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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 7 56
Rank change year-on-year -27 +49 -11
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 241 567 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.64% 15.77% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.15% 17.51% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 137 69 101
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,050 £41,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £41,250 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £71,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +0.92% -2.29%

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 4,682 3,239 4,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.79% 90.07% 81.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,260 1,441 2,673
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,349
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.49% -4.82%

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 7 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 7 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 +33 117 £47,500 - 31
Berkshire -46 81 £65,000 - 71
Oxfordshire -41 43 £60,000 +9.09% 39
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 10 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.90%) CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.83%) CapCut
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.83%) Shopify
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 40 (16.60%) Power Platform
2 36 (14.94%) Azure
3 22 (9.13%) AWS
4 18 (7.47%) SaaS
5 16 (6.64%) Google Analytics
6 14 (5.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (4.98%) GCP
8 8 (3.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (2.90%) Asana
9 7 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.90%) Sprout Social
10 6 (2.49%) dbt
10 6 (2.49%) Fivetran
10 6 (2.49%) Snowflake
11 5 (2.07%) Cloudflare
11 5 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.07%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.07%) Google Tag Manager
12 4 (1.66%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.90%) DNS
1 7 (2.90%) SSL
2 4 (1.66%) Broadband
2 4 (1.66%) Network Security
3 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.41%) Firewall
3 1 (0.41%) Intranet
3 1 (0.41%) Modbus
3 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.28%) Power BI
2 12 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (4.98%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.15%) Data Lake
4 8 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.90%) Metadata
6 6 (2.49%) Airbyte
7 4 (1.66%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.24%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.24%) Tableau
9 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.83%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.41%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.41%) Looker
10 1 (0.41%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 10 (4.15%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) JIRA
2 2 (0.83%) JUnit
3 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) MLflow
General
1 74 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (20.33%) Retail
4 36 (14.94%) Marketing
5 29 (12.03%) Finance
6 15 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.98%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.15%) Law
10 9 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.32%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.49%) Legal
13 4 (1.66%) Games
14 3 (1.24%) Automotive
14 3 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.41%) Advertising
16 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (20.33%) Data Engineer
2 32 (13.28%) Senior
3 30 (12.45%) Analyst
4 28 (11.62%) Microsoft Engineer
5 24 (9.96%) Insight Manager
6 20 (8.30%) Platform Engineer
7 19 (7.88%) Developer
8 14 (5.81%) Analytics Manager
9 12 (4.98%) Senior Data Engineer
10 11 (4.56%) Lead
11 9 (3.73%) Data Analyst
11 9 (3.73%) Graduate
11 9 (3.73%) Web Manager
11 9 (3.73%) Website Manager
12 8 (3.32%) Architect
12 8 (3.32%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (3.32%) Business Developer
12 8 (3.32%) Systems Developer
12 8 (3.32%) Web Analytics Manager
13 7 (2.90%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.32%) React
2 7 (2.90%) Node.js
2 7 (2.90%) Redux
3 3 (1.24%) .NET
3 3 (1.24%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.24%) PySpark
4 2 (0.83%) REST
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%) gRPC
5 1 (0.41%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.41%) Kafka
5 1 (0.41%) Laravel
5 1 (0.41%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.41%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.39%) Cloud Native
1 13 (5.39%) Management Information System
1 13 (5.39%) Social Media
2 10 (4.15%) Life Science
3 9 (3.73%) Video Editing
4 8 (3.32%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (2.49%) Hackathon
5 6 (2.49%) Low-Code
6 5 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.66%) Blog
7 4 (1.66%) Graphic Design
7 4 (1.66%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.39%) Linux
2 10 (4.15%) Windows
3 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (43.15%) AI
2 59 (24.48%) Decision-Making
3 55 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (21.58%) Agile
5 47 (19.50%) Business Intelligence
5 47 (19.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (18.26%) Data Pipeline
7 40 (16.60%) Data Analytics
8 36 (14.94%) Data Modelling
9 34 (14.11%) Machine Learning
10 32 (13.28%) CRM
10 32 (13.28%) Data Analysis
11 30 (12.45%) CI/CD
11 30 (12.45%) Predictive Analytics
12 26 (10.79%) Actionable Insight
12 26 (10.79%) Data Governance
13 25 (10.37%) ETL
14 23 (9.54%) DevOps
14 23 (9.54%) Digital Marketing
15 21 (8.71%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.82%) SQL
2 44 (18.26%) Python
3 7 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.90%) TypeScript
4 6 (2.49%) C#
5 4 (1.66%) C
6 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.83%) Go
7 1 (0.41%) C++
7 1 (0.41%) R
7 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (17.43%) Degree
2 16 (6.64%) SC Cleared
2 16 (6.64%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.32%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.66%) ICAEW
8 3 (1.24%) ACCA
8 3 (1.24%) CIMA
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%) CCNP
9 1 (0.41%) CIPD
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.37%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.81%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (1.66%) GDPR
3 4 (1.66%) QA
4 3 (1.24%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.83%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.41%) PERC
6 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.73%) Terraform
2 5 (2.07%) Graylog
3 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 72 (29.88%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.20%) Google
3 13 (5.39%) Adobe
4 11 (4.56%) Oracle
5 9 (3.73%) Instagram
6 7 (2.90%) Databricks
6 7 (2.90%) Hootsuite
6 7 (2.90%) SAP
6 7 (2.90%) Wrike
7 6 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.66%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.66%) Screaming Frog
9 3 (1.24%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.83%) Informatica
10 2 (0.83%) Marketo
11 1 (0.41%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.41%) Cisco
11 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.41%) Splunk
11 1 (0.41%) Talend