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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 80 44
Rank change year-on-year +67 -36 -8
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 363 104 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 8.75% 3.07% 4.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.95% 3.33% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 96 58 130
10th Percentile £38,750 £39,550 £39,825
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -10.17% -5.60%
75th Percentile £67,563 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,875 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.54% -1.67%

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 3,315 3,123 4,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 79.90% 92.04% 88.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,828 1,368 2,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,338
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,630
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +11.88% -2.49%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,009 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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
Berkshire +87 207 £50,000 -5.66% 182
Buckinghamshire +48 127 £50,000 -13.79% 47
Oxfordshire +2 30 £47,500 - 39
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 5 (1.38%) SugarCRM
2 4 (1.10%) CMS
3 3 (0.83%) Confluence
4 2 (0.55%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 95 (26.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.38%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.83%) InDesign
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (2.20%) SAP CO
2 7 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 119 (32.78%) Power Platform
2 113 (31.13%) Azure
3 30 (8.26%) Snowflake
4 12 (3.31%) SaaS
5 10 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (2.75%) Google Analytics
6 8 (2.20%) AWS
6 8 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 8 (2.20%) GCP
7 6 (1.65%) dbt
7 6 (1.65%) Figma
8 5 (1.38%) Google Ads
8 5 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.38%) Miro
9 4 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.10%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.83%) Collibra
10 3 (0.83%) Fivetran
11 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.65%) SMS
2 3 (0.83%) MQTT
2 3 (0.83%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.83%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.28%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (32.23%) Power BI
2 82 (22.59%) Data Lake
3 69 (19.01%) SAP BW
4 43 (11.85%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (8.54%) Metadata
6 12 (3.31%) Tableau
7 9 (2.48%) Data Mining
8 7 (1.93%) Qlik Sense
9 6 (1.65%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.38%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.83%) Looker
12 3 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.83%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.83%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.55%) Airbyte
13 2 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.93%) Git
2 5 (1.38%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.38%) Balsamiq
3 4 (1.10%) JIRA
4 3 (0.83%) ERwin
4 3 (0.83%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 170 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 128 (35.26%) Finance
3 115 (31.68%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (14.33%) Marketing
5 34 (9.37%) Pharmaceutical
6 29 (7.99%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.93%) Law
8 7 (1.93%) Legal
8 7 (1.93%) Retail
9 6 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.65%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.10%) Games
11 3 (0.83%) Advertising
11 3 (0.83%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.83%) Publishing
12 2 (0.55%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 118 (32.51%) Lead
2 65 (17.91%) Analyst
3 61 (16.80%) Senior
4 34 (9.37%) Report Analyst
5 33 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 28 (7.71%) Architect
6 28 (7.71%) Sustainability Analyst
7 26 (7.16%) Data Architect
8 19 (5.23%) Data Analyst
9 15 (4.13%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.13%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 12 (3.31%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (3.31%) Commercial Data Analyst
10 12 (3.31%) Procurement Analyst
11 10 (2.75%) Marketing Manager
12 9 (2.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 9 (2.48%) Developer
13 8 (2.20%) Business Developer
13 8 (2.20%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.75%) FHIR
2 7 (1.93%) SAP CO-PA
3 6 (1.65%) CSS
3 6 (1.65%) HTML
4 3 (0.83%) Middleware
4 3 (0.83%) REST
4 3 (0.83%) SOAP
5 2 (0.55%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.55%) NumPy
5 2 (0.55%) Pandas
5 2 (0.55%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.55%) Snowpark
6 1 (0.28%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.28%) GeoPandas
6 1 (0.28%) MapLibre
6 1 (0.28%) NetworkX
6 1 (0.28%) Playwright
6 1 (0.28%) PySpark
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.28%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 58 (15.98%) Life Science
2 44 (12.12%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (7.44%) Data Centre
4 22 (6.06%) Onboarding
5 19 (5.23%) Management Information System
6 18 (4.96%) Product Ownership
7 15 (4.13%) FMCG
8 10 (2.75%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.75%) Omics
9 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.65%) Social Media
9 6 (1.65%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.38%) Hackathon
10 5 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.38%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.83%) Blog
11 3 (0.83%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.83%) LIMS
11 3 (0.83%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.55%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (35.54%) Business Intelligence
2 122 (33.61%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (30.85%) Data Modelling
4 88 (24.24%) Computer Science
5 84 (23.14%) AI
6 73 (20.11%) Use Case
7 72 (19.83%) Data Science
7 72 (19.83%) Machine Learning
8 69 (19.01%) Agile
9 68 (18.73%) Data Governance
9 68 (18.73%) Decision-Making
10 63 (17.36%) ERP
11 62 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (16.53%) Actionable Insight
13 59 (16.25%) Roadmaps
14 55 (15.15%) Hematology
14 55 (15.15%) Immunology
15 50 (13.77%) Data Management
16 49 (13.50%) Stakeholder Management
17 45 (12.40%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.05%) SQL
2 29 (7.99%) Python
3 11 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.83%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.55%) R
5 2 (0.55%) VBA
6 1 (0.28%) Ruby
6 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 185 (50.96%) Degree
2 45 (12.40%) Master's Degree
3 40 (11.02%) PhD
4 14 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.20%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.65%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.65%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.38%) HNC
8 3 (0.83%) CISSP
8 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.83%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.83%) PMP
8 3 (0.83%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.55%) MCSE
9 2 (0.55%) OCP
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (23.69%) Data Quality
2 56 (15.43%) Accessibility
3 43 (11.85%) GxP
4 17 (4.68%) GDPR
5 10 (2.75%) CDISC
5 10 (2.75%) HL7
6 7 (1.93%) QA
6 7 (1.93%) WCAG
7 6 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.38%) GRC
9 3 (0.83%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.83%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.28%) NIST
10 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.83%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.10%) Terraform
2 1 (0.28%) Argo
2 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (23.69%) SAP
2 41 (11.29%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.96%) Nexthink
4 16 (4.41%) Google
5 10 (2.75%) Adobe
6 8 (2.20%) Oracle
6 8 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 6 (1.65%) Zoho
8 5 (1.38%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.83%) Agilent
9 3 (0.83%) Cisco
9 3 (0.83%) Databricks
9 3 (0.83%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.83%) Talend
10 2 (0.55%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.55%) IBM
10 2 (0.55%) Instagram
10 2 (0.55%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.55%) YouTube