Statistics Jobs

Statistics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Statistics over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 381 257
Rank change year-on-year +80 -124 -27
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 813 679 2,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 0.84% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.88% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 329 503 822
10th Percentile £30,400 £32,500 £31,588
25th Percentile £39,500 £43,750 £39,472
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,197
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +8.70% +5.14%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £73,135
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Statistics 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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Statistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Statistics.

Salary trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Statistics over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +71 756 £57,500 -4.17% 149
London +173 480 £67,500 -2.88% 53
Work from Home +96 375 £60,000 +8.56% 62
UK excluding London -68 309 £52,500 +5.00% 115
South East -34 67 £55,000 +22.22% 45
North of England -24 63 £45,000 -28.00% 32
South West -10 57 £60,000 +9.09% 12
Midlands -37 52 £42,500 -15.84% 10
East of England +13 31 £70,000 +9.80% 12
East Midlands -2 30 £55,000 -8.33% 6
North West -34 29 £41,500 -30.83% 15
Yorkshire +44 23 £49,493 -40.77% 10
Scotland -31 21 £65,000 - 7
West Midlands -49 18 £38,000 -24.75% 4
Wales +20 16 £42,500 +52.08% 2
North East -6 11 £45,000 -5.60% 8
Northern Ireland +18 1 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

Statistics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (2.46%) SAS
2 10 (1.23%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.49%) Apache
4 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.37%) IIS
5 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.37%) nginx
5 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.25%) Luigi
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) DataSynapse
7 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 98 (12.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.21%) SPSS
4 10 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.37%) Stata
7 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.12%) InDesign
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (1.72%) Ripple
2 11 (1.35%) ResourceLink
3 5 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.49%) Lawson
5 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 218 (26.81%) AWS
2 76 (9.35%) Power Platform
3 67 (8.24%) Azure
4 31 (3.81%) GCP
5 26 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (2.34%) SaaS
7 17 (2.09%) Amazon S3
8 16 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.48%) Google Gemini
10 11 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
11 9 (1.11%) Serverless
12 7 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (0.86%) GitHub
12 7 (0.86%) WhatsApp
13 6 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.62%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (0.62%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.49%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (0.49%) AWS Lambda
15 4 (0.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.20%) Internet
2 25 (3.08%) WAN
3 22 (2.71%) LAN
4 15 (1.85%) WPA
5 5 (0.62%) BGP
5 5 (0.62%) DNS
5 5 (0.62%) OSPF
5 5 (0.62%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.62%) VPN
6 4 (0.49%) Firewall
6 4 (0.49%) FTP
7 3 (0.37%) DHCP
7 3 (0.37%) SMS
7 3 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.25%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.25%) Intranet
8 2 (0.25%) IPsec
8 2 (0.25%) SSL
8 2 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 284 (34.93%) Tableau
2 75 (9.23%) Power BI
3 37 (4.55%) Big Data
4 31 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (3.32%) Amazon QuickSight
6 26 (3.20%) Amazon Redshift
7 20 (2.46%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.85%) Data Mining
10 14 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
11 13 (1.60%) MySQL
12 10 (1.23%) Looker
13 9 (1.11%) Metadata
13 9 (1.11%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (0.98%) GIS
14 8 (0.98%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.98%) Redis
15 7 (0.86%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 198 (24.35%) Git
2 5 (0.62%) GitLab
2 5 (0.62%) SonarQube
3 4 (0.49%) JIRA
3 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.37%) gulp
4 3 (0.37%) PostCSS
4 3 (0.37%) rollup.js
4 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.37%) Vite
5 2 (0.25%) MLflow
5 2 (0.25%) Postman
5 2 (0.25%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.12%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.12%) GDB
6 1 (0.12%) Maven
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
General
1 459 (56.46%) Social Skills
2 385 (47.36%) Analytical Skills
3 183 (22.51%) Retail
4 164 (20.17%) Finance
5 158 (19.43%) Presentation Skills
6 55 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (6.64%) Law
7 54 (6.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 42 (5.17%) Marketing
9 35 (4.31%) Legal
10 28 (3.44%) Banking
11 17 (2.09%) Financial Institution
11 17 (2.09%) Manufacturing
12 16 (1.97%) Investment Banking
13 15 (1.85%) Games
13 15 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.72%) Local Government
14 14 (1.72%) Public Sector
15 12 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.98%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 363 (44.65%) Analyst
2 304 (37.39%) Senior
3 212 (26.08%) Data Analyst
4 141 (17.34%) Senior Analyst
5 126 (15.50%) Data Scientist
6 119 (14.64%) Senior Data Analyst
7 103 (12.67%) Senior Data Scientist
8 55 (6.77%) Lead
9 32 (3.94%) Lead Data Analyst
10 30 (3.69%) Developer
11 29 (3.57%) Data Manager
12 23 (2.83%) Software Engineer
13 22 (2.71%) Senior Manager
14 21 (2.58%) Service Analyst
15 19 (2.34%) Service Desk Analyst
16 15 (1.85%) Analytics Manager
16 15 (1.85%) Senior Software Engineer
17 14 (1.72%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 14 (1.72%) Qualitative Analyst
17 14 (1.72%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (10.46%) TensorFlow
2 61 (7.50%) Pandas
3 52 (6.40%) PySpark
3 52 (6.40%) scikit-learn
4 31 (3.81%) Kafka
5 27 (3.32%) PyTorch
6 25 (3.08%) NumPy
7 23 (2.83%) CSS
8 21 (2.58%) HTML
9 19 (2.34%) .NET
10 18 (2.21%) Keras
11 16 (1.97%) React
12 12 (1.48%) Apache Beam
13 10 (1.23%) AngularJS
14 8 (0.98%) JSON
14 8 (0.98%) XGBoost
15 7 (0.86%) RabbitMQ
15 7 (0.86%) RESTful
15 7 (0.86%) XML
16 6 (0.74%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 152 (18.70%) Algorithms
2 59 (7.26%) Onboarding
3 52 (6.40%) Management Information System
4 47 (5.78%) Life Science
5 24 (2.95%) Driving Licence
6 20 (2.46%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.72%) Blockchain
9 13 (1.60%) NHS
10 9 (1.11%) Blog
10 9 (1.11%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.11%) Taxonomies
11 8 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (0.98%) Hedge funds
12 7 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (0.74%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.04%) Windows
2 21 (2.58%) Android
3 20 (2.46%) Linux
4 7 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.37%) Unix
6 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (51.17%) Mathematics
2 381 (46.86%) Analytics
3 365 (44.90%) Visualisation
4 296 (36.41%) Problem-Solving
5 278 (34.19%) Computer Science
6 259 (31.86%) Actionable Insight
7 252 (31.00%) Data Analysis
8 243 (29.89%) Data Science
9 195 (23.99%) Root Cause Analysis
10 192 (23.62%) Storytelling
11 169 (20.79%) Machine Learning
12 168 (20.66%) Data Pipeline
13 161 (19.80%) Decision-Making
14 156 (19.19%) Business Strategy
15 145 (17.84%) Data Visualisation
16 141 (17.34%) Business Intelligence
17 126 (15.50%) Customer Intelligence
17 126 (15.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 115 (14.15%) Data Modelling
19 100 (12.30%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 443 (54.49%) Python
2 421 (51.78%) SQL
3 78 (9.59%) R
4 50 (6.15%) Java
5 40 (4.92%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.43%) C#
7 29 (3.57%) MATLAB
8 27 (3.32%) C++
9 18 (2.21%) VBA
10 16 (1.97%) TypeScript
11 9 (1.11%) C
11 9 (1.11%) Groovy
11 9 (1.11%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.62%) Go
12 5 (0.62%) PHP
12 5 (0.62%) Scala
13 4 (0.49%) Clojure
13 4 (0.49%) VB
14 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.12%) Rust
Qualifications
1 603 (74.17%) Degree
2 219 (26.94%) Master's Degree
3 186 (22.88%) DBS Check
4 126 (15.50%) PhD
5 55 (6.77%) Numerate Degree
6 54 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.83%) Security Cleared
8 16 (1.97%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.23%) CCNA
10 10 (1.23%) MBA
11 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.49%) CCNP
12 4 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (0.49%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.49%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.37%) SC Cleared
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.25%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.24%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.81%) QA
3 22 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.71%) SLA
4 19 (2.34%) GDPR
5 9 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.86%) ISO 14001
6 7 (0.86%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.62%) MiFID
8 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.12%) CDISC
9 1 (0.12%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.12%) IFRS
9 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.12%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.12%) PMO
9 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 30 (3.69%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.11%) Docker
3 4 (0.49%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.37%) Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.74%) Terraform
3 3 (0.37%) Ansible
3 3 (0.37%) Galera Cluster
3 3 (0.37%) Perfmon
3 3 (0.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.25%) Grafana
4 2 (0.25%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.12%) Kibana
5 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.12%) SCCM
5 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 201 (24.72%) Databricks
2 119 (14.64%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.58%) SAP
4 17 (2.09%) Google
5 15 (1.85%) OpenAI
5 15 (1.85%) Oracle
6 11 (1.35%) Kronos
7 10 (1.23%) Cisco
8 7 (0.86%) Cognos
8 7 (0.86%) Mapbox
9 6 (0.74%) Adobe
9 6 (0.74%) Meraki
10 5 (0.62%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.62%) Citrix
10 5 (0.62%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.49%) JD Edwards
11 4 (0.49%) Reuters
11 4 (0.49%) Splunk
12 3 (0.37%) Avaya
12 3 (0.37%) Juniper