Economics Job Trends in the South East

Economics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Economics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 289 282
Rank change year-on-year +40 -7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Economics 24 7 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.078% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.089% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £45,975 -
25th Percentile £76,250 £48,563 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £55,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.64% +58.57% -46.15%
75th Percentile £78,750 £60,000 £42,000
90th Percentile - - £53,200
England median annual salary £67,500 £56,750 £51,528
% change year-on-year +18.94% +10.13% -16.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Economics 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 8,306 7,897 7,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.19% 88.14% 88.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,952 3,758 5,459
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -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%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Economics job vacancy trend in the South East

Economics
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Economics

Economics
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 Economics within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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 +22 15 £77,500 +38.39% 12
Berkshire +5 15 £77,500 +40.91% 11
Surrey - 6 - - 1
Hampshire +30 3 - - 1
Economics
England

Economics
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 5 (20.83%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (58.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (25.00%) AWS
3 5 (20.83%) Snowflake
4 1 (4.17%) Azure
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) 5G
1 2 (8.33%) 802.11
1 2 (8.33%) Internet
1 2 (8.33%) LAN
1 2 (8.33%) Network Security
1 2 (8.33%) VoIP
1 2 (8.33%) WAN
1 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (8.33%) Wireless
1 2 (8.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (58.33%) Power BI
2 5 (20.83%) Big Data
2 5 (20.83%) Data Mining
2 5 (20.83%) Hadoop
2 5 (20.83%) NoSQL
2 5 (20.83%) Tableau
General
1 18 (75.00%) Marketing
2 17 (70.83%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
4 13 (54.17%) Finance
5 6 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
7 2 (8.33%) Games
8 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
8 1 (4.17%) Agriculture
8 1 (4.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Analyst
2 12 (50.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 12 (50.00%) Commercial Data Analyst
2 12 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 12 (50.00%) Procurement Analyst
3 7 (29.17%) Senior
4 5 (20.83%) Data Science Manager
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Commercial Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Data Science Director
6 1 (4.17%) Data Science Leader
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Research Scientist
6 1 (4.17%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) Play Framework
2 2 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 12 (50.00%) FMCG
2 5 (20.83%) Algorithms
2 5 (20.83%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (8.33%) BYOD
3 2 (8.33%) CCTV
3 2 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.33%) IoT
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (83.33%) AI
1 20 (83.33%) Decision-Making
1 20 (83.33%) Machine Learning
1 20 (83.33%) Mathematics
2 18 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
2 18 (75.00%) Analytics
2 18 (75.00%) Computer Science
3 17 (70.83%) Data Visualisation
3 17 (70.83%) LLM
3 17 (70.83%) Visualisation
4 14 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (50.00%) Benchmarking
5 12 (50.00%) Data Analytics
5 12 (50.00%) Generative AI
5 12 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
5 12 (50.00%) Process Management
5 12 (50.00%) Storytelling
5 12 (50.00%) Trend Analysis
6 6 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) Python
1 8 (33.33%) SQL
2 6 (25.00%) R
3 5 (20.83%) Java
3 5 (20.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (87.50%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 5 (20.83%) MBA
4 1 (4.17%) PhD
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) BT
1 5 (20.83%) Databricks
2 2 (8.33%) Ruckus Wireless
3 1 (4.17%) PayPal