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 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 602 692
Rank change year-on-year +504 +90 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,519 69 140
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.05% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 73 39 110
10th Percentile £24,000 £21,250 £21,000
25th Percentile £26,000 £23,563 £23,194
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £26,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -8.77% -12.31%
75th Percentile £37,500 £32,063 £46,625
90th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £25,500 £26,250
% change year-on-year +17.65% -2.86% -6.25%

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 68,062 39,531 79,680
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 90.64% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,433 22,967 61,167
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,869 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +412 1,466 £30,000 +17.65% 22
England +451 1,303 £35,000 +29.63% 26
North of England +183 396 £21,000 -25.99% 8
Midlands +155 314 £35,000 +45.83% 5
South East +177 272 £30,500 - 8
Yorkshire +108 235 £14,000 -48.86% 3
South West +115 178 £32,500 +25.00%
East Midlands +72 168 £35,000 +46.60% 4
West Midlands +118 146 £35,000 -12.50% 1
East of England +100 109 £22,500 -21.74% 2
North West +87 108 £39,000 +14.71% 4
Scotland +74 104 - -
Wales - 83 £24,000 -
North East +31 53 £14,000 - 1
London +36 49 £36,875 +22.92% 10
Northern Ireland - 26 - -
Work from Home +24 10 £30,000 +12.15% 12

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

For the 6 months to 14 March 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 1,442 (94.93%) Microsoft
2 1,434 (94.40%) Azure
3 1,432 (94.27%) Azure Certification
4 740 (48.72%) SQL
5 729 (47.99%) Business Intelligence
5 729 (47.99%) Microsoft Excel
6 726 (47.79%) Power BI
6 726 (47.79%) Power Platform
7 722 (47.53%) Mentoring
8 721 (47.47%) Tableau
9 720 (47.40%) Python
10 717 (47.20%) AI
10 717 (47.20%) Cybersecurity
11 716 (47.14%) Azure AI
11 716 (47.14%) CompTIA CySA+
11 716 (47.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 716 (47.14%) ForeScout
12 30 (1.97%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (1.25%) Degree
13 19 (1.25%) Validation
14 15 (0.99%) Process Improvement
15 13 (0.86%) ITSM
16 12 (0.79%) Data Validation
17 11 (0.72%) Oracle
18 10 (0.66%) Analytics
18 10 (0.66%) End-to-End Testing
18 10 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
18 10 (0.66%) System Testing
19 9 (0.59%) Computer Science
19 9 (0.59%) Customer Service

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 1 (0.066%) Confluence
1 1 (0.066%) SharePoint
Applications
1 729 (47.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.066%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.066%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1,434 (94.40%) Azure
2 726 (47.79%) Power Platform
3 716 (47.14%) Azure AI
4 8 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.20%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.066%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.066%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.066%) VPN
1 1 (0.066%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 726 (47.79%) Power BI
2 721 (47.47%) Tableau
3 10 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.066%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.066%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.066%) Metadata
5 1 (0.066%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.066%) JIRA
General
1 1,465 (96.45%) Social Skills
2 34 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (0.99%) Law
4 12 (0.79%) Finance
4 12 (0.79%) Manufacturing
5 7 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (0.33%) Advertising
7 4 (0.26%) Automotive
8 2 (0.13%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.13%) Marketing
8 2 (0.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.066%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.13%) CSS
1 2 (0.13%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (0.33%) Low-Code
2 5 (0.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.13%) IoT
4 2 (0.13%) Life Science
4 2 (0.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.46%) Windows
2 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.066%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 729 (47.99%) Business Intelligence
2 722 (47.53%) Mentoring
3 717 (47.20%) AI
3 717 (47.20%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (1.97%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (1.25%) Validation
6 15 (0.99%) Process Improvement
7 13 (0.86%) ITSM
8 12 (0.79%) Data Validation
9 10 (0.66%) Analytics
9 10 (0.66%) End-to-End Testing
9 10 (0.66%) System Testing
10 9 (0.59%) Computer Science
10 9 (0.59%) Customer Service
10 9 (0.59%) Incident Management
10 9 (0.59%) ITIL
11 8 (0.53%) Agile
11 8 (0.53%) Data Analysis
11 8 (0.53%) Service Delivery
11 8 (0.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 740 (48.72%) SQL
2 720 (47.40%) Python
3 3 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.20%) R
3 3 (0.20%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1,432 (94.27%) Azure Certification
2 716 (47.14%) CompTIA CySA+
2 716 (47.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (1.25%) Degree
4 3 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.13%) SLA
3 1 (0.066%) GDPR
3 1 (0.066%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.066%) NIST
3 1 (0.066%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,442 (94.93%) Microsoft
2 716 (47.14%) ForeScout
3 11 (0.72%) Oracle
4 9 (0.59%) ServiceNow
5 7 (0.46%) BMC
5 7 (0.46%) Remedy
6 1 (0.066%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.066%) Charles River
6 1 (0.066%) FNZ
6 1 (0.066%) IBM
6 1 (0.066%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.066%) Progress
6 1 (0.066%) SimCorp
6 1 (0.066%) Tradeweb