Analytics Jobs

Analytics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 38 24
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 3,869 5,376 8,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.16% 5.44% 8.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.64% 6.34% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,824 3,354 4,465
10th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,725 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,556 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.14% -8.38% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,188 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Analytics 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 50,654 84,747 98,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.80% 85.73% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,617 59,812 57,648
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £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%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in the UK

Analytics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Analytics in the UK

Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the UK

Analytics
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +7 3,401 £65,000 +9.61% 5,816
UK excluding London +17 2,201 £55,000 +4.76% 2,841
London +5 1,462 £85,000 +13.33% 3,917
Work from Home -1 1,317 £60,000 +1.69% 3,264
South East +36 724 £58,000 +5.45% 1,208
North of England -21 512 £57,500 +15.00% 636
Midlands -11 351 £52,500 -4.55% 363
North West -42 337 £55,000 +5.60% 395
West Midlands -1 265 £55,000 - 213
South West +29 240 £55,000 - 243
Scotland +22 233 £52,000 -13.69% 176
Yorkshire +12 159 £55,500 +22.66% 179
East of England +24 104 £65,000 +36.84% 185
East Midlands -6 83 £48,500 -3.00% 132
Northern Ireland +29 29 £30,000 -72.09% 45
North East -11 20 £56,250 +12.50% 69
Wales -2 17 £50,000 - 54
Channel Islands +2 4 £78,750 +16.67%

Analytics
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
1 126 (3.26%) CMS
2 83 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 78 (2.02%) SAS
4 76 (1.96%) Apache Spark
5 75 (1.94%) Oracle Application Server
6 60 (1.55%) WordPress
7 55 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
8 53 (1.37%) Apache
9 23 (0.59%) Drupal
10 22 (0.57%) Umbraco
11 19 (0.49%) Confluence
12 12 (0.31%) IBM Domino
13 11 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 9 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
15 7 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
16 5 (0.13%) IIS
16 5 (0.13%) Luigi
17 4 (0.10%) ArcGIS
17 4 (0.10%) Headless CMS
17 4 (0.10%) Mule
Applications
1 371 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 78 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.65%) Photoshop
5 19 (0.49%) Adobe Premiere
6 17 (0.44%) Maya
7 16 (0.41%) Trello
8 14 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 14 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
9 11 (0.28%) SPSS
10 8 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.21%) MS Visio
11 7 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.18%) Adobe XD
12 5 (0.13%) InDesign
13 4 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
14 3 (0.078%) Sketch
14 3 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
15 2 (0.052%) Final Cut Pro
15 2 (0.052%) Notion
Business Applications
1 51 (1.32%) Shopify
2 35 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 31 (0.80%) Aladdin
4 27 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 22 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
6 19 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
7 13 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
8 10 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 10 (0.26%) SAP IBP
9 7 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.16%) Infor M3
10 6 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.13%) CiviCRM
11 5 (0.13%) iTrent
11 5 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.13%) Relativity
11 5 (0.13%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.10%) Infor LN
12 4 (0.10%) Magento
12 4 (0.10%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 856 (22.12%) Azure
2 694 (17.94%) Power Platform
3 544 (14.06%) AWS
4 336 (8.68%) Google Analytics
5 307 (7.93%) GCP
6 185 (4.78%) Snowflake
7 154 (3.98%) SaaS
8 148 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 141 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 116 (3.00%) Google Ads
11 113 (2.92%) Serverless
12 90 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
13 76 (1.96%) Amazon S3
14 75 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
15 72 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
16 71 (1.84%) dbt
17 69 (1.78%) Power Automate
18 61 (1.58%) GitHub
19 59 (1.52%) PaaS
20 54 (1.40%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 33 (0.85%) Firewall
2 30 (0.78%) DNS
3 29 (0.75%) Internet
4 23 (0.59%) VPN
5 15 (0.39%) Network Security
6 13 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.28%) HTTP
7 11 (0.28%) TCP/IP
8 10 (0.26%) Intranet
8 10 (0.26%) SMS
9 9 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (0.23%) WAN
10 8 (0.21%) 5G
11 7 (0.18%) DHCP
11 7 (0.18%) SAN
12 6 (0.16%) Bluetooth
12 6 (0.16%) LAN
13 5 (0.13%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.13%) NAS
13 5 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 686 (17.73%) Power BI
2 386 (9.98%) Data Warehouse
3 385 (9.95%) Tableau
4 241 (6.23%) Data Lake
5 213 (5.51%) Big Data
6 137 (3.54%) SQL Server
7 98 (2.53%) Metadata
8 88 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
9 87 (2.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 83 (2.15%) NoSQL
11 73 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 72 (1.86%) BigQuery
12 72 (1.86%) Relational Database
13 63 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 62 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
15 57 (1.47%) Looker
16 56 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
17 55 (1.42%) Data Mining
18 50 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
19 49 (1.27%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 167 (4.32%) Git
2 108 (2.79%) JIRA
3 78 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 36 (0.93%) GitLab
5 26 (0.67%) Eclipse
5 26 (0.67%) Eclipse RCP
6 21 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 19 (0.49%) JUnit
8 17 (0.44%) Maven
9 14 (0.36%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.36%) IntelliJ
9 14 (0.36%) Mockito
10 12 (0.31%) Selenium
11 11 (0.28%) CircleCI
12 8 (0.21%) Bazaar
12 8 (0.21%) ERwin
12 8 (0.21%) MLflow
12 8 (0.21%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.18%) Postman
14 6 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
General
1 1,629 (42.10%) Social Skills
2 1,558 (40.27%) Finance
3 1,074 (27.76%) Analytical Skills
4 618 (15.97%) Marketing
5 472 (12.20%) Law
6 372 (9.61%) Banking
7 359 (9.28%) Retail
8 248 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 217 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
10 177 (4.57%) Legal
11 158 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
12 156 (4.03%) Advertising
13 154 (3.98%) Public Sector
14 137 (3.54%) Manufacturing
15 124 (3.20%) Games
16 106 (2.74%) Front Office
17 104 (2.69%) Telecoms
18 92 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
19 83 (2.15%) Military
20 46 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 675 (17.45%) Senior
2 664 (17.16%) Analyst
3 519 (13.41%) Lead
4 266 (6.88%) Data Analyst
5 246 (6.36%) Data Engineer
6 231 (5.97%) Architect
7 223 (5.76%) Systems Manager
8 218 (5.63%) Developer
9 215 (5.56%) Resource Manager
10 151 (3.90%) Data Scientist
11 125 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
12 114 (2.95%) Data Manager
13 106 (2.74%) Senior Manager
13 106 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
14 104 (2.69%) Software Engineer
15 91 (2.35%) Product Manager
16 86 (2.22%) Consultant
17 74 (1.91%) Digital Analyst
18 73 (1.89%) Analytics Manager
19 69 (1.78%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (3.57%) CSS
2 133 (3.44%) HTML
3 96 (2.48%) React
4 95 (2.46%) Kafka
5 86 (2.22%) PySpark
6 84 (2.17%) Pandas
7 82 (2.12%) NumPy
8 63 (1.63%) RESTful
9 56 (1.45%) PyTorch
10 53 (1.37%) Middleware
11 44 (1.14%) TensorFlow
12 42 (1.09%) SciPy
13 41 (1.06%) AngularJS
13 41 (1.06%) scikit-learn
14 39 (1.01%) Node.js
15 35 (0.90%) .NET
16 34 (0.88%) OAuth
17 32 (0.83%) JSON
18 30 (0.78%) ARM Templates
19 28 (0.72%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 242 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 235 (6.07%) Algorithms
3 227 (5.87%) Management Information System
4 202 (5.22%) Social Media
5 99 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 92 (2.38%) Robotics
7 91 (2.35%) Cloud Native
8 75 (1.94%) Fixed Income
9 70 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 69 (1.78%) Blockchain
11 68 (1.76%) Hedge funds
12 62 (1.60%) Data Structures
13 61 (1.58%) FMCG
14 60 (1.55%) Credit Risk
15 59 (1.52%) Derivative
15 59 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
16 51 (1.32%) Mobile App
17 47 (1.21%) Blog
18 45 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 44 (1.14%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 114 (2.95%) Windows
2 104 (2.69%) Linux
3 33 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 29 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.34%) Windows Vista
6 9 (0.23%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.23%) Unix
7 8 (0.21%) Android
8 6 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.10%) AIX
10 4 (0.10%) VMS
11 2 (0.052%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.026%) CentOS
12 1 (0.026%) SUSE
12 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.026%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 948 (24.50%) Data Analytics
2 891 (23.03%) Business Intelligence
3 885 (22.87%) Agile
4 848 (21.92%) Artificial Intelligence
5 813 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
6 744 (19.23%) Data Management
7 668 (17.27%) Decision-Making
8 653 (16.88%) Visualisation
9 603 (15.59%) Data Science
10 581 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 496 (12.82%) Roadmaps
12 492 (12.72%) Data Modelling
13 484 (12.51%) Machine Learning
14 456 (11.79%) Data Analysis
15 452 (11.68%) Mentoring
16 442 (11.42%) DevOps
17 430 (11.11%) ERP
18 411 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
19 402 (10.39%) Data Engineering
20 385 (9.95%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,074 (27.76%) SQL
2 982 (25.38%) Python
3 213 (5.51%) Java
4 164 (4.24%) JavaScript
5 127 (3.28%) R
6 112 (2.89%) C#
7 77 (1.99%) PowerShell
8 74 (1.91%) T-SQL
9 65 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 57 (1.47%) C++
11 49 (1.27%) Scala
12 43 (1.11%) TypeScript
13 30 (0.78%) Bash
13 30 (0.78%) Rust
14 24 (0.62%) C
14 24 (0.62%) PHP
15 23 (0.59%) Ada
16 17 (0.44%) Bicep
17 16 (0.41%) Go
18 14 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,147 (29.65%) Degree
2 245 (6.33%) Master's Degree
3 204 (5.27%) DBS Check
4 170 (4.39%) Security Cleared
5 123 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 113 (2.92%) PhD
7 100 (2.58%) SC Cleared
8 67 (1.73%) Azure Certification
9 62 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 56 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
11 54 (1.40%) DV Cleared
12 47 (1.21%) ACCA
13 46 (1.19%) CISA
14 43 (1.11%) CIMA
15 31 (0.80%) AWS Certification
15 31 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
16 24 (0.62%) MBA
17 23 (0.59%) ICAEW
17 23 (0.59%) PMI Certification
18 22 (0.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 407 (10.52%) Data Quality
2 154 (3.98%) Accessibility
3 130 (3.36%) GDPR
4 86 (2.22%) QA
5 48 (1.24%) ITGC
6 46 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 23 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 22 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 21 (0.54%) IFRS
9 21 (0.54%) MiFID
10 19 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 18 (0.47%) EMIR
12 17 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 16 (0.41%) IFRS 9
13 16 (0.41%) SLA
13 16 (0.41%) SOC 2
14 14 (0.36%) PCI DSS
15 13 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
16 11 (0.28%) WCAG
17 10 (0.26%) Basel III
System Software
1 121 (3.13%) Docker
2 38 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 36 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.13%) vSphere
7 4 (0.10%) HDFS
8 3 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.052%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.026%) Firmware
10 1 (0.026%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.026%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.026%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.026%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.026%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 158 (4.08%) Terraform
2 154 (3.98%) Kubernetes
3 59 (1.52%) Ansible
4 29 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 21 (0.54%) Grafana
5 21 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.16%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.13%) QRadar
9 4 (0.10%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.10%) Graylog
9 4 (0.10%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.10%) Matomo
9 4 (0.10%) Puppet
9 4 (0.10%) SCCM
10 3 (0.078%) Istio
10 3 (0.078%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.052%) Argo
11 2 (0.052%) EnCase
11 2 (0.052%) FTK
Vendors
1 707 (18.27%) Microsoft
2 518 (13.39%) Google
3 303 (7.83%) Databricks
4 196 (5.07%) SAP
5 185 (4.78%) Oracle
6 141 (3.64%) Salesforce
7 117 (3.02%) Adobe
8 99 (2.56%) Alteryx
9 77 (1.99%) ServiceNow
10 73 (1.89%) Facebook
11 62 (1.60%) Instagram
12 61 (1.58%) TikTok
13 44 (1.14%) IBM
14 38 (0.98%) Ahrefs
14 38 (0.98%) VMware
15 37 (0.96%) Informatica
16 35 (0.90%) YouTube
17 34 (0.88%) Pinterest
18 27 (0.70%) OpenAI
19 25 (0.65%) MuleSoft