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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 5 63
Rank change year-on-year -31 +58 -27
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 242 656 172
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.50% 16.82% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.99% 18.76% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 152 74 83
10th Percentile £36,375 £37,550 £39,000
25th Percentile £44,678 £41,250 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +4.21% -15.97%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% -4.59% -0.91%

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 4,852 3,496 4,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.16% 89.62% 81.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,455 1,501 2,371
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -8.68% -0.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -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 2 September 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 2 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 +30 103 £50,000 +5.26% 58
Berkshire -43 83 £58,750 -9.62% 104
Oxfordshire -35 56 £62,500 +13.64% 60
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 11 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.89%) CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.83%) CapCut
2 2 (0.83%) UserZoom
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.89%) Shopify
2 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 50 (20.66%) Power Platform
2 41 (16.94%) Azure
3 24 (9.92%) Google Analytics
4 19 (7.85%) AWS
4 19 (7.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 17 (7.02%) SaaS
6 11 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 11 (4.55%) GCP
7 10 (4.13%) Google Tag Manager
8 8 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.89%) Google Ads
9 7 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.48%) Cloudflare
10 6 (2.48%) dbt
10 6 (2.48%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.48%) Fivetran
10 6 (2.48%) Snowflake
11 5 (2.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.31%) DNS
1 8 (3.31%) SSL
2 6 (2.48%) Network Security
3 3 (1.24%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (1.24%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (1.24%) Firewall
3 3 (1.24%) VPN
4 1 (0.41%) Broadband
4 1 (0.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (16.94%) Power BI
2 14 (5.79%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (5.37%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.13%) Metadata
5 7 (2.89%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.89%) Star Schema
6 6 (2.48%) Airbyte
6 6 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.48%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (2.07%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (2.07%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.07%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.24%) Tableau
9 2 (0.83%) Power Query
9 2 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.41%) Looker
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (5.79%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) JIRA
2 2 (0.83%) JUnit
3 1 (0.41%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.41%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.41%) MLflow
General
1 70 (28.93%) Social Skills
2 66 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (23.55%) Retail
4 31 (12.81%) Finance
5 30 (12.40%) Marketing
6 16 (6.61%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.79%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.37%) Law
9 11 (4.55%) Public Sector
10 10 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.48%) Legal
13 4 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.24%) Automotive
15 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.41%) Advertising
16 1 (0.41%) Brand Awareness
16 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (18.60%) Data Engineer
2 34 (14.05%) Analyst
3 31 (12.81%) Insight Manager
4 28 (11.57%) Senior
5 26 (10.74%) Microsoft Engineer
6 19 (7.85%) Developer
6 19 (7.85%) Platform Engineer
7 15 (6.20%) Analytics Manager
8 13 (5.37%) Senior Data Engineer
9 11 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (4.55%) Data Analyst
10 10 (4.13%) Lead
11 9 (3.72%) Business Developer
11 9 (3.72%) Graduate
11 9 (3.72%) Systems Developer
12 8 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 8 (3.31%) Security Analyst
12 8 (3.31%) SOC Analyst
13 7 (2.89%) Architect
13 7 (2.89%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.31%) Terraform
2 6 (2.48%) Node.js
2 6 (2.48%) React
2 6 (2.48%) Redux
3 3 (1.24%) CSS
3 3 (1.24%) HTML
3 3 (1.24%) PySpark
4 2 (0.83%) .NET
4 2 (0.83%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.41%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.41%) Flask
5 1 (0.41%) Gradio
5 1 (0.41%) Kafka
5 1 (0.41%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.41%) REST
5 1 (0.41%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.79%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.72%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.89%) Life Science
5 6 (2.48%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (2.48%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.65%) Blog
7 4 (1.65%) Graphic Design
7 4 (1.65%) Hackathon
7 4 (1.65%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.24%) Social Media
8 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.83%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.20%) Windows
2 13 (5.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (39.26%) AI
2 58 (23.97%) Decision-Making
2 58 (23.97%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (22.31%) Business Intelligence
4 49 (20.25%) Agile
4 49 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (16.53%) Data Modelling
6 39 (16.12%) Data Pipeline
7 36 (14.88%) Data Analytics
8 34 (14.05%) Predictive Analytics
9 31 (12.81%) CRM
10 30 (12.40%) Data Analysis
10 30 (12.40%) Machine Learning
11 29 (11.98%) CI/CD
12 28 (11.57%) Actionable Insight
13 27 (11.16%) ETL
14 24 (9.92%) Computer Science
14 24 (9.92%) Data Governance
14 24 (9.92%) DevOps
15 21 (8.68%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 61 (25.21%) SQL
2 42 (17.36%) Python
3 9 (3.72%) C#
4 8 (3.31%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (2.48%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.65%) C
7 3 (1.24%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.83%) Go
9 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (19.01%) Degree
2 20 (8.26%) SC Cleared
2 20 (8.26%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.31%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.65%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.24%) ACCA
8 3 (1.24%) CCNP
8 3 (1.24%) CIMA
8 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.41%) APMG
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.41%) CIPD
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.40%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.55%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.89%) GDPR
4 5 (2.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.65%) QA
6 3 (1.24%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.24%) WCAG
7 2 (0.83%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.41%) PERC
8 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.48%) Graylog
2 3 (1.24%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.24%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 81 (33.47%) Microsoft
2 35 (14.46%) Google
3 7 (2.89%) Databricks
4 6 (2.48%) Informatica
4 6 (2.48%) YouTube
5 5 (2.07%) CA Agile Central
5 5 (2.07%) Oracle
5 5 (2.07%) Talend
6 4 (1.65%) Adobe
6 4 (1.65%) Ahrefs
6 4 (1.65%) SAP
6 4 (1.65%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (1.24%) Cisco
7 3 (1.24%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.24%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.24%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.83%) Instagram
8 2 (0.83%) Marketo
9 1 (0.41%) Callidus
9 1 (0.41%) iManage