Data Analysis Jobs

Data Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 150 113
Rank change year-on-year +91 -37 +56
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 2,770 1,328 4,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.65% 2.31% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 2.44% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 697 1,010 1,937
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,975 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,519
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.59% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,000 £85,125 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data 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 63,881 54,318 133,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.08% 94.30% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30,489 39,141 76,332
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,439 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.69% - +5.00%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis.

Salary trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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 +83 2,586 £57,500 +5.50% 643
UK excluding London +111 1,802 £50,000 - 507
Work from Home +77 1,056 £60,000 +10.09% 237
London +71 877 £67,500 +3.85% 185
Midlands +65 600 £50,000 +4.06% 93
South East +88 429 £56,252 +3.21% 100
West Midlands +52 421 £51,000 +5.10% 61
North of England +77 365 £47,500 +5.56% 149
South West +33 184 £45,000 -18.40% 51
East Midlands +35 179 £40,000 -15.79% 31
North West +29 178 £47,683 +0.39% 90
Yorkshire +84 147 £47,500 +5.56% 41
Scotland +53 110 £50,000 -12.24% 23
East of England -24 83 £43,250 +8.13% 65
North East -6 40 £41,000 -3.53% 19
Wales +42 24 £54,000 +45.95% 20
Northern Ireland +21 8 £27,500 -54.17% 13

Data Analysis
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 34 (1.23%) SAS
1 34 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (0.54%) Apache Spark
3 12 (0.43%) Apache
4 10 (0.36%) Mule
5 9 (0.32%) Confluence
6 6 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.072%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.036%) Appian
10 1 (0.036%) CMS
10 1 (0.036%) Luigi
Applications
1 807 (29.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 415 (14.98%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (2.53%) Chatbot
4 65 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.36%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.18%) Simulink
8 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.11%) CANalyzer
9 3 (0.11%) Sketch
10 1 (0.036%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.05%) iTrent
2 14 (0.51%) Teamcenter
3 7 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.25%) Elite 3E
4 5 (0.18%) GoldMine
4 5 (0.18%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.072%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.072%) SAP MDM
5 2 (0.072%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.036%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.036%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.036%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.036%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.036%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.036%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.036%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.036%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.036%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.036%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.036%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 417 (15.05%) GCP
2 412 (14.87%) Power Platform
3 213 (7.69%) Azure
4 167 (6.03%) AWS
5 46 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 43 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
7 41 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 35 (1.26%) Google Sheets
10 34 (1.23%) Snowflake
11 32 (1.16%) PowerApps
12 29 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
13 26 (0.94%) Veeva
14 22 (0.79%) SaaS
15 21 (0.76%) Google Docs
16 18 (0.65%) Serverless
17 16 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
18 14 (0.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 451 (16.28%) Broadband
2 20 (0.72%) Network Security
3 8 (0.29%) Intranet
4 7 (0.25%) Firewall
5 5 (0.18%) DAB
5 5 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (0.18%) J1939
6 4 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.11%) FTP
7 3 (0.11%) RS-232
7 3 (0.11%) RS-485
8 1 (0.036%) DHCP
8 1 (0.036%) DNS
8 1 (0.036%) NGFW
8 1 (0.036%) SMS
8 1 (0.036%) VLAN
8 1 (0.036%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 410 (14.80%) Power BI
2 385 (13.90%) Data Hub
3 241 (8.70%) Tableau
4 133 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
5 80 (2.89%) SQL Server
6 50 (1.81%) Big Data
7 44 (1.59%) Data Lake
8 38 (1.37%) Data Mining
9 35 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 34 (1.23%) Data Vault
11 30 (1.08%) Qlik Sense
11 30 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 27 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
13 24 (0.87%) Relational Database
14 23 (0.83%) Hadoop
15 22 (0.79%) GIS
15 22 (0.79%) Looker
15 22 (0.79%) Metadata
16 21 (0.76%) MS Access
17 19 (0.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 61 (2.20%) Git
2 44 (1.59%) JIRA
3 9 (0.32%) AdminStudio
3 9 (0.32%) InstallShield
3 9 (0.32%) MSI
4 8 (0.29%) Selenium
5 7 (0.25%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.22%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
6 6 (0.22%) TestRail
7 3 (0.11%) GitLab
7 3 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.11%) Rational Statemate
8 2 (0.072%) MLflow
9 1 (0.036%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.036%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.036%) Hudson
9 1 (0.036%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.036%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,325 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 607 (21.91%) Analytical Skills
3 443 (15.99%) Finance
4 433 (15.63%) Influencing Skills
5 378 (13.65%) Retail
6 343 (12.38%) Presentation Skills
7 256 (9.24%) Military
8 201 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 127 (4.58%) Legal
10 88 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
11 86 (3.10%) Marketing
12 74 (2.67%) Law
13 67 (2.42%) Manufacturing
14 50 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
15 48 (1.73%) Banking
16 45 (1.62%) Public Sector
17 34 (1.23%) Automotive
18 25 (0.90%) Telecoms
19 22 (0.79%) Local Government
20 16 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1,073 (38.74%) Analyst
2 798 (28.81%) Senior
3 519 (18.74%) Senior Analyst
4 395 (14.26%) IT Analyst
5 381 (13.75%) Audit Analyst
6 340 (12.27%) Graduate
7 272 (9.82%) Data Analyst
8 246 (8.88%) Lead
9 136 (4.91%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 116 (4.19%) Principal Engineer
11 97 (3.50%) Developer
12 76 (2.74%) Senior Data Analyst
13 74 (2.67%) Consultant
14 70 (2.53%) Business Analyst
14 70 (2.53%) Data Engineer
15 69 (2.49%) Portfolio Analyst
16 62 (2.24%) Financial Analyst
17 60 (2.17%) Architect
18 58 (2.09%) Data Scientist
19 55 (1.99%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (1.91%) HTML
2 31 (1.12%) Pandas
3 28 (1.01%) React
4 23 (0.83%) CSS
5 22 (0.79%) .NET
6 18 (0.65%) TensorFlow
7 17 (0.61%) scikit-learn
8 16 (0.58%) NumPy
8 16 (0.58%) PyTorch
9 14 (0.51%) Kafka
10 13 (0.47%) Spring
11 12 (0.43%) Spring Boot
12 11 (0.40%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.36%) PySpark
13 10 (0.36%) XML
14 8 (0.29%) SQLAlchemy
15 7 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
16 6 (0.22%) Gherkin
16 6 (0.22%) REST
17 5 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 516 (18.63%) Onboarding
2 75 (2.71%) Management Information System
3 64 (2.31%) Algorithms
4 53 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (1.59%) Life Science
6 33 (1.19%) STB
7 28 (1.01%) Reinsurance
8 26 (0.94%) Cyberattack
9 24 (0.87%) Product Ownership
10 23 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
11 22 (0.79%) Data Structures
12 21 (0.76%) Robotics
13 13 (0.47%) Data Centre
14 12 (0.43%) Pricing Data
15 11 (0.40%) Hedge funds
16 10 (0.36%) Cloud Native
16 10 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (0.32%) Shadow IT
18 8 (0.29%) Greenfield Project
18 8 (0.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.52%) Linux
2 29 (1.05%) Windows
3 11 (0.40%) Windows 10
4 9 (0.32%) Windows 7
5 7 (0.25%) Debian
6 5 (0.18%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.14%) Unix
8 3 (0.11%) AIX
8 3 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.11%) Solaris
9 2 (0.072%) Android
9 2 (0.072%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.072%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,053 (38.01%) Problem-Solving
2 973 (35.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 890 (32.13%) Analytics
4 814 (29.39%) Customer Experience
5 592 (21.37%) Data Management
6 573 (20.69%) Customer Service
7 568 (20.51%) Data Science
8 508 (18.34%) Mathematics
9 502 (18.12%) Visualisation
10 499 (18.01%) Data Governance
11 469 (16.93%) Logistics
12 419 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
13 415 (14.98%) Process Improvement
14 406 (14.66%) Data Transformation
15 381 (13.75%) IT Audit
16 374 (13.50%) Mentoring
17 357 (12.89%) Decision-Making
18 351 (12.67%) Performance Metrics
19 344 (12.42%) Creative Thinking
20 323 (11.66%) Contingency Planning
Programming Languages
1 585 (21.12%) SQL
2 509 (18.38%) Python
3 193 (6.97%) VBA
4 83 (3.00%) R
5 57 (2.06%) Java
6 51 (1.84%) JavaScript
7 43 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 41 (1.48%) C#
9 30 (1.08%) PowerShell
10 22 (0.79%) C++
10 22 (0.79%) MATLAB
11 15 (0.54%) C
12 14 (0.51%) VB
13 9 (0.32%) Rust
13 9 (0.32%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.29%) Scala
15 7 (0.25%) Bash
16 6 (0.22%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.14%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.11%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1,203 (43.43%) Degree
2 409 (14.77%) CISA
3 244 (8.81%) Chartered Engineer
4 211 (7.62%) HNC
5 125 (4.51%) Master's Degree
6 100 (3.61%) Security Cleared
7 74 (2.67%) DBS Check
8 59 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 59 (2.13%) SC Cleared
9 47 (1.70%) DV Cleared
10 40 (1.44%) MBA
11 26 (0.94%) CCAB
12 20 (0.72%) PhD
12 20 (0.72%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 12 (0.43%) Azure Certification
14 11 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
15 8 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 7 (0.25%) HND
16 7 (0.25%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 381 (13.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 158 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 55 (1.99%) QA
4 41 (1.48%) Good Clinical Practice
5 26 (0.94%) ITGC
6 22 (0.79%) GDPR
7 19 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 19 (0.69%) PMO
8 14 (0.51%) SLA
9 9 (0.32%) CDISC
10 8 (0.29%) ISO 26262
11 7 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.18%) COREP
13 3 (0.11%) HAZOP
13 3 (0.11%) MiFID
14 2 (0.072%) Automotive SPICE
14 2 (0.072%) AUTOSAR
14 2 (0.072%) GLP
14 2 (0.072%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.072%) MISRA C
System Software
1 21 (0.76%) Docker
2 16 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (0.22%) Firmware
6 3 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.036%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (0.72%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.36%) SCCM
3 9 (0.32%) WSUS
4 6 (0.22%) Terraform
5 4 (0.14%) Kibana
6 3 (0.11%) Ansible
6 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.072%) Argo
7 2 (0.072%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.072%) Packer
8 1 (0.036%) FTK
8 1 (0.036%) Grafana
8 1 (0.036%) logstash
8 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.036%) Rancher
8 1 (0.036%) SCOM
8 1 (0.036%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.036%) WMI
Vendors
1 463 (16.71%) Microsoft
2 447 (16.14%) Google
3 120 (4.33%) Databricks
4 76 (2.74%) SAP
5 24 (0.87%) ServiceNow
6 23 (0.83%) Oracle
7 20 (0.72%) Minitab
7 20 (0.72%) Salesforce
7 20 (0.72%) Splunk
8 15 (0.54%) Informatica
9 11 (0.40%) VMware
10 10 (0.36%) Alteryx
11 9 (0.32%) Adobe
11 9 (0.32%) Autodesk
12 7 (0.25%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.22%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.18%) Sage
15 4 (0.14%) Computacenter
15 4 (0.14%) F5
15 4 (0.14%) MuleSoft