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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 7 48
Rank change year-on-year -20 +41 -8
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 281 473 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.00% 14.06% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.93% 14.99% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 130 58 149
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,950 £32,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,063 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £74,375 £59,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £87,875 £68,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4,053 3,156 5,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.13% 93.84% 84.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,725 1,245 3,924
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% 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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +44 161 £50,000 -13.42% 24
Berkshire -31 90 £55,000 -21.43% 41
Oxfordshire -42 30 £57,500 +21.05% 14
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 8 (2.85%) CMS
2 2 (0.71%) WordPress
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) Camunda
3 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.78%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.71%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (3.20%) SAP CO
2 7 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (14.23%) Power Platform
2 39 (13.88%) Azure
3 23 (8.19%) AWS
4 19 (6.76%) SaaS
5 18 (6.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 15 (5.34%) Google Analytics
7 12 (4.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (3.91%) Asana
8 11 (3.91%) Sprout Social
9 9 (3.20%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.85%) GCP
11 7 (2.49%) dbt
12 6 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.78%) Adobe Analytics
13 5 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.78%) Figma
14 4 (1.42%) Fivetran
14 4 (1.42%) Google Tag Manager
15 3 (1.07%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.14%) Broadband
2 5 (1.78%) DNS
2 5 (1.78%) SSL
3 3 (1.07%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.71%) MQTT
4 2 (0.71%) Network Security
5 1 (0.36%) Intranet
5 1 (0.36%) Modbus
5 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.52%) Power BI
2 20 (7.12%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.69%) Data Lake
4 13 (4.63%) SQL Server
5 10 (3.56%) Metadata
6 9 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.49%) Data Mining
8 6 (2.14%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.78%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.78%) Tableau
10 4 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.71%) Looker
12 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.71%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.71%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (0.36%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 9 (3.20%) Git
2 5 (1.78%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.78%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) JIRA
3 1 (0.36%) JUnit
3 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 77 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 61 (21.71%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (17.44%) Finance
4 44 (15.66%) Marketing
5 23 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (8.19%) Retail
6 17 (6.05%) Manufacturing
7 13 (4.63%) Law
7 13 (4.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (3.56%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.49%) Legal
11 5 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.78%) Games
11 5 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.36%) Advertising
13 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (16.73%) Data Engineer
2 41 (14.59%) Senior
3 26 (9.25%) Analyst
4 22 (7.83%) Microsoft Engineer
5 21 (7.47%) Lead
6 19 (6.76%) Designer
6 19 (6.76%) Developer
7 16 (5.69%) Platform Engineer
8 15 (5.34%) Analytics Manager
9 13 (4.63%) Product Designer
9 13 (4.63%) Senior Designer
9 13 (4.63%) Senior Product Designer
10 12 (4.27%) Associate Director
10 12 (4.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 11 (3.91%) Architect
11 11 (3.91%) Power BI Developer
11 11 (3.91%) Social Media Executive
12 10 (3.56%) Business Developer
12 10 (3.56%) Web Manager
12 10 (3.56%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.20%) SAP CO-PA
2 8 (2.85%) React
3 7 (2.49%) Node.js
3 7 (2.49%) Redux
4 6 (2.14%) CSS
4 6 (2.14%) HTML
5 3 (1.07%) REST
6 2 (0.71%) Middleware
6 2 (0.71%) Snowpark
6 2 (0.71%) SOAP
7 1 (0.36%) .NET
7 1 (0.36%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.36%) GeoPandas
7 1 (0.36%) gRPC
7 1 (0.36%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.36%) Laravel
7 1 (0.36%) MapLibre
7 1 (0.36%) PySpark
7 1 (0.36%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.36%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.96%) Life Science
2 18 (6.41%) Product Ownership
3 17 (6.05%) Social Media
4 15 (5.34%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.63%) Mobile App
6 12 (4.27%) Low-Code
7 11 (3.91%) Video Editing
8 10 (3.56%) Hackathon
9 6 (2.14%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.78%) Blog
10 5 (1.78%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.07%) LIMS
12 3 (1.07%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
13 2 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (0.71%) Learning Management System
13 2 (0.71%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.85%) Linux
2 6 (2.14%) Windows
3 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (30.25%) AI
2 75 (26.69%) Agile
3 61 (21.71%) Decision-Making
4 53 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (16.01%) Machine Learning
7 44 (15.66%) Business Intelligence
8 40 (14.23%) Data Modelling
9 39 (13.88%) Computer Science
9 39 (13.88%) Data Analytics
10 38 (13.52%) Data Pipeline
11 36 (12.81%) User Experience
12 35 (12.46%) ETL
13 32 (11.39%) Data Analysis
13 32 (11.39%) Data Science
14 31 (11.03%) Use Case
15 30 (10.68%) B2B
16 29 (10.32%) CI/CD
17 26 (9.25%) Actionable Insight
17 26 (9.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 60 (21.35%) SQL
2 47 (16.73%) Python
3 11 (3.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (2.49%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.78%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.07%) C#
6 3 (1.07%) R
7 2 (0.71%) Go
7 2 (0.71%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.71%) VBA
8 1 (0.36%) C++
8 1 (0.36%) Ruby
8 1 (0.36%) Scala
8 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (21.71%) Degree
2 24 (8.54%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.69%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.69%) Security Cleared
4 10 (3.56%) PhD
5 5 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.07%) ACCA
6 3 (1.07%) CIMA
6 3 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.36%) APMG
8 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.36%) CIPD
8 1 (0.36%) CISM
8 1 (0.36%) CISSP
8 1 (0.36%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.46%) Accessibility
2 25 (8.90%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.27%) GxP
4 7 (2.49%) WCAG
5 6 (2.14%) GDPR
6 5 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.78%) QA
7 4 (1.42%) GRC
7 4 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.71%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.71%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.36%) NIST
9 1 (0.36%) PMO
9 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.07%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.20%) Terraform
2 3 (1.07%) Graylog
3 1 (0.36%) Argo
3 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.47%) Adobe
2 21 (7.47%) Nexthink
3 20 (7.12%) Google
4 17 (6.05%) SAP
5 11 (3.91%) Hootsuite
5 11 (3.91%) Instagram
5 11 (3.91%) Oracle
5 11 (3.91%) Wrike
6 7 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.14%) Databricks
8 4 (1.42%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.42%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.71%) Agilent
9 2 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.71%) Informatica
10 1 (0.36%) Foundry
10 1 (0.36%) Pega
10 1 (0.36%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.36%) Splunk