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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,793 3,994 5,323
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.77% 11.49% 8.88%
As % of the General category 10.91% 17.41% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,349 1,531 2,306
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,525
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 34,758 22,941 32,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.76% 66.01% 53.50%
Number of salaries quoted 21,513 11,343 17,476
10th Percentile £28,618 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -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 25 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 25 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 -19 1,049 £47,500 +5.56% 714
South East -7 901 £49,768 -5.20% 621
Midlands -7 663 £47,750 +6.11% 380
North West -16 649 £46,500 +3.33% 411
South West -8 528 £47,500 +5.56% 498
West Midlands -16 343 £49,500 +10.00% 219
East Midlands -4 317 £46,743 +3.87% 162
Yorkshire -12 282 £47,000 +17.50% 233
East of England -16 256 £47,500 +5.56% 261
Wales -11 154 £51,709 +2.61% 66
Scotland -21 132 £45,000 +10.43% 248
Northern Ireland -8 118 £42,500 -22.73% 122
North East -16 118 £55,000 +17.65% 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
1 166 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 131 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 49 (1.29%) Confluence
4 29 (0.76%) IIS
5 26 (0.69%) Apache
5 26 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 22 (0.58%) CMS
7 11 (0.29%) SAS
8 10 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 10 (0.26%) WordPress
9 9 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 8 (0.21%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.079%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.026%) JBoss
14 1 (0.026%) Tomcat
Applications
1 442 (11.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 203 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.40%) MS Visio
5 26 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.26%) Simulink
8 5 (0.13%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) CATIA
9 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.079%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.079%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.079%) Trello
11 2 (0.053%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.053%) Lectora
11 2 (0.053%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.026%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 86 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 33 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
4 27 (0.71%) NetSuite
5 19 (0.50%) SAP PM
6 18 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 16 (0.42%) Shopify
8 12 (0.32%) SAP ERP
9 10 (0.26%) Magento
9 10 (0.26%) SAP Business One
10 8 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
11 7 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
11 7 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 6 (0.16%) Infor M3
13 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 5 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
13 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
14 4 (0.11%) Academy Housing
14 4 (0.11%) JDE World
14 4 (0.11%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 626 (16.50%) Azure
2 443 (11.68%) Power Platform
3 318 (8.38%) AWS
4 315 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
5 187 (4.93%) SaaS
6 144 (3.80%) GCP
7 96 (2.53%) Entra ID
8 94 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 86 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
10 81 (2.14%) Google Analytics
11 73 (1.92%) Google Ads
12 62 (1.63%) Power Automate
13 59 (1.56%) GitHub
13 59 (1.56%) PowerApps
14 50 (1.32%) Meta Ads
15 42 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
16 41 (1.08%) Amazon S3
17 39 (1.03%) Snowflake
18 37 (0.98%) Serverless
19 36 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 162 (4.27%) DNS
2 129 (3.40%) DHCP
3 105 (2.77%) Firewall
4 91 (2.40%) VPN
5 78 (2.06%) TCP/IP
6 65 (1.71%) WAN
7 60 (1.58%) LAN
8 47 (1.24%) Wireless
9 40 (1.05%) Network Security
10 36 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (0.74%) Broadband
12 27 (0.71%) HTTP
13 26 (0.69%) VoIP
14 23 (0.61%) VLAN
15 21 (0.55%) SAN
16 20 (0.53%) Internet
17 19 (0.50%) BGP
17 19 (0.50%) SD-WAN
18 17 (0.45%) SMS
19 16 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 389 (10.26%) Power BI
2 139 (3.66%) Tableau
3 124 (3.27%) SQL Server
4 117 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
5 104 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
6 69 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 63 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 58 (1.53%) MySQL
9 50 (1.32%) Power Query
10 49 (1.29%) Looker
11 44 (1.16%) Metadata
11 44 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 42 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
13 40 (1.05%) Data Lake
14 35 (0.92%) BigQuery
15 32 (0.84%) Big Data
16 29 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
17 23 (0.61%) NoSQL
18 20 (0.53%) MongoDB
19 19 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 154 (4.06%) JIRA
2 129 (3.40%) Git
3 32 (0.84%) GitLab
4 31 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.42%) Eclipse
6 15 (0.40%) Selenium
7 14 (0.37%) Postman
8 13 (0.34%) Burp Suite
8 13 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 13 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
9 12 (0.32%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.32%) LabVIEW
10 11 (0.29%) Claude Code
10 11 (0.29%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.29%) MLflow
11 9 (0.24%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.24%) JMeter
11 9 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.18%) Moq
General
1 1,899 (50.07%) Social Skills
2 1,051 (27.71%) Finance
3 413 (10.89%) Marketing
4 277 (7.30%) Organisational Skills
5 270 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 250 (6.59%) Manufacturing
7 246 (6.49%) Legal
7 246 (6.49%) Retail
8 206 (5.43%) Public Sector
9 204 (5.38%) Law
10 198 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
11 164 (4.32%) Aerospace
12 113 (2.98%) Electronics
13 111 (2.93%) Telecoms
14 98 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
15 70 (1.85%) Military
16 68 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
17 55 (1.45%) Advertising
18 53 (1.40%) Banking
19 39 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 881 (23.23%) Analyst
2 423 (11.15%) Senior
3 255 (6.72%) Lead
4 203 (5.35%) Developer
5 197 (5.19%) Data Analyst
6 179 (4.72%) Systems Engineer
7 171 (4.51%) Business Analyst
8 136 (3.59%) Support Analyst
9 134 (3.53%) Architect
10 116 (3.06%) Support Engineer
11 114 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
12 102 (2.69%) Consultant
13 101 (2.66%) Data Engineer
14 100 (2.64%) IT Support
15 83 (2.19%) IT Engineer
15 83 (2.19%) Systems Analyst
16 77 (2.03%) Accountant
17 76 (2.00%) Marketing Manager
18 67 (1.77%) Applications Support
19 65 (1.71%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (2.53%) .NET
2 79 (2.08%) HTML
3 78 (2.06%) REST
4 72 (1.90%) CSS
5 70 (1.85%) Terraform
6 63 (1.66%) Middleware
7 54 (1.42%) XML
8 51 (1.34%) JSON
9 45 (1.19%) SOAP
10 42 (1.11%) RESTful
11 41 (1.08%) React
12 37 (0.98%) EDI
13 34 (0.90%) LDAP
14 32 (0.84%) Kafka
15 28 (0.74%) ModSecurity
16 27 (0.71%) ASP.NET
16 27 (0.71%) OAuth
17 26 (0.69%) PyTorch
18 25 (0.66%) Node.js
18 25 (0.66%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 374 (9.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 239 (6.30%) Management Information System
3 192 (5.06%) Onboarding
4 190 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
5 150 (3.95%) Product Ownership
6 129 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
7 125 (3.30%) Driving Licence
8 88 (2.32%) Social Media
9 81 (2.14%) Marketing Technology
10 70 (1.85%) Cloud Native
10 70 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 67 (1.77%) Blog
11 67 (1.77%) Data Centre
12 65 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
13 63 (1.66%) Virtual Team
14 49 (1.29%) Security Posture
15 37 (0.98%) Data Structures
16 35 (0.92%) AI Agents
17 34 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
18 33 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 332 (8.75%) Windows
2 205 (5.40%) Linux
3 185 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (0.74%) Mac OS
6 24 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 22 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.55%) Unix
9 16 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.37%) Android
11 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.24%) CentOS
13 7 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.16%) Debian
14 6 (0.16%) VMS
15 5 (0.13%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.11%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.053%) Solaris
18 1 (0.026%) FreeRTOS
18 1 (0.026%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,866 (49.20%) Problem-Solving
2 1,188 (31.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 919 (24.23%) Decision-Making
4 715 (18.85%) Analytics
5 621 (16.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 585 (15.42%) AI
7 579 (15.26%) Agile
8 476 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
9 409 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 375 (9.89%) Actionable Insight
11 369 (9.73%) Validation
12 352 (9.28%) ERP
13 345 (9.10%) Customer Service
14 342 (9.02%) CRM
15 322 (8.49%) Mentoring
16 319 (8.41%) Data Analysis
17 318 (8.38%) Customer Experience
18 310 (8.17%) Project Management
19 301 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
20 298 (7.86%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 713 (18.80%) SQL
2 461 (12.15%) Python
3 143 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 112 (2.95%) Java
5 111 (2.93%) C#
6 103 (2.72%) PowerShell
7 65 (1.71%) C++
8 59 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 57 (1.50%) Bash
10 41 (1.08%) TypeScript
11 40 (1.05%) T-SQL
12 37 (0.98%) MATLAB
13 33 (0.87%) R
14 29 (0.76%) C
15 23 (0.61%) PHP
16 16 (0.42%) Go
16 16 (0.42%) Scala
17 15 (0.40%) Perl
17 15 (0.40%) PL/SQL
17 15 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 692 (18.24%) Degree
2 476 (12.55%) Security Cleared
3 329 (8.67%) SC Cleared
4 141 (3.72%) ACCA
5 134 (3.53%) CIMA
6 123 (3.24%) DBS Check
7 118 (3.11%) DV Cleared
8 116 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 82 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 72 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
10 72 (1.90%) CISSP
11 58 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 52 (1.37%) CISM
13 49 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
14 45 (1.19%) IRCA
15 44 (1.16%) HND
16 39 (1.03%) Azure Certification
16 39 (1.03%) CCNA
17 36 (0.95%) PMI Certification
18 35 (0.92%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 346 (9.12%) Data Quality
2 277 (7.30%) QA
3 235 (6.20%) GDPR
4 147 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 140 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 112 (2.95%) PCI DSS
7 102 (2.69%) ISO 9001
8 97 (2.56%) Accessibility
9 93 (2.45%) SLA
10 86 (2.27%) NIST
11 41 (1.08%) GRC
12 38 (1.00%) PMO
13 28 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
14 23 (0.61%) ISO 14001
14 23 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 20 (0.53%) DO-254
16 19 (0.50%) IFRS
17 18 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.45%) TickIT
System Software
1 257 (6.78%) Active Directory
2 99 (2.61%) Docker
2 99 (2.61%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.11%) Terminal Server
4 37 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 29 (0.76%) Firmware
6 12 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.18%) Ceph
9 7 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.16%) vSphere
11 4 (0.11%) KVM
11 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.079%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.053%) ProxySG
13 2 (0.053%) XenApp
14 1 (0.026%) IAG
14 1 (0.026%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 65 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 45 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.05%) Ansible
4 23 (0.61%) Grafana
5 22 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.40%) QRadar
8 14 (0.37%) Kibana
9 11 (0.29%) Nmap
9 11 (0.29%) Podman
10 7 (0.18%) Argo
10 7 (0.18%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.18%) Istio
10 7 (0.18%) logstash
11 6 (0.16%) Functional Safety
11 6 (0.16%) Graylog
11 6 (0.16%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.13%) SCCM
13 4 (0.11%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 909 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 218 (5.75%) Google
3 131 (3.45%) VMware
4 128 (3.37%) SAP
5 124 (3.27%) Splunk
6 99 (2.61%) Oracle
7 94 (2.48%) SolarWinds
8 87 (2.29%) Veeam
9 81 (2.14%) Brocade
9 81 (2.14%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.11%) Tanium
11 78 (2.06%) Salesforce
12 65 (1.71%) ServiceNow
13 62 (1.63%) Cisco
14 60 (1.58%) Databricks
15 59 (1.56%) Workday
16 36 (0.95%) Adobe
16 36 (0.95%) YouTube
17 32 (0.84%) IBM
18 31 (0.82%) Dell