Data Analysis Job Trends in Berkshire

Data Analysis
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 63 91
Rank change year-on-year -13 +28 -19
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 51 57 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 2.60% 3.49% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 3.76% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 35
10th Percentile £36,850 £40,900 £34,400
25th Percentile £39,625 £51,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £72,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.10% +38.10% -10.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £78,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £72,250 £83,250 -
South East median annual salary £49,000 £52,609 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% +0.21% +2.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,611 1,514 1,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.28% 92.71% 88.53%
Number of salaries quoted 744 653 1,301
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £94,750 £88,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Analysis

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Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in Berkshire

Data Analysis
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Slough - 19 £32,250 - 24
Reading +13 11 £41,250 -36.54% 3
Maidenhead - 10 £52,500 - 1
Windsor -27 5 - - 1
Wokingham -2 2 - - 2
Bracknell +23 1 £42,500 -35.85% 1
Data Analysis
South East

Data Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 34 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (11.76%) SAP CO
1 6 (11.76%) SAP FI
1 6 (11.76%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.92%) AWS
1 2 (3.92%) Azure
1 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (1.96%) dbt
2 1 (1.96%) GCP
2 1 (1.96%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Metadata
1 3 (5.88%) Metadata Repository
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.92%) Power BI
2 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.92%) Tableau
3 1 (1.96%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.96%) Looker
3 1 (1.96%) MySQL
3 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.96%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Git
General
1 35 (68.63%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Finance
3 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.88%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.96%) Marketing
5 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (52.94%) Lead
2 6 (11.76%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (9.80%) Applications Support
3 5 (9.80%) Applications Support Engineer
3 5 (9.80%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Financial Controller
6 2 (3.92%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Support Assistant
6 2 (3.92%) Systems Support
7 1 (1.96%) Business Manager
7 1 (1.96%) Consultant
7 1 (1.96%) Data Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) Data Manager
7 1 (1.96%) Developer
7 1 (1.96%) Graduate
7 1 (1.96%) Junior
7 1 (1.96%) Risk Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) Senior Manager
7 1 (1.96%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Life Science
2 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (60.78%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (54.90%) Data Modelling
2 28 (54.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 27 (52.94%) CRUD
3 27 (52.94%) Data Cleansing
3 27 (52.94%) Data Conversion
3 27 (52.94%) Data Design
3 27 (52.94%) ERP
3 27 (52.94%) Master Data Management
3 27 (52.94%) SAP Implementation
4 8 (15.69%) Analytics
5 7 (13.73%) Validation
6 6 (11.76%) Incident Management
6 6 (11.76%) Problem Management
6 6 (11.76%) Task Automation
7 5 (9.80%) Agile
7 5 (9.80%) Data Management
7 5 (9.80%) Data Science
7 5 (9.80%) Process Improvement
8 3 (5.88%) Accounts Payable
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) SQL
2 3 (5.88%) Python
3 2 (3.92%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (74.51%) Degree
2 3 (5.88%) ACCA
3 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (62.75%) Data Quality
2 6 (11.76%) QA
2 6 (11.76%) SLA
3 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 30 (58.82%) SAP
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.96%) Databricks
3 1 (1.96%) Informatica