
10 118 (3.24%) Trainee Analyst
10 118 (3.24%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 96 (2.63%) Innovation Manager
12 90 (2.47%) Consultant
13 78 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
14 70 (1.92%) Data Scientist
14 70 (1.92%) Report Analyst
15 68 (1.86%) Data Manager
15 68 (1.86%) Senior Analyst
16 60 (1.65%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (2.33%) HTML
2 74 (2.03%) CSS
3 67 (1.84%) Kafka
3 67 (1.84%) PySpark
4 65 (1.78%) RESTful
5 59 (1.62%) OAuth
6 58 (1.59%) React
7 52 (1.43%) REST
8 50 (1.37%) PyTorch
9 49 (1.34%) TensorFlow
10 46 (1.26%) .NET
10 46 (1.26%) JSON
11 37 (1.01%) OAuth2
12 31 (0.85%) SAML
12 31 (0.85%) scikit-learn
13 29 (0.80%) Node.js
14 28 (0.77%) Pandas
15 26 (0.71%) Middleware
16 24 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
17 23 (0.63%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 176 (4.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 174 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
3 168 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 164 (4.50%) Product Ownership
5 160 (4.39%) Cloud Native
6 147 (4.03%) Management Information System
7 141 (3.87%) Social Media
8 114 (3.13%) Algorithms
9 83 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
10 82 (2.25%) Life Science
11 64 (1.75%) FMCG
12 60 (1.65%) Data Structures
13 56 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
14 47 (1.29%) Data Centre
15 46 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
16 39 (1.07%) Virtual Team
17 37 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
18 36 (0.99%) Fixed Income
19 31 (0.85%) Reinsurance
20 30 (0.82%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 83 (2.28%) Windows
2 35 (0.96%) Linux
3 28 (0.77%) Windows 10
4 27 (0.74%) Unix
5 12 (0.33%) VMS
5 12 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.25%) Android
7 8 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.027%) AIX
9 1 (0.027%) Debian
9 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 999 (27.39%) AI
2 985 (27.01%) Business Intelligence
3 850 (23.31%) Decision-Making
4 811 (22.24%) Problem-Solving
5 723 (19.82%) Data Analytics
6 705 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 670 (18.37%) Agile
8 596 (16.34%) Data Modelling
9 490 (13.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 473 (12.97%) Data Science
11 464 (12.72%) Data Governance
11 464 (12.72%) Roadmaps
12 462 (12.67%) Machine Learning
13 459 (12.59%) Data Analysis
14 433 (11.87%) Project Management
15 411 (11.27%) Visualisation
16 407 (11.16%) Data Engineering
17 383 (10.50%) ETL
18 377 (10.34%) DevOps
18 377 (10.34%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 973 (26.68%) SQL
2 918 (25.17%) Python
3 128 (3.51%) Java
4 117 (3.21%) JavaScript
5 83 (2.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 75 (2.06%) PowerShell
7 72 (1.97%) C#
8 71 (1.95%) R
9 65 (1.78%) Scala
10 50 (1.37%) Bicep
11 46 (1.26%) T-SQL
12 35 (0.96%) Go
13 32 (0.88%) TypeScript
14 30 (0.82%) Bash
15 29 (0.80%) C++
15 29 (0.80%) PL/SQL
16 24 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 20 (0.55%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.41%) VBA
19 13 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 833 (22.84%) Degree
2 196 (5.37%) Master's Degree
3 185 (5.07%) Security Cleared
4 134 (3.67%) SC Cleared
5 117 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 94 (2.58%) PhD
7 92 (2.52%) DBS Check
8 60 (1.65%) CISSP
9 56 (1.54%) CISA
10 48 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 48 (1.32%) Numerate Degree
11 45 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 43 (1.18%) Azure Certification
13 41 (1.12%) CISM
14 40 (1.10%) ACCA
15 38 (1.04%) PMI Certification
16 30 (0.82%) PMP
17 28 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
18 27 (0.74%) CIMA
19 24 (0.66%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 492 (13.49%) Data Quality
2 263 (7.21%) GDPR
3 198 (5.43%) Accessibility
4 83 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 80 (2.19%) QA
6 48 (1.32%) NIST
7 43 (1.18%) WCAG
8 42 (1.15%) SLA
9 39 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
9 39 (1.07%) GxP
10 29 (0.80%) COBIT
11 25 (0.69%) Solvency II
12 23 (0.63%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.60%) EU AI Act
14 21 (0.58%) PSD2
15 20 (0.55%) GRC
15 20 (0.55%) IFRS
16 18 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 15 (0.41%) ITGC
17 15 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 104 (2.85%) Docker
2 53 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 30 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.27%) 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
1 174 (4.77%) Terraform
2 132 (3.62%) Kubernetes
3 32 (0.88%) Ansible
4 30 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (0.49%) Grafana
7 14 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.33%) SCCM
9 11 (0.30%) QRadar
10 7 (0.19%) EnCase
10 7 (0.19%) 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%) MOM
Vendors
1 701 (19.22%) Microsoft
2 333 (9.13%) Google
3 248 (6.80%) Databricks
4 247 (6.77%) SAP
5 205 (5.62%) Salesforce
6 138 (3.78%) Oracle
7 126 (3.45%) Adobe
8 90 (2.47%) Cisco
9 68 (1.86%) HubSpot
10 56 (1.54%) Alteryx
11 40 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 34 (0.93%) Bloomberg
13 32 (0.88%) Dell
13 32 (0.88%) ServiceNow
14 29 (0.80%) Talend
15 26 (0.71%) OpenAI
16 25 (0.69%) Informatica
17 23 (0.63%) YouTube
18 22 (0.60%) IBM
18 22 (0.60%) Sage