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 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,566 3,904 4,203
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.23% 11.45% 8.45%
As % of the General category 11.79% 17.48% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,509 1,518 1,551
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,375 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.75% -9.09% -

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 38,720 22,329 27,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.37% 65.48% 54.32%
Number of salaries quoted 24,178 11,226 11,939
10th Percentile £28,558 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% -1.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.26% -2.50%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -16 1,192 £47,500 +5.56% 224
South East -10 1,037 £48,000 +2.13% 306
Midlands -8 809 £45,000 +3.92% 172
North West -13 700 £46,500 +3.33% 118
South West -6 642 £46,743 +3.87% 164
West Midlands -14 421 £47,500 +5.56% 102
East Midlands -4 386 £42,500 +10.39% 70
Yorkshire -7 334 £47,000 +17.50% 79
East of England -8 304 £47,500 +21.79% 86
Northern Ireland +14 228 £45,000 -14.29% 19
Wales -5 220 £45,000 -8.28% 23
North East -23 167 £52,231 +30.58% 30
Scotland -23 157 £52,960 +56.69% 32
Isle of Man - 1 £42,500 - 1
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 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 147 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 57 (1.25%) Confluence
4 34 (0.74%) Apache
5 29 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 29 (0.64%) IIS
6 19 (0.42%) SAS
7 17 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
8 16 (0.35%) WordPress
9 15 (0.33%) CMS
9 15 (0.33%) Jupyter
10 9 (0.20%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.20%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 7 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
13 5 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 3 (0.066%) nginx
14 3 (0.066%) Office Communications Server
15 2 (0.044%) Oracle Application Server
15 2 (0.044%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 623 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 306 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
3 91 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
5 48 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 26 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 20 (0.44%) Simulink
8 12 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
10 8 (0.18%) EPLAN
10 8 (0.18%) Notion
11 7 (0.15%) Chatbot
12 6 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 6 (0.13%) Siemens NX
13 4 (0.088%) CATIA
13 4 (0.088%) Photoshop
14 3 (0.066%) CANalyzer
14 3 (0.066%) LaTeX
14 3 (0.066%) Revit
15 2 (0.044%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 87 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.70%) Dynamics GP
3 25 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (0.46%) Shopify
5 15 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.24%) Magento
7 9 (0.20%) Infor M3
7 9 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
7 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
8 8 (0.18%) Odoo
8 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 7 (0.15%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.13%) Exchequer
10 6 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.11%) Elite 3E
11 5 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
12 4 (0.088%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 717 (15.70%) Azure
2 506 (11.08%) Power Platform
3 387 (8.48%) AWS
4 347 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
5 235 (5.15%) SaaS
6 181 (3.96%) Entra ID
6 181 (3.96%) GCP
7 127 (2.78%) Google Ads
8 97 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
9 92 (2.01%) Meta Ads
10 88 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
11 85 (1.86%) Google Analytics
12 69 (1.51%) GitHub
13 59 (1.29%) PowerApps
14 57 (1.25%) Serverless
15 56 (1.23%) Power Automate
16 53 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
17 48 (1.05%) Amazon S3
18 45 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
19 44 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 176 (3.85%) DNS
2 139 (3.04%) DHCP
3 115 (2.52%) Firewall
4 99 (2.17%) VPN
5 87 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 66 (1.45%) WAN
7 63 (1.38%) Internet
8 56 (1.23%) LAN
9 50 (1.10%) Wireless
10 47 (1.03%) Network Security
11 37 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (0.70%) VLAN
13 28 (0.61%) Broadband
14 25 (0.55%) SAN
15 24 (0.53%) HTTP
16 23 (0.50%) SD-WAN
16 23 (0.50%) VoIP
17 20 (0.44%) SSL
18 19 (0.42%) BGP
19 18 (0.39%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 450 (9.86%) Power BI
2 124 (2.72%) SQL Server
3 120 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
5 94 (2.06%) Relational Database
5 94 (2.06%) Tableau
6 68 (1.49%) MySQL
7 67 (1.47%) Power Query
8 62 (1.36%) Metadata
9 57 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 53 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
11 45 (0.99%) Data Lake
12 42 (0.92%) Looker
13 38 (0.83%) BigQuery
14 36 (0.79%) Big Data
14 36 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 32 (0.70%) NoSQL
16 29 (0.64%) GIS
16 29 (0.64%) MongoDB
17 27 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 206 (4.51%) Git
2 152 (3.33%) JIRA
3 44 (0.96%) GitLab
4 36 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.48%) LabVIEW
6 20 (0.44%) Eclipse
7 19 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.42%) Selenium
8 18 (0.39%) Burp Suite
8 18 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
9 17 (0.37%) Claude Code
9 17 (0.37%) Postman
10 15 (0.33%) Metasploit
11 14 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
12 13 (0.28%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.22%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.18%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.18%) JMeter
14 8 (0.18%) Moq
15 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,377 (52.06%) Social Skills
2 1,268 (27.77%) Finance
3 522 (11.43%) Marketing
4 450 (9.86%) Organisational Skills
5 403 (8.83%) Manufacturing
6 334 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 317 (6.94%) Legal
8 298 (6.53%) Retail
9 286 (6.26%) Public Sector
10 243 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
11 235 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
12 224 (4.91%) Law
13 200 (4.38%) Aerospace
14 174 (3.81%) Electronics
15 122 (2.67%) Telecoms
16 85 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
17 80 (1.75%) Automotive
18 72 (1.58%) Advertising
19 64 (1.40%) Banking
20 58 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,033 (22.62%) Analyst
2 560 (12.26%) Senior
3 292 (6.40%) Lead
4 245 (5.37%) Developer
5 195 (4.27%) Support Analyst
6 184 (4.03%) Data Analyst
7 176 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
8 174 (3.81%) Business Analyst
9 149 (3.26%) Architect
9 149 (3.26%) Systems Engineer
10 132 (2.89%) Data Engineer
11 116 (2.54%) Support Engineer
12 112 (2.45%) Consultant
13 107 (2.34%) ITSM Analyst
14 103 (2.26%) IT Support
15 98 (2.15%) Administrator
16 92 (2.01%) Applications Support
17 91 (1.99%) Marketing Manager
18 85 (1.86%) IT Analyst
19 84 (1.84%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (2.61%) .NET
2 87 (1.91%) Terraform
3 78 (1.71%) HTML
4 74 (1.62%) REST
5 73 (1.60%) CSS
6 59 (1.29%) PySpark
6 59 (1.29%) RESTful
7 55 (1.20%) XML
8 44 (0.96%) JSON
9 43 (0.94%) Middleware
10 41 (0.90%) SOAP
11 40 (0.88%) React
12 38 (0.83%) Kafka
13 35 (0.77%) EDI
13 35 (0.77%) Spring
14 34 (0.74%) Spring Boot
15 33 (0.72%) LDAP
16 29 (0.64%) ASP.NET
16 29 (0.64%) ModSecurity
17 26 (0.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 379 (8.30%) Management Information System
2 286 (6.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 276 (6.04%) Onboarding
4 246 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
5 184 (4.03%) Driving Licence
6 168 (3.68%) Product Ownership
7 119 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
8 117 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
9 111 (2.43%) Social Media
10 85 (1.86%) Cloud Native
11 78 (1.71%) Data Centre
12 77 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
13 74 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
14 73 (1.60%) Virtual Team
15 68 (1.49%) Blog
16 54 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
17 50 (1.10%) Data Structures
18 49 (1.07%) SCADA
19 45 (0.99%) FMCG
20 43 (0.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 342 (7.49%) Windows
2 246 (5.39%) Linux
3 192 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 91 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.68%) macOS
6 30 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 28 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.46%) Unix
9 14 (0.31%) Android
9 14 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.20%) CentOS
11 7 (0.15%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.15%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.13%) Debian
12 6 (0.13%) VMS
13 5 (0.11%) OpenVMS
14 4 (0.088%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.022%) Solaris
15 1 (0.022%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,340 (51.25%) Problem-Solving
2 1,513 (33.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,155 (25.30%) Decision-Making
4 922 (20.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 781 (17.10%) AI
5 781 (17.10%) Analytics
6 674 (14.76%) Agile
7 604 (13.23%) Business Intelligence
8 516 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 477 (10.45%) Validation
10 471 (10.32%) Customer Service
11 439 (9.61%) Mentoring
12 432 (9.46%) CRM
13 422 (9.24%) ERP
14 415 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
15 407 (8.91%) Data Analysis
16 387 (8.48%) ITIL
17 382 (8.37%) Process Improvement
18 374 (8.19%) Project Delivery
19 365 (7.99%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 830 (18.18%) SQL
2 483 (10.58%) Python
3 160 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 132 (2.89%) Java
5 127 (2.78%) C#
6 115 (2.52%) PowerShell
7 77 (1.69%) C++
8 69 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 60 (1.31%) Bash
10 48 (1.05%) TypeScript
11 47 (1.03%) R
12 44 (0.96%) MATLAB
13 42 (0.92%) Shell Script
14 38 (0.83%) T-SQL
15 36 (0.79%) C
16 21 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 20 (0.44%) PHP
18 19 (0.42%) PL/SQL
19 17 (0.37%) Scala
20 16 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 966 (21.16%) Degree
2 560 (12.26%) Security Cleared
3 393 (8.61%) SC Cleared
4 164 (3.59%) ACCA
5 157 (3.44%) CIMA
6 120 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 118 (2.58%) DV Cleared
8 106 (2.32%) DBS Check
9 89 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 85 (1.86%) HND
11 70 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 68 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
13 66 (1.45%) HNC
14 63 (1.38%) CISSP
15 59 (1.29%) Azure Certification
16 57 (1.25%) Master's Degree
17 49 (1.07%) CISM
18 41 (0.90%) CCNA
18 41 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
19 32 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 432 (9.46%) Data Quality
2 278 (6.09%) QA
3 213 (4.66%) GDPR
4 143 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 138 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 120 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 100 (2.19%) PCI DSS
8 84 (1.84%) SLA
9 61 (1.34%) NIST
10 49 (1.07%) ISO 9001
11 42 (0.92%) PMO
12 40 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
13 30 (0.66%) GRC
14 27 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 27 (0.59%) DO-254
15 26 (0.57%) IFRS
16 20 (0.44%) GMP
16 20 (0.44%) ISO 14001
17 18 (0.39%) Good Clinical Practice
18 15 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 310 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 144 (3.15%) Docker
3 108 (2.37%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.58%) Terminal Server
5 45 (0.99%) Firmware
6 39 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
7 16 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.15%) Ceph
11 6 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.11%) DFS Replication
12 5 (0.11%) ISA Server
12 5 (0.11%) vSphere
13 4 (0.088%) KVM
13 4 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.088%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.022%) IAG
14 1 (0.022%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.022%) zsh
Systems Management
1 72 (1.58%) Kubernetes
2 58 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (0.90%) Ansible
4 33 (0.72%) Grafana
5 31 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.33%) Kibana
7 15 (0.33%) Nmap
8 12 (0.26%) QRadar
9 11 (0.24%) Podman
9 11 (0.24%) SCCM
10 10 (0.22%) Functional Safety
11 8 (0.18%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.15%) Argo
12 7 (0.15%) Check_MK
12 7 (0.15%) Istio
12 7 (0.15%) Nagios
12 7 (0.15%) SCVMM
13 6 (0.13%) Autotask
13 6 (0.13%) Graylog
Vendors
1 1,249 (27.35%) Microsoft
2 316 (6.92%) Google
3 138 (3.02%) SAP
4 131 (2.87%) VMware
5 130 (2.85%) Splunk
6 122 (2.67%) Oracle
7 92 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 91 (1.99%) SolarWinds
9 79 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 79 (1.73%) Veeam
10 73 (1.60%) Brocade
10 73 (1.60%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (1.58%) Cisco
11 72 (1.58%) Tanium
12 69 (1.51%) YouTube
13 50 (1.10%) Databricks
14 40 (0.88%) HubSpot
15 36 (0.79%) Adobe
16 33 (0.72%) TikTok
17 30 (0.66%) Sage