Data Analysis Jobs

Data Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 99 125
Rank change year-on-year -30 +26 +4
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 1,337 2,662 2,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.41% 2.68% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 3.14% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 731 1,535 1,329
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,937 £38,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,647
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% +17.65% -8.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data 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 52,098 84,818 95,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.84% 85.52% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,512 59,706 56,022
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 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
England -41 1,173 £55,000 +4.76% 2,088
UK excluding London -44 831 £50,055 +0.11% 1,171
Work from Home -34 452 £52,250 - 879
London -13 407 £70,000 +16.67% 1,183
South East -6 242 £60,500 +21.00% 439
North of England -29 215 £50,055 -8.99% 267
Midlands -42 183 £47,500 -5.00% 156
North West -45 163 £50,055 -16.27% 155
West Midlands -45 112 £55,000 +10.00% 95
South West +32 87 £42,269 -22.44% 96
East Midlands -1 71 £43,000 -4.44% 55
Scotland +9 57 £56,250 +2.27% 73
Yorkshire +9 40 £46,250 -7.50% 89
East of England -72 31 £55,000 +10.00% 145
North East +12 12 £62,500 +56.25% 26
Wales +31 11 £75,000 +57.07% 11
Northern Ireland +40 5 £32,500 -43.48% 27

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 59 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.47%) Jupyter
3 16 (1.20%) Confluence
4 15 (1.12%) CMS
5 13 (0.97%) SAS
6 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.37%) WordPress
9 4 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.22%) IBM Domino
10 3 (0.22%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) Drupal
12 1 (0.075%) Apache
12 1 (0.075%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 280 (20.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.42%) SPSS
5 16 (1.20%) Photoshop
6 15 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 15 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.45%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.30%) Blender
9 4 (0.30%) Sketch
10 2 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.15%) Trello
11 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.075%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.075%) Revit
11 1 (0.075%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (1.20%) Raiser’s Edge
2 14 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.37%) Q-Pulse
4 5 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.30%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.30%) Maximo
6 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.15%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.15%) Endur
7 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.15%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.15%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 388 (29.02%) Power Platform
2 237 (17.73%) Azure
3 110 (8.23%) AWS
4 67 (5.01%) Google Analytics
5 58 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (4.34%) PowerApps
6 50 (3.74%) GCP
7 47 (3.52%) Power Automate
8 37 (2.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 35 (2.62%) SaaS
10 33 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 32 (2.39%) Adobe Analytics
12 25 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.57%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.42%) Google Ads
15 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
17 15 (1.12%) Figma
18 13 (0.97%) Canva
18 13 (0.97%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.72%) Wireshark
2 14 (1.05%) Internet
3 10 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (0.60%) Firewall
5 7 (0.52%) DHCP
5 7 (0.52%) DNS
5 7 (0.52%) Intranet
6 6 (0.45%) Network Security
7 4 (0.30%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.30%) LoRaWAN
8 3 (0.22%) 5G
8 3 (0.22%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.22%) WAN
9 2 (0.15%) ADSL2
9 2 (0.15%) Broadband
10 1 (0.075%) HTTP
10 1 (0.075%) Multicast
10 1 (0.075%) PuTTY
10 1 (0.075%) RS-232
10 1 (0.075%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (28.42%) Power BI
2 177 (13.24%) Tableau
3 91 (6.81%) Big Data
4 78 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
5 66 (4.94%) Data Lake
6 54 (4.04%) SQL Server
7 37 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 36 (2.69%) Data Mining
9 34 (2.54%) Power Query
9 34 (2.54%) Relational Database
10 26 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 25 (1.87%) BusinessObjects
12 22 (1.65%) Metadata
13 20 (1.50%) MySQL
14 18 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (1.27%) NoSQL
16 15 (1.12%) BigQuery
17 13 (0.97%) Looker
17 13 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
18 11 (0.82%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 35 (2.62%) JIRA
1 35 (2.62%) Rational DOORS
2 14 (1.05%) Git
3 8 (0.60%) GitLab
4 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
4 4 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.15%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.15%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.15%) Selenium
5 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (0.15%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 1 (0.075%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.075%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.075%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 529 (39.57%) Social Skills
2 452 (33.81%) Finance
3 418 (31.26%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (10.92%) Marketing
5 142 (10.62%) Law
6 102 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 82 (6.13%) Manufacturing
8 71 (5.31%) Banking
9 69 (5.16%) Retail
10 63 (4.71%) Electronics
10 63 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (3.07%) Public Sector
12 39 (2.92%) Advertising
12 39 (2.92%) Legal
13 36 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
14 32 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (2.09%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.35%) Billing
17 16 (1.20%) Automotive
18 12 (0.90%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 467 (34.93%) Analyst
2 195 (14.58%) Lead
3 174 (13.01%) Data Analyst
4 154 (11.52%) Senior
5 115 (8.60%) Business Analyst
6 93 (6.96%) Data Scientist
7 82 (6.13%) Systems Engineer
8 76 (5.68%) Developer
9 75 (5.61%) Senior Analyst
10 66 (4.94%) Data Engineer
11 40 (2.99%) Senior Data Scientist
12 37 (2.77%) Financial Analyst
13 36 (2.69%) Electronics Engineer
14 31 (2.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 29 (2.17%) Junior
16 27 (2.02%) Insight Analyst
17 26 (1.94%) Procurement Analyst
18 25 (1.87%) Systems Analyst
19 24 (1.80%) Administrator
19 24 (1.80%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.17%) PySpark
2 18 (1.35%) CSS
2 18 (1.35%) HTML
2 18 (1.35%) REST
3 13 (0.97%) Pandas
3 13 (0.97%) scikit-learn
4 12 (0.90%) .NET
4 12 (0.90%) JSON
5 11 (0.82%) PyTorch
5 11 (0.82%) TensorFlow
6 10 (0.75%) EDI
6 10 (0.75%) XML
7 9 (0.67%) NumPy
7 9 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (0.60%) Web Services
9 7 (0.52%) SOAP
10 6 (0.45%) React
11 5 (0.37%) Flask
11 5 (0.37%) Middleware
11 5 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.15%) Management Information System
2 93 (6.96%) Algorithms
3 54 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (3.44%) Cyberattack
5 45 (3.37%) Data Structures
6 35 (2.62%) Product Ownership
7 34 (2.54%) Social Media
8 25 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 22 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 19 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.05%) FMCG
12 13 (0.97%) Derivative
13 12 (0.90%) Pricing Data
13 12 (0.90%) Reference Data
14 11 (0.82%) Driving Licence
14 11 (0.82%) IoT
15 10 (0.75%) Credit Risk
15 10 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (0.75%) NHS
16 9 (0.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.11%) Windows
2 51 (3.81%) Linux
3 11 (0.82%) Unix
4 9 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.45%) Windows 7
6 5 (0.37%) Debian
6 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.37%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.22%) AIX
7 3 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (33.43%) Analytics
2 370 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
3 349 (26.10%) Business Intelligence
4 312 (23.34%) Visualisation
5 289 (21.62%) Decision-Making
6 228 (17.05%) Agile
7 199 (14.88%) Data Analytics
7 199 (14.88%) Data Management
8 181 (13.54%) Computer Science
9 180 (13.46%) Data Science
10 170 (12.72%) Artificial Intelligence
11 162 (12.12%) Project Management
12 160 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 152 (11.37%) Data Visualisation
14 146 (10.92%) Mathematics
15 145 (10.85%) Actionable Insight
16 136 (10.17%) Requirements Gathering
17 133 (9.95%) Statistics
18 129 (9.65%) Process Improvement
19 128 (9.57%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 445 (33.28%) SQL
2 287 (21.47%) Python
3 67 (5.01%) Java
4 61 (4.56%) MATLAB
5 59 (4.41%) JavaScript
6 55 (4.11%) R
7 41 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 33 (2.47%) T-SQL
9 32 (2.39%) C#
10 30 (2.24%) VBA
11 26 (1.94%) PowerShell
12 22 (1.65%) C++
13 17 (1.27%) C
14 13 (0.97%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.67%) TypeScript
16 8 (0.60%) Scala
17 7 (0.52%) Perl
17 7 (0.52%) PHP
18 3 (0.22%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 562 (42.03%) Degree
2 106 (7.93%) Master's Degree
3 89 (6.66%) Security Cleared
4 84 (6.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 61 (4.56%) DBS Check
6 58 (4.34%) DV Cleared
7 56 (4.19%) HND
8 47 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 44 (3.29%) HNC
10 34 (2.54%) Azure Certification
11 32 (2.39%) Numerate Degree
12 28 (2.09%) PMI Certification
13 24 (1.80%) PhD
13 24 (1.80%) PMP
13 24 (1.80%) SC Cleared
14 23 (1.72%) Chartered Engineer
15 21 (1.57%) MBA
16 11 (0.82%) CBAP
17 10 (0.75%) AWS Certification
17 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (15.41%) Data Quality
2 46 (3.44%) GDPR
3 38 (2.84%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.94%) QA
5 18 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.90%) SLA
8 10 (0.75%) NIST
9 8 (0.60%) GRC
10 7 (0.52%) PMO
11 6 (0.45%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.45%) SOC 1
11 6 (0.45%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.30%) COREP
13 3 (0.22%) EMIR
13 3 (0.22%) MiFID
14 2 (0.15%) COBIT
14 2 (0.15%) IFRS
14 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.075%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 44 (3.29%) Docker
2 15 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.60%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.22%) Samba
7 2 (0.15%) Firmware
8 1 (0.075%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.075%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.075%) HDFS
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.075%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (3.44%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.27%) Terraform
3 8 (0.60%) Ansible
4 7 (0.52%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.15%) Argo
5 2 (0.15%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.075%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.075%) Grafana
6 1 (0.075%) Kibana
6 1 (0.075%) logstash
6 1 (0.075%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.075%) Oozie
6 1 (0.075%) Packer
6 1 (0.075%) Puppet
6 1 (0.075%) vRealize
Vendors
1 290 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 112 (8.38%) Google
3 94 (7.03%) SAP
4 56 (4.19%) Databricks
5 42 (3.14%) Adobe
6 40 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 35 (2.62%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.17%) Oracle
9 28 (2.09%) Workday
10 23 (1.72%) Facebook
11 22 (1.65%) Concur
12 18 (1.35%) Informatica
13 17 (1.27%) IBM
14 14 (1.05%) Marketo
14 14 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 12 (0.90%) Capita
15 12 (0.90%) VMware
16 8 (0.60%) Alteryx
16 8 (0.60%) Broadcom
16 8 (0.60%) Symantec