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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 8 48
Rank change year-on-year -17 +40 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 302 466 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.39% 13.94% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.43% 14.85% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 132 56 151
10th Percentile £37,750 £37,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% -1.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £68,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4,062 3,139 5,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.43% 93.87% 84.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,669 1,237 3,953
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,565 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% +11.13% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -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

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +47 168 £50,000 -13.42% 24
Berkshire -24 105 £55,000 -21.43% 41
Oxfordshire -44 30 £57,500 +21.05% 16
Analytics
South East

Analytics
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 7 (2.32%) CMS
2 2 (0.66%) WordPress
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.33%) Camunda
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.66%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.66%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.98%) SAP CO
2 7 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (14.90%) Azure
2 41 (13.58%) Power Platform
3 22 (7.28%) AWS
4 18 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
4 18 (5.96%) SaaS
5 16 (5.30%) Google Analytics
6 15 (4.97%) Snowflake
7 12 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (3.64%) Asana
8 11 (3.64%) Sprout Social
9 8 (2.65%) GCP
10 7 (2.32%) dbt
11 6 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.66%) Adobe Analytics
12 5 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.66%) Figma
13 4 (1.32%) Fivetran
13 4 (1.32%) Google Tag Manager
13 4 (1.32%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.99%) Broadband
2 5 (1.66%) DNS
2 5 (1.66%) SSL
3 3 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.66%) MQTT
4 2 (0.66%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) Intranet
5 1 (0.33%) Modbus
5 1 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.91%) Power BI
2 25 (8.28%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.30%) Data Lake
4 14 (4.64%) Metadata
5 13 (4.30%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.32%) Data Mining
8 6 (1.99%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.66%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.66%) Tableau
10 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.99%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.66%) Looker
12 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.66%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.66%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (2.98%) Git
2 5 (1.66%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.66%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.66%) JIRA
4 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.33%) JUnit
4 1 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 83 (27.48%) Social Skills
2 63 (20.86%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (16.89%) Finance
4 45 (14.90%) Marketing
5 23 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (7.28%) Retail
7 17 (5.63%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (4.30%) Law
10 10 (3.31%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.32%) Legal
13 5 (1.66%) Games
13 5 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.33%) Advertising
15 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.33%) Publishing
15 1 (0.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 47 (15.56%) Data Engineer
1 47 (15.56%) Senior
2 26 (8.61%) Analyst
3 25 (8.28%) Lead
4 22 (7.28%) Microsoft Engineer
5 19 (6.29%) Designer
6 18 (5.96%) Analytics Manager
6 18 (5.96%) Developer
7 16 (5.30%) Architect
7 16 (5.30%) Platform Engineer
8 15 (4.97%) Associate Director
9 13 (4.30%) Product Designer
9 13 (4.30%) Senior Designer
9 13 (4.30%) Senior Product Designer
10 12 (3.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 11 (3.64%) Power BI Developer
11 11 (3.64%) Senior Manager
11 11 (3.64%) Social Media Executive
12 10 (3.31%) Business Developer
12 10 (3.31%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.98%) SAP CO-PA
2 7 (2.32%) React
3 6 (1.99%) CSS
3 6 (1.99%) HTML
3 6 (1.99%) Node.js
3 6 (1.99%) Redux
4 3 (0.99%) REST
5 2 (0.66%) Middleware
5 2 (0.66%) Snowpark
5 2 (0.66%) SOAP
6 1 (0.33%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.33%) Kafka
6 1 (0.33%) Laravel
6 1 (0.33%) MapLibre
6 1 (0.33%) NetworkX
6 1 (0.33%) Playwright
6 1 (0.33%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.33%) PySpark
6 1 (0.33%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.33%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.58%) Life Science
2 19 (6.29%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.63%) Social Media
4 15 (4.97%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.30%) Low-Code
5 13 (4.30%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.64%) Hackathon
6 11 (3.64%) Video Editing
7 7 (2.32%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.99%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.66%) Blog
10 3 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.99%) LIMS
10 3 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.66%) FMCG
11 2 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.65%) Linux
2 6 (1.99%) Windows
3 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (31.46%) AI
2 88 (29.14%) Agile
3 61 (20.20%) Decision-Making
4 55 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (17.22%) Machine Learning
6 50 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (15.23%) Computer Science
8 45 (14.90%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (14.90%) Data Modelling
9 42 (13.91%) Data Science
10 40 (13.25%) Data Analytics
10 40 (13.25%) Data Pipeline
11 36 (11.92%) Data Analysis
11 36 (11.92%) Use Case
12 35 (11.59%) ETL
12 35 (11.59%) Hematology
12 35 (11.59%) Immunology
12 35 (11.59%) User Experience
13 29 (9.60%) CI/CD
13 29 (9.60%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 61 (20.20%) SQL
2 48 (15.89%) Python
3 11 (3.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.99%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.99%) C#
6 3 (0.99%) R
7 2 (0.66%) Go
7 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.66%) VBA
8 1 (0.33%) C++
8 1 (0.33%) Ruby
8 1 (0.33%) Scala
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (23.84%) Degree
2 28 (9.27%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.30%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.30%) Security Cleared
4 13 (4.30%) PhD
5 5 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.99%) ACCA
7 3 (0.99%) CIMA
7 3 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.33%) APMG
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.33%) CIPD
9 1 (0.33%) CISM
9 1 (0.33%) CISSP
9 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.91%) Accessibility
2 29 (9.60%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.97%) GxP
4 7 (2.32%) WCAG
5 6 (1.99%) GDPR
6 5 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.32%) GRC
7 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.32%) QA
8 2 (0.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.66%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.33%) NIST
9 1 (0.33%) PMO
9 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.99%) Active Directory
1 3 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.98%) Terraform
2 3 (0.99%) Graylog
3 1 (0.33%) Argo
3 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 62 (20.53%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.95%) Adobe
2 21 (6.95%) Google
2 21 (6.95%) Nexthink
3 18 (5.96%) SAP
4 11 (3.64%) Hootsuite
4 11 (3.64%) Instagram
4 11 (3.64%) Oracle
4 11 (3.64%) Wrike
5 7 (2.32%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.99%) Databricks
7 4 (1.32%) Ahrefs
7 4 (1.32%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.66%) Agilent
8 2 (0.66%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.66%) Informatica
9 1 (0.33%) Foundry
9 1 (0.33%) Pega
9 1 (0.33%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.33%) Splunk