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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 7 50
Rank change year-on-year -22 +43 -14
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 252 502 290
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.44% 14.90% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.19% 15.98% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 124 42 141
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £63,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.02% +17.13% +4.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £81,875 £59,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £103,125 £67,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,875
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.34% -8.54%

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 4,068 3,141 5,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.75% 93.20% 82.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,804 1,179 3,961
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +55 144 £50,000 -2.44% 18
Berkshire -36 81 £55,000 -21.43% 47
Oxfordshire -49 27 £60,000 +26.32% 19
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 7 (2.78%) CMS
2 2 (0.79%) WordPress
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.40%) Camunda
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) UserZoom
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (3.57%) SAP CO
2 7 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 35 (13.89%) Power Platform
2 34 (13.49%) Azure
3 22 (8.73%) AWS
4 18 (7.14%) SaaS
5 15 (5.95%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (5.16%) Google Analytics
7 11 (4.37%) Asana
7 11 (4.37%) Sprout Social
8 9 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (3.57%) GCP
9 7 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.98%) Adobe Analytics
11 5 (1.98%) dbt
11 5 (1.98%) Fivetran
11 5 (1.98%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.59%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.59%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.59%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.38%) Broadband
1 6 (2.38%) DNS
1 6 (2.38%) SSL
2 3 (1.19%) Network Security
3 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.40%) Intranet
4 1 (0.40%) Modbus
4 1 (0.40%) MQTT
4 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (13.89%) Power BI
2 13 (5.16%) Data Lake
3 12 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.98%) Airbyte
6 5 (1.98%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.98%) Metadata
6 5 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.79%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.79%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.79%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.79%) Tableau
9 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.40%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.40%) Looker
9 1 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.40%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 7 (2.78%) Git
2 2 (0.79%) JUnit
3 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Selenium
General
1 72 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (17.06%) Finance
3 43 (17.06%) Marketing
4 26 (10.32%) Retail
5 19 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.95%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.17%) Law
10 6 (2.38%) Legal
10 6 (2.38%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.98%) Games
11 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.40%) Advertising
14 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (17.86%) Data Engineer
2 36 (14.29%) Senior
3 25 (9.92%) Analyst
3 25 (9.92%) Microsoft Engineer
4 22 (8.73%) Lead
5 19 (7.54%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (7.14%) Developer
7 15 (5.95%) Designer
8 14 (5.56%) Analytics Manager
9 13 (5.16%) Product Designer
9 13 (5.16%) Senior Designer
9 13 (5.16%) Senior Product Designer
10 11 (4.37%) Associate Director
10 11 (4.37%) Social Media Executive
11 10 (3.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 10 (3.97%) Insight Manager
11 10 (3.97%) Power BI Developer
11 10 (3.97%) Web Manager
11 10 (3.97%) Website Manager
12 9 (3.57%) Business Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.57%) SAP CO-PA
2 8 (3.17%) React
3 7 (2.78%) Node.js
3 7 (2.78%) Redux
4 4 (1.59%) CSS
4 4 (1.59%) HTML
5 2 (0.79%) .NET
5 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.79%) REST
6 1 (0.40%) gRPC
6 1 (0.40%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.40%) Kafka
6 1 (0.40%) Laravel
6 1 (0.40%) Middleware
6 1 (0.40%) Playwright
6 1 (0.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.92%) Life Science
2 17 (6.75%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.75%) Social Media
3 13 (5.16%) Mobile App
3 13 (5.16%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.37%) Low-Code
4 11 (4.37%) Video Editing
5 9 (3.57%) Hackathon
6 6 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.98%) Blog
8 4 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.79%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.79%) LIMS
10 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.40%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.37%) Linux
2 8 (3.17%) Windows
3 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (33.73%) AI
2 67 (26.59%) Agile
3 60 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 54 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (18.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 41 (16.27%) Machine Learning
8 37 (14.68%) Data Analytics
9 35 (13.89%) Computer Science
10 34 (13.49%) Data Pipeline
11 31 (12.30%) Data Modelling
12 30 (11.90%) ETL
13 29 (11.51%) B2B
14 28 (11.11%) Data Analysis
14 28 (11.11%) Use Case
15 27 (10.71%) CI/CD
15 27 (10.71%) Roadmaps
16 25 (9.92%) Data Science
16 25 (9.92%) User Experience
17 24 (9.52%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 56 (22.22%) SQL
2 43 (17.06%) Python
3 10 (3.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (2.78%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.59%) C#
7 2 (0.79%) Go
7 2 (0.79%) R
7 2 (0.79%) VBA
8 1 (0.40%) C++
8 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (20.63%) Degree
2 23 (9.13%) Master's Degree
3 13 (5.16%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.16%) Security Cleared
4 10 (3.97%) PhD
5 6 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.19%) ACCA
7 3 (1.19%) CIMA
7 3 (1.19%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.79%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.40%) APMG
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.40%) CIPD
9 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.71%) Accessibility
2 19 (7.54%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.37%) GxP
4 5 (1.98%) GDPR
5 4 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.19%) GRC
6 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.19%) QA
7 2 (0.79%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.79%) WCAG
8 1 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.40%) PERC
8 1 (0.40%) PMO
8 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.57%) Terraform
2 4 (1.59%) Graylog
3 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 57 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.94%) Google
3 17 (6.75%) SAP
4 16 (6.35%) Adobe
5 14 (5.56%) Nexthink
6 11 (4.37%) Hootsuite
6 11 (4.37%) Instagram
6 11 (4.37%) Oracle
6 11 (4.37%) Wrike
7 7 (2.78%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.98%) Databricks
9 4 (1.59%) Ahrefs
9 4 (1.59%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.79%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.40%) Automation Anywhere
11 1 (0.40%) Callidus
11 1 (0.40%) Marketo
11 1 (0.40%) Pardot
11 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.40%) UiPath