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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 5 59
Rank change year-on-year -28 +54 -19
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 250 627 187
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.68% 16.63% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.21% 18.46% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 150 72 97
10th Percentile £36,125 £38,300 £40,000
25th Percentile £44,534 £41,250 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,625 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £72,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +0.92% -0.91%

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 4,794 3,396 4,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.49% 90.06% 81.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,365 1,460 2,589
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,466 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.85% -4.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +33 112 £47,500 - 25
Berkshire -39 87 £58,750 -9.62% 39
Oxfordshire -34 51 £61,250 +11.36% 19
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 11 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.80%) CMS
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.80%) CapCut
2 2 (0.80%) UserZoom
3 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.40%) Shopify
2 4 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.00%) Power Platform
2 40 (16.00%) Azure
3 22 (8.80%) Google Analytics
4 20 (8.00%) AWS
5 17 (6.80%) SaaS
6 16 (6.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (4.80%) GCP
8 9 (3.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (3.60%) Google Tag Manager
9 8 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.40%) Cloudflare
11 6 (2.40%) dbt
11 6 (2.40%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.40%) Fivetran
11 6 (2.40%) Google Ads
11 6 (2.40%) Snowflake
12 5 (2.00%) Asana
12 5 (2.00%) Sprout Social
13 4 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.20%) DNS
1 8 (3.20%) SSL
2 5 (2.00%) Network Security
3 3 (1.20%) Broadband
4 2 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.80%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.80%) Firewall
4 2 (0.80%) VPN
5 1 (0.40%) Intranet
5 1 (0.40%) Modbus
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (14.40%) Power BI
2 12 (4.80%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.60%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.80%) Metadata
6 6 (2.40%) Airbyte
6 6 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.60%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.20%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (1.20%) Tableau
9 2 (0.80%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.80%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.80%) Power Query
9 2 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.40%) Git
2 2 (0.80%) JIRA
2 2 (0.80%) JUnit
3 1 (0.40%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.40%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) MLflow
General
1 75 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 66 (26.40%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (22.00%) Retail
4 36 (14.40%) Marketing
5 31 (12.40%) Finance
6 15 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.60%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.80%) Law
9 10 (4.00%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.40%) Legal
12 3 (1.20%) Automotive
12 3 (1.20%) Games
12 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.80%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.40%) Advertising
14 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (18.80%) Data Engineer
2 33 (13.20%) Analyst
3 29 (11.60%) Insight Manager
3 29 (11.60%) Senior
4 28 (11.20%) Microsoft Engineer
5 20 (8.00%) Platform Engineer
6 19 (7.60%) Developer
7 16 (6.40%) Analytics Manager
8 12 (4.80%) Senior Data Engineer
9 11 (4.40%) Data Analyst
9 11 (4.40%) Lead
10 9 (3.60%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (3.60%) Business Developer
10 9 (3.60%) Graduate
10 9 (3.60%) Systems Developer
10 9 (3.60%) Web Manager
10 9 (3.60%) Website Manager
11 8 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 8 (3.20%) SOC Analyst
11 8 (3.20%) Web Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.40%) Node.js
1 6 (2.40%) React
1 6 (2.40%) Redux
2 3 (1.20%) .NET
2 3 (1.20%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.20%) PySpark
3 2 (0.80%) CSS
3 2 (0.80%) HTML
3 2 (0.80%) REST
4 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.40%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.40%) Flask
4 1 (0.40%) Gradio
4 1 (0.40%) gRPC
4 1 (0.40%) Kafka
4 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.40%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.60%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.40%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.00%) Social Media
4 8 (3.20%) Life Science
5 7 (2.80%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.80%) Video Editing
6 6 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.40%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.00%) Hackathon
7 5 (2.00%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.60%) Blog
8 4 (1.60%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.80%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.20%) Linux
2 12 (4.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (41.20%) AI
2 62 (24.80%) Decision-Making
3 61 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (20.80%) Business Intelligence
5 50 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (19.20%) Agile
7 42 (16.80%) Data Pipeline
8 39 (15.60%) Data Modelling
9 38 (15.20%) Data Analytics
10 35 (14.00%) Data Analysis
11 34 (13.60%) CRM
12 33 (13.20%) Predictive Analytics
13 31 (12.40%) Machine Learning
14 29 (11.60%) Actionable Insight
14 29 (11.60%) CI/CD
15 26 (10.40%) ETL
16 25 (10.00%) Data Governance
16 25 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
17 23 (9.20%) DevOps
18 22 (8.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 60 (24.00%) SQL
2 43 (17.20%) Python
3 8 (3.20%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.80%) C#
5 6 (2.40%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.60%) C
8 2 (0.80%) Go
8 2 (0.80%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (17.20%) Degree
2 19 (7.60%) SC Cleared
2 19 (7.60%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.20%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (2.40%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.60%) ICAEW
7 3 (1.20%) ACCA
7 3 (1.20%) CIMA
7 3 (1.20%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.80%) CCNP
8 2 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.40%) APMG
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.40%) CIPD
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.20%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.20%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (2.00%) GDPR
4 4 (1.60%) QA
5 3 (1.20%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.20%) WCAG
6 2 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.80%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.40%) PERC
7 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.60%) Terraform
2 6 (2.40%) Graylog
3 2 (0.80%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.80%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 81 (32.40%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.20%) Google
3 11 (4.40%) Adobe
4 10 (4.00%) Oracle
5 7 (2.80%) Databricks
5 7 (2.80%) Instagram
6 5 (2.00%) Hootsuite
6 5 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.00%) SAP
6 5 (2.00%) Wrike
6 5 (2.00%) YouTube
7 4 (1.60%) Ahrefs
7 4 (1.60%) Screaming Frog
8 3 (1.20%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (1.20%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.20%) Informatica
9 2 (0.80%) Cisco
9 2 (0.80%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.80%) Marketo
9 2 (0.80%) Talend