Statistics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Statistics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Statistics 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 297 374 265
Rank change year-on-year +77 -109 -53
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 982 874 2,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.98% 0.88% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.92% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 505 536 749
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,949 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,528 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £49,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.16% -3.92% +2.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Statistics 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%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics 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 +95 909 £55,000 -12.00% 426
London +161 530 £60,000 -14.29% 240
Work from Home +102 418 £51,528 -6.31% 159
UK excluding London -17 418 £45,000 -8.16% 231
North of England +39 94 £45,000 -10.45% 56
Midlands -16 85 £42,500 - 27
South East -26 76 £55,000 -9.61% 76
South West -20 63 £54,043 -0.33% 27
East of England +34 58 £55,000 -8.33% 29
North West +4 53 £50,000 -0.99% 36
West Midlands -19 48 £39,000 -6.87% 14
East Midlands +1 33 £45,001 -25.00% 13
Yorkshire +66 24 £51,528 -1.85% 13
Wales -12 19 £42,500 +52.08% 8
Scotland -85 19 £50,759 -18.79% 9
North East +6 17 £30,000 -36.15% 8
Northern Ireland +26 3 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1

Statistics
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 73 (7.43%) SAS
2 41 (4.18%) Apache Spark
3 17 (1.73%) Apache
4 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.61%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.41%) Luigi
8 3 (0.31%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.31%) nginx
8 3 (0.31%) Smallworld
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Confluence
10 1 (0.10%) IIS
10 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 143 (14.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.44%) SPSS
4 22 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.41%) InDesign
6 4 (0.41%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.31%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.31%) Stata
8 2 (0.20%) EViews
9 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.12%) ResourceLink
2 8 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.41%) Lawson
4 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.31%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.31%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 258 (26.27%) AWS
2 126 (12.83%) Power Platform
3 114 (11.61%) Azure
4 63 (6.42%) GCP
5 36 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (2.44%) SaaS
7 19 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.63%) Snowflake
9 11 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (0.92%) Amazon S3
10 9 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (0.92%) Serverless
11 8 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (0.81%) PaaS
12 7 (0.71%) GitHub
13 6 (0.61%) Azure Machine Learning
13 6 (0.61%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.61%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.61%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.55%) WAN
2 23 (2.34%) LAN
3 16 (1.63%) WPA
4 13 (1.32%) Internet
5 10 (1.02%) DNS
6 7 (0.71%) DHCP
6 7 (0.71%) Firewall
7 5 (0.51%) SMS
7 5 (0.51%) Wireless
8 4 (0.41%) VPN
9 3 (0.31%) FTP
9 3 (0.31%) Intranet
9 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.20%) SMTP
10 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.10%) MPLS
11 1 (0.10%) SAN
11 1 (0.10%) SNMP
11 1 (0.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 302 (30.75%) Tableau
2 125 (12.73%) Power BI
3 47 (4.79%) Big Data
4 39 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (3.26%) Data Mining
6 29 (2.95%) SQL Server
7 26 (2.65%) MySQL
8 24 (2.44%) Looker
9 21 (2.14%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.83%) Hadoop
10 18 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (1.73%) Redis
12 16 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (1.32%) Amazon QuickSight
15 11 (1.12%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (1.12%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.12%) NoSQL
15 11 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (1.12%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 196 (19.96%) Git
2 7 (0.71%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.51%) GitLab
3 5 (0.51%) JIRA
3 5 (0.51%) Postman
3 5 (0.51%) SoapUI
3 5 (0.51%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.31%) gulp
4 3 (0.31%) PostCSS
4 3 (0.31%) rollup.js
4 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.31%) Vite
5 2 (0.20%) MLflow
5 2 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.10%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.10%) GDB
6 1 (0.10%) Maven
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
General
1 475 (48.37%) Social Skills
2 453 (46.13%) Analytical Skills
3 213 (21.69%) Retail
4 210 (21.38%) Finance
5 182 (18.53%) Presentation Skills
6 83 (8.45%) Marketing
7 57 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (5.30%) Banking
9 49 (4.99%) Law
10 39 (3.97%) Games
11 34 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
13 26 (2.65%) Legal
14 23 (2.34%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.73%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.53%) Public Sector
17 14 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.43%) Local Government
17 14 (1.43%) Retail Finance
18 13 (1.32%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 422 (42.97%) Analyst
2 309 (31.47%) Senior
3 244 (24.85%) Data Analyst
4 163 (16.60%) Senior Analyst
5 161 (16.40%) Data Scientist
6 113 (11.51%) Senior Data Analyst
7 102 (10.39%) Senior Data Scientist
8 75 (7.64%) Lead
9 36 (3.67%) Developer
10 35 (3.56%) Lead Data Analyst
11 33 (3.36%) Data Manager
12 30 (3.05%) Analytics Manager
13 26 (2.65%) Service Analyst
14 23 (2.34%) Lead Data Scientist
15 21 (2.14%) Administrator
16 19 (1.93%) Service Desk Analyst
16 19 (1.93%) Software Engineer
17 18 (1.83%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 16 (1.63%) Senior Manager
18 16 (1.63%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (11.10%) TensorFlow
2 67 (6.82%) Pandas
3 58 (5.91%) scikit-learn
4 53 (5.40%) PySpark
5 46 (4.68%) PyTorch
6 40 (4.07%) Kafka
7 39 (3.97%) NumPy
8 35 (3.56%) .NET
9 27 (2.75%) Keras
10 19 (1.93%) XML
11 18 (1.83%) CSS
11 18 (1.83%) HTML
12 14 (1.43%) Web Services
13 12 (1.22%) Apache Beam
13 12 (1.22%) XGBoost
14 11 (1.12%) JSON
14 11 (1.12%) React
15 10 (1.02%) RESTful
16 9 (0.92%) .NET Framework
17 8 (0.81%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 162 (16.50%) Algorithms
2 78 (7.94%) Management Information System
3 49 (4.99%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.77%) Data Structures
5 31 (3.16%) Life Science
5 31 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.44%) Credit Risk
7 21 (2.14%) Driving Licence
8 18 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.22%) Blog
10 11 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
11 10 (1.02%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.02%) Social Media
12 9 (0.92%) Taxonomies
13 8 (0.81%) Cloud Native
13 8 (0.81%) Hedge funds
14 7 (0.71%) Biopharmaceutical
14 7 (0.71%) Blockchain
15 6 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (0.61%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.18%) Windows
2 21 (2.14%) Android
3 15 (1.53%) Linux
4 8 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.31%) Unix
5 3 (0.31%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (50.51%) Mathematics
2 426 (43.38%) Analytics
3 367 (37.37%) Visualisation
4 327 (33.30%) Problem-Solving
5 308 (31.36%) Data Analysis
6 287 (29.23%) Data Science
7 280 (28.51%) Computer Science
8 273 (27.80%) Actionable Insight
9 237 (24.13%) Machine Learning
10 206 (20.98%) Business Intelligence
11 201 (20.47%) Root Cause Analysis
12 192 (19.55%) Decision-Making
13 186 (18.94%) Storytelling
14 172 (17.52%) Business Strategy
15 169 (17.21%) Data Pipeline
16 141 (14.36%) Data Visualisation
17 134 (13.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 131 (13.34%) Artificial Intelligence
19 128 (13.03%) Customer Intelligence
20 124 (12.63%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 532 (54.18%) Python
2 501 (51.02%) SQL
3 126 (12.83%) R
4 45 (4.58%) C#
5 44 (4.48%) JavaScript
6 40 (4.07%) Java
7 29 (2.95%) MATLAB
8 22 (2.24%) C++
8 22 (2.24%) VBA
9 20 (2.04%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.53%) C
11 14 (1.43%) TypeScript
12 9 (0.92%) VB
13 8 (0.81%) Groovy
14 7 (0.71%) PHP
15 6 (0.61%) Go
16 5 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.31%) Bash
17 3 (0.31%) Perl
17 3 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 659 (67.11%) Degree
2 189 (19.25%) Master's Degree
3 177 (18.02%) DBS Check
4 85 (8.66%) PhD
5 84 (8.55%) Numerate Degree
6 50 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (3.46%) Security Cleared
8 19 (1.93%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.02%) MBA
10 8 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.61%) CCNA
12 6 (0.61%) HNC
13 5 (0.51%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.51%) SC Cleared
14 4 (0.41%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.41%) Postgraduate
15 3 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.31%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (7.74%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.05%) QA
3 29 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 24 (2.44%) SLA
5 18 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
5 18 (1.83%) GDPR
6 13 (1.32%) IFRS
6 13 (1.32%) IFRS 9
7 12 (1.22%) CRD IV
8 11 (1.12%) CDISC
8 11 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.71%) ISO 14001
10 7 (0.71%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.41%) Good Clinical Practice
12 4 (0.41%) MiFID
13 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.20%) PMO
14 1 (0.10%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 37 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.81%) Docker
3 3 (0.31%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.20%) Firmware
4 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.81%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.71%) Terraform
4 5 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.41%) Ansible
6 3 (0.31%) Galera Cluster
6 3 (0.31%) Perfmon
6 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.20%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.20%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.10%) Grafana
8 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 195 (19.86%) Databricks
2 147 (14.97%) Microsoft
3 24 (2.44%) Google
3 24 (2.44%) Oracle
3 24 (2.44%) SAP
4 15 (1.53%) OpenAI
5 12 (1.22%) Alteryx
6 11 (1.12%) Kronos
7 10 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 8 (0.81%) Cisco
8 8 (0.81%) Cognos
9 7 (0.71%) Adobe
9 7 (0.71%) Dataiku
9 7 (0.71%) iManage
9 7 (0.71%) Mapbox
10 5 (0.51%) Citrix
10 5 (0.51%) Rapid7
10 5 (0.51%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.41%) Avaya
11 4 (0.41%) MicroStrategy