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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 7 56
Rank change year-on-year -28 +49 -12
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 238 565 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.66% 15.84% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 17.56% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 134 66 113
10th Percentile £35,375 £37,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,875 £41,250 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +15.79% -13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,875 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £70,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +0.92% -3.58%

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 4,612 3,217 4,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.93% 90.16% 81.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,203 1,424 2,823
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,828 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,198
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.21% -5.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +34 119 £47,500 - 26
Berkshire -41 79 £60,000 -7.69% 69
Oxfordshire -46 40 £60,000 +9.09% 30
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 9 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.36%) CMS
3 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.84%) CapCut
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.42%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 39 (16.39%) Power Platform
2 34 (14.29%) Azure
3 22 (9.24%) AWS
4 19 (7.98%) SaaS
5 14 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (5.46%) Google Analytics
7 12 (5.04%) GCP
8 7 (2.94%) Asana
8 7 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.94%) Sprout Social
9 6 (2.52%) dbt
9 6 (2.52%) Fivetran
9 6 (2.52%) Snowflake
10 5 (2.10%) Cloudflare
10 5 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.10%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.68%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (1.68%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.94%) DNS
1 7 (2.94%) SSL
2 4 (1.68%) Broadband
2 4 (1.68%) Network Security
3 1 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.42%) Firewall
3 1 (0.42%) Intranet
3 1 (0.42%) Modbus
3 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.45%) Power BI
2 12 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (5.04%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.20%) Data Lake
4 8 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.52%) Airbyte
5 6 (2.52%) Metadata
6 5 (2.10%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.26%) Tableau
8 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.84%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.42%) Looker
9 1 (0.42%) Power Query
9 1 (0.42%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.42%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (3.36%) Git
2 2 (0.84%) JIRA
2 2 (0.84%) JUnit
3 1 (0.42%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 57 (23.95%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (19.75%) Retail
4 33 (13.87%) Marketing
5 30 (12.61%) Finance
6 15 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.04%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.20%) Law
10 8 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.36%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.52%) Legal
12 4 (1.68%) Games
13 3 (1.26%) Automotive
13 3 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.42%) Advertising
15 1 (0.42%) Publishing
15 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (21.43%) Data Engineer
2 30 (12.61%) Analyst
2 30 (12.61%) Senior
3 28 (11.76%) Microsoft Engineer
4 22 (9.24%) Insight Manager
5 20 (8.40%) Platform Engineer
6 19 (7.98%) Developer
7 12 (5.04%) Analytics Manager
7 12 (5.04%) Senior Data Engineer
8 11 (4.62%) Lead
9 9 (3.78%) Data Analyst
9 9 (3.78%) Graduate
9 9 (3.78%) Web Manager
9 9 (3.78%) Website Manager
10 8 (3.36%) Architect
10 8 (3.36%) Business Developer
10 8 (3.36%) Web Analytics Manager
11 7 (2.94%) Designer
11 7 (2.94%) Security Analyst
11 7 (2.94%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.36%) React
2 7 (2.94%) Node.js
2 7 (2.94%) Redux
3 3 (1.26%) .NET
3 3 (1.26%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.84%) REST
5 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.42%) CSS
5 1 (0.42%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.42%) Flask
5 1 (0.42%) Gradio
5 1 (0.42%) gRPC
5 1 (0.42%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.42%) HTML
5 1 (0.42%) Kafka
5 1 (0.42%) Laravel
5 1 (0.42%) PySpark
5 1 (0.42%) SAP CO-PA
5 1 (0.42%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.46%) Social Media
3 12 (5.04%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.20%) Life Science
5 9 (3.78%) Video Editing
6 8 (3.36%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.52%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (2.52%) Hackathon
7 6 (2.52%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.10%) Blog
8 5 (2.10%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.10%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.10%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.68%) Graphic Design
10 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.84%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.46%) Linux
2 9 (3.78%) Windows
3 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (43.28%) AI
2 60 (25.21%) Decision-Making
3 55 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (21.85%) Agile
5 47 (19.75%) Business Intelligence
6 46 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (18.91%) Data Pipeline
8 42 (17.65%) Data Analytics
9 36 (15.13%) Data Modelling
10 33 (13.87%) Machine Learning
11 31 (13.03%) CRM
12 30 (12.61%) Data Analysis
13 29 (12.18%) CI/CD
14 28 (11.76%) Predictive Analytics
15 27 (11.34%) Data Governance
16 25 (10.50%) Actionable Insight
16 25 (10.50%) ETL
17 22 (9.24%) DevOps
18 21 (8.82%) Data Engineering
18 21 (8.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 54 (22.69%) SQL
2 42 (17.65%) Python
3 7 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.94%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.10%) C#
5 4 (1.68%) C
6 3 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.84%) Go
7 2 (0.84%) R
8 1 (0.42%) C++
8 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (17.23%) Degree
2 16 (6.72%) SC Cleared
2 16 (6.72%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.36%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.68%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.26%) ACCA
8 3 (1.26%) CIMA
8 3 (1.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.42%) APMG
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.42%) CCNP
9 1 (0.42%) CIPD
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.08%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (1.68%) QA
4 3 (1.26%) GDPR
4 3 (1.26%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.84%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.42%) PERC
6 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.78%) Terraform
2 5 (2.10%) Graylog
3 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 69 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.50%) Google
3 13 (5.46%) Adobe
4 11 (4.62%) Oracle
5 9 (3.78%) Instagram
6 8 (3.36%) SAP
7 7 (2.94%) Hootsuite
7 7 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.94%) Wrike
8 6 (2.52%) Databricks
9 4 (1.68%) Ahrefs
9 4 (1.68%) Screaming Frog
10 3 (1.26%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.84%) Marketo
12 1 (0.42%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.42%) Callidus
12 1 (0.42%) iManage
12 1 (0.42%) Informatica
12 1 (0.42%) NVIDIA
12 1 (0.42%) Pardot