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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 5 84
Rank change year-on-year -35 +79 -47
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 261 579 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.50% 15.37% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.93% 17.14% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 166 71 54
10th Percentile £35,625 £38,750 £41,300
25th Percentile £44,750 £41,250 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -10.09% -3.58%
75th Percentile £68,438 £67,500 £65,938
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £88,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -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 5,289 3,379 4,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.98% 89.72% 83.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,750 1,466 1,992
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £71,535 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £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 26 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 26 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 +29 96 £50,000 +5.26% 111
Berkshire -48 89 £65,000 - 213
Oxfordshire -26 76 £62,500 +19.05% 88
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 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.07%) CMS
3 3 (1.15%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.77%) Confluence
4 2 (0.77%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.77%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.77%) CapCut
2 2 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.77%) UserZoom
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.68%) Shopify
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.38%) FastStats
3 1 (0.38%) FastStats PeopleStage
3 1 (0.38%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.99%) Power Platform
2 50 (19.16%) Azure
3 28 (10.73%) Google Analytics
4 22 (8.43%) AWS
5 19 (7.28%) SaaS
6 18 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (4.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (4.60%) GCP
9 11 (4.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (4.21%) Google Ads
10 10 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (3.83%) Google Tag Manager
11 9 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (3.07%) dbt
12 8 (3.07%) Entra ID
12 8 (3.07%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.30%) Cloudflare
13 6 (2.30%) Fivetran
14 5 (1.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.07%) DNS
1 8 (3.07%) SSL
2 7 (2.68%) Network Security
3 5 (1.92%) 5G
4 3 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (1.15%) Firewall
4 3 (1.15%) VPN
5 2 (0.77%) 4G
6 1 (0.38%) 2G
6 1 (0.38%) 3G
6 1 (0.38%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.38%) Broadband
6 1 (0.38%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.38%) Intranet
6 1 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (19.54%) Power BI
2 20 (7.66%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (6.13%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.98%) Metadata
5 12 (4.60%) Star Schema
6 11 (4.21%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (3.83%) DynamoDB
7 10 (3.83%) Snowflake Schema
8 9 (3.45%) Amazon QuickSight
8 9 (3.45%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (2.30%) Airbyte
11 5 (1.92%) Tableau
12 4 (1.53%) Qlik Sense
13 3 (1.15%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.15%) Power Query
14 2 (0.77%) MySQL
14 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (8.43%) Git
2 4 (1.53%) GitLab
2 4 (1.53%) JIRA
3 3 (1.15%) MLflow
4 2 (0.77%) JUnit
5 1 (0.38%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.38%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 78 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 70 (26.82%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (21.84%) Retail
4 41 (15.71%) Finance
4 41 (15.71%) Marketing
5 21 (8.05%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.21%) Law
8 11 (4.21%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.07%) Legal
10 7 (2.68%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.53%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.15%) Automotive
15 2 (0.77%) Advertising
15 2 (0.77%) Aviation
16 1 (0.38%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 44 (16.86%) Senior
2 40 (15.33%) Data Engineer
3 36 (13.79%) Analyst
4 31 (11.88%) Insight Manager
5 21 (8.05%) Developer
6 16 (6.13%) Senior Data Engineer
7 15 (5.75%) Microsoft Engineer
8 13 (4.98%) Analytics Manager
8 13 (4.98%) Platform Engineer
9 12 (4.60%) Data Analyst
10 11 (4.21%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (3.83%) Security Analyst
12 9 (3.45%) Business Developer
12 9 (3.45%) Graduate
12 9 (3.45%) Lead
12 9 (3.45%) Systems Developer
13 8 (3.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (3.07%) SOC Analyst
14 6 (2.30%) Paid Search Manager
14 6 (2.30%) Security Incident Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.07%) PySpark
2 5 (1.92%) Node.js
2 5 (1.92%) React
2 5 (1.92%) Redux
2 5 (1.92%) Terraform
3 3 (1.15%) CSS
3 3 (1.15%) FastAPI
3 3 (1.15%) HTML
3 3 (1.15%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.15%) REST
4 2 (0.77%) .NET
4 2 (0.77%) gRPC
4 2 (0.77%) Hugging Face
4 2 (0.77%) JSON
4 2 (0.77%) NumPy
4 2 (0.77%) ONNX
4 2 (0.77%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.77%) Smarty
4 2 (0.77%) SOAP
4 2 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.66%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.07%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.07%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.30%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.53%) Graphic Design
7 4 (1.53%) Life Science
8 3 (1.15%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.15%) Blog
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.15%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.77%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.66%) Windows
2 14 (5.36%) Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (41.76%) AI
2 64 (24.52%) Business Intelligence
3 55 (21.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (20.69%) Decision-Making
5 47 (18.01%) Agile
6 44 (16.86%) Data Modelling
7 38 (14.56%) Data Analytics
8 36 (13.79%) Data Pipeline
9 33 (12.64%) ETL
9 33 (12.64%) Predictive Analytics
10 31 (11.88%) Actionable Insight
10 31 (11.88%) CI/CD
11 30 (11.49%) Machine Learning
12 29 (11.11%) CRM
13 28 (10.73%) Roadmaps
14 27 (10.34%) Digital Marketing
15 26 (9.96%) Data Engineering
15 26 (9.96%) Mentoring
16 25 (9.58%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 76 (29.12%) SQL
2 46 (17.62%) Python
3 13 (4.98%) C#
4 10 (3.83%) PowerShell
5 8 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.92%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.53%) C
8 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.77%) Go
9 2 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.38%) Bash
10 1 (0.38%) Rust
10 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (17.62%) Degree
2 23 (8.81%) SC Cleared
2 23 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.45%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.07%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.53%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.15%) CCNP
8 3 (1.15%) CISSP
8 3 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.77%) ACCA
9 2 (0.77%) CIMA
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.77%) PhD
9 2 (0.77%) PMP
9 2 (0.77%) SANS
10 1 (0.38%) CIPD
10 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (16.09%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.60%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.83%) GDPR
4 9 (3.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (3.07%) QA
6 7 (2.68%) ISO 9001
6 7 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.15%) NIST
8 3 (1.15%) WCAG
9 2 (0.77%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.38%) COBIT
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.38%) IASME
10 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.38%) PERC
10 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.30%) Graylog
2 3 (1.15%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.15%) Stealthwatch
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 80 (30.65%) Microsoft
2 40 (15.33%) Google
3 12 (4.60%) Databricks
4 10 (3.83%) Informatica
5 9 (3.45%) Talend
5 9 (3.45%) YouTube
6 6 (2.30%) CA Agile Central
7 5 (1.92%) Adobe
8 4 (1.53%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.53%) Instagram
8 4 (1.53%) SAP
9 3 (1.15%) Cisco
9 3 (1.15%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.15%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.77%) Darktrace
10 2 (0.77%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.77%) Marketo
10 2 (0.77%) TikTok