Economics Jobs

Economics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Economics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Economics over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 564 595
Rank change year-on-year +24 +31 +112
Permanent jobs citing Economics 327 351 909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.43% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.46% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 98 92 256
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,862 £31,699
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,625 £70,625 £78,609
90th Percentile £93,750 £89,417 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,293 £52,392 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.64% +16.43% -12.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Economics 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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Economics in the UK

Economics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Economics.

Salary trend for Economics in the UK

Economics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Economics over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Economics in the UK

Economics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Economics within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +9 290 £46,293 -11.82% 79
London +64 157 £60,556 +15.34% 42
UK excluding London -44 146 £46,293 -11.64% 57
Work from Home +18 80 £60,000 +9.09% 61
North of England +25 52 £56,075 -35.64% 8
South East +10 28 £46,293 -11.64% 30
North West +5 26 £60,000 +31.87% 5
Midlands -34 26 £26,000 -52.73% 10
Yorkshire +56 19 £60,000 -31.13% 2
South West -2 19 £57,500 +22.34% 3
West Midlands -11 18 £26,000 -52.73% 8
East of England -16 8 £31,250 -58.33% 3
East Midlands -33 8 £29,750 -30.00% 2
North East -6 7 £56,075 +80.89% 2
Scotland -50 6 - -
Channel Islands - 5 - -
Wales +26 2 £60,500 - 4

Economics
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 47 (14.37%) SAS
2 10 (3.06%) CMS
3 8 (2.45%) Drupal
4 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 93 (28.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (11.31%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (4.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (2.75%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (2.14%) SPSS
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Primavera
2 4 (1.22%) Lawson
3 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.92%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.31%) Data Workbench
4 1 (0.31%) Endur
4 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.48%) Power Platform
2 23 (7.03%) AWS
3 10 (3.06%) Azure
3 10 (3.06%) SaaS
4 8 (2.45%) GitHub
5 5 (1.53%) GCP
5 5 (1.53%) Google Analytics
6 3 (0.92%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.92%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.61%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.31%) dbt
8 1 (0.31%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (1.53%) 5G
2 5 (1.53%) Broadband
3 3 (0.92%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.92%) WAN
4 1 (0.31%) DNS
4 1 (0.31%) Firewall
4 1 (0.31%) Internet
4 1 (0.31%) LAN
4 1 (0.31%) SAN
4 1 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (16.21%) Tableau
2 30 (9.17%) Power BI
3 27 (8.26%) Data Mining
4 15 (4.59%) Amazon QuickSight
5 8 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (2.45%) Big Data
6 4 (1.22%) Data Mart
6 4 (1.22%) Essbase
6 4 (1.22%) MS Access
7 3 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.61%) DTS
8 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.31%) GIS
9 1 (0.31%) Parquet
9 1 (0.31%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Git
General
1 225 (68.81%) Finance
2 150 (45.87%) Analytical Skills
3 147 (44.95%) Social Skills
4 86 (26.30%) Legal
5 45 (13.76%) Banking
6 42 (12.84%) Publishing
7 29 (8.87%) Marketing
8 21 (6.42%) Law
9 20 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.67%) Back Office
11 12 (3.67%) Billing
11 12 (3.67%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.36%) Social Science
13 10 (3.06%) General Ledger
14 9 (2.75%) Military
14 9 (2.75%) Public Sector
15 7 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (2.14%) Retail
16 6 (1.83%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 134 (40.98%) Analyst
2 108 (33.03%) Senior
3 49 (14.98%) Senior Analyst
4 40 (12.23%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 34 (10.40%) Financial Analyst
6 26 (7.95%) Lead
7 22 (6.73%) Consultant
8 21 (6.42%) Senior Financial Analyst
9 20 (6.12%) Graduate
10 17 (5.20%) Data Analyst
11 13 (3.98%) Trainee
12 12 (3.67%) Compliance Analyst
13 11 (3.36%) Operations Analyst
13 11 (3.36%) Trainee Analyst
14 10 (3.06%) Business Consultant
14 10 (3.06%) Commercial Consultant
15 9 (2.75%) Monitoring Analyst
15 9 (2.75%) Product Manager
15 9 (2.75%) Project Manager
15 9 (2.75%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.45%) EDI
2 6 (1.83%) Web Services
3 2 (0.61%) Middleware
3 2 (0.61%) web3js
4 1 (0.31%) Celery
4 1 (0.31%) CSS
4 1 (0.31%) Django
4 1 (0.31%) HTML
4 1 (0.31%) JSON
4 1 (0.31%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (0.31%) Pandas
4 1 (0.31%) pytest
4 1 (0.31%) React
4 1 (0.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 80 (24.46%) Onboarding
2 41 (12.54%) Credit Risk
3 16 (4.89%) Algorithms
4 13 (3.98%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.06%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.75%) Smart Home
7 8 (2.45%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.14%) Digital Media
8 7 (2.14%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.53%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.53%) Culture of Ownership
9 5 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.53%) Smartcard
9 5 (1.53%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.22%) Blockchain
10 4 (1.22%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.22%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.22%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.14%) Windows
2 5 (1.53%) Windows Vista
3 4 (1.22%) Linux
4 1 (0.31%) Android
4 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (33.64%) Mathematics
2 104 (31.80%) Analytics
3 89 (27.22%) Data Analysis
4 80 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (20.80%) Risk Management
6 60 (18.35%) Statistics
7 56 (17.13%) Business Intelligence
7 56 (17.13%) Computer Science
8 52 (15.90%) Roadmaps
9 48 (14.68%) Business Strategy
10 45 (13.76%) Project Management
11 42 (12.84%) Agile
12 41 (12.54%) Benchmarking
13 40 (12.23%) Budget Responsibility
13 40 (12.23%) Stress Testing
14 39 (11.93%) Decision-Making
14 39 (11.93%) Financial Modelling
14 39 (11.93%) Visualisation
15 38 (11.62%) Customer Experience
16 37 (11.31%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 86 (26.30%) SQL
2 66 (20.18%) Python
3 12 (3.67%) R
4 9 (2.75%) VBA
5 7 (2.14%) PHP
6 2 (0.61%) Java
6 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.31%) C
7 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.31%) Go
7 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 234 (71.56%) Degree
2 50 (15.29%) Master's Degree
3 23 (7.03%) MBA
3 23 (7.03%) Numerate Degree
4 21 (6.42%) ACCA
5 19 (5.81%) Security Cleared
6 16 (4.89%) CIMA
7 14 (4.28%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.45%) APMG
8 8 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.45%) DBS Check
9 7 (2.14%) Postgraduate
10 6 (1.83%) CFA
11 5 (1.53%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.22%) PhD
12 4 (1.22%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.61%) CRISC
14 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (12.23%) IFRS
1 40 (12.23%) IFRS 9
2 9 (2.75%) QA
3 4 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.45%) Docker
2 2 (0.61%) Firmware
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) SCCM
1 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 70 (21.41%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.98%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.67%) SAP
4 11 (3.36%) CA
5 9 (2.75%) Cadence
6 8 (2.45%) Sun
7 5 (1.53%) Google
7 5 (1.53%) Oracle
7 5 (1.53%) Virgin Media
8 4 (1.22%) Cognos
8 4 (1.22%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.92%) Cisco
9 3 (0.92%) Databricks
9 3 (0.92%) VMware
10 2 (0.61%) Adobe
11 1 (0.31%) Ariba
11 1 (0.31%) Dataiku
11 1 (0.31%) Ivanti
11 1 (0.31%) OpenLink
11 1 (0.31%) Snapchat