Economics Jobs in the UK excluding London

Economics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Economics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Economics over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 568 416
Rank change year-on-year +80 -152 +210
Permanent jobs citing Economics 85 194 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.27% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.33% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 26 99 23
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,000 £31,450
25th Percentile £38,750 £27,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £38,000 £53,519
Median % change year-on-year +28.29% -29.00% +25.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £52,884 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,625 £58,106 £77,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £46,293 £52,500
% change year-on-year +72.81% -11.82% -6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Economics 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 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Economics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Economics in the UK excluding London

Economics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Economics in the UK excluding London

Economics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Economics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Economics in the UK excluding London

Economics
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 Economics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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 +60 51 £65,000 +26.15% 21
North West +20 44 - - 11
Midlands +45 19 £45,000 +73.08% 14
West Midlands +45 10 £40,000 +60.00% 11
South West +96 9 £45,272 -28.99% 8
East Midlands +39 9 £45,000 +47.54% 2
Yorkshire +52 4 - - 6
South East +73 3 £55,000 +18.81% 67
North East +45 3 £65,000 +15.92% 4
Scotland +117 2 £80,000 +55.26% 10
East of England +14 1 - - 16
Economics
UK

Economics
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 1 (1.18%) Confluence
1 1 (1.18%) Jupyter
1 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (56.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (12.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (9.41%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 32 (37.65%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.88%) GitHub
3 1 (1.18%) AWS
3 1 (1.18%) Azure
3 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (37.65%) Power BI
2 8 (9.41%) Tableau
3 5 (5.88%) Power Query
4 4 (4.71%) PowerPivot
5 1 (1.18%) Dremio
5 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) JIRA
2 1 (1.18%) Git
2 1 (1.18%) RStudio
General
1 52 (61.18%) Finance
2 45 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 30 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (25.88%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (9.41%) Agriculture
6 7 (8.24%) Marketing
7 6 (7.06%) Retail
8 5 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (4.71%) Billing
10 3 (3.53%) Banking
11 2 (2.35%) Arabic Language
11 2 (2.35%) German Language
11 2 (2.35%) Italian Language
12 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (56.47%) Analyst
2 36 (42.35%) Data Analyst
3 26 (30.59%) Procurement Analyst
4 17 (20.00%) Senior
5 12 (14.12%) Project Manager
6 9 (10.59%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (9.41%) Lead
7 8 (9.41%) Research Scientist
7 8 (9.41%) Trainer
8 4 (4.71%) Digital Analyst
8 4 (4.71%) Marketing Analyst
8 4 (4.71%) Marketing Data Analyst
8 4 (4.71%) Pricing Analyst
8 4 (4.71%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.53%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 3 (3.53%) Senior Marketing Analyst
9 3 (3.53%) Senior Pricing Analyst
9 3 (3.53%) Technical Leader
10 2 (2.35%) Decision Scientist
10 2 (2.35%) Market Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) PySpark
2 1 (1.18%) Django
2 1 (1.18%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 26 (30.59%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.94%) FMCG
3 8 (9.41%) Product Ownership
4 6 (7.06%) Credit Risk
5 4 (4.71%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.53%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.35%) Acoustics
7 2 (2.35%) Social Media
8 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.18%) PMI
8 1 (1.18%) Reinsurance
8 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (69.41%) Analytics
2 39 (45.88%) Data Analysis
3 36 (42.35%) Visualisation
4 31 (36.47%) Data Analytics
5 28 (32.94%) Process Improvement
6 27 (31.76%) ERP
7 26 (30.59%) Data Management
7 26 (30.59%) Indirect Procurement
7 26 (30.59%) Source to Pay
8 21 (24.71%) Statistics
9 20 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (22.35%) Physics
11 18 (21.18%) Mathematics
12 15 (17.65%) Project Management
13 14 (16.47%) Analytical Thinking
13 14 (16.47%) Decision-Making
13 14 (16.47%) Thought Leadership
14 13 (15.29%) Market Research
15 12 (14.12%) Artificial Intelligence
15 12 (14.12%) Chemistry
Programming Languages
1 21 (24.71%) SQL
2 13 (15.29%) Python
3 10 (11.76%) R
4 4 (4.71%) C#
4 4 (4.71%) VB
Qualifications
1 77 (90.59%) Degree
2 21 (24.71%) Master's Degree
3 11 (12.94%) MBA
4 8 (9.41%) PhD
5 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.71%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (2.35%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.18%) ACCA
7 1 (1.18%) CBAP
7 1 (1.18%) CFA
7 1 (1.18%) CIMA
7 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (44.71%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 26 (30.59%) SAP
2 11 (12.94%) Capita
2 11 (12.94%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.41%) PayPal
3 8 (9.41%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.71%) Bloomberg
4 4 (4.71%) Google
5 1 (1.18%) Databricks
5 1 (1.18%) Oracle