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 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,629 4,030 5,277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.76% 11.71% 8.82%
As % of the General category 10.72% 17.51% 16.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,330 1,550 2,404
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,850 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £61,875 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +2.88% -5.45%

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 33,840 23,020 32,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.42% 66.89% 53.84%
Number of salaries quoted 20,874 11,295 18,393
10th Percentile £28,618 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -18 1,034 £47,500 +5.56% 580
South East -8 884 £50,000 -4.76% 707
Midlands -10 642 £47,500 +5.56% 373
North West -17 624 £47,500 +2.15% 315
South West -14 497 £47,500 +4.92% 301
West Midlands -19 332 £50,000 +11.11% 222
East Midlands -2 308 £45,000 - 151
Yorkshire -10 288 £47,250 +5.70% 202
East of England -22 258 £45,050 +0.11% 222
Wales -12 122 £53,171 +1.28% 58
North East -19 122 £55,000 +37.50% 67
Scotland -27 120 £44,000 - 117
Northern Ireland -28 81 £42,500 -22.73% 45
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
1 161 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 115 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.21%) Confluence
4 28 (0.77%) Apache
4 28 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 26 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.72%) CMS
5 26 (0.72%) IIS
6 10 (0.28%) SAS
6 10 (0.28%) WordPress
7 9 (0.25%) WebLogic
7 9 (0.25%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.083%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.083%) JBoss
11 2 (0.055%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.028%) Moodle
12 1 (0.028%) Umbraco
Applications
1 449 (12.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.19%) CATIA
8 5 (0.14%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.11%) Simulink
10 3 (0.083%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.083%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.083%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.083%) Trello
11 2 (0.055%) Lectora
11 2 (0.055%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.028%) Mathcad
12 1 (0.028%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 61 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
4 26 (0.72%) NetSuite
5 20 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 19 (0.52%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.28%) Magento
9 8 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.22%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.14%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.14%) SAP PP
10 5 (0.14%) Shopify
10 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.11%) Academy Housing
11 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.11%) JDE World
11 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 616 (16.97%) Azure
2 443 (12.21%) Power Platform
3 322 (8.87%) AWS
4 305 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
5 166 (4.57%) SaaS
6 142 (3.91%) GCP
7 94 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
9 83 (2.29%) Entra ID
10 66 (1.82%) Google Analytics
11 57 (1.57%) GitHub
12 53 (1.46%) Power Automate
13 52 (1.43%) PowerApps
14 45 (1.24%) Amazon S3
15 42 (1.16%) Google Ads
16 39 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
17 37 (1.02%) Serverless
17 37 (1.02%) Snowflake
18 35 (0.96%) dbt
19 32 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 152 (4.19%) DNS
2 119 (3.28%) DHCP
3 105 (2.89%) Firewall
4 89 (2.45%) VPN
5 70 (1.93%) TCP/IP
6 65 (1.79%) WAN
7 58 (1.60%) LAN
8 47 (1.30%) Wireless
9 37 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (0.94%) Network Security
11 33 (0.91%) Broadband
12 27 (0.74%) HTTP
13 22 (0.61%) VoIP
14 21 (0.58%) SAN
14 21 (0.58%) SD-WAN
15 19 (0.52%) BGP
16 16 (0.44%) SMS
16 16 (0.44%) VLAN
17 15 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (10.80%) Power BI
2 181 (4.99%) Tableau
3 118 (3.25%) SQL Server
4 113 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
5 100 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
6 63 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 58 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 55 (1.52%) MySQL
9 52 (1.43%) Power Query
10 47 (1.30%) Looker
11 45 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 42 (1.16%) Data Mining
13 41 (1.13%) Metadata
13 41 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
14 36 (0.99%) Data Lake
15 31 (0.85%) BigQuery
16 30 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
17 29 (0.80%) Big Data
18 21 (0.58%) NoSQL
19 20 (0.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 141 (3.89%) JIRA
2 129 (3.55%) Git
3 41 (1.13%) GitLab
4 34 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
5 31 (0.85%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.41%) Selenium
7 13 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 13 (0.36%) Eclipse
7 13 (0.36%) Postman
8 12 (0.33%) MLflow
9 11 (0.30%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
11 9 (0.25%) JMeter
11 9 (0.25%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.22%) Claude Code
12 8 (0.22%) LabVIEW
13 7 (0.19%) Moq
General
1 1,772 (48.83%) Social Skills
2 1,027 (28.30%) Finance
3 342 (9.42%) Marketing
4 263 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
5 235 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 231 (6.37%) Retail
7 228 (6.28%) Manufacturing
8 216 (5.95%) Legal
9 203 (5.59%) Public Sector
10 173 (4.77%) Influencing Skills
11 172 (4.74%) Law
12 131 (3.61%) Aerospace
13 110 (3.03%) Telecoms
14 89 (2.45%) Electronics
15 72 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
16 68 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
17 62 (1.71%) Military
18 59 (1.63%) Banking
19 52 (1.43%) Advertising
20 38 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 881 (24.28%) Analyst
2 383 (10.55%) Senior
3 249 (6.86%) Lead
4 220 (6.06%) Data Analyst
5 189 (5.21%) Developer
6 182 (5.02%) Systems Engineer
7 170 (4.68%) Business Analyst
8 124 (3.42%) Architect
9 120 (3.31%) Support Analyst
10 116 (3.20%) Support Engineer
11 99 (2.73%) Consultant
11 99 (2.73%) IT Support
12 98 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
13 96 (2.65%) Data Engineer
14 79 (2.18%) Systems Analyst
15 78 (2.15%) IT Engineer
16 75 (2.07%) Accountant
17 67 (1.85%) IT Manager
18 66 (1.82%) Applications Support
18 66 (1.82%) Head of QA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (2.40%) .NET
2 74 (2.04%) REST
3 73 (2.01%) HTML
4 66 (1.82%) CSS
5 62 (1.71%) Middleware
6 53 (1.46%) XML
7 52 (1.43%) JSON
8 42 (1.16%) React
9 41 (1.13%) SOAP
10 40 (1.10%) RESTful
11 31 (0.85%) Kafka
12 29 (0.80%) EDI
13 28 (0.77%) PyTorch
14 27 (0.74%) PySpark
15 26 (0.72%) Node.js
16 25 (0.69%) OAuth
17 23 (0.63%) LDAP
18 22 (0.61%) TensorFlow
19 21 (0.58%) AngularJS
19 21 (0.58%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 395 (10.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 208 (5.73%) Management Information System
3 176 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
4 158 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 143 (3.94%) Product Ownership
6 126 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
7 122 (3.36%) Driving Licence
8 68 (1.87%) Social Media
9 65 (1.79%) Cloud Native
10 62 (1.71%) Virtual Team
11 60 (1.65%) Data Centre
12 59 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
13 57 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
14 48 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
15 46 (1.27%) Security Posture
16 43 (1.18%) Blog
17 35 (0.96%) Data Structures
18 31 (0.85%) AI Agents
19 30 (0.83%) Algorithms
19 30 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 324 (8.93%) Windows
2 209 (5.76%) Linux
3 182 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 25 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 20 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (0.50%) Unix
10 16 (0.44%) Android
11 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 13 (0.36%) CentOS
12 11 (0.30%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.19%) Debian
14 6 (0.17%) VMS
15 5 (0.14%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.11%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.055%) Solaris
18 1 (0.028%) AIX
18 1 (0.028%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,752 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
2 1,113 (30.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 850 (23.42%) Decision-Making
4 717 (19.76%) Analytics
5 557 (15.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 542 (14.94%) Agile
7 506 (13.94%) AI
8 465 (12.81%) Business Intelligence
9 393 (10.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 366 (10.09%) Actionable Insight
11 341 (9.40%) Customer Experience
12 333 (9.18%) ERP
13 330 (9.09%) Validation
14 325 (8.96%) Data Analysis
15 313 (8.62%) Project Management
16 308 (8.49%) Customer Service
17 307 (8.46%) CRM
18 305 (8.40%) Mentoring
19 286 (7.88%) Service Delivery
20 285 (7.85%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 711 (19.59%) SQL
2 497 (13.70%) Python
3 137 (3.78%) JavaScript
4 107 (2.95%) C#
4 107 (2.95%) Java
5 101 (2.78%) PowerShell
6 62 (1.71%) C++
7 59 (1.63%) Bash
7 59 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 41 (1.13%) T-SQL
9 35 (0.96%) R
10 34 (0.94%) MATLAB
10 34 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 24 (0.66%) C
12 23 (0.63%) PHP
13 16 (0.44%) Go
14 15 (0.41%) VBA
15 14 (0.39%) Perl
16 13 (0.36%) PL/SQL
16 13 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 633 (17.44%) Degree
2 418 (11.52%) Security Cleared
3 296 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 154 (4.24%) ACCA
5 148 (4.08%) CIMA
6 127 (3.50%) DBS Check
7 108 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 99 (2.73%) DV Cleared
9 82 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 72 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
11 67 (1.85%) IRCA
12 63 (1.74%) CISSP
13 52 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
14 48 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 45 (1.24%) CISM
16 38 (1.05%) HNC
17 35 (0.96%) CCNA
18 32 (0.88%) HND
19 31 (0.85%) Azure Certification
19 31 (0.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 342 (9.42%) Data Quality
2 277 (7.63%) QA
3 259 (7.14%) GDPR
4 146 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 139 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 119 (3.28%) ISO 9001
7 116 (3.20%) PCI DSS
8 95 (2.62%) SLA
9 91 (2.51%) Accessibility
10 82 (2.26%) NIST
11 42 (1.16%) GRC
12 39 (1.07%) PMO
13 27 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
13 27 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.63%) GMP
14 23 (0.63%) ISO 14001
14 23 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 18 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
16 17 (0.47%) TickIT
17 16 (0.44%) DO-254
System Software
1 246 (6.78%) Active Directory
2 101 (2.78%) Docker
3 99 (2.73%) Hyper-V
4 80 (2.20%) Terminal Server
5 37 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (0.55%) Firmware
7 12 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.19%) Ceph
10 6 (0.17%) vSphere
11 5 (0.14%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) ProxySG
12 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.11%) XenApp
13 3 (0.083%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.028%) IAG
14 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (1.98%) Terraform
2 70 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (1.16%) Ansible
5 28 (0.77%) Grafana
6 21 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.39%) Kibana
7 14 (0.39%) QRadar
8 12 (0.33%) Podman
9 10 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (0.25%) Nmap
11 7 (0.19%) Argo
11 7 (0.19%) Check_MK
11 7 (0.19%) Istio
11 7 (0.19%) logstash
11 7 (0.19%) Nagios
12 6 (0.17%) Kubeflow
13 5 (0.14%) Functional Safety
13 5 (0.14%) Graylog
13 5 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 856 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 181 (4.99%) Google
3 131 (3.61%) SAP
4 127 (3.50%) VMware
5 125 (3.44%) Splunk
6 98 (2.70%) SolarWinds
7 93 (2.56%) Oracle
8 87 (2.40%) Veeam
9 83 (2.29%) Salesforce
10 81 (2.23%) Brocade
10 81 (2.23%) Nimble Storage
11 80 (2.20%) Tanium
12 64 (1.76%) Workday
13 62 (1.71%) Cisco
14 59 (1.63%) Databricks
14 59 (1.63%) ServiceNow
15 38 (1.05%) Red Hat
16 35 (0.96%) IBM
17 31 (0.85%) Dell
18 29 (0.80%) Adobe