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 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 590 654
Rank change year-on-year +377 +64 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,011 83 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 103 67 96
10th Percentile £25,675 £21,700 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,875 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £40,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £44,750 £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 105,685 44,574 74,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 89.72% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 72,853 26,277 45,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £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 £77,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
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 10 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 10 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 +339 974 £30,000 +9.09% 72
England +342 871 £30,000 -3.23% 70
North of England +158 275 £30,000 +10.09% 19
Midlands +111 197 £35,000 +7.69% 10
South East +115 169 £27,500 - 17
Yorkshire +85 152 £43,125 +48.39% 9
South West +30 126 £33,750 +29.81% 9
East Midlands +62 107 £35,000 +2.94% 4
West Midlands +55 90 £35,000 +7.69% 6
North West +63 88 £30,000 +10.09% 9
East of England +51 83 £30,000 -7.69% 10
Scotland +74 69 £65,000 - 4
Wales -24 53 £26,750 -23.57% 3
London -49 35 £30,500 -4.72% 12
North East - 35 - - 1
Work from Home -41 19 £27,500 - 17
Northern Ireland - 18 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 914 (90.41%) Microsoft
2 888 (87.83%) Azure
3 880 (87.04%) Azure Certification
4 463 (45.80%) Cybersecurity
4 463 (45.80%) Microsoft Excel
5 461 (45.60%) Business Intelligence
5 461 (45.60%) Power BI
5 461 (45.60%) Power Platform
6 460 (45.50%) SQL
7 449 (44.41%) Mentoring
8 448 (44.31%) Python
9 447 (44.21%) AI
10 446 (44.11%) Tableau
11 442 (43.72%) CompTIA Security+
12 440 (43.52%) Azure AI
12 440 (43.52%) CompTIA CySA+
12 440 (43.52%) ForeScout
13 38 (3.76%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (2.67%) Degree
15 19 (1.88%) Customer Service
16 16 (1.58%) ERP
16 16 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
16 16 (1.58%) Windows
17 13 (1.29%) Data Analysis
17 13 (1.29%) Software Testing
18 12 (1.19%) E-Commerce
19 11 (1.09%) Active Directory
19 11 (1.09%) Computer Science
19 11 (1.09%) Incident Management
19 11 (1.09%) 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 5 (0.49%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 463 (45.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.30%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.099%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.099%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 888 (87.83%) Azure
2 461 (45.60%) Power Platform
3 440 (43.52%) Azure AI
4 16 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.40%) Entra ID
5 4 (0.40%) SaaS
6 3 (0.30%) GitHub
6 3 (0.30%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.20%) AWS
7 2 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.20%) GCP
7 2 (0.20%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.20%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.20%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.099%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.099%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.49%) VPN
2 4 (0.40%) ADSL
2 4 (0.40%) BGP
2 4 (0.40%) Firewall
2 4 (0.40%) MPLS
2 4 (0.40%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.40%) VoIP
2 4 (0.40%) WAN
2 4 (0.40%) WebEx
3 1 (0.099%) DHCP
3 1 (0.099%) DNS
3 1 (0.099%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.099%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 461 (45.60%) Power BI
2 446 (44.11%) Tableau
3 3 (0.30%) MySQL
4 2 (0.20%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.20%) Looker
4 2 (0.20%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.099%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.099%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Selenium
2 3 (0.30%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.20%) JIRA
General
1 922 (91.20%) Social Skills
2 28 (2.77%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (1.58%) Finance
4 15 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (0.69%) Law
6 5 (0.49%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.30%) Banking
7 3 (0.30%) Retail
8 2 (0.20%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.20%) Local Government
8 2 (0.20%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.099%) Advertising
9 1 (0.099%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.40%) CSS
1 4 (0.40%) HTML
2 3 (0.30%) Gherkin
2 3 (0.30%) JSON
3 2 (0.20%) Playwright
4 1 (0.099%) ADO
4 1 (0.099%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (1.38%) Management Information System
2 10 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (0.69%) Onboarding
5 5 (0.49%) NHS
6 4 (0.40%) Cyberattack
6 4 (0.40%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.30%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.30%) Social Media
8 2 (0.20%) Cybercrime
8 2 (0.20%) SystemC
9 1 (0.099%) FMCG
9 1 (0.099%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.099%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.58%) Windows
2 4 (0.40%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.30%) Android
3 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.20%) Linux
4 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (45.80%) Cybersecurity
2 461 (45.60%) Business Intelligence
3 449 (44.41%) Mentoring
4 447 (44.21%) AI
5 38 (3.76%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (1.88%) Customer Service
7 16 (1.58%) ERP
8 13 (1.29%) Data Analysis
8 13 (1.29%) Software Testing
9 12 (1.19%) E-Commerce
10 11 (1.09%) Computer Science
10 11 (1.09%) Incident Management
11 10 (0.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (0.99%) Data Visualisation
11 10 (0.99%) Project Delivery
11 10 (0.99%) Visualisation
12 9 (0.89%) Analytics
12 9 (0.89%) Decision-Making
12 9 (0.89%) ITSM
12 9 (0.89%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 460 (45.50%) SQL
2 448 (44.31%) Python
3 4 (0.40%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.30%) C#
4 3 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.30%) Java
4 3 (0.30%) PHP
4 3 (0.30%) VBA
5 2 (0.20%) R
5 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 880 (87.04%) Azure Certification
2 442 (43.72%) CompTIA Security+
3 440 (43.52%) CompTIA CySA+
4 27 (2.67%) Degree
5 5 (0.49%) AAT
5 5 (0.49%) ACCA
5 5 (0.49%) CIMA
5 5 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (0.40%) A+ Certification
6 4 (0.40%) CCNA
6 4 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.20%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.20%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.099%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.099%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.099%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (0.69%) QA
2 6 (0.59%) PMO
3 3 (0.30%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.30%) SLA
4 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (1.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.20%) Nessus
3 1 (0.099%) Autotask
Vendors
1 914 (90.41%) Microsoft
2 440 (43.52%) ForeScout
3 8 (0.79%) SAP
4 7 (0.69%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.40%) Cisco
5 4 (0.40%) Fortinet
5 4 (0.40%) Huawei
5 4 (0.40%) Meraki
5 4 (0.40%) Polycom
6 3 (0.30%) Adobe
6 3 (0.30%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.20%) Google
7 2 (0.20%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.099%) Apple
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle