Analytical Skills Job Trends in the South East

Analytical Skills
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 856 858 678
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 8.28% 9.32% 8.65%
As % of the General category 14.61% 15.12% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 380 353 426
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,082
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

All General Skills
South East

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 5,861 5,673 4,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.66% 61.62% 58.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,119 2,304 2,922
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the South East

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Thames Valley +9 454 £52,500 +3.01% 112
Berkshire +19 248 £54,500 +9.00% 65
Hampshire 0 161 £51,000 +2.00% 52
Buckinghamshire +11 156 £49,000 -4.85% 22
Surrey -21 75 £50,000 +1.01% 45
Kent -9 72 £36,250 -19.44% 46
Oxfordshire -5 50 £57,500 +21.05% 28
Middlesex +16 33 £45,000 -25.00% 28
East Sussex +10 28 £56,500 +13.00% 8
West Sussex +3 26 £57,500 +21.05% 19
Isle of Wight -9 5 £43,500 - 1
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (1.40%) Confluence
2 11 (1.29%) CMS
3 10 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.05%) IIS
5 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.70%) SAS
7 4 (0.47%) nginx
8 3 (0.35%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.35%) WordPress
9 2 (0.23%) govService
10 1 (0.12%) Apache
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.12%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 173 (20.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (9.23%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (5.37%) Chatbot
4 36 (4.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.82%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.12%) CATIA
9 1 (0.12%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 72 (8.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (7.48%) SAP MDG
3 37 (4.32%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 19 (2.22%) NetSuite
5 14 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.70%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 6 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.70%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.58%) SAP Hybris
8 4 (0.47%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
9 3 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.35%) SAP GRC
9 3 (0.35%) Shopify
10 2 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.12%) Primavera
11 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
11 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 132 (15.42%) Power Platform
2 104 (12.15%) Azure
3 42 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (4.67%) AWS
5 34 (3.97%) SaaS
6 30 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (1.64%) Google Analytics
9 9 (1.05%) GitHub
10 8 (0.93%) Google Ads
11 7 (0.82%) Figma
11 7 (0.82%) GCP
12 6 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (0.70%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.58%) Adobe Analytics
13 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.58%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 5 (0.58%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.57%) DNS
2 16 (1.87%) Firewall
3 13 (1.52%) VPN
3 13 (1.52%) Wireless
4 12 (1.40%) SMS
4 12 (1.40%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.17%) DHCP
6 9 (1.05%) Intranet
7 7 (0.82%) LAN
7 7 (0.82%) VLAN
7 7 (0.82%) WAN
8 5 (0.58%) LTE
9 4 (0.47%) SAN
9 4 (0.47%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.35%) Internet
10 3 (0.35%) MPLS
10 3 (0.35%) VoIP
11 2 (0.23%) GSM
11 2 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (14.02%) Power BI
2 36 (4.21%) Relational Database
3 34 (3.97%) Data Lake
4 30 (3.50%) Tableau
5 28 (3.27%) SAP BW
6 19 (2.22%) SQL Server
7 17 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.64%) Data Mining
9 12 (1.40%) GIS
9 12 (1.40%) Metadata
9 12 (1.40%) OLTP
10 11 (1.29%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.82%) Big Data
11 7 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.70%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.70%) MySQL
12 6 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
14 4 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 39 (4.56%) JIRA
2 23 (2.69%) Git
3 20 (2.34%) Selenium
4 15 (1.75%) Robot Framework
5 13 (1.52%) Snyk
6 5 (0.58%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.47%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.47%) Postman
8 2 (0.23%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.23%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.23%) GitLab
8 2 (0.23%) JUnit
8 2 (0.23%) TestRail
9 1 (0.12%) Appium
9 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 491 (57.36%) Social Skills
2 225 (26.29%) Finance
3 83 (9.70%) Marketing
4 43 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (4.91%) Manufacturing
6 37 (4.32%) Retail
7 35 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (3.15%) Aeronautics
9 25 (2.92%) Legal
10 23 (2.69%) Aviation
11 22 (2.57%) Law
12 20 (2.34%) Public Sector
13 17 (1.99%) Automotive
13 17 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.64%) Advertising
16 13 (1.52%) Banking
16 13 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 222 (25.93%) Analyst
2 104 (12.15%) Lead
3 100 (11.68%) Senior
4 58 (6.78%) Architect
5 55 (6.43%) Business Manager
5 55 (6.43%) Developer
6 50 (5.84%) Business Systems Manager
6 50 (5.84%) Systems Manager
7 47 (5.49%) Support Analyst
8 46 (5.37%) Trainer
9 44 (5.14%) Data Analyst
10 42 (4.91%) Report Analyst
11 38 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
12 28 (3.27%) IT Analyst
12 28 (3.27%) Sustainability Analyst
12 28 (3.27%) Technical Support
13 27 (3.15%) IT Support
14 23 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
15 22 (2.57%) Business Analyst
16 21 (2.45%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.86%) HTML
2 24 (2.80%) JSON
3 19 (2.22%) CSS
4 14 (1.64%) React
5 12 (1.40%) .NET
6 10 (1.17%) XML
7 9 (1.05%) Bootstrap
7 9 (1.05%) React Native
7 9 (1.05%) REST
8 8 (0.93%) Web Services
9 6 (0.70%) EDI
9 6 (0.70%) Node.js
9 6 (0.70%) SOAP
10 5 (0.58%) OAuth
10 5 (0.58%) Play Framework
10 5 (0.58%) Playwright
10 5 (0.58%) SAML
10 5 (0.58%) SAP CO-PA
11 4 (0.47%) DCOM
11 4 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 91 (10.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 61 (7.13%) Onboarding
3 57 (6.66%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (6.07%) Robotics
5 33 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.74%) Data Centre
7 30 (3.50%) Product Ownership
8 20 (2.34%) FMCG
9 17 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (1.05%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.93%) Algorithms
14 7 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.82%) Security Posture
15 6 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 5 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
16 5 (0.58%) IoT
16 5 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.84%) Windows
2 20 (2.34%) Linux
3 10 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.23%) Android
5 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (39.60%) Problem-Solving
2 203 (23.71%) Project Management
3 181 (21.14%) Analytics
4 175 (20.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 167 (19.51%) AI
6 142 (16.59%) Risk Management
7 135 (15.77%) Agile
7 135 (15.77%) Decision-Making
8 130 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
9 125 (14.60%) Business Strategy
10 96 (11.21%) Process Improvement
11 92 (10.75%) ERP
11 92 (10.75%) Source to Pay
12 87 (10.16%) Roadmaps
13 84 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
14 79 (9.23%) Data Analysis
15 68 (7.94%) Budget Management
16 67 (7.83%) Analytical Thinking
17 66 (7.71%) Actionable Insight
18 65 (7.59%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 158 (18.46%) SQL
2 71 (8.29%) Python
3 32 (3.74%) Java
4 29 (3.39%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.22%) C#
5 19 (2.22%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.99%) VBA
7 15 (1.75%) R
8 14 (1.64%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.70%) Scala
11 4 (0.47%) PHP
12 3 (0.35%) Bash
12 3 (0.35%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.23%) ABAP
13 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.12%) C++
Qualifications
1 225 (26.29%) Degree
2 103 (12.03%) Security Cleared
3 80 (9.35%) SC Cleared
4 58 (6.78%) Master's Degree
5 52 (6.07%) ACCA
6 46 (5.37%) PhD
7 44 (5.14%) CIMA
8 17 (1.99%) DBS Check
9 16 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.87%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.75%) CISSP
11 14 (1.64%) CISM
12 11 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.05%) CRISC
13 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.82%) CCNA
15 7 (0.82%) CISA
15 7 (0.82%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.59%) Data Quality
2 43 (5.02%) QA
3 33 (3.86%) GDPR
4 27 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (2.80%) Accessibility
6 23 (2.69%) PMO
7 15 (1.75%) NIST
8 8 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.93%) GRC
8 8 (0.93%) ISO 9001
8 8 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.82%) SLA
10 5 (0.58%) ISO 13485
11 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.47%) NCSC
11 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.47%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.47%) Docker
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (2.34%) Terraform
2 18 (2.10%) Ansible
3 8 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.35%) Nessus
6 2 (0.23%) Grafana
6 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) CASB
7 1 (0.12%) Control-M
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) SCCM
7 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 148 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 143 (16.71%) SAP
3 46 (5.37%) PayPal
4 41 (4.79%) Oracle
5 37 (4.32%) OpenText
6 27 (3.15%) Ariba
7 24 (2.80%) Google
8 23 (2.69%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.64%) Workday
10 13 (1.52%) Black Duck
10 13 (1.52%) Coverity
10 13 (1.52%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 11 (1.29%) Xero
13 10 (1.17%) Databricks
14 9 (1.05%) VMware
15 7 (0.82%) Adaptive Insights
15 7 (0.82%) Adobe
16 6 (0.70%) JD Edwards
16 6 (0.70%) Zoho