Exploratory Data Analysis Jobs

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Exploratory Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Exploratory Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 620 883 969
Rank change year-on-year +263 +86 +178
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Data Analysis 72 13 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.013% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.015% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 15 13 16
10th Percentile - £58,000 £58,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -48.39% +19.23% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £98,750 £71,563
90th Percentile £52,000 £111,750 £75,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £65,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -38.46% +20.93% -10.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Exploratory 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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Exploratory Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Exploratory Data Analysis in the UK

Exploratory Data Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Exploratory Data Analysis in the UK

Exploratory Data Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Exploratory Data Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Exploratory Data Analysis in the UK

Exploratory Data Analysis
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Exploratory Data Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +230 69 £40,000 -48.39% 24
UK excluding London +269 65 £40,000 -38.46% 10
Work from Home +245 51 £82,500 +3.13% 19
South West +145 43 - -
Midlands - 17 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands - 17 £40,000 - 1
London +108 6 £40,000 -58.97% 16
North of England - 3 - - 7
Scotland - 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
North West - 1 - - 7

Exploratory 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 23 (31.94%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.39%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.39%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 14 (19.44%) Azure
3 12 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 5 (6.94%) AWS
5 4 (5.56%) Amazon SageMaker
6 2 (2.78%) SaaS
7 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (65.28%) Big Data
2 16 (22.22%) Power BI
3 13 (18.06%) Relational Database
4 4 (5.56%) Tableau
5 1 (1.39%) Apache Hive
5 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.39%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.39%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (1.39%) GitLab
2 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 68 (94.44%) Finance
2 46 (63.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (16.67%) Marketing
5 11 (15.28%) Manufacturing
5 11 (15.28%) Social Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Banking
7 1 (1.39%) Advertising
7 1 (1.39%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (91.67%) Data Scientist
2 23 (31.94%) Senior
2 23 (31.94%) Senior Data Scientist
3 4 (5.56%) Analyst
3 4 (5.56%) Data Analyst
4 2 (2.78%) Data Science Analyst
4 2 (2.78%) Junior
4 2 (2.78%) Junior Data Scientist
5 1 (1.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (1.39%) Data Engineer
5 1 (1.39%) Developer
5 1 (1.39%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (1.39%) SAP Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.72%) scikit-learn
2 6 (8.33%) NumPy
3 4 (5.56%) Google JAX
3 4 (5.56%) JAX
3 4 (5.56%) PyTorch
3 4 (5.56%) TensorFlow
4 3 (4.17%) Pandas
5 1 (1.39%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 56 (77.78%) Algorithms
2 46 (63.89%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (1.39%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 70 (97.22%) Data Science
3 68 (94.44%) Machine Learning
4 66 (91.67%) Computer Science
5 65 (90.28%) Mathematics
6 62 (86.11%) Artificial Intelligence
7 60 (83.33%) Statistics
8 54 (75.00%) Visualisation
9 51 (70.83%) Problem-Solving
10 46 (63.89%) Analytics
10 46 (63.89%) OpenUP
11 38 (52.78%) Decision-Making
12 30 (41.67%) Software Engineering
13 27 (37.50%) LLM
14 25 (34.72%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 25 (34.72%) Predictive Modelling
15 24 (33.33%) DevOps
15 24 (33.33%) Mentoring
16 23 (31.94%) Microservices
16 23 (31.94%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 45 (62.50%) Python
2 34 (47.22%) Java
3 23 (31.94%) JavaScript
4 18 (25.00%) SQL
5 14 (19.44%) R
6 11 (15.28%) C++
7 1 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.39%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.39%) Perl
7 1 (1.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 63 (87.50%) Degree
2 46 (63.89%) DV Cleared
2 46 (63.89%) Security Cleared
3 23 (31.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (31.94%) Numerate Degree
4 5 (6.94%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.56%) PhD
6 2 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.39%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (31.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (31.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.39%) Ansible
2 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle
2 1 (1.39%) Sage
2 1 (1.39%) SAP
2 1 (1.39%) Vertica