Statistical Modelling Job Trends

Statistical Modelling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Statistical Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 386 460
Rank change year-on-year -147 +74 +259
Permanent jobs citing Statistical Modelling 122 351 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.66% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.72% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 54 128 143
10th Percentile - £25,219 £43,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,875 £76,563 £78,088
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,250 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +20.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Statistical Modelling 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 49,261 48,421 52,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.81% 90.77% 89.63%
Number of salaries quoted 29,011 23,517 40,505
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Statistical Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Statistical Modelling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Statistical Modelling job vacancy trend in the UK

Statistical Modelling
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Statistical Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Statistical Modelling

Statistical Modelling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Statistical Modelling over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Statistical Modelling in the UK

Statistical Modelling
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Statistical Modelling within the UK over the 6 months to 17 January 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 -101 114 £56,250 -10.00% 60
UK excluding London -124 65 £55,000 +22.22% 52
London +6 54 £52,500 -25.00% 19
Work from Home -77 28 £57,500 +27.78% 33
Midlands +1 20 £58,750 +14.63% 5
North of England -19 19 £62,500 +89.04% 11
West Midlands +15 11 £60,000 +50.00% 2
East Midlands -10 9 £45,390 -44.98% 3
Yorkshire -26 9 £40,000 +56.10% 4
East of England +26 8 £40,000 - 8
South East -28 8 £40,000 -38.46% 19
North West -2 7 £67,500 +50.00% 6
Wales +10 6 £40,000 - 2
South West -20 4 - - 4
North East +7 3 £62,500 - 1

Statistical Modelling
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 7 (5.74%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.82%) SAS
Applications
1 41 (33.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 37 (30.33%) Power Platform
2 20 (16.39%) Azure
3 14 (11.48%) AWS
4 9 (7.38%) GCP
5 8 (6.56%) Azure Machine Learning
6 3 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.64%) SaaS
8 1 (0.82%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.82%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.82%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.82%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.82%) LTE
1 1 (0.82%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (43.44%) Tableau
2 37 (30.33%) Power BI
3 14 (11.48%) Data Mining
4 4 (3.28%) Big Data
4 4 (3.28%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.46%) Power Query
5 3 (2.46%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.64%) KDB
6 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.82%) ClickHouse
7 1 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.82%) Spotfire
7 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.82%) MLflow
General
1 74 (60.66%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (50.82%) Finance
3 32 (26.23%) Social Skills
4 30 (24.59%) Banking
4 30 (24.59%) Financial Institution
4 30 (24.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.92%) Marketing
6 3 (2.46%) Law
6 3 (2.46%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.46%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.64%) Front Office
7 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.64%) Prime Brokerage
8 1 (0.82%) Legal
8 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.82%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.82%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 66 (54.10%) Analyst
2 38 (31.15%) Data Analyst
3 15 (12.30%) Data Scientist
4 13 (10.66%) Trainee
5 8 (6.56%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 8 (6.56%) Operations Engineer
6 7 (5.74%) Senior
7 6 (4.92%) Developer
8 5 (4.10%) Lead
9 4 (3.28%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 4 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 4 (3.28%) Data Science Developer
10 3 (2.46%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
10 3 (2.46%) Customer Analyst
11 2 (1.64%) Business Data Analyst
11 2 (1.64%) Credit Risk Analyst
11 2 (1.64%) Data Engineer
11 2 (1.64%) HR Data Analyst
11 2 (1.64%) Risk Analyst
11 2 (1.64%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.38%) PyTorch
2 8 (6.56%) Pandas
2 8 (6.56%) scikit-learn
2 8 (6.56%) TensorFlow
3 6 (4.92%) NumPy
4 4 (3.28%) Matplotlib
4 4 (3.28%) Seaborn
5 2 (1.64%) PySpark
6 1 (0.82%) React
6 1 (0.82%) SciPy
6 1 (0.82%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (25.41%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (18.85%) Algorithms
3 19 (15.57%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.28%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.46%) FMCG
6 2 (1.64%) Derivative
6 2 (1.64%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.82%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.82%) CUDA
7 1 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.82%) FPGA
7 1 (0.82%) IoT
7 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.82%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (69.67%) Data Science
2 71 (58.20%) Mathematics
3 66 (54.10%) AI
3 66 (54.10%) Analytics
4 63 (51.64%) Data Analysis
5 61 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
6 53 (43.44%) Machine Learning
6 53 (43.44%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (35.25%) Statistics
8 39 (31.97%) Decision-Making
9 33 (27.05%) Risk Analytics
10 32 (26.23%) Visualisation
11 31 (25.41%) Business Strategy
11 31 (25.41%) Portfolio Management
11 31 (25.41%) Risk Management
11 31 (25.41%) Stress Testing
12 30 (24.59%) Asset Management
12 30 (24.59%) Migration
12 30 (24.59%) Scenario Testing
12 30 (24.59%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 109 (89.34%) Python
2 74 (60.66%) SQL
3 14 (11.48%) R
4 3 (2.46%) C++
Qualifications
1 65 (53.28%) Degree
2 30 (24.59%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.46%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.64%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.82%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.82%) CBAP
5 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.82%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (42.62%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.64%) GDPR
3 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.82%) QA
Vendors
1 30 (24.59%) Alteryx
1 30 (24.59%) Bloomberg
2 20 (16.39%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.46%) Google
3 3 (2.46%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.82%) Civica
4 1 (0.82%) Databricks
4 1 (0.82%) Northgate
4 1 (0.82%) Oracle
4 1 (0.82%) Orchard
4 1 (0.82%) Pega
4 1 (0.82%) TIBCO