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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 53
Rank change year-on-year -2 +32 -16
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 292 266 273
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.49% 9.41% 4.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.54% 10.08% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 113 60 161
10th Percentile £38,000 £38,150 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,688 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,813 £63,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,625 £71,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -3.76%

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 3,875 2,639 5,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.80% 93.32% 85.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,493 1,207 4,082
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,620 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 17 April 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 17 April 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 +29 169 £50,000 -13.79% 22
Berkshire -18 100 £55,000 -15.38% 37
Oxfordshire -25 24 £52,705 +10.96% 18
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 (2.40%) CMS
2 2 (0.68%) WordPress
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.34%) Camunda
3 1 (0.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.71%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.34%) InDesign
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (3.08%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.47%) Azure
2 41 (14.04%) Power Platform
3 27 (9.25%) Snowflake
4 18 (6.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (5.14%) SaaS
6 14 (4.79%) Google Analytics
7 13 (4.45%) AWS
8 12 (4.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (3.77%) Asana
9 11 (3.77%) Sprout Social
10 6 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.71%) Adobe Analytics
11 5 (1.71%) dbt
11 5 (1.71%) Figma
11 5 (1.71%) GCP
12 4 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.37%) Miro
13 3 (1.03%) Google Tag Manager
13 3 (1.03%) IaaS
13 3 (1.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.05%) Broadband
2 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.68%) MQTT
4 1 (0.34%) Modbus
4 1 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.36%) Power BI
2 38 (13.01%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.48%) Data Lake
4 15 (5.14%) Metadata
5 12 (4.11%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.40%) Data Mining
6 7 (2.40%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.05%) Tableau
8 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.03%) Airbyte
10 3 (1.03%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (1.03%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.68%) Looker
11 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.68%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 7 (2.40%) Git
2 5 (1.71%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.71%) Balsamiq
3 3 (1.03%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 81 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (17.47%) Finance
4 46 (15.75%) Marketing
5 21 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (6.16%) Pharmaceutical
7 16 (5.48%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.79%) Retail
9 12 (4.11%) Law
10 9 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.74%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.71%) Games
12 5 (1.71%) Legal
13 3 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.34%) Advertising
15 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.34%) Publishing
15 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 47 (16.10%) Senior
2 36 (12.33%) Data Engineer
3 28 (9.59%) Architect
4 25 (8.56%) Lead
5 22 (7.53%) Analyst
5 22 (7.53%) Data Architect
6 19 (6.51%) Designer
7 17 (5.82%) Analytics Manager
8 15 (5.14%) Associate Director
8 15 (5.14%) Developer
9 14 (4.79%) Microsoft Engineer
10 13 (4.45%) Product Designer
10 13 (4.45%) Senior Designer
10 13 (4.45%) Senior Product Designer
11 12 (4.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 12 (4.11%) Senior Manager
12 11 (3.77%) Power BI Developer
12 11 (3.77%) Social Media Executive
13 10 (3.42%) Business Developer
14 9 (3.08%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.08%) SAP CO-PA
2 6 (2.05%) CSS
2 6 (2.05%) HTML
3 4 (1.37%) React
4 3 (1.03%) Node.js
4 3 (1.03%) Redux
4 3 (1.03%) REST
5 2 (0.68%) Middleware
5 2 (0.68%) Snowpark
5 2 (0.68%) SOAP
6 1 (0.34%) .NET
6 1 (0.34%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.34%) GeoPandas
6 1 (0.34%) gRPC
6 1 (0.34%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.34%) MapLibre
6 1 (0.34%) NetworkX
6 1 (0.34%) PySpark
6 1 (0.34%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.34%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 39 (13.36%) Life Science
2 21 (7.19%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.16%) Social Media
4 13 (4.45%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.45%) Low-Code
4 13 (4.45%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.77%) Hackathon
5 11 (3.77%) Video Editing
6 8 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.37%) Blog
7 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.03%) FMCG
8 3 (1.03%) LIMS
9 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.68%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.34%) Replication
10 1 (0.34%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.34%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.34%) Linux
1 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (30.48%) AI
2 87 (29.79%) Agile
3 56 (19.18%) Data Modelling
4 54 (18.49%) Decision-Making
5 52 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (17.47%) Computer Science
7 47 (16.10%) Machine Learning
8 45 (15.41%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (15.07%) Data Science
10 38 (13.01%) Use Case
11 37 (12.67%) Data Integration
11 37 (12.67%) Hematology
11 37 (12.67%) Immunology
12 36 (12.33%) User Experience
13 35 (11.99%) Data Analysis
13 35 (11.99%) Data Engineering
13 35 (11.99%) ETL
14 34 (11.64%) Data Analytics
14 34 (11.64%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 60 (20.55%) SQL
2 42 (14.38%) Python
3 11 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.03%) R
4 3 (1.03%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.68%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.68%) VBA
6 1 (0.34%) C#
6 1 (0.34%) C++
6 1 (0.34%) Ruby
6 1 (0.34%) Scala
6 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (26.03%) Degree
2 30 (10.27%) Master's Degree
3 15 (5.14%) PhD
4 9 (3.08%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.08%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.03%) ACCA
6 3 (1.03%) CIMA
7 2 (0.68%) CISSP
8 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.34%) CIPD
8 1 (0.34%) CISM
8 1 (0.34%) MCSE
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.34%) OCP
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (17.47%) Accessibility
2 27 (9.25%) Data Quality
3 17 (5.82%) GxP
4 8 (2.74%) GDPR
5 7 (2.40%) WCAG
6 5 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.37%) GRC
7 4 (1.37%) QA
8 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.34%) NIST
10 1 (0.34%) PMO
10 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.68%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.05%) Terraform
2 1 (0.34%) Argo
2 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 61 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.53%) Adobe
2 22 (7.53%) Nexthink
3 19 (6.51%) SAP
4 17 (5.82%) Google
5 11 (3.77%) Hootsuite
5 11 (3.77%) Instagram
5 11 (3.77%) Oracle
5 11 (3.77%) Wrike
6 7 (2.40%) Databricks
7 6 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.03%) Ahrefs
8 3 (1.03%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.68%) Agilent
9 2 (0.68%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.68%) Informatica
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco
10 1 (0.34%) Foundry
10 1 (0.34%) Pega
10 1 (0.34%) Sitecore