Senior Analyst Job Trends in England

Senior Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Analyst salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 280 167
Rank change year-on-year +56 -113 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 726 433 1,528
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.88% 1.10% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 1.22% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 471 296 745
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £39,488
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,763 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +4.76% +4.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,875 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 77,585 35,393 86,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 89.77% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,718 20,425 64,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in England

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in England

Senior Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
North of England +83 207 £55,000 +10.00% 34
London -21 202 £71,250 +1.79% 88
North West +76 150 £57,500 +9.52% 22
Midlands +41 140 £56,400 +16.29% 23
South East +8 96 £54,500 +14.74% 63
West Midlands +47 93 £56,400 +12.80% 18
East Midlands -7 46 £60,000 +33.33% 5
Yorkshire -16 46 £55,000 +13.40% 10
South West -19 46 £50,000 +2.26% 22
East of England +4 33 £60,000 +9.09% 25
North East -32 11 £63,076 +26.15% 2
Senior Analyst
UK

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 June 2026, Senior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 142 (19.56%) Agile
2 109 (15.01%) Microsoft
3 100 (13.77%) SQL
4 99 (13.64%) Analytics
4 99 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 97 (13.36%) Cybersecurity
6 96 (13.22%) Business Analysis
7 93 (12.81%) Decision-Making
8 92 (12.67%) Mentoring
9 90 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
10 72 (9.92%) Degree
10 72 (9.92%) Power Platform
11 69 (9.50%) Azure
12 65 (8.95%) Power BI
13 63 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 55 (7.58%) AI
15 55 (7.58%) AWS
16 53 (7.30%) Coaching
16 53 (7.30%) Python
16 53 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 51 (7.02%) Security Cleared
17 51 (7.02%) User Stories
18 49 (6.75%) SC Cleared
19 47 (6.47%) Actionable Insight
19 47 (6.47%) Requirements Gathering
20 45 (6.20%) Data Analysis
21 44 (6.06%) Workshop Facilitation
22 43 (5.92%) ServiceNow
23 41 (5.65%) Data Modelling

Senior Analyst Skill Set
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 16 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.65%) Confluence
3 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.69%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Mendix
5 1 (0.14%) Moodle
5 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (3.31%) Cloudability
2 8 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.69%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.55%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.55%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.41%) Magento
5 3 (0.41%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.41%) Shopify
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.28%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.14%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 72 (9.92%) Power Platform
2 69 (9.50%) Azure
3 55 (7.58%) AWS
4 39 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (5.10%) GCP
6 18 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.07%) SaaS
8 12 (1.65%) Snowflake
9 11 (1.52%) Entra ID
9 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.69%) Google Sheets
12 5 (0.69%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.55%) GitHub
13 4 (0.55%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.55%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.55%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.41%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.89%) Firewall
2 10 (1.38%) VPN
3 9 (1.24%) Wireless
4 8 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.96%) LAN
5 7 (0.96%) WAN
6 5 (0.69%) Broadband
7 4 (0.55%) DHCP
7 4 (0.55%) DNS
7 4 (0.55%) Internet
7 4 (0.55%) Network Security
8 3 (0.41%) WebEx
9 2 (0.28%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.28%) NGFW
9 2 (0.28%) PBX
9 2 (0.28%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.28%) VoIP
10 1 (0.14%) SMS
10 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (8.95%) Power BI
2 19 (2.62%) Tableau
3 12 (1.65%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.96%) Looker
6 6 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (0.83%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.55%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.55%) Power Query
8 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.41%) Big Data
9 3 (0.41%) GIS
9 3 (0.41%) Metadata
9 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.41%) MySQL
9 3 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 32 (4.41%) JIRA
2 9 (1.24%) Burp Suite
2 9 (1.24%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.10%) Git
4 7 (0.96%) Selenium
5 6 (0.83%) GitLab
6 4 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.55%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.41%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.41%) Postman
7 3 (0.41%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.41%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.28%) TestRail
8 2 (0.28%) Toad
9 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.14%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.14%) JUnit
9 1 (0.14%) TestNG
General
1 187 (25.76%) Finance
2 119 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
3 105 (14.46%) Social Skills
4 80 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (4.82%) Law
6 27 (3.72%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.58%) Manufacturing
7 26 (3.58%) Retail
8 22 (3.03%) Marketing
9 21 (2.89%) Banking
9 21 (2.89%) Legal
10 11 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.38%) Military
11 10 (1.38%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.96%) Back Office
13 7 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.83%) Front Office
14 6 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.96%) .NET
2 6 (0.83%) EDI
3 5 (0.69%) Gherkin
3 5 (0.69%) SOAP
4 4 (0.55%) REST
5 3 (0.41%) JSON
5 3 (0.41%) Middleware
6 2 (0.28%) EDIFACT
6 2 (0.28%) HTML
6 2 (0.28%) XML
7 1 (0.14%) CSS
7 1 (0.14%) IDoc
7 1 (0.14%) JWT
7 1 (0.14%) Node.js
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CAF
7 1 (0.14%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.82%) Product Ownership
2 26 (3.58%) Security Posture
3 17 (2.34%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.93%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.38%) Mobile App
6 10 (1.38%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.10%) Onboarding
8 7 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (0.96%) Smartphone
9 6 (0.83%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.83%) Client/Server
9 6 (0.83%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (0.69%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.55%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.41%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.58%) Windows
2 9 (1.24%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.55%) Linux
4 3 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (19.56%) Agile
2 99 (13.64%) Analytics
2 99 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (13.36%) Cybersecurity
4 96 (13.22%) Business Analysis
5 93 (12.81%) Decision-Making
6 92 (12.67%) Mentoring
7 90 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
8 63 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 59 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (7.58%) AI
11 53 (7.30%) Coaching
11 53 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 51 (7.02%) User Stories
13 47 (6.47%) Actionable Insight
13 47 (6.47%) Requirements Gathering
14 45 (6.20%) Data Analysis
15 44 (6.06%) Workshop Facilitation
16 41 (5.65%) Data Modelling
16 41 (5.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 100 (13.77%) SQL
2 53 (7.30%) Python
3 16 (2.20%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.79%) Bash
5 6 (0.83%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.55%) Java
7 4 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.55%) VBA
8 3 (0.41%) C#
8 3 (0.41%) R
9 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.14%) Bicep
10 1 (0.14%) C++
10 1 (0.14%) Groovy
10 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 72 (9.92%) Degree
2 51 (7.02%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.75%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.58%) AWS Certification
5 24 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 21 (2.89%) CISSP
7 15 (2.07%) ACCA
8 14 (1.93%) CIMA
9 13 (1.79%) OSCP
10 12 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.38%) CISM
12 9 (1.24%) CCSAM
12 9 (1.24%) CHECK Team Leader
12 9 (1.24%) CHECK Team Member
12 9 (1.24%) CREST Certified
12 9 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.24%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.58%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.62%) NIST
3 19 (2.62%) QA
4 13 (1.79%) GDPR
4 13 (1.79%) PMO
5 10 (1.38%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.96%) IFRS
7 7 (0.96%) SLA
8 6 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.69%) GRC
9 5 (0.69%) MiFID
10 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.55%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.41%) EMIR
11 3 (0.41%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.28%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.28%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) IAG
4 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (1.24%) Nessus
2 6 (0.83%) SCCM
3 4 (0.55%) Terraform
4 3 (0.41%) Ansible
4 3 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.41%) QRadar
4 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.14%) Autotask
6 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
Vendors
1 109 (15.01%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.92%) ServiceNow
3 39 (5.37%) Salesforce
4 33 (4.55%) Apple
5 29 (3.99%) Adobe
6 22 (3.03%) SAP
7 18 (2.48%) Cisco
7 18 (2.48%) Google
8 15 (2.07%) Aruba
9 10 (1.38%) HP
10 8 (1.10%) Citrix
10 8 (1.10%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.10%) Qualys
10 8 (1.10%) Tenable
11 6 (0.83%) Oracle
12 5 (0.69%) Databricks
12 5 (0.69%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.69%) Northgate
13 4 (0.55%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.55%) CrowdStrike