Analytical Skills Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Analytical Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,228 3,951 6,438
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.51% 11.69% 8.78%
As % of the General category 10.13% 17.37% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,158 1,474 3,432
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £34,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,500 £46,958
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +3.28% -1.14%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -8.90%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 31,880 22,743 40,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.56% 67.31% 55.02%
Number of salaries quoted 19,551 10,812 25,605
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK excluding London

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
North of England -20 963 £48,000 +2.13% 609
South East -9 812 £50,000 -4.76% 700
Midlands -10 579 £47,500 - 387
North West -18 572 £47,275 -2.13% 335
South West -22 406 £45,000 -10.00% 259
West Midlands -17 313 £50,000 +5.26% 209
Yorkshire -13 288 £50,000 +11.11% 196
East Midlands -7 265 £45,000 -5.26% 176
East of England -23 236 £45,050 -3.82% 279
Scotland -35 106 £43,335 -2.62% 224
North East -31 103 £55,000 +37.50% 82
Wales -15 96 £53,171 -3.33% 84
Northern Ireland -44 41 £41,250 -25.00% 79
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 170 (5.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.18%) Confluence
4 28 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 28 (0.87%) CMS
5 26 (0.81%) Apache
6 21 (0.65%) IIS
7 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (0.28%) WebSphere
7 9 (0.28%) WordPress
8 8 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.25%) SAS
8 8 (0.25%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.093%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.093%) JBoss
10 1 (0.031%) Appian
10 1 (0.031%) Moodle
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.031%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 400 (12.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 161 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 55 (1.70%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.28%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.093%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.093%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.093%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.093%) Simulink
9 3 (0.093%) Trello
10 2 (0.062%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.062%) Lectora
10 2 (0.062%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 40 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 20 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
5 19 (0.59%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.43%) SAP ERP
7 9 (0.28%) Magento
8 8 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
9 7 (0.22%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.22%) Workday HCM
10 5 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
10 5 (0.15%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.15%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.15%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.12%) JDE World
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 569 (17.63%) Azure
2 414 (12.83%) Power Platform
3 302 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
4 269 (8.33%) AWS
5 135 (4.18%) SaaS
6 122 (3.78%) GCP
7 91 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 85 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
10 58 (1.80%) Google Analytics
11 54 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
12 49 (1.52%) GitHub
13 45 (1.39%) PowerApps
14 39 (1.21%) Power Automate
15 33 (1.02%) Amazon S3
16 32 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
17 29 (0.90%) dbt
18 28 (0.87%) Snowflake
19 25 (0.77%) Google Ads
19 25 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 147 (4.55%) DNS
2 131 (4.06%) Firewall
3 118 (3.66%) DHCP
4 79 (2.45%) VPN
5 59 (1.83%) TCP/IP
5 59 (1.83%) WAN
6 51 (1.58%) LAN
7 45 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
8 40 (1.24%) Broadband
9 38 (1.18%) Wireless
10 27 (0.84%) Network Security
11 24 (0.74%) HTTP
12 21 (0.65%) BGP
13 20 (0.62%) SD-WAN
14 19 (0.59%) SAN
14 19 (0.59%) VoIP
15 18 (0.56%) VLAN
15 18 (0.56%) Wireshark
16 16 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
17 14 (0.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 369 (11.43%) Power BI
2 184 (5.70%) Tableau
3 105 (3.25%) SQL Server
4 100 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
5 92 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
6 61 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.83%) Data Mining
8 47 (1.46%) Power Query
9 43 (1.33%) MySQL
10 38 (1.18%) Looker
10 38 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 37 (1.15%) Metadata
12 36 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
12 36 (1.12%) Relational Database
13 29 (0.90%) Data Lake
14 27 (0.84%) Big Data
15 25 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
16 20 (0.62%) BigQuery
17 17 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
18 16 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 113 (3.50%) JIRA
2 79 (2.45%) Git
3 42 (1.30%) GitLab
4 36 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
5 24 (0.74%) Jenkins
6 16 (0.50%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.40%) Selenium
8 12 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.37%) Eclipse
9 11 (0.34%) MLflow
10 10 (0.31%) Postman
10 10 (0.31%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.28%) JMeter
11 9 (0.28%) LabVIEW
12 7 (0.22%) ERwin
12 7 (0.22%) Moq
12 7 (0.22%) Subversion
13 6 (0.19%) Burp Suite
13 6 (0.19%) Toad
14 5 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,571 (48.67%) Social Skills
2 948 (29.37%) Finance
3 266 (8.24%) Marketing
4 212 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
5 204 (6.32%) Retail
6 189 (5.86%) Public Sector
7 175 (5.42%) Manufacturing
8 173 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 163 (5.05%) Legal
10 148 (4.58%) Law
11 142 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
12 102 (3.16%) Telecoms
13 81 (2.51%) Aerospace
14 77 (2.39%) Electronics
15 63 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
16 59 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
17 48 (1.49%) Military
18 47 (1.46%) Banking
19 46 (1.43%) Advertising
20 35 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 840 (26.02%) Analyst
2 323 (10.01%) Senior
3 232 (7.19%) Lead
4 218 (6.75%) Data Analyst
5 185 (5.73%) Systems Engineer
6 160 (4.96%) Developer
7 159 (4.93%) Business Analyst
8 109 (3.38%) Support Engineer
9 105 (3.25%) Support Analyst
10 100 (3.10%) Architect
11 95 (2.94%) IT Support
12 94 (2.91%) Consultant
13 88 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
14 83 (2.57%) Data Engineer
15 82 (2.54%) Systems Analyst
16 75 (2.32%) Accountant
17 70 (2.17%) IT Engineer
18 66 (2.04%) Head of QA
18 66 (2.04%) IT Manager
19 65 (2.01%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (2.20%) .NET
2 68 (2.11%) HTML
3 66 (2.04%) Middleware
4 63 (1.95%) REST
5 61 (1.89%) XML
6 60 (1.86%) CSS
7 57 (1.77%) JSON
8 43 (1.33%) React
9 36 (1.12%) SOAP
10 31 (0.96%) RESTful
11 30 (0.93%) PyTorch
12 29 (0.90%) Node.js
13 25 (0.77%) Kafka
13 25 (0.77%) TensorFlow
14 24 (0.74%) PySpark
15 22 (0.68%) EDI
16 21 (0.65%) scikit-learn
17 17 (0.53%) OAuth
17 17 (0.53%) Pandas
17 17 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 385 (11.93%) Analytical Mindset
2 167 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 129 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 124 (3.84%) Onboarding
5 122 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
6 117 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
7 91 (2.82%) Driving Licence
8 64 (1.98%) Data Centre
9 55 (1.70%) Cloud Native
10 51 (1.58%) Virtual Team
11 48 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
12 43 (1.33%) Security Posture
13 36 (1.12%) Algorithms
14 34 (1.05%) Social Media
15 33 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
16 32 (0.99%) Data Structures
17 30 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
18 27 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
18 27 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
18 27 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 303 (9.39%) Windows
2 187 (5.79%) Linux
3 180 (5.58%) Windows Server
4 101 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.56%) Android
5 18 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 18 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.50%) Unix
8 15 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.34%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.28%) CentOS
12 7 (0.22%) VMS
13 6 (0.19%) Debian
14 5 (0.15%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.031%) AIX
15 1 (0.031%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.031%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.031%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,519 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 914 (28.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 741 (22.96%) Decision-Making
4 644 (19.95%) Analytics
5 448 (13.88%) Agile
6 441 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 417 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
8 364 (11.28%) AI
9 343 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 336 (10.41%) Actionable Insight
11 302 (9.36%) Customer Experience
11 302 (9.36%) Customer Service
12 288 (8.92%) Data Analysis
12 288 (8.92%) ERP
13 287 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
14 286 (8.86%) Project Management
15 262 (8.12%) Mentoring
16 258 (7.99%) Roadmaps
17 256 (7.93%) CRM
18 248 (7.68%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 666 (20.63%) SQL
2 491 (15.21%) Python
3 113 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 104 (3.22%) Java
5 97 (3.00%) C#
5 97 (3.00%) PowerShell
6 61 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 54 (1.67%) C++
8 48 (1.49%) Bash
9 47 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.27%) R
11 34 (1.05%) MATLAB
12 23 (0.71%) TypeScript
13 21 (0.65%) PHP
14 20 (0.62%) VBA
15 19 (0.59%) C
15 19 (0.59%) Go
16 13 (0.40%) Perl
16 13 (0.40%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 544 (16.85%) Degree
2 338 (10.47%) Security Cleared
3 247 (7.65%) SC Cleared
4 153 (4.74%) ACCA
5 147 (4.55%) CIMA
6 129 (4.00%) DBS Check
7 84 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 67 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.04%) IRCA
10 63 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
11 51 (1.58%) CISSP
12 50 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 48 (1.49%) DV Cleared
14 43 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.15%) CISM
16 34 (1.05%) CCNA
17 30 (0.93%) Master's Degree
18 25 (0.77%) HNC
19 23 (0.71%) AAT
19 23 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 315 (9.76%) Data Quality
2 257 (7.96%) GDPR
3 222 (6.88%) QA
4 171 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 163 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 129 (4.00%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.53%) ISO 9001
8 100 (3.10%) NIST
9 92 (2.85%) SLA
10 73 (2.26%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.43%) GRC
12 38 (1.18%) PMO
13 30 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.71%) ISO 14001
16 20 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 19 (0.59%) GMP
18 18 (0.56%) SOC 2
19 17 (0.53%) TickIT
20 16 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 238 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 101 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 88 (2.73%) Terminal Server
4 68 (2.11%) Docker
5 33 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.28%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.28%) vSphere
8 6 (0.19%) Firmware
9 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.12%) XenApp
11 3 (0.093%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.031%) KVM
12 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.031%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 68 (2.11%) Terraform
2 51 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.18%) Ansible
4 36 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (0.87%) Grafana
6 15 (0.46%) Kibana
7 14 (0.43%) QRadar
8 12 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.25%) Kubeflow
9 8 (0.25%) logstash
9 8 (0.25%) Nagios
10 6 (0.19%) Graylog
11 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.15%) Podman
11 5 (0.15%) SCCM
12 4 (0.12%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
12 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 798 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 143 (4.43%) Google
3 128 (3.97%) Splunk
3 128 (3.97%) VMware
4 120 (3.72%) SAP
5 106 (3.28%) SolarWinds
6 99 (3.07%) Veeam
7 89 (2.76%) Nimble Storage
8 88 (2.73%) Brocade
8 88 (2.73%) Tanium
9 86 (2.66%) Salesforce
10 71 (2.20%) Oracle
11 67 (2.08%) Workday
12 55 (1.70%) Databricks
13 54 (1.67%) Cisco
14 42 (1.30%) ServiceNow
15 38 (1.18%) IBM
16 30 (0.93%) Adobe
17 28 (0.87%) HubSpot
18 27 (0.84%) Red Hat