Analytics Job Trends in the South East

Analytics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Analytics 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 34 53 40
Rank change year-on-year +19 -13 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 556 436 449
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 5.36% 4.86% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.68% 5.51% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 210 163 269
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,200 £34,610
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £67,750 £78,604 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,750 £97,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Analytics job vacancy trend in the South East

Analytics
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytics

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the South East 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
Thames Valley +67 367 £50,000 -5.66% 241
Berkshire +81 213 £50,000 -5.66% 163
Buckinghamshire +49 123 £50,000 -13.79% 44
Hampshire -9 71 £60,000 -14.29% 70
Surrey -29 42 £60,000 -14.29% 72
Oxfordshire +8 32 £47,500 - 34
West Sussex +3 21 £57,500 -25.81% 48
Kent -4 17 £32,500 -53.57% 57
Middlesex -8 17 - - 17
East Sussex -15 11 £68,750 +25.00% 40
Sussex +4 8 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Analytics
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (2.52%) CMS
2 8 (1.44%) Confluence
3 7 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.26%) SugarCRM
3 7 (1.26%) WordPress
4 5 (0.90%) IIS
5 3 (0.54%) Drupal
5 3 (0.54%) Joomla!
5 3 (0.54%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 138 (24.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.44%) Adobe Premiere
4 8 (1.44%) Photoshop
5 7 (1.26%) InDesign
6 5 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.90%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.72%) SketchUp
8 1 (0.18%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.18%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (1.98%) Shopify
2 9 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.44%) SAP CO
3 8 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.90%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.36%) Q-Pulse
5 2 (0.36%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Primavera
6 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 159 (28.60%) Power Platform
2 144 (25.90%) Azure
3 38 (6.83%) SaaS
4 37 (6.65%) Snowflake
5 35 (6.29%) Google Analytics
6 24 (4.32%) AWS
7 17 (3.06%) GCP
8 14 (2.52%) Figma
8 14 (2.52%) Google Ads
9 13 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.44%) Adobe Analytics
12 8 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.44%) dbt
13 7 (1.26%) Google Tag Manager
13 7 (1.26%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.08%) MailChimp
15 5 (0.90%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.34%) SMS
2 8 (1.44%) Intranet
3 4 (0.72%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.54%) Broadband
4 3 (0.54%) MQTT
4 3 (0.54%) Network Security
4 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.36%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (28.24%) Power BI
2 86 (15.47%) Data Lake
3 69 (12.41%) SAP BW
4 49 (8.81%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (6.47%) Metadata
6 23 (4.14%) Tableau
7 16 (2.88%) Data Mining
8 13 (2.34%) BigQuery
8 13 (2.34%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.62%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.44%) Looker
10 8 (1.44%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.26%) Qlik Sense
12 5 (0.90%) Big Data
12 5 (0.90%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.54%) Metadata Repository
14 3 (0.54%) SAP HANA
14 3 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (1.98%) JIRA
2 9 (1.62%) Git
3 5 (0.90%) Axure RP
3 5 (0.90%) Balsamiq
4 3 (0.54%) ERwin
4 3 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.54%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 1 (0.18%) GCC
General
1 241 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 182 (32.73%) Finance
3 177 (31.83%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (22.48%) Marketing
5 45 (8.09%) Manufacturing
6 44 (7.91%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (2.70%) Law
8 12 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (2.16%) Retail
9 10 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.62%) Advertising
10 9 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.26%) Banking
11 7 (1.26%) Brand Awareness
11 7 (1.26%) Legal
11 7 (1.26%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.08%) Games
13 5 (0.90%) Billing
Job Titles
1 131 (23.56%) Lead
2 95 (17.09%) Senior
3 89 (16.01%) Analyst
4 42 (7.55%) Report Analyst
5 35 (6.29%) Architect
6 34 (6.12%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 33 (5.94%) Data Analyst
8 30 (5.40%) Senior Manager
9 28 (5.04%) Sustainability Analyst
10 26 (4.68%) Data Architect
11 22 (3.96%) Marketing Manager
12 21 (3.78%) Data Engineer
13 15 (2.70%) Marketing Executive
14 14 (2.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 14 (2.52%) Developer
15 12 (2.16%) Commercial Analyst
15 12 (2.16%) CRM Executive
15 12 (2.16%) Data Manager
15 12 (2.16%) Procurement Analyst
15 12 (2.16%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.80%) FHIR
2 8 (1.44%) HTML
3 7 (1.26%) REST
3 7 (1.26%) SAP CO-PA
3 7 (1.26%) SOAP
4 6 (1.08%) ARM Templates
5 5 (0.90%) CSS
5 5 (0.90%) Play Framework
6 4 (0.72%) JSON
6 4 (0.72%) OAuth
6 4 (0.72%) SAML
6 4 (0.72%) XML
7 3 (0.54%) Hugging Face
7 3 (0.54%) Middleware
7 3 (0.54%) PySpark
7 3 (0.54%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.36%) EDI
8 2 (0.36%) Pandas
8 2 (0.36%) Snowpark
8 2 (0.36%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.43%) Life Science
2 48 (8.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 48 (8.63%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.04%) Data Centre
4 26 (4.68%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.78%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.42%) Social Media
7 17 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.70%) Algorithms
8 15 (2.70%) FMCG
9 11 (1.98%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.80%) Omics
11 9 (1.62%) Blog
12 8 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
14 6 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
15 5 (0.90%) Educational Technology
15 5 (0.90%) Hackathon
15 5 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
15 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (32.55%) Problem-Solving
2 177 (31.83%) Business Intelligence
3 123 (22.12%) Data Modelling
4 122 (21.94%) AI
5 118 (21.22%) Decision-Making
6 114 (20.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 111 (19.96%) Agile
8 102 (18.35%) Computer Science
9 95 (17.09%) Data Science
10 93 (16.73%) Roadmaps
11 89 (16.01%) Data Governance
12 86 (15.47%) Machine Learning
13 84 (15.11%) Actionable Insight
14 80 (14.39%) Use Case
15 78 (14.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 77 (13.85%) ERP
17 61 (10.97%) Data Analytics
17 61 (10.97%) User Experience
18 59 (10.61%) Visualisation
19 57 (10.25%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (19.78%) SQL
2 71 (12.77%) Python
3 12 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 12 (2.16%) Java
4 10 (1.80%) R
5 8 (1.44%) Go
5 8 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (1.26%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.08%) Bicep
7 6 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.08%) Scala
8 5 (0.90%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.72%) VBA
10 1 (0.18%) ABAP
10 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 225 (40.47%) Degree
2 53 (9.53%) Master's Degree
3 40 (7.19%) PhD
4 17 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.06%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.34%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.62%) HNC
6 9 (1.62%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.26%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.26%) PMP
8 6 (1.08%) ACCA
8 6 (1.08%) CIMA
8 6 (1.08%) MBA
9 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.72%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.54%) CISSP
11 3 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.54%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (19.42%) Data Quality
2 63 (11.33%) Accessibility
3 43 (7.73%) GxP
4 27 (4.86%) GDPR
5 15 (2.70%) QA
6 10 (1.80%) CDISC
6 10 (1.80%) HL7
7 9 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.44%) WCAG
9 7 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.08%) NIST
11 5 (0.90%) GRC
11 5 (0.90%) PMO
12 4 (0.72%) SLA
13 3 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 3 (0.54%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 8 (1.44%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.80%) Terraform
3 5 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.54%) QRadar
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Argo
Vendors
1 89 (16.01%) Microsoft
1 89 (16.01%) SAP
2 55 (9.89%) Google
3 25 (4.50%) Adobe
4 20 (3.60%) Salesforce
5 17 (3.06%) Databricks
5 17 (3.06%) Nexthink
6 12 (2.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 11 (1.98%) Oracle
8 10 (1.80%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.08%) Instagram
9 6 (1.08%) Sage
9 6 (1.08%) Zoho
10 5 (0.90%) BT
10 5 (0.90%) JD Edwards
10 5 (0.90%) Qualtrics
10 5 (0.90%) Screaming Frog
11 4 (0.72%) Facebook
11 4 (0.72%) IBM
11 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow