Analytical Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 21 29
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 9,510 9,515 14,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.60% 9.48% 9.17%
As % of the General category 16.05% 13.90% 14.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,418 4,814 6,609
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% -0.21% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,799 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% -1.48% +5.56%

All General Skills
UK

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,267 68,463 102,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.23% 64.28%
Number of salaries quoted 39,596 36,975 51,269
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills.

Salary trend for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +7 8,713 £50,000 -9.09% 3,933
UK excluding London +5 6,243 £45,000 -3.84% 2,644
Work from Home 0 3,291 £52,500 -1.87% 1,461
London +9 2,904 £67,500 +3.85% 1,392
South East +11 1,716 £49,000 +0.64% 599
North of England -4 1,432 £46,066 +7.13% 754
Midlands +6 1,134 £42,500 -15.00% 526
North West +14 789 £46,066 +2.37% 416
South West +8 768 £45,000 -9.55% 358
West Midlands +1 728 £43,500 -13.00% 320
East of England +10 661 £45,500 +1.11% 272
Yorkshire -10 486 £47,500 +11.76% 260
East Midlands +20 404 £42,500 -15.42% 207
Scotland -38 322 £45,000 -10.00% 125
North East +11 157 £41,774 -1.71% 85
Wales -3 145 £45,000 +12.50% 65
Northern Ireland +40 40 £61,900 +34.57% 28
Isle of Man - 25 £47,500 - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 4

Analytical Skills
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
1 257 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 182 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 178 (1.87%) SAS
4 145 (1.52%) Confluence
5 112 (1.18%) Apache Spark
6 72 (0.76%) WebLogic
7 67 (0.70%) Apache
8 64 (0.67%) CMS
9 44 (0.46%) Oracle Service Bus
10 39 (0.41%) IIS
11 38 (0.40%) WordPress
12 27 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
13 14 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 12 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
15 9 (0.095%) SharePoint 2013
15 9 (0.095%) Umbraco
16 8 (0.084%) SharePoint 2010
16 8 (0.084%) Tomcat
17 7 (0.074%) nginx
17 7 (0.074%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,564 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 742 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
3 445 (4.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 121 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 73 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 62 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 41 (0.43%) SPSS
8 32 (0.34%) AutoCAD
9 13 (0.14%) OrCAD
10 10 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 10 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
10 10 (0.11%) Trello
11 9 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 8 (0.084%) Adobe Illustrator
12 8 (0.084%) Chatbot
12 8 (0.084%) GNU Octave
12 8 (0.084%) Revit
13 6 (0.063%) Simulink
13 6 (0.063%) Stata
13 6 (0.063%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 106 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 66 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 53 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 26 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 25 (0.26%) NEC Housing
5 25 (0.26%) Shopify
6 24 (0.25%) NetSuite
7 19 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 19 (0.20%) Magento
8 15 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 14 (0.15%) Misys Midas
10 13 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
11 12 (0.13%) Endur
12 11 (0.12%) SAP MM
13 10 (0.11%) Elite 3E
14 9 (0.095%) SAP BPC
14 9 (0.095%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.095%) SAP IBP
14 9 (0.095%) SAP PP
15 8 (0.084%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,472 (15.48%) Azure
2 961 (10.11%) Power Platform
3 950 (9.99%) AWS
4 572 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
5 554 (5.83%) GCP
6 317 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 248 (2.61%) SaaS
8 197 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
9 191 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
10 108 (1.14%) PowerApps
11 99 (1.04%) IaaS
11 99 (1.04%) Power Automate
12 89 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
13 87 (0.91%) Serverless
14 85 (0.89%) Google Analytics
15 79 (0.83%) GitHub
16 73 (0.77%) PaaS
16 73 (0.77%) Snowflake
17 69 (0.73%) WhatsApp
18 66 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 729 (7.67%) Broadband
2 295 (3.10%) Firewall
3 273 (2.87%) 5G
4 208 (2.19%) DNS
5 207 (2.18%) WAN
6 180 (1.89%) LAN
7 172 (1.81%) TCP/IP
8 151 (1.59%) Network Security
9 128 (1.35%) DHCP
10 114 (1.20%) Internet
11 105 (1.10%) VPN
12 89 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
13 83 (0.87%) Wireless
14 81 (0.85%) SAN
15 66 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
16 54 (0.57%) VLAN
17 51 (0.54%) SD-WAN
18 46 (0.48%) MPLS
19 35 (0.37%) NAS
20 34 (0.36%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 857 (9.01%) Power BI
2 520 (5.47%) Tableau
3 442 (4.65%) SQL Server
4 410 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
5 380 (4.00%) Looker
6 375 (3.94%) BigQuery
7 179 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 157 (1.65%) MySQL
9 146 (1.54%) Data Lake
10 124 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
11 111 (1.17%) Big Data
12 106 (1.11%) Power Query
13 98 (1.03%) MongoDB
14 97 (1.02%) Data Mining
15 94 (0.99%) Metadata
15 94 (0.99%) Oracle Database
16 77 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 77 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 73 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
18 69 (0.73%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 353 (3.71%) Git
2 328 (3.45%) JIRA
3 112 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 46 (0.48%) Visual Studio
5 44 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 36 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 36 (0.38%) LabVIEW
7 28 (0.29%) Burp Suite
7 28 (0.29%) Metasploit
8 25 (0.26%) GitLab
9 24 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 22 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 22 (0.23%) Selenium
11 20 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
12 16 (0.17%) JMeter
12 16 (0.17%) Maven
12 16 (0.17%) SpecFlow
13 13 (0.14%) Toad
14 12 (0.13%) Gradle
15 11 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 5,180 (54.47%) Social Skills
2 2,728 (28.69%) Finance
3 1,101 (11.58%) Retail
4 876 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 799 (8.40%) Marketing
6 782 (8.22%) Influencing Skills
7 597 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
8 549 (5.77%) Legal
9 544 (5.72%) Presentation Skills
10 543 (5.71%) Law
11 425 (4.47%) Banking
12 404 (4.25%) Manufacturing
13 354 (3.72%) Public Sector
14 263 (2.77%) German Language
15 236 (2.48%) Telecoms
16 194 (2.04%) Electronics
17 183 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
18 153 (1.61%) Investment Banking
19 142 (1.49%) Billing
20 141 (1.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2,818 (29.63%) Analyst
2 1,567 (16.48%) Senior
3 637 (6.70%) Senior Analyst
4 587 (6.17%) Developer
5 565 (5.94%) Lead
6 509 (5.35%) Architect
7 431 (4.53%) Data Analyst
8 414 (4.35%) Business Analyst
9 339 (3.56%) Graduate
10 316 (3.32%) Project Manager
11 302 (3.18%) Consultant
12 282 (2.97%) Data Engineer
13 232 (2.44%) Financial Analyst
14 215 (2.26%) Technical Specialist
15 212 (2.23%) Linux Specialist
16 206 (2.17%) Support Engineer
17 199 (2.09%) Support Analyst
18 196 (2.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
19 193 (2.03%) Software Engineer
20 187 (1.97%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (3.85%) .NET
2 222 (2.33%) HTML
3 183 (1.92%) CSS
4 150 (1.58%) React
5 104 (1.09%) AngularJS
6 96 (1.01%) .NET Framework
7 91 (0.96%) JSON
8 89 (0.94%) Spring
9 88 (0.93%) ASP.NET
9 88 (0.93%) Web Services
10 87 (0.91%) Kafka
11 78 (0.82%) REST
12 74 (0.78%) XML
13 71 (0.75%) RESTful
14 65 (0.68%) Vue
15 54 (0.57%) SOAP
16 53 (0.56%) .NET Core
16 53 (0.56%) Spring Boot
17 50 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
18 49 (0.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1,089 (11.45%) Self-Motivation
2 554 (5.83%) Management Information System
3 455 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 413 (4.34%) Product Ownership
5 315 (3.31%) Driving Licence
6 314 (3.30%) Social Media
7 198 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 193 (2.03%) Algorithms
9 148 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 125 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 116 (1.22%) IoT
12 100 (1.05%) Data Structures
13 97 (1.02%) Credit Risk
14 96 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
15 87 (0.91%) Life Science
16 83 (0.87%) Virtual Team
17 77 (0.81%) Mobile App
18 72 (0.76%) Security Posture
19 71 (0.75%) Cloud Native
19 71 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 850 (8.94%) Windows
2 673 (7.08%) Linux
3 255 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 223 (2.34%) Ubuntu
5 221 (2.32%) Windows 10
6 165 (1.74%) Unix
7 62 (0.65%) Android
8 56 (0.59%) Mac OS
9 54 (0.57%) Apple iOS
10 45 (0.47%) Solaris
11 42 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 32 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
13 31 (0.33%) Kali Linux
13 31 (0.33%) Windows 7
14 27 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
15 24 (0.25%) AIX
15 24 (0.25%) Windows 8
16 21 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 20 (0.21%) CentOS
18 16 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,836 (50.85%) Problem-Solving
2 2,287 (24.05%) Agile
3 1,562 (16.42%) Decision-Making
4 1,335 (14.04%) Mentoring
5 1,294 (13.61%) Project Management
6 1,179 (12.40%) Analytics
7 1,120 (11.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,028 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
9 926 (9.74%) Customer Service
10 909 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
11 882 (9.27%) Computer Science
12 841 (8.84%) Data Analysis
13 719 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
14 708 (7.44%) DevOps
15 700 (7.36%) Mathematics
16 682 (7.17%) Visualisation
17 645 (6.78%) Data Modelling
18 625 (6.57%) CRM
19 613 (6.45%) Business Case
20 587 (6.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,662 (17.48%) SQL
2 1,078 (11.34%) Python
3 432 (4.54%) C#
4 397 (4.17%) Java
5 369 (3.88%) JavaScript
6 332 (3.49%) Bash
7 236 (2.48%) R
8 213 (2.24%) PowerShell
9 204 (2.15%) C++
10 199 (2.09%) C
11 134 (1.41%) T-SQL
12 111 (1.17%) PL/SQL
13 95 (1.00%) TypeScript
14 79 (0.83%) Scala
15 74 (0.78%) VBA
16 72 (0.76%) MATLAB
17 67 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 67 (0.70%) PHP
18 56 (0.59%) VB
19 52 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2,920 (30.70%) Degree
2 486 (5.11%) DBS Check
3 484 (5.09%) ACCA
4 465 (4.89%) CIMA
5 444 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 412 (4.33%) Security Cleared
7 310 (3.26%) Master's Degree
8 245 (2.58%) SC Cleared
9 161 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 146 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
11 127 (1.34%) PMI Certification
12 117 (1.23%) CISSP
13 105 (1.10%) Azure Certification
14 91 (0.96%) PhD
15 90 (0.95%) CCNA
16 79 (0.83%) DV Cleared
17 77 (0.81%) HND
18 73 (0.77%) MBA
19 63 (0.66%) CCNP
20 61 (0.64%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 525 (5.52%) QA
2 462 (4.86%) GDPR
3 412 (4.33%) Data Quality
4 325 (3.42%) SLA
5 207 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 121 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 106 (1.11%) NIST
8 82 (0.86%) PMO
9 77 (0.81%) IFRS
10 62 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 56 (0.59%) IFRS 9
12 42 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 40 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 39 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 39 (0.41%) PCI DSS
15 36 (0.38%) GMP
16 34 (0.36%) GRC
17 33 (0.35%) GLP
18 20 (0.21%) NIST 800
18 20 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 719 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 182 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 138 (1.45%) Docker
4 96 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 80 (0.84%) Firmware
6 50 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
7 43 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
8 42 (0.44%) vSphere
9 34 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
10 23 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
11 14 (0.15%) XenApp
12 13 (0.14%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
13 8 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
13 8 (0.084%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.053%) HDFS
14 5 (0.053%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.042%) NFS
15 4 (0.042%) pfSense
16 3 (0.032%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 269 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 215 (2.26%) Jamf Pro
3 145 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 75 (0.79%) Terraform
5 62 (0.65%) Ansible
6 60 (0.63%) SCCM
7 50 (0.53%) Data Guard
8 48 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 46 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
10 30 (0.32%) Puppet
11 26 (0.27%) OpenSSO
12 20 (0.21%) vCenter Server
13 19 (0.20%) Grafana
13 19 (0.20%) Nagios
14 18 (0.19%) Graphite
14 18 (0.19%) Progress Chef
15 15 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
16 13 (0.14%) HAProxy
17 8 (0.084%) Nessus
18 7 (0.074%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2,378 (25.01%) Microsoft
2 641 (6.74%) Google
3 402 (4.23%) Oracle
4 340 (3.58%) SAP
5 274 (2.88%) VMware
6 230 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 224 (2.36%) Databricks
8 210 (2.21%) CyberArk
8 210 (2.21%) Tanium
9 172 (1.81%) Cisco
10 100 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 93 (0.98%) Alteryx
12 92 (0.97%) Remedy
13 89 (0.94%) IBM
14 86 (0.90%) Dell
15 77 (0.81%) Adobe
16 67 (0.70%) HP
17 65 (0.68%) Juniper
18 55 (0.58%) Fortinet
19 52 (0.55%) Splunk