Commercial Analyst Job Trends

Commercial Analyst
UK

The median Commercial Analyst salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 683 698
Rank change year-on-year +74 +15 +226
Permanent jobs requiring a Commercial Analyst 42 29 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.054% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.059% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 35
10th Percentile £45,125 £26,700 £33,219
25th Percentile £46,250 £29,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £40,938 £51,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £44,875 £62,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £35,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +63.12% -11.88% -1.23%

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 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Commercial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Commercial Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Commercial Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Commercial Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Commercial Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Commercial Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Commercial Analyst over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Commercial Analyst in the UK

Commercial Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 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 +82 37 £47,500 +35.71% 5
UK excluding London +84 35 £57,500 +63.12% 4
Work from Home +78 26 £47,500 - 2
South East +37 18 - - 4
North of England +38 11 £57,500 -
North West - 8 £57,500 -
London +50 6 £47,500 +35.71% 2
North East +5 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Midlands +20 1 - -
West Midlands +18 1 - -
South West +9 1 - -
Wales +2 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Commercial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Commercial 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 Commercial Analyst in the job title.

1 36 (85.71%) Actionable Insight
2 34 (80.95%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (80.95%) Power BI
2 34 (80.95%) Power Platform
3 32 (76.19%) Decision-Making
4 30 (71.43%) Degree
4 30 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
5 24 (57.14%) Analytics
5 24 (57.14%) Data Analytics
5 24 (57.14%) Visualisation
6 22 (52.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 18 (42.86%) Machine Learning
7 18 (42.86%) SQL
7 18 (42.86%) Storytelling
8 16 (38.10%) ACCA
8 16 (38.10%) CIMA
9 14 (33.33%) Budgeting
9 14 (33.33%) Process Improvement
10 12 (28.57%) AI
10 12 (28.57%) Azure
10 12 (28.57%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (28.57%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (28.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (28.57%) Benchmarking
10 12 (28.57%) Computer Science
10 12 (28.57%) Data Analysis
10 12 (28.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (28.57%) Data Collection
10 12 (28.57%) Data Quality
10 12 (28.57%) Data Visualisation

Commercial 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:

Applications
1 30 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (14.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 34 (80.95%) Power Platform
2 12 (28.57%) Azure
2 12 (28.57%) Azure Data Factory
2 12 (28.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (80.95%) Power BI
2 12 (28.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 42 (100.00%) Finance
2 40 (95.24%) Social Skills
3 36 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (42.86%) Marketing
5 12 (28.57%) Billing
6 6 (14.29%) Publishing
6 6 (14.29%) Retail
7 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 28 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (42.86%) FMCG
3 14 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (14.29%) Data Structures
4 6 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (9.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (85.71%) Actionable Insight
2 34 (80.95%) Business Intelligence
3 32 (76.19%) Decision-Making
4 24 (57.14%) Analytics
4 24 (57.14%) Data Analytics
4 24 (57.14%) Visualisation
5 22 (52.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 18 (42.86%) Machine Learning
6 18 (42.86%) Storytelling
7 14 (33.33%) Budgeting
7 14 (33.33%) Process Improvement
8 12 (28.57%) Benchmarking
8 12 (28.57%) Computer Science
8 12 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
8 12 (28.57%) Mathematics
8 12 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
8 12 (28.57%) Time Management
8 12 (28.57%) Trend Analysis
8 12 (28.57%) Visual Analytics
8 12 (28.57%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 18 (42.86%) SQL
2 12 (28.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (71.43%) Degree
2 16 (38.10%) ACCA
2 16 (38.10%) CIMA
3 4 (9.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (28.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Salesforce