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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 54 62
Rank change year-on-year +34 +8 -26
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 270 124 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.94% 4.40% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.87% 4.65% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 96 58 147
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,125 £33,429
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,141
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -7.83% -
75th Percentile £67,563 £62,500 £64,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,875 £73,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £58,250
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.00% -2.92%

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 3,429 2,664 5,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 75.45% 94.54% 86.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,111 1,214 3,838
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £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 £75,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,700 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 9 March 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 9 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 +29 155 £52,500 -11.02% 41
Berkshire +43 95 £55,000 +3.77% 65
Oxfordshire -18 21 £52,500 +10.53% 19
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 6 (2.22%) CMS
2 2 (0.74%) Confluence
2 2 (0.74%) WordPress
3 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.37%) Camunda
3 1 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.85%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.11%) InDesign
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.74%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (3.33%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 51 (18.89%) Azure
2 33 (12.22%) Power Platform
3 28 (10.37%) Snowflake
4 12 (4.44%) SaaS
5 11 (4.07%) Asana
5 11 (4.07%) Azure Data Factory
5 11 (4.07%) Sprout Social
6 10 (3.70%) AWS
7 8 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.85%) Adobe Analytics
9 5 (1.85%) Figma
9 5 (1.85%) GCP
9 5 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.48%) dbt
10 4 (1.48%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.48%) Miro
11 3 (1.11%) Collibra
11 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.22%) Broadband
2 4 (1.48%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.11%) MQTT
3 3 (1.11%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.37%) Modbus
4 1 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.30%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (11.48%) Power BI
3 26 (9.63%) Metadata
4 18 (6.67%) Data Lake
5 9 (3.33%) Data Mining
5 9 (3.33%) Tableau
6 8 (2.96%) SAP BW
6 8 (2.96%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.22%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.48%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (1.11%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (1.11%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.11%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.74%) Airbyte
10 2 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.85%) Axure RP
1 5 (1.85%) Balsamiq
1 5 (1.85%) Git
2 3 (1.11%) ERwin
2 3 (1.11%) JIRA
2 3 (1.11%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 91 (33.70%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.70%) Finance
3 46 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (14.81%) Marketing
5 25 (9.26%) Pharmaceutical
6 18 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 17 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.22%) Law
9 6 (2.22%) Legal
10 5 (1.85%) Games
10 5 (1.85%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.11%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.11%) Publishing
12 3 (1.11%) Retail
13 1 (0.37%) Advertising
13 1 (0.37%) Banking
13 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (18.52%) Senior
2 36 (13.33%) Lead
3 27 (10.00%) Architect
4 24 (8.89%) Data Architect
4 24 (8.89%) Data Engineer
5 19 (7.04%) Designer
6 17 (6.30%) Analyst
7 14 (5.19%) Senior Manager
8 13 (4.81%) Product Designer
8 13 (4.81%) Senior Designer
8 13 (4.81%) Senior Product Designer
9 12 (4.44%) Associate Director
9 12 (4.44%) Developer
10 11 (4.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 11 (4.07%) Social Media Executive
11 10 (3.70%) Analytics Manager
11 10 (3.70%) Business Developer
11 10 (3.70%) Power BI Developer
12 8 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (2.96%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.33%) SAP CO-PA
2 7 (2.59%) CSS
2 7 (2.59%) HTML
3 6 (2.22%) FHIR
4 4 (1.48%) REST
5 3 (1.11%) Middleware
5 3 (1.11%) SOAP
6 2 (0.74%) React
6 2 (0.74%) Snowpark
7 1 (0.37%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.37%) GeoPandas
7 1 (0.37%) gRPC
7 1 (0.37%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.37%) MapLibre
7 1 (0.37%) NetworkX
7 1 (0.37%) Node.js
7 1 (0.37%) Playwright
7 1 (0.37%) PySpark
7 1 (0.37%) Redux
7 1 (0.37%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.52%) Life Science
2 30 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 20 (7.41%) Social Media
4 13 (4.81%) Mobile App
5 11 (4.07%) Low-Code
5 11 (4.07%) Video Editing
6 10 (3.70%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.33%) Hackathon
8 8 (2.96%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.59%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.22%) Omics
11 4 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.48%) LIMS
11 4 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (1.11%) FMCG
12 3 (1.11%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
14 1 (0.37%) IoT
14 1 (0.37%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.37%) Linux
1 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (31.48%) AI
2 82 (30.37%) Agile
3 69 (25.56%) Computer Science
4 58 (21.48%) Data Science
5 54 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 53 (19.63%) Data Modelling
7 47 (17.41%) Hematology
7 47 (17.41%) Immunology
8 44 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (16.30%) Data Architecture
9 43 (15.93%) Decision-Making
10 42 (15.56%) Data Integration
10 42 (15.56%) Roadmaps
11 41 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (15.19%) Use Case
12 39 (14.44%) Data Management
13 38 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (13.33%) User Experience
15 33 (12.22%) Data Analytics
15 33 (12.22%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.78%) SQL
2 35 (12.96%) Python
3 10 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.48%) R
5 3 (1.11%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.74%) VBA
7 1 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.37%) C++
7 1 (0.37%) Ruby
7 1 (0.37%) Scala
7 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 87 (32.22%) Degree
2 41 (15.19%) Master's Degree
3 27 (10.00%) PhD
4 13 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.85%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.85%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.11%) CISSP
6 3 (1.11%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.11%) PMP
6 3 (1.11%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.74%) MCSE
7 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.74%) OCP
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.37%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 30 (11.11%) GxP
3 26 (9.63%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.70%) GDPR
5 8 (2.96%) WCAG
6 6 (2.22%) CDISC
6 6 (2.22%) HL7
6 6 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.85%) GRC
8 4 (1.48%) QA
9 3 (1.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (1.11%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.37%) NIST
10 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.22%) Terraform
2 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.37%) Argo
Vendors
1 49 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.89%) Adobe
2 24 (8.89%) SAP
3 22 (8.15%) Nexthink
4 11 (4.07%) Hootsuite
4 11 (4.07%) Instagram
4 11 (4.07%) Oracle
4 11 (4.07%) Wrike
5 6 (2.22%) Google
6 5 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.48%) Databricks
8 3 (1.11%) Agilent
8 3 (1.11%) Cisco
8 3 (1.11%) Zoho
9 2 (0.74%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.37%) Foundry
10 1 (0.37%) Marketo
10 1 (0.37%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.37%) Palantir
10 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow