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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 606 747
Rank change year-on-year +529 +141 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,881 67 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.02% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 94 40 126
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,000 £21,625
25th Percentile £28,031 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £29,000 £27,854
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% +4.12% -19.15%
75th Percentile £39,688 £36,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £44,125 £55,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £31,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% +14.81% -6.48%

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 87,334 39,784 101,964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 89.45% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 59,870 22,508 73,554
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £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 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 14 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 14 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 +422 1,821 £32,500 +4.84% 54
England +484 1,612 £35,000 +12.90% 51
North of England +228 494 £50,000 +47.06% 15
Midlands +163 383 £35,000 +10.24% 3
South East +202 334 £33,250 +20.91% 13
Yorkshire +121 290 £65,000 - 4
South West +104 228 £33,750 +29.81% 9
East Midlands +93 212 £35,000 +12.90%
West Midlands +105 171 £35,000 +7.69% 3
East of England +99 142 £25,250 -22.31% 6
North West +108 136 £39,000 +14.71% 7
Scotland +117 132 £65,000 - 1
Wales - 102 £24,000 - 4
North East - 68 £14,000 - 4
London +13 56 £37,500 +7.14% 14
Northern Ireland - 32 - - 3
Work from Home -10 11 £30,000 +9.09% 7

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 1,782 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 1,764 (93.78%) Azure
3 1,762 (93.67%) Azure Certification
4 906 (48.17%) SQL
5 902 (47.95%) Microsoft Excel
6 901 (47.90%) Business Intelligence
6 901 (47.90%) Power BI
6 901 (47.90%) Power Platform
7 896 (47.63%) Cybersecurity
8 892 (47.42%) Tableau
9 887 (47.16%) Python
10 885 (47.05%) AI
11 883 (46.94%) Mentoring
12 881 (46.84%) Azure AI
12 881 (46.84%) CompTIA CySA+
12 881 (46.84%) CompTIA Security+
12 881 (46.84%) ForeScout
13 27 (1.44%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (0.96%) Degree
15 14 (0.74%) ITSM
15 14 (0.74%) Visualisation
16 13 (0.69%) Data Analysis
16 13 (0.69%) Process Improvement
17 12 (0.64%) Computer Science
17 12 (0.64%) Validation
18 10 (0.53%) Analytics
18 10 (0.53%) Customer Service
18 10 (0.53%) Data Visualisation
19 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
20 8 (0.43%) 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
2 1 (0.053%) SharePoint
Applications
1 902 (47.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.053%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.16%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.053%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,764 (93.78%) Azure
2 901 (47.90%) Power Platform
3 881 (46.84%) Azure AI
4 7 (0.37%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.16%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.053%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.053%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.053%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.11%) VPN
1 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 901 (47.90%) Power BI
2 892 (47.42%) Tableau
3 6 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.16%) MySQL
5 1 (0.053%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.053%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.053%) Metadata
5 1 (0.053%) SQL Server
General
1 1,797 (95.53%) Social Skills
2 29 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (0.74%) Law
4 13 (0.69%) Finance
5 6 (0.32%) Manufacturing
5 6 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (0.21%) Automotive
7 3 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.11%) Marketing
9 1 (0.053%) Documentation Skills
9 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
Miscellaneous
1 15 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (0.53%) Onboarding
3 6 (0.32%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (0.27%) Low-Code
5 3 (0.16%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.16%) NHS
5 3 (0.16%) Social Media
6 2 (0.11%) Life Science
6 2 (0.11%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.053%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.053%) IoT
7 1 (0.053%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.43%) Windows
2 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 901 (47.90%) Business Intelligence
2 896 (47.63%) Cybersecurity
3 885 (47.05%) AI
4 883 (46.94%) Mentoring
5 27 (1.44%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (0.74%) ITSM
6 14 (0.74%) Visualisation
7 13 (0.69%) Data Analysis
7 13 (0.69%) Process Improvement
8 12 (0.64%) Computer Science
8 12 (0.64%) Validation
9 10 (0.53%) Analytics
9 10 (0.53%) Customer Service
9 10 (0.53%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (0.43%) Incident Management
10 8 (0.43%) ITIL
10 8 (0.43%) Mathematics
11 7 (0.37%) Data Validation
11 7 (0.37%) Service Delivery
12 6 (0.32%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 906 (48.17%) SQL
2 887 (47.16%) 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
Qualifications
1 1,762 (93.67%) Azure Certification
2 881 (46.84%) CompTIA CySA+
2 881 (46.84%) CompTIA Security+
3 18 (0.96%) Degree
4 3 (0.16%) AAT
4 3 (0.16%) ACCA
4 3 (0.16%) CIMA
5 2 (0.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.11%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.053%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.27%) Data Quality
2 4 (0.21%) SLA
3 3 (0.16%) PMO
4 2 (0.11%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.11%) QA
5 1 (0.053%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.053%) Autotask
1 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,782 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 881 (46.84%) ForeScout
3 8 (0.43%) SAP
3 8 (0.43%) ServiceNow
4 6 (0.32%) Oracle
5 4 (0.21%) BMC
5 4 (0.21%) Remedy
6 3 (0.16%) Adobe
7 1 (0.053%) Bloomberg
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