Junior Analyst Job Trends

Junior Analyst
UK

The median Junior Analyst salary in the UK is £33,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 604 752
Rank change year-on-year +525 +148 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,987 65 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.14% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.29% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 90 38 123
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,000 £21,600
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £29,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.66% +3.57% -18.73%
75th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £35,125
90th Percentile £43,875 £43,750 £59,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +14.81% -4.42%

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 86,877 39,175 97,799
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 89.43% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 58,375 22,028 71,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,890 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.75% +1.78% -6.54%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +430 1,927 £30,000 -3.23% 138
England +498 1,704 £35,000 +12.90% 117
North of England +213 521 £26,000 -23.53% 32
Midlands +158 408 £35,000 +12.90% 23
South East +197 356 £33,250 - 27
Yorkshire +124 306 - - 15
South West +108 239 £30,625 +17.79% 18
East Midlands +98 225 £35,000 +12.90% 14
West Midlands +97 183 £35,000 +7.69% 9
East of England +100 150 £25,250 -22.31% 11
North West +118 143 £28,000 -17.65% 10
Scotland +109 138 £65,000 - 14
Wales - 108 £24,000 - 10
North East - 72 £14,000 - 7
London +15 56 £36,250 +20.83% 13
Northern Ireland - 34 - - 4
Work from Home -3 11 £30,000 +8.11% 13

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 1,892 (95.22%) Microsoft
2 1,874 (94.31%) Azure
3 1,872 (94.21%) Azure Certification
4 965 (48.57%) SQL
5 956 (48.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 955 (48.06%) Business Intelligence
6 955 (48.06%) Power BI
6 955 (48.06%) Power Platform
7 947 (47.66%) Tableau
8 942 (47.41%) Cybersecurity
8 942 (47.41%) Python
9 940 (47.31%) AI
10 938 (47.21%) Mentoring
11 936 (47.11%) Azure AI
11 936 (47.11%) CompTIA CySA+
11 936 (47.11%) CompTIA Security+
11 936 (47.11%) ForeScout
12 31 (1.56%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (0.91%) Degree
14 16 (0.81%) Process Improvement
14 16 (0.81%) Validation
15 14 (0.70%) Data Analysis
15 14 (0.70%) ITSM
15 14 (0.70%) Visualisation
16 12 (0.60%) Computer Science
17 11 (0.55%) Data Validation
18 10 (0.50%) Analytics
18 10 (0.50%) Customer Service
18 10 (0.50%) Data Visualisation
18 10 (0.50%) Microsoft Office

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 (0.15%) IIS
2 1 (0.050%) SharePoint
Applications
1 956 (48.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.10%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.050%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,874 (94.31%) Azure
2 955 (48.06%) Power Platform
3 936 (47.11%) Azure AI
4 7 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.15%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.050%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.050%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.050%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.10%) VPN
1 2 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 955 (48.06%) Power BI
2 947 (47.66%) Tableau
3 9 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.15%) MySQL
5 1 (0.050%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.050%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.050%) Metadata
5 1 (0.050%) SQL Server
General
1 1,906 (95.92%) Social Skills
2 33 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (0.86%) Law
4 12 (0.60%) Finance
5 7 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (0.30%) Manufacturing
7 4 (0.20%) Automotive
8 3 (0.15%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.10%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.10%) Marketing
10 1 (0.050%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.050%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.25%) CSS
1 5 (0.25%) HTML
2 3 (0.15%) JSON
3 1 (0.050%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 16 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (0.50%) Onboarding
3 5 (0.25%) Low-Code
3 5 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (0.15%) NHS
4 3 (0.15%) Social Media
5 2 (0.10%) Life Science
5 2 (0.10%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.10%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.050%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.050%) IoT
6 1 (0.050%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.40%) Windows
2 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 955 (48.06%) Business Intelligence
2 942 (47.41%) Cybersecurity
3 940 (47.31%) AI
4 938 (47.21%) Mentoring
5 31 (1.56%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (0.81%) Process Improvement
6 16 (0.81%) Validation
7 14 (0.70%) Data Analysis
7 14 (0.70%) ITSM
7 14 (0.70%) Visualisation
8 12 (0.60%) Computer Science
9 11 (0.55%) Data Validation
10 10 (0.50%) Analytics
10 10 (0.50%) Customer Service
10 10 (0.50%) Data Visualisation
11 8 (0.40%) End-to-End Testing
11 8 (0.40%) Incident Management
11 8 (0.40%) ITIL
11 8 (0.40%) Mathematics
11 8 (0.40%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 965 (48.57%) SQL
2 942 (47.41%) Python
3 5 (0.25%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.15%) PHP
4 3 (0.15%) R
4 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,872 (94.21%) Azure Certification
2 936 (47.11%) CompTIA CySA+
2 936 (47.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 18 (0.91%) Degree
4 2 (0.10%) AAT
4 2 (0.10%) ACCA
4 2 (0.10%) CIMA
4 2 (0.10%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.10%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.050%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.25%) Data Quality
2 4 (0.20%) SLA
3 3 (0.15%) PMO
4 2 (0.10%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.10%) QA
5 1 (0.050%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.050%) Autotask
1 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,892 (95.22%) Microsoft
2 936 (47.11%) ForeScout
3 9 (0.45%) Oracle
4 8 (0.40%) SAP
4 8 (0.40%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.20%) BMC
5 4 (0.20%) Remedy
6 3 (0.15%) Adobe
7 1 (0.050%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.050%) Charles River
7 1 (0.050%) FNZ
7 1 (0.050%) MarketAxess
7 1 (0.050%) Progress
7 1 (0.050%) SimCorp
7 1 (0.050%) Tradeweb