Analyst Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Analyst salary in the Thames Valley is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 33 14
Rank change year-on-year +25 -19 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 523 184 618
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 9.78% 6.52% 9.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.43% 8.06% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 264 104 405
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,050 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £60,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 5,016 2,284 6,188
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 80.96% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,305 1,238 4,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £56,591 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +13.18% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Buckinghamshire +5 259 £37,500 -26.42% 26
Berkshire +58 184 £45,000 +20.00% 31
Oxfordshire +18 80 £30,000 -36.84% 21
Analyst
South East

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 199 (38.05%) Microsoft
2 151 (28.87%) Azure
3 149 (28.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 141 (26.96%) SQL
5 135 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
6 120 (22.94%) Azure Certification
7 117 (22.37%) Power BI
7 117 (22.37%) Power Platform
8 99 (18.93%) Cybersecurity
9 95 (18.16%) Python
10 82 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
11 81 (15.49%) Decision-Making
11 81 (15.49%) Tableau
12 75 (14.34%) ACCA
12 75 (14.34%) CIMA
13 73 (13.96%) Mentoring
14 71 (13.58%) Degree
15 69 (13.19%) AI
16 65 (12.43%) Data Analysis
17 62 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
18 61 (11.66%) CompTIA CySA+
18 61 (11.66%) CompTIA Security+
19 60 (11.47%) Azure AI
19 60 (11.47%) ForeScout
20 56 (10.71%) Windows
21 49 (9.37%) Microsoft Office
22 45 (8.60%) Customer Service
23 40 (7.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
24 39 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
24 39 (7.46%) SAP

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (0.96%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.57%) IIS
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 149 (28.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (9.37%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.49%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 151 (28.87%) Azure
2 117 (22.37%) Power Platform
3 60 (11.47%) Azure AI
4 39 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (5.35%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.10%) Google Workspace
7 10 (1.91%) AWS
8 9 (1.72%) GCP
8 9 (1.72%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.76%) BigCommerce
11 3 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.57%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.57%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.57%) Sumo Logic
12 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.38%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.68%) Firewall
2 13 (2.49%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.10%) DNS
4 7 (1.34%) DHCP
5 4 (0.76%) HTTP
5 4 (0.76%) Network Security
6 2 (0.38%) FTP
6 2 (0.38%) Internet
6 2 (0.38%) LAN
6 2 (0.38%) SMTP
6 2 (0.38%) WAN
7 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (22.37%) Power BI
2 81 (15.49%) Tableau
3 13 (2.49%) GIS
4 7 (1.34%) Power Query
4 7 (1.34%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.15%) PowerPivot
6 5 (0.96%) Big Data
6 5 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.76%) Metadata
7 4 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.76%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.38%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.38%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.19%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 30 (5.74%) JIRA
2 4 (0.76%) Postman
2 4 (0.76%) Selenium
2 4 (0.76%) SoapUI
2 4 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (0.76%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.19%) Git
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
General
1 242 (46.27%) Social Skills
2 148 (28.30%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (22.75%) Finance
4 22 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (2.87%) Legal
6 15 (2.87%) Retail
7 13 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (2.10%) Marketing
9 10 (1.91%) Law
10 9 (1.72%) Advertising
10 9 (1.72%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.34%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.96%) Automotive
12 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.76%) Banking
13 4 (0.76%) Local Government
14 3 (0.57%) Games
15 2 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.34%) Middleware
2 5 (0.96%) SOAP
3 4 (0.76%) .NET
3 4 (0.76%) HTML
4 2 (0.38%) LDAP
5 1 (0.19%) JSON
5 1 (0.19%) JWT
5 1 (0.19%) Kafka
5 1 (0.19%) OAuth
5 1 (0.19%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.19%) REST
5 1 (0.19%) RESTful
5 1 (0.19%) XML
5 1 (0.19%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (1.53%) Management Information System
2 7 (1.34%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (1.15%) NHS
3 6 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (0.96%) Cloud Native
4 5 (0.96%) EPoS
4 5 (0.96%) Onboarding
5 4 (0.76%) Mobile App
5 4 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (0.76%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (0.57%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.38%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (0.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (0.38%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.19%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 56 (10.71%) Windows
2 9 (1.72%) Android
2 9 (1.72%) Apple iOS
2 9 (1.72%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
2 99 (18.93%) Cybersecurity
3 82 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (15.49%) Decision-Making
5 73 (13.96%) Mentoring
6 69 (13.19%) AI
7 65 (12.43%) Data Analysis
8 62 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (8.60%) Customer Service
10 40 (7.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 38 (7.27%) ERP
12 34 (6.50%) Agile
13 33 (6.31%) Process Improvement
14 31 (5.93%) Actionable Insight
14 31 (5.93%) Financial Analysis
15 28 (5.35%) Data Protection
16 24 (4.59%) Data Privacy
17 23 (4.40%) Logistics
18 22 (4.21%) Analytics
19 17 (3.25%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 141 (26.96%) SQL
2 95 (18.16%) Python
3 22 (4.21%) VBA
4 11 (2.10%) C#
4 11 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (1.34%) Java
6 5 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.57%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 120 (22.94%) Azure Certification
2 75 (14.34%) ACCA
2 75 (14.34%) CIMA
3 71 (13.58%) Degree
4 61 (11.66%) CompTIA CySA+
4 61 (11.66%) CompTIA Security+
5 18 (3.44%) Security Cleared
6 15 (2.87%) SC Cleared
7 13 (2.49%) AAT
8 8 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.34%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.76%) CISSP
10 4 (0.76%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.76%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 4 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.57%) CEH
11 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.63%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.10%) QA
3 5 (0.96%) GRC
3 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.57%) GDPR
4 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.57%) PMO
5 2 (0.38%) NIST
6 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.76%) Docker
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.57%) QRadar
2 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 199 (38.05%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.47%) ForeScout
3 39 (7.46%) SAP
4 20 (3.82%) Google
5 17 (3.25%) Oracle
6 11 (2.10%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.72%) Alteryx
7 9 (1.72%) Hyperion
8 8 (1.53%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.34%) CA Agile Central
9 7 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.15%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.96%) CheckPoint
11 5 (0.96%) VMware
12 4 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.57%) Splunk
13 3 (0.57%) Tenable
14 2 (0.38%) ArcSight
14 2 (0.38%) IFS
15 1 (0.19%) Workday