Technical Analysis Job Trends

Technical Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Technical Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 558 606
Rank change year-on-year -33 +48 +70
Permanent jobs citing Technical Analysis 62 142 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.29% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31 46 74
10th Percentile £30,165 £37,524 £38,575
25th Percentile £37,500 £54,108 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.84% +11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £59,662 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £84,375 £91,729
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,122 £54,321 £50,886
% change year-on-year -11.41% +6.75% -3.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Analysis 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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Technical Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technical Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Analysis
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Technical Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Analysis over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Analysis in the UK

Technical Analysis
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +14 45 £48,122 -11.41% 13
England -40 36 £56,121 -25.17% 18
Work from Home +88 35 £48,122 -14.25% 8
London +18 17 £60,500 -19.33% 7
Scotland +20 15 - -
Wales - 10 £48,122 -
South West -6 7 £31,330 -43.26% 4
Midlands +17 6 £30,000 -40.00% 1
South East +1 4 £67,500 -1.82% 7
West Midlands +13 3 £30,000 -40.00% 1
East of England +19 2 £40,000 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £70,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Technical Analysis
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 4 (6.45%) Confluence
2 3 (4.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.61%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.35%) Azure
2 10 (16.13%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (6.45%) AWS
3 4 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.84%) iPaaS
4 3 (4.84%) Kong
5 2 (3.23%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.61%) GitHub
6 1 (1.61%) IaaS
6 1 (1.61%) PaaS
6 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (24.19%) Broadband
2 4 (6.45%) Ethernet
2 4 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (6.45%) Wireshark
3 3 (4.84%) Firewall
3 3 (4.84%) Network Security
4 2 (3.23%) BGP
4 2 (3.23%) OSPF
4 2 (3.23%) SNMP
4 2 (3.23%) SSH
4 2 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.13%) Geospatial Data
1 10 (16.13%) GIS
2 4 (6.45%) Power BI
2 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.84%) DynamoDB
3 3 (4.84%) MongoDB
3 3 (4.84%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.84%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.61%) Metadata
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (24.19%) GitLab
1 15 (24.19%) Jenkins
1 15 (24.19%) SonarQube
2 3 (4.84%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (3.23%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.23%) JIRA
4 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 28 (45.16%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (24.19%) Games
2 15 (24.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (24.19%) Marketing
3 13 (20.97%) Finance
4 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
5 4 (6.45%) Banking
5 4 (6.45%) Electronics
5 4 (6.45%) Publishing
6 3 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Law
7 2 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.23%) Legal
7 2 (3.23%) Police
8 1 (1.61%) Back Office
8 1 (1.61%) Front Office
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (30.65%) Architect
2 17 (27.42%) Analyst
3 14 (22.58%) Salesforce Architect
4 10 (16.13%) Lead
5 8 (12.90%) Salesforce Technical Architect
5 8 (12.90%) Technical Architect
6 7 (11.29%) Business Analyst
6 7 (11.29%) Senior
7 5 (8.06%) Data Analyst
7 5 (8.06%) Software Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Salesforce Solution Architect
8 4 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (4.84%) Associate Engineer
9 3 (4.84%) Developer
9 3 (4.84%) Digital Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) Digital Business Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) IT Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) IT Engineer
9 3 (4.84%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (35.48%) REST
2 19 (30.65%) SOAP
3 15 (24.19%) Lightning Web Components
3 15 (24.19%) Visualforce
4 5 (8.06%) .NET
5 4 (6.45%) .NET Framework
5 4 (6.45%) AngularJS
5 4 (6.45%) React
6 3 (4.84%) JSON
6 3 (4.84%) Middleware
6 3 (4.84%) XML
7 2 (3.23%) HTML
7 2 (3.23%) WPF
8 1 (1.61%) CSS
8 1 (1.61%) SAP Basis
8 1 (1.61%) SignalR
8 1 (1.61%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 19 (30.65%) Product Ownership
2 17 (27.42%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (17.74%) Management Information System
4 4 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (6.45%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (4.84%) Digital Media
5 3 (4.84%) Virtual Team
6 2 (3.23%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.61%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.61%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) Agile
2 22 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (32.26%) DevOps
3 20 (32.26%) Scrum
4 19 (30.65%) Design Patterns
5 18 (29.03%) CI/CD
5 18 (29.03%) OO
5 18 (29.03%) Roadmaps
6 16 (25.81%) Technology Roadmap
7 15 (24.19%) Community of Practice
7 15 (24.19%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
7 15 (24.19%) Continuous Delivery
7 15 (24.19%) Continuous Integration
7 15 (24.19%) Event-Driven
7 15 (24.19%) PLM
7 15 (24.19%) Risk Management
7 15 (24.19%) Static Code Analysis
7 15 (24.19%) TOGAF
8 10 (16.13%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.19%) Apex Code
1 15 (24.19%) SOQL
1 15 (24.19%) SOSL
2 11 (17.74%) SQL
3 6 (9.68%) Python
4 5 (8.06%) C++
5 4 (6.45%) C
5 4 (6.45%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.84%) C#
6 3 (4.84%) Java
7 2 (3.23%) ABAP
7 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (43.55%) Degree
2 10 (16.13%) DBS Check
3 6 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 5 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (8.06%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.45%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.61%) EMIR
2 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.61%) MiFID
2 1 (1.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) Control-M
Vendors
1 23 (37.10%) Microsoft
2 15 (24.19%) Salesforce
2 15 (24.19%) Splunk
3 5 (8.06%) Oracle
4 3 (4.84%) MuleSoft
5 2 (3.23%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco
5 2 (3.23%) Google
5 2 (3.23%) SAP
5 2 (3.23%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.61%) Intapp
6 1 (1.61%) ION Trading
6 1 (1.61%) Murex