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 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 198 152 164
Rank change year-on-year -46 +12 +33
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 1,503 2,511 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.53% 2.40% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 2.51% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,018 1,714
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £104,125 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +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 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 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 27 April 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 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 -49 1,258 £60,000 -7.88% 444
UK excluding London -74 935 £55,000 +4.76% 249
Work from Home +38 651 £59,556 -8.38% 185
London +4 512 £70,750 -1.05% 205
Midlands -56 199 £55,000 +10.00% 56
North of England -94 187 £50,000 -9.33% 71
South East -18 178 £55,000 +10.00% 40
Scotland -42 158 £59,556 +11.98% 19
West Midlands -39 157 £55,000 +10.00% 42
South West +12 145 £62,500 +13.55% 36
North West -88 105 £52,500 -22.22% 39
Yorkshire -6 55 £46,500 -11.32% 17
East Midlands -34 42 £47,500 -13.64% 14
North East -29 27 £50,000 -10.09% 15
East of England -62 25 £47,500 -24.00% 22
Northern Ireland +48 22 £62,500 - 5
Wales +15 19 £50,000 - 5
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 59 (3.93%) SAS
2 55 (3.66%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.93%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.60%) Apache
5 17 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.93%) IIS
7 13 (0.86%) WordPress
8 10 (0.67%) Confluence
9 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (0.53%) CMS
11 7 (0.47%) nginx
12 6 (0.40%) IBM Notes
13 5 (0.33%) Appian
13 5 (0.33%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.33%) Oracle Application Server
14 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.20%) Headless CMS
15 2 (0.13%) Moodle
16 1 (0.067%) Drupal
16 1 (0.067%) OpenStack
Applications
1 123 (8.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (2.13%) UserZoom
5 16 (1.06%) SPSS
6 12 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.40%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (2.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 19 (1.26%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Relativity
5 3 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.13%) Endur
6 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.13%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 1 (0.067%) Data Workbench
7 1 (0.067%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.067%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.067%) Ringtail
7 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 363 (24.15%) Power Platform
2 332 (22.09%) Azure
3 157 (10.45%) AWS
4 91 (6.05%) GCP
5 62 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (4.13%) Snowflake
6 56 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
7 55 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
7 55 (3.66%) PowerApps
8 52 (3.46%) SaaS
9 46 (3.06%) Power Automate
10 39 (2.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 39 (2.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 33 (2.20%) Matillion
12 32 (2.13%) Figma
12 32 (2.13%) SurveyMonkey
13 30 (2.00%) dbt
14 25 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (1.53%) Google Analytics
16 22 (1.46%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.33%) Network Security
2 18 (1.20%) DSL
3 14 (0.93%) HTTP
3 14 (0.93%) MQTT
4 12 (0.80%) Internet
5 11 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.47%) OpenVPN
7 6 (0.40%) Broadband
8 5 (0.33%) LAN
8 5 (0.33%) VoIP
8 5 (0.33%) WAN
9 4 (0.27%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.27%) Firewall
9 4 (0.27%) RS-232
9 4 (0.27%) SAN
9 4 (0.27%) SMS
9 4 (0.27%) WPA
10 3 (0.20%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (0.20%) WebEx
10 3 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 355 (23.62%) Power BI
2 210 (13.97%) Data Warehouse
3 202 (13.44%) Tableau
4 136 (9.05%) SQL Server
5 116 (7.72%) Data Lake
6 100 (6.65%) Big Data
7 56 (3.73%) Relational Database
8 47 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 41 (2.73%) NoSQL
10 40 (2.66%) Star Schema
11 37 (2.46%) DB2
11 37 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 36 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
13 32 (2.13%) BigQuery
13 32 (2.13%) Looker
14 27 (1.80%) MySQL
15 26 (1.73%) MongoDB
16 24 (1.60%) Data Mining
17 23 (1.53%) Data Hub
18 22 (1.46%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 68 (4.52%) Jenkins
2 58 (3.86%) Git
3 43 (2.86%) GitLab
4 29 (1.93%) JIRA
5 12 (0.80%) SonarQube
6 10 (0.67%) Jasmine
6 10 (0.67%) Mockito
7 8 (0.53%) CircleCI
8 7 (0.47%) RStudio
9 5 (0.33%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.33%) IntelliJ
9 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.27%) Subversion
11 2 (0.13%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.13%) ERwin
11 2 (0.13%) gulp
12 1 (0.067%) IBM UrbanCode
12 1 (0.067%) Rational Rhapsody
12 1 (0.067%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.067%) Spinnaker
General
1 561 (37.33%) Social Skills
2 520 (34.60%) Finance
3 290 (19.29%) Analytical Skills
4 221 (14.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 216 (14.37%) Marketing
6 167 (11.11%) Law
7 147 (9.78%) Banking
8 82 (5.46%) Legal
9 76 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
9 76 (5.06%) Retail
10 68 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
11 65 (4.32%) Public Sector
12 62 (4.13%) Manufacturing
13 49 (3.26%) Military
14 39 (2.59%) Financial Institution
14 39 (2.59%) Games
15 36 (2.40%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.66%) Aerospace
17 24 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (1.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 257 (17.10%) Architect
2 227 (15.10%) Senior
3 206 (13.71%) Analyst
4 169 (11.24%) Developer
5 167 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 139 (9.25%) Data Engineer
7 110 (7.32%) Data Analyst
8 103 (6.85%) Presales Solution Architect
9 96 (6.39%) Consultant
10 90 (5.99%) Lead
11 56 (3.73%) Data Architect
12 55 (3.66%) Data Manager
13 54 (3.59%) Analytics Manager
14 51 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
15 49 (3.26%) Audit Manager
16 43 (2.86%) Product Manager
16 43 (2.86%) Senior Manager
17 41 (2.73%) Data Scientist
18 39 (2.59%) Senior Data Engineer
19 37 (2.46%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (6.79%) .NET
2 63 (4.19%) HTML
3 57 (3.79%) Kafka
4 47 (3.13%) AngularJS
4 47 (3.13%) ASP.NET
5 46 (3.06%) CSS
6 37 (2.46%) React
7 36 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
8 35 (2.33%) .NET Core
8 35 (2.33%) ASP.NET MVC
9 33 (2.20%) Entity Framework
10 27 (1.80%) CSS3
10 27 (1.80%) HTML5
11 25 (1.66%) REST
11 25 (1.66%) Web Services
12 20 (1.33%) Blazor
12 20 (1.33%) Pandas
12 20 (1.33%) PySpark
12 20 (1.33%) RESTful
13 19 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.05%) Management Information System
2 77 (5.12%) Algorithms
3 75 (4.99%) Product Ownership
4 68 (4.52%) Data Structures
5 65 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
6 43 (2.86%) Cloud Native
7 35 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 35 (2.33%) Public Cloud
8 34 (2.26%) IoT
9 32 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
10 27 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 24 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (1.06%) Robotics
13 16 (1.06%) Taxonomies
14 15 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
14 15 (1.00%) Cybercrime
14 15 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
15 14 (0.93%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 70 (4.66%) Linux
2 55 (3.66%) Windows
3 27 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.46%) Unix
5 7 (0.47%) CentOS
6 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.067%) Android
7 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.067%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,503 (100.00%) Analytics
2 464 (30.87%) Business Intelligence
3 433 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
4 394 (26.21%) Agile
5 333 (22.16%) Visualisation
6 308 (20.49%) Data Modelling
7 289 (19.23%) Machine Learning
8 276 (18.36%) Decision-Making
9 275 (18.30%) Artificial Intelligence
10 274 (18.23%) Data Analysis
11 261 (17.37%) Data Science
12 259 (17.23%) Actionable Insight
13 209 (13.91%) ETL
14 208 (13.84%) Data Visualisation
15 203 (13.51%) Roadmaps
16 179 (11.91%) Business Case
17 174 (11.58%) DevOps
18 163 (10.84%) Computer Science
19 153 (10.18%) Project Management
20 148 (9.85%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 510 (33.93%) SQL
2 369 (24.55%) Python
3 92 (6.12%) JavaScript
4 90 (5.99%) C#
5 86 (5.72%) Java
6 70 (4.66%) R
7 38 (2.53%) Scala
8 36 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (2.00%) TypeScript
10 29 (1.93%) PowerShell
11 28 (1.86%) C
12 24 (1.60%) PL/SQL
13 22 (1.46%) Haskell
14 21 (1.40%) C++
15 19 (1.26%) T-SQL
16 16 (1.06%) Bash
17 14 (0.93%) PHP
18 12 (0.80%) VBA
19 10 (0.67%) Clojure
20 9 (0.60%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 399 (26.55%) Degree
2 209 (13.91%) Security Cleared
3 154 (10.25%) SC Cleared
4 102 (6.79%) Master's Degree
5 65 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (3.39%) DV Cleared
7 32 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 30 (2.00%) MBA
8 30 (2.00%) PhD
9 28 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.53%) CISA
11 22 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.40%) ACCA
12 21 (1.40%) CISSP
12 21 (1.40%) Numerate Degree
13 14 (0.93%) DBS Check
14 11 (0.73%) CFA
14 11 (0.73%) CIMA
15 6 (0.40%) CISM
15 6 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (10.38%) Data Quality
2 61 (4.06%) Actionable Recommendations
3 31 (2.06%) QA
4 30 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.73%) PMO
6 24 (1.60%) NIST
7 20 (1.33%) ITGC
8 19 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 19 (1.26%) SLA
9 18 (1.20%) GDPR
10 17 (1.13%) IFRS
11 16 (1.06%) IFRS 9
12 11 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 10 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 5 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.27%) COBIT
16 3 (0.20%) ISO 9000
16 3 (0.20%) MiFID
16 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
17 2 (0.13%) COSO
System Software
1 44 (2.93%) Docker
2 27 (1.80%) vSphere
3 9 (0.60%) HDFS
4 8 (0.53%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.53%) Firmware
5 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.067%) Lustre
7 1 (0.067%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 58 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.39%) Terraform
3 15 (1.00%) Ansible
4 12 (0.80%) Grafana
4 12 (0.80%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.40%) Puppet
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.067%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.067%) Icinga
7 1 (0.067%) Podman
7 1 (0.067%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.067%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.067%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 287 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.65%) Google
3 90 (5.99%) Databricks
4 68 (4.52%) Oracle
5 57 (3.79%) Alteryx
6 42 (2.79%) SAP
7 33 (2.20%) Sparx
8 32 (2.13%) Qualtrics
9 25 (1.66%) IBM
10 24 (1.60%) SolarWinds
10 24 (1.60%) Tanium
10 24 (1.60%) Tripwire
11 23 (1.53%) Salesforce
12 19 (1.26%) Cognos
12 19 (1.26%) Sage
13 18 (1.20%) Sybase
14 16 (1.06%) CA
15 15 (1.00%) Dataiku
15 15 (1.00%) Pega
16 14 (0.93%) Snow