Analytics Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Analytics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 5 72
Rank change year-on-year -34 +67 -38
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 247 681 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.46% 17.21% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 19.16% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 154 71 70
10th Percentile £35,375 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,534 £41,250 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +3.16% -15.97%
75th Percentile £65,625 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,029 3,555 3,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.47% 89.82% 81.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,581 1,482 2,135
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,625 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Analytics job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Analytics
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the Thames Valley

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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 Analytics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 September 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 +26 101 £50,000 +5.26% 31
Berkshire -42 86 £62,500 -3.85% 68
Oxfordshire -32 60 £62,500 +19.05% 33
Analytics
South East

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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 11 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.83%) CMS
3 3 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.81%) CapCut
2 2 (0.81%) UserZoom
3 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.83%) Shopify
2 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.40%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 54 (21.86%) Power Platform
2 44 (17.81%) Azure
3 25 (10.12%) Google Analytics
4 21 (8.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (8.10%) AWS
6 18 (7.29%) SaaS
7 12 (4.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (4.45%) GCP
9 10 (4.05%) Google Tag Manager
10 8 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.24%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.24%) Google Ads
11 7 (2.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.43%) Cloudflare
12 6 (2.43%) dbt
12 6 (2.43%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.43%) Fivetran
12 6 (2.43%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.21%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.24%) DNS
1 8 (3.24%) SSL
2 7 (2.83%) Network Security
3 4 (1.62%) 5G
4 3 (1.21%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (1.21%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (1.21%) Firewall
4 3 (1.21%) VPN
5 2 (0.81%) 4G
6 1 (0.40%) 2G
6 1 (0.40%) 3G
6 1 (0.40%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.40%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.40%) Intranet
6 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (18.22%) Power BI
2 16 (6.48%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.67%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.86%) Metadata
5 9 (3.64%) Star Schema
6 8 (3.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.24%) DynamoDB
6 8 (3.24%) Snowflake Schema
7 7 (2.83%) Amazon QuickSight
7 7 (2.83%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.83%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.43%) Airbyte
8 6 (2.43%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.62%) Tableau
10 2 (0.81%) Power Query
10 2 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.40%) Looker
11 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (6.48%) Git
2 3 (1.21%) MLflow
3 2 (0.81%) GitLab
3 2 (0.81%) JIRA
3 2 (0.81%) JUnit
4 1 (0.40%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.40%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
General
1 73 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 70 (28.34%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (23.08%) Retail
4 37 (14.98%) Finance
5 32 (12.96%) Marketing
6 16 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (6.07%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (5.26%) Law
9 11 (4.45%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.24%) Legal
11 6 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.43%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.62%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.21%) Automotive
14 2 (0.81%) Aviation
14 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.40%) Agriculture
15 1 (0.40%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 43 (17.41%) Data Engineer
2 36 (14.57%) Analyst
3 35 (14.17%) Senior
4 31 (12.55%) Insight Manager
5 23 (9.31%) Microsoft Engineer
6 19 (7.69%) Developer
7 17 (6.88%) Platform Engineer
8 14 (5.67%) Senior Data Engineer
9 13 (5.26%) Analytics Manager
9 13 (5.26%) Data Analyst
10 12 (4.86%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.64%) Business Developer
11 9 (3.64%) Graduate
11 9 (3.64%) Systems Developer
12 8 (3.24%) Architect
12 8 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) Lead
12 8 (3.24%) Security Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) SOC Analyst
13 6 (2.43%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.83%) Terraform
2 6 (2.43%) Node.js
2 6 (2.43%) React
2 6 (2.43%) Redux
3 4 (1.62%) PySpark
4 3 (1.21%) CSS
4 3 (1.21%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.21%) HTML
4 3 (1.21%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.81%) .NET
5 2 (0.81%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.81%) gRPC
5 2 (0.81%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.81%) NumPy
5 2 (0.81%) ONNX
5 2 (0.81%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.81%) Pandas
5 2 (0.81%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.81%) Smarty
5 2 (0.81%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.48%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.67%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.24%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.43%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.43%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.02%) Life Science
8 4 (1.62%) Blog
8 4 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.62%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.81%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.88%) Windows
2 13 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (40.89%) AI
2 59 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (23.48%) Decision-Making
4 57 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
5 51 (20.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (19.03%) Agile
7 41 (16.60%) Data Modelling
8 37 (14.98%) Data Pipeline
9 36 (14.57%) Predictive Analytics
10 35 (14.17%) Data Analytics
11 31 (12.55%) Machine Learning
12 29 (11.74%) CI/CD
12 29 (11.74%) CRM
12 29 (11.74%) Data Analysis
13 28 (11.34%) Actionable Insight
13 28 (11.34%) ETL
14 26 (10.53%) Computer Science
15 25 (10.12%) DevOps
16 23 (9.31%) Data Governance
16 23 (9.31%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 67 (27.13%) SQL
2 43 (17.41%) Python
3 11 (4.45%) C#
4 8 (3.24%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (2.43%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.62%) C
8 3 (1.21%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.81%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (19.43%) Degree
2 23 (9.31%) SC Cleared
2 23 (9.31%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.24%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (2.83%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.62%) ICAEW
9 3 (1.21%) ACCA
9 3 (1.21%) CCNP
9 3 (1.21%) CIMA
10 2 (0.81%) PhD
11 1 (0.40%) CCSP
11 1 (0.40%) CIPD
11 1 (0.40%) CISSP
11 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.57%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.86%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.64%) GDPR
4 7 (2.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (2.02%) QA
6 4 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.21%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.21%) WCAG
8 2 (0.81%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.40%) COBIT
9 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.40%) NIST
9 1 (0.40%) PERC
9 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (2.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.43%) Graylog
2 3 (1.21%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.21%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 79 (31.98%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.57%) Google
3 8 (3.24%) Databricks
3 8 (3.24%) Informatica
4 7 (2.83%) Talend
4 7 (2.83%) YouTube
5 6 (2.43%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (1.62%) Ahrefs
6 4 (1.62%) SAP
6 4 (1.62%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (1.21%) Adobe
7 3 (1.21%) Cisco
7 3 (1.21%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.21%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.21%) Oracle
8 2 (0.81%) Instagram
8 2 (0.81%) Marketo
8 2 (0.81%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.81%) Thales
9 1 (0.40%) Nokia