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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 +30 -17
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 289 230 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.98% 8.41% 4.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.00% 8.95% 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 109 59 156
10th Percentile £39,500 £38,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +3.60% -3.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,875 £63,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £79,500 £71,875
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 3,611 2,571 5,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 74.76% 94.04% 85.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,255 1,190 3,924
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,906 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,759 £51,020
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +17.13% -2.82%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +23 167 £50,000 -16.67% 33
Berkshire -11 101 £55,000 +3.77% 54
Oxfordshire -19 22 £51,455 +8.33% 15
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 6 (2.08%) CMS
2 2 (0.69%) Confluence
2 2 (0.69%) WordPress
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) Camunda
3 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.73%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.04%) InDesign
4 3 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.69%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (3.11%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (19.72%) Azure
2 36 (12.46%) Power Platform
3 28 (9.69%) Snowflake
4 17 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (5.19%) SaaS
6 12 (4.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 11 (3.81%) Asana
7 11 (3.81%) AWS
7 11 (3.81%) Sprout Social
8 6 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.73%) Adobe Analytics
9 5 (1.73%) Figma
9 5 (1.73%) GCP
9 5 (1.73%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.38%) dbt
10 4 (1.38%) Miro
11 3 (1.04%) Collibra
11 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.08%) Broadband
2 3 (1.04%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.04%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.69%) MQTT
4 1 (0.35%) Modbus
4 1 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (15.22%) Data Warehouse
2 34 (11.76%) Power BI
3 23 (7.96%) Metadata
4 20 (6.92%) Data Lake
5 11 (3.81%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.46%) Data Mining
7 9 (3.11%) Tableau
8 8 (2.77%) SAP BW
9 7 (2.42%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.04%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (1.04%) Oracle Database
11 3 (1.04%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.04%) SAP HANA
11 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.69%) Airbyte
12 2 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
13 1 (0.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Axure RP
1 5 (1.73%) Balsamiq
1 5 (1.73%) Git
2 3 (1.04%) ERwin
2 3 (1.04%) JIRA
2 3 (1.04%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 95 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 61 (21.11%) Finance
3 52 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (15.57%) Marketing
5 22 (7.61%) Pharmaceutical
6 17 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.77%) Law
8 7 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Retail
10 5 (1.73%) Games
10 5 (1.73%) Legal
10 5 (1.73%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.04%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.04%) Publishing
12 1 (0.35%) Advertising
12 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.35%) Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (17.65%) Senior
2 34 (11.76%) Data Engineer
2 34 (11.76%) Lead
3 29 (10.03%) Architect
4 24 (8.30%) Data Architect
5 19 (6.57%) Analyst
5 19 (6.57%) Designer
6 15 (5.19%) Associate Director
7 14 (4.84%) Senior Manager
8 13 (4.50%) Developer
8 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Engineer
8 13 (4.50%) Product Designer
8 13 (4.50%) Senior Designer
8 13 (4.50%) Senior Product Designer
9 11 (3.81%) Analytics Manager
9 11 (3.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 11 (3.81%) Social Media Executive
10 10 (3.46%) Business Developer
10 10 (3.46%) Power BI Developer
11 8 (2.77%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.11%) SAP CO-PA
2 7 (2.42%) CSS
2 7 (2.42%) HTML
3 4 (1.38%) FHIR
4 3 (1.04%) React
4 3 (1.04%) REST
5 2 (0.69%) Middleware
5 2 (0.69%) Node.js
5 2 (0.69%) Redux
5 2 (0.69%) Snowpark
5 2 (0.69%) SOAP
6 1 (0.35%) .NET
6 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.35%) GeoPandas
6 1 (0.35%) gRPC
6 1 (0.35%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.35%) MapLibre
6 1 (0.35%) PySpark
6 1 (0.35%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.35%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.26%) Life Science
2 30 (10.38%) Product Ownership
3 20 (6.92%) Social Media
4 13 (4.50%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.50%) Low-Code
4 13 (4.50%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.81%) Hackathon
5 11 (3.81%) Video Editing
6 10 (3.46%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.73%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.38%) Omics
9 4 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.04%) FMCG
10 3 (1.04%) LIMS
11 2 (0.69%) Blog
11 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.35%) Linux
1 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.14%) AI
2 88 (30.45%) Agile
3 68 (23.53%) Computer Science
4 61 (21.11%) Data Modelling
5 55 (19.03%) Data Science
6 54 (18.69%) Machine Learning
7 52 (17.99%) Decision-Making
8 49 (16.96%) Business Intelligence
9 48 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (15.57%) Data Architecture
10 45 (15.57%) Hematology
10 45 (15.57%) Immunology
11 42 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (14.53%) Data Integration
11 42 (14.53%) Use Case
12 41 (14.19%) Roadmaps
13 37 (12.80%) Data Management
14 36 (12.46%) User Experience
15 35 (12.11%) ETL
16 34 (11.76%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (19.03%) SQL
2 44 (15.22%) Python
3 10 (3.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.38%) R
5 3 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.69%) VBA
7 1 (0.35%) C#
7 1 (0.35%) C++
7 1 (0.35%) Ruby
7 1 (0.35%) Scala
7 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (30.10%) Degree
2 40 (13.84%) Master's Degree
3 23 (7.96%) PhD
4 12 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.73%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.73%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.04%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.04%) PMP
6 3 (1.04%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.69%) ACCA
7 2 (0.69%) CIMA
7 2 (0.69%) CISSP
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.35%) CISM
8 1 (0.35%) MCSE
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.35%) OCP
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (20.76%) Accessibility
2 29 (10.03%) Data Quality
3 25 (8.65%) GxP
4 10 (3.46%) GDPR
5 8 (2.77%) WCAG
6 6 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.38%) CDISC
8 4 (1.38%) GRC
8 4 (1.38%) HL7
9 3 (1.04%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.04%) QA
10 2 (0.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.35%) NIST
11 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.04%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.77%) Terraform
2 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.35%) Argo
Vendors
1 59 (20.42%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.30%) Adobe
2 24 (8.30%) SAP
3 22 (7.61%) Nexthink
4 12 (4.15%) Oracle
5 11 (3.81%) Hootsuite
5 11 (3.81%) Instagram
5 11 (3.81%) Wrike
6 7 (2.42%) Google
7 5 (1.73%) Databricks
7 5 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.04%) Cisco
8 3 (1.04%) Zoho
9 2 (0.69%) Agilent
9 2 (0.69%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.69%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.35%) Marketo
10 1 (0.35%) Palantir
10 1 (0.35%) Pardot
10 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow