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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 89 43
Rank change year-on-year +74 -46 -13
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 370 118 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 10.07% 2.73% 5.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.82% 3.17% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 85 67 132
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,911 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% -9.17% -6.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,805 £73,875
90th Percentile £78,500 £83,250 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,410 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.33% - -4.17%

All Process and 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 3,130 3,724 3,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.15% 86.26% 93.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 1,811 2,168
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £56,500 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.27% +3.17% -0.43%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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 +92 246 £46,000 -18.62% 79
Buckinghamshire +40 91 £49,000 -14.78% 44
Oxfordshire +30 34 £50,000 - 42
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 10 (2.70%) SugarCRM
2 5 (1.35%) WordPress
3 3 (0.81%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 95 (25.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.89%) MadCap Flare
3 4 (1.08%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.81%) InDesign
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 10 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.81%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.81%) Shopify
4 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 130 (35.14%) Azure
2 122 (32.97%) Power Platform
3 31 (8.38%) Snowflake
4 26 (7.03%) GCP
5 23 (6.22%) Google Analytics
6 15 (4.05%) Vertex AI
7 12 (3.24%) SaaS
8 10 (2.70%) Google Ads
9 9 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.43%) GitHub
10 7 (1.89%) AWS
10 7 (1.89%) Google Docs
11 6 (1.62%) dbt
12 5 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.35%) Figma
13 4 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.08%) Miro
13 4 (1.08%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.81%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.62%) SMS
2 3 (0.81%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.27%) Modbus
3 1 (0.27%) MQTT
3 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (32.43%) Power BI
2 93 (25.14%) Data Lake
3 69 (18.65%) SAP BW
4 39 (10.54%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (8.38%) Metadata
6 25 (6.76%) BigQuery
7 18 (4.86%) Data Mining
8 12 (3.24%) Tableau
9 7 (1.89%) Qlik Sense
9 7 (1.89%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.08%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.81%) Looker
12 3 (0.81%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.81%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.54%) Airbyte
13 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.54%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.54%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (2.97%) JIRA
2 6 (1.62%) Git
3 4 (1.08%) Axure RP
3 4 (1.08%) Balsamiq
4 3 (0.81%) ERwin
4 3 (0.81%) PowerDesigner
General
1 194 (52.43%) Social Skills
2 129 (34.86%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (27.84%) Finance
4 68 (18.38%) Marketing
5 56 (15.14%) Law
6 31 (8.38%) Retail
7 24 (6.49%) Manufacturing
8 21 (5.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 18 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.35%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.08%) Legal
15 3 (0.81%) Games
15 3 (0.81%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.81%) Publishing
16 2 (0.54%) Billing
16 2 (0.54%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (34.05%) Lead
2 88 (23.78%) Senior
3 64 (17.30%) Analyst
4 48 (12.97%) Architect
5 34 (9.19%) Report Analyst
6 33 (8.92%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 28 (7.57%) Sustainability Analyst
8 26 (7.03%) Data Architect
9 20 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
9 20 (5.41%) GCP Architect
9 20 (5.41%) Platform Architect
10 17 (4.59%) Data Analyst
11 13 (3.51%) Commercial Analyst
11 13 (3.51%) Senior Manager
12 12 (3.24%) Commercial Data Analyst
12 12 (3.24%) Procurement Analyst
13 10 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 9 (2.43%) Data Manager
14 9 (2.43%) Product Manager
15 8 (2.16%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.70%) FHIR
2 3 (0.81%) CSS
2 3 (0.81%) HTML
2 3 (0.81%) JSON
2 3 (0.81%) SOAP
2 3 (0.81%) XML
3 2 (0.54%) Hugging Face
3 2 (0.54%) NumPy
3 2 (0.54%) Pandas
3 2 (0.54%) REST
3 2 (0.54%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.54%) Snowpark
4 1 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.27%) GeoPandas
4 1 (0.27%) MapLibre
4 1 (0.27%) NetworkX
4 1 (0.27%) PostGIS
4 1 (0.27%) PySpark
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.27%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 42 (11.35%) Life Science
3 27 (7.30%) Data Centre
4 26 (7.03%) Management Information System
5 25 (6.76%) Algorithms
6 23 (6.22%) Cloud Native
7 21 (5.68%) Onboarding
8 19 (5.14%) Product Ownership
9 15 (4.05%) FMCG
10 10 (2.70%) Omics
11 7 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.89%) Social Media
12 5 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.35%) SCADA
12 5 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
13 4 (1.08%) Industry 4.0
13 4 (1.08%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 3 (0.81%) Blog
14 3 (0.81%) Low-Code
15 2 (0.54%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (38.11%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (35.95%) Business Intelligence
3 110 (29.73%) Data Modelling
4 102 (27.57%) Data Science
5 94 (25.41%) Roadmaps
6 93 (25.14%) Agile
7 83 (22.43%) Machine Learning
8 82 (22.16%) AI
9 79 (21.35%) Actionable Insight
10 73 (19.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 72 (19.46%) Decision-Making
12 69 (18.65%) Use Case
13 68 (18.38%) Data Governance
14 65 (17.57%) Computer Science
15 64 (17.30%) ERP
16 54 (14.59%) Data Management
17 47 (12.70%) Generative AI
18 45 (12.16%) Data Engineering
19 44 (11.89%) Data Architecture
19 44 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (15.14%) Python
2 44 (11.89%) SQL
3 20 (5.41%) Go
3 20 (5.41%) Java
4 11 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.81%) R
7 1 (0.27%) C#
7 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.27%) Ruby
7 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 170 (45.95%) Degree
2 32 (8.65%) Master's Degree
3 31 (8.38%) PhD
4 13 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.70%) HNC
6 7 (1.89%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.89%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.35%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.08%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.08%) PMP
9 3 (0.81%) CISSP
9 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.81%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.54%) MCSE
10 2 (0.54%) OCP
10 2 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (23.51%) Data Quality
2 45 (12.16%) Accessibility
3 31 (8.38%) GxP
4 16 (4.32%) GDPR
5 10 (2.70%) CDISC
5 10 (2.70%) HL7
6 6 (1.62%) WCAG
7 5 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.35%) QA
8 4 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.81%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.27%) GAAP
11 1 (0.27%) GRC
11 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.27%) IFRS
11 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (0.81%) Docker
2 2 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.08%) Terraform
3 1 (0.27%) Argo
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (22.16%) SAP
2 63 (17.03%) Google
3 58 (15.68%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.59%) OpenAI
5 9 (2.43%) Oracle
5 9 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.16%) Adobe
7 7 (1.89%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 6 (1.62%) Zoho
9 5 (1.35%) Allen-Bradley
9 5 (1.35%) JD Edwards
9 5 (1.35%) Nexthink
9 5 (1.35%) Siemens
10 4 (1.08%) Databricks
11 3 (0.81%) Cisco
11 3 (0.81%) Talend
12 2 (0.54%) Cognos
12 2 (0.54%) Dell
12 2 (0.54%) IBM