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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 19 52
Rank change year-on-year -5 +33 -16
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 288 260 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.59% 9.38% 4.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.63% 10.04% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 110 61 158
10th Percentile £37,375 £38,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,313 £43,750 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,205 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +3.60% -3.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,000 £63,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £71,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 3,775 2,590 5,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 73.26% 93.43% 84.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 1,201 4,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,670 £50,001
Median % change year-on-year -8.96% +15.34% -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 +20 167 £50,000 -13.79% 35
Berkshire -13 99 £55,000 -14.06% 58
Oxfordshire -24 23 £50,410 +6.13% 13
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 7 (2.43%) CMS
2 2 (0.69%) WordPress
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) Camunda
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
3 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.74%) Adobe XD
3 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.69%) InDesign
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (3.13%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.71%) Azure
2 38 (13.19%) Power Platform
3 26 (9.03%) Snowflake
4 18 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (5.21%) SaaS
6 12 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 11 (3.82%) Asana
7 11 (3.82%) AWS
7 11 (3.82%) Sprout Social
8 9 (3.13%) Google Analytics
9 6 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.74%) Adobe Analytics
10 5 (1.74%) Figma
10 5 (1.74%) GCP
10 5 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.39%) dbt
11 4 (1.39%) Miro
12 3 (1.04%) IaaS
12 3 (1.04%) PaaS
12 3 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.08%) Broadband
2 3 (1.04%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.69%) MQTT
3 2 (0.69%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.35%) Modbus
4 1 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.54%) Data Warehouse
2 36 (12.50%) Power BI
3 17 (5.90%) Data Lake
4 16 (5.56%) Metadata
5 12 (4.17%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.43%) Data Mining
6 7 (2.43%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.43%) Tableau
7 4 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.04%) Metadata Repository
8 3 (1.04%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.69%) Airbyte
9 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.69%) Looker
9 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.69%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.69%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Git
2 5 (1.74%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.74%) Balsamiq
3 3 (1.04%) JIRA
4 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 84 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 58 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (18.75%) Finance
4 46 (15.97%) Marketing
5 20 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (6.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 16 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.82%) Law
8 9 (3.13%) Retail
9 8 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.43%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.74%) Games
11 5 (1.74%) Legal
12 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.35%) Advertising
13 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.35%) Publishing
13 1 (0.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 49 (17.01%) Senior
2 35 (12.15%) Data Engineer
3 28 (9.72%) Architect
4 26 (9.03%) Lead
5 22 (7.64%) Data Architect
6 21 (7.29%) Analyst
7 19 (6.60%) Designer
8 15 (5.21%) Associate Director
9 14 (4.86%) Analytics Manager
9 14 (4.86%) Developer
9 14 (4.86%) Microsoft Engineer
10 13 (4.51%) Product Designer
10 13 (4.51%) Senior Designer
10 13 (4.51%) Senior Manager
10 13 (4.51%) Senior Product Designer
11 12 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 11 (3.82%) Power BI Developer
12 11 (3.82%) Social Media Executive
13 10 (3.47%) Business Developer
14 9 (3.13%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.13%) SAP CO-PA
2 6 (2.08%) CSS
2 6 (2.08%) HTML
3 3 (1.04%) React
3 3 (1.04%) REST
4 2 (0.69%) Middleware
4 2 (0.69%) Node.js
4 2 (0.69%) Redux
4 2 (0.69%) Snowpark
4 2 (0.69%) SOAP
5 1 (0.35%) .NET
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.35%) FHIR
5 1 (0.35%) GeoPandas
5 1 (0.35%) gRPC
5 1 (0.35%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.35%) MapLibre
5 1 (0.35%) PySpark
5 1 (0.35%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.35%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.58%) Life Science
2 22 (7.64%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.60%) Social Media
4 13 (4.51%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.51%) Low-Code
4 13 (4.51%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.82%) Hackathon
5 11 (3.82%) Video Editing
6 9 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.04%) Blog
8 3 (1.04%) FMCG
8 3 (1.04%) LIMS
8 3 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.69%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.35%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.35%) Linux
1 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.25%) AI
2 86 (29.86%) Agile
3 56 (19.44%) Computer Science
4 55 (19.10%) Decision-Making
5 54 (18.75%) Data Modelling
6 50 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (17.01%) Machine Learning
8 47 (16.32%) Data Science
9 43 (14.93%) Business Intelligence
10 41 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (13.89%) Hematology
11 40 (13.89%) Immunology
11 40 (13.89%) Use Case
12 37 (12.85%) Data Integration
13 35 (12.15%) Data Architecture
13 35 (12.15%) Roadmaps
14 34 (11.81%) Data Analytics
14 34 (11.81%) User Experience
15 33 (11.46%) Data Pipeline
15 33 (11.46%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 54 (18.75%) SQL
2 42 (14.58%) Python
3 11 (3.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.04%) R
5 2 (0.69%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.69%) VBA
6 1 (0.35%) C#
6 1 (0.35%) C++
6 1 (0.35%) Ruby
6 1 (0.35%) Scala
6 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (27.78%) Degree
2 33 (11.46%) Master's Degree
3 18 (6.25%) PhD
4 8 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.04%) ACCA
6 3 (1.04%) CIMA
7 2 (0.69%) CISSP
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.35%) CIPD
8 1 (0.35%) CISM
8 1 (0.35%) MCSE
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.35%) OCP
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (18.06%) Accessibility
2 25 (8.68%) Data Quality
3 20 (6.94%) GxP
4 9 (3.13%) GDPR
5 7 (2.43%) WCAG
6 5 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.39%) GRC
7 4 (1.39%) QA
8 2 (0.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.69%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.35%) CDISC
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.35%) HL7
9 1 (0.35%) NIST
9 1 (0.35%) PMO
9 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.04%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (2.43%) Terraform
2 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.35%) Argo
Vendors
1 59 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.99%) Adobe
3 22 (7.64%) Nexthink
4 19 (6.60%) SAP
5 12 (4.17%) Google
5 12 (4.17%) Oracle
6 11 (3.82%) Hootsuite
6 11 (3.82%) Instagram
6 11 (3.82%) Wrike
7 6 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.74%) Databricks
9 2 (0.69%) Agilent
9 2 (0.69%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.69%) Cisco
9 2 (0.69%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.69%) Informatica
9 2 (0.69%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.69%) Zoho
10 1 (0.35%) Pega
10 1 (0.35%) Sitecore