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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 92 133
Rank change year-on-year -38 +41 -15
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 1,381 3,023 2,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.38% 2.80% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 3.39% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 786 1,548 1,379
10th Percentile £31,188 £30,245 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £36,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,977 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.82% +0.91% -3.96%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% +17.65% -7.61%

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 53,012 89,076 85,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 91.30% 82.54% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 27,252 61,390 52,814
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
Median % change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

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 1 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Top 18 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 1 July 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 -49 1,201 £55,000 +4.76% 5,239
UK excluding London -58 880 £50,055 +0.11% 2,618
Work from Home -43 458 £52,500 - 1,957
London -20 407 £67,500 +12.50% 3,002
South East -13 241 £65,000 +30.00% 756
North of England -53 216 £50,055 -8.99% 651
North West -30 173 £50,055 -12.19% 380
Midlands -86 160 £45,000 -10.00% 382
South West +32 88 £42,500 -15.00% 264
East of England -19 85 £32,500 -35.00% 272
West Midlands -85 81 £52,500 +5.00% 250
East Midlands -17 79 £41,460 -7.87% 127
Scotland +23 66 £52,500 -4.55% 194
Yorkshire -52 30 £45,000 -10.00% 214
Wales +37 18 £75,000 +38.89% 80
North East +2 13 £45,000 +4.35% 62
Northern Ireland +43 6 £32,500 -35.00% 52
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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 51 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.81%) Jupyter
3 24 (1.74%) Confluence
4 13 (0.94%) SAS
5 11 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.51%) CMS
8 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.22%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 1 (0.072%) Apache
9 1 (0.072%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.072%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 297 (21.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.45%) Photoshop
5 17 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.80%) Blender
7 9 (0.65%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.58%) SPSS
9 7 (0.51%) Revit
10 5 (0.36%) Sketch
11 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.29%) ProjectWise
12 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
13 2 (0.14%) Trello
14 1 (0.072%) SPSS Modeler
Business Applications
1 17 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.51%) Q-Pulse
3 7 (0.51%) Raiser’s Edge
3 7 (0.51%) Shopify
4 5 (0.36%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.29%) Maximo
5 4 (0.29%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.14%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 397 (28.75%) Power Platform
2 249 (18.03%) Azure
3 108 (7.82%) AWS
4 67 (4.85%) Google Analytics
5 53 (3.84%) PowerApps
6 49 (3.55%) Power Automate
7 44 (3.19%) GCP
8 40 (2.90%) SaaS
9 35 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (2.10%) Adobe Analytics
10 29 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
11 25 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 24 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.74%) Google Ads
12 24 (1.74%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
13 18 (1.30%) Serverless
14 15 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (0.72%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.30%) Broadband
2 11 (0.80%) Intranet
3 9 (0.65%) Internet
3 9 (0.65%) WAN
4 8 (0.58%) 5G
4 8 (0.58%) Firewall
4 8 (0.58%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.51%) DHCP
5 7 (0.51%) DNS
6 6 (0.43%) Network Security
7 4 (0.29%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.22%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.22%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.14%) ADSL2
9 2 (0.14%) FTP
10 1 (0.072%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.072%) LAN
10 1 (0.072%) WebEx
10 1 (0.072%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 389 (28.17%) Power BI
2 155 (11.22%) Tableau
3 86 (6.23%) Big Data
4 64 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (4.63%) SQL Server
5 56 (4.06%) Data Lake
6 39 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 37 (2.68%) Relational Database
8 34 (2.46%) BusinessObjects
9 32 (2.32%) Data Mining
10 29 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 26 (1.88%) Power Query
12 19 (1.38%) Metadata
12 19 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
13 18 (1.30%) Looker
13 18 (1.30%) NoSQL
14 16 (1.16%) MySQL
15 15 (1.09%) BigQuery
15 15 (1.09%) GIS
16 14 (1.01%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 57 (4.13%) Rational DOORS
2 39 (2.82%) JIRA
3 13 (0.94%) Git
4 9 (0.65%) GitLab
5 5 (0.36%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.29%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.29%) Spinnaker
6 4 (0.29%) WaveMaker
7 2 (0.14%) Selenium
7 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (0.14%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 1 (0.072%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.072%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.072%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.072%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.072%) Storybook
General
1 532 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 461 (33.38%) Finance
3 387 (28.02%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (12.17%) Marketing
5 134 (9.70%) Law
6 124 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 91 (6.59%) Electronics
8 74 (5.36%) Banking
9 61 (4.42%) Legal
9 61 (4.42%) Retail
10 52 (3.77%) Manufacturing
11 51 (3.69%) Public Sector
12 48 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (2.90%) Advertising
14 30 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.09%) Games
18 14 (1.01%) Front Office
19 13 (0.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 503 (36.42%) Analyst
2 209 (15.13%) Lead
3 185 (13.40%) Data Analyst
4 153 (11.08%) Senior
5 113 (8.18%) Business Analyst
6 85 (6.15%) Systems Engineer
7 84 (6.08%) Developer
8 72 (5.21%) Data Scientist
9 68 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
10 58 (4.20%) Data Engineer
11 56 (4.06%) Electronics Engineer
12 44 (3.19%) Support Analyst
13 41 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
14 40 (2.90%) Insight Analyst
15 35 (2.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 35 (2.53%) Senior Data Scientist
16 34 (2.46%) Systems Analyst
17 31 (2.24%) Junior
18 28 (2.03%) SQL Analyst
19 27 (1.96%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.53%) PySpark
2 21 (1.52%) .NET
3 19 (1.38%) HTML
4 16 (1.16%) REST
5 14 (1.01%) JSON
5 14 (1.01%) Pandas
6 13 (0.94%) React
6 13 (0.94%) Web Services
6 13 (0.94%) XML
7 12 (0.87%) CSS
7 12 (0.87%) Flask
7 12 (0.87%) RESTful
8 11 (0.80%) Django
9 9 (0.65%) TensorFlow
10 8 (0.58%) PyTorch
10 8 (0.58%) scikit-learn
11 7 (0.51%) EDI
11 7 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (0.43%) NumPy
12 6 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 110 (7.97%) Management Information System
2 80 (5.79%) Algorithms
3 55 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.62%) Social Media
5 46 (3.33%) Cyberattack
6 42 (3.04%) Data Structures
7 33 (2.39%) Product Ownership
8 23 (1.67%) Onboarding
9 22 (1.59%) Driving Licence
10 20 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.30%) Derivative
12 14 (1.01%) Pricing Data
13 12 (0.87%) FMCG
14 11 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.80%) IoT
15 10 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (0.72%) NHS
16 9 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
16 9 (0.65%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.65%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.90%) Windows
2 22 (1.59%) Linux
3 14 (1.01%) Unix
4 9 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.43%) Windows 7
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.22%) AIX
7 3 (0.22%) Solaris
8 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.072%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (31.14%) Analytics
2 393 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
3 355 (25.71%) Business Intelligence
4 283 (20.49%) Visualisation
5 282 (20.42%) Decision-Making
6 229 (16.58%) Agile
7 206 (14.92%) Data Analytics
8 188 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 188 (13.61%) Data Management
9 174 (12.60%) Artificial Intelligence
10 167 (12.09%) Process Improvement
11 164 (11.88%) Data Science
11 164 (11.88%) Project Management
12 158 (11.44%) Computer Science
13 151 (10.93%) Actionable Insight
13 151 (10.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 142 (10.28%) Mathematics
15 137 (9.92%) Data Modelling
16 133 (9.63%) Requirements Gathering
17 132 (9.56%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 460 (33.31%) SQL
2 277 (20.06%) Python
3 98 (7.10%) MATLAB
4 64 (4.63%) Java
5 57 (4.13%) JavaScript
6 53 (3.84%) R
7 29 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 29 (2.10%) T-SQL
8 28 (2.03%) C#
8 28 (2.03%) VBA
9 26 (1.88%) PowerShell
10 23 (1.67%) PL/SQL
11 22 (1.59%) C++
12 15 (1.09%) C
13 11 (0.80%) TypeScript
14 9 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.51%) Perl
15 7 (0.51%) Scala
16 6 (0.43%) PHP
17 5 (0.36%) Bash
Qualifications
1 573 (41.49%) Degree
2 122 (8.83%) BPSS Clearance
3 92 (6.66%) Security Cleared
4 91 (6.59%) Master's Degree
5 75 (5.43%) HND
6 64 (4.63%) HNC
7 56 (4.06%) DV Cleared
8 50 (3.62%) DBS Check
9 48 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 34 (2.46%) Azure Certification
11 30 (2.17%) Numerate Degree
11 30 (2.17%) PMI Certification
12 26 (1.88%) PMP
13 19 (1.38%) MBA
14 18 (1.30%) SC Cleared
15 17 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (1.23%) PhD
16 16 (1.16%) ACCA
16 16 (1.16%) CIMA
17 11 (0.80%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (13.61%) Data Quality
2 52 (3.77%) GDPR
3 32 (2.32%) Actionable Recommendations
4 30 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 29 (2.10%) QA
6 17 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.87%) SLA
8 11 (0.80%) GRC
8 11 (0.80%) NIST
9 7 (0.51%) SOC 1
9 7 (0.51%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.43%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.36%) COBIT
11 5 (0.36%) PMO
12 4 (0.29%) MiFID
13 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.22%) COREP
13 3 (0.22%) EMIR
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 48 (3.48%) Docker
2 15 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.22%) Apache Flume
6 3 (0.22%) HDFS
6 3 (0.22%) Samba
7 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.52%) Terraform
3 11 (0.80%) Ansible
4 8 (0.58%) RSA Archer
5 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.29%) Grafana
7 3 (0.22%) Kibana
7 3 (0.22%) logstash
7 3 (0.22%) Oozie
8 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.072%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.072%) Puppet
9 1 (0.072%) vRealize
Vendors
1 281 (20.35%) Microsoft
2 113 (8.18%) Google
3 103 (7.46%) SAP
4 54 (3.91%) Databricks
5 40 (2.90%) Oracle
6 38 (2.75%) Adobe
7 36 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 36 (2.61%) Workday
8 33 (2.39%) ServiceNow
9 28 (2.03%) Facebook
10 21 (1.52%) Concur
11 18 (1.30%) Informatica
12 17 (1.23%) IBM
13 16 (1.16%) Capita
14 13 (0.94%) Splunk
15 12 (0.87%) Marketo
15 12 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 10 (0.72%) Alteryx
17 8 (0.58%) IFS
17 8 (0.58%) Zoho