Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Principal Component Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Principal Component Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 904 | 944 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +40 | +301 |
| Permanent jobs citing Principal Component Analysis | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.003% | 0.025% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.003% | 0.026% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £49,965 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £35,000 | £61,180 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £37,500 | £69,447 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -46.00% | +32.28% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £68,125 | £77,715 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £85,000 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | £69,447 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +32.28% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Principal Component Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 52,256 | 87,133 | 91,481 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.58% | 84.04% | 95.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,854 | 60,896 | 54,581 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £29,250 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,000 | £55,000 | £60,899 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.64% | -9.69% | +1.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Principal Component Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Principal Component Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Principal Component Analysis
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Component Analysis.