Data Analytics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analytics 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 166 139 162
Rank change year-on-year -27 +23 +45
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 1,143 3,217 3,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.14% 2.59% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.71% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 691 1,300 1,787
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,550
25th Percentile £46,306 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,823 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +10.12% +4.17%
75th Percentile £84,056 £92,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £118,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analytics 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 Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
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 Analytics 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 -43 915 £65,000 -7.14% 584
UK excluding London -44 650 £55,000 -4.35% 281
Work from Home +92 642 £67,500 +3.74% 307
London -9 418 £72,500 -6.45% 333
North of England -29 194 £59,556 +13.44% 64
South West +25 125 £59,503 -7.89% 25
North West -9 115 £55,000 +10.00% 43
Scotland -5 101 £55,000 -4.26% 26
Yorkshire -19 78 £59,556 -8.38% 17
South East +12 71 £50,000 -9.09% 65
Midlands -81 70 £55,500 -7.50% 71
Wales +45 51 £34,000 -43.33% 5
East Midlands -25 35 £56,500 -19.29% 17
West Midlands -63 35 £53,250 +4.51% 54
Northern Ireland +40 29 £48,750 +8.33% 5
East of England +41 9 £77,750 +35.22% 25
North East +32 1 £60,000 +15.99% 5

Data Analytics
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 84 (7.35%) Apache Spark
2 60 (5.25%) Apache
3 33 (2.89%) Apache Airflow
4 32 (2.80%) SAS
5 20 (1.75%) SharePoint
6 11 (0.96%) CMS
6 11 (0.96%) Oracle Application Server
7 6 (0.52%) Luigi
8 5 (0.44%) nginx
9 4 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.26%) Confluence
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
11 2 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.087%) OpenStack
Applications
1 51 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.087%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.087%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.52%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.44%) Shopify
4 5 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.26%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.17%) FastStats
7 1 (0.087%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.087%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.087%) Raiser's Edge
7 1 (0.087%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.087%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.087%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 324 (28.35%) Power Platform
2 219 (19.16%) Azure
3 171 (14.96%) AWS
4 133 (11.64%) GCP
5 61 (5.34%) GitHub
6 58 (5.07%) GitHub Actions
7 47 (4.11%) Vertex AI
8 45 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (3.15%) Snowflake
10 27 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (2.19%) PowerApps
12 24 (2.10%) Google Analytics
13 23 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (1.49%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (1.49%) dbt
15 17 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.79%) Network Security
2 7 (0.61%) DNS
3 6 (0.52%) DHCP
4 5 (0.44%) OpenVPN
5 4 (0.35%) Internet
5 4 (0.35%) SNMP
6 3 (0.26%) Firewall
6 3 (0.26%) HTTP
6 3 (0.26%) MQTT
7 2 (0.17%) 5G
7 2 (0.17%) Broadband
7 2 (0.17%) DSL
7 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.087%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 324 (28.35%) Power BI
2 163 (14.26%) Tableau
3 110 (9.62%) Data Warehouse
4 104 (9.10%) Data Lake
5 100 (8.75%) Big Data
6 89 (7.79%) NoSQL
6 89 (7.79%) Relational Database
7 76 (6.65%) SQL Server
8 74 (6.47%) BigQuery
9 59 (5.16%) Looker
10 52 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
11 51 (4.46%) Bigtable
11 51 (4.46%) MySQL
12 43 (3.76%) Data Hub
13 41 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 32 (2.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 28 (2.45%) Hadoop
15 28 (2.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 27 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
17 25 (2.19%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 82 (7.17%) Jenkins
2 29 (2.54%) Git
3 24 (2.10%) Jasmine
3 24 (2.10%) Mockito
4 19 (1.66%) Eclipse
4 19 (1.66%) IntelliJ
5 12 (1.05%) GitLab
5 12 (1.05%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (0.79%) Spinnaker
7 7 (0.61%) JIRA
8 6 (0.52%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.44%) ERwin
10 3 (0.26%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.17%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.087%) git-flow
12 1 (0.087%) RStudio
12 1 (0.087%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 564 (49.34%) Social Skills
2 340 (29.75%) Finance
3 219 (19.16%) Analytical Skills
4 189 (16.54%) Banking
5 129 (11.29%) Retail
6 94 (8.22%) Marketing
7 60 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
8 52 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 40 (3.50%) Public Sector
10 22 (1.92%) Law
11 18 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (1.57%) Legal
11 18 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.14%) Advertising
14 12 (1.05%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.05%) Local Government
15 11 (0.96%) Back Office
16 10 (0.87%) Retail Banking
17 9 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 326 (28.52%) Architect
2 269 (23.53%) Solutions Architect
3 240 (21.00%) Presales Solution Architect
4 194 (16.97%) Analyst
5 160 (14.00%) Senior
6 100 (8.75%) Developer
7 87 (7.61%) Data Engineer
8 86 (7.52%) Data Analyst
8 86 (7.52%) Lead
9 67 (5.86%) Data Manager
10 56 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
11 51 (4.46%) Consultant
12 45 (3.94%) Data Architect
13 34 (2.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 33 (2.89%) Analytics Manager
15 31 (2.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 28 (2.45%) Data Analytics Manager
17 27 (2.36%) Power BI Developer
18 26 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
19 25 (2.19%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.77%) Kafka
2 46 (4.02%) React
3 36 (3.15%) .NET
4 28 (2.45%) RabbitMQ
5 26 (2.27%) AngularJS
6 25 (2.19%) HTML
6 25 (2.19%) REST
7 14 (1.22%) CSS
7 14 (1.22%) Django
8 12 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
9 11 (0.96%) Pandas
9 11 (0.96%) PySpark
9 11 (0.96%) PyTorch
9 11 (0.96%) RESTful
9 11 (0.96%) TensorFlow
10 10 (0.87%) JSON
10 10 (0.87%) scikit-learn
11 9 (0.79%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.70%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.70%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.22%) Public Cloud
2 47 (4.11%) Management Information System
3 32 (2.80%) Cloud Native
3 32 (2.80%) Product Ownership
4 25 (2.19%) Credit Risk
5 23 (2.01%) Algorithms
6 21 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 16 (1.40%) Reinsurance
9 15 (1.31%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.05%) IoT
11 12 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (0.96%) Blockchain
13 10 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (0.87%) Culture of Ownership
13 10 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.80%) Windows
2 29 (2.54%) Linux
3 13 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.79%) Unix
5 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.44%) CentOS
6 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,143 (100.00%) Analytics
2 469 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
3 357 (31.23%) Business Intelligence
4 334 (29.22%) Agile
5 309 (27.03%) Actionable Insight
6 280 (24.50%) Business Case
7 266 (23.27%) IT Strategy
8 263 (23.01%) Technology Strategy
9 259 (22.66%) Thought Leadership
10 257 (22.48%) Visualisation
11 253 (22.13%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 245 (21.43%) Commercial Awareness
12 245 (21.43%) Contract Negotiation
13 244 (21.35%) Presales
14 196 (17.15%) Machine Learning
15 193 (16.89%) Data Science
16 173 (15.14%) Data Visualisation
17 166 (14.52%) Decision-Making
18 163 (14.26%) Artificial Intelligence
19 158 (13.82%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 334 (29.22%) SQL
2 255 (22.31%) Python
3 63 (5.51%) JavaScript
3 63 (5.51%) R
4 55 (4.81%) Java
5 52 (4.55%) PowerShell
6 42 (3.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 40 (3.50%) C#
8 31 (2.71%) Bash
9 27 (2.36%) Scala
10 25 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.14%) VBA
12 12 (1.05%) PHP
13 11 (0.96%) C++
14 10 (0.87%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.79%) Go
15 9 (0.79%) Groovy
16 7 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.44%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 293 (25.63%) Security Cleared
2 282 (24.67%) SC Cleared
3 201 (17.59%) Degree
4 53 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (3.41%) Master's Degree
6 21 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 11 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.96%) CISA
11 10 (0.87%) ACCA
12 8 (0.70%) MBA
13 6 (0.52%) CISM
13 6 (0.52%) CISSP
13 6 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.44%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.44%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (8.92%) Data Quality
2 28 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
3 19 (1.66%) GDPR
3 19 (1.66%) QA
4 12 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.05%) PMO
5 10 (0.87%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.61%) COBIT
7 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.52%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.52%) NIST
7 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.44%) ITGC
9 4 (0.35%) SLA
10 3 (0.26%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.17%) COSO
12 1 (0.087%) EMIR
12 1 (0.087%) IFRS
12 1 (0.087%) MiFID
12 1 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (5.25%) Docker
2 15 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.26%) Firmware
4 3 (0.26%) HDFS
5 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.17%) vSphere
6 1 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 99 (8.66%) Terraform
2 53 (4.64%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.40%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.31%) Ansible
4 15 (1.31%) Grafana
5 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.17%) Puppet
7 1 (0.087%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.087%) Mesos
7 1 (0.087%) Oozie
Vendors
1 171 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 128 (11.20%) Google
3 60 (5.25%) Databricks
4 37 (3.24%) Oracle
5 30 (2.62%) IBM
6 26 (2.27%) SAP
7 20 (1.75%) Alteryx
7 20 (1.75%) Dataiku
8 14 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.05%) Sparx
10 11 (0.96%) Informatica
11 8 (0.70%) Adobe
12 7 (0.61%) JD Edwards
13 6 (0.52%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.44%) Sage
14 5 (0.44%) Virgin Media
14 5 (0.44%) Xero
14 5 (0.44%) Zoho
15 4 (0.35%) Dynatrace
15 4 (0.35%) NVIDIA