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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 83 56
Rank change year-on-year +67 -27 -20
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 326 99 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.42% 3.11% 4.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.55% 3.33% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 95 53 133
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £32,810
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -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 3,412 2,977 4,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 77.62% 93.47% 86.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,994 1,254 3,461
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,575 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,563 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +78 156 £50,000 -5.66% 47
Buckinghamshire +40 148 £52,500 -9.48% 31
Oxfordshire -4 23 £47,500 - 29
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 6 (1.84%) CMS
2 2 (0.61%) Confluence
2 2 (0.61%) WordPress
3 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.31%) Camunda
3 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.31%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 44 (13.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.53%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.92%) InDesign
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.31%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (3.07%) SAP CO
2 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.92%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (20.55%) Power Platform
2 66 (20.25%) Azure
3 28 (8.59%) Snowflake
4 12 (3.68%) SaaS
5 10 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (2.76%) AWS
6 9 (2.76%) Google Analytics
7 7 (2.15%) Asana
7 7 (2.15%) Sprout Social
8 6 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (1.84%) GCP
9 5 (1.53%) Figma
9 5 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.23%) dbt
10 4 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.23%) Miro
10 4 (1.23%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.92%) Collibra
11 3 (0.92%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.92%) Broadband
1 3 (0.92%) MQTT
1 3 (0.92%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.92%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (19.94%) Power BI
2 44 (13.50%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (10.74%) Data Lake
4 28 (8.59%) Metadata
5 26 (7.98%) SAP BW
6 9 (2.76%) Data Mining
6 9 (2.76%) Tableau
7 5 (1.53%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.53%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.23%) Qlik Sense
8 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.92%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.92%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.61%) Airbyte
10 2 (0.61%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.61%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Axure RP
1 5 (1.53%) Balsamiq
1 5 (1.53%) Git
2 3 (0.92%) ERwin
2 3 (0.92%) JIRA
2 3 (0.92%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 137 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 118 (36.20%) Finance
3 92 (28.22%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (15.95%) Marketing
5 33 (10.12%) Pharmaceutical
6 20 (6.13%) Manufacturing
7 15 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.45%) Legal
9 7 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.84%) Law
11 5 (1.53%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.23%) Games
13 3 (0.92%) Advertising
13 3 (0.92%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.92%) Publishing
13 3 (0.92%) Retail
13 3 (0.92%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.61%) French Language
14 2 (0.61%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 80 (24.54%) Lead
2 73 (22.39%) Senior
3 41 (12.58%) Analyst
4 29 (8.90%) Architect
5 26 (7.98%) Data Architect
6 18 (5.52%) Data Analyst
6 18 (5.52%) Data Engineer
6 18 (5.52%) Designer
7 14 (4.29%) Senior Manager
8 13 (3.99%) Product Designer
8 13 (3.99%) Senior Designer
8 13 (3.99%) Senior Product Designer
9 12 (3.68%) Commercial Analyst
9 12 (3.68%) Commercial Data Analyst
9 12 (3.68%) Developer
9 12 (3.68%) Procurement Analyst
9 12 (3.68%) Report Analyst
10 11 (3.37%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 10 (3.07%) Business Developer
11 10 (3.07%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.76%) SAP CO-PA
2 8 (2.45%) FHIR
3 7 (2.15%) CSS
3 7 (2.15%) HTML
4 3 (0.92%) Middleware
4 3 (0.92%) REST
4 3 (0.92%) SOAP
5 2 (0.61%) React
5 2 (0.61%) Snowpark
6 1 (0.31%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.31%) Kafka
6 1 (0.31%) Laravel
6 1 (0.31%) MapLibre
6 1 (0.31%) NetworkX
6 1 (0.31%) Playwright
6 1 (0.31%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.31%) PySpark
6 1 (0.31%) Redux
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.31%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 57 (17.48%) Life Science
2 46 (14.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 30 (9.20%) Product Ownership
4 27 (8.28%) Data Centre
5 15 (4.60%) FMCG
5 15 (4.60%) Social Media
6 13 (3.99%) Mobile App
7 10 (3.07%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.76%) Algorithms
8 9 (2.76%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.76%) Video Editing
9 8 (2.45%) Low-Code
9 8 (2.45%) Omics
10 7 (2.15%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.84%) Hackathon
11 6 (1.84%) Web Conferencing
12 4 (1.23%) LIMS
13 3 (0.92%) Blog
13 3 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (0.92%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.92%) Unix
2 1 (0.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.45%) AI
2 88 (26.99%) Computer Science
3 83 (25.46%) Agile
4 82 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (23.31%) Business Intelligence
6 73 (22.39%) Machine Learning
6 73 (22.39%) Use Case
7 70 (21.47%) Data Modelling
8 65 (19.94%) Data Science
9 61 (18.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (17.79%) Decision-Making
11 54 (16.56%) Hematology
11 54 (16.56%) Immunology
12 49 (15.03%) Roadmaps
13 44 (13.50%) Data Integration
14 43 (13.19%) Data Analytics
14 43 (13.19%) Data Architecture
14 43 (13.19%) Generative AI
15 42 (12.88%) Business Strategy
16 41 (12.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.72%) SQL
2 32 (9.82%) Python
3 11 (3.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.23%) R
5 3 (0.92%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.61%) VBA
7 1 (0.31%) C++
7 1 (0.31%) Ruby
7 1 (0.31%) Scala
7 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 127 (38.96%) Degree
2 46 (14.11%) Master's Degree
3 37 (11.35%) PhD
4 13 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.15%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.53%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.92%) CISSP
7 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.92%) PMP
7 3 (0.92%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.61%) MCSE
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.61%) OCP
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.31%) CISM
9 1 (0.31%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (17.18%) Accessibility
2 43 (13.19%) Data Quality
3 40 (12.27%) GxP
4 11 (3.37%) GDPR
5 8 (2.45%) CDISC
5 8 (2.45%) HL7
6 7 (2.15%) WCAG
7 6 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.53%) GRC
8 5 (1.53%) QA
9 3 (0.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.92%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.31%) NIST
10 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.23%) Terraform
2 2 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.31%) Argo
3 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (12.88%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.58%) SAP
3 22 (6.75%) Nexthink
4 18 (5.52%) Adobe
5 13 (3.99%) Google
6 9 (2.76%) Hootsuite
6 9 (2.76%) Instagram
6 9 (2.76%) Oracle
7 7 (2.15%) Wrike
8 4 (1.23%) Databricks
8 4 (1.23%) Zoho
9 3 (0.92%) Agilent
9 3 (0.92%) Cisco
9 3 (0.92%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.92%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.61%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.61%) YouTube
11 1 (0.31%) Automation Anywhere
11 1 (0.31%) Foundry
11 1 (0.31%) UiPath