Junior Analyst Job Trends

Junior Analyst
UK

The median Junior Analyst salary in the UK is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 612 703
Rank change year-on-year +493 +91 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,666 75 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.61% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 96 54 110
10th Percentile £25,625 £23,081 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £38,797 £35,750 £39,688
90th Percentile £65,000 £47,125 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -11.70%

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 97,516 44,723 79,510
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 90.09% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 66,672 26,642 54,124
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +431 1,617 £30,000 - 63
England +463 1,434 £31,000 +3.33% 57
North of England +228 448 £30,000 +11.11% 18
Midlands +159 336 £34,500 +6.15% 9
South East +184 293 £31,500 +5.00% 14
Yorkshire +123 258 £26,250 -9.68% 6
South West +87 200 £35,000 +34.62% 6
East Midlands +91 185 £30,000 -3.23% 4
West Midlands +91 151 £36,000 +10.77% 5
North West +111 131 £30,000 +11.11% 11
East of England +91 130 £28,500 -12.31% 7
Scotland +105 117 £65,000 - 3
Wales +16 86 £43,750 +25.00% 6
North East - 59 - - 1
London -6 47 £36,875 -18.06% 11
Northern Ireland - 29 - - 1
Work from Home -26 17 £28,500 +3.64% 8

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 1,567 (94.06%) Microsoft
2 1,550 (93.04%) Azure
3 1,542 (92.56%) Azure Certification
4 796 (47.78%) Microsoft Excel
5 791 (47.48%) Business Intelligence
5 791 (47.48%) Cybersecurity
5 791 (47.48%) Power BI
5 791 (47.48%) Power Platform
6 790 (47.42%) SQL
7 781 (46.88%) Tableau
8 780 (46.82%) Python
9 777 (46.64%) AI
9 777 (46.64%) Mentoring
10 773 (46.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 771 (46.28%) Azure AI
11 771 (46.28%) CompTIA CySA+
11 771 (46.28%) ForeScout
12 34 (2.04%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (1.50%) Degree
14 14 (0.84%) Visualisation
15 13 (0.78%) Computer Science
15 13 (0.78%) Data Analysis
15 13 (0.78%) Windows
16 12 (0.72%) ERP
16 12 (0.72%) ITSM
16 12 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (0.72%) Process Improvement
17 11 (0.66%) Mathematics
18 10 (0.60%) Customer Service
18 10 (0.60%) Data Visualisation

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 4 (0.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 796 (47.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.060%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.060%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.060%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,550 (93.04%) Azure
2 791 (47.48%) Power Platform
3 771 (46.28%) Azure AI
4 12 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.24%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.18%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.18%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.12%) AWS
7 2 (0.12%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.12%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.12%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.060%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.30%) VPN
2 4 (0.24%) ADSL
2 4 (0.24%) BGP
2 4 (0.24%) Firewall
2 4 (0.24%) MPLS
2 4 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.24%) VoIP
2 4 (0.24%) WAN
2 4 (0.24%) WebEx
3 1 (0.060%) DHCP
3 1 (0.060%) DNS
3 1 (0.060%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.060%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 791 (47.48%) Power BI
2 781 (46.88%) Tableau
3 3 (0.18%) MySQL
4 2 (0.12%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.060%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (0.30%) Selenium
2 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.060%) JIRA
General
1 1,578 (94.72%) Social Skills
2 25 (1.50%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (0.84%) Finance
4 9 (0.54%) Law
5 6 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (0.30%) Manufacturing
7 4 (0.24%) Automotive
8 3 (0.18%) Banking
9 2 (0.12%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.12%) Marketing
9 2 (0.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.12%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.060%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.060%) Local Government
10 1 (0.060%) Military
10 1 (0.060%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.30%) CSS
1 5 (0.30%) HTML
2 3 (0.18%) Gherkin
2 3 (0.18%) JSON
3 2 (0.12%) Playwright
4 1 (0.060%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 14 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (0.60%) Management Information System
2 10 (0.60%) Onboarding
2 10 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (0.24%) Data Centre
3 4 (0.24%) NHS
4 3 (0.18%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (0.18%) Low-Code
4 3 (0.18%) Social Media
5 2 (0.12%) Cyberattack
5 2 (0.12%) Cybercrime
5 2 (0.12%) Life Science
6 1 (0.060%) FMCG
6 1 (0.060%) IoT
6 1 (0.060%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.060%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.78%) Windows
2 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.18%) Android
3 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.12%) Linux
4 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (47.48%) Business Intelligence
1 791 (47.48%) Cybersecurity
2 777 (46.64%) AI
2 777 (46.64%) Mentoring
3 34 (2.04%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (0.84%) Visualisation
5 13 (0.78%) Computer Science
5 13 (0.78%) Data Analysis
6 12 (0.72%) ERP
6 12 (0.72%) ITSM
6 12 (0.72%) Process Improvement
7 11 (0.66%) Mathematics
8 10 (0.60%) Customer Service
8 10 (0.60%) Data Visualisation
9 9 (0.54%) Analytics
9 9 (0.54%) Decision-Making
9 9 (0.54%) Incident Management
9 9 (0.54%) Software Testing
10 8 (0.48%) Agile
10 8 (0.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 790 (47.42%) SQL
2 780 (46.82%) Python
3 5 (0.30%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.18%) C#
4 3 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.18%) Java
4 3 (0.18%) PHP
4 3 (0.18%) R
4 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,542 (92.56%) Azure Certification
2 773 (46.40%) CompTIA Security+
3 771 (46.28%) CompTIA CySA+
4 25 (1.50%) Degree
5 5 (0.30%) AAT
5 5 (0.30%) ACCA
5 5 (0.30%) CIMA
5 5 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (0.24%) CCNA
6 4 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (0.24%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.12%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.12%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.060%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (0.36%) QA
2 5 (0.30%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.30%) PMO
3 3 (0.18%) SLA
4 2 (0.12%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (0.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.12%) Nessus
3 1 (0.060%) Autotask
Vendors
1 1,567 (94.06%) Microsoft
2 771 (46.28%) ForeScout
3 8 (0.48%) SAP
4 7 (0.42%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.24%) Cisco
5 4 (0.24%) Fortinet
5 4 (0.24%) Huawei
5 4 (0.24%) Meraki
5 4 (0.24%) Polycom
6 3 (0.18%) Adobe
6 3 (0.18%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.12%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle
8 1 (0.060%) Progress