Trend Analysis
UK

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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 696 747 987
Rank change year-on-year +51 +240 -230
Permanent jobs citing Trend Analysis 194 249 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.25% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.26% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 135 147 174
10th Percentile £30,590 £32,749 £28,125
25th Percentile £34,467 £35,500 £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.79% -13.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,250 £47,500 £55,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,200 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.16% -15.56% +11.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Trend 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 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Trend Analysis in the UK

Trend Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Trend Analysis in the UK

Trend Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trend Analysis over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Trend Analysis in the UK

Trend Analysis
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trend Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +33 188 £47,500 +21.79% 64
UK excluding London -16 131 £39,200 +3.16% 43
London +77 61 £61,500 -1.60% 29
Work from Home +56 42 £47,500 +5.56% 32
Midlands -23 39 £32,500 -14.47% 5
North of England +53 36 £50,000 +35.14% 11
North West +27 27 £50,000 +42.86% 9
South East +5 26 £32,000 -24.71% 6
East Midlands +6 21 £32,500 -20.00% 2
South West -7 19 £36,000 -20.00% 9
West Midlands -33 18 £32,500 -14.47% 3
Yorkshire +73 7 £30,500 -19.21% 1
East of England +18 7 £42,500 -32.00% 4
Scotland -58 4 £65,000 +71.55% 8
North East -4 2 £33,000 +1.15% 1

Trend 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 8 (4.12%) JBoss
2 6 (3.09%) Exchange Server 2000
2 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.55%) Apache
3 3 (1.55%) GlassFish
3 3 (1.55%) SAS
3 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.55%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (22.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.55%) SPSS
5 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.58%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.55%) Q-Pulse
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.92%) Azure
2 23 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.67%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.15%) Google Analytics
5 8 (4.12%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.09%) Azure Monitor
6 6 (3.09%) Azure Storage
7 5 (2.58%) AWS
7 5 (2.58%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.58%) SaaS
8 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.03%) GCP
10 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.52%) IaaS
10 1 (0.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.19%) Firewall
2 7 (3.61%) Wireless
3 6 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.06%) 5G
4 4 (2.06%) DNS
4 4 (2.06%) WAN
5 3 (1.55%) LAN
5 3 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.55%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.03%) DHCP
6 2 (1.03%) HTTP
7 1 (0.52%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.52%) NAS
7 1 (0.52%) NGFW
7 1 (0.52%) SAN
7 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.67%) Power BI
2 10 (5.15%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.09%) Tableau
4 5 (2.58%) Amazon QuickSight
4 5 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.06%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (2.06%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.55%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.55%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.55%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle Database 12c
6 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.52%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.52%) MS Access
7 1 (0.52%) MySQL
7 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.52%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (2.06%) JIRA
2 2 (1.03%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.03%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.52%) Appium
3 1 (0.52%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.52%) mountebank
3 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 92 (47.42%) Social Skills
2 80 (41.24%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (21.65%) Finance
4 21 (10.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (6.19%) Law
5 12 (6.19%) Marketing
5 12 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (6.19%) Retail
6 9 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.61%) Games
8 6 (3.09%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.58%) Banking
9 5 (2.58%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.06%) Front Office
11 3 (1.55%) Aeronautics
11 3 (1.55%) French Language
11 3 (1.55%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 66 (34.02%) Analyst
2 16 (8.25%) Problem Manager
3 13 (6.70%) HR Analyst
4 12 (6.19%) IT Support
5 10 (5.15%) Platform Manager
6 9 (4.64%) Data Analyst
6 9 (4.64%) Release Manager
6 9 (4.64%) Web Analyst
7 8 (4.12%) Support Analyst
8 7 (3.61%) Business Manager
8 7 (3.61%) IT Analyst
8 7 (3.61%) IT Engineer
8 7 (3.61%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (3.61%) Security Manager
8 7 (3.61%) Service Manager
8 7 (3.61%) Support Engineer
8 7 (3.61%) Systems Manager
9 6 (3.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (3.09%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (3.09%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.12%) Web Services
2 7 (3.61%) REST
3 5 (2.58%) Flash
4 3 (1.55%) LDAP
4 3 (1.55%) SAML
5 2 (1.03%) JSON
5 2 (1.03%) RESTful
6 1 (0.52%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.52%) EDI
6 1 (0.52%) HTML
6 1 (0.52%) Kafka
6 1 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.52%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.76%) Management Information System
1 17 (8.76%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.12%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.61%) CMDB
5 7 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.61%) Cyberattack
6 6 (3.09%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.09%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (3.09%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.58%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.58%) iPhone
8 3 (1.55%) iPad
9 2 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.52%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (14.95%) Windows
2 16 (8.25%) Linux
3 9 (4.64%) Windows 10
3 9 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.12%) AIX
4 8 (4.12%) Unix
5 3 (1.55%) Solaris
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) VMS
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (32.99%) ITIL
2 62 (31.96%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (31.44%) Problem Management
4 54 (27.84%) Service Delivery
5 44 (22.68%) Decision-Making
6 42 (21.65%) Service Management
7 40 (20.62%) Incident Management
8 38 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (19.59%) Customer Service
9 31 (15.98%) Process Improvement
10 29 (14.95%) Data Analysis
11 28 (14.43%) Root Cause Analysis
12 25 (12.89%) Analytics
13 23 (11.86%) ITSM
14 20 (10.31%) Change Management
14 20 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (10.31%) Project Management
14 20 (10.31%) Roadmaps
15 18 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.01%) SQL
2 9 (4.64%) Bash
2 9 (4.64%) Python
3 8 (4.12%) Java
4 6 (3.09%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.58%) VB
6 4 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.55%) C
7 3 (1.55%) Perl
8 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.52%) Go
8 1 (0.52%) R
8 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (17.01%) Degree
2 12 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.09%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 6 (3.09%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.58%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.06%) CIMA
6 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.55%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (1.03%) CCNA
7 2 (1.03%) ISEB
7 2 (1.03%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.52%) ACCA
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.52%) CCNP
8 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.46%) SLA
2 13 (6.70%) GDPR
3 11 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.61%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 7 (3.61%) NIST
5 6 (3.09%) QA
6 5 (2.58%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 25 (12.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.55%) Docker
2 3 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.09%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.55%) Oracle Statspack
3 3 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.03%) Terraform
5 1 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 50 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.70%) Sage
3 12 (6.19%) Cisco
3 12 (6.19%) Oracle
4 11 (5.67%) Google
5 7 (3.61%) BMC
5 7 (3.61%) Remedy
6 6 (3.09%) Draytek
7 5 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.58%) SolarWinds
7 5 (2.58%) Temenos
8 4 (2.06%) VMware
9 3 (1.55%) Bomgar
9 3 (1.55%) New Relic
9 3 (1.55%) NGA Human Resources
9 3 (1.55%) Northgate
10 2 (1.03%) Kofax
10 2 (1.03%) Nexthink
11 1 (0.52%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.52%) Nokia