Data Analysis Jobs

Data Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 129 128
Rank change year-on-year +35 -1 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 2,889 2,542 5,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.67% 2.72% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.22% 2.85% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 1,322 2,204
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,393 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -7.61% +2.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,730 89,109 165,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.44% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,034 53,947 83,947
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis.

Salary trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +37 2,580 £52,500 - 897
UK excluding London +33 1,954 £50,000 +17.65% 577
Work from Home +28 938 £52,500 +5.00% 374
London +43 828 £60,000 -7.69% 329
Midlands +14 549 £50,000 +23.46% 117
South East +61 464 £50,000 +5.26% 126
West Midlands +8 405 £50,000 +28.21% 69
North of England +12 367 £55,000 +46.67% 167
North West +5 228 £57,250 +63.57% 98
South West +13 192 £54,500 +25.27% 75
Scotland -10 183 £55,000 +49.87% 38
East of England +20 168 £50,000 -2.44% 52
East Midlands +14 144 £45,000 - 48
Yorkshire +31 99 £52,500 +23.53% 43
North East -16 40 £42,250 +8.33% 30
Wales -10 22 £53,500 +24.23% 9
Northern Ireland +26 8 £57,500 +27.78% 6

Data Analysis
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 94 (3.25%) SAS
2 64 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 35 (1.21%) Apache
5 30 (1.04%) Confluence
6 22 (0.76%) CMS
7 16 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
9 10 (0.35%) ArcGIS
9 10 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.14%) WordPress
12 3 (0.10%) Moodle
13 2 (0.069%) MTS
14 1 (0.035%) Luigi
Applications
1 668 (23.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 374 (12.95%) Microsoft Office
3 79 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
5 24 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 24 (0.83%) SPSS
6 17 (0.59%) Windchill
7 14 (0.48%) Trello
8 8 (0.28%) Simulink
9 6 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
10 4 (0.14%) Stata
11 3 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.069%) InDesign
12 2 (0.069%) InVision
12 2 (0.069%) LaTeX
12 2 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.069%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.069%) Sketch
12 2 (0.069%) Zeplin
13 1 (0.035%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 26 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.59%) Teamcenter
3 14 (0.48%) Primavera
4 12 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 10 (0.35%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
6 6 (0.21%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.14%) Eloqua
8 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.14%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.14%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.10%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.10%) Sage 300 ERP
9 3 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.069%) Magento
10 2 (0.069%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 632 (21.88%) Power Platform
2 455 (15.75%) AWS
3 425 (14.71%) Azure
4 89 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (2.01%) GCP
7 56 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
8 52 (1.80%) SaaS
9 50 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
10 43 (1.49%) Serverless
11 41 (1.42%) Snowflake
12 39 (1.35%) PowerApps
13 34 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 34 (1.18%) Power Automate
14 28 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (0.73%) Amazon S3
15 21 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (0.73%) Google Sheets
16 18 (0.62%) Google Analytics
17 17 (0.59%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.55%) Network Security
2 15 (0.52%) Firewall
3 14 (0.48%) HTTP
3 14 (0.48%) Intranet
4 13 (0.45%) DSL
5 11 (0.38%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.24%) DNS
6 7 (0.24%) Internet
6 7 (0.24%) LAN
6 7 (0.24%) WAN
7 6 (0.21%) WPA
8 5 (0.17%) Broadband
8 5 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.17%) NAS
8 5 (0.17%) SAN
8 5 (0.17%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.17%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.17%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.17%) VPN
8 5 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 611 (21.15%) Power BI
2 452 (15.65%) Tableau
3 243 (8.41%) Data Warehouse
4 161 (5.57%) SQL Server
5 89 (3.08%) Big Data
6 84 (2.91%) Data Vault
7 73 (2.53%) Data Lake
8 69 (2.39%) Metadata
9 55 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 53 (1.83%) NoSQL
10 53 (1.83%) Relational Database
11 52 (1.80%) GIS
12 48 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 45 (1.56%) Data Mining
14 36 (1.25%) QlikView
15 33 (1.14%) Delta Lake
16 28 (0.97%) Hadoop
17 27 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
17 27 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
18 26 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 177 (6.13%) Git
2 110 (3.81%) JIRA
3 19 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 16 (0.55%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.31%) GitLab
7 7 (0.24%) AdminStudio
7 7 (0.24%) InstallShield
7 7 (0.24%) LabVIEW
7 7 (0.24%) MSI
7 7 (0.24%) Toad
8 5 (0.17%) Postman
8 5 (0.17%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.14%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.069%) CANoe
10 2 (0.069%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.069%) MLflow
10 2 (0.069%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.069%) Selenium
10 2 (0.069%) TestRail
General
1 1,134 (39.25%) Social Skills
2 830 (28.73%) Analytical Skills
3 816 (28.25%) Finance
4 424 (14.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 392 (13.57%) Presentation Skills
6 328 (11.35%) Retail
7 252 (8.72%) Legal
8 221 (7.65%) Law
9 220 (7.62%) Military
10 219 (7.58%) Marketing
11 135 (4.67%) Banking
12 103 (3.57%) Manufacturing
13 100 (3.46%) Public Sector
14 88 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
15 84 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
16 59 (2.04%) Investment Banking
17 58 (2.01%) Publishing
18 55 (1.90%) Back Office
19 48 (1.66%) Local Government
19 48 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 867 (30.01%) Analyst
2 455 (15.75%) Data Analyst
3 447 (15.47%) Senior
4 243 (8.41%) Graduate
5 232 (8.03%) Senior Analyst
6 229 (7.93%) Lead
7 190 (6.58%) Data Scientist
8 142 (4.92%) Data Engineer
9 141 (4.88%) Senior Data Analyst
10 122 (4.22%) Developer
11 111 (3.84%) Software Engineer
12 95 (3.29%) Architect
13 94 (3.25%) Data Manager
14 92 (3.18%) Business Analyst
15 69 (2.39%) Data Architect
16 67 (2.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 64 (2.22%) Consultant
18 48 (1.66%) AWS Engineer
18 48 (1.66%) AWS Software Engineer
19 44 (1.52%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (1.56%) .NET
2 40 (1.38%) Pandas
3 39 (1.35%) CSS
3 39 (1.35%) HTML
4 34 (1.18%) React
5 30 (1.04%) Kafka
5 30 (1.04%) PySpark
6 27 (0.93%) JSON
6 27 (0.93%) Web Services
7 22 (0.76%) AngularJS
8 21 (0.73%) XML
9 20 (0.69%) NumPy
10 18 (0.62%) Apache NiFi
11 17 (0.59%) .NET Core
11 17 (0.59%) ASP.NET
12 15 (0.52%) Lambda Expressions
12 15 (0.52%) Node.js
12 15 (0.52%) PyTorch
12 15 (0.52%) scikit-learn
12 15 (0.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 408 (14.12%) Onboarding
2 305 (10.56%) Algorithms
3 228 (7.89%) Management Information System
4 121 (4.19%) Data Structures
5 110 (3.81%) Product Ownership
6 80 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
7 70 (2.42%) Cloud Native
8 57 (1.97%) Credit Risk
9 53 (1.83%) Reinsurance
10 51 (1.77%) Public Cloud
11 34 (1.18%) Life Science
12 32 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 27 (0.93%) Data Centre
14 24 (0.83%) Driving Licence
15 23 (0.80%) IoT
16 22 (0.76%) Market Risk
17 21 (0.73%) Mobile App
17 21 (0.73%) Reference Data
17 21 (0.73%) Social Media
17 21 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.66%) Windows
2 45 (1.56%) Linux
3 10 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.31%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.24%) Android
5 7 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.24%) Windows 7
6 6 (0.21%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.21%) Unix
7 5 (0.17%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.069%) AIX
8 2 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.035%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.035%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.035%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,000 (34.61%) Problem-Solving
2 855 (29.60%) Analytics
3 714 (24.71%) Business Intelligence
4 654 (22.64%) Visualisation
5 576 (19.94%) Decision-Making
6 530 (18.35%) Mathematics
7 485 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 471 (16.30%) Agile
9 421 (14.57%) Computer Science
10 411 (14.23%) Data Science
11 397 (13.74%) Customer Service
12 376 (13.01%) Data Modelling
13 347 (12.01%) Actionable Insight
14 340 (11.77%) Mentoring
15 338 (11.70%) Process Improvement
16 334 (11.56%) Data Management
16 334 (11.56%) Data Visualisation
17 325 (11.25%) ETL
18 314 (10.87%) Coaching
19 305 (10.56%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 994 (34.41%) SQL
2 742 (25.68%) Python
3 138 (4.78%) R
4 99 (3.43%) Java
5 79 (2.73%) C#
6 78 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 55 (1.90%) T-SQL
8 43 (1.49%) PowerShell
8 43 (1.49%) VBA
9 40 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 33 (1.14%) MATLAB
10 33 (1.14%) Scala
11 22 (0.76%) C
12 21 (0.73%) C++
12 21 (0.73%) PL/SQL
13 20 (0.69%) VB
14 17 (0.59%) Go
14 17 (0.59%) TypeScript
15 14 (0.48%) Bash
16 10 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,265 (43.79%) Degree
2 176 (6.09%) DBS Check
3 158 (5.47%) Master's Degree
4 126 (4.36%) Security Cleared
5 103 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 82 (2.84%) HNC
7 63 (2.18%) SC Cleared
8 48 (1.66%) PhD
9 47 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 36 (1.25%) MBA
11 31 (1.07%) Numerate Degree
12 26 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.66%) CIMA
14 16 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.52%) CFA
16 10 (0.35%) APMP
16 10 (0.35%) PMI Certification
17 9 (0.31%) CISSP
18 8 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
19 7 (0.24%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (9.24%) Data Quality
2 100 (3.46%) QA
3 53 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 48 (1.66%) IFRS
5 46 (1.59%) GDPR
6 40 (1.38%) IFRS 9
7 28 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
7 28 (0.97%) PMO
8 21 (0.73%) SLA
9 19 (0.66%) Good Clinical Practice
10 10 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.24%) COBIT
11 7 (0.24%) NIST
12 4 (0.14%) CDISC
12 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.10%) MiFID
13 3 (0.10%) P3O
14 2 (0.069%) GRC
14 2 (0.069%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.04%) Docker
3 14 (0.48%) Firmware
4 12 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.069%) HDFS
9 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.035%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (1.63%) Kubernetes
2 15 (0.52%) SCCM
3 11 (0.38%) SCOM
4 9 (0.31%) Terraform
4 9 (0.31%) WSUS
5 7 (0.24%) SysTrack
6 4 (0.14%) Ansible
6 4 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.10%) Puppet
8 2 (0.069%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.069%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.069%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.035%) FTK
9 1 (0.035%) Grafana
9 1 (0.035%) Iperf
9 1 (0.035%) Nmap
9 1 (0.035%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 488 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 297 (10.28%) Databricks
3 101 (3.50%) Oracle
4 82 (2.84%) Google
5 64 (2.22%) Informatica
6 49 (1.70%) SAP
7 48 (1.66%) Alteryx
8 43 (1.49%) Salesforce
9 42 (1.45%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.00%) Adobe
11 19 (0.66%) Cognos
12 15 (0.52%) VMware
13 13 (0.45%) HP
13 13 (0.45%) Splunk
13 13 (0.45%) Sybase
14 12 (0.42%) Sparx
15 11 (0.38%) Dynatrace
15 11 (0.38%) ESRI
15 11 (0.38%) Riverbed
15 11 (0.38%) Sage