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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 80 45
Rank change year-on-year +67 -35 -11
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 365 104 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 8.69% 3.10% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.93% 3.35% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 92 57 136
10th Percentile £35,125 £39,400 £38,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -7.83% -9.80%
75th Percentile £67,563 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £61,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -13.93% +3.39% -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 3,340 3,108 4,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 79.49% 92.53% 87.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,851 1,327 3,093
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £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 £76,009 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £83,700
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +90 207 £50,000 -5.66% 145
Buckinghamshire +45 135 £50,000 -13.79% 55
Oxfordshire 0 24 £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 4 (1.10%) CMS
1 4 (1.10%) SugarCRM
2 3 (0.82%) Confluence
3 2 (0.55%) WordPress
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 90 (24.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.37%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.82%) InDesign
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.47%) SAP CO
2 7 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 116 (31.78%) Power Platform
2 108 (29.59%) Azure
3 28 (7.67%) Snowflake
4 10 (2.74%) Google Analytics
5 9 (2.47%) SaaS
6 8 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (1.64%) AWS
7 6 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (1.64%) Figma
7 6 (1.64%) GCP
8 5 (1.37%) Google Ads
8 5 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.37%) Miro
9 4 (1.10%) Asana
9 4 (1.10%) dbt
9 4 (1.10%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.10%) Sprout Social
10 3 (0.82%) Collibra
11 2 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.82%) MQTT
1 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
1 3 (0.82%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.55%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (31.23%) Power BI
2 80 (21.92%) Data Lake
3 70 (19.18%) SAP BW
4 42 (11.51%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (8.49%) Metadata
6 10 (2.74%) Tableau
7 9 (2.47%) Data Mining
8 7 (1.92%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.82%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.82%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.82%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.55%) Airbyte
10 2 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.27%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Axure RP
1 5 (1.37%) Balsamiq
1 5 (1.37%) Git
2 4 (1.10%) JIRA
3 3 (0.82%) ERwin
3 3 (0.82%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 170 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 127 (34.79%) Finance
3 111 (30.41%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (13.42%) Marketing
5 34 (9.32%) Pharmaceutical
6 29 (7.95%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.19%) Legal
9 7 (1.92%) Law
10 6 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.64%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.10%) Games
11 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Advertising
12 3 (0.82%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Publishing
12 3 (0.82%) Retail
13 2 (0.55%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 117 (32.05%) Lead
2 64 (17.53%) Senior
3 63 (17.26%) Analyst
4 34 (9.32%) Report Analyst
5 33 (9.04%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 28 (7.67%) Sustainability Analyst
7 27 (7.40%) Architect
8 26 (7.12%) Data Architect
9 18 (4.93%) Data Analyst
10 15 (4.11%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.84%) Data Engineer
12 12 (3.29%) Commercial Analyst
12 12 (3.29%) Commercial Data Analyst
12 12 (3.29%) Procurement Analyst
13 11 (3.01%) Designer
14 10 (2.74%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 10 (2.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 10 (2.74%) Developer
14 10 (2.74%) Marketing Manager
15 9 (2.47%) Business Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.74%) FHIR
2 8 (2.19%) SAP CO-PA
3 6 (1.64%) CSS
3 6 (1.64%) HTML
4 3 (0.82%) Middleware
4 3 (0.82%) REST
4 3 (0.82%) SOAP
5 2 (0.55%) Snowpark
6 1 (0.27%) GeoPandas
6 1 (0.27%) MapLibre
6 1 (0.27%) NetworkX
6 1 (0.27%) Playwright
6 1 (0.27%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.27%) PySpark
6 1 (0.27%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.27%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 58 (15.89%) Life Science
2 45 (12.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (7.40%) Data Centre
4 24 (6.58%) Product Ownership
5 19 (5.21%) Management Information System
6 16 (4.38%) Onboarding
7 15 (4.11%) FMCG
8 10 (2.74%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.74%) Omics
8 10 (2.74%) Social Media
9 6 (1.64%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.64%) Video Editing
9 6 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.37%) Hackathon
10 5 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.37%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.82%) Blog
11 3 (0.82%) LIMS
11 3 (0.82%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (34.52%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (34.25%) Business Intelligence
3 112 (30.68%) Data Modelling
4 89 (24.38%) Computer Science
5 87 (23.84%) AI
6 74 (20.27%) Agile
7 72 (19.73%) Data Science
8 71 (19.45%) Use Case
9 70 (19.18%) Machine Learning
10 68 (18.63%) Data Governance
10 68 (18.63%) Decision-Making
11 62 (16.99%) ERP
12 61 (16.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 57 (15.62%) Actionable Insight
14 55 (15.07%) Hematology
14 55 (15.07%) Immunology
15 52 (14.25%) Roadmaps
16 49 (13.42%) Data Management
17 48 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
18 46 (12.60%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.88%) SQL
2 27 (7.40%) Python
3 10 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.82%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.55%) R
5 2 (0.55%) VBA
6 1 (0.27%) Ruby
6 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 185 (50.68%) Degree
2 45 (12.33%) Master's Degree
3 40 (10.96%) PhD
4 14 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.19%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.64%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.10%) HNC
8 3 (0.82%) CISSP
8 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.82%) PMP
8 3 (0.82%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.55%) MCSE
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.55%) OCP
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (23.84%) Data Quality
2 56 (15.34%) Accessibility
3 43 (11.78%) GxP
4 11 (3.01%) GDPR
5 10 (2.74%) CDISC
5 10 (2.74%) HL7
6 7 (1.92%) QA
6 7 (1.92%) WCAG
7 6 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.37%) GRC
9 3 (0.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.82%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.27%) NIST
10 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.10%) Terraform
2 1 (0.27%) Argo
2 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 88 (24.11%) SAP
2 39 (10.68%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.48%) Nexthink
4 14 (3.84%) Adobe
4 14 (3.84%) Google
5 8 (2.19%) Oracle
6 6 (1.64%) Hootsuite
6 6 (1.64%) Instagram
7 5 (1.37%) JD Edwards
8 4 (1.10%) Wrike
8 4 (1.10%) Zoho
9 3 (0.82%) Agilent
9 3 (0.82%) Cisco
9 3 (0.82%) Databricks
10 2 (0.55%) Cognos
10 2 (0.55%) Dell
10 2 (0.55%) IBM
10 2 (0.55%) YouTube
11 1 (0.27%) Mapbox
11 1 (0.27%) Talend