Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 20 14
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 6,630 2,557 6,353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 9.94% 8.75% 9.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.61% 9.81% 9.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,175 1,653 4,235
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,313 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £29,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £58,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -2.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 62,505 26,055 65,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 89.13% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 41,409 14,263 47,844
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,159 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,729 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +3.46% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
North of England +24 1,984 £44,000 +17.33% 276
South East +25 1,335 £40,000 -9.09% 376
Midlands +6 1,334 £42,500 - 182
North West +13 908 £42,500 +6.25% 133
Yorkshire +18 858 £44,000 +46.67% 113
West Midlands -7 743 £45,000 - 110
South West +15 699 £40,000 - 102
East Midlands +18 588 £40,000 +4.58% 70
East of England +11 545 £40,000 -15.79% 106
Scotland +14 449 £40,000 -7.51% 62
North East +26 218 £47,500 +27.52% 34
Wales +35 213 £38,500 -19.49% 40
Northern Ireland +1 98 £42,000 +40.00% 19
Isle of Man +1 3 £45,000 +45.16%
Channel Islands - 3 £57,500 -
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 3,012 (45.43%) Microsoft
2 2,494 (37.62%) Azure
3 2,170 (32.73%) Azure Certification
4 1,699 (25.63%) SQL
5 1,547 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
6 1,504 (22.68%) Microsoft Excel
7 1,485 (22.40%) Power Platform
8 1,462 (22.05%) Power BI
9 1,384 (20.87%) Cybersecurity
10 1,311 (19.77%) Mentoring
11 1,304 (19.67%) Python
12 1,261 (19.02%) Tableau
13 1,218 (18.37%) AI
14 1,133 (17.09%) CompTIA Security+
15 1,096 (16.53%) CompTIA CySA+
16 1,081 (16.30%) Azure AI
16 1,081 (16.30%) ForeScout
17 683 (10.30%) Problem-Solving
18 459 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
19 452 (6.82%) Business Analysis
20 440 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
21 436 (6.58%) Agile
22 432 (6.52%) Degree
23 378 (5.70%) Analytics
24 377 (5.69%) Windows
25 339 (5.11%) Decision-Making
26 308 (4.65%) ERP
27 304 (4.59%) Data Analysis
28 297 (4.48%) Customer Service
29 266 (4.01%) Project Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 101 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 81 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (0.53%) Confluence
4 21 (0.32%) IIS
5 13 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.20%) CMS
6 10 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.14%) Apache
8 5 (0.075%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.045%) SAS
9 3 (0.045%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.045%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.030%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.015%) CICS
11 1 (0.015%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.015%) WordPress
Applications
1 1,504 (22.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 219 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 42 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.090%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.075%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.045%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.015%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.015%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.015%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.015%) Trello
Business Applications
1 43 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.36%) Cloudability
2 24 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
3 18 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 17 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 15 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
5 15 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 15 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 14 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
6 14 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 14 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 14 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 14 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 13 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
8 10 (0.15%) Magento
8 10 (0.15%) Shopify
8 10 (0.15%) Visualfiles
9 8 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,494 (37.62%) Azure
2 1,485 (22.40%) Power Platform
3 1,081 (16.30%) Azure AI
4 440 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
5 156 (2.35%) AWS
6 103 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
7 100 (1.51%) Entra ID
8 83 (1.25%) SaaS
9 58 (0.87%) GCP
10 54 (0.81%) Power Automate
11 44 (0.66%) PowerApps
12 41 (0.62%) OneDrive
13 35 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (0.27%) Boomi
15 17 (0.26%) Azure Sentinel
15 17 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (0.26%) Snowflake
16 16 (0.24%) Google Workspace
16 16 (0.24%) IaaS
16 16 (0.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (1.36%) Firewall
2 84 (1.27%) DNS
3 66 (1.00%) DHCP
4 57 (0.86%) VPN
5 55 (0.83%) TCP/IP
6 42 (0.63%) Broadband
7 40 (0.60%) WAN
8 34 (0.51%) Network Security
9 31 (0.47%) LAN
10 22 (0.33%) VoIP
11 18 (0.27%) 4G
12 17 (0.26%) HTTP
13 14 (0.21%) FTP
14 12 (0.18%) Wireless
15 11 (0.17%) VLAN
16 10 (0.15%) Internet
16 10 (0.15%) SMTP
16 10 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (0.14%) SSL
18 8 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,462 (22.05%) Power BI
2 1,261 (19.02%) Tableau
3 93 (1.40%) Data Mining
4 80 (1.21%) SQL Server
5 55 (0.83%) Power Query
6 32 (0.48%) Relational Database
6 32 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
8 22 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (0.33%) GIS
8 22 (0.33%) Looker
9 19 (0.29%) BigQuery
9 19 (0.29%) PowerPivot
10 15 (0.23%) MySQL
11 12 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
11 12 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.15%) Data Lake
12 10 (0.15%) Spark SQL
13 9 (0.14%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 140 (2.11%) JIRA
2 19 (0.29%) Postman
3 17 (0.26%) Selenium
3 17 (0.26%) SoapUI
4 16 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 15 (0.23%) Git
6 12 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.17%) WebDriver
8 9 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
9 5 (0.075%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.060%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.060%) Toad
11 3 (0.045%) TestRail
12 1 (0.015%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.015%) GitLab
12 1 (0.015%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.015%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 3,058 (46.12%) Social Skills
2 929 (14.01%) Finance
3 824 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (3.00%) Retail
5 184 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 172 (2.59%) Legal
7 164 (2.47%) Manufacturing
8 161 (2.43%) Law
9 117 (1.76%) Public Sector
10 110 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
11 82 (1.24%) Banking
12 73 (1.10%) Marketing
13 60 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 55 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 44 (0.66%) Aerospace
16 39 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
17 37 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
18 31 (0.47%) Games
19 28 (0.42%) Automotive
20 27 (0.41%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (0.65%) .NET
2 34 (0.51%) HTML
3 27 (0.41%) SOAP
4 25 (0.38%) Middleware
5 24 (0.36%) REST
6 20 (0.30%) Web Services
7 17 (0.26%) CSS
8 16 (0.24%) EDI
8 16 (0.24%) JSON
8 16 (0.24%) XML
9 11 (0.17%) PySpark
10 10 (0.15%) LDAP
11 8 (0.12%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.075%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.075%) Pandas
12 5 (0.075%) Playwright
13 4 (0.060%) Elastic Stack
13 4 (0.060%) HTML5
13 4 (0.060%) jQuery
13 4 (0.060%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 134 (2.02%) Management Information System
2 121 (1.83%) Onboarding
3 106 (1.60%) Product Ownership
4 71 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
5 68 (1.03%) Driving Licence
6 43 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
7 42 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
8 39 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
8 39 (0.59%) Data Structures
9 28 (0.42%) Cyber Defence
10 26 (0.39%) Client/Server
11 23 (0.35%) Data Centre
11 23 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
11 23 (0.35%) Security Posture
12 21 (0.32%) Operational Technology
13 20 (0.30%) EPoS
13 20 (0.30%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (0.30%) NHS
14 19 (0.29%) Public Cloud
15 16 (0.24%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 377 (5.69%) Windows
2 93 (1.40%) Windows Server
3 90 (1.36%) Windows 10
4 63 (0.95%) Android
5 37 (0.56%) Linux
6 32 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.030%) Unix
12 1 (0.015%) VMS
12 1 (0.015%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.015%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.015%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,547 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1,384 (20.87%) Cybersecurity
3 1,311 (19.77%) Mentoring
4 1,218 (18.37%) AI
5 683 (10.30%) Problem-Solving
6 459 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 452 (6.82%) Business Analysis
8 436 (6.58%) Agile
9 378 (5.70%) Analytics
10 339 (5.11%) Decision-Making
11 308 (4.65%) ERP
12 304 (4.59%) Data Analysis
13 297 (4.48%) Customer Service
14 266 (4.01%) Project Management
15 258 (3.89%) ITIL
16 247 (3.73%) Process Improvement
17 217 (3.27%) Stakeholder Management
18 186 (2.81%) ITSM
19 183 (2.76%) Requirements Gathering
20 181 (2.73%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1,699 (25.63%) SQL
2 1,304 (19.67%) Python
3 54 (0.81%) PowerShell
4 46 (0.69%) C#
4 46 (0.69%) T-SQL
5 39 (0.59%) VBA
6 36 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (0.45%) Java
8 29 (0.44%) JavaScript
9 16 (0.24%) R
10 12 (0.18%) Bash
11 10 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.11%) C++
12 7 (0.11%) Perl
13 6 (0.090%) Groovy
14 5 (0.075%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.060%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.045%) PHP
16 3 (0.045%) Search Processing Language
17 2 (0.030%) Go
Qualifications
1 2,170 (32.73%) Azure Certification
2 1,133 (17.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 1,096 (16.53%) CompTIA CySA+
4 432 (6.52%) Degree
5 254 (3.83%) Security Cleared
6 161 (2.43%) SC Cleared
7 95 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 84 (1.27%) ACCA
8 84 (1.27%) CIMA
9 76 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 69 (1.04%) DBS Check
11 53 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 47 (0.71%) A+ Certification
13 39 (0.59%) MCSE
14 30 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
15 29 (0.44%) CISSP
16 27 (0.41%) PMI Certification
17 24 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 23 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
19 21 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (2.34%) QA
2 149 (2.25%) Data Quality
3 100 (1.51%) SLA
4 80 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 73 (1.10%) GDPR
6 54 (0.81%) Accessibility
7 50 (0.75%) NIST
8 46 (0.69%) PMO
9 36 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 31 (0.47%) GRC
11 20 (0.30%) GMP
12 14 (0.21%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 8 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.12%) HIPAA
15 7 (0.11%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.075%) TickIT
17 4 (0.060%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 264 (3.98%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 21 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.075%) Docker
6 5 (0.075%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.075%) XenApp
7 4 (0.060%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.045%) vSphere
9 2 (0.030%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.015%) Firmware
10 1 (0.015%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.015%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 69 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (0.75%) SCCM
3 15 (0.23%) QRadar
4 9 (0.14%) Kibana
4 9 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.060%) Graylog
6 3 (0.045%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.030%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.030%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.030%) Terraform
8 1 (0.015%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.015%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.015%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.015%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.015%) Grafana
8 1 (0.015%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.015%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 3,012 (45.43%) Microsoft
2 1,081 (16.30%) ForeScout
3 133 (2.01%) SAP
4 125 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 93 (1.40%) Oracle
6 74 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 64 (0.97%) Adobe
8 59 (0.89%) Apple
9 49 (0.74%) Google
10 45 (0.68%) Workday
11 37 (0.56%) VMware
12 29 (0.44%) iManage
13 25 (0.38%) Cisco
14 23 (0.35%) Aderant
14 23 (0.35%) Intapp
14 23 (0.35%) Splunk
15 22 (0.33%) HubSpot
16 21 (0.32%) Citrix
17 18 (0.27%) IFS
18 17 (0.26%) Databricks