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 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 611 737
Rank change year-on-year +524 +126 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,885 67 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.95% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 97 43 123
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,200 £22,200
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -20.18%
75th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £48,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £29,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year +12.07% +7.41% -5.26%

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 90,943 42,123 100,042
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 89.80% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 62,442 24,434 72,102
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,745 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.09% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% - -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 2 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 2 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 +435 1,823 £32,500 +12.07% 150
England +486 1,616 £35,000 +14.75% 139
North of England +230 495 £45,625 +62.95% 32
Midlands +167 380 £35,000 +12.90% 25
South East +205 334 £31,500 +14.55% 33
Yorkshire +131 292 £45,625 - 14
South West +107 230 £35,000 +34.62% 16
East Midlands +101 210 £32,500 +4.84% 16
West Midlands +101 170 £36,000 +23.08% 9
East of England +101 144 £25,250 -22.31% 20
North West +116 135 £65,000 +132.14% 13
Scotland +113 133 £65,000 - 12
Wales - 101 £24,000 - 9
North East - 68 £14,000 - 5
London +8 56 £37,500 -16.67% 22
Northern Ireland - 32 - - 4
Work from Home -28 13 £30,000 +9.09% 12

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 1,786 (94.75%) Microsoft
2 1,766 (93.69%) Azure
3 1,762 (93.47%) Azure Certification
4 904 (47.96%) Microsoft Excel
5 903 (47.90%) Business Intelligence
5 903 (47.90%) Power BI
5 903 (47.90%) Power Platform
6 902 (47.85%) SQL
7 899 (47.69%) Cybersecurity
8 892 (47.32%) Tableau
9 888 (47.11%) Python
10 887 (47.06%) AI
11 884 (46.90%) Mentoring
12 881 (46.74%) Azure AI
12 881 (46.74%) CompTIA CySA+
12 881 (46.74%) CompTIA Security+
12 881 (46.74%) ForeScout
13 24 (1.27%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (1.11%) Degree
15 15 (0.80%) ITSM
16 14 (0.74%) Visualisation
17 13 (0.69%) Customer Service
17 13 (0.69%) Data Analysis
18 12 (0.64%) Computer Science
19 11 (0.58%) Process Improvement
19 11 (0.58%) Windows
20 10 (0.53%) Analytics
20 10 (0.53%) Data Visualisation
20 10 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
21 9 (0.48%) 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 3 (0.16%) IIS
1 3 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 904 (47.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.053%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.27%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.053%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,766 (93.69%) Azure
2 903 (47.90%) Power Platform
3 881 (46.74%) Azure AI
4 10 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.16%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.16%) Smartsheet
6 2 (0.11%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.053%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.053%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.21%) VPN
2 2 (0.11%) ADSL
2 2 (0.11%) BGP
2 2 (0.11%) Firewall
2 2 (0.11%) MPLS
2 2 (0.11%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.11%) VoIP
2 2 (0.11%) WAN
2 2 (0.11%) WebEx
2 2 (0.11%) Wireless
3 1 (0.053%) DHCP
3 1 (0.053%) DNS
3 1 (0.053%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 903 (47.90%) Power BI
2 892 (47.32%) Tableau
3 3 (0.16%) MySQL
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.053%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.053%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.053%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (0.053%) Selenium
1 1 (0.053%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,801 (95.54%) Social Skills
2 24 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (0.85%) Finance
4 10 (0.53%) Law
5 6 (0.32%) Manufacturing
6 5 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (0.21%) Automotive
8 3 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.11%) Banking
9 2 (0.11%) Marketing
9 2 (0.11%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.053%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.053%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.27%) CSS
1 5 (0.27%) HTML
2 3 (0.16%) JSON
3 1 (0.053%) ADO
3 1 (0.053%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 15 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (0.64%) Onboarding
3 10 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (0.37%) Management Information System
5 5 (0.27%) Low-Code
6 3 (0.16%) NHS
6 3 (0.16%) Social Media
7 2 (0.11%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.11%) Life Science
7 2 (0.11%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.053%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.053%) IoT
8 1 (0.053%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.58%) Windows
2 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.11%) Android
4 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 903 (47.90%) Business Intelligence
2 899 (47.69%) Cybersecurity
3 887 (47.06%) AI
4 884 (46.90%) Mentoring
5 24 (1.27%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (0.80%) ITSM
7 14 (0.74%) Visualisation
8 13 (0.69%) Customer Service
8 13 (0.69%) Data Analysis
9 12 (0.64%) Computer Science
10 11 (0.58%) Process Improvement
11 10 (0.53%) Analytics
11 10 (0.53%) Data Visualisation
12 9 (0.48%) Incident Management
12 9 (0.48%) ITIL
12 9 (0.48%) Mathematics
13 8 (0.42%) Validation
14 7 (0.37%) Service Management
14 7 (0.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 6 (0.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 902 (47.85%) SQL
2 888 (47.11%) Python
3 5 (0.27%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.16%) PHP
4 3 (0.16%) R
4 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.16%) VBA
5 1 (0.053%) C#
5 1 (0.053%) Java
Qualifications
1 1,762 (93.47%) Azure Certification
2 881 (46.74%) CompTIA CySA+
2 881 (46.74%) CompTIA Security+
3 21 (1.11%) Degree
4 5 (0.27%) AAT
4 5 (0.27%) ACCA
4 5 (0.27%) CIMA
5 3 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.11%) CCNA
6 2 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.11%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (0.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.053%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.27%) Data Quality
1 5 (0.27%) PMO
2 4 (0.21%) SLA
3 3 (0.16%) QA
4 2 (0.11%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.053%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.053%) Autotask
Vendors
1 1,786 (94.75%) Microsoft
2 881 (46.74%) ForeScout
3 9 (0.48%) ServiceNow
4 8 (0.42%) SAP
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe
5 3 (0.16%) BMC
5 3 (0.16%) Remedy
6 2 (0.11%) Cisco
6 2 (0.11%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.11%) Huawei
6 2 (0.11%) Meraki
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle
6 2 (0.11%) Polycom
6 2 (0.11%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.053%) Charles River
7 1 (0.053%) FNZ
7 1 (0.053%) MarketAxess
7 1 (0.053%) Progress
7 1 (0.053%) SimCorp
7 1 (0.053%) Tradeweb