Economics Jobs

Economics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Economics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Economics over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 534 601
Rank change year-on-year -31 +67 +85
Permanent jobs citing Economics 387 467 887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.50% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.53% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 166 87 237
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,791 £30,294
25th Percentile £29,750 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,343 £52,392 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.36% -8.88% +15.00%
75th Percentile £63,625 £67,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £78,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £53,519 £45,000
% change year-on-year -34.60% +18.93% -5.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Economics 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 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Economics in the UK

Economics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Economics in the UK

Economics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Economics over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Economics in the UK

Economics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Economics within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -22 352 £44,343 -15.36% 165
London +67 196 £60,556 +21.11% 104
UK excluding London -137 175 £35,000 -34.60% 61
Work from Home +55 116 £45,001 -18.18% 145
North of England +16 44 £55,538 +59.82% 16
Midlands -54 39 £26,000 -52.73% 7
South East -20 32 £46,293 -11.64% 17
North West -3 26 £55,000 +4.76% 8
West Midlands -25 25 £25,000 -54.55% 5
East of England -55 21 £29,000 -61.33% 8
South West -22 20 £63,750 +19.12% 6
East Midlands -41 14 £30,500 - 2
Yorkshire +43 9 £60,000 +160.87% 7
North East -8 9 £56,075 +80.89% 1
Wales +16 8 £45,250 - 1
Scotland -70 6 - - 6
Channel Islands - 5 - -

Economics
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 53 (13.70%) SAS
2 14 (3.62%) CMS
3 12 (3.10%) Drupal
4 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 95 (24.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (14.99%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.13%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (2.33%) SPSS
6 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (2.07%) Primavera
2 4 (1.03%) Lawson
3 3 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Data Workbench
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 52 (13.44%) Power Platform
2 26 (6.72%) AWS
3 18 (4.65%) SaaS
4 14 (3.62%) Azure
5 10 (2.58%) GitHub
6 6 (1.55%) GCP
7 3 (0.78%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.78%) Google Analytics
7 3 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.52%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.52%) WeChat
8 2 (0.52%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.26%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.55%) DNS
2 5 (1.29%) 5G
2 5 (1.29%) Broadband
3 3 (0.78%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.78%) WAN
3 3 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.26%) Firewall
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) LAN
4 1 (0.26%) SAN
4 1 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (16.80%) Tableau
2 51 (13.18%) Power BI
3 30 (7.75%) Data Mining
4 13 (3.36%) Amazon QuickSight
4 13 (3.36%) Big Data
5 9 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.55%) GIS
6 6 (1.55%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.03%) Essbase
7 4 (1.03%) MS Access
7 4 (1.03%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.78%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.78%) Looker
8 3 (0.78%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.52%) DTS
9 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.52%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (3.10%) Git
General
1 249 (64.34%) Finance
2 180 (46.51%) Analytical Skills
3 159 (41.09%) Social Skills
4 86 (22.22%) Legal
5 58 (14.99%) Banking
6 50 (12.92%) Publishing
7 38 (9.82%) Marketing
8 25 (6.46%) Back Office
9 24 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (4.91%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (3.88%) Local Government
12 14 (3.62%) Manufacturing
13 12 (3.10%) Law
14 11 (2.84%) Billing
14 11 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.84%) Social Science
15 10 (2.58%) French Language
15 10 (2.58%) Retail
16 9 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 159 (41.09%) Analyst
2 109 (28.17%) Senior
3 42 (10.85%) Senior Analyst
4 40 (10.34%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 31 (8.01%) Financial Analyst
5 31 (8.01%) Lead
6 29 (7.49%) Data Analyst
7 25 (6.46%) Trainee
8 23 (5.94%) Trainee Analyst
9 21 (5.43%) Consultant
10 20 (5.17%) Senior Financial Analyst
11 16 (4.13%) Commercial Analyst
12 15 (3.88%) Analytics Manager
12 15 (3.88%) Business Analyst
13 14 (3.62%) Product Manager
14 12 (3.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 12 (3.10%) Developer
14 12 (3.10%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 11 (2.84%) Drupal Developer
15 11 (2.84%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.10%) Web Services
2 8 (2.07%) EDI
3 4 (1.03%) Tidyverse
4 3 (0.78%) Django
5 2 (0.52%) Middleware
6 1 (0.26%) CSS
6 1 (0.26%) Flask
6 1 (0.26%) HTML
6 1 (0.26%) JSON
6 1 (0.26%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.26%) Pandas
6 1 (0.26%) pytest
6 1 (0.26%) React
6 1 (0.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 68 (17.57%) Onboarding
2 45 (11.63%) Credit Risk
3 21 (5.43%) Algorithms
4 19 (4.91%) Data Structures
4 19 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (4.39%) Management Information System
6 14 (3.62%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.36%) Social Media
8 12 (3.10%) Smartcard
9 10 (2.58%) Fixed Income
10 9 (2.33%) Hedge funds
11 8 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (2.07%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.55%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.29%) Client/Server
14 5 (1.29%) Cloud Native
14 5 (1.29%) Digital Media
14 5 (1.29%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.81%) Windows
2 5 (1.29%) Windows Vista
3 4 (1.03%) Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Android
4 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (38.50%) Mathematics
2 122 (31.52%) Analytics
3 121 (31.27%) Data Analysis
4 101 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (22.74%) Statistics
6 82 (21.19%) Business Intelligence
7 72 (18.60%) Risk Management
8 61 (15.76%) Computer Science
9 60 (15.50%) Business Strategy
10 58 (14.99%) Roadmaps
11 55 (14.21%) Project Management
12 51 (13.18%) Decision-Making
13 49 (12.66%) Customer Experience
14 48 (12.40%) Visualisation
15 47 (12.14%) Data Analytics
16 43 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
17 42 (10.85%) Agile
18 41 (10.59%) Benchmarking
18 41 (10.59%) Stress Testing
19 40 (10.34%) Budget Responsibility
Programming Languages
1 103 (26.61%) SQL
2 80 (20.67%) Python
3 23 (5.94%) R
4 12 (3.10%) VBA
5 10 (2.58%) PHP
6 2 (0.52%) Java
7 1 (0.26%) C
7 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.26%) Go
7 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 271 (70.03%) Degree
2 53 (13.70%) Master's Degree
3 29 (7.49%) Numerate Degree
4 21 (5.43%) MBA
4 21 (5.43%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.62%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.33%) ACCA
8 8 (2.07%) APMG
8 8 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.07%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.81%) CFA
9 7 (1.81%) PhD
9 7 (1.81%) Postgraduate
10 5 (1.29%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.03%) CIMA
11 4 (1.03%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.03%) SC Cleared
12 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.26%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.34%) IFRS
1 40 (10.34%) IFRS 9
2 14 (3.62%) QA
3 6 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.52%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (2.84%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.10%) SAP
3 11 (2.84%) Cadence
4 10 (2.58%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.07%) CA
5 8 (2.07%) Oracle
5 8 (2.07%) Sun
6 6 (1.55%) Charles River
7 5 (1.29%) Virgin Media
8 4 (1.03%) Cognos
8 4 (1.03%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.78%) Cisco
9 3 (0.78%) Databricks
9 3 (0.78%) F5
9 3 (0.78%) Google
9 3 (0.78%) VMware
10 2 (0.52%) Adobe
10 2 (0.52%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.52%) MicroStrategy
11 1 (0.26%) Ariba