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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 82 47
Rank change year-on-year +67 -35 -15
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 374 117 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 9.77% 2.92% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.68% 3.32% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 94 69 125
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,800 £40,215
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,911 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% -11.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £81,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -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 3,203 3,528 3,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.67% 87.91% 92.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,713 1,722 2,148
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,963
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -0.91%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 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 +88 235 £50,000 -8.70% 231
Buckinghamshire +42 102 £49,000 -14.78% 91
Oxfordshire +25 38 £50,000 +2.56% 45
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 10 (2.67%) SugarCRM
2 4 (1.07%) WordPress
3 3 (0.80%) Confluence
4 2 (0.53%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 94 (25.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.87%) MadCap Flare
3 5 (1.34%) Adobe XD
4 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.80%) InDesign
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 10 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.80%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.80%) Shopify
4 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
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
1 123 (32.89%) Power Platform
2 121 (32.35%) Azure
3 31 (8.29%) Snowflake
4 28 (7.49%) GCP
5 22 (5.88%) Google Analytics
6 15 (4.01%) Vertex AI
7 10 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (2.67%) Google Ads
7 10 (2.67%) SaaS
8 9 (2.41%) AWS
8 9 (2.41%) GitHub
9 7 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (1.87%) Google Docs
10 6 (1.60%) dbt
10 6 (1.60%) Figma
11 5 (1.34%) Miro
12 4 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.80%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.60%) SMS
2 3 (0.80%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.53%) MQTT
3 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.27%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (32.35%) Power BI
2 83 (22.19%) Data Lake
3 69 (18.45%) SAP BW
4 43 (11.50%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (8.29%) Metadata
6 25 (6.68%) BigQuery
7 20 (5.35%) Data Mining
8 12 (3.21%) Tableau
9 7 (1.87%) Qlik Sense
9 7 (1.87%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.07%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.80%) Looker
12 3 (0.80%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.80%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.53%) Airbyte
13 2 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (2.94%) JIRA
2 7 (1.87%) Git
3 5 (1.34%) Axure RP
3 5 (1.34%) Balsamiq
4 3 (0.80%) ERwin
4 3 (0.80%) PowerDesigner
General
1 182 (48.66%) Social Skills
2 120 (32.09%) Analytical Skills
3 110 (29.41%) Finance
4 67 (17.91%) Marketing
5 45 (12.03%) Law
6 31 (8.29%) Retail
7 26 (6.95%) Manufacturing
8 23 (6.15%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.60%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.34%) Legal
13 3 (0.80%) Advertising
13 3 (0.80%) Games
13 3 (0.80%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.80%) Publishing
14 2 (0.53%) Billing
14 2 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 126 (33.69%) Lead
2 79 (21.12%) Senior
3 65 (17.38%) Analyst
4 48 (12.83%) Architect
5 34 (9.09%) Report Analyst
6 33 (8.82%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 28 (7.49%) Sustainability Analyst
8 26 (6.95%) Data Architect
9 20 (5.35%) Cloud Architect
9 20 (5.35%) GCP Architect
9 20 (5.35%) Platform Architect
10 19 (5.08%) Data Analyst
11 13 (3.48%) Commercial Analyst
11 13 (3.48%) Data Engineer
11 13 (3.48%) Senior Manager
12 12 (3.21%) Commercial Data Analyst
12 12 (3.21%) Procurement Analyst
13 10 (2.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 9 (2.41%) Data Manager
15 8 (2.14%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.67%) FHIR
2 3 (0.80%) CSS
2 3 (0.80%) HTML
2 3 (0.80%) SOAP
3 2 (0.53%) Hugging Face
3 2 (0.53%) JSON
3 2 (0.53%) Middleware
3 2 (0.53%) NumPy
3 2 (0.53%) Pandas
3 2 (0.53%) REST
3 2 (0.53%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.53%) Snowpark
3 2 (0.53%) XML
4 1 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.27%) GeoPandas
4 1 (0.27%) MapLibre
4 1 (0.27%) PostGIS
4 1 (0.27%) PySpark
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.27%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 43 (11.50%) Life Science
3 27 (7.22%) Data Centre
4 26 (6.95%) Management Information System
5 25 (6.68%) Algorithms
6 23 (6.15%) Cloud Native
7 21 (5.61%) Onboarding
8 20 (5.35%) Product Ownership
9 16 (4.28%) FMCG
10 10 (2.67%) Omics
11 7 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.34%) SCADA
12 5 (1.34%) Social Media
12 5 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
13 4 (1.07%) Industry 4.0
13 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 3 (0.80%) Blog
15 2 (0.53%) LIMS
15 2 (0.53%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (35.83%) Business Intelligence
2 131 (35.03%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (30.21%) Data Modelling
4 93 (24.87%) Data Science
5 84 (22.46%) AI
6 83 (22.19%) Roadmaps
7 81 (21.66%) Agile
8 74 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 74 (19.79%) Machine Learning
9 71 (18.98%) Decision-Making
9 71 (18.98%) Use Case
10 70 (18.72%) Data Governance
11 68 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
12 67 (17.91%) Computer Science
13 63 (16.84%) ERP
14 55 (14.71%) Data Management
15 47 (12.57%) Data Engineering
15 47 (12.57%) Generative AI
15 47 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (12.03%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 57 (15.24%) Python
2 48 (12.83%) SQL
3 20 (5.35%) Go
3 20 (5.35%) Java
4 10 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.80%) R
7 1 (0.27%) C#
7 1 (0.27%) Ruby
7 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 171 (45.72%) Degree
2 33 (8.82%) Master's Degree
3 31 (8.29%) PhD
4 14 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.67%) HNC
6 8 (2.14%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.87%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.60%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.07%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.07%) PMP
10 3 (0.80%) CISSP
10 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.80%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.53%) MCSE
11 2 (0.53%) OCP
11 2 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (23.53%) Data Quality
2 46 (12.30%) Accessibility
3 32 (8.56%) GxP
4 16 (4.28%) GDPR
5 10 (2.67%) CDISC
5 10 (2.67%) HL7
6 7 (1.87%) QA
6 7 (1.87%) WCAG
7 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.53%) GRC
10 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.27%) GAAP
11 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.27%) IFRS
11 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (0.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.07%) Terraform
3 1 (0.27%) Argo
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (22.19%) SAP
2 63 (16.84%) Google
3 57 (15.24%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.55%) OpenAI
5 9 (2.41%) Adobe
6 8 (2.14%) Nexthink
6 8 (2.14%) Oracle
6 8 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 6 (1.60%) Zoho
8 5 (1.34%) Allen-Bradley
8 5 (1.34%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.34%) JD Edwards
8 5 (1.34%) Siemens
9 4 (1.07%) Databricks
10 3 (0.80%) Cisco
10 3 (0.80%) Talend
11 2 (0.53%) Cognos
11 2 (0.53%) Dell
11 2 (0.53%) IBM