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 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,464 4,068 2,647
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 9.17% 9.16% 9.09%
As % of the General category 16.03% 15.73% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,583 1,624 1,901
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,616 25,866 18,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.25% 58.21% 63.30%
Number of salaries quoted 12,257 11,214 13,484
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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
South East +4 880 £47,520 -4.96% 1,145
North of England +1 824 £45,000 -12.20% 768
Midlands +7 633 £45,000 -6.25% 530
North West -10 411 £45,000 -14.29% 401
South West +5 390 £45,000 -15.09% 297
West Midlands +7 377 £52,500 +5.00% 282
Scotland +3 348 £33,500 -44.17% 88
East of England +2 306 £40,000 -27.27% 311
Yorkshire +2 298 £40,500 -22.86% 308
East Midlands +6 254 £37,500 -11.76% 243
North East +15 115 £42,000 +5.00% 66
Wales +8 75 £48,122 -2.00% 76
Northern Ireland -3 40 £52,500 -28.54% 29
Isle of Man -1 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -5 1 - - 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
1 122 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (1.76%) Confluence
3 45 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 33 (0.95%) CMS
5 17 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.46%) WordPress
7 10 (0.29%) Apache
7 10 (0.29%) SAS
8 8 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.23%) Camunda
9 7 (0.20%) IIS
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.087%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.087%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.058%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.058%) Kentico
12 2 (0.058%) nginx
12 2 (0.058%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.058%) WinCC
Applications
1 538 (15.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 454 (13.11%) Chatbot
3 254 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
4 91 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 33 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 31 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
7 18 (0.52%) AutoCAD
8 9 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
9 6 (0.17%) Simulink
10 4 (0.12%) CATIA
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.087%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.058%) Revit
12 2 (0.058%) Trello
13 1 (0.029%) OrCAD
13 1 (0.029%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.029%) Sketch
13 1 (0.029%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 99 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (1.85%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.07%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 33 (0.95%) NetSuite
5 28 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
6 24 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
7 22 (0.64%) Shopify
8 19 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
9 16 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
10 13 (0.38%) SAP CO
10 13 (0.38%) SAP FI
10 13 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
11 12 (0.35%) Sage X3
12 11 (0.32%) Sprinklr
13 10 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
13 10 (0.29%) Workday HCM
14 8 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
14 8 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
15 6 (0.17%) Primavera
15 6 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 459 (13.25%) Azure
2 366 (10.57%) Power Platform
3 199 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
4 152 (4.39%) SaaS
5 151 (4.36%) AWS
6 88 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
8 53 (1.53%) Snowflake
9 46 (1.33%) Google Analytics
10 43 (1.24%) GCP
11 41 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (1.15%) Entra ID
12 40 (1.15%) GitHub
13 34 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 29 (0.84%) dbt
15 27 (0.78%) OCI
16 26 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
16 26 (0.75%) Google Ads
17 24 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
18 22 (0.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 134 (3.87%) DNS
2 116 (3.35%) DHCP
3 69 (1.99%) Firewall
4 53 (1.53%) Network Security
5 43 (1.24%) LAN
6 41 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
7 38 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (0.98%) WAN
9 32 (0.92%) VPN
10 29 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 29 (0.84%) VoIP
11 25 (0.72%) SMS
12 22 (0.64%) VLAN
13 20 (0.58%) Wireless
14 16 (0.46%) Wireshark
15 15 (0.43%) Internet
16 12 (0.35%) Intranet
16 12 (0.35%) SAN
16 12 (0.35%) SD-WAN
17 11 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 342 (9.87%) Power BI
2 172 (4.97%) Tableau
3 113 (3.26%) Data Mining
4 97 (2.80%) SQL Server
5 91 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
6 73 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
7 52 (1.50%) Data Lake
7 52 (1.50%) Relational Database
8 47 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 46 (1.33%) Metadata
10 38 (1.10%) MySQL
11 37 (1.07%) SAP BW
12 35 (1.01%) GIS
12 35 (1.01%) Looker
13 31 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
14 24 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
15 23 (0.66%) Power Query
16 22 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
16 22 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 21 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 144 (4.16%) JIRA
2 51 (1.47%) Git
3 29 (0.84%) Selenium
4 26 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.55%) GitLab
5 19 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
6 13 (0.38%) Robot Framework
7 11 (0.32%) Snyk
8 10 (0.29%) ERwin
9 9 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 9 (0.26%) Maven
10 8 (0.23%) JUnit
10 8 (0.23%) Postman
11 7 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.17%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.17%) TestRail
13 5 (0.14%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.14%) WebDriver
14 4 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 1,725 (49.80%) Social Skills
2 946 (27.31%) Finance
3 349 (10.08%) Marketing
4 240 (6.93%) Retail
5 157 (4.53%) Manufacturing
6 150 (4.33%) Legal
6 150 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
7 144 (4.16%) Law
8 132 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 124 (3.58%) Public Sector
10 102 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
11 81 (2.34%) Telecoms
12 78 (2.25%) Banking
13 73 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
14 68 (1.96%) Electronics
15 53 (1.53%) Aerospace
16 49 (1.41%) Aviation
17 45 (1.30%) Advertising
18 44 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
19 29 (0.84%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 735 (21.22%) Analyst
2 454 (13.11%) Trainer
3 322 (9.30%) Senior
4 259 (7.48%) Lead
5 172 (4.97%) Data Analyst
6 151 (4.36%) Architect
7 130 (3.75%) Support Analyst
8 121 (3.49%) Developer
9 120 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
10 112 (3.23%) IT Support
11 104 (3.00%) Trainee
12 96 (2.77%) Innovation Manager
13 94 (2.71%) Business Analyst
14 85 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
15 84 (2.42%) Support Engineer
16 83 (2.40%) Business Manager
17 76 (2.19%) Senior Analyst
18 73 (2.11%) Technical Support
18 73 (2.11%) Trainee Analyst
18 73 (2.11%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (2.19%) HTML
2 57 (1.65%) CSS
3 44 (1.27%) REST
4 42 (1.21%) React
5 36 (1.04%) JSON
6 25 (0.72%) .NET
7 24 (0.69%) SOAP
8 21 (0.61%) XML
9 20 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
9 20 (0.58%) Spring
10 19 (0.55%) Flash
11 18 (0.52%) Middleware
12 16 (0.46%) OAuth
12 16 (0.46%) SAML
13 15 (0.43%) EDI
14 13 (0.38%) Web Services
15 12 (0.35%) Django
15 12 (0.35%) HTML5
15 12 (0.35%) JMS
15 12 (0.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 392 (11.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 274 (7.91%) Onboarding
3 237 (6.84%) Self-Motivation
4 178 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 118 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
6 86 (2.48%) Product Ownership
7 81 (2.34%) Driving Licence
8 54 (1.56%) Data Centre
9 51 (1.47%) Robotics
10 49 (1.41%) FMCG
11 46 (1.33%) Algorithms
12 39 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (1.07%) Cloud Native
13 37 (1.07%) Social Media
14 31 (0.89%) e-Learning
15 30 (0.87%) Data Structures
16 29 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 28 (0.81%) Virtual Team
18 27 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
19 26 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 240 (6.93%) Windows
2 152 (4.39%) Linux
3 130 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (0.29%) Unix
6 9 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.23%) Android
8 5 (0.14%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.14%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.087%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.029%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.029%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.029%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,464 (42.26%) Problem-Solving
2 912 (26.33%) AI
3 777 (22.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 679 (19.60%) Analytics
5 630 (18.19%) Decision-Making
6 534 (15.42%) Project Management
7 489 (14.12%) Agile
8 458 (13.22%) Chemistry
9 454 (13.11%) Conversational UI
10 446 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
11 404 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
12 366 (10.57%) Customer Service
13 336 (9.70%) Customer Experience
14 334 (9.64%) ERP
15 310 (8.95%) Data Analysis
16 273 (7.88%) Mentoring
17 270 (7.79%) CRM
18 259 (7.48%) Process Improvement
19 252 (7.27%) Analytical Thinking
20 243 (7.02%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 629 (18.16%) SQL
2 319 (9.21%) Python
3 74 (2.14%) JavaScript
4 68 (1.96%) C#
5 67 (1.93%) Java
6 56 (1.62%) PowerShell
7 40 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 40 (1.15%) R
8 33 (0.95%) T-SQL
9 31 (0.89%) C++
10 25 (0.72%) VBA
11 22 (0.64%) PL/SQL
12 21 (0.61%) C
13 18 (0.52%) Bash
14 10 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.23%) Scala
16 7 (0.20%) ABAP
16 7 (0.20%) TypeScript
17 6 (0.17%) MATLAB
18 5 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,197 (34.56%) Degree
2 546 (15.76%) Master's Degree
3 461 (13.31%) PhD
4 319 (9.21%) Security Cleared
5 238 (6.87%) SC Cleared
6 115 (3.32%) ACCA
7 105 (3.03%) CIMA
8 79 (2.28%) DBS Check
9 66 (1.91%) CISSP
10 63 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 59 (1.70%) DV Cleared
12 46 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 45 (1.30%) CEH
14 43 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
15 41 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
16 34 (0.98%) CISM
17 30 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
17 30 (0.87%) PMI Certification
18 24 (0.69%) HND
18 24 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (4.21%) Data Quality
2 142 (4.10%) QA
3 124 (3.58%) PCI DSS
4 108 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 104 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 99 (2.86%) GDPR
7 69 (1.99%) NIST
8 67 (1.93%) PMO
9 51 (1.47%) Accessibility
10 32 (0.92%) SLA
11 18 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.35%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.29%) GRC
15 8 (0.23%) IEC 61131
15 8 (0.23%) IFRS
16 7 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 7 (0.20%) SOC 2
17 6 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 192 (5.54%) Active Directory
2 107 (3.09%) Hyper-V
3 88 (2.54%) Terminal Server
4 19 (0.55%) Docker
4 19 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.43%) Firmware
6 7 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.12%) vSphere
8 3 (0.087%) HDFS
9 2 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.029%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.029%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.029%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 37 (1.07%) Terraform
2 31 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 21 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.52%) Ansible
5 8 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.17%) QRadar
7 5 (0.14%) Grafana
8 4 (0.12%) Nessus
8 4 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.12%) SCCM
9 3 (0.087%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.058%) AssetCenter
10 2 (0.058%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.058%) Kibana
11 1 (0.029%) Control-M
11 1 (0.029%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.029%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.029%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.029%) Nagios
11 1 (0.029%) SCOM
Vendors
1 764 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 454 (13.11%) PayPal
3 289 (8.34%) SAP
4 128 (3.70%) Oracle
5 112 (3.23%) VMware
6 110 (3.18%) Google
7 108 (3.12%) Splunk
8 99 (2.86%) SolarWinds
9 91 (2.63%) Veeam
10 89 (2.57%) Tanium
11 88 (2.54%) Brocade
11 88 (2.54%) Nimble Storage
12 76 (2.19%) Salesforce
13 50 (1.44%) Cisco
14 41 (1.18%) Databricks
14 41 (1.18%) ServiceNow
15 37 (1.07%) OpenText
16 35 (1.01%) Workday
17 30 (0.87%) Ariba
18 26 (0.75%) Adobe