Data Analytics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analytics over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 162 170
Rank change year-on-year -43 +8 +33
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 1,460 2,283 4,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.46% 2.29% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 2.40% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 894 1,000 1,615
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,988 £39,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,574 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,375 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analytics 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 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +10.43%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in the UK

Data 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 Data Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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 -52 1,226 £60,000 -10.45% 530
UK excluding London -68 898 £55,000 +4.76% 280
Work from Home +13 605 £60,000 -7.79% 244
London -8 508 £72,000 +0.70% 303
Midlands -40 202 £53,750 +7.50% 54
South East -30 179 £55,000 +4.76% 71
North of England -96 165 £47,500 -13.87% 69
West Midlands -29 163 £55,000 +10.00% 41
Scotland -37 152 £65,000 +26.54% 19
South West +7 136 £62,500 +13.88% 38
North West -86 93 £50,000 -25.93% 36
Yorkshire -17 44 £42,500 -22.73% 18
East Midlands -30 39 £47,500 -5.00% 13
North East -28 28 £50,000 -18.85% 15
East of England -58 27 £48,750 -22.00% 17
Northern Ireland +38 20 £67,500 - 8
Wales +2 15 £50,000 - 7
Channel Islands - 2 - -

Data 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 58 (3.97%) SAS
2 48 (3.29%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.10%) Apache
5 15 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.96%) IIS
7 13 (0.89%) WordPress
8 11 (0.75%) Confluence
9 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
10 8 (0.55%) CMS
11 7 (0.48%) nginx
12 6 (0.41%) IBM Notes
13 5 (0.34%) Appian
13 5 (0.34%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
15 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.21%) Headless CMS
16 2 (0.14%) Moodle
17 1 (0.068%) Drupal
17 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 129 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (2.19%) UserZoom
5 16 (1.10%) SPSS
6 12 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.068%) Revit
9 1 (0.068%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (2.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.16%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Relativity
5 3 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.14%) Endur
6 2 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 1 (0.068%) Data Workbench
7 1 (0.068%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.068%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.068%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.068%) Ringtail
7 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 349 (23.90%) Power Platform
2 317 (21.71%) Azure
3 164 (11.23%) AWS
4 86 (5.89%) GCP
5 59 (4.04%) Snowflake
6 57 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 57 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (3.77%) PowerApps
8 54 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
9 53 (3.63%) SaaS
10 48 (3.29%) Power Automate
11 41 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 35 (2.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 33 (2.26%) Matillion
14 32 (2.19%) Figma
14 32 (2.19%) SurveyMonkey
15 28 (1.92%) dbt
16 27 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
17 23 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
17 23 (1.58%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.67%) Network Security
2 18 (1.23%) DSL
3 15 (1.03%) HTTP
3 15 (1.03%) MQTT
4 13 (0.89%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.75%) Internet
6 7 (0.48%) OpenVPN
7 5 (0.34%) Firewall
7 5 (0.34%) LAN
7 5 (0.34%) VoIP
7 5 (0.34%) WAN
8 4 (0.27%) Broadband
8 4 (0.27%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.27%) FTP
8 4 (0.27%) RS-232
8 4 (0.27%) SAN
8 4 (0.27%) SMS
8 4 (0.27%) Wireless
8 4 (0.27%) WPA
9 3 (0.21%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 339 (23.22%) Power BI
2 219 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
3 206 (14.11%) Tableau
4 134 (9.18%) SQL Server
5 112 (7.67%) Data Lake
6 99 (6.78%) Big Data
7 49 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 44 (3.01%) Relational Database
9 40 (2.74%) Star Schema
10 36 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
11 35 (2.40%) DB2
11 35 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 31 (2.12%) NoSQL
13 27 (1.85%) MongoDB
14 25 (1.71%) BigQuery
14 25 (1.71%) Metadata
15 23 (1.58%) Looker
16 22 (1.51%) Data Mining
17 20 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
17 20 (1.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (3.97%) Git
2 50 (3.42%) Jenkins
3 32 (2.19%) GitLab
4 31 (2.12%) JIRA
5 8 (0.55%) CircleCI
6 7 (0.48%) RStudio
7 5 (0.34%) Jasmine
7 5 (0.34%) Mockito
8 4 (0.27%) Subversion
8 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.21%) gulp
10 2 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.14%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.14%) ERwin
10 2 (0.14%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.068%) IBM UrbanCode
11 1 (0.068%) Maven
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.068%) Spinnaker
General
1 532 (36.44%) Social Skills
2 496 (33.97%) Finance
3 283 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
4 220 (15.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 218 (14.93%) Marketing
6 172 (11.78%) Law
7 128 (8.77%) Banking
8 86 (5.89%) Legal
9 80 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
10 70 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
11 68 (4.66%) Retail
12 66 (4.52%) Manufacturing
13 60 (4.11%) Public Sector
14 49 (3.36%) Military
15 39 (2.67%) Games
16 38 (2.60%) Financial Institution
17 37 (2.53%) Investment Banking
18 27 (1.85%) Aerospace
19 21 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
20 18 (1.23%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 240 (16.44%) Architect
2 223 (15.27%) Senior
3 208 (14.25%) Analyst
4 162 (11.10%) Developer
5 145 (9.93%) Solutions Architect
6 142 (9.73%) Data Engineer
7 111 (7.60%) Data Analyst
8 91 (6.23%) Lead
9 88 (6.03%) Consultant
10 79 (5.41%) Presales Solution Architect
11 58 (3.97%) Data Architect
12 52 (3.56%) Data Manager
12 52 (3.56%) Senior Analyst
13 50 (3.42%) Analytics Manager
14 46 (3.15%) Product Manager
15 44 (3.01%) Audit Manager
16 43 (2.95%) Senior Manager
17 40 (2.74%) Data Scientist
17 40 (2.74%) Senior Data Engineer
17 40 (2.74%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (7.05%) .NET
2 63 (4.32%) HTML
3 54 (3.70%) Kafka
4 49 (3.36%) ASP.NET
5 47 (3.22%) CSS
6 46 (3.15%) AngularJS
7 37 (2.53%) React
8 35 (2.40%) ASP.NET MVC
9 34 (2.33%) .NET Core
10 33 (2.26%) Entity Framework
11 27 (1.85%) CSS3
11 27 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
11 27 (1.85%) HTML5
11 27 (1.85%) Web Services
12 24 (1.64%) REST
13 23 (1.58%) PySpark
14 21 (1.44%) Blazor
14 21 (1.44%) Pandas
15 20 (1.37%) Node.js
15 20 (1.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.56%) Management Information System
2 78 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 75 (5.14%) Algorithms
4 68 (4.66%) Data Structures
5 65 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.88%) Cloud Native
6 42 (2.88%) Onboarding
7 39 (2.67%) IoT
8 32 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 29 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 25 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.58%) Public Cloud
13 19 (1.30%) Taxonomies
14 17 (1.16%) Robotics
15 15 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
15 15 (1.03%) Cybercrime
15 15 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
16 14 (0.96%) Cyberattack
16 14 (0.96%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 58 (3.97%) Linux
2 42 (2.88%) Windows
3 26 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.37%) Unix
5 7 (0.48%) CentOS
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.068%) Android
7 1 (0.068%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,460 (100.00%) Analytics
2 465 (31.85%) Business Intelligence
3 404 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
4 355 (24.32%) Agile
5 319 (21.85%) Data Modelling
6 310 (21.23%) Visualisation
7 275 (18.84%) Machine Learning
8 266 (18.22%) Decision-Making
9 265 (18.15%) Data Science
10 260 (17.81%) Data Analysis
11 259 (17.74%) Artificial Intelligence
12 213 (14.59%) Actionable Insight
13 211 (14.45%) ETL
14 208 (14.25%) Roadmaps
15 200 (13.70%) Data Visualisation
16 174 (11.92%) Computer Science
17 164 (11.23%) DevOps
18 155 (10.62%) Business Case
19 153 (10.48%) Project Management
20 151 (10.34%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 506 (34.66%) SQL
2 378 (25.89%) Python
3 92 (6.30%) C#
4 88 (6.03%) Java
5 87 (5.96%) JavaScript
6 75 (5.14%) R
7 37 (2.53%) Scala
8 36 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (2.05%) TypeScript
10 27 (1.85%) C
11 24 (1.64%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.51%) C++
13 20 (1.37%) Haskell
14 18 (1.23%) PowerShell
15 17 (1.16%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.96%) VBA
17 13 (0.89%) PHP
18 11 (0.75%) U-SQL
19 9 (0.62%) Clojure
20 8 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 419 (28.70%) Degree
2 186 (12.74%) Security Cleared
3 127 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 109 (7.47%) Master's Degree
5 72 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (3.63%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.26%) PhD
8 31 (2.12%) TOGAF Certification
9 29 (1.99%) MBA
10 27 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
13 19 (1.30%) ACCA
13 19 (1.30%) CISA
13 19 (1.30%) CISSP
13 19 (1.30%) DBS Check
14 11 (0.75%) CFA
14 11 (0.75%) CIMA
15 6 (0.41%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (11.10%) Data Quality
2 45 (3.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 32 (2.19%) QA
4 31 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.78%) NIST
6 25 (1.71%) PMO
7 20 (1.37%) ITGC
8 19 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 19 (1.30%) SLA
9 18 (1.23%) GDPR
10 17 (1.16%) IFRS
11 16 (1.10%) IFRS 9
12 11 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 5 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.27%) MiFID
15 3 (0.21%) SOC 1
15 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
16 2 (0.14%) SOX 404
System Software
1 29 (1.99%) Docker
1 29 (1.99%) vSphere
2 8 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.55%) HDFS
3 7 (0.48%) Firmware
4 5 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.068%) Lustre
6 1 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 45 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.78%) Terraform
3 6 (0.41%) Puppet
4 4 (0.27%) Ansible
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.068%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.068%) Grafana
6 1 (0.068%) Icinga
6 1 (0.068%) MOM
6 1 (0.068%) Podman
6 1 (0.068%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.068%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.068%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 288 (19.73%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.44%) Databricks
3 93 (6.37%) Google
4 66 (4.52%) Oracle
5 55 (3.77%) Alteryx
6 39 (2.67%) SAP
7 32 (2.19%) Qualtrics
7 32 (2.19%) Sparx
8 26 (1.78%) SolarWinds
8 26 (1.78%) Tanium
8 26 (1.78%) Tripwire
9 24 (1.64%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.37%) IBM
11 19 (1.30%) Cognos
12 18 (1.23%) Sybase
13 17 (1.16%) Sage
14 16 (1.10%) CA
15 15 (1.03%) Pega
16 14 (0.96%) Dataiku
16 14 (0.96%) Snow