Junior Analyst Jobs

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 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 708 697 897
Rank change year-on-year -11 +200 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 134 191 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.26% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 110 152 310
10th Percentile £23,000 £22,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £25,813 £28,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £30,578 £30,000
% change year-on-year -10.07% +1.93% +15.38%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Analyst in the UK

Junior Analyst
Top 15 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 26 July 2024. 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 -26 124 £30,000 -14.29% 10
UK excluding London -64 73 £27,500 -10.07% 15
London +58 57 £40,000 - 2
Work from Home +14 39 £33,750 -3.57% 3
Midlands -30 20 £32,500 -7.14% 1
South East -1 16 £27,000 +14.89% 2
North of England -11 15 £24,000 -25.58% 5
North West -16 13 £23,000 -28.13% 1
East Midlands -18 13 £35,000 -
East of England -4 8 £27,250 +13.54%
South West -7 7 £26,500 -9.77% 1
West Midlands -22 7 £26,500 -22.06% 1
Wales +33 5 £32,500 - 3
Yorkshire +55 2 £30,000 -7.69% 2
Scotland -44 2 £22,500 -33.82% 2

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 47 (35.07%) Microsoft
2 39 (29.10%) Social Skills
3 26 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (17.91%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (16.42%) SQL
5 22 (16.42%) Finance
6 20 (14.93%) Windows
7 19 (14.18%) Degree
7 19 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (11.94%) Power Platform
8 16 (11.94%) Microsoft Excel
8 16 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (11.94%) Power BI
8 16 (11.94%) Azure
9 14 (10.45%) Active Directory
9 14 (10.45%) Data Analysis
10 13 (9.70%) Microsoft Office
10 13 (9.70%) SQL Server
10 13 (9.70%) Analytics
10 13 (9.70%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (8.96%) Visualisation
11 12 (8.96%) Legal
12 11 (8.21%) Law
12 11 (8.21%) ITIL
13 10 (7.46%) Business Analysis
13 10 (7.46%) Agile
13 10 (7.46%) Entra ID
13 10 (7.46%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (6.72%) Information Security

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 8 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (11.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (9.70%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) iTrent
2 1 (0.75%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.75%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (11.94%) Azure
2 16 (11.94%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.46%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (7.46%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.99%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.75%) AWS
5 1 (0.75%) Figma
5 1 (0.75%) GitHub
5 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.72%) Firewall
2 8 (5.97%) Internet
2 8 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.99%) Network Security
4 3 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.49%) Wireless
6 1 (0.75%) Intranet
6 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.94%) Power BI
2 13 (9.70%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (4.48%) Tableau
5 4 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.24%) Data Mining
6 3 (2.24%) KDB
6 3 (2.24%) MySQL
6 3 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.75%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (3.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.75%) Selenium
2 1 (0.75%) WebDriver
General
1 39 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (16.42%) Finance
3 12 (8.96%) Legal
4 11 (8.21%) Law
5 6 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.73%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.99%) Back Office
8 3 (2.24%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.49%) Front Office
9 2 (1.49%) Korean Language
10 1 (0.75%) Banking
10 1 (0.75%) Billing
10 1 (0.75%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.75%) Police
10 1 (0.75%) Publishing
10 1 (0.75%) Retail
10 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.72%) EDI
2 3 (2.24%) RESTful
3 2 (1.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.22%) Replication
2 5 (3.73%) Cyberattack
2 5 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.24%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.24%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.24%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.49%) VWAP
6 1 (0.75%) CCTV
6 1 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.75%) Life Science
6 1 (0.75%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.93%) Windows
2 8 (5.97%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (5.22%) Linux
3 7 (5.22%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (17.91%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (10.45%) Data Analysis
5 13 (9.70%) Analytics
6 12 (8.96%) Visualisation
7 11 (8.21%) ITIL
8 10 (7.46%) Agile
8 10 (7.46%) Business Analysis
9 9 (6.72%) Information Security
10 8 (5.97%) Computer Science
10 8 (5.97%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (5.97%) Decision-Making
10 8 (5.97%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (5.97%) Project Management
11 7 (5.22%) Customer Service
11 7 (5.22%) Data Modelling
11 7 (5.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 6 (4.48%) ERP
12 6 (4.48%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.42%) SQL
2 7 (5.22%) Python
3 6 (4.48%) R
4 5 (3.73%) Java
5 3 (2.24%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.49%) C#
6 2 (1.49%) VB
6 2 (1.49%) VBA
7 1 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (14.18%) Degree
2 3 (2.24%) CEH
2 3 (2.24%) CISM
2 3 (2.24%) CISSP
2 3 (2.24%) OSCP
2 3 (2.24%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.49%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.75%) ACCA
4 1 (0.75%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.75%) CIMA
4 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.75%) MCDST
4 1 (0.75%) MCP
4 1 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.73%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.24%) GDPR
3 3 (2.24%) NIST
4 2 (1.49%) SLA
5 1 (0.75%) GRC
5 1 (0.75%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.75%) PSD2
System Software
1 14 (10.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (5.22%) PaperCut
2 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (35.07%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.22%) BT
2 7 (5.22%) Canon
2 7 (5.22%) Cisco
2 7 (5.22%) Veeam
3 5 (3.73%) YouTube
4 4 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.24%) MicroStrategy
5 3 (2.24%) SAP
6 2 (1.49%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.49%) Google
7 1 (0.75%) Aderant
7 1 (0.75%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.75%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.75%) Intapp
7 1 (0.75%) Okta
7 1 (0.75%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.75%) Workday