Junior Analyst
UK

The median Junior Analyst salary in the UK is £28,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 749 750 899
Rank change year-on-year +1 +149 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 135 227 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.25% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 116 173 281
10th Percentile £23,000 £22,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £24,250 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,250 £34,452 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +6.01% +16.07%
75th Percentile £37,625 £42,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £45,800 £45,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,500 £28,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% -6.67% +13.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Junior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Junior Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Analyst in the UK

Junior Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Analyst.

Salary trend for Junior Analyst in the UK

Junior Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Analyst over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Analyst in the UK

Junior Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Analyst 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 -14 120 £28,000 -18.73% 43
UK excluding London -38 95 £26,500 -5.36% 28
London +46 36 £37,500 -6.25% 15
Work from Home +39 36 £38,750 +10.71% 17
South East +5 25 £27,500 - 3
North of England +17 21 £28,250 +0.89% 9
Midlands -18 19 £23,375 -30.22% 5
North West -9 14 £23,000 -17.86% 8
West Midlands -1 11 £30,000 -7.69% 3
East of England +9 9 £26,250 +15.38% 2
South West -27 9 £26,500 -3.64% 8
East Midlands -15 8 £22,000 -37.14% 2
Yorkshire +81 7 £55,000 +89.40% 1
Wales +14 6 £32,500 -
Scotland -63 6 £25,000 -26.47%

Junior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Junior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Junior Analyst in the job title.

1 55 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 38 (28.15%) Microsoft
3 29 (21.48%) Degree
3 29 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (16.30%) SQL
5 22 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (14.07%) Microsoft Excel
7 19 (14.07%) Azure
8 18 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (13.33%) Finance
8 18 (13.33%) Business Analysis
9 17 (12.59%) Mentoring
10 16 (11.85%) Power BI
10 16 (11.85%) Agile
10 16 (11.85%) Power Platform
10 16 (11.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (11.11%) Public Sector
12 14 (10.37%) Coaching
12 14 (10.37%) Windows
12 14 (10.37%) YouTube
13 13 (9.63%) Visualisation
13 13 (9.63%) Analytics
14 12 (8.89%) Active Directory
14 12 (8.89%) Legal
14 12 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (8.15%) Data Analysis
15 11 (8.15%) Process Improvement
16 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Office

Junior Analyst Skill Set
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 7 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.96%) Confluence
2 4 (2.96%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (14.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.48%) iTrent
2 1 (0.74%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.07%) Azure
2 18 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (11.85%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.93%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.96%) Figma
6 4 (2.96%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.22%) AWS
8 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.74%) GitHub
8 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.67%) Network Security
2 8 (5.93%) Firewall
3 5 (3.70%) Internet
3 5 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.48%) Wireless
5 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.85%) Power BI
2 9 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.44%) Data Mining
4 4 (2.96%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.48%) MySQL
5 2 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.48%) Tableau
6 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.74%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (5.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) Postman
General
1 55 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.33%) Finance
4 16 (11.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.89%) Legal
7 5 (3.70%) Back Office
8 4 (2.96%) Publishing
9 3 (2.22%) Banking
9 3 (2.22%) Law
9 3 (2.22%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.48%) Marketing
10 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.48%) Police
10 2 (1.48%) Retail
11 1 (0.74%) Billing
11 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.74%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.22%) EDI
1 3 (2.22%) JSON
2 2 (1.48%) RESTful
3 1 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.44%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.44%) Virtual Team
3 5 (3.70%) Cyberattack
4 4 (2.96%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.96%) Replication
4 4 (2.96%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.74%) CCTV
6 1 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.74%) Derivative
6 1 (0.74%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.74%) Equities
6 1 (0.74%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.74%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.74%) iPad
6 1 (0.74%) Life Science
6 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.37%) Windows
2 9 (6.67%) Linux
3 5 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.74%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (13.33%) Business Analysis
5 17 (12.59%) Mentoring
6 16 (11.85%) Agile
7 14 (10.37%) Coaching
8 13 (9.63%) Analytics
8 13 (9.63%) Visualisation
9 12 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (8.15%) Data Analysis
10 11 (8.15%) Process Improvement
11 10 (7.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 10 (7.41%) Incident Response
11 10 (7.41%) Threat Intelligence
12 9 (6.67%) Computer Science
12 9 (6.67%) Data Visualisation
12 9 (6.67%) ITIL
12 9 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
12 9 (6.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.30%) SQL
2 9 (6.67%) Python
3 5 (3.70%) Java
4 4 (2.96%) R
5 2 (1.48%) C#
5 2 (1.48%) C++
5 2 (1.48%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.48%) VB
5 2 (1.48%) VBA
6 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 29 (21.48%) Degree
2 8 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.96%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.22%) CEH
4 3 (2.22%) CISM
4 3 (2.22%) CISSP
4 3 (2.22%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.22%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.22%) OSCP
5 2 (1.48%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.48%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.48%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.48%) PhD
6 1 (0.74%) MCDST
6 1 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.96%) ISO 20022
2 4 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.96%) PSD2
3 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.22%) NCSC
4 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.48%) NIST
4 2 (1.48%) QA
4 2 (1.48%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.48%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.96%) PaperCut
2 1 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.74%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.37%) YouTube
3 5 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.96%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.96%) BT
4 4 (2.96%) Canon
4 4 (2.96%) Cisco
4 4 (2.96%) Veeam
5 2 (1.48%) Apple
5 2 (1.48%) Darktrace
5 2 (1.48%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Aderant
6 1 (0.74%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.74%) Citrix
6 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.74%) IBM
6 1 (0.74%) Intapp
6 1 (0.74%) Okta
6 1 (0.74%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.74%) VMware