Analyst
UK

The median Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 19 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 7,996 4,171 7,444
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 7.01% 8.45% 9.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.51% 9.42% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,122 2,972 3,887
10th Percentile £28,910 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,313 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £39,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -2.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 106,506 44,266 74,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.67% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73,200 26,014 44,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the UK

Analyst
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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
England +1 7,241 £45,000 - 4,549
UK excluding London +7 6,200 £45,000 +15.38% 2,657
North of England +27 2,010 £45,000 +24.14% 672
Work from Home -4 1,723 £45,497 +1.10% 1,663
London -5 1,558 £55,000 -8.33% 2,313
South East 0 1,204 £40,000 +2.89% 696
Midlands +5 1,125 £45,000 +12.50% 422
North West +42 1,023 £45,000 +12.50% 381
Yorkshire +15 763 £45,000 +38.46% 203
South West +2 731 £42,500 +6.25% 237
East of England +16 590 £35,000 -12.50% 224
East Midlands +12 576 £40,000 +12.68% 177
West Midlands 0 547 £45,000 +5.88% 245
Scotland +19 291 £50,000 +17.65% 202
North East +17 224 £50,000 +58.73% 93
Wales -3 170 £45,000 +15.38% 69
Northern Ireland -23 101 £60,000 -11.11% 147
Channel Islands +3 1 £57,500 +69.12% 4

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 2,008 (25.11%) Microsoft
2 1,331 (16.65%) SQL
3 1,325 (16.57%) Azure
4 1,285 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
5 1,081 (13.52%) Business Intelligence
6 1,022 (12.78%) Cybersecurity
7 994 (12.43%) Power Platform
8 954 (11.93%) Power BI
9 854 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
10 841 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 827 (10.34%) AI
12 809 (10.12%) Azure Certification
13 747 (9.34%) Agile
14 728 (9.10%) Python
15 720 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
16 707 (8.84%) Decision-Making
17 665 (8.32%) Mentoring
18 640 (8.00%) Windows
19 630 (7.88%) Analytics
20 626 (7.83%) Degree
21 605 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
22 589 (7.37%) Business Analysis
23 541 (6.77%) Tableau
24 519 (6.49%) Customer Service
25 514 (6.43%) Data Analysis
26 501 (6.27%) ITIL
27 476 (5.95%) CompTIA Security+
28 449 (5.62%) ERP
29 441 (5.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
30 437 (5.47%) Active Directory

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 205 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 136 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 124 (1.55%) Confluence
4 30 (0.38%) IIS
5 15 (0.19%) SAS
6 12 (0.15%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.050%) CMS
10 3 (0.038%) Appian
10 3 (0.038%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.025%) Apache
11 2 (0.025%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.025%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.025%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.013%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.013%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.013%) CICS
12 1 (0.013%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.013%) Site Server
Applications
1 854 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 312 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 92 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 70 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.038%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.038%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.025%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.013%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.013%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.013%) InDesign
8 1 (0.013%) Inkscape
8 1 (0.013%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.013%) Revit
8 1 (0.013%) SPSS
8 1 (0.013%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 44 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 25 (0.31%) Elite 3E
4 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
5 22 (0.28%) iTrent
6 21 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 18 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 16 (0.20%) Fidessa
9 15 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
9 15 (0.19%) SAP CO
9 15 (0.19%) SAP FI
9 15 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
10 14 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
10 14 (0.18%) Visualfiles
11 12 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
11 12 (0.15%) Workday HCM
12 10 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 9 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 9 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 1,325 (16.57%) Azure
2 994 (12.43%) Power Platform
3 720 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
4 386 (4.83%) Azure AI
5 255 (3.19%) AWS
6 231 (2.89%) Entra ID
7 186 (2.33%) SaaS
8 159 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
9 111 (1.39%) GCP
10 85 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
11 68 (0.85%) OneDrive
12 62 (0.78%) PowerApps
13 60 (0.75%) Power Automate
13 60 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
14 59 (0.74%) Google Analytics
15 49 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
16 48 (0.60%) Mimecast
17 46 (0.58%) Snowflake
18 37 (0.46%) dbt
19 34 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 177 (2.21%) Firewall
2 153 (1.91%) DNS
3 122 (1.53%) VPN
3 122 (1.53%) WAN
4 118 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 111 (1.39%) DHCP
6 102 (1.28%) LAN
7 83 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
8 50 (0.63%) Network Security
9 47 (0.59%) Broadband
10 40 (0.50%) HTTP
11 36 (0.45%) Internet
12 29 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
13 28 (0.35%) Wireless
14 26 (0.33%) VoIP
15 25 (0.31%) Unified Communications
16 24 (0.30%) VLAN
17 22 (0.28%) SD-WAN
18 20 (0.25%) SMTP
19 18 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 954 (11.93%) Power BI
2 541 (6.77%) Tableau
3 115 (1.44%) SQL Server
4 69 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
5 64 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 60 (0.75%) Looker
7 57 (0.71%) Power Query
8 56 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 50 (0.63%) BigQuery
10 39 (0.49%) Metadata
11 32 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
12 22 (0.28%) GIS
13 20 (0.25%) Data Lake
14 19 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
16 16 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
17 14 (0.18%) Star Schema
18 12 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
19 11 (0.14%) MySQL
20 10 (0.13%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 272 (3.40%) JIRA
2 39 (0.49%) Git
3 18 (0.23%) Selenium
4 11 (0.14%) Postman
5 10 (0.13%) GitLab
5 10 (0.13%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.10%) Eclipse
7 7 (0.088%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.088%) Hudson
7 7 (0.088%) Toad
8 6 (0.075%) JMeter
8 6 (0.075%) SoapUI
8 6 (0.075%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.050%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.050%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.050%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.038%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.038%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.038%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.038%) Yeoman
General
1 2,427 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 1,552 (19.41%) Finance
3 1,370 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 459 (5.74%) Law
5 342 (4.28%) Retail
6 313 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 281 (3.51%) Legal
8 273 (3.41%) Public Sector
9 220 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
10 187 (2.34%) Manufacturing
11 169 (2.11%) Marketing
12 168 (2.10%) Banking
13 106 (1.33%) Aerospace
14 100 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
15 66 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
16 64 (0.80%) Telecoms
17 58 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
18 54 (0.68%) Swedish Language
19 45 (0.56%) Automotive
20 43 (0.54%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (0.66%) HTML
2 47 (0.59%) XML
3 45 (0.56%) CSS
4 41 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
5 32 (0.40%) .NET
6 31 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
7 28 (0.35%) EDI
8 26 (0.33%) JSON
8 26 (0.33%) REST
9 21 (0.26%) LDAP
10 20 (0.25%) Web Services
11 19 (0.24%) SOAP
12 18 (0.23%) Terraform
13 17 (0.21%) Gherkin
13 17 (0.21%) Middleware
14 14 (0.18%) Node.js
15 12 (0.15%) .NET Framework
16 9 (0.11%) Playwright
17 8 (0.10%) PySpark
18 7 (0.088%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 226 (2.83%) Management Information System
2 206 (2.58%) Product Ownership
3 201 (2.51%) Onboarding
4 132 (1.65%) Security Posture
5 111 (1.39%) Driving Licence
6 106 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
7 102 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
8 97 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 93 (1.16%) Data Structures
10 83 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
11 70 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
12 59 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
13 48 (0.60%) Operational Technology
14 37 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
15 35 (0.44%) Derivative
16 33 (0.41%) Client/Server
17 32 (0.40%) NHS
18 29 (0.36%) Housing Association
19 28 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
20 27 (0.34%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 640 (8.00%) Windows
2 196 (2.45%) Windows Server
3 118 (1.48%) Linux
4 110 (1.38%) Windows 10
5 37 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 33 (0.41%) Android
7 32 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (0.24%) Unix
10 15 (0.19%) VMS
10 15 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.088%) zOS
12 6 (0.075%) CentOS
12 6 (0.075%) Rocky
12 6 (0.075%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.063%) Solaris
14 4 (0.050%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.013%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,285 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
2 1,081 (13.52%) Business Intelligence
3 1,022 (12.78%) Cybersecurity
4 841 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 827 (10.34%) AI
6 747 (9.34%) Agile
7 707 (8.84%) Decision-Making
8 665 (8.32%) Mentoring
9 630 (7.88%) Analytics
10 605 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
11 589 (7.37%) Business Analysis
12 519 (6.49%) Customer Service
13 514 (6.43%) Data Analysis
14 501 (6.27%) ITIL
15 449 (5.62%) ERP
16 441 (5.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 420 (5.25%) Process Improvement
18 359 (4.49%) User Stories
19 344 (4.30%) Requirements Gathering
20 333 (4.16%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1,331 (16.65%) SQL
2 728 (9.10%) Python
3 167 (2.09%) PowerShell
4 78 (0.98%) JavaScript
5 65 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 56 (0.70%) C#
7 53 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
8 43 (0.54%) Bash
8 43 (0.54%) R
9 38 (0.48%) Java
10 32 (0.40%) VBA
11 26 (0.33%) C++
12 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
13 15 (0.19%) Perl
14 13 (0.16%) Bicep
15 11 (0.14%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.11%) Ruby
17 7 (0.088%) Go
17 7 (0.088%) JCL
17 7 (0.088%) REXX
Qualifications
1 809 (10.12%) Azure Certification
2 626 (7.83%) Degree
3 476 (5.95%) CompTIA Security+
4 431 (5.39%) CompTIA CySA+
5 409 (5.12%) Security Cleared
6 282 (3.53%) SC Cleared
7 131 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 101 (1.26%) ACCA
9 95 (1.19%) AWS Certification
9 95 (1.19%) CIMA
10 92 (1.15%) DV Cleared
11 76 (0.95%) DBS Check
12 74 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 71 (0.89%) CISSP
14 66 (0.83%) MCSE
15 62 (0.78%) A+ Certification
16 58 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
17 52 (0.65%) CISM
18 32 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
19 30 (0.38%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 334 (4.18%) Data Quality
2 269 (3.36%) QA
3 205 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 153 (1.91%) GDPR
5 100 (1.25%) SLA
6 98 (1.23%) NIST
7 84 (1.05%) PMO
8 71 (0.89%) GRC
9 59 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
10 57 (0.71%) Accessibility
11 48 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 32 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 26 (0.33%) SOC 2
14 19 (0.24%) MiFID
15 18 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 16 (0.20%) EMIR
17 13 (0.16%) IFRS
18 12 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 11 (0.14%) FINREP
20 10 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 437 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 57 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 29 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (0.24%) vSphere
6 12 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.13%) Docker
8 8 (0.10%) Firmware
8 8 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.088%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.038%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.038%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.038%) IAG
10 3 (0.038%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.025%) Samba
11 2 (0.025%) XenApp
12 1 (0.013%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 142 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (0.54%) SCCM
3 24 (0.30%) QRadar
4 16 (0.20%) Kibana
5 13 (0.16%) Kubernetes
6 12 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 8 (0.10%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.075%) Graylog
10 6 (0.075%) Nessus
11 5 (0.063%) Grafana
12 4 (0.050%) Ansible
13 3 (0.038%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (0.038%) Network Intrusion Detection System
14 2 (0.025%) Autotask
14 2 (0.025%) CASB
14 2 (0.025%) HP ALM
14 2 (0.025%) OpenVAS
14 2 (0.025%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2,008 (25.11%) Microsoft
2 385 (4.81%) ForeScout
3 231 (2.89%) ServiceNow
4 212 (2.65%) SAP
5 178 (2.23%) Oracle
6 127 (1.59%) Google
7 118 (1.48%) Salesforce
8 91 (1.14%) Workday
9 88 (1.10%) VMware
10 73 (0.91%) Cisco
11 55 (0.69%) Splunk
12 54 (0.68%) Apple
13 45 (0.56%) Aderant
13 45 (0.56%) Palo Alto
13 45 (0.56%) Sage
14 43 (0.54%) iManage
15 42 (0.53%) Aruba
15 42 (0.53%) IBM
16 41 (0.51%) Qualys
17 40 (0.50%) Adobe