Analytics Job Trends in England

Analytics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 20 33
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 -11
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 4,012 3,122 4,497
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.21% 8.40% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.90% 9.03% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,348 1,617 3,065
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Analytics 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 58,111 34,588 70,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.51% 93.07% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 36,574 20,539 53,747
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.51%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Analytics job vacancy trend in England

Analytics
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in England

Analytics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
London +3 1,809 £80,000 -5.88% 877
North of England -7 696 £58,000 +5.45% 347
South East -23 501 £55,000 -8.33% 418
Midlands -18 472 £51,000 -2.86% 213
North West +2 370 £60,000 +9.09% 214
West Midlands -24 277 £52,250 -5.00% 115
Yorkshire -6 253 £55,000 -1.79% 90
South West -25 222 £57,500 +6.10% 129
East of England +17 204 £55,000 -15.38% 96
East Midlands +2 191 £50,000 +3.09% 98
North East +7 73 £40,000 -27.27% 48
Analytics
UK

Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 153 (3.81%) Apache Airflow
2 124 (3.09%) Apache Spark
3 93 (2.32%) CMS
4 80 (1.99%) Apache
5 58 (1.45%) Confluence
6 46 (1.15%) WordPress
7 43 (1.07%) SharePoint
8 32 (0.80%) SAS
9 20 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
10 16 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
11 12 (0.30%) ArcGIS
12 8 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
13 6 (0.15%) IIS
14 4 (0.100%) Appian
14 4 (0.100%) Documentum
15 3 (0.075%) Apache Superset
15 3 (0.075%) Headless CMS
15 3 (0.075%) Sitecore CMS
15 3 (0.075%) Umbraco
16 2 (0.050%) Moodle
Applications
1 348 (8.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (0.75%) UserZoom
5 25 (0.62%) Adobe XD
6 16 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.35%) MS Visio
8 12 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 10 (0.25%) Chatbot
10 9 (0.22%) SPSS
11 6 (0.15%) InDesign
11 6 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
12 4 (0.100%) Trello
13 3 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
13 3 (0.075%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.075%) Final Cut Pro
13 3 (0.075%) Photoshop
14 2 (0.050%) Maya
14 2 (0.050%) Sketch
15 1 (0.025%) Notion
Business Applications
1 65 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (0.82%) SAP PP
3 32 (0.80%) SAP IBP
4 28 (0.70%) Adobe Campaign
5 27 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 21 (0.52%) Magento
7 15 (0.37%) iTrent
7 15 (0.37%) Shopify
8 13 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 11 (0.27%) SAP CO
10 9 (0.22%) NetSuite
11 8 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 7 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
13 6 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
13 6 (0.15%) SAP PM
14 5 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
14 5 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 5 (0.12%) SAP PS
15 4 (0.100%) Oracle General Ledger
16 3 (0.075%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 829 (20.66%) Azure
2 661 (16.48%) Power Platform
3 478 (11.91%) AWS
4 249 (6.21%) GCP
5 227 (5.66%) SaaS
6 218 (5.43%) Snowflake
7 191 (4.76%) Adobe Analytics
8 187 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 185 (4.61%) Google Analytics
10 152 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 124 (3.09%) dbt
12 119 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
13 115 (2.87%) Figma
14 114 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
15 108 (2.69%) Amazon S3
16 102 (2.54%) GitHub
16 102 (2.54%) Serverless
17 61 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
18 59 (1.47%) Contentsquare
19 54 (1.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 235 (5.86%) Broadband
2 35 (0.87%) Firewall
3 27 (0.67%) CHAP
3 27 (0.67%) VPN
4 20 (0.50%) DNS
5 19 (0.47%) WAN
6 16 (0.40%) DHCP
6 16 (0.40%) Network Security
7 15 (0.37%) Intranet
8 14 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.15%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.100%) SMS
11 4 (0.100%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.075%) BGP
12 3 (0.075%) LAN
13 2 (0.050%) Cisco Nexus
13 2 (0.050%) MQTT
13 2 (0.050%) Software-Defined Networking
13 2 (0.050%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 633 (15.78%) Power BI
2 360 (8.97%) Tableau
3 322 (8.03%) Data Warehouse
4 228 (5.68%) Data Lake
5 172 (4.29%) Metadata
6 155 (3.86%) Data Mining
7 143 (3.56%) SQL Server
8 112 (2.79%) Looker
9 102 (2.54%) BigQuery
10 97 (2.42%) Relational Database
11 93 (2.32%) Amazon Redshift
12 83 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
13 66 (1.65%) NoSQL
14 62 (1.55%) Big Data
14 62 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
15 58 (1.45%) Power Query
16 54 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 52 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 42 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
19 41 (1.02%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 147 (3.66%) Git
2 69 (1.72%) JIRA
3 58 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 43 (1.07%) MLflow
5 33 (0.82%) GitLab
6 25 (0.62%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (0.57%) Axure RP
7 23 (0.57%) Balsamiq
7 23 (0.57%) TeamCity
8 14 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 13 (0.32%) CircleCI
10 12 (0.30%) Crashlytics
10 12 (0.30%) Selenium
11 10 (0.25%) ERwin
11 10 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 10 (0.25%) XCTest
12 7 (0.17%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.15%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.12%) MSI
15 4 (0.100%) Browser DevTools
General
1 1,160 (28.91%) Finance
2 997 (24.85%) Social Skills
3 985 (24.55%) Analytical Skills
4 620 (15.45%) Marketing
5 248 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 235 (5.86%) Retail
7 232 (5.78%) Banking
8 202 (5.03%) Games
9 201 (5.01%) Public Sector
10 198 (4.94%) Law
11 138 (3.44%) Legal
12 135 (3.36%) Manufacturing
13 118 (2.94%) Automotive
14 99 (2.47%) Financial Institution
15 93 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
16 77 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
16 77 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
17 71 (1.77%) Advertising
18 61 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
19 43 (1.07%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 701 (17.47%) Senior
2 585 (14.58%) Analyst
3 457 (11.39%) Lead
4 440 (10.97%) Data Engineer
5 318 (7.93%) Data Analyst
6 283 (7.05%) Architect
7 230 (5.73%) Developer
8 140 (3.49%) Data Architect
9 139 (3.46%) Consultant
10 138 (3.44%) Trainee
10 138 (3.44%) Trainee Analyst
10 138 (3.44%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 130 (3.24%) Senior Manager
12 112 (2.79%) Designer
13 106 (2.64%) Senior Data Engineer
14 90 (2.24%) Data Manager
14 90 (2.24%) Data Scientist
15 79 (1.97%) Solutions Architect
16 78 (1.94%) Analytics Manager
17 77 (1.92%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (3.09%) PySpark
2 112 (2.79%) Kafka
3 91 (2.27%) HTML
4 85 (2.12%) CSS
5 70 (1.74%) PyTorch
6 66 (1.65%) TensorFlow
7 63 (1.57%) .NET
8 53 (1.32%) React
9 47 (1.17%) LangChain
10 46 (1.15%) scikit-learn
11 43 (1.07%) Pandas
12 41 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
13 36 (0.90%) Node.js
14 32 (0.80%) .NET Core
14 32 (0.80%) REST
15 31 (0.77%) JSON
16 30 (0.75%) OAuth
17 28 (0.70%) RESTful
18 24 (0.60%) LlamaIndex
19 23 (0.57%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 261 (6.51%) Social Media
2 185 (4.61%) Product Ownership
3 166 (4.14%) Cloud Native
4 135 (3.36%) Management Information System
5 128 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 113 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 103 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
8 100 (2.49%) Life Science
9 83 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
10 75 (1.87%) Algorithms
11 68 (1.69%) Data Structures
12 64 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
13 60 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
14 58 (1.45%) Mobile App
15 52 (1.30%) Over-the-Top Content
16 48 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
17 46 (1.15%) Public Cloud
18 34 (0.85%) AI Agents
18 34 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
18 34 (0.85%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 64 (1.60%) Windows
2 37 (0.92%) Linux
3 25 (0.62%) VMS
4 21 (0.52%) Apple iOS
4 21 (0.52%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.40%) Unix
6 15 (0.37%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.30%) Android
8 3 (0.075%) AIX
9 2 (0.050%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.025%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,167 (29.09%) AI
2 891 (22.21%) Business Intelligence
3 866 (21.59%) Decision-Making
4 791 (19.72%) Agile
5 666 (16.60%) Data Analytics
6 648 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
7 647 (16.13%) Data Modelling
8 570 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 561 (13.98%) Roadmaps
10 553 (13.78%) Data Engineering
11 497 (12.39%) Data Governance
12 482 (12.01%) Data Pipeline
13 472 (11.76%) Data Science
14 459 (11.44%) ETL
15 443 (11.04%) Machine Learning
16 434 (10.82%) CI/CD
17 422 (10.52%) Data Analysis
18 418 (10.42%) Customer Experience
19 379 (9.45%) Mentoring
20 368 (9.17%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1,079 (26.89%) SQL
2 945 (23.55%) Python
3 104 (2.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 96 (2.39%) JavaScript
5 85 (2.12%) C#
6 79 (1.97%) Java
7 76 (1.89%) Scala
8 58 (1.45%) PowerShell
9 54 (1.35%) R
10 40 (1.00%) TypeScript
11 35 (0.87%) Bicep
11 35 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
12 34 (0.85%) Go
13 33 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 32 (0.80%) C++
15 19 (0.47%) Bash
16 14 (0.35%) VBA
17 13 (0.32%) Kotlin
18 11 (0.27%) PHP
18 11 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 599 (14.93%) Degree
2 198 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 135 (3.36%) Master's Degree
4 134 (3.34%) SC Cleared
5 111 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 56 (1.40%) Azure Certification
7 49 (1.22%) CISSP
8 47 (1.17%) PhD
9 45 (1.12%) CISM
10 43 (1.07%) ACCA
11 42 (1.05%) CISA
11 42 (1.05%) IRCA
12 34 (0.85%) CIMA
13 33 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
14 30 (0.75%) AWS Certification
15 29 (0.72%) DV Cleared
15 29 (0.72%) SANS
16 28 (0.70%) CGEIT
16 28 (0.70%) DBS Check
16 28 (0.70%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 550 (13.71%) Data Quality
2 324 (8.08%) Accessibility
3 311 (7.75%) GDPR
4 109 (2.72%) QA
5 83 (2.07%) WCAG
6 51 (1.27%) NIST
7 48 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 44 (1.10%) ISO 9001
9 42 (1.05%) SLA
10 38 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 36 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
12 34 (0.85%) HIPAA
13 32 (0.80%) COBIT
14 30 (0.75%) Solvency II
15 27 (0.67%) EU AI Act
16 24 (0.60%) IFRS
17 20 (0.50%) PSD2
17 20 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 18 (0.45%) SOC 2
19 17 (0.42%) GxP
System Software
1 138 (3.44%) Docker
2 69 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 24 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.100%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.050%) Firmware
6 2 (0.050%) vSphere
7 1 (0.025%) IAG
7 1 (0.025%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.025%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 183 (4.56%) Terraform
2 161 (4.01%) Kubernetes
3 49 (1.22%) Ansible
4 25 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 23 (0.57%) Grafana
6 11 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.22%) EnCase
7 9 (0.22%) FTK
7 9 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.17%) Kibana
9 6 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.12%) Argo
10 5 (0.12%) QRadar
11 3 (0.075%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.075%) Control-M
11 3 (0.075%) VxRail
12 2 (0.050%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.050%) SCCM
12 2 (0.050%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.050%) vRealize
Vendors
1 738 (18.39%) Microsoft
2 339 (8.45%) Databricks
3 284 (7.08%) Adobe
4 276 (6.88%) Google
5 144 (3.59%) Salesforce
5 144 (3.59%) SAP
6 104 (2.59%) Oracle
7 89 (2.22%) Cisco
8 58 (1.45%) Dell
9 53 (1.32%) HubSpot
10 44 (1.10%) Alteryx
10 44 (1.10%) Informatica
11 28 (0.70%) Red Hat
12 27 (0.67%) Nexthink
13 26 (0.65%) OpenAI
13 26 (0.65%) Palantir
13 26 (0.65%) Workday
14 25 (0.62%) Cloudera
14 25 (0.62%) Denodo
15 24 (0.60%) Teradata