Junior Analyst Job Trends

Junior Analyst
UK

The median Junior Analyst salary in the UK is £33,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 582 694
Rank change year-on-year +495 +112 +101
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,630 71 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.18% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 74 40 107
10th Percentile £24,000 £21,250 £21,000
25th Percentile £26,000 £24,000 £23,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £27,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.26% -12.98%
75th Percentile £37,500 £34,063 £42,500
90th Percentile £40,000 £40,250 £61,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £25,750 £26,500
% change year-on-year +16.50% -2.83% -5.36%

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 68,739 38,903 80,284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 90.47% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 43,768 23,119 61,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,500 £38,750
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -5.23%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 +411 1,574 £30,000 +16.50% 104
England +477 1,398 £35,000 +29.63% 96
North of England +186 426 £21,000 -25.99% 23
Midlands +152 336 £35,000 +45.83% 24
South East +187 292 £30,500 - 25
Yorkshire +111 253 £14,000 -48.86% 12
South West +118 192 £32,500 +25.00% 8
East Midlands +73 180 £35,000 +46.60% 16
West Midlands +123 156 £35,000 -12.50% 8
East of England +90 117 £22,500 -21.74% 11
North West +91 116 £39,000 +14.71% 7
Scotland +68 112 - - 8
Wales - 89 £24,000 - 4
North East +32 57 £14,000 - 4
London +38 52 £36,250 +20.83% 14
Northern Ireland - 28 - - 2
Work from Home +12 10 £30,000 +12.15% 13

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

For the 6 months to 17 March 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 1,553 (95.28%) Microsoft
2 1,544 (94.72%) Azure
3 1,542 (94.60%) Azure Certification
4 795 (48.77%) SQL
5 784 (48.10%) Business Intelligence
5 784 (48.10%) Microsoft Excel
6 781 (47.91%) Power BI
6 781 (47.91%) Power Platform
7 777 (47.67%) Mentoring
8 776 (47.61%) Tableau
9 775 (47.55%) Python
10 772 (47.36%) AI
10 772 (47.36%) Cybersecurity
11 771 (47.30%) Azure AI
11 771 (47.30%) CompTIA CySA+
11 771 (47.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 771 (47.30%) ForeScout
12 31 (1.90%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (1.17%) Degree
13 19 (1.17%) Validation
14 15 (0.92%) Process Improvement
15 14 (0.86%) ITSM
16 12 (0.74%) Data Validation
17 11 (0.67%) Oracle
18 10 (0.61%) Analytics
18 10 (0.61%) Customer Service
18 10 (0.61%) End-to-End Testing
18 10 (0.61%) Incident Management
18 10 (0.61%) ITIL
18 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Office

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 1 (0.061%) Confluence
1 1 (0.061%) SharePoint
Applications
1 784 (48.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.061%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1,544 (94.72%) Azure
2 781 (47.91%) Power Platform
3 771 (47.30%) Azure AI
4 9 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.18%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.061%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.061%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.12%) VPN
1 2 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 781 (47.91%) Power BI
2 776 (47.61%) Tableau
3 10 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.12%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.061%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.061%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.061%) Metadata
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.061%) JIRA
General
1 1,575 (96.63%) Social Skills
2 35 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (0.92%) Law
4 12 (0.74%) Finance
4 12 (0.74%) Manufacturing
5 7 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (0.31%) Advertising
7 4 (0.25%) Automotive
8 2 (0.12%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.12%) Marketing
8 2 (0.12%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.061%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.12%) CSS
1 2 (0.12%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (0.31%) Low-Code
2 5 (0.31%) Onboarding
3 3 (0.18%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.12%) IoT
4 2 (0.12%) Life Science
4 2 (0.12%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.49%) Windows
2 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.061%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (48.10%) Business Intelligence
2 777 (47.67%) Mentoring
3 772 (47.36%) AI
3 772 (47.36%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (1.90%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (1.17%) Validation
6 15 (0.92%) Process Improvement
7 14 (0.86%) ITSM
8 12 (0.74%) Data Validation
9 10 (0.61%) Analytics
9 10 (0.61%) Customer Service
9 10 (0.61%) End-to-End Testing
9 10 (0.61%) Incident Management
9 10 (0.61%) ITIL
9 10 (0.61%) System Testing
10 9 (0.55%) Computer Science
11 8 (0.49%) Agile
11 8 (0.49%) Data Analysis
11 8 (0.49%) Service Management
11 8 (0.49%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 795 (48.77%) SQL
2 775 (47.55%) Python
3 3 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.18%) R
3 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.12%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1,542 (94.60%) Azure Certification
2 771 (47.30%) CompTIA CySA+
2 771 (47.30%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (1.17%) Degree
4 3 (0.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.31%) Data Quality
2 3 (0.18%) SLA
3 1 (0.061%) GDPR
3 1 (0.061%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.061%) NIST
3 1 (0.061%) QA
System Software
1 3 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,553 (95.28%) Microsoft
2 771 (47.30%) ForeScout
3 11 (0.67%) Oracle
4 10 (0.61%) ServiceNow
5 7 (0.43%) BMC
5 7 (0.43%) Remedy
6 1 (0.061%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.061%) Charles River
6 1 (0.061%) FNZ
6 1 (0.061%) IBM
6 1 (0.061%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.061%) Progress
6 1 (0.061%) SimCorp
6 1 (0.061%) Tradeweb