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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 7 51
Rank change year-on-year -18 +44 -10
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 293 466 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.22% 13.96% 4.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.22% 14.87% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 131 56 151
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% -1.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £68,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4,057 3,133 5,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.25% 93.83% 84.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,696 1,239 3,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 9 May 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 May 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 +46 163 £50,000 -13.42% 24
Berkshire -27 100 £55,000 -21.43% 50
Oxfordshire -40 30 £57,500 +21.05% 17
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 7 (2.39%) CMS
2 2 (0.68%) WordPress
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.34%) Camunda
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.71%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.68%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (3.07%) SAP CO
2 7 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (13.99%) Azure
1 41 (13.99%) Power Platform
2 23 (7.85%) AWS
3 19 (6.48%) SaaS
4 18 (6.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (5.46%) Google Analytics
6 12 (4.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 11 (3.75%) Asana
7 11 (3.75%) Snowflake
7 11 (3.75%) Sprout Social
8 8 (2.73%) GCP
9 7 (2.39%) dbt
10 6 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.71%) Adobe Analytics
11 5 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.71%) Figma
12 4 (1.37%) Fivetran
12 4 (1.37%) Google Tag Manager
13 3 (1.02%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.05%) Broadband
2 5 (1.71%) DNS
2 5 (1.71%) SSL
3 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.68%) MQTT
4 2 (0.68%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) Intranet
5 1 (0.34%) Modbus
5 1 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.31%) Power BI
2 22 (7.51%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.46%) Data Lake
4 13 (4.44%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.10%) Metadata
6 9 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.39%) Data Mining
8 6 (2.05%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.71%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.71%) Tableau
10 4 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.68%) Looker
12 2 (0.68%) Metadata Repository
12 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.68%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.34%) Data Hub
13 1 (0.34%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (3.07%) Git
2 5 (1.71%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.71%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.34%) JIRA
3 1 (0.34%) JUnit
3 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 81 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (17.06%) Finance
4 45 (15.36%) Marketing
5 23 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (7.85%) Retail
6 17 (5.80%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.12%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (4.44%) Law
9 10 (3.41%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.39%) Legal
12 5 (1.71%) Games
12 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.34%) Advertising
14 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.34%) Publishing
14 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 47 (16.04%) Data Engineer
2 44 (15.02%) Senior
3 26 (8.87%) Analyst
4 24 (8.19%) Lead
5 22 (7.51%) Microsoft Engineer
6 19 (6.48%) Designer
6 19 (6.48%) Developer
7 17 (5.80%) Analytics Manager
8 16 (5.46%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (4.78%) Associate Director
10 13 (4.44%) Architect
10 13 (4.44%) Product Designer
10 13 (4.44%) Senior Designer
10 13 (4.44%) Senior Product Designer
11 12 (4.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 11 (3.75%) Power BI Developer
12 11 (3.75%) Social Media Executive
13 10 (3.41%) Business Developer
13 10 (3.41%) Insight Manager
14 9 (3.07%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.07%) SAP CO-PA
2 8 (2.73%) React
3 7 (2.39%) Node.js
3 7 (2.39%) Redux
4 6 (2.05%) CSS
4 6 (2.05%) HTML
5 3 (1.02%) REST
6 2 (0.68%) Middleware
6 2 (0.68%) Snowpark
6 2 (0.68%) SOAP
7 1 (0.34%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.34%) Kafka
7 1 (0.34%) Laravel
7 1 (0.34%) MapLibre
7 1 (0.34%) NetworkX
7 1 (0.34%) Playwright
7 1 (0.34%) PostGIS
7 1 (0.34%) PySpark
7 1 (0.34%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.34%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.60%) Life Science
2 19 (6.48%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.80%) Social Media
4 15 (5.12%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.44%) Low-Code
5 13 (4.44%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.75%) Hackathon
6 11 (3.75%) Video Editing
7 6 (2.05%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.71%) Blog
8 5 (1.71%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.02%) LIMS
9 3 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.68%) FMCG
10 2 (0.68%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.73%) Linux
2 6 (2.05%) Windows
3 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.40%) AI
2 82 (27.99%) Agile
3 61 (20.82%) Decision-Making
4 54 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (17.06%) Machine Learning
6 49 (16.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (15.36%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (15.02%) Computer Science
9 42 (14.33%) Data Modelling
10 39 (13.31%) Data Analytics
10 39 (13.31%) Data Pipeline
11 38 (12.97%) Data Science
12 35 (11.95%) ETL
12 35 (11.95%) User Experience
13 34 (11.60%) Data Analysis
13 34 (11.60%) Use Case
14 31 (10.58%) Hematology
14 31 (10.58%) Immunology
15 30 (10.24%) B2B
16 29 (9.90%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 61 (20.82%) SQL
2 48 (16.38%) Python
3 11 (3.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (2.39%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.71%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.02%) C#
6 3 (1.02%) R
7 2 (0.68%) Go
7 2 (0.68%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.68%) VBA
8 1 (0.34%) C++
8 1 (0.34%) Ruby
8 1 (0.34%) Scala
8 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (23.21%) Degree
2 27 (9.22%) Master's Degree
3 16 (5.46%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.46%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.10%) PhD
5 5 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.02%) ACCA
7 3 (1.02%) CIMA
7 3 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.34%) APMG
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.34%) CIPD
9 1 (0.34%) CISM
9 1 (0.34%) CISSP
9 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.29%) Accessibility
2 27 (9.22%) Data Quality
3 14 (4.78%) GxP
4 7 (2.39%) WCAG
5 6 (2.05%) GDPR
6 5 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.37%) GRC
7 4 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.37%) QA
8 2 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.34%) NIST
9 1 (0.34%) PMO
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.02%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.07%) Terraform
2 3 (1.02%) Graylog
3 1 (0.34%) Argo
3 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 59 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.17%) Adobe
2 21 (7.17%) Google
2 21 (7.17%) Nexthink
3 18 (6.14%) SAP
4 11 (3.75%) Hootsuite
4 11 (3.75%) Instagram
4 11 (3.75%) Oracle
4 11 (3.75%) Wrike
5 7 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.05%) Databricks
7 4 (1.37%) Ahrefs
7 4 (1.37%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.68%) Agilent
8 2 (0.68%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.68%) Informatica
9 1 (0.34%) Foundry
9 1 (0.34%) Pega
9 1 (0.34%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.34%) Splunk