Behavioural Analysis Job Trends

Behavioural Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Behavioural Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 639 715 698
Rank change year-on-year +76 -17 +325
Permanent jobs citing Behavioural Analysis 5 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.002% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.010% 0.002% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £46,893 - £52,300
25th Percentile £56,106 £56,250 £53,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,925 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £76,944 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,278 - £64,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,925 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.17% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Behavioural Analysis 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

Behavioural Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Behavioural Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Behavioural Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Behavioural Analysis
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Behavioural Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Behavioural Analysis

Behavioural Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Behavioural Analysis over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Behavioural Analysis in the UK

Behavioural Analysis
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Behavioural Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 31 December 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
UK excluding London +56 5 £73,925 +28.57% 1
Wales - 3 £73,925 -
England +69 2 - - 1
Work from Home - 2 £58,250 - 1
East Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -

Behavioural Analysis
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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Credit Risk
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Data Extraction
3 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (40.00%) Data Science
3 2 (40.00%) Economics
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) ISMS
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) RBAC
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Statistics
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) AlienVault
2 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk