Data Interpretation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Interpretation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Interpretation over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 780 733 1000
Rank change year-on-year -47 +267 -206
Permanent jobs citing Data Interpretation 127 264 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.26% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.27% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 42 205 96
10th Percentile £31,000 - £25,500
25th Percentile £35,435 £30,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £31,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.29% -27.06% -5.56%
75th Percentile £64,000 £31,500 £53,029
90th Percentile £68,625 £44,795 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £31,000 £40,058
% change year-on-year +57.26% -22.61% +1.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Interpretation 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 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Interpretation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Interpretation over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Interpretation within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 -27 118 £48,750 +57.26% 63
UK excluding London -153 82 £48,750 +57.26% 46
Work from Home -24 71 £50,000 +61.29% 21
South East +25 53 £32,000 +3.23% 11
London +140 45 £50,000 +14.94% 19
North of England -6 15 £50,000 +61.29% 20
North West -12 9 £50,000 +61.29% 16
Scotland -66 8 £50,000 +61.29% 2
Yorkshire +65 5 £35,413 +14.24% 3
West Midlands 0 4 £65,000 +109.68% 3
Midlands -24 4 £65,000 +109.68% 3
North East -11 1 £27,500 -11.29% 1
East of England -29 1 £40,000 +29.03% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -

Data Interpretation
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 3 (2.36%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.57%) SAS
3 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (15.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.09%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.36%) SPSS
4 1 (0.79%) InVision
4 1 (0.79%) Sketch
4 1 (0.79%) Stata
4 1 (0.79%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) Data Workbench
2 1 (0.79%) Endur
2 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.05%) Power Platform
2 21 (16.54%) Azure
3 14 (11.02%) AWS
4 12 (9.45%) SaaS
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon Ads
5 4 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.15%) Google Ads
5 4 (3.15%) Google Analytics
5 4 (3.15%) Serverless
6 2 (1.57%) GCP
7 1 (0.79%) Asana
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.79%) Figma
7 1 (0.79%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.79%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.94%) Firewall
2 4 (3.15%) Broadband
2 4 (3.15%) Internet
2 4 (3.15%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.15%) WPA
3 1 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (22.05%) Power BI
2 17 (13.39%) Tableau
3 7 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.94%) Big Data
5 5 (3.94%) RDBMS
5 5 (3.94%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.15%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (3.15%) Data Mining
6 4 (3.15%) Hadoop
7 3 (2.36%) Apache Hive
7 3 (2.36%) Neo4j
8 2 (1.57%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.79%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.79%) GIS
9 1 (0.79%) MS Access
9 1 (0.79%) Power Query
9 1 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.79%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Git
General
1 59 (46.46%) Social Skills
2 58 (45.67%) Legal
3 56 (44.09%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (22.83%) Marketing
5 26 (20.47%) Finance
6 14 (11.02%) Brand Awareness
6 14 (11.02%) Telecoms
7 10 (7.87%) Retail
8 8 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (5.51%) Publishing
10 4 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.15%) Military
11 3 (2.36%) Aviation
11 3 (2.36%) Banking
12 2 (1.57%) Back Office
12 2 (1.57%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.57%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (18.90%) Analyst
2 16 (12.60%) Product Manager
3 14 (11.02%) Customer Experience Manager
4 13 (10.24%) Senior
5 9 (7.09%) Data Manager
5 9 (7.09%) Lead
6 8 (6.30%) Data Analyst
7 7 (5.51%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.72%) Applications Engineer
8 6 (4.72%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.94%) Business Manager
10 4 (3.15%) Applications Manager
10 4 (3.15%) Lead Product Manager
10 4 (3.15%) Operations Analyst
10 4 (3.15%) PPC Manager
10 4 (3.15%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 4 (3.15%) Senior Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.15%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.15%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.15%) Technical Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.45%) Web Services
2 4 (3.15%) ADO
2 4 (3.15%) React
2 4 (3.15%) Redux
3 1 (0.79%) CarPlay
3 1 (0.79%) CSS
3 1 (0.79%) D3.js
3 1 (0.79%) HTML
3 1 (0.79%) JSON
3 1 (0.79%) Lambda Expressions
3 1 (0.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.79%) Pandas
3 1 (0.79%) PySpark
3 1 (0.79%) pytest
3 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (40.16%) Algorithms
2 47 (37.01%) Data Structures
3 29 (22.83%) Product Ownership
4 20 (15.75%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.51%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.72%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.94%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.15%) Cyberattack
8 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (3.15%) NHS
9 3 (2.36%) PMI
10 2 (1.57%) Market Risk
10 2 (1.57%) Robotics
11 1 (0.79%) Blog
11 1 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.79%) IoT
11 1 (0.79%) Life Science
11 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.66%) Windows
2 5 (3.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.15%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (66.14%) Data Analysis
2 74 (58.27%) Visualisation
3 70 (55.12%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (52.76%) Data Visualisation
5 60 (47.24%) Data Management
6 58 (45.67%) Agile
7 56 (44.09%) Analytics
8 52 (40.94%) Data Strategy
9 51 (40.16%) Data Cleansing
10 50 (39.37%) ETL
11 47 (37.01%) Decision-Making
12 46 (36.22%) Data Integration
13 41 (32.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (27.56%) Computer Science
15 34 (26.77%) Customer-Centricity
16 32 (25.20%) Customer Experience
16 32 (25.20%) Roadmaps
17 30 (23.62%) DevOps
17 30 (23.62%) User Experience
18 26 (20.47%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 40 (31.50%) SQL
2 38 (29.92%) Python
3 19 (14.96%) C
4 15 (11.81%) R
5 9 (7.09%) Java
6 5 (3.94%) Go
7 4 (3.15%) C#
7 4 (3.15%) VBA
8 3 (2.36%) Scala
9 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.79%) C++
10 1 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (55.12%) Degree
2 23 (18.11%) Master's Degree
3 13 (10.24%) MBA
3 13 (10.24%) Numerate Degree
4 11 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.36%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.57%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.57%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.79%) ACCA
7 1 (0.79%) MCP
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.02%) QA
2 8 (6.30%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.79%) GDPR
5 1 (0.79%) GLP
5 1 (0.79%) GMP
5 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.15%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.15%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.51%) Google
2 7 (5.51%) SAP
3 4 (3.15%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.36%) CA
4 3 (2.36%) Databricks
5 2 (1.57%) IFS
5 2 (1.57%) Oracle
5 2 (1.57%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.79%) Adobe
6 1 (0.79%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.79%) Apple
6 1 (0.79%) Ariba
6 1 (0.79%) Dataiku
6 1 (0.79%) Ivanti
6 1 (0.79%) OpenLink
6 1 (0.79%) Teradata