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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 5 61
Rank change year-on-year -28 +56 -20
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 250 631 184
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.62% 16.53% 3.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.15% 18.40% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 154 72 94
10th Percentile £36,625 £38,300 £39,250
25th Percentile £44,534 £41,250 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,625 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £70,500
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 4,851 3,430 4,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.33% 89.84% 81.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,425 1,477 2,535
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,263
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.13% -3.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,082
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 25 August 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 25 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 +32 109 £48,750 +2.63% 44
Berkshire -40 88 £58,750 -9.62% 67
Oxfordshire -32 53 £61,250 +11.36% 37
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 11 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.80%) CMS
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.20%) UserZoom
3 2 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.80%) CapCut
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.80%) Shopify
2 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.80%) Power Platform
2 41 (16.40%) Azure
3 24 (9.60%) Google Analytics
4 20 (8.00%) AWS
5 17 (6.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 17 (6.80%) SaaS
6 12 (4.80%) GCP
7 10 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (4.00%) Google Tag Manager
8 8 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.80%) Google Ads
9 7 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.40%) Cloudflare
10 6 (2.40%) dbt
10 6 (2.40%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.40%) Fivetran
10 6 (2.40%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.20%) IaaS
12 3 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.20%) DNS
1 8 (3.20%) SSL
2 6 (2.40%) Network Security
3 3 (1.20%) Broadband
3 3 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (1.20%) Firewall
3 3 (1.20%) VPN
4 1 (0.40%) Intranet
4 1 (0.40%) Modbus
4 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (15.20%) Power BI
2 13 (5.20%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.60%) Data Lake
5 8 (3.20%) Metadata
6 6 (2.40%) Airbyte
6 6 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.00%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.60%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (1.20%) Amazon QuickSight
9 3 (1.20%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.20%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.20%) Tableau
10 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.80%) Power Query
10 2 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.40%) Looker
Development Applications
1 12 (4.80%) 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 72 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.80%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (22.80%) Retail
4 32 (12.80%) Marketing
5 31 (12.40%) Finance
6 16 (6.40%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.60%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.20%) Law
9 11 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.40%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.20%) 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 31 (12.40%) Insight Manager
4 28 (11.20%) Microsoft Engineer
5 26 (10.40%) Senior
6 20 (8.00%) Platform Engineer
7 19 (7.60%) Developer
8 17 (6.80%) Analytics Manager
9 12 (4.80%) Senior Data Engineer
10 11 (4.40%) Data Analyst
10 11 (4.40%) Lead
11 10 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (3.60%) Business Developer
12 9 (3.60%) Graduate
12 9 (3.60%) Systems Developer
12 9 (3.60%) Web Manager
12 9 (3.60%) Website Manager
13 8 (3.20%) Architect
13 8 (3.20%) Security Analyst
13 8 (3.20%) Web Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.60%) Terraform
2 6 (2.40%) Node.js
2 6 (2.40%) React
2 6 (2.40%) Redux
3 3 (1.20%) .NET
3 3 (1.20%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.20%) CSS
3 3 (1.20%) HTML
3 3 (1.20%) PySpark
4 2 (0.80%) REST
5 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.40%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.40%) Flask
5 1 (0.40%) Gradio
5 1 (0.40%) gRPC
5 1 (0.40%) Kafka
5 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.40%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.60%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.40%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.60%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.20%) Life Science
5 6 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (2.40%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (2.40%) Social Media
6 5 (2.00%) Hackathon
6 5 (2.00%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.60%) Blog
7 4 (1.60%) Graphic Design
7 4 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.20%) Video Editing
8 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.20%) Linux
1 13 (5.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (40.00%) AI
2 63 (25.20%) Decision-Making
3 59 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (21.20%) Business Intelligence
5 51 (20.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (20.00%) Agile
7 42 (16.80%) Data Pipeline
8 40 (16.00%) Data Modelling
9 37 (14.80%) Data Analytics
10 34 (13.60%) CRM
10 34 (13.60%) Predictive Analytics
11 33 (13.20%) Data Analysis
12 31 (12.40%) Machine Learning
13 30 (12.00%) CI/CD
14 29 (11.60%) Actionable Insight
15 27 (10.80%) ETL
16 25 (10.00%) Data Governance
17 24 (9.60%) DevOps
18 23 (9.20%) Computer Science
18 23 (9.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 60 (24.00%) SQL
2 43 (17.20%) Python
3 8 (3.20%) C#
3 8 (3.20%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.40%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (1.60%) C
7 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.80%) Go
9 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (18.00%) Degree
2 20 (8.00%) SC Cleared
2 20 (8.00%) 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%) CCNP
7 3 (1.20%) CIMA
7 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.20%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.40%) APMG
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.40%) CIPD
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.60%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.60%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.40%) GDPR
4 5 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.60%) QA
5 4 (1.60%) WCAG
6 3 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.20%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.80%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.40%) PERC
8 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.40%) Graylog
2 3 (1.20%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.20%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 83 (33.20%) Microsoft
2 35 (14.00%) Google
3 8 (3.20%) Oracle
4 7 (2.80%) Adobe
4 7 (2.80%) Databricks
5 6 (2.40%) YouTube
6 4 (1.60%) Ahrefs
6 4 (1.60%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (1.60%) Informatica
6 4 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.60%) SAP
6 4 (1.60%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (1.20%) Cisco
7 3 (1.20%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.20%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.20%) Instagram
7 3 (1.20%) Talend
8 2 (0.80%) Marketo
9 1 (0.40%) Callidus
9 1 (0.40%) Wrike