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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 118 137
Rank change year-on-year +16 +19 +49
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 2,554 3,112 4,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.61% 2.97% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 3.11% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,520 1,413 2,111
10th Percentile £30,781 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,606 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,647 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +11.76%

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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +15 2,240 £52,500 -2.33% 786
UK excluding London 0 1,723 £50,000 +17.65% 475
Work from Home +36 863 £52,500 +0.96% 331
London +29 727 £60,000 -7.69% 323
South East +28 431 £50,000 +20.48% 94
North of England -6 362 £55,000 +46.67% 128
Midlands -23 362 £50,000 +17.65% 99
West Midlands -14 270 £50,000 +17.65% 67
North West -18 212 £59,556 +60.32% 71
Scotland -22 197 £55,000 +49.84% 28
South West +33 179 £54,500 +49.32% 64
East of England +26 168 £50,000 -2.44% 63
Yorkshire +25 105 £55,000 +22.22% 37
East Midlands -17 92 £45,001 +0.00% 31
North East +1 45 £41,250 +10.14% 21
Wales -6 19 £47,750 +10.87% 15
Northern Ireland +30 5 £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 92 (3.60%) SAS
2 76 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 51 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 38 (1.49%) Confluence
5 34 (1.33%) Apache
6 25 (0.98%) CMS
7 12 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
8 11 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (0.39%) ArcGIS
10 6 (0.23%) IIS
10 6 (0.23%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.16%) WordPress
12 3 (0.12%) Moodle
13 2 (0.078%) MTS
Applications
1 521 (20.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 257 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
3 89 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (1.76%) Spreadsheet
5 27 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 23 (0.90%) SPSS
7 17 (0.67%) Windchill
8 14 (0.55%) Trello
9 8 (0.31%) Simulink
10 6 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
11 4 (0.16%) Stata
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.12%) Sketch
13 2 (0.078%) InDesign
13 2 (0.078%) InVision
13 2 (0.078%) LaTeX
13 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
13 2 (0.078%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.078%) Zeplin
14 1 (0.039%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 32 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.67%) Teamcenter
3 14 (0.55%) Primavera
4 13 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 9 (0.35%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.23%) BusinessWorks
6 6 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
6 6 (0.23%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.16%) Eloqua
8 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.16%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.16%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.12%) Sage 300 ERP
9 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.078%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 579 (22.67%) Power Platform
2 395 (15.47%) AWS
3 393 (15.39%) Azure
4 99 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
5 80 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
7 57 (2.23%) GCP
8 50 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
9 49 (1.92%) SaaS
10 48 (1.88%) PowerApps
11 46 (1.80%) Serverless
12 45 (1.76%) Snowflake
13 37 (1.45%) Power Automate
14 33 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 27 (1.06%) Amazon S3
16 23 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (0.82%) Matillion
18 20 (0.78%) Google Sheets
18 20 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.70%) DSL
2 14 (0.55%) HTTP
2 14 (0.55%) Intranet
3 11 (0.43%) Ethernet
4 10 (0.39%) Firewall
5 8 (0.31%) WAN
6 7 (0.27%) Internet
6 7 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.23%) DNS
7 6 (0.23%) LAN
7 6 (0.23%) Network Security
7 6 (0.23%) WPA
8 5 (0.20%) NAS
8 5 (0.20%) SAN
8 5 (0.20%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.20%) VPN
8 5 (0.20%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.16%) Broadband
9 4 (0.16%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 554 (21.69%) Power BI
2 372 (14.57%) Tableau
3 215 (8.42%) Data Warehouse
4 159 (6.23%) SQL Server
5 98 (3.84%) Big Data
6 79 (3.09%) Data Lake
7 63 (2.47%) Metadata
8 62 (2.43%) Data Vault
9 59 (2.31%) NoSQL
10 51 (2.00%) GIS
11 50 (1.96%) Data Mining
11 50 (1.96%) Relational Database
12 48 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 44 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 39 (1.53%) Delta Lake
15 34 (1.33%) QlikView
16 28 (1.10%) Hadoop
17 25 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
18 24 (0.94%) MongoDB
19 23 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 133 (5.21%) Git
2 121 (4.74%) JIRA
3 22 (0.86%) GitLab
4 19 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 14 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 12 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 11 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.27%) LabVIEW
8 7 (0.27%) Toad
9 6 (0.23%) Postman
9 6 (0.23%) SoapUI
10 5 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
11 4 (0.16%) AdminStudio
11 4 (0.16%) Charles Proxy
11 4 (0.16%) InstallShield
11 4 (0.16%) MSI
12 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.078%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.078%) ERwin
General
1 942 (36.88%) Social Skills
2 817 (31.99%) Finance
3 804 (31.48%) Analytical Skills
4 374 (14.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 267 (10.45%) Presentation Skills
6 246 (9.63%) Legal
7 243 (9.51%) Retail
8 224 (8.77%) Law
9 221 (8.65%) Marketing
10 151 (5.91%) Banking
11 102 (3.99%) Manufacturing
12 96 (3.76%) Military
12 96 (3.76%) Public Sector
13 78 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
14 64 (2.51%) Investment Banking
15 60 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
16 59 (2.31%) Publishing
17 52 (2.04%) Financial Institution
18 50 (1.96%) Back Office
18 50 (1.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 787 (30.81%) Analyst
2 379 (14.84%) Data Analyst
3 355 (13.90%) Senior
4 203 (7.95%) Lead
5 190 (7.44%) Data Scientist
6 174 (6.81%) Senior Analyst
7 154 (6.03%) Data Engineer
8 125 (4.89%) Developer
9 116 (4.54%) Graduate
10 107 (4.19%) Software Engineer
11 95 (3.72%) Data Manager
12 91 (3.56%) Senior Data Analyst
13 89 (3.48%) Business Analyst
14 75 (2.94%) Architect
15 58 (2.27%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 52 (2.04%) Consultant
17 48 (1.88%) AWS Engineer
18 47 (1.84%) Administrator
18 47 (1.84%) AWS Software Engineer
18 47 (1.84%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (1.72%) .NET
2 36 (1.41%) HTML
3 34 (1.33%) CSS
4 33 (1.29%) Kafka
4 33 (1.29%) Web Services
5 31 (1.21%) React
6 30 (1.17%) Pandas
7 29 (1.14%) JSON
8 27 (1.06%) PySpark
9 25 (0.98%) XML
10 23 (0.90%) Apache NiFi
11 22 (0.86%) AngularJS
11 22 (0.86%) ASP.NET
12 18 (0.70%) NumPy
12 18 (0.70%) REST
13 16 (0.63%) .NET Core
13 16 (0.63%) EDI
14 14 (0.55%) .NET Framework
14 14 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
15 13 (0.51%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 308 (12.06%) Algorithms
2 224 (8.77%) Management Information System
3 220 (8.61%) Onboarding
4 127 (4.97%) Data Structures
5 118 (4.62%) Product Ownership
6 78 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
7 77 (3.01%) Cloud Native
8 73 (2.86%) Public Cloud
9 55 (2.15%) Credit Risk
10 49 (1.92%) Reinsurance
11 31 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.02%) Taxonomies
13 23 (0.90%) NHS
14 22 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
14 22 (0.86%) Driving Licence
14 22 (0.86%) IoT
14 22 (0.86%) Market Risk
15 21 (0.82%) Data Centre
15 21 (0.82%) PMI
16 20 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (2.04%) Windows
2 50 (1.96%) Linux
3 8 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.27%) Android
4 7 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.20%) Unix
6 5 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.20%) Windows Vista
7 4 (0.16%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.078%) AIX
8 2 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 853 (33.40%) Problem-Solving
2 782 (30.62%) Analytics
3 671 (26.27%) Business Intelligence
4 594 (23.26%) Visualisation
5 567 (22.20%) Decision-Making
6 502 (19.66%) Agile
7 417 (16.33%) Mathematics
8 384 (15.04%) Computer Science
9 374 (14.64%) Data Science
10 364 (14.25%) Data Modelling
11 359 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 351 (13.74%) ETL
13 320 (12.53%) Data Visualisation
14 316 (12.37%) Coaching
15 311 (12.18%) Data Management
16 298 (11.67%) Actionable Insight
17 284 (11.12%) Machine Learning
18 274 (10.73%) Data Analytics
18 274 (10.73%) Mentoring
19 268 (10.49%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 927 (36.30%) SQL
2 670 (26.23%) Python
3 140 (5.48%) R
4 95 (3.72%) Java
5 82 (3.21%) JavaScript
6 80 (3.13%) C#
7 68 (2.66%) T-SQL
8 45 (1.76%) PowerShell
9 42 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 42 (1.64%) VBA
10 33 (1.29%) Scala
11 28 (1.10%) Bash
11 28 (1.10%) PL/SQL
12 27 (1.06%) MATLAB
13 21 (0.82%) C
14 17 (0.67%) C++
14 17 (0.67%) TypeScript
14 17 (0.67%) VB
15 16 (0.63%) Go
16 10 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 972 (38.06%) Degree
2 149 (5.83%) Master's Degree
3 128 (5.01%) DBS Check
4 119 (4.66%) Security Cleared
5 81 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 61 (2.39%) SC Cleared
7 45 (1.76%) DV Cleared
7 45 (1.76%) PhD
8 32 (1.25%) MBA
9 28 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
10 26 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (0.98%) HNC
12 22 (0.86%) PMI Certification
13 19 (0.74%) CIMA
14 17 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.59%) CFA
16 12 (0.47%) APMP
17 8 (0.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
18 7 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 7 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 101 (3.95%) QA
3 53 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 51 (2.00%) GDPR
5 48 (1.88%) IFRS
6 40 (1.57%) IFRS 9
7 30 (1.17%) PMO
8 27 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
9 25 (0.98%) SLA
10 9 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.27%) COBIT
12 6 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.16%) CDISC
13 4 (0.16%) Good Clinical Practice
13 4 (0.16%) NIST
14 3 (0.12%) P3O
15 2 (0.078%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.078%) MiFID
15 2 (0.078%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (1.57%) Docker
2 37 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.47%) Firmware
4 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.078%) HDFS
8 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 58 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.67%) Terraform
3 15 (0.59%) Ansible
4 13 (0.51%) SCOM
5 12 (0.47%) Grafana
5 12 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.47%) SCCM
6 7 (0.27%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.27%) SysTrack
7 6 (0.23%) WSUS
8 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.12%) Puppet
10 2 (0.078%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.039%) Iperf
11 1 (0.039%) Nmap
Vendors
1 458 (17.93%) Microsoft
2 267 (10.45%) Databricks
3 120 (4.70%) Oracle
4 84 (3.29%) Google
5 66 (2.58%) Informatica
6 58 (2.27%) Alteryx
7 51 (2.00%) SAP
8 46 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 44 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.14%) Adobe
11 24 (0.94%) Cognos
12 18 (0.70%) Sybase
13 15 (0.59%) HP
14 14 (0.55%) VMware
15 13 (0.51%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.51%) Riverbed
15 13 (0.51%) Sparx
16 11 (0.43%) ESRI
16 11 (0.43%) Sage
17 9 (0.35%) NEC