Junior Analyst Job Trends

Junior Analyst
UK

The median Junior Analyst salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 612 745
Rank change year-on-year +510 +133 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,772 68 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.79% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 94 47 108
10th Percentile £24,075 £24,600 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,750 £30,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% -10.00%

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 93,213 44,199 93,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 89.97% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 63,958 26,129 66,038
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.66% -12.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 July 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 July 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 +449 1,716 £30,750 +2.50% 67
England +485 1,523 £34,000 +11.48% 60
North of England +238 468 £27,500 - 20
Midlands +163 358 £34,500 +6.15% 7
South East +189 312 £33,250 +15.65% 14
Yorkshire +124 276 £26,250 - 4
South West +102 215 £35,000 +34.62% 8
East Midlands +103 197 £30,000 -3.23% 4
West Midlands +106 161 £36,000 +10.77% 3
East of England +105 139 £28,250 -13.08% 10
North West +108 129 £30,000 +9.09% 14
Scotland +108 125 £65,000 - 4
Wales - 93 £24,000 - 3
North East - 63 - - 2
London +12 52 £38,000 -15.56% 12
Northern Ireland - 30 - - 2
Work from Home -29 16 £30,000 +9.09% 3

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 1,675 (94.53%) Microsoft
2 1,659 (93.62%) Azure
3 1,652 (93.23%) Azure Certification
4 851 (48.02%) Microsoft Excel
5 847 (47.80%) Business Intelligence
5 847 (47.80%) Power BI
5 847 (47.80%) Power Platform
6 846 (47.74%) SQL
7 844 (47.63%) Cybersecurity
8 837 (47.23%) Tableau
9 834 (47.07%) Python
10 832 (46.95%) AI
11 830 (46.84%) Mentoring
12 826 (46.61%) Azure AI
12 826 (46.61%) CompTIA CySA+
12 826 (46.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 826 (46.61%) ForeScout
13 28 (1.58%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (1.30%) Degree
15 14 (0.79%) Visualisation
16 13 (0.73%) Data Analysis
16 13 (0.73%) ITSM
17 12 (0.68%) Computer Science
17 12 (0.68%) Customer Service
18 11 (0.62%) Windows
19 10 (0.56%) Analytics
19 10 (0.56%) Data Visualisation
19 10 (0.56%) Mathematics
19 10 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
19 10 (0.56%) Process Improvement

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 4 (0.23%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 851 (48.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.056%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.056%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.056%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.056%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1,659 (93.62%) Azure
2 847 (47.80%) Power Platform
3 826 (46.61%) Azure AI
4 10 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.23%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.17%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.17%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.11%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.056%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.056%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.28%) VPN
2 4 (0.23%) ADSL
2 4 (0.23%) BGP
2 4 (0.23%) Firewall
2 4 (0.23%) MPLS
2 4 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.23%) VoIP
2 4 (0.23%) WAN
2 4 (0.23%) WebEx
3 1 (0.056%) DHCP
3 1 (0.056%) DNS
3 1 (0.056%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.056%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 847 (47.80%) Power BI
2 837 (47.23%) Tableau
3 3 (0.17%) MySQL
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.056%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.056%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.056%) Metadata
5 1 (0.056%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (0.23%) Selenium
2 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.11%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,691 (95.43%) Social Skills
2 22 (1.24%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (0.85%) Finance
4 9 (0.51%) Law
5 5 (0.28%) Manufacturing
6 4 (0.23%) Automotive
6 4 (0.23%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (0.17%) Banking
7 3 (0.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.11%) Marketing
8 2 (0.11%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.056%) Military
9 1 (0.056%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.28%) CSS
1 5 (0.28%) HTML
2 3 (0.17%) JSON
3 2 (0.11%) Gherkin
3 2 (0.11%) Playwright
4 1 (0.056%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 14 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (0.68%) Onboarding
3 10 (0.56%) Management Information System
4 9 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (0.28%) Low-Code
6 4 (0.23%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.17%) NHS
7 3 (0.17%) Social Media
8 2 (0.11%) Life Science
8 2 (0.11%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.056%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.056%) IoT
9 1 (0.056%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.62%) Windows
2 4 (0.23%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.17%) Android
3 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 847 (47.80%) Business Intelligence
2 844 (47.63%) Cybersecurity
3 832 (46.95%) AI
4 830 (46.84%) Mentoring
5 28 (1.58%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (0.79%) Visualisation
7 13 (0.73%) Data Analysis
7 13 (0.73%) ITSM
8 12 (0.68%) Computer Science
8 12 (0.68%) Customer Service
9 10 (0.56%) Analytics
9 10 (0.56%) Data Visualisation
9 10 (0.56%) Mathematics
9 10 (0.56%) Process Improvement
10 9 (0.51%) Agile
11 8 (0.45%) Incident Management
11 8 (0.45%) ITIL
11 8 (0.45%) Software Testing
11 8 (0.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (0.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 846 (47.74%) SQL
2 834 (47.07%) Python
3 5 (0.28%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.17%) PHP
4 3 (0.17%) R
4 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.17%) VBA
5 2 (0.11%) C#
5 2 (0.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 1,652 (93.23%) Azure Certification
2 826 (46.61%) CompTIA CySA+
2 826 (46.61%) CompTIA Security+
3 23 (1.30%) Degree
4 5 (0.28%) AAT
4 5 (0.28%) ACCA
4 5 (0.28%) CIMA
4 5 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (0.23%) CCNA
5 4 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (0.23%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (0.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.056%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (0.34%) Data Quality
1 6 (0.34%) QA
2 5 (0.28%) PMO
3 3 (0.17%) SLA
4 2 (0.11%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.056%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.056%) Autotask
Vendors
1 1,675 (94.53%) Microsoft
2 826 (46.61%) ForeScout
3 8 (0.45%) SAP
4 7 (0.40%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.23%) Cisco
5 4 (0.23%) Fortinet
5 4 (0.23%) Huawei
5 4 (0.23%) Meraki
5 4 (0.23%) Polycom
6 3 (0.17%) Adobe
6 3 (0.17%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.056%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.056%) BMC
7 1 (0.056%) Charles River
7 1 (0.056%) FNZ
7 1 (0.056%) MarketAxess
7 1 (0.056%) Progress
7 1 (0.056%) Remedy
7 1 (0.056%) SimCorp
7 1 (0.056%) Tradeweb