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 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 48 60
Rank change year-on-year +28 +12 -24
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 274 135 246
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.86% 4.85% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.80% 5.16% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 100 58 150
10th Percentile £37,375 £38,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,455 £55,250 £56,263
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -1.80% -2.15%
75th Percentile £64,375 £63,438 £63,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,875 £72,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 3,512 2,615 5,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 75.16% 94.00% 86.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,177 1,212 3,860
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,430 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.39% +12.86% -9.09%

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

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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 16 March 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 16 March 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 +35 160 £50,000 -16.67% 37
Berkshire +22 94 £55,000 +3.77% 42
Oxfordshire -16 21 £52,500 +10.53% 10
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 6 (2.19%) CMS
2 2 (0.73%) Confluence
2 2 (0.73%) WordPress
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) Camunda
3 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.82%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.09%) InDesign
4 3 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.73%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (3.28%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.98%) Azure
2 33 (12.04%) Power Platform
3 28 (10.22%) Snowflake
4 13 (4.74%) Azure Data Factory
4 13 (4.74%) SaaS
5 11 (4.01%) Asana
5 11 (4.01%) Sprout Social
6 10 (3.65%) AWS
6 10 (3.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.82%) Adobe Analytics
8 5 (1.82%) Figma
8 5 (1.82%) GCP
8 5 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.46%) dbt
9 4 (1.46%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.46%) Miro
10 3 (1.09%) Collibra
10 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.19%) Broadband
2 4 (1.46%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.09%) MQTT
3 3 (1.09%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.36%) Modbus
4 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.06%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (11.31%) Power BI
3 24 (8.76%) Metadata
4 19 (6.93%) Data Lake
5 10 (3.65%) Data Mining
5 10 (3.65%) Tableau
6 8 (2.92%) SAP BW
6 8 (2.92%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.82%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.46%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (1.09%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.09%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.73%) Airbyte
10 2 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.73%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Axure RP
1 5 (1.82%) Balsamiq
1 5 (1.82%) Git
2 3 (1.09%) ERwin
2 3 (1.09%) JIRA
2 3 (1.09%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 91 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.90%) Finance
3 47 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (14.60%) Marketing
5 23 (8.39%) Pharmaceutical
6 17 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.20%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.55%) Law
8 5 (1.82%) Games
8 5 (1.82%) Legal
8 5 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.82%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.09%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.09%) Publishing
9 3 (1.09%) Retail
10 1 (0.36%) Advertising
10 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.36%) Banking
10 1 (0.36%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 50 (18.25%) Senior
2 34 (12.41%) Lead
3 28 (10.22%) Architect
4 27 (9.85%) Data Engineer
5 24 (8.76%) Data Architect
6 19 (6.93%) Designer
7 18 (6.57%) Analyst
8 14 (5.11%) Associate Director
8 14 (5.11%) Senior Manager
9 13 (4.74%) Product Designer
9 13 (4.74%) Senior Designer
9 13 (4.74%) Senior Product Designer
10 12 (4.38%) Developer
11 11 (4.01%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 11 (4.01%) Social Media Executive
12 10 (3.65%) Analytics Manager
12 10 (3.65%) Business Developer
12 10 (3.65%) Power BI Developer
13 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Engineer
14 8 (2.92%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.28%) SAP CO-PA
2 7 (2.55%) CSS
2 7 (2.55%) HTML
3 5 (1.82%) FHIR
4 4 (1.46%) REST
5 3 (1.09%) Middleware
5 3 (1.09%) SOAP
6 2 (0.73%) React
6 2 (0.73%) Snowpark
7 1 (0.36%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.36%) GeoPandas
7 1 (0.36%) gRPC
7 1 (0.36%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.36%) MapLibre
7 1 (0.36%) NetworkX
7 1 (0.36%) Node.js
7 1 (0.36%) Playwright
7 1 (0.36%) PySpark
7 1 (0.36%) Redux
7 1 (0.36%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.52%) Life Science
2 30 (10.95%) Product Ownership
3 20 (7.30%) Social Media
4 13 (4.74%) Mobile App
5 12 (4.38%) Low-Code
6 11 (4.01%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.01%) Video Editing
7 10 (3.65%) Hackathon
7 10 (3.65%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.92%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.19%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.82%) Omics
11 4 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.46%) LIMS
11 4 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.09%) FMCG
12 3 (1.09%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.36%) Learning Management System
13 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Linux
1 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (31.02%) AI
2 84 (30.66%) Agile
3 68 (24.82%) Computer Science
4 56 (20.44%) Data Modelling
4 56 (20.44%) Data Science
5 52 (18.98%) Machine Learning
6 47 (17.15%) Decision-Making
7 45 (16.42%) Business Intelligence
7 45 (16.42%) Hematology
7 45 (16.42%) Immunology
8 43 (15.69%) Data Architecture
8 43 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (15.33%) Data Integration
10 41 (14.96%) Roadmaps
11 40 (14.60%) Use Case
12 39 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (13.87%) Data Management
14 36 (13.14%) User Experience
15 34 (12.41%) Data Analytics
16 33 (12.04%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.98%) SQL
2 40 (14.60%) Python
3 10 (3.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.46%) R
5 3 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.73%) VBA
7 1 (0.36%) C#
7 1 (0.36%) C++
7 1 (0.36%) Ruby
7 1 (0.36%) Scala
7 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (31.02%) Degree
2 40 (14.60%) Master's Degree
3 24 (8.76%) PhD
4 13 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.82%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.82%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.09%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.09%) PMP
6 3 (1.09%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.73%) CISSP
8 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.36%) CISM
8 1 (0.36%) MCSE
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.36%) OCP
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (21.90%) Accessibility
2 27 (9.85%) Data Quality
2 27 (9.85%) GxP
3 9 (3.28%) GDPR
4 8 (2.92%) WCAG
5 6 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.82%) CDISC
6 5 (1.82%) HL7
7 4 (1.46%) GRC
7 4 (1.46%) QA
8 3 (1.09%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (1.09%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.36%) NIST
9 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (2.55%) Terraform
2 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.36%) Argo
Vendors
1 53 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.76%) Adobe
2 24 (8.76%) SAP
3 22 (8.03%) Nexthink
4 11 (4.01%) Hootsuite
4 11 (4.01%) Instagram
4 11 (4.01%) Wrike
5 10 (3.65%) Oracle
6 6 (2.19%) Google
7 5 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.46%) Databricks
9 3 (1.09%) Agilent
9 3 (1.09%) Cisco
9 3 (1.09%) Zoho
10 2 (0.73%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.36%) Foundry
11 1 (0.36%) Informatica
11 1 (0.36%) Palantir
11 1 (0.36%) Pega
11 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow