Statistics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Statistics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 248 292
Rank change year-on-year -261 +44 +49
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 291 611 749
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 1.22% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 1.37% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 100 181 283
10th Percentile £29,342 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,035 £36,750 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £54,987 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.98% -8.36% -
75th Percentile £68,688 £72,500 £84,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £113,750 £109,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,777 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% -22.73% +8.91%

All Process & 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 78,515 44,640 67,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.47% 89.25% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 54,079 25,322 43,171
10th Percentile £30,975 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,236 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Statistics job vacancy trend in the UK

Statistics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Statistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Statistics

Statistics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Statistics over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

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 16 August 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 -249 227 £49,536 -5.65% 155
UK excluding London -255 158 £43,777 +3.00% 103
Work from Home -201 106 £63,391 +26.78% 60
London -116 99 £65,000 -23.53% 88
Midlands -16 69 £42,000 -21.86% 12
East Midlands 0 56 £47,500 +18.75% 6
Wales -45 28 - - 7
North of England -120 22 £36,327 -33.95% 28
North West -45 18 £34,000 -35.24% 19
South East -105 15 £49,536 +16.55% 36
West Midlands -42 13 £37,500 -36.17% 6
South West -112 10 £60,000 +68.84% 9
East of England -69 9 £34,000 +36.00% 8
Scotland -33 4 - -
Yorkshire -51 2 - - 9
North East -71 2 £59,777 -
Northern Ireland -70 1 - - 4

Statistics
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 12 (4.12%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.06%) CMS
3 5 (1.72%) Apache Pig
3 5 (1.72%) SAS
4 4 (1.37%) Apache
4 4 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.34%) Confluence
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 56 (19.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
1 1 (0.34%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 65 (22.34%) AWS
2 45 (15.46%) Azure
3 36 (12.37%) Power Platform
4 33 (11.34%) SaaS
5 28 (9.62%) Google Ads
5 28 (9.62%) Meta Ads
6 27 (9.28%) GCP
7 19 (6.53%) Serverless
8 15 (5.15%) Amazon S3
9 14 (4.81%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (4.47%) GitHub
11 12 (4.12%) Google Gemini
12 9 (3.09%) dbt
13 8 (2.75%) ChatGPT
13 8 (2.75%) Google Sheets
13 8 (2.75%) Google Workspace
13 8 (2.75%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (2.75%) Snowflake
14 6 (2.06%) Azure Machine Learning
14 6 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.19%) Broadband
2 5 (1.72%) Internet
3 3 (1.03%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.34%) DHCP
4 1 (0.34%) DNS
4 1 (0.34%) Intelligent Network
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
4 1 (0.34%) PPP
4 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.34%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.37%) Power BI
2 19 (6.53%) Metadata
3 10 (3.44%) Tableau
4 8 (2.75%) Big Data
4 8 (2.75%) Hadoop
5 6 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.06%) GIS
5 6 (2.06%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.72%) Apache Hive
6 5 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.72%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.03%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.03%) MySQL
8 3 (1.03%) Power Query
8 3 (1.03%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (9.28%) Git
2 8 (2.75%) MLflow
3 2 (0.69%) GitLab
3 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 149 (51.20%) Analytical Skills
2 142 (48.80%) Finance
3 83 (28.52%) Social Skills
4 70 (24.05%) Marketing
5 37 (12.71%) Banking
5 37 (12.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (9.62%) Retail
7 26 (8.93%) Law
8 16 (5.50%) Legal
9 15 (5.15%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.44%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (3.09%) Games
12 7 (2.41%) Advertising
12 7 (2.41%) Local Government
13 5 (1.72%) Billing
13 5 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.72%) Publishing
14 4 (1.37%) Social Science
15 3 (1.03%) Agriculture
15 3 (1.03%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 79 (27.15%) Data Scientist
2 71 (24.40%) Senior
3 61 (20.96%) Lead
4 36 (12.37%) Senior Data Scientist
5 35 (12.03%) Analyst
6 32 (11.00%) Developer
7 27 (9.28%) Lead Data Scientist
8 22 (7.56%) Machine Learning Scientist
9 18 (6.19%) Data Analyst
10 14 (4.81%) Analytics Manager
10 14 (4.81%) Statistician
11 13 (4.47%) Lead Developer
12 12 (4.12%) Administrator
13 11 (3.78%) Junior
13 11 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (3.44%) Consultant
14 10 (3.44%) Data Engineer
15 7 (2.41%) SEO Manager
16 6 (2.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 6 (2.06%) Site Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (25.77%) PyTorch
2 62 (21.31%) TensorFlow
3 38 (13.06%) scikit-learn
4 25 (8.59%) Hugging Face
5 24 (8.25%) Pandas
6 16 (5.50%) NumPy
7 9 (3.09%) PySpark
8 8 (2.75%) Kafka
9 7 (2.41%) LangChain
9 7 (2.41%) Seaborn
10 6 (2.06%) XGBoost
11 5 (1.72%) LangGraph
11 5 (1.72%) Matplotlib
11 5 (1.72%) SciPy
12 4 (1.37%) FastAPI
12 4 (1.37%) XML
13 3 (1.03%) JSON
14 2 (0.69%) .NET
14 2 (0.69%) Flash
14 2 (0.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.49%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.22%) Algorithms
3 19 (6.53%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.12%) Video\Live Streaming
5 11 (3.78%) Mobile Banking
6 9 (3.09%) Blog
7 8 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.41%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.41%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.06%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.37%) IoT
11 4 (1.37%) NHS
12 3 (1.03%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.03%) Hedge funds
12 3 (1.03%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.03%) Reinsurance
12 3 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.06%) Linux
2 5 (1.72%) Windows
3 3 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (53.26%) Machine Learning
2 152 (52.23%) Data Science
3 149 (51.20%) AI
4 121 (41.58%) Actionable Insight
5 116 (39.86%) Mathematics
6 82 (28.18%) Analytics
7 78 (26.80%) Mentoring
8 73 (25.09%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (24.74%) Roadmaps
10 68 (23.37%) Computer Science
10 68 (23.37%) Data Analysis
11 65 (22.34%) Business Intelligence
12 64 (21.99%) Deep Learning
13 63 (21.65%) Decision-Making
14 58 (19.93%) Software Engineering
15 57 (19.59%) Stakeholder Management
16 54 (18.56%) LLM
16 54 (18.56%) Validation
17 43 (14.78%) A/B Testing
18 41 (14.09%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 176 (60.48%) Python
2 142 (48.80%) SQL
3 28 (9.62%) R
4 10 (3.44%) C++
4 10 (3.44%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.03%) Julia
6 3 (1.03%) SAS Macro
6 3 (1.03%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.69%) Java
8 1 (0.34%) C
8 1 (0.34%) C#
8 1 (0.34%) LookML
8 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 111 (38.14%) Degree
2 23 (7.90%) Master's Degree
3 21 (7.22%) PhD
4 17 (5.84%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.44%) DBS Check
6 9 (3.09%) Numerate Degree
7 8 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.75%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.06%) Postgraduate
9 5 (1.72%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.03%) ACCA
11 2 (0.69%) AAT
11 2 (0.69%) CIMA
11 2 (0.69%) CIPD
11 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.34%) CEH
12 1 (0.34%) CFA
12 1 (0.34%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.31%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.50%) QA
3 5 (1.72%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.37%) GDPR
5 3 (1.03%) CDISC
6 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.72%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.37%) Kubeflow
1 4 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.69%) Argo
3 2 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.34%) Grafana
4 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 66 (22.68%) Microsoft
2 58 (19.93%) Google
3 20 (6.87%) Databricks
4 6 (2.06%) Botify
5 5 (1.72%) LexisNexis
6 4 (1.37%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.03%) Cisco
7 3 (1.03%) Meraki
7 3 (1.03%) VMware
8 2 (0.69%) Apple
8 2 (0.69%) Sage
8 2 (0.69%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.69%) SYSPRO
8 2 (0.69%) Workday
9 1 (0.34%) Adobe
9 1 (0.34%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.34%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.34%) Facebook
9 1 (0.34%) Revolut
9 1 (0.34%) Veeam