Senior Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 July 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 220 191
Rank change year-on-year -159 -29 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 229 923 988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 1.19% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 1.26% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 148 434 395
10th Percentile £36,650 £35,000 £35,733
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £60,572 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £67,148
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 38,349 73,431 46,787
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.30% 94.94% 89.04%
Number of salaries quoted 20,573 51,110 29,315
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +4.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
South East -90 69 £48,750 -7.14% 109
North of England -85 59 £52,500 +5.00% 44
Midlands -28 43 £48,500 -11.82% 29
North West -66 41 £53,393 +6.79% 27
Scotland +50 25 £46,567 -6.87% 14
West Midlands -10 24 £50,500 -8.18% 16
South West +14 19 £48,197 -11.57% 20
East Midlands +3 19 £45,000 -14.29% 13
Yorkshire -26 17 £49,750 +4.74% 15
East of England +2 13 £55,000 +57.14% 24
North East +18 1 £50,000 +42.86% 2
Wales +6 1 - - 8
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 2025, Senior 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 Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 96 (41.92%) Social Skills
2 82 (35.81%) Finance
3 78 (34.06%) Microsoft
4 55 (24.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (22.27%) SQL
6 47 (20.52%) Business Intelligence
6 47 (20.52%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (17.03%) Agile
8 39 (17.03%) Data Analysis
8 39 (17.03%) Power Platform
9 37 (16.16%) Power BI
10 36 (15.72%) Azure
11 34 (14.85%) Data Modelling
12 32 (13.97%) Python
13 31 (13.54%) ERP
13 31 (13.54%) Actionable Insight
14 30 (13.10%) Analytics
14 30 (13.10%) SAP
14 30 (13.10%) Degree
15 28 (12.23%) ITIL
15 28 (12.23%) Incident Response
16 26 (11.35%) Customer Experience
16 26 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
17 25 (10.92%) Decision-Making
17 25 (10.92%) Service Management
17 25 (10.92%) Project Management
17 25 (10.92%) Windows
18 23 (10.04%) Law
18 23 (10.04%) Business Analysis

Senior 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 9 (3.93%) Confluence
2 6 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (9.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (6.99%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (6.99%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.31%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 39 (17.03%) Power Platform
2 36 (15.72%) Azure
3 13 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.49%) GCP
5 7 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (3.06%) SaaS
6 5 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (2.18%) GitHub
7 4 (1.75%) AWS
7 4 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.31%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.31%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.87%) Google Docs
9 2 (0.87%) Google Drive
9 2 (0.87%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.42%) Firewall
2 12 (5.24%) Broadband
3 11 (4.80%) VPN
4 7 (3.06%) Network Security
5 6 (2.62%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.75%) SAN
7 3 (1.31%) LAN
7 3 (1.31%) WAN
8 2 (0.87%) DHCP
8 2 (0.87%) DNS
9 1 (0.44%) Intranet
9 1 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (16.16%) Power BI
2 10 (4.37%) Tableau
3 5 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.75%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.87%) Looker
5 2 (0.87%) Metadata
5 2 (0.87%) Metadata Repository
5 2 (0.87%) MS Access
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.87%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.44%) Big Data
6 1 (0.44%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.44%) OLAP
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (5.68%) JIRA
2 3 (1.31%) Selenium
3 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
General
1 96 (41.92%) Social Skills
2 82 (35.81%) Finance
3 47 (20.52%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.04%) Law
5 21 (9.17%) Retail
6 14 (6.11%) Banking
7 12 (5.24%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.49%) Marketing
9 8 (3.49%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.18%) Advertising
12 5 (2.18%) Automotive
12 5 (2.18%) Legal
13 4 (1.75%) Billing
13 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.31%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.18%) HTML
2 3 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.87%) Playwright
3 2 (0.87%) REST
3 2 (0.87%) SOAP
4 1 (0.44%) CSS
4 1 (0.44%) EDI
4 1 (0.44%) EDIFACT
4 1 (0.44%) IDoc
4 1 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.44%) Middleware
4 1 (0.44%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.24%) Management Information System
1 12 (5.24%) Social Media
2 7 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (2.62%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.62%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (2.18%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.75%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.87%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.87%) NHS
7 2 (0.87%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.44%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.44%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.44%) Insider Threat
8 1 (0.44%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.92%) Windows
2 7 (3.06%) Linux
3 3 (1.31%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.31%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.87%) Android
4 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.44%) AIX
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (24.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (20.52%) Business Intelligence
3 46 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (17.03%) Agile
4 39 (17.03%) Data Analysis
5 34 (14.85%) Data Modelling
6 31 (13.54%) Actionable Insight
6 31 (13.54%) ERP
7 30 (13.10%) Analytics
8 28 (12.23%) Incident Response
8 28 (12.23%) ITIL
9 26 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (11.35%) Customer Experience
10 25 (10.92%) Decision-Making
10 25 (10.92%) Project Management
10 25 (10.92%) Service Management
11 23 (10.04%) Business Analysis
11 23 (10.04%) Customer Service
12 20 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
13 19 (8.30%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 51 (22.27%) SQL
2 32 (13.97%) Python
3 21 (9.17%) R
4 12 (5.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (3.06%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (2.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.31%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.31%) VBA
8 2 (0.87%) Bash
8 2 (0.87%) C#
9 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.44%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (13.10%) Degree
2 15 (6.55%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.11%) DBS Check
4 12 (5.24%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.49%) CISSP
6 6 (2.62%) ACCA
6 6 (2.62%) CISM
6 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.18%) CIMA
7 5 (2.18%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.75%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (1.31%) MOS
9 3 (1.31%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.87%) CCSP
10 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.87%) GCIA
10 2 (0.87%) ISEB
10 2 (0.87%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.24%) GDPR
2 9 (3.93%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.06%) GRC
4 7 (3.06%) NIST
4 7 (3.06%) QA
5 6 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.31%) GAAP
6 3 (1.31%) SLA
7 2 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.87%) PMO
7 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.44%) COBIT
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.75%) Docker
4 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (1.31%) SCCM
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 78 (34.06%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.10%) SAP
3 11 (4.80%) Google
3 11 (4.80%) Splunk
4 9 (3.93%) Alteryx
4 9 (3.93%) VMware
5 8 (3.49%) Oracle
6 5 (2.18%) Databricks
6 5 (2.18%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.31%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.31%) BT
7 3 (1.31%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.87%) Computacenter
8 2 (0.87%) Concur
8 2 (0.87%) HP
8 2 (0.87%) IBM
8 2 (0.87%) Sophos
9 1 (0.44%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.44%) Maxymiser
9 1 (0.44%) Tagetik