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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,060 2,990 5,087
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.80% 10.66% 8.73%
As % of the General category 11.32% 15.66% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,721 1,392 3,361
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +13.26% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 27,025 19,095 34,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 51.19% 68.11% 59.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14,203 9,061 24,616
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,568 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -20 826 £45,000 -10.00% 425
South East +10 811 £50,000 -1.90% 613
Midlands -15 588 £45,000 -6.25% 321
North West -17 430 £42,500 -19.05% 251
West Midlands -14 358 £52,500 +5.00% 205
Yorkshire -1 285 £48,445 +7.65% 137
South West -16 280 £45,000 -13.46% 197
East of England -23 258 £40,000 -21.52% 164
East Midlands 0 229 £40,000 -5.88% 116
Scotland -18 197 £40,000 -24.23% 93
North East -6 111 £43,000 +9.97% 42
Wales +15 73 £40,000 -19.38% 48
Northern Ireland -16 49 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Isle of Man -5 1 £62,500 +101.61% 4
Channel Islands -7 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
1 125 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (1.60%) Confluence
2 49 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 30 (0.98%) CMS
4 24 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 22 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.49%) Apache
7 13 (0.42%) IIS
8 10 (0.33%) SAS
8 10 (0.33%) WordPress
9 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.13%) nginx
10 3 (0.098%) govService
11 2 (0.065%) JBoss
12 1 (0.033%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.033%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.033%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.033%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.033%) OpenStack
Applications
1 517 (16.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 228 (7.45%) Chatbot
3 215 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
4 78 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 55 (1.80%) MS Visio
6 25 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 21 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
8 9 (0.29%) CATIA
9 5 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.13%) Trello
11 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.065%) Revit
11 2 (0.065%) Simulink
12 1 (0.033%) OrCAD
12 1 (0.033%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.033%) Sketch
12 1 (0.033%) SmartSuite
12 1 (0.033%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 51 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 25 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
4 20 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
5 17 (0.56%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.49%) SAP MDG
7 12 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
8 11 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
9 10 (0.33%) Sage X3
9 10 (0.33%) SAP PM
10 8 (0.26%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
11 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
11 5 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
12 4 (0.13%) Markit EDM
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
12 4 (0.13%) Shopify
13 3 (0.098%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 474 (15.49%) Azure
2 363 (11.86%) Power Platform
3 218 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
4 202 (6.60%) AWS
5 136 (4.44%) SaaS
6 121 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
7 72 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
8 65 (2.12%) Entra ID
9 62 (2.03%) GitHub
10 53 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
11 50 (1.63%) GCP
12 43 (1.41%) Snowflake
13 40 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 39 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
15 38 (1.24%) dbt
16 37 (1.21%) Power Automate
17 32 (1.05%) Amazon S3
18 30 (0.98%) Google Analytics
18 30 (0.98%) Serverless
19 26 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 127 (4.15%) DNS
2 105 (3.43%) Firewall
3 103 (3.37%) DHCP
4 53 (1.73%) VPN
5 52 (1.70%) WAN
6 48 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
7 46 (1.50%) LAN
8 44 (1.44%) Wireless
9 39 (1.27%) TCP/IP
10 33 (1.08%) VLAN
11 32 (1.05%) Wireshark
12 31 (1.01%) Network Security
13 30 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
14 26 (0.85%) VoIP
15 24 (0.78%) SD-WAN
16 19 (0.62%) BGP
16 19 (0.62%) Broadband
16 19 (0.62%) SAN
17 18 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
18 17 (0.56%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 331 (10.82%) Power BI
2 272 (8.89%) Tableau
3 175 (5.72%) Data Mining
4 119 (3.89%) SQL Server
5 81 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
6 71 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
7 55 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 50 (1.63%) Metadata
9 44 (1.44%) Relational Database
10 37 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
10 37 (1.21%) Looker
11 36 (1.18%) MySQL
12 35 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 29 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
14 28 (0.92%) Data Lake
14 28 (0.92%) Power Query
15 27 (0.88%) GIS
16 24 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 21 (0.69%) NoSQL
18 17 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 119 (3.89%) JIRA
2 71 (2.32%) Git
3 26 (0.85%) GitLab
4 25 (0.82%) Selenium
5 15 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.49%) Robot Framework
6 13 (0.42%) Snyk
7 8 (0.26%) ERwin
7 8 (0.26%) LabVIEW
8 7 (0.23%) ER Studio
9 6 (0.20%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.20%) Postman
9 6 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.20%) Subversion
9 6 (0.20%) TestRail
10 5 (0.16%) MLflow
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.13%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 1,497 (48.92%) Social Skills
2 911 (29.77%) Finance
3 221 (7.22%) Marketing
4 161 (5.26%) Retail
5 155 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
6 134 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 133 (4.35%) Legal
8 130 (4.25%) Public Sector
9 116 (3.79%) Law
9 116 (3.79%) Manufacturing
10 108 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
11 79 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
12 68 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 66 (2.16%) Banking
14 56 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
15 44 (1.44%) Electronics
16 36 (1.18%) Games
17 34 (1.11%) Automotive
18 32 (1.05%) Advertising
18 32 (1.05%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 820 (26.80%) Analyst
2 300 (9.80%) Senior
3 262 (8.56%) Data Analyst
4 228 (7.45%) Trainer
5 197 (6.44%) Lead
6 156 (5.10%) Trainee
7 149 (4.87%) Trainee Analyst
7 149 (4.87%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 148 (4.84%) Developer
9 121 (3.95%) Business Analyst
10 120 (3.92%) Support Analyst
11 115 (3.76%) IT Support
12 104 (3.40%) Architect
13 91 (2.97%) Systems Engineer
14 83 (2.71%) Support Engineer
15 82 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
16 72 (2.35%) Financial Analyst
17 65 (2.12%) Systems Manager
18 64 (2.09%) Senior Manager
19 63 (2.06%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (2.58%) HTML
2 69 (2.25%) CSS
3 59 (1.93%) React
4 49 (1.60%) .NET
5 38 (1.24%) JSON
6 34 (1.11%) Node.js
7 33 (1.08%) REST
8 28 (0.92%) XML
9 21 (0.69%) Middleware
10 20 (0.65%) SOAP
11 16 (0.52%) Bootstrap
11 16 (0.52%) PySpark
11 16 (0.52%) React Native
12 14 (0.46%) PyTorch
12 14 (0.46%) TensorFlow
13 13 (0.42%) OAuth
14 12 (0.39%) Flash
14 12 (0.39%) SAML
15 11 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
15 11 (0.36%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 310 (10.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 203 (6.63%) Self-Motivation
3 164 (5.36%) Onboarding
4 146 (4.77%) Management Information System
5 103 (3.37%) Product Ownership
6 100 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
7 59 (1.93%) Data Centre
8 56 (1.83%) Driving Licence
9 44 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 40 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (1.21%) Algorithms
12 36 (1.18%) Data Structures
13 34 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
13 34 (1.11%) Social Media
14 33 (1.08%) Robotics
15 31 (1.01%) Low-Code
16 30 (0.98%) FMCG
17 29 (0.95%) Virtual Team
18 28 (0.92%) Security Posture
19 27 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 249 (8.14%) Windows
2 153 (5.00%) Linux
3 131 (4.28%) Windows Server
4 76 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.69%) Unix
6 17 (0.56%) Android
7 13 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.13%) CentOS
11 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.033%) Debian
14 1 (0.033%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.033%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,331 (43.50%) Problem-Solving
2 772 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 629 (20.56%) Analytics
4 584 (19.08%) Decision-Making
5 574 (18.76%) AI
6 464 (15.16%) Agile
7 449 (14.67%) Project Management
8 414 (13.53%) Business Intelligence
9 366 (11.96%) Data Analysis
10 343 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 295 (9.64%) Customer Service
12 252 (8.24%) Customer Experience
13 251 (8.20%) ERP
14 250 (8.17%) Business Analysis
15 247 (8.07%) Actionable Insight
16 240 (7.84%) Mentoring
17 238 (7.78%) Analytical Thinking
18 233 (7.61%) Data Analytics
19 232 (7.58%) Process Improvement
20 231 (7.55%) Chemistry
Programming Languages
1 664 (21.70%) SQL
2 479 (15.65%) Python
3 96 (3.14%) JavaScript
4 83 (2.71%) C#
5 81 (2.65%) PowerShell
6 66 (2.16%) Java
7 64 (2.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 40 (1.31%) T-SQL
9 39 (1.27%) R
10 38 (1.24%) VBA
11 27 (0.88%) Bash
12 26 (0.85%) C++
13 18 (0.59%) MATLAB
14 15 (0.49%) C
15 11 (0.36%) TypeScript
16 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.29%) Scala
18 8 (0.26%) Go
18 8 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 812 (26.54%) Degree
2 277 (9.05%) Master's Degree
3 253 (8.27%) Security Cleared
4 233 (7.61%) PhD
5 182 (5.95%) SC Cleared
6 138 (4.51%) ACCA
7 128 (4.18%) CIMA
8 91 (2.97%) DBS Check
9 57 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 57 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 57 (1.86%) PMI Certification
10 48 (1.57%) DV Cleared
10 48 (1.57%) PMP
11 47 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
12 45 (1.47%) CISSP
13 44 (1.44%) IRCA
14 36 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 30 (0.98%) CISM
16 27 (0.88%) AAT
17 26 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (6.93%) Data Quality
2 168 (5.49%) GDPR
3 153 (5.00%) QA
4 123 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 118 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 96 (3.14%) PCI DSS
7 90 (2.94%) NIST
8 58 (1.90%) PMO
9 54 (1.76%) ISO 9001
10 37 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 35 (1.14%) Accessibility
12 29 (0.95%) SLA
13 22 (0.72%) GRC
14 19 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (0.56%) GMP
16 14 (0.46%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 11 (0.36%) NCSC
19 9 (0.29%) IFRS
20 7 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 187 (6.11%) Active Directory
2 87 (2.84%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.35%) Terminal Server
4 35 (1.14%) Docker
5 25 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) vSphere
7 7 (0.23%) Firmware
7 7 (0.23%) ProxySG
8 6 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.098%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.098%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.098%) XenApp
11 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.033%) KVM
Systems Management
1 77 (2.52%) Terraform
2 41 (1.34%) Ansible
3 34 (1.11%) Kubernetes
4 22 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.46%) Grafana
6 11 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.20%) Nagios
9 5 (0.16%) Control-M
9 5 (0.16%) SCCM
10 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.13%) CASB
10 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.13%) Nessus
10 4 (0.13%) QRadar
10 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
10 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.098%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.065%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 785 (25.65%) Microsoft
2 228 (7.45%) PayPal
3 154 (5.03%) SAP
4 109 (3.56%) Oracle
5 100 (3.27%) SolarWinds
6 98 (3.20%) VMware
7 90 (2.94%) Splunk
8 77 (2.52%) Veeam
9 73 (2.39%) Tanium
10 72 (2.35%) Brocade
10 72 (2.35%) Nimble Storage
11 67 (2.19%) Salesforce
12 61 (1.99%) Google
13 57 (1.86%) ServiceNow
14 49 (1.60%) Cisco
15 48 (1.57%) Workday
16 34 (1.11%) Databricks
17 22 (0.72%) Adobe
18 21 (0.69%) Dell
19 20 (0.65%) Anaplan