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 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 603 649
Rank change year-on-year +491 +46 +133
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,294 70 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.86% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.04% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67 38 116
10th Percentile £21,250 £21,425 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £24,000 £23,331
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -13.85%
75th Percentile £37,500 £34,688 £48,750
90th Percentile £38,500 £40,750 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £24,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 63,517 43,315 71,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 91.37% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40,034 23,059 55,485
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

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 25 February 2026.

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 25 February 2026. 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
UK excluding London +421 1,251 £27,000 +12.50% 20
England +477 1,110 £30,000 +10.09% 20
North of England +184 336 £21,000 -25.99% 5
Midlands +155 268 £35,000 +45.83% 5
South East +169 231 £26,000 - 10
Yorkshire +111 199 £14,000 -48.86%
South West +117 154 £26,000 -
East Midlands +64 144 £35,000 +45.83% 4
West Midlands +108 124 £33,750 -15.63% 1
East of England +91 93 £22,500 -
North West +82 92 £39,000 +14.71% 5
Scotland +58 88 - -
Wales - 71 £24,000 -
North East +30 45 £14,000 -
London +34 39 £35,000 +16.67% 2
Northern Ireland - 22 - -
Work from Home +38 15 £30,000 +7.14% 6

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

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, 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 1,223 (94.51%) Microsoft
2 1,213 (93.74%) Azure
3 1,212 (93.66%) Azure Certification
4 632 (48.84%) SQL
5 618 (47.76%) Business Intelligence
5 618 (47.76%) Microsoft Excel
6 615 (47.53%) Power BI
6 615 (47.53%) Power Platform
7 612 (47.30%) Mentoring
8 611 (47.22%) Tableau
9 607 (46.91%) AI
9 607 (46.91%) Cybersecurity
9 607 (46.91%) Python
10 606 (46.83%) Azure AI
10 606 (46.83%) CompTIA CySA+
10 606 (46.83%) CompTIA Security+
10 606 (46.83%) ForeScout
11 33 (2.55%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (1.39%) Validation
13 15 (1.16%) Degree
13 15 (1.16%) ITSM
13 15 (1.16%) Process Improvement
14 12 (0.93%) Data Validation
15 11 (0.85%) Oracle
16 10 (0.77%) End-to-End Testing
16 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
16 10 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
16 10 (0.77%) System Testing
17 9 (0.70%) Analytics
17 9 (0.70%) Customer Service

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 5 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 618 (47.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.077%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1,213 (93.74%) Azure
2 615 (47.53%) Power Platform
3 606 (46.83%) Azure AI
4 9 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.077%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.077%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.077%) VPN
1 1 (0.077%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 615 (47.53%) Power BI
2 611 (47.22%) Tableau
3 10 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.077%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.077%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.077%) Metadata
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 1,248 (96.45%) Social Skills
2 32 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (0.85%) Law
4 10 (0.77%) Finance
4 10 (0.77%) Manufacturing
5 7 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (0.46%) Advertising
7 4 (0.31%) Automotive
8 2 (0.15%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.15%) Marketing
9 1 (0.077%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.077%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (0.54%) Onboarding
3 5 (0.39%) Low-Code
4 3 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.15%) Life Science
5 2 (0.15%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.077%) IoT
6 1 (0.077%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.62%) Windows
2 5 (0.39%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.077%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 618 (47.76%) Business Intelligence
2 612 (47.30%) Mentoring
3 607 (46.91%) AI
3 607 (46.91%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (2.55%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (1.39%) Validation
6 15 (1.16%) ITSM
6 15 (1.16%) Process Improvement
7 12 (0.93%) Data Validation
8 10 (0.77%) End-to-End Testing
8 10 (0.77%) System Testing
9 9 (0.70%) Analytics
9 9 (0.70%) Customer Service
10 8 (0.62%) Agile
10 8 (0.62%) Incident Management
10 8 (0.62%) ITIL
10 8 (0.62%) Service Delivery
11 7 (0.54%) Cost Optimisation
11 7 (0.54%) Problem Management
11 7 (0.54%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 632 (48.84%) SQL
2 607 (46.91%) Python
3 1 (0.077%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.077%) R
3 1 (0.077%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,212 (93.66%) Azure Certification
2 606 (46.83%) CompTIA CySA+
2 606 (46.83%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (1.16%) Degree
4 3 (0.23%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.15%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.39%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.077%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.077%) GDPR
2 1 (0.077%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.077%) NIST
2 1 (0.077%) QA
2 1 (0.077%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1,223 (94.51%) Microsoft
2 606 (46.83%) ForeScout
3 11 (0.85%) Oracle
4 8 (0.62%) ServiceNow
5 7 (0.54%) BMC
5 7 (0.54%) Remedy
6 1 (0.077%) Apple
6 1 (0.077%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.077%) Charles River
6 1 (0.077%) FNZ
6 1 (0.077%) IBM
6 1 (0.077%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.077%) SimCorp
6 1 (0.077%) Tradeweb