Data Analysis Jobs

Data Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 130 125
Rank change year-on-year +33 -5 +60
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 2,769 2,580 5,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.63% 2.72% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 2.85% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,546 1,311 2,184
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,076 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -8.60% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +41 2,448 £52,500 - 965
UK excluding London +24 1,872 £50,000 +17.65% 591
Work from Home +30 931 £52,500 +5.00% 343
London +42 788 £60,000 -7.69% 403
Midlands +1 476 £50,000 +23.46% 118
South East +49 451 £50,000 +5.26% 134
North of England +16 367 £55,000 +46.67% 162
West Midlands +8 353 £50,000 +27.39% 69
North West -3 224 £58,750 +67.86% 96
Scotland -16 194 £55,000 +50.26% 46
South West +15 191 £54,500 +25.27% 65
East of England +22 164 £50,000 -2.44% 56
East Midlands +16 123 £45,000 +0.00% 49
Yorkshire +22 100 £52,500 +23.53% 43
North East -8 43 £41,000 +5.13% 27
Wales -13 21 £53,000 +23.06% 13
Northern Ireland +24 8 £57,500 +27.78% 10

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 95 (3.43%) SAS
2 62 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 49 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 38 (1.37%) Apache
5 34 (1.23%) Confluence
6 24 (0.87%) CMS
7 16 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
9 10 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 10 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.18%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.14%) WordPress
12 3 (0.11%) Moodle
13 2 (0.072%) MTS
14 1 (0.036%) IIS
14 1 (0.036%) Luigi
14 1 (0.036%) Tomcat
Applications
1 646 (23.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 349 (12.60%) Microsoft Office
3 80 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
5 24 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 24 (0.87%) SPSS
6 17 (0.61%) Windchill
7 14 (0.51%) Trello
8 8 (0.29%) Simulink
9 6 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
10 4 (0.14%) Stata
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.072%) InDesign
12 2 (0.072%) InVision
12 2 (0.072%) LaTeX
12 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.072%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.072%) Sketch
12 2 (0.072%) Zeplin
13 1 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 27 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.61%) Teamcenter
3 14 (0.51%) Primavera
4 12 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 10 (0.36%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
6 6 (0.22%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.14%) Eloqua
8 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.14%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.14%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.11%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.11%) Sage 300 ERP
9 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.072%) Magento
10 2 (0.072%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 624 (22.54%) Power Platform
2 466 (16.83%) AWS
3 421 (15.20%) Azure
4 87 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 76 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (2.13%) GCP
7 58 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
8 52 (1.88%) SaaS
9 46 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 43 (1.55%) Serverless
11 42 (1.52%) Snowflake
12 40 (1.44%) PowerApps
13 35 (1.26%) Power Automate
14 32 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 25 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (0.79%) Amazon S3
17 21 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (0.76%) Google Sheets
18 18 (0.65%) GitHub
18 18 (0.65%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.58%) DSL
1 16 (0.58%) Firewall
2 14 (0.51%) HTTP
2 14 (0.51%) Intranet
2 14 (0.51%) Network Security
3 11 (0.40%) Ethernet
4 9 (0.33%) WAN
5 7 (0.25%) DNS
5 7 (0.25%) Internet
5 7 (0.25%) LAN
5 7 (0.25%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.22%) WPA
7 5 (0.18%) Broadband
7 5 (0.18%) NAS
7 5 (0.18%) SAN
7 5 (0.18%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.18%) VPN
7 5 (0.18%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.14%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 603 (21.78%) Power BI
2 455 (16.43%) Tableau
3 240 (8.67%) Data Warehouse
4 159 (5.74%) SQL Server
5 95 (3.43%) Big Data
6 84 (3.03%) Data Vault
7 76 (2.74%) Data Lake
8 66 (2.38%) Metadata
9 56 (2.02%) NoSQL
10 54 (1.95%) Relational Database
11 53 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 52 (1.88%) GIS
13 46 (1.66%) Data Mining
14 44 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 37 (1.34%) QlikView
16 34 (1.23%) Delta Lake
17 27 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
17 27 (0.98%) Hadoop
18 26 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
19 25 (0.90%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 176 (6.36%) Git
2 110 (3.97%) JIRA
3 19 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 15 (0.54%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.33%) GitLab
7 7 (0.25%) LabVIEW
7 7 (0.25%) Toad
8 6 (0.22%) AdminStudio
8 6 (0.22%) InstallShield
8 6 (0.22%) MSI
9 5 (0.18%) Postman
9 5 (0.18%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.14%) Charles Proxy
11 3 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.072%) CANoe
12 2 (0.072%) ERwin
12 2 (0.072%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.072%) MLflow
12 2 (0.072%) Selenium
General
1 1,043 (37.67%) Social Skills
2 828 (29.90%) Analytical Skills
3 817 (29.51%) Finance
4 406 (14.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 342 (12.35%) Presentation Skills
6 277 (10.00%) Retail
7 253 (9.14%) Legal
8 229 (8.27%) Law
9 227 (8.20%) Marketing
10 198 (7.15%) Military
11 135 (4.88%) Banking
12 102 (3.68%) Manufacturing
13 100 (3.61%) Public Sector
14 80 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
15 62 (2.24%) Investment Banking
16 60 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
17 58 (2.09%) Publishing
18 55 (1.99%) Back Office
19 48 (1.73%) Local Government
20 47 (1.70%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 848 (30.62%) Analyst
2 446 (16.11%) Data Analyst
3 440 (15.89%) Senior
4 226 (8.16%) Lead
5 225 (8.13%) Senior Analyst
6 220 (7.95%) Graduate
7 192 (6.93%) Data Scientist
8 146 (5.27%) Data Engineer
9 140 (5.06%) Senior Data Analyst
10 120 (4.33%) Developer
11 112 (4.04%) Software Engineer
12 95 (3.43%) Architect
13 94 (3.39%) Data Manager
14 90 (3.25%) Business Analyst
15 69 (2.49%) Data Architect
16 67 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 62 (2.24%) Consultant
18 48 (1.73%) AWS Engineer
18 48 (1.73%) AWS Software Engineer
19 46 (1.66%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (1.63%) .NET
2 39 (1.41%) Pandas
3 38 (1.37%) CSS
3 38 (1.37%) HTML
4 33 (1.19%) Kafka
4 33 (1.19%) React
5 30 (1.08%) PySpark
6 28 (1.01%) JSON
7 27 (0.98%) Web Services
8 22 (0.79%) AngularJS
8 22 (0.79%) XML
9 21 (0.76%) Apache NiFi
10 19 (0.69%) NumPy
11 18 (0.65%) ASP.NET
12 16 (0.58%) .NET Core
13 15 (0.54%) Lambda Expressions
13 15 (0.54%) Node.js
13 15 (0.54%) REST
13 15 (0.54%) scikit-learn
13 15 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 330 (11.92%) Onboarding
2 308 (11.12%) Algorithms
3 230 (8.31%) Management Information System
4 122 (4.41%) Data Structures
5 117 (4.23%) Product Ownership
6 77 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 76 (2.74%) Cloud Native
8 57 (2.06%) Credit Risk
9 55 (1.99%) Public Cloud
10 51 (1.84%) Reinsurance
11 34 (1.23%) Life Science
12 32 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (0.94%) Data Centre
14 25 (0.90%) Market Risk
15 24 (0.87%) Taxonomies
16 23 (0.83%) Driving Licence
16 23 (0.83%) IoT
17 21 (0.76%) Mobile App
17 21 (0.76%) NHS
17 21 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 46 (1.66%) Windows
2 44 (1.59%) Linux
3 10 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.29%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.25%) Android
5 7 (0.25%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.22%) Unix
6 6 (0.22%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.18%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.072%) AIX
8 2 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 947 (34.20%) Problem-Solving
2 860 (31.06%) Analytics
3 706 (25.50%) Business Intelligence
4 654 (23.62%) Visualisation
5 576 (20.80%) Decision-Making
6 481 (17.37%) Agile
7 475 (17.15%) Mathematics
8 462 (16.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 415 (14.99%) Computer Science
10 414 (14.95%) Data Science
11 379 (13.69%) Data Modelling
12 341 (12.31%) Actionable Insight
13 334 (12.06%) Data Visualisation
14 333 (12.03%) Data Management
15 332 (11.99%) ETL
16 322 (11.63%) Customer Service
17 316 (11.41%) Process Improvement
18 314 (11.34%) Coaching
19 307 (11.09%) Data Pipeline
20 305 (11.01%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 992 (35.83%) SQL
2 743 (26.83%) Python
3 140 (5.06%) R
4 100 (3.61%) Java
5 79 (2.85%) C#
5 79 (2.85%) JavaScript
6 58 (2.09%) T-SQL
7 44 (1.59%) VBA
8 41 (1.48%) PowerShell
9 40 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 36 (1.30%) Scala
11 32 (1.16%) MATLAB
12 25 (0.90%) PL/SQL
13 22 (0.79%) C
14 19 (0.69%) VB
15 18 (0.65%) C++
16 17 (0.61%) TypeScript
17 16 (0.58%) Go
18 14 (0.51%) Bash
19 10 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,179 (42.58%) Degree
2 175 (6.32%) DBS Check
3 154 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 123 (4.44%) Security Cleared
5 96 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 62 (2.24%) SC Cleared
7 49 (1.77%) PhD
8 48 (1.73%) DV Cleared
9 33 (1.19%) MBA
10 31 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
11 30 (1.08%) HNC
12 26 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.69%) CIMA
14 16 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.54%) CFA
16 11 (0.40%) APMP
17 10 (0.36%) PMI Certification
18 8 (0.29%) CISSP
18 8 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
19 7 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 101 (3.65%) QA
3 54 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 48 (1.73%) GDPR
4 48 (1.73%) IFRS
5 40 (1.44%) IFRS 9
6 29 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
7 28 (1.01%) PMO
8 24 (0.87%) SLA
9 19 (0.69%) Good Clinical Practice
10 10 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.25%) COBIT
11 7 (0.25%) NIST
12 4 (0.14%) CDISC
12 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.11%) MiFID
13 3 (0.11%) P3O
14 2 (0.072%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.072%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 39 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.05%) Docker
3 12 (0.43%) Firmware
4 11 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.072%) HDFS
9 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.036%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.036%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 49 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.51%) SCCM
3 13 (0.47%) SCOM
4 9 (0.33%) Terraform
5 8 (0.29%) WSUS
6 7 (0.25%) SysTrack
7 4 (0.14%) Ansible
7 4 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.11%) Puppet
9 2 (0.072%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.036%) FTK
10 1 (0.036%) Grafana
10 1 (0.036%) Iperf
10 1 (0.036%) Nmap
10 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 483 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 305 (11.01%) Databricks
3 109 (3.94%) Oracle
4 83 (3.00%) Google
5 64 (2.31%) Informatica
6 52 (1.88%) Alteryx
7 50 (1.81%) SAP
8 44 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 42 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.05%) Adobe
11 22 (0.79%) Cognos
12 16 (0.58%) Sybase
12 16 (0.58%) VMware
13 15 (0.54%) HP
14 13 (0.47%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.47%) Riverbed
15 12 (0.43%) Sparx
16 11 (0.40%) ESRI
16 11 (0.40%) Sage
16 11 (0.40%) Splunk