Data Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 147 116 159
Rank change year-on-year -31 +43 +57
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 1,232 3,799 3,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.31% 3.06% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 3.20% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 929 1,796 1,841
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £72,306 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,750 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,261 118,879 121,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.08% 95.74% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,398 72,456 81,203
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% +4.17%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis.

Salary trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 5 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 5 December 2023. 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 -28 1,125 £55,000 -1.79% 1,025
UK excluding London -61 674 £50,000 +4.17% 627
Work from Home +41 574 £55,000 -5.17% 461
London -6 482 £65,000 - 449
North of England -21 167 £47,500 -1.04% 158
Midlands -35 156 £49,000 +6.52% 108
South East -62 133 £54,500 +3.81% 159
South West +30 109 £59,556 +32.35% 68
West Midlands -27 104 £49,000 +4.26% 79
North West -2 87 £50,734 +6.81% 93
Yorkshire -4 66 £45,000 -10.00% 48
East Midlands +21 54 £47,500 +5.56% 29
East of England +48 51 £40,000 -23.44% 95
Scotland -29 41 £59,556 +32.35% 41
North East +34 14 £40,149 +0.37% 22
Wales -32 13 £35,250 -19.26% 8
Northern Ireland +7 5 £60,000 +34.83% 7

Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 39 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.87%) Apache Spark
3 18 (1.46%) Confluence
4 16 (1.30%) Jupyter
5 15 (1.22%) IIS
6 11 (0.89%) SAS
7 9 (0.73%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.65%) ArcGIS
8 8 (0.65%) CMS
9 7 (0.57%) Apache
9 7 (0.57%) nginx
10 3 (0.24%) JBoss
10 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.16%) Appian
11 2 (0.16%) Luigi
11 2 (0.16%) WordPress
12 1 (0.081%) Drupal
12 1 (0.081%) Magnolia
12 1 (0.081%) OpenStack
Applications
1 224 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (4.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.65%) SPSS
7 7 (0.57%) Simulink
8 3 (0.24%) Sketch
8 3 (0.24%) Stata
9 2 (0.16%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.081%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 28 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.06%) BusinessWorks
3 6 (0.49%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.32%) Siebel CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
5 3 (0.24%) iTrent
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.081%) CODA-Financials
7 1 (0.081%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.081%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.081%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.081%) Raiser's Edge
7 1 (0.081%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.081%) Shopify
7 1 (0.081%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 430 (34.90%) Power Platform
2 223 (18.10%) Azure
3 111 (9.01%) AWS
4 53 (4.30%) Azure Data Factory
5 40 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (3.17%) Google Analytics
7 37 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (3.00%) GCP
8 33 (2.68%) Snowflake
9 29 (2.35%) PowerApps
10 28 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 19 (1.54%) Serverless
12 18 (1.46%) Matillion
13 17 (1.38%) OpenShift
14 15 (1.22%) SaaS
15 14 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (1.14%) Power Automate
16 13 (1.06%) Canva
16 13 (1.06%) GitHub
17 12 (0.97%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.14%) Firewall
2 9 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.65%) DNS
4 7 (0.57%) Network Security
5 5 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.32%) BGP
6 4 (0.32%) Intranet
6 4 (0.32%) LAN
6 4 (0.32%) MPLS
6 4 (0.32%) OSPF
6 4 (0.32%) SAN
6 4 (0.32%) SMS
6 4 (0.32%) WAN
6 4 (0.32%) Wireless
7 3 (0.24%) FlexRay
7 3 (0.24%) FTP
7 3 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.24%) VPN
8 2 (0.16%) DHCP
8 2 (0.16%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 426 (34.58%) Power BI
2 170 (13.80%) Tableau
3 158 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
4 129 (10.47%) SQL Server
5 86 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 76 (6.17%) Big Data
7 60 (4.87%) Metadata
8 55 (4.46%) Data Lake
9 54 (4.38%) Relational Database
10 51 (4.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 33 (2.68%) Hadoop
12 30 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
13 25 (2.03%) Data Mining
14 24 (1.95%) NoSQL
15 22 (1.79%) BigQuery
16 21 (1.70%) QlikView
17 20 (1.62%) Data Hub
17 20 (1.62%) GIS
17 20 (1.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 19 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 43 (3.49%) JIRA
2 33 (2.68%) Git
3 16 (1.30%) AdminStudio
3 16 (1.30%) InstallShield
3 16 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.30%) MSI
4 14 (1.14%) GitLab
5 12 (0.97%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.57%) ERwin
8 6 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.49%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.49%) Visual Studio Team System
9 4 (0.32%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.32%) NUnit
9 4 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.32%) TestRail
10 3 (0.24%) CruiseControl
10 3 (0.24%) Postman
10 3 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 465 (37.74%) Finance
2 460 (37.34%) Social Skills
3 388 (31.49%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (9.25%) Banking
5 112 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 105 (8.52%) Retail
7 91 (7.39%) Marketing
8 79 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 66 (5.36%) Legal
10 51 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (3.90%) Law
12 34 (2.76%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.52%) Automotive
14 28 (2.27%) Local Government
14 28 (2.27%) Public Sector
15 23 (1.87%) Investment Banking
16 20 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.46%) Advertising
18 16 (1.30%) Electronics
19 13 (1.06%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 507 (41.15%) Analyst
2 256 (20.78%) Data Analyst
3 145 (11.77%) Senior
4 121 (9.82%) Data Engineer
5 94 (7.63%) Developer
6 87 (7.06%) Business Analyst
7 72 (5.84%) Lead
8 65 (5.28%) Data Scientist
9 63 (5.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 62 (5.03%) Senior Analyst
11 55 (4.46%) Data Manager
12 44 (3.57%) Consultant
13 39 (3.17%) Power BI Analyst
14 38 (3.08%) Senior Data Analyst
15 33 (2.68%) SQL Analyst
16 31 (2.52%) Senior Data Scientist
17 29 (2.35%) Data Consultant
17 29 (2.35%) SQL Data Analyst
18 28 (2.27%) Senior Data Engineer
19 27 (2.19%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (4.46%) HTML
2 31 (2.52%) .NET
2 31 (2.52%) Pandas
3 28 (2.27%) PyTorch
4 27 (2.19%) scikit-learn
5 26 (2.11%) REST
6 22 (1.79%) XML
7 21 (1.70%) NumPy
8 19 (1.54%) Web Services
9 18 (1.46%) SOAP
10 17 (1.38%) JSON
10 17 (1.38%) TensorFlow
11 13 (1.06%) Kafka
12 12 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
13 11 (0.89%) ASP.NET
14 10 (0.81%) WPF
15 9 (0.73%) .NET Core
15 9 (0.73%) CSS
15 9 (0.73%) PySpark
16 8 (0.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.14%) Algorithms
2 76 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
3 67 (5.44%) Data Structures
4 66 (5.36%) Management Information System
5 39 (3.17%) Cyberattack
6 38 (3.08%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.70%) Product Ownership
7 21 (1.70%) Public Cloud
8 19 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (1.54%) FMCG
9 18 (1.46%) PMI
10 17 (1.38%) Shadow IT
11 14 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (0.81%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.73%) Life Science
15 9 (0.73%) Reinsurance
15 9 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
15 9 (0.73%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 64 (5.19%) Windows
2 34 (2.76%) Linux
3 23 (1.87%) Windows 10
4 16 (1.30%) Windows 7
5 12 (0.97%) Unix
6 6 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.24%) Debian
9 3 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.081%) CentOS
10 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (38.31%) Business Intelligence
2 405 (32.87%) Analytics
3 354 (28.73%) Problem-Solving
4 341 (27.68%) Visualisation
5 310 (25.16%) Agile
6 255 (20.70%) Data Modelling
7 243 (19.72%) Decision-Making
8 194 (15.75%) Data Visualisation
9 177 (14.37%) ETL
10 167 (13.56%) Data Science
11 161 (13.07%) Data Management
12 159 (12.91%) Mathematics
13 155 (12.58%) Machine Learning
14 147 (11.93%) Statistics
15 144 (11.69%) Computer Science
16 132 (10.71%) Project Management
17 117 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
18 113 (9.17%) Data Analytics
19 112 (9.09%) DevOps
19 112 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 621 (50.41%) SQL
2 319 (25.89%) Python
3 100 (8.12%) R
4 86 (6.98%) T-SQL
5 79 (6.41%) C#
6 74 (6.01%) Java
7 66 (5.36%) JavaScript
8 61 (4.95%) PowerShell
9 36 (2.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 25 (2.03%) Bash
11 19 (1.54%) VB
12 18 (1.46%) C++
13 14 (1.14%) PL/SQL
14 13 (1.06%) Scala
15 11 (0.89%) VBA
16 9 (0.73%) Go
16 9 (0.73%) MATLAB
17 5 (0.41%) PHP
17 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 362 (29.38%) Degree
2 83 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (6.41%) Security Cleared
4 57 (4.63%) DV Cleared
5 50 (4.06%) Master's Degree
6 34 (2.76%) SC Cleared
7 33 (2.68%) Numerate Degree
8 18 (1.46%) ACCA
8 18 (1.46%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.89%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.89%) PhD
11 10 (0.81%) ISEB
12 9 (0.73%) AAT
13 8 (0.65%) CIMA
13 8 (0.65%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.41%) MCP
15 5 (0.41%) MCSE
16 4 (0.32%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (14.45%) Data Quality
2 62 (5.03%) QA
3 49 (3.98%) GDPR
4 21 (1.70%) PMO
5 19 (1.54%) SLA
6 14 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.32%) COBIT
11 4 (0.32%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.16%) COSHH
12 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.081%) GRC
13 1 (0.081%) IFRS
13 1 (0.081%) MiFID
System Software
1 71 (5.76%) Docker
2 33 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.30%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.081%) KVM
6 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.70%) Terraform
3 18 (1.46%) Ansible
4 17 (1.38%) SCCM
5 16 (1.30%) WSUS
6 15 (1.22%) Prometheus
7 14 (1.14%) Grafana
8 8 (0.65%) Puppet
9 6 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.24%) SCOM
11 2 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.16%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.16%) Nessus
12 1 (0.081%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.081%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.081%) Nagios
12 1 (0.081%) Norton AntiVirus
12 1 (0.081%) Oozie
Vendors
1 243 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.79%) Google
3 56 (4.55%) Databricks
3 56 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 52 (4.22%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.73%) Oracle
6 33 (2.68%) SAP
7 25 (2.03%) Alteryx
8 24 (1.95%) Informatica
9 23 (1.87%) VMware
10 19 (1.54%) Teradata
11 16 (1.30%) Autodesk
12 13 (1.06%) TIBCO
13 12 (0.97%) Hotjar
14 11 (0.89%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.65%) Cognos
16 7 (0.57%) JD Edwards
16 7 (0.57%) Sage
16 7 (0.57%) Splunk
16 7 (0.57%) Synopsys