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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 18 49
Rank change year-on-year -7 +31 -13
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 302 293 292
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.45% 9.70% 4.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 10.43% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 122 59 161
10th Percentile £37,750 £38,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,375 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £71,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -7.56%

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 4,016 2,810 5,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.43% 93.02% 84.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,606 1,218 4,016
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,926 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
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 29 April 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 29 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 +36 170 £50,000 -15.25% 12
Berkshire -17 107 £55,000 -15.38% 21
Oxfordshire -13 26 £55,000 +15.79% 17
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 7 (2.32%) CMS
2 2 (0.66%) WordPress
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.33%) Camunda
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.66%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.66%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.98%) SAP CO
2 6 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (17.55%) Azure
2 41 (13.58%) Power Platform
3 24 (7.95%) Snowflake
4 18 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
5 17 (5.63%) AWS
5 17 (5.63%) Google Analytics
6 16 (5.30%) SaaS
7 12 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (3.64%) Asana
8 11 (3.64%) Sprout Social
9 6 (1.99%) dbt
9 6 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.99%) GCP
10 5 (1.66%) Adobe Analytics
10 5 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.66%) Figma
10 5 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.32%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.32%) Miro
12 3 (0.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.99%) Broadband
2 5 (1.66%) DNS
2 5 (1.66%) SSL
3 3 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.66%) MQTT
5 1 (0.33%) Modbus
5 1 (0.33%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.91%) Power BI
2 33 (10.93%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.30%) Data Lake
4 15 (4.97%) Metadata
5 12 (3.97%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.32%) Data Mining
6 7 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.32%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.66%) Tableau
8 4 (1.32%) Airbyte
8 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.99%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.99%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.66%) Looker
10 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.66%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 8 (2.65%) Git
2 5 (1.66%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.66%) Balsamiq
3 3 (0.99%) JIRA
4 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 82 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 64 (21.19%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (17.88%) Finance
4 45 (14.90%) Marketing
5 22 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (7.28%) Retail
6 18 (5.96%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (5.63%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.30%) Law
9 9 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.98%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.32%) Legal
12 5 (1.66%) Games
13 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.33%) Advertising
15 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.33%) Publishing
15 1 (0.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (14.90%) Senior
2 39 (12.91%) Data Engineer
3 26 (8.61%) Analyst
4 25 (8.28%) Lead
5 24 (7.95%) Architect
6 19 (6.29%) Designer
7 18 (5.96%) Analytics Manager
7 18 (5.96%) Data Architect
8 17 (5.63%) Developer
9 16 (5.30%) Microsoft Engineer
10 15 (4.97%) Associate Director
11 13 (4.30%) Product Designer
11 13 (4.30%) Senior Designer
11 13 (4.30%) Senior Product Designer
12 12 (3.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 11 (3.64%) Power BI Developer
13 11 (3.64%) Senior Manager
13 11 (3.64%) Social Media Executive
14 10 (3.31%) Insight Manager
14 10 (3.31%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.98%) SAP CO-PA
2 6 (1.99%) CSS
2 6 (1.99%) HTML
2 6 (1.99%) React
3 5 (1.66%) Node.js
3 5 (1.66%) Redux
4 3 (0.99%) REST
5 2 (0.66%) Middleware
5 2 (0.66%) Snowpark
5 2 (0.66%) SOAP
6 1 (0.33%) .NET
6 1 (0.33%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.33%) GeoPandas
6 1 (0.33%) gRPC
6 1 (0.33%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.33%) Laravel
6 1 (0.33%) MapLibre
6 1 (0.33%) PySpark
6 1 (0.33%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.33%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.91%) Life Science
2 21 (6.95%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.63%) Social Media
4 13 (4.30%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.30%) Low-Code
4 13 (4.30%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.64%) Hackathon
5 11 (3.64%) Video Editing
6 7 (2.32%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.66%) Blog
8 5 (1.66%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.99%) FMCG
10 3 (0.99%) LIMS
10 3 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.99%) Linux
2 5 (1.66%) Windows
3 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (31.13%) AI
2 89 (29.47%) Agile
3 56 (18.54%) Decision-Making
4 55 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (16.89%) Data Modelling
6 49 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (16.23%) Machine Learning
7 48 (15.89%) Computer Science
8 44 (14.57%) Business Intelligence
9 43 (14.24%) Data Science
10 38 (12.58%) Use Case
11 37 (12.25%) Hematology
11 37 (12.25%) Immunology
11 37 (12.25%) User Experience
12 36 (11.92%) Data Analysis
13 35 (11.59%) Data Analytics
13 35 (11.59%) Data Pipeline
13 35 (11.59%) ETL
14 33 (10.93%) Data Integration
15 32 (10.60%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 60 (19.87%) SQL
2 46 (15.23%) Python
3 11 (3.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.66%) TypeScript
5 3 (0.99%) C#
5 3 (0.99%) R
6 2 (0.66%) Go
6 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.66%) VBA
7 1 (0.33%) C++
7 1 (0.33%) Ruby
7 1 (0.33%) Scala
7 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (24.50%) Degree
2 30 (9.93%) Master's Degree
3 15 (4.97%) PhD
3 15 (4.97%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.97%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.99%) ACCA
6 3 (0.99%) CIMA
6 3 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.66%) CISSP
8 1 (0.33%) CIPD
8 1 (0.33%) CISM
8 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.33%) MCSE
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.33%) OCP
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (15.56%) Accessibility
2 27 (8.94%) Data Quality
3 17 (5.63%) GxP
4 7 (2.32%) GDPR
4 7 (2.32%) WCAG
5 5 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.32%) GRC
6 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.32%) QA
7 2 (0.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.66%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.33%) NIST
8 1 (0.33%) PMO
8 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.99%) Terraform
2 3 (0.99%) Graylog
3 1 (0.33%) Argo
3 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 65 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.28%) Nexthink
3 21 (6.95%) Adobe
3 21 (6.95%) Google
4 18 (5.96%) SAP
5 11 (3.64%) Hootsuite
5 11 (3.64%) Instagram
5 11 (3.64%) Oracle
5 11 (3.64%) Wrike
6 7 (2.32%) Databricks
7 6 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.32%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.32%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.66%) Agilent
9 2 (0.66%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.66%) Informatica
10 1 (0.33%) Foundry
10 1 (0.33%) Pega
10 1 (0.33%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.33%) Splunk