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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 7 62
Rank change year-on-year -26 +55 -16
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 241 545 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.91% 15.04% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.47% 16.56% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 129 56 133
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,125 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £91,875 £70,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year - +0.46% -8.75%

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 4,403 3,291 5,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.48% 90.81% 81.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,055 1,394 3,666
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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

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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 July 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 15 July 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 +37 133 £50,000 +2.56% 36
Berkshire -46 71 £58,750 -9.62% 66
Oxfordshire -43 37 £60,000 +9.09% 36
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 9 (3.73%) CMS
2 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.83%) WordPress
4 1 (0.41%) Camunda
4 1 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.83%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 38 (15.77%) Power Platform
2 33 (13.69%) Azure
3 23 (9.54%) AWS
4 14 (5.81%) SaaS
5 13 (5.39%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (5.39%) GCP
5 13 (5.39%) Google Analytics
6 11 (4.56%) Asana
6 11 (4.56%) Sprout Social
7 7 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (2.49%) dbt
8 6 (2.49%) Fivetran
8 6 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.49%) Snowflake
9 5 (2.07%) Cloudflare
9 5 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.07%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.66%) Adobe Analytics
10 4 (1.66%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.90%) DNS
1 7 (2.90%) SSL
2 5 (2.07%) Broadband
3 3 (1.24%) Network Security
4 1 (0.41%) Intranet
4 1 (0.41%) Modbus
4 1 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (14.11%) Power BI
2 12 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (4.98%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.56%) Data Lake
4 8 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.49%) Airbyte
6 5 (2.07%) Metadata
6 5 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.24%) Tableau
8 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.83%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.41%) Looker
9 1 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.41%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (3.32%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) JUnit
3 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
3 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 73 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.82%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (15.77%) Retail
4 37 (15.35%) Marketing
5 26 (10.79%) Finance
6 19 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.56%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.73%) Law
8 9 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.90%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.07%) Legal
12 4 (1.66%) Games
13 3 (1.24%) Automotive
13 3 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.41%) Advertising
15 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (20.75%) Data Engineer
2 41 (17.01%) Senior
3 31 (12.86%) Analyst
4 28 (11.62%) Microsoft Engineer
5 20 (8.30%) Platform Engineer
6 16 (6.64%) Developer
7 15 (6.22%) Designer
7 15 (6.22%) Insight Manager
8 13 (5.39%) Product Designer
8 13 (5.39%) Senior Designer
8 13 (5.39%) Senior Product Designer
9 12 (4.98%) Analytics Manager
9 12 (4.98%) Senior Data Engineer
10 11 (4.56%) Lead
10 11 (4.56%) Social Media Executive
11 10 (4.15%) Web Manager
11 10 (4.15%) Website Manager
12 9 (3.73%) Data Analyst
12 9 (3.73%) Graduate
13 8 (3.32%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.32%) React
2 7 (2.90%) Node.js
2 7 (2.90%) Redux
3 3 (1.24%) .NET
3 3 (1.24%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.83%) CSS
4 2 (0.83%) HTML
4 2 (0.83%) Kafka
4 2 (0.83%) REST
4 2 (0.83%) SAP CO-PA
5 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.41%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.41%) Flask
5 1 (0.41%) Gradio
5 1 (0.41%) gRPC
5 1 (0.41%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.41%) Laravel
5 1 (0.41%) Playwright
5 1 (0.41%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.05%) Cloud Native
1 17 (7.05%) Social Media
2 16 (6.64%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.39%) Mobile App
4 11 (4.56%) Video Editing
5 10 (4.15%) Life Science
5 10 (4.15%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.32%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (2.49%) Hackathon
8 5 (2.07%) Blog
8 5 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.83%) Graphic Design
11 2 (0.83%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.41%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.39%) Linux
2 9 (3.73%) Windows
3 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (39.00%) AI
2 59 (24.48%) Decision-Making
3 56 (23.24%) Agile
4 55 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (18.67%) Business Intelligence
6 44 (18.26%) Data Pipeline
7 42 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (16.18%) Data Analytics
9 34 (14.11%) Data Modelling
9 34 (14.11%) Machine Learning
10 30 (12.45%) CI/CD
11 29 (12.03%) B2B
12 28 (11.62%) Data Analysis
13 26 (10.79%) Actionable Insight
13 26 (10.79%) Data Governance
14 25 (10.37%) CRM
15 24 (9.96%) ETL
16 22 (9.13%) DevOps
16 22 (9.13%) Digital Marketing
16 22 (9.13%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.99%) SQL
2 41 (17.01%) Python
3 7 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.90%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.07%) C#
5 3 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.83%) C
6 2 (0.83%) Go
6 2 (0.83%) R
7 1 (0.41%) C++
7 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (16.18%) Degree
2 15 (6.22%) SC Cleared
2 15 (6.22%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.73%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (2.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.24%) ACCA
7 3 (1.24%) CIMA
7 3 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.83%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.41%) APMG
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.41%) CIPD
9 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.96%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.64%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (1.66%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) ISO 22301
4 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.83%) QA
4 2 (0.83%) WCAG
5 1 (0.41%) PERC
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
5 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.73%) Terraform
2 5 (2.07%) Graylog
3 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 65 (26.97%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.37%) Google
3 15 (6.22%) Adobe
4 11 (4.56%) Hootsuite
4 11 (4.56%) Instagram
4 11 (4.56%) Oracle
4 11 (4.56%) Wrike
5 10 (4.15%) SAP
6 7 (2.90%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.07%) Databricks
7 5 (2.07%) Nexthink
8 4 (1.66%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.66%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.83%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.41%) Callidus
10 1 (0.41%) iManage
10 1 (0.41%) Pardot
10 1 (0.41%) Pega
10 1 (0.41%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.41%) Splunk