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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 7 56
Rank change year-on-year -28 +49 -15
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 240 555 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.80% 15.51% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.33% 17.13% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 130 62 117
10th Percentile £31,125 £37,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,188 £41,250 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +6.48% -1.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £71,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +0.92% -5.22%

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 4,501 3,240 4,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.17% 90.55% 81.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,120 1,411 3,037
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,927 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £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 25 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the Thames Valley

Analytics
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 25 July 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 +43 124 £47,500 - 16
Berkshire -48 78 £60,000 -7.69% 36
Oxfordshire -41 38 £60,000 +9.09% 24
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 8 (3.33%) CMS
2 6 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.42%) Camunda
4 1 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.42%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 37 (15.42%) Power Platform
2 34 (14.17%) Azure
3 23 (9.58%) AWS
4 16 (6.67%) SaaS
5 13 (5.42%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (5.42%) GCP
5 13 (5.42%) Google Analytics
6 9 (3.75%) Asana
6 9 (3.75%) Sprout Social
7 7 (2.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (2.50%) dbt
8 6 (2.50%) Fivetran
8 6 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.50%) Snowflake
9 5 (2.08%) Cloudflare
9 5 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.08%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.67%) Adobe Analytics
10 4 (1.67%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.92%) DNS
1 7 (2.92%) SSL
2 5 (2.08%) Broadband
3 3 (1.25%) Network Security
4 1 (0.42%) Intranet
4 1 (0.42%) Modbus
4 1 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.33%) Power BI
2 12 (5.00%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.58%) Data Lake
3 11 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.50%) Airbyte
6 5 (2.08%) Metadata
6 5 (2.08%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.25%) Tableau
8 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.42%) Looker
9 1 (0.42%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.42%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (3.33%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) JUnit
3 1 (0.42%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 71 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (18.33%) Retail
4 33 (13.75%) Marketing
5 25 (10.42%) Finance
6 17 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.17%) Law
8 10 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.92%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.08%) Legal
12 4 (1.67%) Games
13 3 (1.25%) Automotive
13 3 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.42%) Advertising
15 1 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (20.83%) Data Engineer
2 38 (15.83%) Senior
3 30 (12.50%) Analyst
4 28 (11.67%) Microsoft Engineer
5 21 (8.75%) Insight Manager
6 20 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
7 16 (6.67%) Developer
8 13 (5.42%) Designer
9 12 (5.00%) Analytics Manager
9 12 (5.00%) Senior Data Engineer
10 11 (4.58%) Lead
10 11 (4.58%) Product Designer
10 11 (4.58%) Senior Designer
10 11 (4.58%) Senior Product Designer
11 9 (3.75%) Architect
11 9 (3.75%) Data Analyst
11 9 (3.75%) Graduate
11 9 (3.75%) Social Media Executive
11 9 (3.75%) Web Manager
11 9 (3.75%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.33%) React
2 7 (2.92%) Node.js
2 7 (2.92%) Redux
3 3 (1.25%) .NET
3 3 (1.25%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.83%) Kafka
4 2 (0.83%) REST
5 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.42%) CSS
5 1 (0.42%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.42%) Flask
5 1 (0.42%) Gradio
5 1 (0.42%) gRPC
5 1 (0.42%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.42%) HTML
5 1 (0.42%) Laravel
5 1 (0.42%) SAP CO-PA
5 1 (0.42%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.25%) Social Media
3 14 (5.83%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.58%) Mobile App
5 10 (4.17%) Life Science
6 9 (3.75%) Video Editing
7 8 (3.33%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.50%) Hackathon
9 5 (2.08%) Blog
9 5 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.25%) Graphic Design
10 3 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.83%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.42%) Linux
2 9 (3.75%) Windows
3 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (41.67%) AI
2 57 (23.75%) Decision-Making
3 56 (23.33%) Agile
4 52 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
6 44 (18.33%) Data Pipeline
7 43 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (16.25%) Data Analytics
9 35 (14.58%) Data Modelling
10 33 (13.75%) Machine Learning
11 29 (12.08%) CI/CD
12 27 (11.25%) Data Analysis
12 27 (11.25%) Predictive Analytics
13 26 (10.83%) Data Governance
14 25 (10.42%) Actionable Insight
14 25 (10.42%) B2B
14 25 (10.42%) CRM
15 24 (10.00%) ETL
16 21 (8.75%) Data Engineering
16 21 (8.75%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.67%) SQL
2 41 (17.08%) Python
3 7 (2.92%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.92%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.08%) C#
5 3 (1.25%) C
6 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.83%) Go
6 2 (0.83%) R
7 1 (0.42%) C++
7 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (15.83%) Degree
2 15 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 15 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.75%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.92%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.25%) ACCA
6 3 (1.25%) CIMA
6 3 (1.25%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.83%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.42%) APMG
8 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) CIPD
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.25%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.83%) QA
5 2 (0.83%) WCAG
6 1 (0.42%) PERC
6 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.75%) Terraform
2 5 (2.08%) Graylog
3 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 66 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.42%) Google
3 13 (5.42%) Adobe
4 11 (4.58%) Oracle
5 9 (3.75%) Hootsuite
5 9 (3.75%) Instagram
5 9 (3.75%) Wrike
6 8 (3.33%) SAP
7 7 (2.92%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.08%) Databricks
9 4 (1.67%) Ahrefs
9 4 (1.67%) Screaming Frog
10 3 (1.25%) Nexthink
11 1 (0.42%) Automation Anywhere
11 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.42%) iManage
11 1 (0.42%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.42%) Pardot
11 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.42%) UiPath