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 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 563 712
Rank change year-on-year +485 +149 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 1,851 69 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.39% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.59% 0.19% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 74 40 108
10th Percentile £24,000 £21,250 £21,175
25th Percentile £26,000 £24,000 £23,331
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £27,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -3.57% -15.15%
75th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £40,175 £40,250 £58,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £26,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.89% -7.83%

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 71,448 36,544 83,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 90.03% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 45,655 22,888 63,388
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,574 £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 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 27 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 27 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 +396 1,791 £30,000 +15.38% 108
England +461 1,587 £35,000 +29.63% 100
North of England +183 486 £21,000 -25.99% 22
Midlands +146 380 £35,000 +45.83% 24
South East +178 333 £35,000 - 28
Yorkshire +107 289 £14,000 -48.86% 13
South West +112 219 £36,250 +39.42% 9
East Midlands +72 205 £35,000 +45.83% 12
West Midlands +112 175 £35,000 -12.50% 12
East of England +89 134 £22,500 -21.74% 13
North West +93 132 £39,000 +14.71% 5
Scotland +72 128 - - 8
Wales - 101 £24,000 - 4
North East - 65 £14,000 - 4
London +25 56 £36,250 +20.83% 15
Northern Ireland - 32 - - 2
Work from Home -1 9 £30,000 +12.15% 16

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 1,772 (95.73%) Microsoft
2 1,764 (95.30%) Azure
3 1,762 (95.19%) Azure Certification
4 903 (48.78%) SQL
5 894 (48.30%) Business Intelligence
6 893 (48.24%) Microsoft Excel
7 891 (48.14%) Power BI
7 891 (48.14%) Power Platform
8 886 (47.87%) Mentoring
8 886 (47.87%) Tableau
9 885 (47.81%) Python
10 883 (47.70%) Cybersecurity
11 882 (47.65%) AI
12 881 (47.60%) Azure AI
12 881 (47.60%) CompTIA CySA+
12 881 (47.60%) CompTIA Security+
12 881 (47.60%) ForeScout
13 30 (1.62%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (1.03%) Degree
15 18 (0.97%) Validation
16 15 (0.81%) Process Improvement
17 14 (0.76%) ITSM
18 12 (0.65%) Data Validation
19 11 (0.59%) Oracle
20 10 (0.54%) Customer Service
20 10 (0.54%) End-to-End Testing
20 10 (0.54%) Incident Management
20 10 (0.54%) ITIL
20 10 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
20 10 (0.54%) ServiceNow

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 (0.054%) SharePoint
Applications
1 893 (48.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.054%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.054%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1,764 (95.30%) Azure
2 891 (48.14%) Power Platform
3 881 (47.60%) Azure AI
4 9 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.16%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.054%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.054%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.11%) VPN
1 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 891 (48.14%) Power BI
2 886 (47.87%) Tableau
3 10 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.054%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.054%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.054%) Metadata
4 1 (0.054%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.054%) Relational Database
General
1 1,793 (96.87%) Social Skills
2 34 (1.84%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (0.81%) Law
4 12 (0.65%) Finance
5 11 (0.59%) Manufacturing
6 7 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (0.27%) Advertising
8 4 (0.22%) Automotive
9 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.11%) Marketing
9 2 (0.11%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.054%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.054%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.11%) CSS
1 2 (0.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (0.27%) Low-Code
2 5 (0.27%) Onboarding
3 3 (0.16%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.11%) IoT
4 2 (0.11%) Life Science
4 2 (0.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.43%) Windows
2 5 (0.27%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.054%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 894 (48.30%) Business Intelligence
2 886 (47.87%) Mentoring
3 883 (47.70%) Cybersecurity
4 882 (47.65%) AI
5 30 (1.62%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (0.97%) Validation
7 15 (0.81%) Process Improvement
8 14 (0.76%) ITSM
9 12 (0.65%) Data Validation
10 10 (0.54%) Customer Service
10 10 (0.54%) End-to-End Testing
10 10 (0.54%) Incident Management
10 10 (0.54%) ITIL
10 10 (0.54%) System Testing
11 9 (0.49%) Analytics
11 9 (0.49%) Computer Science
12 8 (0.43%) Agile
12 8 (0.43%) Data Analysis
12 8 (0.43%) Service Management
12 8 (0.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 903 (48.78%) SQL
2 885 (47.81%) Python
3 3 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.16%) R
3 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1,762 (95.19%) Azure Certification
2 881 (47.60%) CompTIA CySA+
2 881 (47.60%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (1.03%) Degree
4 3 (0.16%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.054%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.054%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.27%) Data Quality
2 3 (0.16%) SLA
3 1 (0.054%) GDPR
3 1 (0.054%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.054%) NIST
3 1 (0.054%) QA
System Software
1 3 (0.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,772 (95.73%) Microsoft
2 881 (47.60%) ForeScout
3 11 (0.59%) Oracle
4 10 (0.54%) ServiceNow
5 7 (0.38%) BMC
5 7 (0.38%) Remedy
6 1 (0.054%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.054%) Charles River
6 1 (0.054%) FNZ
6 1 (0.054%) IBM
6 1 (0.054%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.054%) Progress
6 1 (0.054%) SAP
6 1 (0.054%) SimCorp
6 1 (0.054%) Tradeweb