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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 5 85
Rank change year-on-year -35 +80 -47
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 269 568 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.57% 14.97% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.01% 16.60% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 171 73 52
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,950 £40,100
25th Percentile £44,875 £41,250 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -12.84% -3.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,500 £89,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

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 5,370 3,421 3,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.34% 90.17% 83.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 1,481 1,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +17 98 £50,000 +5.26% 57
Berkshire -51 86 £65,000 +16.07% 112
Oxfordshire -23 85 £62,500 +21.95% 39
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 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.23%) CMS
3 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.74%) Confluence
5 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.74%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.74%) CapCut
3 2 (0.74%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Shopify
2 3 (1.12%) FastStats
2 3 (1.12%) FastStats PeopleStage
3 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.37%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.30%) Power Platform
2 52 (19.33%) Azure
3 25 (9.29%) Google Analytics
4 21 (7.81%) AWS
5 18 (6.69%) SaaS
6 17 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (5.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (4.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 12 (4.46%) Azure Sentinel
8 12 (4.46%) GCP
8 12 (4.46%) Google Ads
9 10 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (3.72%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.35%) Google Tag Manager
11 8 (2.97%) dbt
11 8 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (2.97%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.23%) Cloudflare
12 6 (2.23%) Fivetran
13 5 (1.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.72%) DNS
2 8 (2.97%) SSL
3 7 (2.60%) Network Security
4 5 (1.86%) 5G
4 5 (1.86%) Firewall
4 5 (1.86%) VPN
5 3 (1.12%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.74%) 4G
6 2 (0.74%) DHCP
6 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.37%) 2G
7 1 (0.37%) 3G
7 1 (0.37%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.37%) Broadband
7 1 (0.37%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.37%) Intranet
7 1 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.37%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (18.96%) Power BI
2 20 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.95%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.83%) Metadata
5 12 (4.46%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.46%) Star Schema
6 10 (3.72%) DynamoDB
7 9 (3.35%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (3.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (3.35%) MongoDB
7 9 (3.35%) Snowflake Schema
8 7 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (2.23%) Airbyte
9 6 (2.23%) Tableau
10 5 (1.86%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.12%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.12%) MySQL
11 3 (1.12%) Power Query
11 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (8.18%) Git
2 5 (1.86%) GitLab
3 3 (1.12%) JIRA
3 3 (1.12%) MLflow
4 2 (0.74%) JUnit
5 1 (0.37%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.37%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.37%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 85 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 72 (26.77%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (21.19%) Retail
4 42 (15.61%) Marketing
5 41 (15.24%) Finance
6 23 (8.55%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.72%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.97%) Legal
10 7 (2.60%) Law
11 6 (2.23%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.49%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.12%) Automotive
13 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.74%) Advertising
14 2 (0.74%) Aviation
15 1 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (19.33%) Senior
2 41 (15.24%) Data Engineer
3 36 (13.38%) Analyst
4 31 (11.52%) Insight Manager
5 20 (7.43%) Developer
6 16 (5.95%) Senior Data Engineer
7 14 (5.20%) Microsoft Engineer
8 13 (4.83%) Analytics Manager
8 13 (4.83%) Data Analyst
9 12 (4.46%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (3.72%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (3.72%) Security Analyst
11 9 (3.35%) Business Developer
11 9 (3.35%) Graduate
11 9 (3.35%) Lead
11 9 (3.35%) Systems Developer
12 8 (2.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 8 (2.97%) SOC Analyst
13 6 (2.23%) Paid Search Manager
13 6 (2.23%) Security Incident Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.35%) PySpark
2 7 (2.60%) Terraform
3 4 (1.49%) Node.js
3 4 (1.49%) React
3 4 (1.49%) Redux
3 4 (1.49%) REST
4 3 (1.12%) CSS
4 3 (1.12%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.12%) HTML
4 3 (1.12%) JSON
4 3 (1.12%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.12%) SOAP
4 3 (1.12%) XML
5 2 (0.74%) .NET
5 2 (0.74%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.74%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.74%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.74%) ONNX
5 2 (0.74%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.74%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.18%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.32%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.83%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (4.09%) Genomics
5 9 (3.35%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.23%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.86%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (1.49%) Graphic Design
10 4 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.49%) Life Science
10 4 (1.49%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.12%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.12%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (0.74%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.18%) Windows
2 16 (5.95%) Linux
3 2 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (43.87%) AI
2 64 (23.79%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (20.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (18.96%) Decision-Making
6 48 (17.84%) Agile
7 45 (16.73%) Data Analytics
7 45 (16.73%) Data Modelling
8 39 (14.50%) Data Pipeline
9 34 (12.64%) ETL
10 33 (12.27%) CI/CD
11 32 (11.90%) Machine Learning
12 30 (11.15%) Actionable Insight
13 29 (10.78%) Predictive Analytics
13 29 (10.78%) Roadmaps
14 28 (10.41%) Data Engineering
15 27 (10.04%) CRM
15 27 (10.04%) Mentoring
16 26 (9.67%) Data Governance
17 25 (9.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 74 (27.51%) SQL
2 49 (18.22%) Python
3 13 (4.83%) C#
4 12 (4.46%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (1.49%) C
6 4 (1.49%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.12%) Bash
7 3 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.74%) Bicep
8 2 (0.74%) Go
8 2 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.37%) R
9 1 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (15.61%) Degree
2 22 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.35%) DBS Check
6 8 (2.97%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.49%) ICAEW
9 3 (1.12%) CCNP
9 3 (1.12%) CISSP
9 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.74%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.74%) PhD
10 2 (0.74%) PMP
10 2 (0.74%) SANS
11 1 (0.37%) ACCA
11 1 (0.37%) CIMA
11 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (16.73%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.20%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.72%) GDPR
4 9 (3.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 9 (3.35%) ISO 9001
5 8 (2.97%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (2.97%) QA
6 7 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.12%) NIST
7 3 (1.12%) WCAG
8 2 (0.74%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.37%) COBIT
9 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.37%) IASME
9 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.37%) PERC
9 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.23%) Graylog
2 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.12%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.12%) Stealthwatch
4 2 (0.74%) Ansible
4 2 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (28.62%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.38%) Google
3 13 (4.83%) Databricks
4 10 (3.72%) YouTube
5 9 (3.35%) Informatica
5 9 (3.35%) Talend
6 6 (2.23%) CA Agile Central
7 5 (1.86%) Adobe
7 5 (1.86%) Instagram
8 4 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (1.12%) Ahrefs
9 3 (1.12%) Apteco
9 3 (1.12%) Cisco
9 3 (1.12%) Facebook
9 3 (1.12%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.12%) SAP
9 3 (1.12%) TikTok
10 2 (0.74%) Minitab
10 2 (0.74%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.74%) Thales