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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 596 665
Rank change year-on-year +400 +69 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,114 85 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 97 66 98
10th Percentile £25,625 £21,625 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £38,936 £33,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -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 103,497 43,997 75,693
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 89.68% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 71,228 25,950 47,905
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,169 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,159
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +360 1,077 £30,000 +9.09% 67
England +369 959 £30,000 -3.23% 92
North of England +168 304 £30,000 +10.09% 16
Midlands +123 219 £35,000 +7.69% 12
South East +111 189 £27,500 - 15
Yorkshire +91 170 £43,125 +48.39% 6
South West +46 138 £33,750 +29.81% 8
East Midlands +66 119 £35,000 +2.94% 5
West Midlands +64 100 £35,000 +7.69% 7
North West +63 95 £30,000 +10.09% 9
East of England +60 90 £30,000 -7.69% 7
Scotland +78 77 £65,000 - 4
Wales -15 58 £26,750 -23.57% 3
North East - 39 - - 1
London -40 35 £32,750 +2.31% 40
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 2
Work from Home -50 17 £27,500 - 18

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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 1,022 (91.74%) Microsoft
2 998 (89.59%) Azure
3 990 (88.87%) Azure Certification
4 517 (46.41%) Cybersecurity
4 517 (46.41%) Microsoft Excel
5 514 (46.14%) Business Intelligence
5 514 (46.14%) Power BI
5 514 (46.14%) Power Platform
6 513 (46.05%) SQL
7 503 (45.15%) Mentoring
7 503 (45.15%) Python
8 502 (45.06%) AI
9 501 (44.97%) Tableau
10 497 (44.61%) CompTIA Security+
11 495 (44.43%) Azure AI
11 495 (44.43%) CompTIA CySA+
11 495 (44.43%) ForeScout
12 34 (3.05%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (2.24%) Degree
14 16 (1.44%) Customer Service
14 16 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (1.44%) Windows
15 15 (1.35%) ERP
16 13 (1.17%) Data Analysis
17 12 (1.08%) Software Testing
18 11 (0.99%) Active Directory
18 11 (0.99%) E-Commerce
19 10 (0.90%) Computer Science
19 10 (0.90%) Data Visualisation
19 10 (0.90%) Incident Management

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 (0.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 517 (46.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.27%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.090%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 998 (89.59%) Azure
2 514 (46.14%) Power Platform
3 495 (44.43%) Azure AI
4 16 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.36%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.27%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.27%) SaaS
7 2 (0.18%) AWS
7 2 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.18%) GCP
7 2 (0.18%) GitHub
7 2 (0.18%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.18%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.18%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.090%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.090%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.45%) VPN
2 4 (0.36%) ADSL
2 4 (0.36%) BGP
2 4 (0.36%) Firewall
2 4 (0.36%) MPLS
2 4 (0.36%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.36%) VoIP
2 4 (0.36%) WAN
2 4 (0.36%) WebEx
3 1 (0.090%) DHCP
3 1 (0.090%) DNS
3 1 (0.090%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.090%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 514 (46.14%) Power BI
2 501 (44.97%) Tableau
3 3 (0.27%) MySQL
4 2 (0.18%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.18%) Looker
4 2 (0.18%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.090%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Selenium
2 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 1,027 (92.19%) Social Skills
2 25 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (1.35%) Finance
4 12 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (0.63%) Law
6 5 (0.45%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.27%) Banking
7 3 (0.27%) Retail
8 2 (0.18%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.18%) Local Government
8 2 (0.18%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.090%) Advertising
9 1 (0.090%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.36%) CSS
1 4 (0.36%) HTML
2 3 (0.27%) Gherkin
2 3 (0.27%) JSON
3 2 (0.18%) Playwright
4 1 (0.090%) ADO
4 1 (0.090%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (1.17%) Management Information System
2 10 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (0.63%) Onboarding
5 5 (0.45%) NHS
6 4 (0.36%) Cyberattack
6 4 (0.36%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.27%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.27%) Social Media
8 2 (0.18%) Cybercrime
8 2 (0.18%) SystemC
9 1 (0.090%) FMCG
9 1 (0.090%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.090%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.44%) Windows
2 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.27%) Android
3 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.18%) Linux
4 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (46.41%) Cybersecurity
2 514 (46.14%) Business Intelligence
3 503 (45.15%) Mentoring
4 502 (45.06%) AI
5 34 (3.05%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (1.44%) Customer Service
7 15 (1.35%) ERP
8 13 (1.17%) Data Analysis
9 12 (1.08%) Software Testing
10 11 (0.99%) E-Commerce
11 10 (0.90%) Computer Science
11 10 (0.90%) Data Visualisation
11 10 (0.90%) Incident Management
11 10 (0.90%) Visualisation
12 9 (0.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (0.81%) Decision-Making
12 9 (0.81%) ITSM
12 9 (0.81%) Mathematics
12 9 (0.81%) Project Delivery
13 8 (0.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 513 (46.05%) SQL
2 503 (45.15%) Python
3 4 (0.36%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.27%) C#
4 3 (0.27%) Java
4 3 (0.27%) PHP
4 3 (0.27%) VBA
5 2 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.18%) R
5 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 990 (88.87%) Azure Certification
2 497 (44.61%) CompTIA Security+
3 495 (44.43%) CompTIA CySA+
4 25 (2.24%) Degree
5 5 (0.45%) AAT
5 5 (0.45%) ACCA
5 5 (0.45%) CIMA
5 5 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (0.36%) A+ Certification
6 4 (0.36%) CCNA
6 4 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.18%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.18%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.090%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (0.63%) QA
2 5 (0.45%) PMO
3 3 (0.27%) SLA
4 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (0.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.18%) Nessus
3 1 (0.090%) Autotask
Vendors
1 1,022 (91.74%) Microsoft
2 495 (44.43%) ForeScout
3 8 (0.72%) SAP
4 7 (0.63%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.36%) Cisco
5 4 (0.36%) Fortinet
5 4 (0.36%) Huawei
5 4 (0.36%) Meraki
5 4 (0.36%) Polycom
6 3 (0.27%) Adobe
6 3 (0.27%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.18%) Google
7 2 (0.18%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.090%) Apple
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle