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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 85 38
Rank change year-on-year +72 -47 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 368 107 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 9.07% 3.16% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.26% 3.44% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 96 61 123
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,108
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,911 £50,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -10.17% -9.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%

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 3,268 3,113 3,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.53% 91.80% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,782 1,391 2,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,563 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,005 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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
Berkshire +86 214 £50,000 -5.66% 152
Buckinghamshire +46 123 £50,000 -13.79% 41
Oxfordshire +6 32 £47,500 - 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 (1.90%) SugarCRM
2 3 (0.82%) Confluence
3 2 (0.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 95 (25.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.36%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.82%) InDesign
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (2.17%) SAP CO
2 7 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.36%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 4 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.54%) Shopify
6 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 121 (32.88%) Power Platform
2 114 (30.98%) Azure
3 30 (8.15%) Snowflake
4 14 (3.80%) GCP
5 12 (3.26%) Google Analytics
5 12 (3.26%) SaaS
6 10 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (2.45%) AWS
8 8 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.63%) dbt
9 6 (1.63%) Figma
9 6 (1.63%) Google Ads
10 5 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.36%) Miro
11 4 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.09%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.82%) Collibra
12 3 (0.82%) Fivetran
12 3 (0.82%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.63%) SMS
2 3 (0.82%) MQTT
2 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.82%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (32.34%) Power BI
2 82 (22.28%) Data Lake
3 69 (18.75%) SAP BW
4 43 (11.68%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (8.42%) Metadata
6 12 (3.26%) Tableau
7 11 (2.99%) BigQuery
8 9 (2.45%) Data Mining
9 7 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
10 6 (1.63%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.82%) Looker
12 3 (0.82%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.82%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.54%) Airbyte
13 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.54%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.90%) Git
2 5 (1.36%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.36%) Balsamiq
2 5 (1.36%) JIRA
3 3 (0.82%) ERwin
3 3 (0.82%) PowerDesigner
General
1 169 (45.92%) Social Skills
2 127 (34.51%) Finance
3 117 (31.79%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (15.22%) Marketing
5 34 (9.24%) Pharmaceutical
6 30 (8.15%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.53%) Law
8 9 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.45%) Retail
9 7 (1.90%) Legal
10 6 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.63%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.09%) Games
12 3 (0.82%) Advertising
12 3 (0.82%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.82%) Publishing
13 2 (0.54%) French Language
13 2 (0.54%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 119 (32.34%) Lead
2 65 (17.66%) Analyst
3 62 (16.85%) Senior
4 34 (9.24%) Architect
4 34 (9.24%) Report Analyst
5 33 (8.97%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 28 (7.61%) Sustainability Analyst
7 26 (7.07%) Data Architect
8 19 (5.16%) Data Analyst
9 15 (4.08%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.08%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 12 (3.26%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (3.26%) Commercial Data Analyst
10 12 (3.26%) Procurement Analyst
11 10 (2.72%) Marketing Manager
12 9 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 9 (2.45%) Developer
13 8 (2.17%) Business Developer
13 8 (2.17%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.72%) FHIR
2 7 (1.90%) SAP CO-PA
3 5 (1.36%) CSS
3 5 (1.36%) HTML
4 3 (0.82%) Middleware
4 3 (0.82%) REST
4 3 (0.82%) SOAP
5 2 (0.54%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.54%) NumPy
5 2 (0.54%) Pandas
5 2 (0.54%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.54%) Snowpark
6 1 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.27%) GeoPandas
6 1 (0.27%) MapLibre
6 1 (0.27%) NetworkX
6 1 (0.27%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.27%) PySpark
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.27%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 58 (15.76%) Life Science
2 44 (11.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (7.34%) Data Centre
4 22 (5.98%) Onboarding
5 21 (5.71%) Management Information System
6 18 (4.89%) Product Ownership
7 15 (4.08%) FMCG
8 10 (2.72%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.72%) Omics
9 8 (2.17%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.63%) Social Media
11 5 (1.36%) Hackathon
11 5 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.36%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.82%) Blog
12 3 (0.82%) LIMS
12 3 (0.82%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (35.60%) Business Intelligence
2 123 (33.42%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (30.43%) Data Modelling
4 88 (23.91%) Computer Science
5 83 (22.55%) AI
6 79 (21.47%) Data Science
7 73 (19.84%) Use Case
8 72 (19.57%) Machine Learning
9 71 (19.29%) Agile
10 70 (19.02%) Decision-Making
11 68 (18.48%) Data Governance
12 67 (18.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 63 (17.12%) ERP
13 63 (17.12%) Roadmaps
14 61 (16.58%) Actionable Insight
15 55 (14.95%) Hematology
15 55 (14.95%) Immunology
16 53 (14.40%) Data Management
17 47 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
18 45 (12.23%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 53 (14.40%) SQL
2 38 (10.33%) Python
3 11 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.63%) Go
4 6 (1.63%) Java
5 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.82%) R
7 2 (0.54%) VBA
8 1 (0.27%) Ruby
8 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 188 (51.09%) Degree
2 45 (12.23%) Master's Degree
3 40 (10.87%) PhD
4 14 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.17%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.90%) HNC
7 6 (1.63%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.63%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.82%) CISSP
8 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.82%) PMP
8 3 (0.82%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.54%) MCSE
9 2 (0.54%) OCP
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (23.64%) Data Quality
2 56 (15.22%) Accessibility
3 43 (11.68%) GxP
4 16 (4.35%) GDPR
5 10 (2.72%) CDISC
5 10 (2.72%) HL7
6 7 (1.90%) QA
6 7 (1.90%) WCAG
7 6 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.36%) GRC
9 3 (0.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.82%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (0.82%) Docker
2 2 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.09%) Terraform
3 1 (0.27%) Argo
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (23.37%) SAP
2 41 (11.14%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.52%) Google
4 17 (4.62%) Nexthink
5 10 (2.72%) Adobe
6 8 (2.17%) Oracle
6 8 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 6 (1.63%) Zoho
8 5 (1.36%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.82%) Agilent
9 3 (0.82%) Cisco
9 3 (0.82%) Databricks
9 3 (0.82%) Talend
10 2 (0.54%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.54%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.54%) Hootsuite
10 2 (0.54%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.54%) Instagram
10 2 (0.54%) YouTube