Report Analyst Job Trends

Reporting Analyst
UK

The median Reporting Analyst salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 620 566 728
Rank change year-on-year -54 +162 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Report Analyst 199 100 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.22% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 136 35 18
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £27,007
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.28% +26.47%
75th Percentile £70,313 £55,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £62,250 £71,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £43,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% +25.00% -4.63%

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 109,799 44,474 69,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 89.76% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 74,691 25,606 40,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,718 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,566 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.11% -6.87% -4.76%

Report Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Report Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Report Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Report Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Report Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Report Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Report Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Report Analyst over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Report Analyst in the UK

Report Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Report Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 October 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
England -26 193 £50,000 - 125
UK excluding London -74 145 £47,500 +8.57% 69
Work from Home -13 61 £46,250 -7.50% 52
London -38 52 £67,500 +8.00% 68
North of England -31 48 £62,500 +75.88% 12
Midlands -23 40 £47,500 +18.75% 10
East Midlands 0 31 £45,000 +5.88% 4
North West -15 29 £45,000 +26.63% 7
South East -68 21 £80,000 +45.45% 22
East of England -25 16 £45,000 -18.18% 8
South West -60 16 £42,500 -5.56% 5
Yorkshire - 12 £62,500 - 3
West Midlands -31 9 £51,250 +28.13% 6
North East - 7 £75,000 - 3
Wales - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £42,000 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Report 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 Report Analyst in the job title.

1 57 (28.64%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (25.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (23.62%) Decision-Making
4 43 (21.61%) ERP
5 40 (20.10%) Power BI
5 40 (20.10%) Power Platform
6 37 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (18.09%) SQL
8 33 (16.58%) ACCA
9 31 (15.58%) CIMA
10 29 (14.57%) Analytics
11 22 (11.06%) Actionable Insight
12 19 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (9.55%) Tableau
13 15 (7.54%) Performance Analysis
13 15 (7.54%) Visualisation
14 14 (7.04%) Dashboard Development
14 14 (7.04%) Data Analysis
14 14 (7.04%) Planning and Forecasting
15 13 (6.53%) Microsoft
15 13 (6.53%) SAP
16 12 (6.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 11 (5.53%) Budgeting
17 11 (5.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 11 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
17 11 (5.53%) Process Improvement
17 11 (5.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 10 (5.03%) Collaborative Culture
18 10 (5.03%) Data Modelling
18 10 (5.03%) Data Quality

Report 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 (0.50%) Confluence
1 1 (0.50%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (25.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.50%) InDesign
3 1 (0.50%) Inkscape
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.01%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.10%) Power Platform
2 7 (3.52%) Azure
3 3 (1.51%) AWS
3 3 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.01%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.50%) Canva
5 1 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.01%) Broadband
2 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (20.10%) Power BI
2 19 (9.55%) Tableau
3 11 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (5.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (5.03%) Power Query
5 7 (3.52%) Data Lake
6 6 (3.02%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (2.51%) SAP BW
8 3 (1.51%) Data Vault
8 3 (1.51%) GIS
9 2 (1.01%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (1.01%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (1.01%) QlikView
9 2 (1.01%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.50%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.50%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.01%) JIRA
1 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (48.74%) Finance
2 71 (35.68%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (21.11%) Social Skills
4 22 (11.06%) Banking
5 20 (10.05%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.52%) Retail
8 6 (3.02%) Law
9 4 (2.01%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.01%) Legal
9 4 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.51%) Automotive
10 3 (1.51%) Front Office
10 3 (1.51%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.50%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.50%) Local Government
11 1 (0.50%) Marketing
11 1 (0.50%) Welsh Language
11 1 (0.50%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.05%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.02%) Data Structures
3 6 (3.02%) Reinsurance
4 4 (2.01%) Derivative
4 4 (2.01%) Social Media
5 3 (1.51%) DTCC
5 3 (1.51%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.51%) OTC Derivatives
6 2 (1.01%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.50%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.50%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.50%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.50%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.50%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.64%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (23.62%) Decision-Making
3 43 (21.61%) ERP
4 37 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (14.57%) Analytics
6 22 (11.06%) Actionable Insight
7 19 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (7.54%) Performance Analysis
8 15 (7.54%) Visualisation
9 14 (7.04%) Dashboard Development
9 14 (7.04%) Data Analysis
9 14 (7.04%) Planning and Forecasting
10 12 (6.03%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (5.53%) Budgeting
11 11 (5.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 11 (5.53%) Process Improvement
12 10 (5.03%) Collaborative Culture
12 10 (5.03%) Data Modelling
12 10 (5.03%) Data Visualisation
13 9 (4.52%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 36 (18.09%) SQL
2 7 (3.52%) Python
3 6 (3.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (2.51%) R
5 2 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (16.58%) ACCA
2 31 (15.58%) CIMA
3 9 (4.52%) Degree
4 8 (4.02%) AAT
5 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.50%) CCAB
6 1 (0.50%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.03%) Data Quality
1 10 (5.03%) IFRS
2 7 (3.52%) FINREP
2 7 (3.52%) GAAP
3 6 (3.02%) COREP
4 5 (2.51%) EMIR
5 4 (2.01%) PMO
6 3 (1.51%) MiFID
7 2 (1.01%) FATCA
7 2 (1.01%) GDPR
8 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.50%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (6.53%) Microsoft
1 13 (6.53%) SAP
2 6 (3.02%) Epicor
3 5 (2.51%) Oracle
4 3 (1.51%) Cognos
4 3 (1.51%) MicroStrategy
5 2 (1.01%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.01%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.01%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe
6 1 (0.50%) Databricks
6 1 (0.50%) Workday