Senior Analyst Job Trends

Senior Analyst
UK

The median Senior Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 294 178
Rank change year-on-year +74 -116 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 844 451 1,663
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.01% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.13% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 544 305 814
10th Percentile £42,731 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,813 £45,272 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £71,950
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 87,868 39,889 102,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 89.49% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 22,587 74,092
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 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 +73 761 £59,527 -0.79% 182
UK excluding London +125 599 £55,000 +10.00% 158
Work from Home +104 299 £60,000 -7.69% 90
North of England +95 211 £55,000 +7.32% 42
London -29 211 £75,000 +7.14% 70
North West +97 153 £56,250 +7.14% 30
Midlands +57 140 £56,400 +16.29% 15
South East +33 113 £55,000 +17.02% 59
West Midlands +49 91 £56,400 +12.80% 10
East Midlands -5 48 £60,000 +33.33% 5
South West -18 48 £51,356 +5.04% 18
Yorkshire -12 47 £55,000 +12.24% 9
East of England +12 36 £60,000 +9.09% 17
Scotland +19 33 £55,000 +15.79% 4
Wales - 13 £45,000 - 1
North East -37 11 £63,076 +26.15% 3
Northern Ireland -30 4 £60,000 - 5
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Senior 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 Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 164 (19.43%) Agile
2 136 (16.11%) Cybersecurity
3 124 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (14.10%) Microsoft
4 119 (14.10%) SQL
5 115 (13.63%) Business Analysis
5 115 (13.63%) Mentoring
6 114 (13.51%) Decision-Making
7 108 (12.80%) Analytics
8 94 (11.14%) Business Intelligence
9 83 (9.83%) Azure
10 81 (9.60%) Degree
11 77 (9.12%) Power Platform
12 70 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 70 (8.29%) Power BI
13 67 (7.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 65 (7.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 64 (7.58%) AI
16 63 (7.46%) Security Cleared
17 60 (7.11%) SC Cleared
18 59 (6.99%) Coaching
18 59 (6.99%) Python
18 59 (6.99%) Requirements Gathering
18 59 (6.99%) User Stories
19 56 (6.64%) AWS
20 55 (6.52%) Security Operations
20 55 (6.52%) SIEM
21 54 (6.40%) Workshop Facilitation
22 53 (6.28%) Actionable Insight
23 51 (6.04%) Data Analysis

Senior 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 20 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.78%) Confluence
3 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.59%) IIS
5 4 (0.47%) SAS
6 1 (0.12%) Mendix
6 1 (0.12%) Moodle
6 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 22 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (2.84%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.59%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.47%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.47%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.36%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.24%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.12%) FastStats
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
8 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 83 (9.83%) Azure
2 77 (9.12%) Power Platform
3 56 (6.64%) AWS
4 42 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (4.62%) GCP
6 19 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (2.01%) SaaS
8 11 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 11 (1.30%) Entra ID
8 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
8 11 (1.30%) Snowflake
9 6 (0.71%) GitHub
9 6 (0.71%) Google Sheets
10 5 (0.59%) Google Analytics
10 5 (0.59%) Google Workspace
10 5 (0.59%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.59%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.50%) Firewall
2 21 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (2.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 15 (1.78%) LAN
4 15 (1.78%) WAN
5 12 (1.42%) VPN
5 12 (1.42%) Wireless
6 9 (1.07%) Broadband
7 7 (0.83%) Internet
7 7 (0.83%) Network Security
8 4 (0.47%) DHCP
8 4 (0.47%) DNS
8 4 (0.47%) NGFW
9 3 (0.36%) WebEx
10 2 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.24%) PBX
10 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.24%) VoIP
11 1 (0.12%) SMS
11 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (8.29%) Power BI
2 20 (2.37%) Tableau
3 11 (1.30%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.83%) Looker
6 6 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.71%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.59%) Power Query
8 4 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.47%) GIS
8 4 (0.47%) Metadata
8 4 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.36%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.36%) MySQL
10 2 (0.24%) Base SAS
10 2 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 33 (3.91%) JIRA
2 9 (1.07%) Burp Suite
2 9 (1.07%) Git
2 9 (1.07%) Metasploit
3 7 (0.83%) Selenium
4 6 (0.71%) GitLab
5 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.47%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.36%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.36%) Postman
6 3 (0.36%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.36%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.24%) TestRail
7 2 (0.24%) Toad
8 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.12%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.12%) JUnit
8 1 (0.12%) TestNG
General
1 203 (24.05%) Finance
2 145 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
3 133 (15.76%) Social Skills
4 85 (10.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (4.86%) Law
6 35 (4.15%) Public Sector
7 33 (3.91%) Retail
8 26 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.08%) Marketing
9 22 (2.61%) Banking
10 21 (2.49%) Legal
11 16 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.30%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.30%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.18%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.18%) Military
14 10 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.83%) Billing
16 6 (0.71%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.54%) .NET
2 5 (0.59%) EDI
2 5 (0.59%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.36%) JSON
3 3 (0.36%) SOAP
4 2 (0.24%) EDIFACT
4 2 (0.24%) HTML
4 2 (0.24%) REST
4 2 (0.24%) XML
5 1 (0.12%) CSS
5 1 (0.12%) IDoc
5 1 (0.12%) JWT
5 1 (0.12%) Middleware
5 1 (0.12%) Node.js
5 1 (0.12%) OAuth
5 1 (0.12%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.12%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.12%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 41 (4.86%) Product Ownership
2 37 (4.38%) Security Posture
3 19 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
3 19 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.01%) Management Information System
5 12 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (1.30%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.18%) AI Agents
7 10 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (1.18%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.18%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.07%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (0.83%) Smartphone
10 6 (0.71%) Client/Server
10 6 (0.71%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.59%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.59%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.47%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.79%) Windows
2 11 (1.30%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.47%) Linux
4 3 (0.36%) VMS
4 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (19.43%) Agile
2 136 (16.11%) Cybersecurity
3 124 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (13.63%) Business Analysis
4 115 (13.63%) Mentoring
5 114 (13.51%) Decision-Making
6 108 (12.80%) Analytics
7 94 (11.14%) Business Intelligence
8 70 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 67 (7.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 65 (7.70%) Stakeholder Management
11 64 (7.58%) AI
12 59 (6.99%) Coaching
12 59 (6.99%) Requirements Gathering
12 59 (6.99%) User Stories
13 55 (6.52%) Security Operations
13 55 (6.52%) SIEM
14 54 (6.40%) Workshop Facilitation
15 53 (6.28%) Actionable Insight
16 51 (6.04%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 119 (14.10%) SQL
2 59 (6.99%) Python
3 18 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 15 (1.78%) Bash
5 10 (1.18%) Java
6 8 (0.95%) R
7 7 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.59%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.59%) VBA
10 3 (0.36%) Bicep
10 3 (0.36%) C#
11 2 (0.24%) Groovy
11 2 (0.24%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.24%) RPG
12 1 (0.12%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 81 (9.60%) Degree
2 63 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 60 (7.11%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.20%) CISSP
5 26 (3.08%) AWS Certification
6 24 (2.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (1.66%) ACCA
8 14 (1.66%) CISM
9 13 (1.54%) CIMA
9 13 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.54%) OSCP
10 11 (1.30%) CREST Certified
11 10 (1.18%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.18%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.07%) CCSAM
12 9 (1.07%) CHECK Team Leader
12 9 (1.07%) CHECK Team Member
12 9 (1.07%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.38%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (3.20%) NIST
4 20 (2.37%) GDPR
4 20 (2.37%) QA
5 13 (1.54%) PMO
6 9 (1.07%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.95%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.71%) SLA
9 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.59%) GRC
9 5 (0.59%) IFRS
9 5 (0.59%) MiFID
10 4 (0.47%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.36%) EMIR
11 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 28 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.47%) vSphere
3 3 (0.36%) Docker
4 2 (0.24%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) IAG
5 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (1.07%) Nessus
2 8 (0.95%) SCCM
3 6 (0.71%) Terraform
4 3 (0.36%) Ansible
4 3 (0.36%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.36%) QRadar
4 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.12%) Autotask
6 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 119 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.74%) ServiceNow
3 38 (4.50%) Salesforce
4 33 (3.91%) Apple
5 30 (3.55%) Adobe
5 30 (3.55%) Cisco
6 27 (3.20%) Aruba
7 22 (2.61%) Google
8 21 (2.49%) Palo Alto
8 21 (2.49%) Qualys
9 20 (2.37%) SAP
10 15 (1.78%) Oracle
11 10 (1.18%) Citrix
11 10 (1.18%) HP
12 8 (0.95%) Tenable
13 6 (0.71%) BMC
13 6 (0.71%) Databricks
13 6 (0.71%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.71%) Remedy
14 4 (0.47%) BT