Analytics Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 44 39
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,891 1,716 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.37% 4.84% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 5.42% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 891 788 1,439
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £96,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £63,076 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.89% +12.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,750 31,666 33,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.01% 89.31% 87.98%
Number of salaries quoted 19,471 14,162 25,426
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Analytics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
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 Analytics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 January 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
South East +13 560 £52,500 -12.50% 927
North of England -15 387 £52,500 -4.55% 464
Midlands +4 332 £55,000 - 336
Scotland +3 241 £51,250 -15.11% 94
North West -22 195 £50,000 -9.09% 208
West Midlands -8 193 £58,764 +3.09% 125
South West +7 188 £55,000 +1.03% 280
Yorkshire -8 151 £55,233 +15.67% 188
East Midlands +17 140 £46,445 -7.11% 203
East of England +40 118 £40,000 -36.00% 341
North East +25 42 £42,500 -19.43% 72
Northern Ireland +3 40 £45,000 -34.55% 59
Wales +22 28 £45,750 -7.67% 116
Analytics
UK

Analytics
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 30 (1.59%) CMS
2 23 (1.22%) WordPress
3 20 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 17 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 15 (0.79%) Confluence
7 13 (0.69%) Apache
7 13 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.37%) SAS
10 6 (0.32%) IIS
11 5 (0.26%) SugarCRM
12 4 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
13 3 (0.16%) Drupal
13 3 (0.16%) Joomla!
13 3 (0.16%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.11%) Apache Qpid
14 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.053%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 1 (0.053%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 394 (20.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 102 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 11 (0.58%) InDesign
4 11 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
5 8 (0.42%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.32%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.21%) SketchUp
8 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.16%) Trello
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.11%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 32 (1.69%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.06%) Shopify
4 16 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
4 16 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 16 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 14 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
6 13 (0.69%) Magento
7 12 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.58%) SAP CO
9 9 (0.48%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 8 (0.42%) iTrent
11 5 (0.26%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 5 (0.26%) NetSuite
12 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
12 4 (0.21%) SAP IBP
13 3 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
13 3 (0.16%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 464 (24.54%) Azure
2 399 (21.10%) Power Platform
3 120 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (5.24%) AWS
5 96 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 96 (5.08%) Snowflake
6 92 (4.87%) SaaS
7 83 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
8 80 (4.23%) Google Analytics
9 73 (3.86%) GitHub
10 65 (3.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 63 (3.33%) Entra ID
12 56 (2.96%) GCP
13 45 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
14 39 (2.06%) dbt
14 39 (2.06%) Google Ads
15 32 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
16 30 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
17 29 (1.53%) OCI
18 27 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.37%) SMS
2 14 (0.74%) Broadband
3 11 (0.58%) VPN
4 9 (0.48%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.42%) Firewall
5 8 (0.42%) Intranet
6 4 (0.21%) VoIP
7 3 (0.16%) MQTT
7 3 (0.16%) Network Security
7 3 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.11%) DNS
9 1 (0.053%) DHCP
9 1 (0.053%) FTP
9 1 (0.053%) Internet
9 1 (0.053%) IPv4
9 1 (0.053%) IPv6
9 1 (0.053%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.053%) SAN
9 1 (0.053%) SSL
9 1 (0.053%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 388 (20.52%) Power BI
2 207 (10.95%) Tableau
3 137 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
4 126 (6.66%) Data Mining
5 125 (6.61%) Data Lake
6 89 (4.71%) Metadata
7 74 (3.91%) SAP BW
7 74 (3.91%) SQL Server
8 48 (2.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 47 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 38 (2.01%) Looker
11 28 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 26 (1.37%) Relational Database
13 23 (1.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 22 (1.16%) NoSQL
15 21 (1.11%) BigQuery
16 20 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
17 17 (0.90%) Big Data
18 16 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
18 16 (0.85%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 62 (3.28%) JIRA
2 47 (2.49%) Git
3 31 (1.64%) Oracle Forms
4 29 (1.53%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.32%) GitLab
6 5 (0.26%) Axure RP
6 5 (0.26%) Balsamiq
6 5 (0.26%) Selenium
7 3 (0.16%) ERwin
7 3 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.16%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.11%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.11%) JMeter
8 2 (0.11%) JUnit
8 2 (0.11%) Postman
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.053%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.053%) Maven
9 1 (0.053%) TestNG
General
1 654 (34.58%) Social Skills
2 632 (33.42%) Analytical Skills
3 626 (33.10%) Finance
4 339 (17.93%) Marketing
5 97 (5.13%) Manufacturing
6 92 (4.87%) Public Sector
7 86 (4.55%) Retail
8 80 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 62 (3.28%) Back Office
10 60 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 60 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (2.43%) Legal
12 44 (2.33%) Automotive
13 39 (2.06%) Banking
13 39 (2.06%) Law
14 33 (1.75%) Advertising
15 32 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
17 21 (1.11%) Games
18 17 (0.90%) Billing
Job Titles
1 391 (20.68%) Analyst
2 264 (13.96%) Senior
3 231 (12.22%) Lead
4 189 (9.99%) Data Analyst
5 128 (6.77%) Architect
6 126 (6.66%) Data Engineer
7 105 (5.55%) Trainee
7 105 (5.55%) Trainee Analyst
7 105 (5.55%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 81 (4.28%) Developer
9 60 (3.17%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (3.17%) Desktop Support
9 60 (3.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 60 (3.17%) Senior Manager
9 60 (3.17%) Support Engineer
10 59 (3.12%) Data Architect
11 58 (3.07%) Site Engineer
12 56 (2.96%) Data Manager
13 55 (2.91%) Report Analyst
14 48 (2.54%) Innovation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.01%) RESTful
2 36 (1.90%) OAuth
3 33 (1.75%) PySpark
4 31 (1.64%) OAuth2
5 24 (1.27%) JSON
6 23 (1.22%) REST
7 21 (1.11%) HTML
8 20 (1.06%) SAML
9 19 (1.00%) .NET
9 19 (1.00%) Kafka
10 16 (0.85%) CSS
11 14 (0.74%) React
12 13 (0.69%) PyTorch
12 13 (0.69%) TensorFlow
13 11 (0.58%) EDI
14 10 (0.53%) FHIR
14 10 (0.53%) SOAP
15 9 (0.48%) ARM Templates
15 9 (0.48%) scikit-learn
15 9 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 122 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 91 (4.81%) Onboarding
3 78 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
4 77 (4.07%) Cloud Native
5 65 (3.44%) Life Science
6 64 (3.38%) Management Information System
7 60 (3.17%) Product Ownership
8 54 (2.86%) Social Media
9 41 (2.17%) FMCG
10 38 (2.01%) Algorithms
11 34 (1.80%) Data Centre
12 27 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
13 24 (1.27%) Virtual Team
14 19 (1.00%) Data Structures
15 18 (0.95%) Blog
15 18 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
16 17 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
17 15 (0.79%) Low-Code
18 14 (0.74%) Driving Licence
19 13 (0.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 77 (4.07%) Windows
2 60 (3.17%) Windows 10
3 11 (0.58%) Linux
4 5 (0.26%) Android
4 5 (0.26%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.053%) Debian
7 1 (0.053%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (26.76%) Business Intelligence
2 473 (25.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 466 (24.64%) Decision-Making
4 442 (23.37%) AI
5 435 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
6 348 (18.40%) Agile
7 343 (18.14%) Data Analytics
8 280 (14.81%) Data Modelling
9 271 (14.33%) Data Analysis
10 259 (13.70%) Project Management
11 239 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 229 (12.11%) Customer Experience
12 229 (12.11%) Roadmaps
13 226 (11.95%) Coaching
14 212 (11.21%) Machine Learning
15 209 (11.05%) Data Governance
16 198 (10.47%) Visualisation
17 196 (10.36%) Actionable Insight
18 192 (10.15%) Mentoring
19 188 (9.94%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 496 (26.23%) SQL
2 393 (20.78%) Python
3 55 (2.91%) Java
4 51 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 38 (2.01%) PowerShell
6 36 (1.90%) R
6 36 (1.90%) T-SQL
7 28 (1.48%) Bicep
8 22 (1.16%) PL/SQL
9 21 (1.11%) JavaScript
9 21 (1.11%) Scala
10 19 (1.00%) Bash
10 19 (1.00%) C#
11 17 (0.90%) Shell Script
12 14 (0.74%) VBA
13 9 (0.48%) Go
14 8 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.37%) C++
15 7 (0.37%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 453 (23.96%) Degree
2 128 (6.77%) Security Cleared
3 101 (5.34%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.81%) Master's Degree
5 64 (3.38%) DBS Check
6 60 (3.17%) CTC Cleared
7 45 (2.38%) PhD
8 38 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.74%) ACCA
12 13 (0.69%) CIMA
12 13 (0.69%) PMI Certification
13 11 (0.58%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
13 11 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.53%) DV Cleared
14 10 (0.53%) PMP
15 9 (0.48%) MBA
16 8 (0.42%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (13.17%) Data Quality
2 109 (5.76%) GDPR
3 106 (5.61%) Accessibility
4 65 (3.44%) SLA
5 43 (2.27%) GxP
6 34 (1.80%) QA
7 21 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.63%) PMO
9 12 (0.63%) WCAG
10 11 (0.58%) NIST
11 10 (0.53%) CDISC
11 10 (0.53%) HL7
12 8 (0.42%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.32%) GRC
15 4 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
16 3 (0.16%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (1.80%) Docker
2 18 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.79%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.21%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.11%) vSphere
7 1 (0.053%) Firmware
7 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 85 (4.49%) Terraform
2 47 (2.49%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.42%) Ansible
5 8 (0.42%) SCCM
6 4 (0.21%) QRadar
7 2 (0.11%) Control-M
7 2 (0.11%) Grafana
8 1 (0.053%) Argo
8 1 (0.053%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.053%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.053%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.053%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.053%) vRealize
Vendors
1 470 (24.85%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.14%) SAP
3 134 (7.09%) Google
4 125 (6.61%) Salesforce
5 115 (6.08%) Cisco
6 96 (5.08%) Databricks
7 74 (3.91%) Oracle
8 49 (2.59%) Adobe
9 43 (2.27%) HubSpot
10 24 (1.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 21 (1.11%) Nexthink
12 18 (0.95%) Zoho
13 14 (0.74%) Ab Initio
13 14 (0.74%) IBM
14 11 (0.58%) Alteryx
14 11 (0.58%) Qualtrics
14 11 (0.58%) Sage
14 11 (0.58%) ServiceNow
15 10 (0.53%) Screaming Frog
15 10 (0.53%) Talend