Research Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Research Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Research Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £38,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 739 728
Rank change year-on-year +199 -11 +121
Permanent jobs requiring a Research Analyst 37 32 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.043% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.045% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 11
10th Percentile £35,125 £31,719 £22,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £33,250 £26,391
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £36,560 £27,946
Median % change year-on-year +5.31% +30.83% -51.40%
75th Percentile £41,750 £38,620 £29,500
90th Percentile £42,125 £41,212 £30,205
UK median annual salary £38,500 £38,620 £32,500
% change year-on-year -0.31% +18.83% -45.83%

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 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Research Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Research Analyst in the UK excluding London

Research Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Research Analyst in the UK excluding London

Research 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 Research Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
East of England +73 29 - - 2
South East +87 8 £38,500 +5.31% 4
Research Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Research 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 Research Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Degree
2 33 (89.19%) Decision-Making
3 32 (86.49%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (78.38%) Portfolio Management
4 29 (78.38%) French Language
4 29 (78.38%) German Language
4 29 (78.38%) Credit Risk
4 29 (78.38%) Financial Modelling
4 29 (78.38%) Financial Institution
4 29 (78.38%) Risk Management
4 29 (78.38%) Finance
4 29 (78.38%) Bloomberg
4 29 (78.38%) Fixed Income
4 29 (78.38%) Risk Assessment
4 29 (78.38%) Banking
4 29 (78.38%) Asset Management
4 29 (78.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (78.38%) CFA
4 29 (78.38%) Master's Degree
4 29 (78.38%) Credit Risk Analysis
4 29 (78.38%) Social Skills
4 29 (78.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 29 (78.38%) Business Strategy
5 4 (10.81%) Statistical Analysis
5 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis
5 4 (10.81%) Data Quality
5 4 (10.81%) Data Analytics
5 4 (10.81%) Analytics
5 4 (10.81%) Qualitative Research
5 4 (10.81%) SaaS

Research 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:

Applications
1 29 (78.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) SaaS
General
1 32 (86.49%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (78.38%) Banking
2 29 (78.38%) Finance
2 29 (78.38%) Financial Institution
2 29 (78.38%) French Language
2 29 (78.38%) German Language
2 29 (78.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 29 (78.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Pandas
1 1 (2.70%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 29 (78.38%) Credit Risk
1 29 (78.38%) Fixed Income
2 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (89.19%) Decision-Making
2 29 (78.38%) Asset Management
2 29 (78.38%) Business Strategy
2 29 (78.38%) Credit Risk Analysis
2 29 (78.38%) Financial Modelling
2 29 (78.38%) Portfolio Management
2 29 (78.38%) Risk Assessment
2 29 (78.38%) Risk Management
3 4 (10.81%) Analytics
3 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis
3 4 (10.81%) Data Analytics
3 4 (10.81%) Focus Group
3 4 (10.81%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (10.81%) Statistical Analysis
4 3 (8.11%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (8.11%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (8.11%) Product Marketing
4 3 (8.11%) Storytelling
4 3 (8.11%) User Research
4 3 (8.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Degree
2 29 (78.38%) CFA
2 29 (78.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.11%) QA
Vendors
1 29 (78.38%) Bloomberg