Analyst Jobs in Reading

Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Analyst salary in Reading is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 26 27
Rank change year-on-year -22 +1 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 22 139 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 4.13% 7.17% 9.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% 7.57% 9.83%
Number of salaries quoted 16 56 49
10th Percentile - £26,125 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £39,250 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.66% +22.66% -9.86%
75th Percentile £31,000 £51,000 £49,000
90th Percentile £39,375 £64,250 £61,540
Berkshire median annual salary £36,250 £38,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -4.61% -1.30% -14.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 456 1,837 1,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.55% 94.74% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 239 1,126 724
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,610 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,375 £38,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,550 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.18% -13.85% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £94,075
Berkshire median annual salary £56,673 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.95% -8.70% +0.88%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Reading

Analyst
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Reading.

Salary trend for Analyst in Reading

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Reading over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Reading

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) ITIL
2 12 (54.55%) Customer Service
3 11 (50.00%) A+ Certification
3 11 (50.00%) Windows
4 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
5 7 (31.82%) SLA
5 7 (31.82%) Finance
6 6 (27.27%) Problem Management
6 6 (27.27%) LAN
6 6 (27.27%) WAN
6 6 (27.27%) Change Management
6 6 (27.27%) Customer Experience
6 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (22.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (22.73%) DevOps
8 4 (18.18%) SQL
9 3 (13.64%) Oracle
9 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
9 3 (13.64%) Migration
9 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
10 2 (9.09%) Project Management
10 2 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (9.09%) BPEL
10 2 (9.09%) Azure
10 2 (9.09%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (9.09%) Project Governance
10 2 (9.09%) JSON
10 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (9.09%) Middleware

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Service Bus
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (9.09%) OCI
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) LAN
1 6 (27.27%) WAN
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
5 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) JSON
1 2 (9.09%) Middleware
1 2 (9.09%) REST
1 2 (9.09%) SOAP
1 2 (9.09%) XML
1 2 (9.09%) XSLT
2 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) ITIL
2 12 (54.55%) Customer Service
3 6 (27.27%) Change Management
3 6 (27.27%) Customer Experience
3 6 (27.27%) Problem Management
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (22.73%) DevOps
5 3 (13.64%) Migration
6 2 (9.09%) BPEL
6 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (9.09%) Demand Management
6 2 (9.09%) Incident Response
6 2 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Project Governance
6 2 (9.09%) Project Management
7 1 (4.55%) Architectural Design
7 1 (4.55%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (4.55%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (4.55%) ACCA
2 1 (4.55%) CEH
2 1 (4.55%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (4.55%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (4.55%) CIMA
2 1 (4.55%) CISA
2 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.55%) OSCP
2 1 (4.55%) OSWP
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) SLA
2 2 (9.09%) PMO
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) IFS
3 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Workday