Senior Analyst Jobs

Senior Analyst
UK

The median Senior Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 171 295
Rank change year-on-year -10 +124 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 1,670 2,028 2,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.59% 2.14% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 2.34% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 805 790 1,321
10th Percentile £38,957 £38,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Analyst.

Salary trend for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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 +10 1,539 £57,500 +3.60% 268
UK excluding London -80 935 £52,500 +5.00% 117
Work from Home -29 749 £57,500 +4.55% 129
London +109 678 £70,000 +7.69% 165
South East +11 282 £52,500 -8.70% 24
North of England -117 226 £50,000 - 36
Midlands +54 191 £55,000 +14.58% 11
West Midlands +15 116 £55,000 +8.91% 8
South West -1 104 £56,250 +15.38% 10
North West +13 102 £50,000 +1.01% 26
Yorkshire -105 96 £51,528 +2.77% 8
East Midlands +33 73 £62,500 +42.05% 3
Scotland -79 60 £50,000 +2.04% 11
East of England -41 40 £35,000 -34.88% 13
Wales -24 30 £45,000 +15.38% 9
North East +13 28 £35,000 -31.71% 2
Northern Ireland +19 3 £58,800 +23.79% 6
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 704 (42.16%) Finance
2 658 (39.40%) Social Skills
3 627 (37.54%) Analytical Skills
4 514 (30.78%) Microsoft
5 474 (28.38%) SQL
6 460 (27.54%) Actionable Insight
7 459 (27.49%) Agile
8 404 (24.19%) Microsoft Excel
9 401 (24.01%) Degree
10 334 (20.00%) Decision-Making
11 290 (17.37%) Mentoring
12 279 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
13 273 (16.35%) Python
14 261 (15.63%) Analytics
15 260 (15.57%) ACCA
16 259 (15.51%) Business Case
17 254 (15.21%) CIMA
18 251 (15.03%) Broadband
19 250 (14.97%) Influencing Skills
20 249 (14.91%) Budgeting and Forecasting
21 234 (14.01%) Budgeting
22 229 (13.71%) Visualisation
23 225 (13.47%) Data Analysis
24 208 (12.46%) Legal
24 208 (12.46%) Tableau
25 203 (12.16%) Mathematics
26 181 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
27 180 (10.78%) Azure
28 174 (10.42%) Banking
29 171 (10.24%) Retail

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (2.63%) SAS
2 33 (1.98%) Confluence
3 26 (1.56%) WebLogic
4 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.90%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.42%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.36%) IIS
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.30%) IBM Notes
9 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.18%) Apache
11 2 (0.12%) WordPress
12 1 (0.060%) Moodle
12 1 (0.060%) Mule
12 1 (0.060%) Tornado
12 1 (0.060%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 404 (24.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (2.87%) MS Visio
4 23 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) SPSS
7 2 (0.12%) Stata
Business Applications
1 12 (0.72%) Endur
2 7 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.24%) Lawson
4 4 (0.24%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.060%) Academy Housing
7 1 (0.060%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.060%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.060%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.060%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.060%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.060%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.060%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 180 (10.78%) Azure
2 161 (9.64%) Power Platform
3 154 (9.22%) AWS
4 104 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.07%) Entra ID
6 30 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (1.56%) SaaS
8 23 (1.38%) Miro
9 21 (1.26%) GCP
10 19 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
11 12 (0.72%) Google Analytics
12 9 (0.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.48%) PaaS
13 8 (0.48%) Rubrik
14 7 (0.42%) IaaS
15 6 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.36%) GitHub
16 5 (0.30%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 251 (15.03%) Broadband
2 76 (4.55%) Firewall
3 18 (1.08%) Internet
3 18 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 15 (0.90%) VoIP
5 13 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
5 13 (0.78%) VLAN
6 12 (0.72%) SAN
6 12 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.60%) VPN
7 10 (0.60%) WAN
7 10 (0.60%) WPA
8 9 (0.54%) LAN
8 9 (0.54%) Wireless
9 8 (0.48%) DNS
9 8 (0.48%) Network Security
10 7 (0.42%) WLAN
11 6 (0.36%) BGP
11 6 (0.36%) MPLS
11 6 (0.36%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (12.46%) Tableau
2 161 (9.64%) Power BI
3 47 (2.81%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
6 25 (1.50%) Looker
7 24 (1.44%) Data Mining
8 15 (0.90%) Big Data
8 15 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.78%) Metadata
10 13 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
12 11 (0.66%) BigQuery
12 11 (0.66%) MS Access
13 8 (0.48%) Essbase
14 7 (0.42%) GIS
15 6 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.30%) MySQL
17 4 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 108 (6.47%) Git
2 56 (3.35%) JIRA
3 11 (0.66%) Selenium
4 10 (0.60%) Burp Suite
4 10 (0.60%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.36%) JMeter
5 6 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.30%) TestRail
6 5 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.18%) ERwin
7 3 (0.18%) GitLab
7 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.18%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.12%) PowerBuilder
8 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.060%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.060%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.060%) NUnit
General
1 704 (42.16%) Finance
2 658 (39.40%) Social Skills
3 627 (37.54%) Analytical Skills
4 250 (14.97%) Influencing Skills
5 208 (12.46%) Legal
6 174 (10.42%) Banking
7 171 (10.24%) Retail
8 134 (8.02%) Presentation Skills
9 109 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 53 (3.17%) Marketing
11 51 (3.05%) Law
12 44 (2.63%) Public Sector
13 40 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (1.98%) Police
15 24 (1.44%) Games
16 19 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (0.90%) Advertising
18 14 (0.84%) Front Office
19 11 (0.66%) Manufacturing
20 10 (0.60%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.56%) J2EE
1 26 (1.56%) Java EE
1 26 (1.56%) Spring
2 22 (1.32%) REST
3 19 (1.14%) .NET
4 13 (0.78%) HTML
5 12 (0.72%) CSS
6 11 (0.66%) JSON
7 10 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.30%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.30%) Blazor
9 5 (0.30%) Entity Framework
9 5 (0.30%) PySpark
10 4 (0.24%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.24%) D3.js
10 4 (0.24%) Laravel
10 4 (0.24%) Next.js
10 4 (0.24%) React
10 4 (0.24%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 120 (7.19%) Management Information System
2 73 (4.37%) Onboarding
3 42 (2.51%) Product Ownership
4 31 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
5 29 (1.74%) Cyberattack
6 24 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
6 24 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (1.32%) PMI
8 18 (1.08%) Credit Risk
9 17 (1.02%) Reinsurance
10 14 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (0.78%) Social Media
12 11 (0.66%) NHS
12 11 (0.66%) Security Posture
13 10 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (0.60%) Virtual Reality
13 10 (0.60%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.54%) Cyber Defence
14 9 (0.54%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 95 (5.69%) Windows
2 38 (2.28%) Unix
3 36 (2.16%) Linux
4 32 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.36%) SUSE
6 6 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.060%) Android
11 1 (0.060%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (27.54%) Actionable Insight
2 459 (27.49%) Agile
3 334 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 290 (17.37%) Mentoring
5 279 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
6 261 (15.63%) Analytics
7 259 (15.51%) Business Case
8 249 (14.91%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 234 (14.01%) Budgeting
10 229 (13.71%) Visualisation
11 225 (13.47%) Data Analysis
12 203 (12.16%) Mathematics
13 181 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
14 157 (9.40%) Business Strategy
14 157 (9.40%) Statistics
15 156 (9.34%) Information Security
16 154 (9.22%) Business Intelligence
17 147 (8.80%) Process Improvement
18 122 (7.31%) Data Management
19 120 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 474 (28.38%) SQL
2 273 (16.35%) Python
3 74 (4.43%) PowerShell
4 42 (2.51%) R
5 31 (1.86%) Java
6 27 (1.62%) C#
7 26 (1.56%) Shell Script
8 25 (1.50%) VBA
9 19 (1.14%) T-SQL
10 15 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (0.72%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.60%) JavaScript
13 7 (0.42%) C++
13 7 (0.42%) PHP
14 5 (0.30%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.24%) Bicep
15 4 (0.24%) C
15 4 (0.24%) VB
16 3 (0.18%) Bash
16 3 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 401 (24.01%) Degree
2 260 (15.57%) ACCA
3 254 (15.21%) CIMA
4 113 (6.77%) Security Cleared
5 109 (6.53%) DBS Check
6 94 (5.63%) SC Cleared
7 55 (3.29%) CISSP
8 33 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.56%) PMI Certification
10 24 (1.44%) CISM
11 19 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (1.02%) CISA
14 16 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (0.96%) CompTIA CySA+
14 16 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 14 (0.84%) ISTQB
16 13 (0.78%) GIAC
17 12 (0.72%) CCNP
18 10 (0.60%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.17%) GDPR
2 51 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.92%) SLA
5 31 (1.86%) QA
6 30 (1.80%) NIST
7 20 (1.20%) IFRS
8 15 (0.90%) GRC
9 13 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.78%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.54%) COBIT
13 8 (0.48%) PMO
14 4 (0.24%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.24%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.18%) CRD IV
15 3 (0.18%) IFRS 9
16 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
17 1 (0.060%) ITGC
System Software
1 116 (6.95%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.99%) RACF
3 11 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.36%) Firmware
6 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.060%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.060%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
2 26 (1.56%) OpenSSO
3 20 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.84%) SCCM
5 10 (0.60%) Nmap
6 9 (0.54%) QRadar
7 8 (0.48%) Terraform
8 7 (0.42%) CASB
9 6 (0.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (0.24%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.12%) cPanel
11 2 (0.12%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.060%) Control-M
12 1 (0.060%) HP SiteScope
12 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.060%) Perfmon
12 1 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 514 (30.78%) Microsoft
2 125 (7.49%) Databricks
3 63 (3.77%) Oracle
4 51 (3.05%) CyberArk
5 37 (2.22%) SAP
6 33 (1.98%) Cisco
7 26 (1.56%) Citrix
7 26 (1.56%) Google
7 26 (1.56%) Remedy
8 25 (1.50%) Alteryx
8 25 (1.50%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.44%) VMware
10 17 (1.02%) CA
10 17 (1.02%) IBM
11 15 (0.90%) HP
12 14 (0.84%) CrowdStrike
12 14 (0.84%) SolarWinds
12 14 (0.84%) Splunk
13 13 (0.78%) Hyperion
13 13 (0.78%) Palo Alto