Technical Analyst Job Trends

Technical Analyst
UK

The median Technical Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 502 466
Rank change year-on-year +33 -36 +114
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 264 152 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.35% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.39% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 184 110 347
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,938 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,480 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.84% +21.37% -22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 84,369 38,923 91,211
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 89.45% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 55,003 23,201 67,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,777
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +9.90% -12.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Technical Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Technical Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Technical Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +48 233 £45,000 - 55
UK excluding London +35 189 £40,000 -5.84% 51
London -15 64 £67,500 +13.45% 16
North of England -31 61 £45,000 +1.21% 15
Work from Home +34 55 £55,000 +22.22% 26
Midlands -6 47 £35,000 -36.36% 1
North West +3 35 £45,000 -14.29% 8
South East -6 32 £46,000 +2.22% 11
West Midlands -18 25 £35,000 -36.36% 1
East Midlands -8 22 £29,250 -41.50%
Scotland +8 20 £30,000 - 7
South West -34 19 £35,000 +16.67% 6
Yorkshire -51 16 £30,000 +15.38% 4
North East -37 10 £60,000 +26.32% 3
East of England -13 9 £35,000 +27.27% 12
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Technical Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2026, Technical Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 54 (20.45%) SQL
2 51 (19.32%) Microsoft
3 48 (18.18%) Agile
4 41 (15.53%) User Stories
5 37 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 36 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (13.26%) User Acceptance Testing
8 33 (12.50%) Windows
9 25 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (8.71%) Degree
11 21 (7.95%) Azure
11 21 (7.95%) Business Analysis
11 21 (7.95%) Data Mapping
12 20 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (7.20%) Acceptance Criteria
13 19 (7.20%) Data Analysis
13 19 (7.20%) JIRA
13 19 (7.20%) Process Improvement
14 18 (6.82%) Active Directory
14 18 (6.82%) Data Quality
14 18 (6.82%) QA
14 18 (6.82%) Scrum
15 17 (6.44%) AI
15 17 (6.44%) CI/CD
15 17 (6.44%) Git
15 17 (6.44%) Test Automation
16 16 (6.06%) Analytics
16 16 (6.06%) AWS
16 16 (6.06%) Backlog Management
16 16 (6.06%) GDPR

Technical Analyst Skill Set
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 (4.55%) Apache
1 12 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
1 12 (4.55%) Apache Spark
1 12 (4.55%) Confluence
2 7 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
Applications
1 15 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 21 (7.95%) Azure
2 20 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.06%) AWS
4 14 (5.30%) Amazon S3
5 13 (4.92%) OpenShift
6 12 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.65%) Google Workspace
8 6 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.89%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.14%) Serverless
11 2 (0.76%) Amazon Cognito
11 2 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.76%) GCP
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.38%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.38%) IaaS
12 1 (0.38%) Miro
12 1 (0.38%) PaaS
12 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.41%) DHCP
1 9 (3.41%) DNS
1 9 (3.41%) Firewall
2 7 (2.65%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.27%) Broadband
4 3 (1.14%) FTP
5 1 (0.38%) ATM
5 1 (0.38%) BGP
5 1 (0.38%) DKIM
5 1 (0.38%) DMARC
5 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.38%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) Multicast
5 1 (0.38%) VPN
5 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.92%) Spark SQL
1 13 (4.92%) Tableau
2 12 (4.55%) Apache Hive
2 12 (4.55%) Impala
2 12 (4.55%) Oracle Database
2 12 (4.55%) Parquet
2 12 (4.55%) Power BI
3 6 (2.27%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.52%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.52%) MySQL
4 4 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 19 (7.20%) JIRA
2 17 (6.44%) Git
3 12 (4.55%) IBM UrbanCode
4 4 (1.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) Postman
5 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 52 (19.70%) Finance
2 49 (18.56%) Social Skills
3 30 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.95%) Banking
4 21 (7.95%) Legal
5 17 (6.44%) Retail
6 13 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.55%) Investment Banking
8 10 (3.79%) Law
9 6 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.14%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.76%) Electronics
12 2 (0.76%) Games
13 1 (0.38%) Advertising
13 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.38%) Military
13 1 (0.38%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.92%) PySpark
2 2 (0.76%) CSS
2 2 (0.76%) OpenAPI
2 2 (0.76%) Swagger
3 1 (0.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.03%) Onboarding
1 8 (3.03%) Product Ownership
2 7 (2.65%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (1.52%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.14%) Equities
5 3 (1.14%) NHS
6 2 (0.76%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.76%) Credit Derivative
6 2 (0.76%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.76%) Derivative
6 2 (0.76%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (0.76%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.38%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.38%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.50%) Windows
2 11 (4.17%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.89%) Android
3 5 (1.89%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.89%) Linux
4 4 (1.52%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (18.18%) Agile
2 41 (15.53%) User Stories
3 37 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (13.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 25 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (7.95%) Business Analysis
7 21 (7.95%) Data Mapping
8 19 (7.20%) Acceptance Criteria
8 19 (7.20%) Data Analysis
8 19 (7.20%) Process Improvement
9 18 (6.82%) Scrum
10 17 (6.44%) AI
10 17 (6.44%) CI/CD
10 17 (6.44%) Test Automation
11 16 (6.06%) Analytics
11 16 (6.06%) Backlog Management
11 16 (6.06%) ITIL
11 16 (6.06%) Requirements Gathering
12 15 (5.68%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 54 (20.45%) SQL
2 14 (5.30%) Python
3 6 (2.27%) C#
4 1 (0.38%) C++
4 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.38%) Java
4 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (8.71%) Degree
2 10 (3.79%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.03%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.14%) MCSA
6 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (0.76%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.76%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.76%) IIBA
7 2 (0.76%) MCSE
8 1 (0.38%) CCNA
8 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.38%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.38%) GCIH
8 1 (0.38%) GIAC
8 1 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.82%) Data Quality
1 18 (6.82%) QA
2 16 (6.06%) GDPR
3 12 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 12 (4.55%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.89%) COREP
5 2 (0.76%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.76%) PSD2
5 2 (0.76%) SLA
6 1 (0.38%) EMIR
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.38%) ITGC
6 1 (0.38%) MiFID
6 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.52%) Docker
4 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.38%) ArcSight ESM
3 1 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 51 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.30%) Oracle
3 12 (4.55%) Red Hat
4 7 (2.65%) Google
5 6 (2.27%) iManage
5 6 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.89%) Aderant
6 5 (1.89%) CheckPoint
6 5 (1.89%) Intapp
6 5 (1.89%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.89%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.89%) VMware
7 4 (1.52%) Citrix
8 2 (0.76%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.76%) Splunk
9 1 (0.38%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.38%) Dell
9 1 (0.38%) HP
9 1 (0.38%) LogLogic
9 1 (0.38%) Palantir