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

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	22	9	14
Rank change year-on-year	-13	+5	+7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	4,627	3,800	4,026
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	5.24%	11.11%	8.26%
As % of the General category	11.82%	17.03%	15.19%
Number of salaries quoted	2,528	1,526	1,516
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,750	£29,750
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,500	£38,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£77,500
UK median annual salary	£51,500	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+3.00%	-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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	39,148	22,315	26,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.34%	65.22%	54.36%
Number of salaries quoted	24,521	11,321	11,663
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£59,500
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-11.76%	-0.83%

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 21 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 21 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	-15	1,197	£47,500	+5.56%	260
South East	-10	1,057	£48,000	+2.13%	326
Midlands	-10	818	£45,000	+3.92%	194
North West	-11	700	£46,500	+3.33%	128
South West	-7	652	£47,000	+4.44%	186
West Midlands	-15	430	£47,500	+2.70%	107
East Midlands	-6	386	£42,500	+13.33%	87
Yorkshire	-7	333	£47,000	+17.50%	81
East of England	-6	312	£47,500	+18.75%	112
Northern Ireland	+20	228	£45,000	-14.29%	18
Wales	-3	220	£45,000	-6.49%	34
North East	-23	173	£54,500	+36.25%	52
Scotland	-18	167	£52,673	+57.23%	43
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	1
Analytical Skills UK

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	51.2%	2,371
2	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1,539
3	Microsoft	27.2%	1,258
4	Decision-Making	25.5%	1,179
5	Degree	21.0%	973
6	Stakeholder Management	20.3%	937
7	SQL	18.1%	838
8	AI	17.5%	808
9	Analytics	17.3%	801
10	Azure	15.6%	722
11	Agile	14.7%	680
12	Microsoft Excel	13.7%	634
13	Business Intelligence	13.4%	618
14	Security Cleared	12.4%	573
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.3%	525
16	Power Platform	11.1%	512
17	Python	10.7%	496
18	Validation	10.6%	491
19	Customer Service	10.2%	474
20	Power BI	9.9%	457
21	Mentoring	9.7%	448
22	Data Quality	9.7%	447
23	Actionable Insight	9.3%	431
24	CRM	9.3%	429
25	ERP	9.0%	417
26	Data Analysis	8.9%	411
27	SC Cleared	8.8%	405
28	AWS	8.4%	389
28	Process Improvement	8.4%	389
30	ITIL	8.3%	382

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.7%	2,392
2	Finance	27.5%	1,274
3	Marketing	11.5%	534
4	Organisational Skills	10.0%	464
5	Manufacturing	9.1%	421
6	Inclusion and Diversity	7.4%	343
7	Legal	6.8%	316
8	Retail	6.5%	301
9	Public Sector	6.3%	292
10	Influencing Skills	5.5%	254
11	Presentation Skills	5.1%	237
12	Law	4.8%	221
13	Aerospace	4.4%	203
14	Electronics	4.0%	184
15	Telecoms	2.7%	125
16	Documentation Skills	1.9%	88
17	Automotive	1.8%	84
18	Advertising	1.6%	75
19	Banking	1.4%	66
20	Military	1.3%	58