Junior Analyst Jobs

Junior Analyst
UK

The median Junior Analyst salary in the UK is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 764 770
Rank change year-on-year +141 +6 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 69 132 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 41 115 163
10th Percentile £23,125 £23,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £23,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £28,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -15.15% +1.54%
75th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £45,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,000 £26,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% -5.36% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Junior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Junior Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Analyst in the UK

Junior Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Analyst.

Salary trend for Junior Analyst in the UK

Junior Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Analyst in the UK

Junior Analyst
Top 14 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 1 May 2025. 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
England +115 59 £27,000 -3.57% 43
UK excluding London +157 40 £26,000 -1.89% 18
London +100 26 £30,000 -22.58% 33
Work from Home +185 23 £27,500 -26.67% 20
Midlands +84 19 £24,000 +2.67% 5
East Midlands +57 13 £24,000 +9.09% 4
Scotland +133 7 £35,000 +40.00% 1
North of England +72 7 £28,000 -1.75% 2
West Midlands +45 6 £33,000 +22.22% 1
South West +103 5 £26,000 -1.89%
North West +24 5 £34,000 +34.65% 2
Yorkshire +71 2 £26,000 -52.73%
South East +86 1 - - 9
East of England +48 1 £35,000 +32.08% 1

Junior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Junior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Junior Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 27 (39.13%) Finance
3 19 (27.54%) Microsoft
3 19 (27.54%) Windows
3 19 (27.54%) Degree
3 19 (27.54%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (24.64%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (23.19%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (17.39%) Python
7 11 (15.94%) SIEM
8 10 (14.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (14.49%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (14.49%) Creative Thinking
8 10 (14.49%) Incident Response
8 10 (14.49%) OSCP
8 10 (14.49%) Marketing
8 10 (14.49%) GCIA
8 10 (14.49%) SQL
8 10 (14.49%) Project Management
8 10 (14.49%) CISSP
9 9 (13.04%) SAN
9 9 (13.04%) GCIH
9 9 (13.04%) Firewall
9 9 (13.04%) CEH
9 9 (13.04%) Podcast
9 9 (13.04%) Hedge funds
9 9 (13.04%) PowerShell
9 9 (13.04%) Customer Experience
9 9 (13.04%) Accessibility

Junior Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.35%) Confluence
3 2 (2.90%) IIS
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.45%) Moodle
4 1 (1.45%) Totara
Applications
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 19 (27.54%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.14%) Azure
3 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.45%) AWS
4 1 (1.45%) Boomi
4 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.45%) GCP
4 1 (1.45%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.45%) PaaS
4 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.04%) Firewall
1 9 (13.04%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Power BI
2 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.45%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.45%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.45%) Postman
2 1 (1.45%) RStudio
2 1 (1.45%) YouTrack
General
1 32 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 27 (39.13%) Finance
3 17 (24.64%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.49%) Marketing
5 6 (8.70%) Law
6 2 (2.90%) Legal
7 1 (1.45%) Local Government
7 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) JSON
1 1 (1.45%) ODBC
1 1 (1.45%) REST
1 1 (1.45%) SOAP
1 1 (1.45%) Web Services
1 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Hedge funds
1 9 (13.04%) Podcast
2 4 (5.80%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.90%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.45%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (27.54%) Windows
2 5 (7.25%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.80%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.45%) Linux
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (23.19%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (15.94%) SIEM
4 10 (14.49%) Creative Thinking
4 10 (14.49%) Incident Response
4 10 (14.49%) Project Management
5 9 (13.04%) Analytical Thinking
5 9 (13.04%) Customer Experience
6 8 (11.59%) Customer Service
6 8 (11.59%) ITIL
7 6 (8.70%) Change Management
7 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (8.70%) Content Management
7 6 (8.70%) ERP
8 5 (7.25%) Data Privacy
8 5 (7.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (7.25%) Impact Assessments
8 5 (7.25%) Journey Map
8 5 (7.25%) Project Delivery
8 5 (7.25%) User Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.39%) Python
2 10 (14.49%) SQL
3 9 (13.04%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.90%) C#
4 2 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.45%) Java
5 1 (1.45%) R
5 1 (1.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (27.54%) Degree
2 10 (14.49%) CISSP
2 10 (14.49%) CompTIA Security+
2 10 (14.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (14.49%) GCIA
2 10 (14.49%) OSCP
3 9 (13.04%) CEH
3 9 (13.04%) GCIH
3 9 (13.04%) SANS
4 7 (10.14%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.80%) QA
3 3 (4.35%) PMO
4 1 (1.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.45%) NCSC
4 1 (1.45%) NIST
4 1 (1.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (27.54%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 5 (7.25%) SAP
5 1 (1.45%) Aderant
5 1 (1.45%) Apple
5 1 (1.45%) Dell
5 1 (1.45%) Google
5 1 (1.45%) iManage
5 1 (1.45%) Informatica
5 1 (1.45%) Intapp
5 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft