Data Analytics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analytics over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 158 166
Rank change year-on-year -46 +8 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 1,470 2,241 4,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.43% 2.30% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.41% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 883 962 1,624
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analytics 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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in the UK

Data 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 Data Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 -54 1,229 £60,000 -10.45% 453
UK excluding London -63 914 £55,000 - 232
Work from Home +15 598 £59,487 -8.48% 208
London -6 501 £72,500 - 233
Midlands -38 205 £52,500 +5.00% 58
South East -23 182 £55,000 - 39
North of England -92 167 £47,500 -22.45% 63
West Midlands -22 165 £55,000 +10.00% 41
Scotland -30 151 £65,000 +26.54% 22
South West +2 138 £62,500 +16.41% 32
North West -86 95 £50,000 -27.27% 34
Yorkshire -16 45 £42,500 -22.73% 16
East Midlands -32 40 £50,000 +8.11% 17
East of England -60 28 £50,000 -20.00% 11
North East -30 27 £50,000 -25.38% 13
Northern Ireland +37 24 £67,500 - 4
Wales +1 17 £50,000 - 9
Channel Islands - 2 - - 1

Data Analytics
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 56 (3.81%) SAS
2 46 (3.13%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.02%) Apache
5 14 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.95%) IIS
6 13 (0.88%) WordPress
7 11 (0.75%) Confluence
8 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.54%) CMS
10 6 (0.41%) IBM Notes
10 6 (0.41%) nginx
11 5 (0.34%) Appian
11 5 (0.34%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.20%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.14%) Moodle
14 1 (0.068%) Drupal
14 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 130 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (2.11%) UserZoom
5 16 (1.09%) SPSS
6 12 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.068%) Revit
9 1 (0.068%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (2.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.16%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Relativity
5 3 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.14%) Endur
6 2 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 1 (0.068%) Data Workbench
7 1 (0.068%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.068%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.068%) Ringtail
7 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.068%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 367 (24.97%) Power Platform
2 332 (22.59%) Azure
3 185 (12.59%) AWS
4 84 (5.71%) GCP
5 56 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 55 (3.74%) PowerApps
7 54 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (3.67%) Snowflake
8 52 (3.54%) SaaS
9 48 (3.27%) Power Automate
10 40 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 34 (2.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 32 (2.18%) Matillion
13 31 (2.11%) Figma
13 31 (2.11%) SurveyMonkey
14 29 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
15 25 (1.70%) dbt
16 23 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.56%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.72%) Network Security
2 17 (1.16%) DSL
2 17 (1.16%) HTTP
2 17 (1.16%) MQTT
3 15 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 11 (0.75%) Internet
5 6 (0.41%) OpenVPN
6 5 (0.34%) Firewall
6 5 (0.34%) LAN
6 5 (0.34%) VoIP
6 5 (0.34%) WAN
6 5 (0.34%) Wireless
7 4 (0.27%) Broadband
7 4 (0.27%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.27%) FTP
7 4 (0.27%) RS-232
7 4 (0.27%) SAN
7 4 (0.27%) SMS
7 4 (0.27%) WPA
8 3 (0.20%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 357 (24.29%) Power BI
2 243 (16.53%) Data Warehouse
3 227 (15.44%) Tableau
4 130 (8.84%) SQL Server
5 106 (7.21%) Data Lake
6 96 (6.53%) Big Data
7 47 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 41 (2.79%) Data Vault
8 41 (2.79%) Relational Database
9 39 (2.65%) Star Schema
10 36 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
11 34 (2.31%) DB2
11 34 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 29 (1.97%) NoSQL
13 26 (1.77%) MongoDB
14 25 (1.70%) BigQuery
14 25 (1.70%) Metadata
15 21 (1.43%) Looker
16 20 (1.36%) Data Mining
16 20 (1.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (3.95%) Git
2 49 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 33 (2.24%) GitLab
4 31 (2.11%) JIRA
5 7 (0.48%) CircleCI
5 7 (0.48%) RStudio
6 4 (0.27%) Subversion
6 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.20%) gulp
8 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.14%) ERwin
8 2 (0.14%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.14%) Mockito
9 1 (0.068%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.068%) Gradle
9 1 (0.068%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.068%) Maven
9 1 (0.068%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.068%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.068%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 530 (36.05%) Social Skills
2 491 (33.40%) Finance
3 283 (19.25%) Analytical Skills
4 216 (14.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 213 (14.49%) Marketing
6 169 (11.50%) Law
7 124 (8.44%) Banking
8 104 (7.07%) Presentation Skills
9 87 (5.92%) Legal
10 70 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
11 68 (4.63%) Manufacturing
11 68 (4.63%) Retail
12 60 (4.08%) Public Sector
13 49 (3.33%) Military
14 38 (2.59%) Games
15 36 (2.45%) Financial Institution
15 36 (2.45%) Investment Banking
16 27 (1.84%) Aerospace
17 21 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (1.16%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 264 (17.96%) Architect
2 222 (15.10%) Senior
3 212 (14.42%) Analyst
4 159 (10.82%) Developer
5 144 (9.80%) Solutions Architect
6 139 (9.46%) Data Engineer
7 118 (8.03%) Data Analyst
8 90 (6.12%) Lead
9 86 (5.85%) Consultant
10 82 (5.58%) Data Architect
11 79 (5.37%) Presales Solution Architect
12 55 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
13 54 (3.67%) Principal Architect
14 51 (3.47%) Data Manager
15 49 (3.33%) Analytics Manager
16 45 (3.06%) Product Manager
17 43 (2.93%) Audit Manager
17 43 (2.93%) Senior Manager
18 40 (2.72%) Software Engineer
19 39 (2.65%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (6.87%) .NET
2 62 (4.22%) HTML
3 54 (3.67%) Kafka
4 49 (3.33%) ASP.NET
5 47 (3.20%) CSS
6 46 (3.13%) AngularJS
7 35 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
8 34 (2.31%) .NET Core
8 34 (2.31%) React
9 33 (2.24%) Entity Framework
10 29 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
10 29 (1.97%) Web Services
11 26 (1.77%) CSS3
11 26 (1.77%) HTML5
12 22 (1.50%) Node.js
12 22 (1.50%) Pandas
12 22 (1.50%) PySpark
12 22 (1.50%) REST
13 21 (1.43%) Blazor
13 21 (1.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 124 (8.44%) Management Information System
2 77 (5.24%) Algorithms
2 77 (5.24%) Product Ownership
3 69 (4.69%) Data Structures
4 64 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 42 (2.86%) IoT
5 42 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (1.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 25 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (1.50%) Public Cloud
11 19 (1.29%) Taxonomies
12 17 (1.16%) Robotics
13 16 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
14 15 (1.02%) Cybercrime
14 15 (1.02%) FMCG
15 14 (0.95%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 57 (3.88%) Linux
2 41 (2.79%) Windows
3 26 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.36%) Unix
5 6 (0.41%) CentOS
6 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.068%) Android
7 1 (0.068%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,470 (100.00%) Analytics
2 482 (32.79%) Business Intelligence
3 432 (29.39%) Problem-Solving
4 352 (23.95%) Agile
5 337 (22.93%) Data Modelling
6 306 (20.82%) Visualisation
7 288 (19.59%) Data Science
8 284 (19.32%) Data Analysis
9 269 (18.30%) Decision-Making
9 269 (18.30%) Machine Learning
10 258 (17.55%) Artificial Intelligence
11 215 (14.63%) Actionable Insight
12 210 (14.29%) Roadmaps
13 206 (14.01%) ETL
14 195 (13.27%) Data Visualisation
15 183 (12.45%) DevOps
16 172 (11.70%) Computer Science
17 162 (11.02%) User Experience
18 155 (10.54%) Data Management
19 154 (10.48%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 507 (34.49%) SQL
2 382 (25.99%) Python
3 89 (6.05%) C#
4 84 (5.71%) JavaScript
5 82 (5.58%) Java
6 74 (5.03%) R
7 36 (2.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 34 (2.31%) Scala
9 30 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 27 (1.84%) C
11 23 (1.56%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.50%) C++
13 19 (1.29%) Haskell
14 18 (1.22%) PowerShell
15 16 (1.09%) T-SQL
16 13 (0.88%) VBA
17 12 (0.82%) PHP
18 11 (0.75%) U-SQL
19 8 (0.54%) Clojure
20 7 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 420 (28.57%) Degree
2 186 (12.65%) Security Cleared
3 126 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 111 (7.55%) Master's Degree
5 71 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 54 (3.67%) DV Cleared
7 35 (2.38%) PhD
8 30 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
9 29 (1.97%) MBA
10 26 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (1.50%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
13 20 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (1.29%) CISA
14 19 (1.29%) CISSP
15 18 (1.22%) ACCA
16 11 (0.75%) CFA
16 11 (0.75%) CIMA
17 6 (0.41%) PMI Certification
18 5 (0.34%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (11.09%) Data Quality
2 43 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
3 35 (2.38%) QA
4 31 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 27 (1.84%) NIST
6 26 (1.77%) PMO
7 20 (1.36%) ITGC
8 19 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 19 (1.29%) SLA
9 18 (1.22%) GDPR
10 17 (1.16%) IFRS
11 16 (1.09%) IFRS 9
12 11 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 5 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.27%) MiFID
15 3 (0.20%) SOC 1
15 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
16 2 (0.14%) SOX 404
System Software
1 30 (2.04%) vSphere
2 25 (1.70%) Docker
3 8 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.54%) Firmware
4 7 (0.48%) HDFS
5 6 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.068%) Lustre
7 1 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 43 (2.93%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.70%) Terraform
3 6 (0.41%) Puppet
4 5 (0.34%) Ansible
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.068%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.068%) Grafana
6 1 (0.068%) Icinga
6 1 (0.068%) MOM
6 1 (0.068%) Podman
6 1 (0.068%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.068%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.068%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 281 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.39%) Google
3 89 (6.05%) Databricks
4 64 (4.35%) Oracle
5 54 (3.67%) Alteryx
6 41 (2.79%) SAP
7 31 (2.11%) Qualtrics
7 31 (2.11%) Sparx
8 27 (1.84%) SolarWinds
8 27 (1.84%) Tanium
8 27 (1.84%) Tripwire
9 24 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 18 (1.22%) Cognos
11 17 (1.16%) IBM
11 17 (1.16%) Sage
11 17 (1.16%) Sybase
12 16 (1.09%) CA
13 15 (1.02%) Pega
14 14 (0.95%) Snow
15 13 (0.88%) Dataiku