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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 6 55
Rank change year-on-year -25 +49 -17
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 247 516 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.24% 15.28% 3.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.92% 16.47% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 125 44 141
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +17.13% +0.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,625 £59,000
90th Percentile £73,500 £101,875 £67,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 4,174 3,133 5,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.57% 92.77% 81.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,894 1,219 4,031
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +49 142 £50,000 - 59
Berkshire -39 77 £57,500 -17.86% 67
Oxfordshire -47 28 £57,500 +12.20% 34
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 7 (2.83%) CMS
2 2 (0.81%) WordPress
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.40%) Camunda
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) UserZoom
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.43%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.77%) Power Platform
2 33 (13.36%) Azure
3 22 (8.91%) AWS
4 18 (7.29%) SaaS
5 13 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (5.26%) Google Analytics
6 11 (4.45%) Asana
6 11 (4.45%) Sprout Social
7 10 (4.05%) GCP
8 7 (2.83%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.02%) Adobe Analytics
10 5 (2.02%) Cloudflare
10 5 (2.02%) dbt
10 5 (2.02%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.02%) Fivetran
10 5 (2.02%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.62%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.83%) DNS
1 7 (2.83%) SSL
2 6 (2.43%) Broadband
3 3 (1.21%) Network Security
4 1 (0.40%) Intranet
4 1 (0.40%) Modbus
4 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.77%) Power BI
2 12 (4.86%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.45%) Data Lake
4 9 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.02%) Airbyte
6 5 (2.02%) Metadata
6 5 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.81%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.81%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.81%) Tableau
9 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.40%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.40%) Looker
9 1 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.40%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 7 (2.83%) Git
2 2 (0.81%) JUnit
3 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Selenium
General
1 70 (28.34%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (17.00%) Marketing
4 35 (14.17%) Finance
5 32 (12.96%) Retail
6 19 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.45%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.24%) Law
10 6 (2.43%) Legal
10 6 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.43%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.02%) Games
11 5 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Automotive
13 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.40%) Advertising
14 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 42 (17.00%) Data Engineer
2 34 (13.77%) Senior
3 28 (11.34%) Analyst
4 26 (10.53%) Microsoft Engineer
5 19 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (7.29%) Lead
7 16 (6.48%) Developer
8 15 (6.07%) Designer
9 13 (5.26%) Analytics Manager
9 13 (5.26%) Product Designer
9 13 (5.26%) Senior Designer
9 13 (5.26%) Senior Product Designer
10 12 (4.86%) Insight Manager
11 11 (4.45%) Social Media Executive
12 10 (4.05%) Associate Director
12 10 (4.05%) Web Manager
12 10 (4.05%) Website Manager
13 8 (3.24%) Web Analytics Manager
14 7 (2.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 7 (2.83%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.24%) React
2 7 (2.83%) Node.js
2 7 (2.83%) Redux
3 6 (2.43%) SAP CO-PA
4 3 (1.21%) .NET
4 3 (1.21%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.21%) CSS
4 3 (1.21%) HTML
5 2 (0.81%) REST
6 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.40%) gRPC
6 1 (0.40%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.40%) Kafka
6 1 (0.40%) Laravel
6 1 (0.40%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.69%) Life Science
2 18 (7.29%) Social Media
3 17 (6.88%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.67%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.26%) Mobile App
6 11 (4.45%) Low-Code
6 11 (4.45%) Video Editing
7 9 (3.64%) Hackathon
8 6 (2.43%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.43%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.02%) Blog
9 5 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.81%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.40%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.86%) Linux
2 9 (3.64%) Windows
3 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (34.01%) AI
2 63 (25.51%) Agile
3 59 (23.89%) Decision-Making
4 52 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (16.60%) Business Intelligence
7 36 (14.57%) Machine Learning
8 34 (13.77%) Data Analytics
8 34 (13.77%) Data Pipeline
9 30 (12.15%) Data Modelling
10 29 (11.74%) B2B
11 28 (11.34%) CI/CD
11 28 (11.34%) Data Analysis
12 26 (10.53%) Computer Science
13 25 (10.12%) ETL
14 24 (9.72%) Roadmaps
15 23 (9.31%) Actionable Insight
15 23 (9.31%) CRM
15 23 (9.31%) Data Governance
15 23 (9.31%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.46%) SQL
2 43 (17.41%) Python
3 7 (2.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (2.83%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.83%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.02%) C#
5 2 (0.81%) Go
5 2 (0.81%) R
5 2 (0.81%) VBA
6 1 (0.40%) C++
6 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (17.81%) Degree
2 18 (7.29%) Master's Degree
3 14 (5.67%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.67%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.83%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.43%) PhD
6 5 (2.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.21%) ACCA
7 3 (1.21%) CIMA
7 3 (1.21%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.81%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.40%) APMG
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.40%) CIPD
9 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.12%) Accessibility
2 21 (8.50%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.43%) GxP
4 4 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.62%) GDPR
5 3 (1.21%) GRC
6 2 (0.81%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.81%) QA
6 2 (0.81%) WCAG
7 1 (0.40%) PERC
7 1 (0.40%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.64%) Terraform
2 5 (2.02%) Graylog
3 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 60 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.91%) Google
3 16 (6.48%) Adobe
4 14 (5.67%) SAP
5 12 (4.86%) Nexthink
6 11 (4.45%) Hootsuite
6 11 (4.45%) Instagram
6 11 (4.45%) Oracle
6 11 (4.45%) Wrike
7 7 (2.83%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.02%) Databricks
9 4 (1.62%) Ahrefs
9 4 (1.62%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.81%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.40%) Callidus
11 1 (0.40%) Informatica
11 1 (0.40%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.40%) Pardot
11 1 (0.40%) Pega
11 1 (0.40%) Sitecore