Head of Analytics Jobs

Head of Analytics
UK

The median Head of Analytics salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 861 930
Rank change year-on-year +167 +69 +252
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Analytics 36 38 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.038% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.040% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 9 23 23
10th Percentile £80,000 £50,963 £62,000
25th Percentile £83,750 £66,625 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £94,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.76% +18.13%
75th Percentile £120,000 £104,978 £105,625
90th Percentile £123,000 £120,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £96,250 £98,944 £82,500
% change year-on-year -2.72% +19.93% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,706 94,386 91,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 94.69% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,254 67,482 57,423
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Head of Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Analytics in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Analytics in the UK

Head of Analytics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Head of Analytics in the UK

Head of Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Analytics over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Analytics in the UK

Head of Analytics
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +138 35 £100,000 +1.07% 27
UK excluding London +185 26 £96,250 -2.72% 19
South East - 23 £120,000 - 8
London +103 9 £110,000 +22.22% 17
Work from Home +113 3 £97,500 +8.33% 10
North of England +42 2 £88,750 +18.33% 5
Yorkshire +62 1 £85,000 -
East of England +38 1 £100,000 +0.53%
North West -1 1 £92,500 +23.33% 5

Head of Analytics Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Head of Analytics job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Head of Analytics in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Analytics
2 29 (80.56%) Decision-Making
3 25 (69.44%) Artificial Intelligence
4 23 (63.89%) People Management
5 19 (52.78%) Roadmaps
6 18 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
6 18 (50.00%) Business Case
6 18 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (50.00%) Project Governance
6 18 (50.00%) Line Management
6 18 (50.00%) Performance Management
6 18 (50.00%) SC Cleared
6 18 (50.00%) DV Cleared
6 18 (50.00%) Security Cleared
6 18 (50.00%) Risk Management
7 11 (30.56%) Data Governance
8 9 (25.00%) Degree
8 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
9 8 (22.22%) Finance
9 8 (22.22%) Master's Degree
10 7 (19.44%) Data Engineering
10 7 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (16.67%) Data Strategy
11 6 (16.67%) Business Analytics
12 5 (13.89%) Data Quality
12 5 (13.89%) Power BI
12 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
12 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
12 5 (13.89%) Power Platform

Head of Analytics Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) Power BI
2 2 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.56%) Neo4j
3 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.78%) Tableau
General
1 18 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Finance
4 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.11%) Legal
5 4 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Analytics
2 29 (80.56%) Decision-Making
3 25 (69.44%) Artificial Intelligence
4 23 (63.89%) People Management
5 19 (52.78%) Roadmaps
6 18 (50.00%) Business Case
6 18 (50.00%) Line Management
6 18 (50.00%) Performance Management
6 18 (50.00%) Project Governance
6 18 (50.00%) Risk Management
6 18 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
7 11 (30.56%) Data Governance
8 7 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (19.44%) Data Engineering
9 6 (16.67%) Business Analytics
9 6 (16.67%) Data Strategy
10 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
10 5 (13.89%) Data Science
10 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
11 4 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Python
2 1 (2.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 18 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 18 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.00%) Degree
3 8 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 4 (11.11%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (11.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) Databricks