Trend Analysis Job Trends in England

Trend Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Trend Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 568 566
Rank change year-on-year +37 -2 +136
Permanent jobs citing Trend Analysis 69 108 100
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.24% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 33 56 72
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £44,196 £32,188 £31,476
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +23.53% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £60,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,125 £69,975
UK median annual salary £60,579 £48,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +24.26% +14.71% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Trend 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,728 44,744 41,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.15% 90.24% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25,461 22,347 32,089
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Trend Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Trend Analysis
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Trend Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Trend Analysis

Trend Analysis
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trend Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Trend Analysis in England

Trend Analysis
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trend Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +10 21 £65,000 - 15
South East +38 18 £63,750 +116.10% 4
South West +13 18 £62,250 +77.86% 3
North of England -7 7 £55,000 +57.14% 15
Yorkshire -28 5 £55,000 +57.14% 3
Midlands +19 4 £55,195 - 6
North West +18 2 - - 12
West Midlands +17 2 £65,000 - 5
East Midlands -8 2 £45,390 - 1
East of England +22 1 £75,000 +42.86% 2
Trend Analysis
UK

Trend Analysis
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 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 19 (27.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.45%) SAP IBP
2 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.19%) Power Platform
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.70%) Azure
3 6 (8.70%) OneDrive
4 5 (7.25%) SaaS
5 4 (5.80%) Azure App Service
5 4 (5.80%) Azure Functions
5 4 (5.80%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (5.80%) Serverless
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.45%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.70%) WebEx
2 1 (1.45%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (23.19%) Power BI
2 3 (4.35%) Tableau
3 2 (2.90%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.45%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.45%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.45%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
1 1 (1.45%) mountebank
1 1 (1.45%) REST Assured
1 1 (1.45%) Subversion
1 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (65.22%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (53.62%) Social Skills
3 33 (47.83%) Finance
4 13 (18.84%) Marketing
5 5 (7.25%) Law
5 5 (7.25%) Legal
6 4 (5.80%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Local Government
8 2 (2.90%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.45%) Advertising
9 1 (1.45%) Back Office
9 1 (1.45%) Banking
9 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (31.88%) Analyst
2 20 (28.99%) Data Analyst
3 14 (20.29%) Systems Engineer
4 12 (17.39%) Commercial Analyst
4 12 (17.39%) Commercial Data Analyst
4 12 (17.39%) Procurement Analyst
5 6 (8.70%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Desktop Support
6 5 (7.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Monitoring Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Problem Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Service Desk Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Service Manager
8 3 (4.35%) Lead
9 2 (2.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Principal Security Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Security Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Security Incident Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) Kafka
1 1 (1.45%) Middleware
1 1 (1.45%) PySpark
1 1 (1.45%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (1.45%) REST
1 1 (1.45%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.45%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.45%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.19%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (20.29%) e-Learning
3 12 (17.39%) FMCG
4 11 (15.94%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.90%) Mashup
6 1 (1.45%) Clustering
6 1 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.45%) Replication
6 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 6 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.45%) Linux
3 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (60.87%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (39.13%) Analytics
3 26 (37.68%) Mathematics
4 23 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 20 (28.99%) Actionable Insight
5 20 (28.99%) AI
6 19 (27.54%) ITIL
7 18 (26.09%) Visualisation
8 16 (23.19%) Data Analytics
9 15 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (21.74%) Innovative Thinking
10 14 (20.29%) Data Visualisation
10 14 (20.29%) Physics
11 13 (18.84%) Computer Science
11 13 (18.84%) Generative AI
11 13 (18.84%) Machine Learning
11 13 (18.84%) Problem Management
11 13 (18.84%) Process Management
12 12 (17.39%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) SQL
2 5 (7.25%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.25%) Python
3 4 (5.80%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.90%) Java
5 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (57.97%) Degree
2 19 (27.54%) Security Cleared
3 14 (20.29%) DV Cleared
3 14 (20.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.90%) CISA
4 2 (2.90%) CISM
4 2 (2.90%) CISSP
4 2 (2.90%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (2.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.90%) PMP
5 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.25%) QA
3 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.80%) NIST
4 2 (2.90%) GDPR
4 2 (2.90%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.90%) SLA
5 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.45%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Apple
3 6 (8.70%) HP
3 6 (8.70%) VMware
4 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.90%) Civica
5 2 (2.90%) Northgate
5 2 (2.90%) Splunk
6 1 (1.45%) Aderant
6 1 (1.45%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.45%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.45%) ESET
6 1 (1.45%) Google
6 1 (1.45%) iManage
6 1 (1.45%) Intapp
6 1 (1.45%) RedGate
6 1 (1.45%) SAP
6 1 (1.45%) Teradata
6 1 (1.45%) Varonis