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 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -20 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,359 3,967 5,849
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.61% 11.71% 8.90%
As % of the General category 10.39% 17.45% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,197 1,502 2,902
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £34,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,153 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +1.37% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +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 32,315 22,740 35,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.37% 67.11% 54.42%
Number of salaries quoted 19,840 11,005 21,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,046
% change year-on-year - +3.68% -11.59%

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 24 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 24 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 -19 971 £48,000 +6.67% 484
South East -6 830 £50,000 -8.26% 552
Midlands -11 597 £47,500 - 262
North West -18 577 £47,500 +1.06% 267
South West -18 452 £46,000 -5.15% 219
West Midlands -20 319 £50,000 +11.11% 143
Yorkshire -12 286 £48,000 +7.02% 160
East Midlands -8 276 £45,000 -5.26% 119
East of England -20 237 £45,000 -3.93% 164
North East -22 108 £55,000 +37.50% 61
Scotland -30 108 £44,000 - 75
Wales -13 106 £53,171 -3.33% 29
Northern Ireland -32 68 £41,250 -25.00% 29
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
1 176 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.13%) Confluence
4 28 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 27 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (0.80%) CMS
6 26 (0.77%) Apache
7 23 (0.68%) IIS
8 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.27%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.24%) WordPress
10 5 (0.15%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.089%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.089%) JBoss
12 1 (0.030%) Appian
12 1 (0.030%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.030%) Tomcat
Applications
1 414 (12.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 160 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.58%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.27%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.089%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.089%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.089%) Simulink
9 3 (0.089%) Trello
10 2 (0.060%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.060%) Lectora
10 2 (0.060%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 51 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (1.04%) Dynamics GP
4 25 (0.74%) NetSuite
5 19 (0.57%) SAP PM
6 16 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 14 (0.42%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.30%) Magento
9 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.18%) SAP CO
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 OneWorld
11 4 (0.12%) JDE World
11 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 585 (17.42%) Azure
2 426 (12.68%) Power Platform
3 312 (9.29%) Microsoft 365
4 281 (8.37%) AWS
5 145 (4.32%) SaaS
6 129 (3.84%) GCP
7 86 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
8 83 (2.47%) Entra ID
9 80 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
10 62 (1.85%) Google Analytics
11 50 (1.49%) GitHub
12 49 (1.46%) PowerApps
13 45 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
14 41 (1.22%) Power Automate
15 37 (1.10%) Amazon S3
16 34 (1.01%) Snowflake
17 33 (0.98%) dbt
18 31 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
19 28 (0.83%) Serverless
20 25 (0.74%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 156 (4.64%) DNS
2 126 (3.75%) DHCP
3 109 (3.25%) Firewall
4 80 (2.38%) VPN
5 60 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 58 (1.73%) WAN
7 51 (1.52%) LAN
8 41 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (1.19%) Wireless
10 37 (1.10%) Broadband
11 26 (0.77%) Network Security
12 25 (0.74%) HTTP
13 21 (0.63%) SAN
14 20 (0.60%) VoIP
15 19 (0.57%) BGP
15 19 (0.57%) SD-WAN
16 16 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (0.45%) Internet
17 15 (0.45%) VLAN
18 14 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (11.31%) Power BI
2 187 (5.57%) Tableau
3 111 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
4 110 (3.27%) SQL Server
5 100 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
6 62 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 57 (1.70%) Data Mining
8 51 (1.52%) MySQL
9 47 (1.40%) Power Query
10 42 (1.25%) Relational Database
10 42 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.22%) Metadata
12 39 (1.16%) Looker
12 39 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
13 32 (0.95%) Data Lake
14 28 (0.83%) Big Data
15 27 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
16 23 (0.68%) BigQuery
17 18 (0.54%) MongoDB
17 18 (0.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 118 (3.51%) JIRA
2 97 (2.89%) Git
3 41 (1.22%) GitLab
4 36 (1.07%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.42%) Selenium
8 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.36%) Eclipse
9 11 (0.33%) MLflow
9 11 (0.33%) Postman
10 9 (0.27%) JMeter
10 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.24%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.24%) LabVIEW
12 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.21%) Moq
12 7 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
12 7 (0.21%) Subversion
13 6 (0.18%) ERwin
General
1 1,638 (48.76%) Social Skills
2 973 (28.97%) Finance
3 293 (8.72%) Marketing
4 222 (6.61%) Organisational Skills
5 220 (6.55%) Retail
6 195 (5.81%) Legal
7 193 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 188 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 176 (5.24%) Manufacturing
10 157 (4.67%) Law
11 152 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
12 108 (3.22%) Telecoms
13 91 (2.71%) Aerospace
14 82 (2.44%) Electronics
15 63 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
15 63 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
16 51 (1.52%) Banking
16 51 (1.52%) Military
17 47 (1.40%) Advertising
18 36 (1.07%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 870 (25.90%) Analyst
2 338 (10.06%) Senior
3 229 (6.82%) Lead
4 226 (6.73%) Data Analyst
5 196 (5.84%) Systems Engineer
6 168 (5.00%) Developer
7 164 (4.88%) Business Analyst
8 110 (3.27%) Support Analyst
9 107 (3.19%) Architect
9 107 (3.19%) Support Engineer
10 99 (2.95%) Consultant
11 92 (2.74%) IT Support
11 92 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
12 89 (2.65%) Data Engineer
13 79 (2.35%) Systems Analyst
14 76 (2.26%) Accountant
15 70 (2.08%) IT Engineer
16 66 (1.96%) Head of QA
17 65 (1.94%) IT Manager
18 64 (1.91%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.17%) .NET
2 67 (1.99%) REST
3 66 (1.96%) HTML
4 61 (1.82%) Middleware
5 60 (1.79%) XML
6 58 (1.73%) CSS
7 57 (1.70%) JSON
8 45 (1.34%) React
9 38 (1.13%) SOAP
10 34 (1.01%) RESTful
11 29 (0.86%) Kafka
11 29 (0.86%) PyTorch
12 28 (0.83%) Node.js
13 24 (0.71%) PySpark
13 24 (0.71%) TensorFlow
14 22 (0.65%) EDI
15 21 (0.63%) scikit-learn
16 20 (0.60%) OAuth
17 19 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
18 17 (0.51%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 392 (11.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 189 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 138 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
4 132 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 129 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
6 126 (3.75%) Onboarding
7 96 (2.86%) Driving Licence
8 61 (1.82%) Virtual Team
9 58 (1.73%) Cloud Native
10 53 (1.58%) Data Centre
11 52 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
12 49 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
13 45 (1.34%) Social Media
14 44 (1.31%) Security Posture
15 37 (1.10%) Blog
15 37 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
16 35 (1.04%) Data Structures
17 33 (0.98%) Algorithms
18 28 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
19 27 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 319 (9.50%) Windows
2 209 (6.22%) Linux
3 188 (5.60%) Windows Server
4 109 (3.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.63%) Mac OS
6 19 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.48%) Android
8 16 (0.48%) Unix
8 16 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 12 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 10 (0.30%) CentOS
12 7 (0.21%) VMS
13 6 (0.18%) Debian
14 5 (0.15%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.030%) AIX
15 1 (0.030%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.030%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.030%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,578 (46.98%) Problem-Solving
2 990 (29.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 792 (23.58%) Decision-Making
4 686 (20.42%) Analytics
5 478 (14.23%) Agile
6 471 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 432 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
8 416 (12.38%) AI
9 358 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 345 (10.27%) Actionable Insight
11 332 (9.88%) Customer Experience
12 310 (9.23%) Customer Service
13 299 (8.90%) Data Analysis
14 298 (8.87%) Project Management
15 295 (8.78%) ERP
16 278 (8.28%) CRM
17 276 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
18 269 (8.01%) Validation
19 266 (7.92%) Service Delivery
20 265 (7.89%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 679 (20.21%) SQL
2 487 (14.50%) Python
3 117 (3.48%) JavaScript
4 104 (3.10%) Java
5 99 (2.95%) C#
6 96 (2.86%) PowerShell
7 59 (1.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 57 (1.70%) C++
9 50 (1.49%) Bash
10 45 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 41 (1.22%) R
12 33 (0.98%) MATLAB
13 25 (0.74%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.63%) C
14 21 (0.63%) PHP
15 18 (0.54%) Go
16 17 (0.51%) VBA
17 14 (0.42%) PL/SQL
18 13 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
18 13 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 554 (16.49%) Degree
2 372 (11.07%) Security Cleared
3 269 (8.01%) SC Cleared
4 157 (4.67%) ACCA
5 151 (4.50%) CIMA
6 122 (3.63%) DBS Check
7 91 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 73 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (1.96%) IRCA
10 65 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
11 61 (1.82%) DV Cleared
12 53 (1.58%) CISSP
13 49 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 44 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
15 38 (1.13%) CISM
16 34 (1.01%) CCNA
17 31 (0.92%) Master's Degree
18 26 (0.77%) HNC
19 25 (0.74%) PMI Certification
20 24 (0.71%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (9.65%) Data Quality
2 242 (7.20%) GDPR
3 235 (7.00%) QA
4 167 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 148 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 132 (3.93%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.39%) ISO 9001
8 95 (2.83%) SLA
9 85 (2.53%) NIST
10 78 (2.32%) Accessibility
11 44 (1.31%) GRC
12 38 (1.13%) PMO
13 29 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
14 28 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.68%) ISO 14001
16 21 (0.63%) GMP
16 21 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 18 (0.54%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.51%) SOC 2
18 17 (0.51%) TickIT
System Software
1 252 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 109 (3.25%) Hyper-V
3 96 (2.86%) Terminal Server
4 84 (2.50%) Docker
5 33 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.27%) Firmware
7 9 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.27%) VMware NSX
8 8 (0.24%) vSphere
9 4 (0.12%) Ceph
9 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.12%) XenApp
10 3 (0.089%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.089%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.060%) KVM
12 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.030%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 65 (1.94%) Terraform
2 61 (1.82%) Kubernetes
3 41 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (1.10%) Ansible
5 29 (0.86%) Grafana
6 17 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.42%) Kibana
8 13 (0.39%) QRadar
9 9 (0.27%) Podman
10 8 (0.24%) Nagios
11 7 (0.21%) Kubeflow
11 7 (0.21%) logstash
12 6 (0.18%) Graylog
12 6 (0.18%) Nmap
12 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.15%) SCCM
14 4 (0.12%) Argo
14 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
14 4 (0.12%) Istio
Vendors
1 809 (24.08%) Microsoft
2 150 (4.47%) Google
3 137 (4.08%) Splunk
3 137 (4.08%) VMware
4 119 (3.54%) SAP
5 113 (3.36%) SolarWinds
6 105 (3.13%) Veeam
7 97 (2.89%) Brocade
7 97 (2.89%) Nimble Storage
8 96 (2.86%) Tanium
9 83 (2.47%) Salesforce
10 72 (2.14%) Oracle
11 63 (1.88%) Workday
12 56 (1.67%) Cisco
12 56 (1.67%) Databricks
13 46 (1.37%) ServiceNow
14 37 (1.10%) IBM
15 32 (0.95%) Red Hat
16 29 (0.86%) Dell
17 28 (0.83%) Adobe