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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 477 624
Rank change year-on-year -56 +147 +74
Permanent jobs citing Economics 392 616 790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.62% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.65% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 185 89 227
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,759 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £79,100 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £53,519 £42,500
% change year-on-year -29.00% +25.93% -10.53%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £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% +10.53%

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 20 May 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 20 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 -53 359 £46,293 -11.73% 264
UK excluding London -151 192 £38,000 -29.00% 101
London +84 188 £61,500 +23.00% 179
Work from Home +91 124 £45,001 -18.58% 203
North of England +31 53 £51,528 +28.82% 19
Midlands -39 39 £26,000 -60.00% 13
South East -59 32 £46,293 -11.64% 50
East of England -77 27 £27,750 -63.00% 10
North West -1 26 £55,000 +4.76% 10
West Midlands +2 25 £25,000 -61.54% 9
South West -15 20 £63,750 +19.12% 6
Yorkshire +69 18 £51,528 +124.03% 6
East Midlands -39 14 £30,500 - 4
Wales +14 10 £51,528 - 1
North East +7 9 £56,075 +80.89% 3
Scotland -70 6 £51,528 - 3
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 67 (17.09%) SAS
2 15 (3.83%) CMS
3 13 (3.32%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.32%) Drupal
4 12 (3.06%) Apache
5 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 89 (22.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (15.56%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.08%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (2.81%) SPSS
6 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.51%) EViews
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Primavera
2 4 (1.02%) Lawson
3 3 (0.77%) 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
Cloud Services
1 54 (13.78%) Power Platform
2 21 (5.36%) AWS
3 20 (5.10%) SaaS
4 12 (3.06%) Azure
5 11 (2.81%) GitHub
6 6 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.02%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (0.77%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.77%) GCP
9 2 (0.51%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.51%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.51%) WeChat
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.26%) Intacct
10 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.26%) Serverless
10 1 (0.26%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.53%) DNS
2 3 (0.77%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.77%) WAN
3 2 (0.51%) 5G
3 2 (0.51%) Broadband
4 1 (0.26%) Firewall
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) LAN
4 1 (0.26%) SAN
4 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (16.07%) Tableau
2 53 (13.52%) Power BI
3 28 (7.14%) Data Mining
4 15 (3.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (3.32%) Big Data
6 9 (2.30%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.79%) Amazon QuickSight
8 6 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.53%) GIS
9 5 (1.28%) PowerPivot
10 4 (1.02%) Essbase
10 4 (1.02%) MS Access
10 4 (1.02%) QlikView
10 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.77%) Looker
12 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.51%) DTS
12 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (3.32%) Git
General
1 261 (66.58%) Finance
2 194 (49.49%) Analytical Skills
3 173 (44.13%) Social Skills
4 82 (20.92%) Legal
5 72 (18.37%) Banking
6 50 (12.76%) Publishing
7 36 (9.18%) Marketing
8 26 (6.63%) Back Office
9 25 (6.38%) Retail
10 21 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (3.83%) Local Government
13 14 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (3.32%) Manufacturing
15 12 (3.06%) Billing
16 11 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (2.81%) Social Science
17 10 (2.55%) French Language
18 9 (2.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 167 (42.60%) Analyst
2 121 (30.87%) Senior
3 53 (13.52%) Senior Analyst
4 41 (10.46%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 30 (7.65%) Data Analyst
6 28 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
7 26 (6.63%) Lead
8 25 (6.38%) Trainee
9 23 (5.87%) Trainee Analyst
10 19 (4.85%) Consultant
10 19 (4.85%) Senior Financial Analyst
11 18 (4.59%) Analytics Manager
12 17 (4.34%) Business Analyst
13 16 (4.08%) Commercial Analyst
14 15 (3.83%) Developer
15 14 (3.57%) Product Manager
16 12 (3.06%) Customer Analytics Manager
16 12 (3.06%) Drupal Developer
16 12 (3.06%) Graduate
16 12 (3.06%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.06%) Web Services
2 8 (2.04%) EDI
3 5 (1.28%) Django
4 4 (1.02%) Tidyverse
5 2 (0.51%) Middleware
6 1 (0.26%) Flask
6 1 (0.26%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.26%) Pandas
6 1 (0.26%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 58 (14.80%) Credit Risk
2 57 (14.54%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.61%) Algorithms
3 22 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.85%) Data Structures
4 19 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.57%) Fixed Income
5 14 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.32%) Social Media
7 12 (3.06%) Hedge funds
7 12 (3.06%) Smartcard
8 7 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.53%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.28%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.28%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.02%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.02%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.79%) Windows
2 5 (1.28%) Windows Vista
3 3 (0.77%) 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
1 161 (41.07%) Mathematics
2 131 (33.42%) Analytics
3 122 (31.12%) Data Analysis
4 102 (26.02%) Statistics
5 100 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (21.43%) Risk Management
7 82 (20.92%) Business Intelligence
8 56 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 55 (14.03%) Business Strategy
9 55 (14.03%) Decision-Making
10 54 (13.78%) Roadmaps
11 53 (13.52%) Stress Testing
12 52 (13.27%) Project Management
13 49 (12.50%) Data Analytics
14 48 (12.24%) Agile
15 44 (11.22%) Visualisation
16 43 (10.97%) Customer Experience
17 41 (10.46%) Benchmarking
18 40 (10.20%) Budget Responsibility
19 39 (9.95%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 99 (25.26%) SQL
2 92 (23.47%) Python
3 38 (9.69%) R
4 14 (3.57%) VBA
5 11 (2.81%) PHP
6 2 (0.51%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.26%) C
7 1 (0.26%) C++
7 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.26%) Go
7 1 (0.26%) Java
7 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 274 (69.90%) Degree
2 44 (11.22%) Master's Degree
3 31 (7.91%) Numerate Degree
4 21 (5.36%) Security Cleared
5 18 (4.59%) MBA
6 14 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.04%) ACCA
8 8 (2.04%) APMG
8 8 (2.04%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.79%) CFA
9 7 (1.79%) PhD
9 7 (1.79%) Postgraduate
10 4 (1.02%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.02%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.77%) CIMA
12 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.26%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (13.27%) IFRS
1 52 (13.27%) IFRS 9
2 14 (3.57%) QA
3 12 (3.06%) CRD IV
4 11 (2.81%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.51%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (2.81%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) 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 73 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.57%) Oracle
2 14 (3.57%) SAP
3 10 (2.55%) Cadence
4 9 (2.30%) Charles River
5 8 (2.04%) Sun
6 7 (1.79%) CA
6 7 (1.79%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.02%) Adobe
7 4 (1.02%) Cognos
7 4 (1.02%) JD Edwards
7 4 (1.02%) MicroStrategy
8 3 (0.77%) Apple
8 3 (0.77%) Cisco
8 3 (0.77%) Databricks
8 3 (0.77%) F5
8 3 (0.77%) IBM
8 3 (0.77%) VMware
9 2 (0.51%) Google
9 2 (0.51%) HubSpot