Economics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Economics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Economics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 484 627
Rank change year-on-year -69 +143 +68
Permanent jobs citing Economics 382 631 754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.61% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.64% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 190 88 224
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,759 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £52,500 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -7.49% +6.57%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £77,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £53,519 £42,500
% change year-on-year -29.00% +25.93% -10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Economics 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 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £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%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Economics in the UK

Economics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Economics.

Salary trend for Economics in the UK

Economics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Economics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Economics in the UK

Economics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Economics within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 -62 348 £46,293 -11.73% 211
UK excluding London -131 195 £38,000 -29.00% 62
London +90 176 £68,200 +36.40% 149
Work from Home +96 122 £45,001 -21.74% 73
North of England +45 54 £51,528 +28.82% 14
Midlands -27 39 £26,000 -60.00% 10
South East -68 31 £46,293 -11.64% 20
East of England -67 28 £29,000 -61.33% 9
North West +5 26 £55,000 +37.50% 6
West Midlands +3 25 £25,000 -61.54% 6
South West -15 20 £63,750 +19.12% 4
Yorkshire +67 19 £51,528 +124.03% 6
East Midlands -32 14 £30,500 - 4
Wales +13 11 £51,528 - 1
North East +4 9 £56,075 +80.89% 2
Scotland -67 7 £51,528 - 6
Channel Islands - 5 - -

Economics
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 68 (17.80%) SAS
2 16 (4.19%) Apache Spark
3 15 (3.93%) Apache
3 15 (3.93%) CMS
4 13 (3.40%) Drupal
5 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 83 (21.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (15.97%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (5.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.19%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (2.36%) SPSS
6 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.52%) EViews
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Primavera
2 4 (1.05%) Lawson
3 3 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Data Workbench
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.83%) Power Platform
2 20 (5.24%) AWS
2 20 (5.24%) SaaS
3 12 (3.14%) Azure
4 11 (2.88%) GitHub
5 6 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.05%) Amazon EMR
7 3 (0.79%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.52%) GCP
8 2 (0.52%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.52%) WeChat
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.26%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.26%) SAP Fieldglass
9 1 (0.26%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.57%) DNS
2 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.79%) WAN
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) LAN
3 1 (0.26%) SAN
3 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.92%) Tableau
2 48 (12.57%) Power BI
3 24 (6.28%) Data Mining
4 16 (4.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (3.40%) Big Data
6 11 (2.88%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.57%) GIS
8 5 (1.31%) PowerPivot
9 4 (1.05%) Amazon QuickSight
9 4 (1.05%) Essbase
9 4 (1.05%) MS Access
9 4 (1.05%) QlikView
9 4 (1.05%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.79%) Looker
11 2 (0.52%) DTS
11 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (3.40%) Git
General
1 252 (65.97%) Finance
2 193 (50.52%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (45.81%) Social Skills
4 82 (21.47%) Legal
5 73 (19.11%) Banking
6 50 (13.09%) Publishing
7 36 (9.42%) Marketing
8 28 (7.33%) Retail
9 26 (6.81%) Back Office
10 23 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (3.93%) Local Government
14 14 (3.66%) Billing
15 11 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (2.88%) Social Science
16 10 (2.62%) French Language
16 10 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (2.36%) Manufacturing
17 9 (2.36%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 160 (41.88%) Analyst
2 122 (31.94%) Senior
3 54 (14.14%) Senior Analyst
4 41 (10.73%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 30 (7.85%) Data Analyst
6 27 (7.07%) Financial Analyst
7 25 (6.54%) Trainee
8 24 (6.28%) Lead
9 23 (6.02%) Trainee Analyst
10 19 (4.97%) Consultant
11 18 (4.71%) Analytics Manager
11 18 (4.71%) Senior Financial Analyst
12 17 (4.45%) Business Analyst
13 16 (4.19%) Commercial Analyst
14 15 (3.93%) Developer
15 14 (3.66%) Product Manager
16 12 (3.14%) Customer Analytics Manager
16 12 (3.14%) Drupal Developer
16 12 (3.14%) Graduate
16 12 (3.14%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.14%) Web Services
2 8 (2.09%) EDI
3 5 (1.31%) Django
4 4 (1.05%) Tidyverse
5 2 (0.52%) Middleware
6 1 (0.26%) Flask
6 1 (0.26%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.26%) Pandas
6 1 (0.26%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 61 (15.97%) Credit Risk
2 46 (12.04%) Onboarding
3 25 (6.54%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (6.02%) Algorithms
5 22 (5.76%) Management Information System
6 19 (4.97%) Data Structures
7 16 (4.19%) Fixed Income
8 14 (3.66%) Hedge funds
9 13 (3.40%) Product Ownership
9 13 (3.40%) Social Media
10 12 (3.14%) Smartcard
11 7 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (1.83%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.57%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.31%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.31%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (1.05%) Digital Media
14 4 (1.05%) PMI
15 3 (0.79%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.83%) Windows
2 5 (1.31%) Windows Vista
3 3 (0.79%) Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Android
4 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (40.84%) Mathematics
2 128 (33.51%) Analytics
3 119 (31.15%) Data Analysis
4 101 (26.44%) Statistics
5 100 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (23.04%) Risk Management
7 77 (20.16%) Business Intelligence
8 56 (14.66%) Stress Testing
9 54 (14.14%) Computer Science
10 51 (13.35%) Agile
11 50 (13.09%) Data Analytics
11 50 (13.09%) Decision-Making
12 48 (12.57%) Business Strategy
13 47 (12.30%) Roadmaps
14 46 (12.04%) Project Management
15 43 (11.26%) Visualisation
16 41 (10.73%) Benchmarking
17 40 (10.47%) Budget Responsibility
17 40 (10.47%) Customer Experience
18 38 (9.95%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 91 (23.82%) Python
2 88 (23.04%) SQL
3 41 (10.73%) R
4 12 (3.14%) VBA
5 11 (2.88%) PHP
6 2 (0.52%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.26%) C
7 1 (0.26%) C++
7 1 (0.26%) Go
7 1 (0.26%) Java
7 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 268 (70.16%) Degree
2 44 (11.52%) Master's Degree
3 29 (7.59%) Numerate Degree
4 21 (5.50%) Security Cleared
5 17 (4.45%) MBA
6 14 (3.66%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.09%) APMG
9 8 (2.09%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.83%) CFA
10 7 (1.83%) PhD
10 7 (1.83%) Postgraduate
11 6 (1.57%) ACCA
12 4 (1.05%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.05%) SC Cleared
13 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.26%) CISA
14 1 (0.26%) CISM
14 1 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (14.40%) IFRS
1 55 (14.40%) IFRS 9
2 15 (3.93%) CRD IV
3 14 (3.66%) QA
4 11 (2.88%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) Basel II
6 1 (0.26%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.26%) EMIR
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.26%) MiFID
6 1 (0.26%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (2.88%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.66%) Oracle
2 14 (3.66%) SAP
3 11 (2.88%) Charles River
4 8 (2.09%) Sun
5 7 (1.83%) Cadence
5 7 (1.83%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.57%) CA
7 4 (1.05%) Adobe
7 4 (1.05%) Cognos
7 4 (1.05%) JD Edwards
7 4 (1.05%) MicroStrategy
8 3 (0.79%) Apple
8 3 (0.79%) Cisco
8 3 (0.79%) Databricks
8 3 (0.79%) F5
8 3 (0.79%) Google
8 3 (0.79%) IBM
8 3 (0.79%) VMware
9 2 (0.52%) HubSpot