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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -20 +7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,971 3,557 6,239
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.43% 12.48% 8.88%
As % of the General category 9.50% 17.32% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,985 1,304 3,590
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,187 £59,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,191 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.47% +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 31,287 20,536 40,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.61% 72.02% 57.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17,252 8,957 26,550
10th Percentile £28,091 £25,875 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,100 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 24 May 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 May 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 -29 916 £47,500 -5.00% 419
South East -4 760 £50,000 -8.26% 511
Midlands -23 548 £48,500 +1.04% 251
North West -30 536 £46,500 -7.00% 242
West Midlands -27 324 £50,774 +5.78% 159
Yorkshire -11 292 £52,500 +16.67% 131
South West -29 286 £48,750 -3.47% 158
East of England -22 239 £45,000 -11.71% 149
East Midlands +1 222 £45,000 -7.22% 91
Scotland -29 118 £40,000 -17.54% 71
North East -26 88 £49,222 +27.85% 56
Wales -2 79 £47,105 -10.28% 31
Northern Ireland -25 39 £52,500 -4.55% 72
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
1 120 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 29 (0.98%) Confluence
6 28 (0.94%) CMS
7 20 (0.67%) Apache
8 19 (0.64%) IIS
9 9 (0.30%) WordPress
10 8 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 6 (0.20%) SAS
12 4 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.13%) nginx
13 3 (0.10%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.10%) govService
13 3 (0.10%) JBoss
14 1 (0.034%) Moodle
14 1 (0.034%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.034%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 414 (13.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 150 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (2.15%) MS Visio
4 43 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.34%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.10%) Trello
10 2 (0.067%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.067%) Lectora
10 2 (0.067%) Simulink
10 2 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.034%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.034%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.034%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.034%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 46 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 15 (0.50%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.47%) SAP CO
5 14 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.24%) Magento
6 7 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 6 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
8 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.17%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.13%) JDE World
9 4 (0.13%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 485 (16.32%) Azure
2 416 (14.00%) Power Platform
3 258 (8.68%) AWS
4 241 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 117 (3.94%) SaaS
6 92 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
7 85 (2.86%) GCP
8 75 (2.52%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
10 60 (2.02%) GitHub
11 50 (1.68%) Power Automate
12 49 (1.65%) Google Analytics
12 49 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
13 42 (1.41%) PowerApps
14 40 (1.35%) Amazon S3
14 40 (1.35%) Snowflake
15 38 (1.28%) dbt
16 37 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
17 34 (1.14%) Serverless
18 27 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 124 (4.17%) Firewall
2 101 (3.40%) DNS
3 75 (2.52%) VPN
4 72 (2.42%) DHCP
5 60 (2.02%) WAN
6 43 (1.45%) LAN
7 41 (1.38%) Wireless
8 39 (1.31%) TCP/IP
9 34 (1.14%) Broadband
10 33 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
11 31 (1.04%) Network Security
12 28 (0.94%) SAN
13 26 (0.88%) VLAN
14 25 (0.84%) BGP
15 24 (0.81%) SD-WAN
15 24 (0.81%) Wireshark
16 23 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
17 17 (0.57%) HTTP
18 16 (0.54%) EIGRP
18 16 (0.54%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (12.62%) Power BI
2 230 (7.74%) Tableau
3 109 (3.67%) Data Mining
4 96 (3.23%) SQL Server
5 71 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
6 61 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
7 60 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 40 (1.35%) Power Query
9 38 (1.28%) Metadata
10 37 (1.25%) Looker
11 36 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 34 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
13 32 (1.08%) Relational Database
14 31 (1.04%) Data Lake
14 31 (1.04%) MySQL
15 30 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
16 25 (0.84%) NoSQL
17 21 (0.71%) Big Data
18 18 (0.61%) BigQuery
19 17 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 98 (3.30%) JIRA
2 68 (2.29%) Git
3 32 (1.08%) GitLab
4 29 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
5 18 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.44%) Selenium
7 11 (0.37%) MLflow
8 10 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.27%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.24%) Moq
10 7 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.20%) Maven
11 6 (0.20%) Subversion
12 5 (0.17%) ERwin
12 5 (0.17%) JMeter
12 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.17%) Postman
12 5 (0.17%) Toad
13 4 (0.13%) ER Studio
General
1 1,354 (45.57%) Social Skills
2 909 (30.60%) Finance
3 260 (8.75%) Marketing
4 182 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 170 (5.72%) Public Sector
6 148 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
7 146 (4.91%) Manufacturing
8 145 (4.88%) Retail
9 135 (4.54%) Law
9 135 (4.54%) Legal
10 106 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
11 87 (2.93%) Telecoms
12 72 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (2.32%) Electronics
14 65 (2.19%) Aerospace
15 63 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
16 41 (1.38%) Banking
17 40 (1.35%) Games
17 40 (1.35%) Military
18 33 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 838 (28.21%) Analyst
2 332 (11.17%) Senior
3 238 (8.01%) Data Analyst
4 198 (6.66%) Lead
5 164 (5.52%) Business Analyst
6 160 (5.39%) Developer
7 124 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
8 119 (4.01%) Architect
9 91 (3.06%) Trainee
10 89 (3.00%) Trainee Analyst
10 89 (3.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 87 (2.93%) Support Analyst
12 81 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
13 79 (2.66%) Consultant
13 79 (2.66%) Support Engineer
14 75 (2.52%) IT Support
15 74 (2.49%) Systems Analyst
16 67 (2.26%) Senior Manager
17 66 (2.22%) Head of QA
18 63 (2.12%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (2.66%) HTML
2 70 (2.36%) CSS
3 63 (2.12%) .NET
4 61 (2.05%) REST
5 59 (1.99%) Middleware
6 56 (1.88%) JSON
7 53 (1.78%) XML
8 52 (1.75%) React
9 41 (1.38%) SOAP
10 35 (1.18%) Node.js
11 29 (0.98%) PyTorch
12 23 (0.77%) TensorFlow
13 21 (0.71%) scikit-learn
14 20 (0.67%) PySpark
15 19 (0.64%) EDI
16 17 (0.57%) OAuth
16 17 (0.57%) Pandas
16 17 (0.57%) React Native
17 16 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
18 14 (0.47%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 366 (12.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 144 (4.85%) Management Information System
3 114 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
4 113 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 113 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 78 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 72 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 65 (2.19%) Driving Licence
8 43 (1.45%) Cloud Native
9 35 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 35 (1.18%) Low-Code
10 33 (1.11%) FMCG
11 32 (1.08%) Data Structures
11 32 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 31 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
12 31 (1.04%) Security Posture
13 30 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
14 29 (0.98%) Social Media
15 26 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (0.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 231 (7.78%) Windows
2 128 (4.31%) Windows Server
3 125 (4.21%) Linux
4 59 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (0.64%) Unix
6 15 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.47%) Android
8 12 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.27%) CentOS
10 8 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.27%) VMS
11 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.067%) Debian
15 1 (0.034%) AIX
15 1 (0.034%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.034%) Solaris
15 1 (0.034%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,351 (45.47%) Problem-Solving
2 801 (26.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 630 (21.20%) Decision-Making
4 621 (20.90%) Analytics
5 442 (14.88%) Agile
6 430 (14.47%) Business Intelligence
7 367 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 327 (11.01%) AI
9 312 (10.50%) Project Management
10 292 (9.83%) Actionable Insight
11 280 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 276 (9.29%) Data Analysis
13 255 (8.58%) ERP
14 246 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
15 240 (8.08%) CRM
16 239 (8.04%) Customer Service
17 236 (7.94%) Mentoring
18 229 (7.71%) Data Modelling
19 218 (7.34%) Customer Experience
20 217 (7.30%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 646 (21.74%) SQL
2 493 (16.59%) Python
3 103 (3.47%) PowerShell
4 101 (3.40%) JavaScript
5 93 (3.13%) Java
6 87 (2.93%) C#
7 60 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 43 (1.45%) R
9 42 (1.41%) C++
10 41 (1.38%) T-SQL
11 40 (1.35%) Bash
12 37 (1.25%) VBA
13 31 (1.04%) MATLAB
14 17 (0.57%) PHP
15 15 (0.50%) Go
15 15 (0.50%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.40%) Scala
16 12 (0.40%) TypeScript
17 11 (0.37%) C
18 9 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 517 (17.40%) Degree
2 236 (7.94%) Security Cleared
3 164 (5.52%) SC Cleared
4 141 (4.75%) ACCA
5 135 (4.54%) CIMA
6 132 (4.44%) DBS Check
7 75 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 70 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 68 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
10 66 (2.22%) IRCA
11 56 (1.88%) PMI Certification
12 52 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 48 (1.62%) PMP
14 46 (1.55%) CISSP
15 45 (1.51%) DV Cleared
16 37 (1.25%) CCNA
16 37 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
17 34 (1.14%) CISM
18 28 (0.94%) CCNP
18 28 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 294 (9.90%) Data Quality
2 235 (7.91%) GDPR
3 177 (5.96%) QA
4 145 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 107 (3.60%) NIST
6 105 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 97 (3.26%) ISO 9001
8 87 (2.93%) PCI DSS
9 69 (2.32%) SLA
10 48 (1.62%) Accessibility
11 42 (1.41%) PMO
12 40 (1.35%) GRC
13 36 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
14 19 (0.64%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (0.57%) GMP
15 17 (0.57%) TickIT
16 15 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 14 (0.47%) ISO 14001
17 14 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 172 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 58 (1.95%) Hyper-V
3 48 (1.62%) Terminal Server
4 47 (1.58%) Docker
5 30 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.34%) vSphere
8 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.27%) ProxySG
10 7 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.13%) Firmware
11 4 (0.13%) XenApp
12 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.067%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.034%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.034%) KVM
14 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.034%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 67 (2.26%) Terraform
2 42 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.25%) Ansible
4 29 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.57%) Grafana
6 11 (0.37%) QRadar
7 10 (0.34%) Kibana
8 8 (0.27%) Nagios
8 8 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.20%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.17%) Graylog
10 5 (0.17%) logstash
11 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.13%) CASB
11 4 (0.13%) Control-M
11 4 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.13%) SCCM
11 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 727 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 133 (4.48%) SAP
3 112 (3.77%) Google
4 96 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 84 (2.83%) Oracle
6 82 (2.76%) VMware
7 79 (2.66%) Splunk
8 72 (2.42%) SolarWinds
9 66 (2.22%) Workday
10 60 (2.02%) Databricks
11 57 (1.92%) Veeam
12 53 (1.78%) ServiceNow
13 49 (1.65%) Tanium
14 48 (1.62%) Brocade
14 48 (1.62%) Nimble Storage
15 45 (1.51%) Cisco
16 35 (1.18%) IBM
17 33 (1.11%) Dell
18 28 (0.94%) HubSpot
19 25 (0.84%) Adobe