Junior Analyst Job Trends

Junior Analyst
UK

The median Junior Analyst salary in the UK is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 642 598
Rank change year-on-year +175 -44 +237
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 192 107 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 68 70 100
10th Percentile £20,650 £21,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,063 £25,000 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £38,250 £52,500 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year - -1.82% -6.78%

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 47,822 63,519 49,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 94.53% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 29,955 35,542 38,228
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,775 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,498 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.76% -1.91% -

Junior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Junior Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Analyst over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Analyst in the UK

Junior Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 November 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 +192 174 £30,000 - 28
UK excluding London +178 168 £27,000 - 25
North of England +70 43 £27,000 +3.85% 3
Midlands +89 38 £32,500 -7.14% 4
South East +72 36 £27,500 +10.00% 7
South West +53 26 £26,000 - 1
London +21 24 £32,010 -30.79% 9
Yorkshire +25 22 £23,125 -27.45%
West Midlands +65 21 £32,500 - 1
Work from Home +69 20 £27,500 -5.17% 13
North West +46 17 £27,000 +22.73% 2
East Midlands +30 17 £35,000 - 3
East of England +26 9 £30,000 +11.11% 4
Wales +12 8 £35,000 +12.90% 5
Scotland +7 8 - - 1
North East +8 4 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

Junior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, Junior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Junior Analyst in the job title.

1 135 (70.31%) Microsoft
2 111 (57.81%) Azure
3 110 (57.29%) Azure Certification
4 78 (40.63%) Microsoft Excel
5 73 (38.02%) SQL
6 72 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
7 69 (35.94%) Power BI
7 69 (35.94%) Power Platform
8 59 (30.73%) Cybersecurity
8 59 (30.73%) Mentoring
8 59 (30.73%) Python
9 57 (29.69%) AI
10 55 (28.65%) Azure AI
10 55 (28.65%) CompTIA CySA+
10 55 (28.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 55 (28.65%) ForeScout
10 55 (28.65%) Tableau
11 28 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (9.38%) Windows
14 17 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (8.33%) ITSM
15 16 (8.33%) QA
16 14 (7.29%) Service Delivery
17 13 (6.77%) Data Cleansing
17 13 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
18 12 (6.25%) Active Directory
18 12 (6.25%) Degree
19 11 (5.73%) Data Collection
19 11 (5.73%) Data Protection

Junior Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.69%) Confluence
2 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 78 (40.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.52%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 111 (57.81%) Azure
2 69 (35.94%) Power Platform
3 55 (28.65%) Azure AI
4 17 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.52%) AWS
6 1 (0.52%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.13%) Firewall
2 5 (2.60%) DHCP
2 5 (2.60%) DNS
2 5 (2.60%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (2.60%) VPN
3 2 (1.04%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (35.94%) Power BI
2 55 (28.65%) Tableau
3 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.52%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (4.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) RStudio
General
1 166 (86.46%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.38%) Finance
4 12 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.73%) Legal
6 8 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.65%) Advertising
8 5 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.56%) Law
10 2 (1.04%) French Language
10 2 (1.04%) Games
10 2 (1.04%) German Language
10 2 (1.04%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.52%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.04%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.65%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.56%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.52%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (0.52%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.52%) FMCG
5 1 (0.52%) IoT
5 1 (0.52%) NHS
5 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.38%) Windows
2 5 (2.60%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 59 (30.73%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (30.73%) Mentoring
3 57 (29.69%) AI
4 28 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (8.33%) ITSM
7 14 (7.29%) Service Delivery
8 13 (6.77%) Data Cleansing
9 11 (5.73%) Data Collection
9 11 (5.73%) Data Protection
9 11 (5.73%) Decision-Making
9 11 (5.73%) ITIL
10 10 (5.21%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (5.21%) Visualisation
11 9 (4.69%) Information Security
12 7 (3.65%) Agile
12 7 (3.65%) Analytics
12 7 (3.65%) Asset Management
12 7 (3.65%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 73 (38.02%) SQL
2 59 (30.73%) Python
3 2 (1.04%) Bash
3 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.52%) R
4 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (57.29%) Azure Certification
2 55 (28.65%) CompTIA CySA+
2 55 (28.65%) CompTIA Security+
3 12 (6.25%) Degree
4 6 (3.13%) CISMP
4 6 (3.13%) GSEC
4 6 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.13%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.56%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.33%) QA
2 8 (4.17%) GDPR
3 3 (1.56%) PMO
4 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.52%) GRC
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.52%) NIST
4 1 (0.52%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) IAG
Vendors
1 135 (70.31%) Microsoft
2 55 (28.65%) ForeScout
3 3 (1.56%) BMC
3 3 (1.56%) Remedy
3 3 (1.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.52%) Apple
4 1 (0.52%) Checkmarx
4 1 (0.52%) Google
4 1 (0.52%) IBM
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle
4 1 (0.52%) Salesforce