Data Analysis Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 86 82
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +55
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 95 127 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.40% 3.36% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 3.73% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 44 31 66
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £33,125
25th Percentile £37,375 £39,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -3.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £59,750
90th Percentile - £67,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -8.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data Analysis 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 4,795 3,405 4,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.46% 90.10% 81.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,364 1,464 2,588
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,325 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.85% -4.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £81,311
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Analysis

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 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
Berkshire +1 57 £47,000 +13.94% 19
Buckinghamshire -1 26 £41,250 -12.23% 14
Oxfordshire -23 12 £60,000 +9.09% 19
Data Analysis
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 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.26%) SAS
3 4 (4.21%) CICS
4 1 (1.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (30.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.05%) Finacle
3 1 (1.05%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (1.05%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.16%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.47%) Azure
3 5 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.21%) Google Analytics
4 4 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.16%) AWS
5 3 (3.16%) WeChat
6 2 (2.11%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.11%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.11%) Serverless
7 1 (1.05%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (1.05%) GitHub
7 1 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.05%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.05%) Modbus
1 1 (1.05%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.68%) Power BI
2 6 (6.32%) Relational Database
3 5 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (5.26%) Db2
3 5 (5.26%) Tableau
4 4 (4.21%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.11%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.11%) Metadata
5 2 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.05%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.05%) Power Query
6 1 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (6.32%) JIRA
2 4 (4.21%) ChangeMan
2 4 (4.21%) GitLab
3 2 (2.11%) Git
4 1 (1.05%) MLflow
General
1 36 (37.89%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 29 (30.53%) Finance
4 18 (18.95%) Manufacturing
5 10 (10.53%) Legal
6 8 (8.42%) Retail
7 6 (6.32%) Marketing
8 5 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (4.21%) Electronics
10 3 (3.16%) Banking
10 3 (3.16%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (1.05%) Law
12 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (43.16%) Analyst
2 25 (26.32%) Data Analyst
3 17 (17.89%) Developer
4 16 (16.84%) Senior
5 10 (10.53%) Financial Analyst
6 9 (9.47%) Business Developer
6 9 (9.47%) Systems Developer
7 7 (7.37%) Applications Support
7 7 (7.37%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (7.37%) Consultant
7 7 (7.37%) Implementation Consultant
7 7 (7.37%) Payroll Consultant
7 7 (7.37%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) COBOL Developer
8 5 (5.26%) Lead
8 5 (5.26%) Senior COBOL Developer
8 5 (5.26%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.21%) E-Commerce Manager
9 4 (4.21%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.32%) Middleware
2 5 (5.26%) .NET
3 4 (4.21%) .NET Core
3 4 (4.21%) RESTful
3 4 (4.21%) WPF
4 3 (3.16%) EDI
4 3 (3.16%) PySpark
4 3 (3.16%) SAP XI
4 3 (3.16%) XML
5 1 (1.05%) Next.js
5 1 (1.05%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.47%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.32%) Data Structures
3 5 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.21%) Client/Server
4 4 (4.21%) Legacy Code
4 4 (4.21%) VSAM
5 1 (1.05%) IoT
5 1 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.05%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.26%) Windows
2 4 (4.21%) zOS
3 1 (1.05%) Linux
3 1 (1.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (34.74%) Analytics
2 28 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (28.42%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (20.00%) Agile
4 19 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 18 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (17.89%) Computer Science
6 17 (17.89%) Dashboard Development
7 14 (14.74%) Data Management
7 14 (14.74%) Mentoring
8 13 (13.68%) Data Modelling
9 12 (12.63%) AI
9 12 (12.63%) Data Analytics
9 12 (12.63%) ERP
10 11 (11.58%) Actionable Insight
10 11 (11.58%) Project Delivery
10 11 (11.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (11.58%) Translating Business Requirements
11 10 (10.53%) DevOps
12 9 (9.47%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 39 (41.05%) SQL
2 11 (11.58%) Python
3 5 (5.26%) C#
3 5 (5.26%) COBOL
4 4 (4.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (4.21%) JCL
5 3 (3.16%) SAS Macro
6 2 (2.11%) R
7 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.05%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 1 (1.05%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.05%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (25.26%) Degree
2 10 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.16%) ACCA
3 3 (3.16%) CIMA
3 3 (3.16%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.11%) PhD
4 2 (2.11%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.11%) PMP
4 2 (2.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.05%) ISEB
5 1 (1.05%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.68%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.26%) CDISC
3 4 (4.21%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.16%) QA
5 2 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 4 (4.21%) CA Endevor
2 1 (1.05%) MOM
Vendors
1 22 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.95%) Oracle
3 15 (15.79%) SAP
4 9 (9.47%) Alteryx
4 9 (9.47%) Hyperion
5 7 (7.37%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (4.21%) Google
7 3 (3.16%) MuleSoft
7 3 (3.16%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.05%) Callidus
8 1 (1.05%) Databricks
8 1 (1.05%) FIS
8 1 (1.05%) Informatica
8 1 (1.05%) Micro Focus
8 1 (1.05%) Temenos