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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 318 388
Rank change year-on-year +57 +70 -121
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 590 885 899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 0.90% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.05% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 205 505 556
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,900 £33,025
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,528 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% -14.12% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £48,336
% change year-on-year -5.56% -6.90% -5.11%

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 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Top 17 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 30 April 2025. 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 +29 515 £47,500 -12.88% 750
UK excluding London +131 350 £42,500 -5.56% 284
Work from Home +153 346 £42,500 -17.52% 355
London -46 201 £72,500 +20.83% 501
North of England +81 91 £42,500 -5.56% 79
South West +122 69 £25,625 -52.58% 21
South East +99 58 £43,710 -20.53% 67
Midlands +47 58 £45,000 +5.88% 55
North West +32 51 £45,000 -10.00% 46
West Midlands +40 35 £45,000 +15.38% 32
East of England +36 35 £25,000 -49.24% 26
Yorkshire +79 34 £25,625 -50.27% 28
Scotland +141 33 £25,625 -50.27% 32
East Midlands +50 23 £82,500 +85.39% 23
North East +42 6 - - 5
Wales +24 5 £69,000 +62.35% 4
Northern Ireland +33 1 - - 5

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 23 (3.90%) Jupyter
2 13 (2.20%) SAS
3 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.19%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.51%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 87 (14.75%) Chatbot
2 51 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.02%) Stata
7 3 (0.51%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.51%) SPSS
8 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.17%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.17%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 106 (17.97%) Azure
2 84 (14.24%) AWS
3 50 (8.47%) Amazon EKS
4 49 (8.31%) AWS CloudFormation
5 48 (8.14%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.41%) Adobe Analytics
7 20 (3.39%) SaaS
8 18 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (2.54%) Google Analytics
10 11 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (1.69%) Serverless
12 9 (1.53%) Amazon SageMaker
12 9 (1.53%) GitHub
13 8 (1.36%) Canva
13 8 (1.36%) GCP
14 5 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.68%) Azure Machine Learning
15 4 (0.68%) ChatGPT
15 4 (0.68%) Entra ID
15 4 (0.68%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.03%) SD-WAN
1 12 (2.03%) WAN
2 9 (1.53%) LAN
3 8 (1.36%) HTTP
4 4 (0.68%) DHCP
4 4 (0.68%) DNS
4 4 (0.68%) Firewall
5 3 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.51%) SNMP
5 3 (0.51%) VSAN
6 2 (0.34%) Intranet
7 1 (0.17%) Broadband
7 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.17%) FTP
7 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (15.25%) Big Data
2 85 (14.41%) Tableau
3 51 (8.64%) Elasticsearch
4 48 (8.14%) Power BI
5 22 (3.73%) Data Mining
6 13 (2.20%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.20%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.53%) Metadata
8 8 (1.36%) Amazon QuickSight
8 8 (1.36%) Data Hub
8 8 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.36%) SQL CLR
8 8 (1.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.85%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.68%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.34%) MySQL
12 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 44 (7.46%) Git
2 7 (1.19%) GitLab
3 4 (0.68%) Selenium
4 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.17%) JIRA
4 1 (0.17%) kappa
4 1 (0.17%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.17%) MLflow
General
1 204 (34.58%) Finance
2 201 (34.07%) Analytical Skills
3 133 (22.54%) Social Skills
4 128 (21.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (10.17%) Banking
6 53 (8.98%) Presentation Skills
7 44 (7.46%) Marketing
8 38 (6.44%) Law
9 36 (6.10%) Retail
10 31 (5.25%) Manufacturing
11 26 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
12 17 (2.88%) Legal
13 14 (2.37%) Games
13 14 (2.37%) Public Sector
14 12 (2.03%) Front Office
15 10 (1.69%) Electronics
15 10 (1.69%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.36%) Back Office
17 6 (1.02%) Advertising
17 6 (1.02%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 169 (28.64%) Analyst
2 123 (20.85%) Data Scientist
3 107 (18.14%) Data Analyst
4 96 (16.27%) Senior
5 86 (14.58%) Trainer
6 73 (12.37%) Developer
7 57 (9.66%) Senior Data Scientist
8 49 (8.31%) Software Developer
9 28 (4.75%) Senior Analyst
10 24 (4.07%) Qualitative Analyst
10 24 (4.07%) Quantitative Analyst
11 22 (3.73%) Lead
12 17 (2.88%) Support Engineer
13 14 (2.37%) Senior Data Analyst
14 13 (2.20%) Data Insight Analyst
14 13 (2.20%) Insight Analyst
14 13 (2.20%) Insight Data Analyst
14 13 (2.20%) Lead Data Scientist
15 11 (1.86%) Project Manager
15 11 (1.86%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (11.69%) Pandas
2 54 (9.15%) .NET
3 49 (8.31%) Node.js
4 27 (4.58%) scikit-learn
5 26 (4.41%) TensorFlow
6 19 (3.22%) NumPy
7 17 (2.88%) PyTorch
8 14 (2.37%) PySpark
9 11 (1.86%) Keras
10 10 (1.69%) JSON
11 9 (1.53%) CSS
11 9 (1.53%) HTML
12 5 (0.85%) React
13 4 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
13 4 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
13 4 (0.68%) RSS
14 3 (0.51%) SAML
15 2 (0.34%) OAuth
15 2 (0.34%) REST
15 2 (0.34%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 118 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 95 (16.10%) Cyberattack
3 22 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.22%) Credit Risk
6 16 (2.71%) Life Science
7 12 (2.03%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.86%) FMCG
9 10 (1.69%) Blog
10 8 (1.36%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.36%) Robotics
10 8 (1.36%) SCADA
11 7 (1.19%) Social Media
12 5 (0.85%) Derivative
12 5 (0.85%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.68%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.68%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.68%) NHS
13 4 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.66%) Linux
2 49 (8.31%) Android
3 4 (0.68%) Windows
4 3 (0.51%) Unix
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (67.29%) Mathematics
2 278 (47.12%) Computer Science
3 247 (41.86%) Analytics
4 214 (36.27%) Data Science
5 210 (35.59%) Visualisation
6 205 (34.75%) Artificial Intelligence
7 139 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
8 138 (23.39%) Data Analysis
9 133 (22.54%) Machine Learning
10 121 (20.51%) Data Analytics
11 110 (18.64%) Software Engineering
12 104 (17.63%) Decision-Making
13 99 (16.78%) Storytelling
14 95 (16.10%) Predictive Modelling
15 90 (15.25%) Statistical Modelling
16 87 (14.75%) Conversational UI
17 69 (11.69%) Agile
18 68 (11.53%) Data Visualisation
19 67 (11.36%) Collaborative Working
20 61 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 303 (51.36%) Python
2 194 (32.88%) SQL
3 95 (16.10%) Java
4 86 (14.58%) C++
5 83 (14.07%) JavaScript
6 60 (10.17%) R
7 49 (8.31%) Go
7 49 (8.31%) Rust
8 23 (3.90%) C#
9 15 (2.54%) C
10 10 (1.69%) MATLAB
11 8 (1.36%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.68%) Scala
13 3 (0.51%) F#
13 3 (0.51%) Groovy
14 2 (0.34%) PHP
14 2 (0.34%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.17%) Clojure
15 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 438 (74.24%) Degree
2 223 (37.80%) Master's Degree
3 162 (27.46%) PhD
4 110 (18.64%) Security Cleared
5 97 (16.44%) DV Cleared
6 49 (8.31%) Numerate Degree
7 42 (7.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (6.95%) DBS Check
9 12 (2.03%) SC Cleared
10 11 (1.86%) MBA
11 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.34%) CFA
12 2 (0.34%) CISM
12 2 (0.34%) CISSP
12 2 (0.34%) MOS
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.59%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.53%) QA
2 9 (1.53%) SLA
3 7 (1.19%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.19%) IFRS
3 7 (1.19%) IFRS 9
4 4 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.68%) GDPR
5 3 (0.51%) PMO
6 2 (0.34%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) Basel III
7 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 77 (13.05%) Docker
2 11 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.51%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 75 (12.71%) Kubernetes
2 50 (8.47%) Ansible
2 50 (8.47%) Terraform
3 8 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.34%) Kibana
7 1 (0.17%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 87 (14.75%) PayPal
2 69 (11.69%) Microsoft
3 41 (6.95%) Databricks
4 30 (5.08%) Adobe
5 28 (4.75%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.90%) Google
7 13 (2.20%) Marketo
7 13 (2.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 11 (1.86%) Capita
8 11 (1.86%) VMware
9 10 (1.69%) Citrix
10 9 (1.53%) SAP
11 7 (1.19%) Instagram
11 7 (1.19%) Omniture
11 7 (1.19%) Oracle
12 5 (0.85%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.51%) Aderant
13 3 (0.51%) Facebook
13 3 (0.51%) SolarWinds
14 2 (0.34%) Twitter