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 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 589 621
Rank change year-on-year +115 +32 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 356 77 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 111 68 83
10th Percentile £24,250 £21,775 £21,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £44,500 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

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 109,855 44,157 67,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 89.76% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 74,567 25,766 38,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +104 328 £30,000 +9.09% 8
England +89 307 £30,000 -1.64% 18
North of England +29 104 £28,000 +2.75% 3
Midlands -8 55 £35,000 +7.69% 1
South East -6 48 £27,500 - 3
Yorkshire +9 46 £31,500 +8.39%
North West +6 45 £30,000 +10.09% 3
South West -34 42 £33,750 +29.81%
East of England +3 36 £29,500 -9.23%
East Midlands -14 31 £35,000 +2.94% 1
Work from Home -42 26 £27,500 - 7
West Midlands -17 24 £49,500 +52.31%
London -55 24 £30,000 -6.28% 13
Scotland - 21 £65,000 - 1
Wales -53 20 £26,750 -23.57%
North East - 13 £24,000 -
Northern Ireland - 6 - -

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 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.

1 253 (71.07%) Microsoft
2 228 (64.04%) Azure
3 220 (61.80%) Azure Certification
4 136 (38.20%) Cybersecurity
5 128 (35.96%) Business Intelligence
5 128 (35.96%) Microsoft Excel
5 128 (35.96%) Power BI
5 128 (35.96%) Power Platform
6 126 (35.39%) SQL
7 119 (33.43%) Mentoring
8 118 (33.15%) AI
9 114 (32.02%) Python
9 114 (32.02%) Tableau
10 112 (31.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 110 (30.90%) Azure AI
11 110 (30.90%) CompTIA CySA+
11 110 (30.90%) ForeScout
12 49 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
13 28 (7.87%) Degree
14 24 (6.74%) Customer Service
15 18 (5.06%) ERP
15 18 (5.06%) Software Testing
16 16 (4.49%) Continuous Improvement
16 16 (4.49%) E-Commerce
16 16 (4.49%) User Acceptance Testing
17 15 (4.21%) Stakeholder Management
18 14 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
18 14 (3.93%) Project Delivery
18 14 (3.93%) Windows
19 13 (3.65%) Computer Science

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 6 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.56%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 128 (35.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 228 (64.04%) Azure
2 128 (35.96%) Power Platform
3 110 (30.90%) Azure AI
4 14 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.25%) SaaS
6 6 (1.69%) GitHub
7 3 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.84%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.56%) AWS
8 2 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.56%) GCP
8 2 (0.56%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.56%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.28%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.12%) ADSL
1 4 (1.12%) BGP
1 4 (1.12%) Firewall
1 4 (1.12%) MPLS
1 4 (1.12%) SD-WAN
1 4 (1.12%) VoIP
1 4 (1.12%) VPN
1 4 (1.12%) WAN
1 4 (1.12%) WebEx
2 1 (0.28%) DHCP
2 1 (0.28%) DNS
2 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (35.96%) Power BI
2 114 (32.02%) Tableau
3 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
3 2 (0.56%) Looker
3 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Selenium
2 3 (0.84%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 265 (74.44%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (5.34%) Finance
4 18 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (1.69%) Retail
6 4 (1.12%) Banking
6 4 (1.12%) Law
7 2 (0.56%) Automotive
7 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.56%) Local Government
7 2 (0.56%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.56%) Publishing
8 1 (0.28%) Advertising
8 1 (0.28%) Back Office
8 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.84%) Gherkin
2 2 (0.56%) Playwright
3 1 (0.28%) ADO
3 1 (0.28%) CSS
3 1 (0.28%) HTML
3 1 (0.28%) JSON
3 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.78%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (1.40%) NHS
5 4 (1.12%) Cyberattack
5 4 (1.12%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (0.84%) FMCG
6 3 (0.84%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.56%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.56%) Cybercrime
7 2 (0.56%) SystemC
8 1 (0.28%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.28%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.28%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.28%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.28%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.93%) Windows
2 3 (0.84%) Android
2 3 (0.84%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 2 (0.56%) macOS
4 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (38.20%) Cybersecurity
2 128 (35.96%) Business Intelligence
3 119 (33.43%) Mentoring
4 118 (33.15%) AI
5 49 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (6.74%) Customer Service
7 18 (5.06%) ERP
7 18 (5.06%) Software Testing
8 16 (4.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (4.49%) E-Commerce
8 16 (4.49%) User Acceptance Testing
9 15 (4.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (3.93%) Project Delivery
11 13 (3.65%) Computer Science
11 13 (3.65%) Incident Management
12 11 (3.09%) Agile
12 11 (3.09%) ITIL
12 11 (3.09%) ITSM
13 10 (2.81%) CRM
13 10 (2.81%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 126 (35.39%) SQL
2 114 (32.02%) Python
3 3 (0.84%) C#
3 3 (0.84%) Java
4 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.28%) PHP
4 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 220 (61.80%) Azure Certification
2 112 (31.46%) CompTIA Security+
3 110 (30.90%) CompTIA CySA+
4 28 (7.87%) Degree
5 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.40%) AAT
6 5 (1.40%) ACCA
6 5 (1.40%) CIMA
6 5 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.12%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.12%) CCNA
7 4 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.28%) PMP
9 1 (0.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.25%) QA
2 5 (1.40%) PMO
3 3 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.28%) GRC
4 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.28%) SLA
4 1 (0.28%) SOC 1
4 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.56%) Nessus
3 1 (0.28%) Autotask
Vendors
1 253 (71.07%) Microsoft
2 110 (30.90%) ForeScout
3 6 (1.69%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.12%) Cisco
4 4 (1.12%) Fortinet
4 4 (1.12%) Huawei
4 4 (1.12%) Meraki
4 4 (1.12%) Polycom
4 4 (1.12%) SAP
5 3 (0.84%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.56%) Google
6 2 (0.56%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe
7 1 (0.28%) Apple
7 1 (0.28%) JD Edwards