Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -15 0 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 2,712 6,472 7,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.92% 9.12% 12.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.64% 9.62% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 4,275 4,279
10th Percentile £25,313 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,900 £62,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +2.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,502 67,301 53,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,783 47,644 30,431
10th Percentile £27,377 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Analyst 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 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 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
North of England -23 780 £40,000 +1.09% 417
Midlands -9 581 £42,500 +13.33% 288
South East -26 520 £44,000 +10.00% 804
North West -28 515 £41,000 +2.50% 249
West Midlands -11 346 £45,000 +20.00% 181
East of England -14 320 £47,500 +21.22% 182
East Midlands -6 234 £38,500 +5.48% 97
South West -5 231 £40,000 -5.88% 166
Scotland +22 223 £45,000 +5.65% 138
Yorkshire -10 223 £30,500 -19.74% 136
North East -19 42 £37,500 +7.14% 35
Northern Ireland +28 31 £30,000 -40.00% 40
Wales -42 20 £47,819 +31.10% 25
Isle of Man +2 7 £38,000 -18.28% 2
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 1,200 (44.25%) Social Skills
2 794 (29.28%) Finance
3 702 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
4 684 (25.22%) Analytical Skills
5 678 (25.00%) Degree
6 590 (21.76%) Microsoft
7 564 (20.80%) SQL
8 386 (14.23%) Analytics
9 371 (13.68%) Windows
10 362 (13.35%) Agile
11 359 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
11 359 (13.24%) Microsoft 365
12 355 (13.09%) Power Platform
13 346 (12.76%) Customer Service
14 343 (12.65%) Power BI
15 326 (12.02%) Azure
16 277 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
17 274 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
18 272 (10.03%) Data Analysis
19 269 (9.92%) Active Directory
20 266 (9.81%) Project Management
21 265 (9.77%) Decision-Making
22 262 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
23 253 (9.33%) Banking
24 241 (8.89%) Business Analysis
25 236 (8.70%) ERP
26 235 (8.67%) ITIL
27 234 (8.63%) Risk Management
28 233 (8.59%) Stakeholder Management
29 228 (8.41%) Data Analytics

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 153 (5.64%) SharePoint
2 69 (2.54%) Confluence
3 62 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.29%) SAS
5 28 (1.03%) IBM Domino
6 27 (1.00%) IIS
7 8 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.22%) Apache
10 3 (0.11%) Mule
11 2 (0.074%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.074%) Documentum
11 2 (0.074%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.074%) IBM Notes
11 2 (0.074%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.037%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.037%) Moodle
12 1 (0.037%) Oracle Service Bus
12 1 (0.037%) Totara
12 1 (0.037%) WordPress
Applications
1 262 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
3 83 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 19 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.44%) SPSS
7 6 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.037%) Notion
9 1 (0.037%) Trello
Business Applications
1 42 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
3 18 (0.66%) SAP FI
3 18 (0.66%) SAP HCM
4 16 (0.59%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 15 (0.55%) SAP Payroll
6 14 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
6 14 (0.52%) SAP HR
7 13 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
8 11 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
9 9 (0.33%) Infor M3
9 9 (0.33%) NetSuite
10 8 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
11 7 (0.26%) SAP ERP
12 6 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
12 6 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
12 6 (0.22%) ResourceLink
13 5 (0.18%) Markit EDM
13 5 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
13 5 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 359 (13.24%) Microsoft 365
2 355 (13.09%) Power Platform
3 326 (12.02%) Azure
4 86 (3.17%) AWS
5 76 (2.80%) SaaS
6 63 (2.32%) Entra ID
7 60 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 29 (1.07%) OneDrive
10 25 (0.92%) Snowflake
11 19 (0.70%) Power Automate
12 18 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (0.66%) Google Analytics
13 17 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (0.63%) GCP
14 15 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (0.55%) PowerApps
15 14 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
16 11 (0.41%) Mimecast
17 10 (0.37%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 161 (5.94%) Firewall
2 81 (2.99%) DNS
3 69 (2.54%) VoIP
4 68 (2.51%) DHCP
5 58 (2.14%) VPN
6 57 (2.10%) TCP/IP
7 41 (1.51%) WAN
8 36 (1.33%) LAN
9 30 (1.11%) VLAN
10 26 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (0.92%) Network Security
12 24 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
13 18 (0.66%) Wireless
14 13 (0.48%) FTP
15 12 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.37%) ADSL
16 10 (0.37%) SAN
17 9 (0.33%) Internet
18 7 (0.26%) Intranet
19 6 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 343 (12.65%) Power BI
2 116 (4.28%) Tableau
3 81 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 56 (2.06%) Big Data
5 50 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
6 41 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 28 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (0.96%) Relational Database
9 23 (0.85%) MySQL
10 22 (0.81%) Data Lake
11 20 (0.74%) Data Mining
12 16 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
14 13 (0.48%) Power Query
15 12 (0.44%) RDBMS
15 12 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 10 (0.37%) Looker
16 10 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
17 7 (0.26%) Dremio
17 7 (0.26%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 136 (5.01%) JIRA
2 21 (0.77%) eggPlant
3 20 (0.74%) Selenium
4 15 (0.55%) Postman
5 13 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 12 (0.44%) Git
7 10 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.29%) Appium
9 7 (0.26%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.26%) JMeter
10 6 (0.22%) TestRail
11 4 (0.15%) Subversion
12 3 (0.11%) Jenkins
12 3 (0.11%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.11%) Maven
12 3 (0.11%) TortoiseSVN
13 2 (0.074%) Gatling
13 2 (0.074%) GitLab
13 2 (0.074%) Locust
13 2 (0.074%) Zephyr
General
1 1,200 (44.25%) Social Skills
2 794 (29.28%) Finance
3 684 (25.22%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (9.33%) Banking
5 171 (6.31%) Law
6 166 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 134 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
8 132 (4.87%) Influencing Skills
9 131 (4.83%) Retail
10 103 (3.80%) Marketing
11 92 (3.39%) Legal
12 90 (3.32%) Manufacturing
13 75 (2.77%) Telecoms
14 62 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
15 57 (2.10%) Financial Institution
16 53 (1.95%) Public Sector
17 41 (1.51%) German Language
18 37 (1.36%) French Language
19 34 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
20 32 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.18%) JSON
2 30 (1.11%) XML
3 29 (1.07%) HTML
4 27 (1.00%) Web Services
5 22 (0.81%) REST
6 21 (0.77%) SOAP
7 20 (0.74%) .NET
8 15 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
10 11 (0.41%) Middleware
10 11 (0.41%) Pandas
11 10 (0.37%) EDI
12 9 (0.33%) Gherkin
13 7 (0.26%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.26%) Playwright
14 6 (0.22%) CSS
14 6 (0.22%) PySpark
14 6 (0.22%) WPF
15 5 (0.18%) FHIR
16 4 (0.15%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 145 (5.35%) Management Information System
2 78 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 65 (2.40%) Onboarding
4 60 (2.21%) Credit Risk
5 59 (2.18%) Product Ownership
6 54 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
8 42 (1.55%) Security Posture
9 37 (1.36%) Driving Licence
9 37 (1.36%) Fixed Income
10 25 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
10 25 (0.92%) Social Media
11 21 (0.77%) Mobile App
12 20 (0.74%) FMCG
12 20 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (0.66%) Data Centre
14 16 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (0.59%) Operational Technology
15 15 (0.55%) Algorithms
16 14 (0.52%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 371 (13.68%) Windows
2 126 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 92 (3.39%) Linux
4 88 (3.24%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.25%) Mac OS
6 29 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 27 (1.00%) Apple iOS
8 24 (0.88%) Mac OS X
9 20 (0.74%) Android
10 16 (0.59%) Windows Vista
11 15 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (0.48%) Unix
13 7 (0.26%) Windows 7
14 6 (0.22%) Windows 8
14 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.18%) zOS
16 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.074%) Solaris
18 1 (0.037%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 702 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
2 386 (14.23%) Analytics
3 362 (13.35%) Agile
4 359 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
5 346 (12.76%) Customer Service
6 277 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 274 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
8 272 (10.03%) Data Analysis
9 266 (9.81%) Project Management
10 265 (9.77%) Decision-Making
11 241 (8.89%) Business Analysis
12 236 (8.70%) ERP
13 235 (8.67%) ITIL
14 234 (8.63%) Risk Management
15 233 (8.59%) Stakeholder Management
16 228 (8.41%) Data Analytics
17 226 (8.33%) Change Management
18 204 (7.52%) Visualisation
19 186 (6.86%) Process Improvement
20 179 (6.60%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 564 (20.80%) SQL
2 202 (7.45%) Python
3 70 (2.58%) PowerShell
4 57 (2.10%) JavaScript
5 45 (1.66%) C#
6 41 (1.51%) R
7 30 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 27 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (0.85%) T-SQL
10 22 (0.81%) Java
11 15 (0.55%) Bash
12 14 (0.52%) ABAP
12 14 (0.52%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.52%) VBA
13 11 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.37%) C++
15 9 (0.33%) C-shell
15 9 (0.33%) Korn
15 9 (0.33%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 678 (25.00%) Degree
2 144 (5.31%) BPSS Clearance
3 123 (4.54%) CBAP
4 116 (4.28%) CISSP
5 110 (4.06%) CISM
6 103 (3.80%) Security Cleared
7 101 (3.72%) DBS Check
8 95 (3.50%) Master's Degree
9 87 (3.21%) CESG Certified Professional
10 73 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 62 (2.29%) SC Cleared
12 54 (1.99%) ACCA
13 51 (1.88%) CIMA
14 43 (1.59%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.47%) ISTQB
16 39 (1.44%) CFA
17 37 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
18 31 (1.14%) DV Cleared
19 24 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
20 23 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 130 (4.79%) NIST
3 123 (4.54%) SLA
4 116 (4.28%) QA
5 112 (4.13%) Data Quality
6 87 (3.21%) JSP 440
6 87 (3.21%) RMADS
7 48 (1.77%) GDPR
8 30 (1.11%) PMO
9 28 (1.03%) GRC
10 24 (0.88%) Accessibility
10 24 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 19 (0.70%) PCI DSS
12 18 (0.66%) EMIR
12 18 (0.66%) MiFID
13 14 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.29%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.22%) NCSC
16 6 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 269 (9.92%) Active Directory
2 34 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (0.59%) Docker
3 16 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.41%) Firmware
7 5 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 5 (0.18%) DFS Replication
8 3 (0.11%) XenApp
9 2 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.074%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.037%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.037%) RACF
10 1 (0.037%) Snort
Systems Management
1 67 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (0.77%) SCCM
3 6 (0.22%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.18%) Graylog
4 5 (0.18%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.15%) Nessus
6 3 (0.11%) Ansible
6 3 (0.11%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.11%) NetBackup
6 3 (0.11%) QRadar
7 2 (0.074%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.074%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.074%) Grafana
7 2 (0.074%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.074%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.037%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.037%) Opsview
8 1 (0.037%) Terraform
Vendors
1 590 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 181 (6.67%) SAP
3 83 (3.06%) Oracle
4 73 (2.69%) VMware
5 70 (2.58%) ServiceNow
6 61 (2.25%) Alteryx
7 48 (1.77%) Cisco
8 45 (1.66%) Bloomberg
9 41 (1.51%) Google
9 41 (1.51%) Salesforce
10 36 (1.33%) Databricks
11 21 (0.77%) Apple
11 21 (0.77%) Keysight
12 20 (0.74%) PayPal
13 18 (0.66%) YouTube
14 16 (0.59%) Symantec
15 15 (0.55%) Splunk
16 14 (0.52%) Citrix
16 14 (0.52%) Infor
16 14 (0.52%) Sage