Data Analysis Job Trends in Southampton

Data Analysis
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 62 58
Rank change year-on-year +41 -4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 24 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 4.49% 0.73% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 0.87% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 24 2 2
10th Percentile - £45,519 £58,618
25th Percentile £39,625 £49,599 £60,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,933 £67,244
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% -15.33% +34.49%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,733 £73,600
90th Percentile - £67,493 £75,940
Hampshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -23.08% +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

Data 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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 415 462 417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 77.57% 84.15% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 292 332 352
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Southampton

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Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Data Analysis

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Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Southampton over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in Southampton

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Mining
1 2 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (91.67%) Applications Engineer
2 21 (87.50%) Applications Support
2 21 (87.50%) Applications Support Engineer
2 21 (87.50%) Support Engineer
3 16 (66.67%) Senior
3 16 (66.67%) Senior Applications Engineer
3 16 (66.67%) Senior Applications Support
3 16 (66.67%) Senior Support Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Trainee
6 1 (4.17%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (66.67%) REST
1 16 (66.67%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Task Automation
2 16 (66.67%) Cloud Operations
2 16 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 16 (66.67%) SOA
3 6 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 6 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 6 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (8.33%) AI
4 2 (8.33%) Business Analysis
4 2 (8.33%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (8.33%) Data Science
4 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (8.33%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (75.00%) SQL
2 16 (66.67%) C#
2 16 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) QA
1 6 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft