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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 5 74
Rank change year-on-year -35 +69 -38
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 250 642 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.47% 16.60% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 18.42% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 158 72 60
10th Percentile £35,875 £38,750 £38,275
25th Percentile £44,534 £41,250 £42,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.09% -3.58%
75th Percentile £65,625 £67,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £75,375 £83,750 £79,375
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 5,093 3,486 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.72% 90.12% 81.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,617 1,478 2,086
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +27 96 £50,000 +5.26% 99
Berkshire -44 88 £65,000 - 240
Oxfordshire -33 66 £62,500 +19.05% 97
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 11 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.80%) CMS
3 3 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.80%) Confluence
5 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.80%) CapCut
2 2 (0.80%) UserZoom
3 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.80%) Shopify
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.40%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 56 (22.40%) Power Platform
2 46 (18.40%) Azure
3 27 (10.80%) Google Analytics
4 22 (8.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (8.00%) AWS
6 18 (7.20%) SaaS
7 12 (4.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (4.40%) GCP
9 10 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (4.00%) Google Tag Manager
10 9 (3.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (3.60%) Google Ads
11 8 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.40%) Cloudflare
13 6 (2.40%) dbt
13 6 (2.40%) Entra ID
13 6 (2.40%) Fivetran
13 6 (2.40%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.60%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.20%) DNS
1 8 (3.20%) SSL
2 7 (2.80%) Network Security
3 5 (2.00%) 5G
4 3 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (1.20%) Firewall
4 3 (1.20%) VPN
5 2 (0.80%) 4G
6 1 (0.40%) 2G
6 1 (0.40%) 3G
6 1 (0.40%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.40%) Broadband
6 1 (0.40%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.40%) Intranet
6 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (18.80%) Power BI
2 19 (7.60%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (6.00%) SQL Server
4 14 (5.60%) Metadata
5 11 (4.40%) Star Schema
6 10 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (4.00%) DynamoDB
6 10 (4.00%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (3.60%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (3.60%) MongoDB
7 9 (3.60%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.40%) Airbyte
8 6 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.60%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.20%) Tableau
11 2 (0.80%) Power Query
11 2 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.40%) Looker
12 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (7.60%) Git
2 4 (1.60%) JIRA
3 3 (1.20%) MLflow
4 2 (0.80%) GitLab
4 2 (0.80%) JUnit
5 1 (0.40%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.40%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
General
1 73 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 70 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (23.20%) Retail
4 38 (15.20%) Finance
5 36 (14.40%) Marketing
6 16 (6.40%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.40%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.80%) Law
9 11 (4.40%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.20%) Legal
11 7 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.60%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.20%) Automotive
16 2 (0.80%) Advertising
16 2 (0.80%) Aviation
16 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.40%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 41 (16.40%) Data Engineer
2 39 (15.60%) Senior
3 35 (14.00%) Analyst
4 31 (12.40%) Insight Manager
5 19 (7.60%) Developer
5 19 (7.60%) Microsoft Engineer
6 15 (6.00%) Platform Engineer
6 15 (6.00%) Senior Data Engineer
7 13 (5.20%) Analytics Manager
8 12 (4.80%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (4.80%) Data Analyst
9 9 (3.60%) Business Developer
9 9 (3.60%) Graduate
9 9 (3.60%) Systems Developer
10 8 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 8 (3.20%) Lead
10 8 (3.20%) Security Analyst
10 8 (3.20%) SOC Analyst
11 7 (2.80%) Architect
12 6 (2.40%) Incident Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.40%) Node.js
1 6 (2.40%) PySpark
1 6 (2.40%) React
1 6 (2.40%) Redux
1 6 (2.40%) Terraform
2 3 (1.20%) CSS
2 3 (1.20%) FastAPI
2 3 (1.20%) HTML
2 3 (1.20%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.80%) .NET
3 2 (0.80%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.80%) gRPC
3 2 (0.80%) Hugging Face
3 2 (0.80%) NumPy
3 2 (0.80%) ONNX
3 2 (0.80%) OpenCV
3 2 (0.80%) Pandas
3 2 (0.80%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.80%) Smarty
3 2 (0.80%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.20%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.60%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.80%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.60%) Blog
7 4 (1.60%) Graphic Design
7 4 (1.60%) Life Science
8 3 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.80%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.80%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.00%) Windows
2 14 (5.60%) Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (40.80%) AI
2 59 (23.60%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (21.60%) Decision-Making
5 52 (20.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (19.20%) Agile
7 42 (16.80%) Data Modelling
8 36 (14.40%) Predictive Analytics
9 35 (14.00%) Data Pipeline
10 34 (13.60%) Data Analytics
11 31 (12.40%) Machine Learning
12 30 (12.00%) CI/CD
13 29 (11.60%) Actionable Insight
13 29 (11.60%) CRM
13 29 (11.60%) ETL
14 28 (11.20%) Data Analysis
15 26 (10.40%) Computer Science
15 26 (10.40%) Digital Marketing
16 24 (9.60%) Data Architecture
16 24 (9.60%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 70 (28.00%) SQL
2 44 (17.60%) Python
3 13 (5.20%) C#
4 8 (3.20%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (2.40%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.60%) C
8 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.80%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) Bash
10 1 (0.40%) Rust
10 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (19.20%) Degree
2 23 (9.20%) SC Cleared
2 23 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.60%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.20%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (2.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.60%) ICAEW
7 4 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.20%) ACCA
8 3 (1.20%) CCNP
8 3 (1.20%) CIMA
9 2 (0.80%) PhD
10 1 (0.40%) CCSP
10 1 (0.40%) CIPD
10 1 (0.40%) CISSP
10 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.60%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.20%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.40%) GDPR
4 9 (3.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (2.80%) QA
6 4 (1.60%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.20%) WCAG
8 2 (0.80%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.40%) COBIT
9 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.40%) NIST
9 1 (0.40%) PERC
9 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.40%) Graylog
2 3 (1.20%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.20%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 78 (31.20%) Microsoft
2 38 (15.20%) Google
3 10 (4.00%) Databricks
3 10 (4.00%) Informatica
4 9 (3.60%) Talend
5 8 (3.20%) YouTube
6 6 (2.40%) CA Agile Central
7 5 (2.00%) Adobe
8 4 (1.60%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.60%) SAP
8 4 (1.60%) Screaming Frog
9 3 (1.20%) Cisco
9 3 (1.20%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.20%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.20%) Instagram
9 3 (1.20%) Oracle
10 2 (0.80%) Marketo
10 2 (0.80%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.80%) Thales
11 1 (0.40%) WooCommerce