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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 21 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 9,534 9,460 14,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.61% 9.49% 9.21%
As % of the General category 16.06% 13.90% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5,428 4,770 6,594
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,748 £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 59,357 68,044 102,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.85% 68.24% 64.38%
Number of salaries quoted 39,610 36,681 50,943
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 £81,750 £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 15 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 15 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 8,742 £50,000 -9.09% 3,729
UK excluding London +5 6,253 £45,000 -3.84% 2,539
Work from Home 0 3,300 £52,500 -0.94% 1,384
London +8 2,919 £67,500 +3.85% 1,291
South East +11 1,717 £49,000 +0.64% 594
North of England -4 1,431 £45,500 +5.81% 705
Midlands +7 1,141 £42,500 -15.00% 515
North West +14 789 £46,066 +2.37% 377
South West +9 772 £45,000 -10.00% 336
West Midlands +2 731 £43,500 -13.00% 302
East of England +9 663 £45,000 - 263
Yorkshire -10 484 £47,500 +11.76% 252
East Midlands +18 407 £42,500 -15.00% 214
Scotland -36 319 £45,000 -10.00% 116
North East +11 158 £41,012 -3.50% 82
Wales -3 144 £45,000 +12.50% 68
Northern Ireland +36 40 £58,800 +27.83% 27
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
1 256 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 184 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 175 (1.84%) SAS
4 142 (1.49%) Confluence
5 111 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 72 (0.76%) WebLogic
7 64 (0.67%) Apache
7 64 (0.67%) CMS
8 44 (0.46%) Oracle Service Bus
9 39 (0.41%) IIS
10 38 (0.40%) WordPress
11 27 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
12 13 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 12 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
14 9 (0.094%) SharePoint 2013
14 9 (0.094%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.084%) SharePoint 2010
15 8 (0.084%) Tomcat
16 7 (0.073%) nginx
16 7 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,569 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 744 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
3 444 (4.66%) 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 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 10 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
10 10 (0.10%) Trello
11 9 (0.094%) 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 28 (0.29%) NEC Housing
5 26 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 25 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 25 (0.26%) Shopify
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 (0.10%) Elite 3E
14 9 (0.094%) SAP BPC
14 9 (0.094%) SAP FI
14 9 (0.094%) SAP IBP
14 9 (0.094%) SAP PP
15 8 (0.084%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1,475 (15.47%) Azure
2 967 (10.14%) Power Platform
3 960 (10.07%) AWS
4 571 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
5 554 (5.81%) GCP
6 317 (3.32%) Entra ID
7 248 (2.60%) SaaS
8 197 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
9 190 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
10 108 (1.13%) PowerApps
11 100 (1.05%) IaaS
12 99 (1.04%) Power Automate
13 88 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
13 88 (0.92%) Serverless
14 85 (0.89%) Google Analytics
15 79 (0.83%) GitHub
16 74 (0.78%) PaaS
17 73 (0.77%) Snowflake
18 69 (0.72%) WhatsApp
19 68 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 729 (7.65%) Broadband
2 297 (3.12%) Firewall
3 272 (2.85%) 5G
4 208 (2.18%) DNS
5 205 (2.15%) WAN
6 180 (1.89%) LAN
7 172 (1.80%) TCP/IP
8 152 (1.59%) Network Security
9 128 (1.34%) DHCP
10 115 (1.21%) Internet
11 105 (1.10%) VPN
12 90 (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 50 (0.52%) SD-WAN
18 45 (0.47%) MPLS
19 35 (0.37%) NAS
20 34 (0.36%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 863 (9.05%) Power BI
2 529 (5.55%) Tableau
3 449 (4.71%) SQL Server
4 412 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
5 380 (3.99%) Looker
6 375 (3.93%) BigQuery
7 179 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 157 (1.65%) MySQL
9 148 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 126 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
11 111 (1.16%) Big Data
12 106 (1.11%) Power Query
13 98 (1.03%) Data Mining
14 97 (1.02%) Oracle Database
15 96 (1.01%) MongoDB
16 93 (0.98%) Metadata
17 78 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 76 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 72 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
20 69 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 359 (3.77%) Git
2 328 (3.44%) JIRA
3 112 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 46 (0.48%) Visual Studio
5 44 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 36 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 35 (0.37%) LabVIEW
8 28 (0.29%) Burp Suite
8 28 (0.29%) Metasploit
9 25 (0.26%) GitLab
10 24 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 22 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 22 (0.23%) Selenium
12 20 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
13 16 (0.17%) JMeter
13 16 (0.17%) Maven
13 16 (0.17%) SpecFlow
14 13 (0.14%) Toad
15 12 (0.13%) Gradle
16 11 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 5,200 (54.54%) Social Skills
2 2,731 (28.64%) Finance
3 1,109 (11.63%) Retail
4 877 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 806 (8.45%) Marketing
6 784 (8.22%) Influencing Skills
7 602 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
8 550 (5.77%) Legal
9 549 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
10 545 (5.72%) Law
11 420 (4.41%) Banking
12 401 (4.21%) Manufacturing
13 356 (3.73%) Public Sector
14 263 (2.76%) German Language
15 236 (2.48%) Telecoms
16 194 (2.03%) Electronics
17 186 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
18 153 (1.60%) Investment Banking
19 141 (1.48%) Billing
20 140 (1.47%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2,825 (29.63%) Analyst
2 1,576 (16.53%) Senior
3 642 (6.73%) Senior Analyst
4 589 (6.18%) Developer
5 566 (5.94%) Lead
6 506 (5.31%) Architect
7 439 (4.60%) Data Analyst
8 413 (4.33%) Business Analyst
9 339 (3.56%) Graduate
10 314 (3.29%) Project Manager
11 302 (3.17%) Consultant
12 285 (2.99%) Data Engineer
13 232 (2.43%) Financial Analyst
14 215 (2.26%) Technical Specialist
15 212 (2.22%) Linux Specialist
16 207 (2.17%) Support Engineer
17 199 (2.09%) Support Analyst
18 196 (2.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
19 195 (2.05%) Software Engineer
20 186 (1.95%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (3.84%) .NET
2 222 (2.33%) HTML
3 183 (1.92%) CSS
4 149 (1.56%) React
5 103 (1.08%) AngularJS
6 97 (1.02%) .NET Framework
7 90 (0.94%) JSON
8 88 (0.92%) ASP.NET
8 88 (0.92%) Spring
8 88 (0.92%) Web Services
9 86 (0.90%) Kafka
10 79 (0.83%) REST
11 75 (0.79%) XML
12 69 (0.72%) RESTful
13 65 (0.68%) Vue
14 54 (0.57%) SOAP
15 52 (0.55%) .NET Core
15 52 (0.55%) Spring Boot
16 50 (0.52%) ASP.NET Web API
17 48 (0.50%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1,095 (11.49%) Self-Motivation
2 558 (5.85%) Management Information System
3 458 (4.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 413 (4.33%) Product Ownership
5 321 (3.37%) Driving Licence
6 314 (3.29%) Social Media
7 197 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 196 (2.06%) Algorithms
9 147 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 125 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 115 (1.21%) IoT
12 101 (1.06%) Data Structures
13 96 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
14 94 (0.99%) Credit Risk
15 90 (0.94%) Life Science
16 85 (0.89%) Virtual Team
17 78 (0.82%) Mobile App
18 72 (0.76%) Cloud Native
18 72 (0.76%) Security Posture
19 71 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 857 (8.99%) Windows
2 674 (7.07%) Linux
3 257 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 223 (2.34%) Ubuntu
4 223 (2.34%) Windows 10
5 167 (1.75%) Unix
6 63 (0.66%) Android
7 56 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 55 (0.58%) Apple iOS
9 45 (0.47%) Solaris
10 44 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 33 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 32 (0.34%) Windows 7
13 31 (0.33%) Kali Linux
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 4,845 (50.82%) Problem-Solving
2 2,283 (23.95%) Agile
3 1,564 (16.40%) Decision-Making
4 1,334 (13.99%) Mentoring
5 1,287 (13.50%) Project Management
6 1,192 (12.50%) Analytics
7 1,120 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,031 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
9 932 (9.78%) Customer Service
10 920 (9.65%) Actionable Insight
11 888 (9.31%) Computer Science
12 848 (8.89%) Data Analysis
13 721 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
14 708 (7.43%) Mathematics
15 707 (7.42%) DevOps
16 694 (7.28%) Visualisation
17 647 (6.79%) Data Modelling
18 626 (6.57%) CRM
19 612 (6.42%) Business Case
20 585 (6.14%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,680 (17.62%) SQL
2 1,086 (11.39%) Python
3 431 (4.52%) C#
4 399 (4.19%) Java
5 369 (3.87%) JavaScript
6 331 (3.47%) Bash
7 234 (2.45%) R
8 215 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 205 (2.15%) C++
10 199 (2.09%) C
11 135 (1.42%) T-SQL
12 111 (1.16%) PL/SQL
13 94 (0.99%) TypeScript
14 79 (0.83%) Scala
15 74 (0.78%) VBA
16 71 (0.74%) 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 2,926 (30.69%) Degree
2 494 (5.18%) DBS Check
3 485 (5.09%) ACCA
4 465 (4.88%) CIMA
5 444 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 416 (4.36%) Security Cleared
7 310 (3.25%) Master's Degree
8 247 (2.59%) SC Cleared
9 164 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 147 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
11 127 (1.33%) PMI Certification
12 119 (1.25%) CISSP
13 105 (1.10%) Azure Certification
14 94 (0.99%) PhD
15 90 (0.94%) CCNA
16 79 (0.83%) DV Cleared
17 75 (0.79%) HND
18 72 (0.76%) MBA
19 64 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
19 64 (0.67%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 526 (5.52%) QA
2 464 (4.87%) GDPR
3 413 (4.33%) Data Quality
4 325 (3.41%) SLA
5 208 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 122 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 105 (1.10%) NIST
8 82 (0.86%) PMO
9 75 (0.79%) IFRS
10 63 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
11 53 (0.56%) IFRS 9
12 42 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 40 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 40 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 38 (0.40%) 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
1 720 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 181 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (1.46%) Docker
4 96 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 83 (0.87%) Firmware
6 50 (0.52%) 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 (0.052%) HDFS
14 5 (0.052%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.042%) NFS
15 4 (0.042%) pfSense
16 3 (0.031%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 269 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 215 (2.26%) Jamf Pro
3 145 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 76 (0.80%) Terraform
5 62 (0.65%) Ansible
6 59 (0.62%) SCCM
7 50 (0.52%) Data Guard
8 48 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 46 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
10 30 (0.31%) 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 9 (0.094%) WSUS
18 8 (0.084%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2,385 (25.02%) Microsoft
2 639 (6.70%) Google
3 406 (4.26%) Oracle
4 339 (3.56%) SAP
5 273 (2.86%) VMware
6 231 (2.42%) Databricks
7 229 (2.40%) Salesforce
8 210 (2.20%) CyberArk
8 210 (2.20%) Tanium
9 173 (1.81%) Cisco
10 99 (1.04%) ServiceNow
11 93 (0.98%) Alteryx
12 92 (0.96%) IBM
12 92 (0.96%) Remedy
13 89 (0.93%) Dell
14 76 (0.80%) Adobe
15 70 (0.73%) HP
16 66 (0.69%) Juniper
17 55 (0.58%) Fortinet
18 52 (0.55%) Splunk