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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,059 3,718 6,611
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.56% 12.49% 8.39%
As % of the General category 10.23% 17.53% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,071 1,336 3,624
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 29,904 21,206 43,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.56% 71.22% 54.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,252 9,559 27,625
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,705 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,043 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.08% +4.84% -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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -19 944 £48,000 +1.05% 417
South East -8 765 £50,000 -9.09% 614
Midlands -8 559 £48,000 +1.05% 308
North West -18 558 £46,500 -7.00% 243
South West -23 332 £47,500 -5.00% 204
West Midlands -15 313 £50,774 +6.89% 176
Yorkshire -14 292 £49,884 +10.85% 123
East Midlands +3 245 £45,000 -5.26% 129
East of England -15 236 £45,000 - 164
Scotland -24 112 £40,000 -20.71% 97
North East -33 94 £51,000 +31.44% 59
Wales -10 83 £53,171 -3.33% 39
Northern Ireland -22 39 £40,000 -27.27% 91
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
1 155 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.11%) Confluence
4 31 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.92%) CMS
6 23 (0.75%) Apache
7 20 (0.65%) IIS
8 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.29%) WordPress
9 6 (0.20%) SAS
10 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.098%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.098%) govService
12 3 (0.098%) JBoss
13 1 (0.033%) Appian
13 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.033%) Tomcat
Applications
1 396 (12.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 138 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 54 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.29%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.098%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.098%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.098%) Trello
10 2 (0.065%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.065%) Lectora
10 2 (0.065%) Simulink
10 2 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
3 21 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.46%) SAP ERP
7 11 (0.36%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
9 7 (0.23%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.20%) Magento
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
11 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
12 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
12 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
12 4 (0.13%) JDE World
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
13 3 (0.098%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 540 (17.65%) Azure
2 402 (13.14%) Power Platform
3 283 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
4 271 (8.86%) AWS
5 123 (4.02%) SaaS
6 105 (3.43%) GCP
7 85 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
10 54 (1.77%) GitHub
11 53 (1.73%) Google Analytics
12 51 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 44 (1.44%) Amazon S3
13 44 (1.44%) PowerApps
14 43 (1.41%) Power Automate
15 37 (1.21%) Serverless
16 33 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
17 32 (1.05%) dbt
18 29 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
19 27 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 135 (4.41%) DNS
2 134 (4.38%) Firewall
3 106 (3.47%) DHCP
4 74 (2.42%) VPN
5 64 (2.09%) WAN
6 50 (1.63%) LAN
7 49 (1.60%) TCP/IP
8 43 (1.41%) Broadband
9 41 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 39 (1.27%) Wireless
11 29 (0.95%) Network Security
12 25 (0.82%) SD-WAN
13 24 (0.78%) BGP
13 24 (0.78%) VLAN
14 22 (0.72%) Wireshark
15 21 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
15 21 (0.69%) HTTP
15 21 (0.69%) SAN
16 14 (0.46%) OSPF
16 14 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 361 (11.80%) Power BI
2 199 (6.51%) Tableau
3 97 (3.17%) SQL Server
4 95 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
5 79 (2.58%) Data Mining
6 75 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
7 55 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 43 (1.41%) Power Query
9 41 (1.34%) Metadata
10 38 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 35 (1.14%) Looker
11 35 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
12 34 (1.11%) MySQL
13 33 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.08%) Relational Database
14 29 (0.95%) Big Data
14 29 (0.95%) Data Lake
15 21 (0.69%) NoSQL
16 17 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
16 17 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 98 (3.20%) JIRA
2 72 (2.35%) Git
3 37 (1.21%) GitLab
4 33 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
5 17 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.39%) Selenium
7 11 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.36%) MLflow
8 8 (0.26%) Postman
9 7 (0.23%) JMeter
9 7 (0.23%) Moq
9 7 (0.23%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.20%) ERwin
10 6 (0.20%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.20%) Subversion
10 6 (0.20%) Toad
11 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.16%) Maven
General
1 1,429 (46.71%) Social Skills
2 918 (30.01%) Finance
3 266 (8.70%) Marketing
4 184 (6.02%) Public Sector
5 173 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 165 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
7 156 (5.10%) Retail
8 147 (4.81%) Legal
8 147 (4.81%) Manufacturing
9 143 (4.67%) Law
10 114 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
11 96 (3.14%) Telecoms
12 74 (2.42%) Aerospace
13 70 (2.29%) Electronics
14 66 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
15 56 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
16 44 (1.44%) Banking
17 40 (1.31%) Military
18 34 (1.11%) Advertising
19 33 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 845 (27.62%) Analyst
2 312 (10.20%) Senior
3 232 (7.58%) Data Analyst
4 220 (7.19%) Lead
5 168 (5.49%) Business Analyst
6 161 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
7 160 (5.23%) Developer
8 107 (3.50%) Architect
9 89 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
10 88 (2.88%) Support Analyst
11 86 (2.81%) Consultant
12 84 (2.75%) Support Engineer
13 83 (2.71%) Systems Analyst
14 79 (2.58%) IT Support
15 73 (2.39%) Data Engineer
16 72 (2.35%) Trainee
16 72 (2.35%) Trainee Analyst
16 72 (2.35%) Trainee Data Analyst
17 66 (2.16%) Head of QA
18 65 (2.12%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (2.52%) HTML
2 69 (2.26%) CSS
3 64 (2.09%) .NET
4 63 (2.06%) Middleware
5 62 (2.03%) REST
6 58 (1.90%) JSON
7 57 (1.86%) React
8 55 (1.80%) XML
9 39 (1.27%) Node.js
9 39 (1.27%) SOAP
10 32 (1.05%) PyTorch
11 26 (0.85%) TensorFlow
12 22 (0.72%) RESTful
12 22 (0.72%) scikit-learn
13 20 (0.65%) EDI
14 19 (0.62%) PySpark
15 17 (0.56%) OAuth
15 17 (0.56%) Pandas
16 15 (0.49%) AngularJS
16 15 (0.49%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 385 (12.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 152 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 118 (3.86%) Onboarding
4 117 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 111 (3.63%) Product Ownership
6 103 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
7 71 (2.32%) Data Centre
8 70 (2.29%) Driving Licence
9 44 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 41 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
11 36 (1.18%) Data Structures
12 35 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 35 (1.14%) Security Posture
12 35 (1.14%) Social Media
13 31 (1.01%) FMCG
13 31 (1.01%) Virtual Team
14 29 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
14 29 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
15 28 (0.92%) Low-Code
16 27 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 267 (8.73%) Windows
2 166 (5.43%) Windows Server
3 162 (5.30%) Linux
4 94 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.69%) Unix
6 17 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.46%) Android
8 14 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.29%) CentOS
10 9 (0.29%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.26%) VMS
12 4 (0.13%) Debian
13 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.065%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.033%) AIX
15 1 (0.033%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.033%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,437 (46.98%) Problem-Solving
2 842 (27.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 682 (22.29%) Decision-Making
4 622 (20.33%) Analytics
5 445 (14.55%) Agile
6 411 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
7 373 (12.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 328 (10.72%) AI
9 319 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 311 (10.17%) Actionable Insight
11 289 (9.45%) Customer Service
12 285 (9.32%) Data Analysis
13 276 (9.02%) Project Management
14 266 (8.70%) ERP
15 261 (8.53%) Cybersecurity
16 260 (8.50%) Customer Experience
17 249 (8.14%) CRM
18 246 (8.04%) Mentoring
19 236 (7.71%) Data Modelling
20 232 (7.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 657 (21.48%) SQL
2 497 (16.25%) Python
3 107 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 101 (3.30%) Java
5 96 (3.14%) PowerShell
6 88 (2.88%) C#
7 59 (1.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 44 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 43 (1.41%) C++
10 42 (1.37%) R
11 41 (1.34%) Bash
12 33 (1.08%) VBA
13 28 (0.92%) MATLAB
14 19 (0.62%) TypeScript
15 18 (0.59%) PHP
16 15 (0.49%) Go
17 14 (0.46%) PL/SQL
18 13 (0.42%) C
19 12 (0.39%) Scala
20 10 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 507 (16.57%) Degree
2 298 (9.74%) Security Cleared
3 218 (7.13%) SC Cleared
4 151 (4.94%) ACCA
5 145 (4.74%) CIMA
6 129 (4.22%) DBS Check
7 78 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 71 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
9 66 (2.16%) IRCA
10 48 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 47 (1.54%) CISSP
12 45 (1.47%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
14 35 (1.14%) CISM
15 33 (1.08%) CCNA
15 33 (1.08%) PMI Certification
16 26 (0.85%) PMP
17 25 (0.82%) Azure Certification
17 25 (0.82%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (9.94%) Data Quality
2 247 (8.07%) GDPR
3 196 (6.41%) QA
4 155 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 149 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 119 (3.89%) PCI DSS
7 106 (3.47%) ISO 9001
8 103 (3.37%) NIST
9 83 (2.71%) SLA
10 67 (2.19%) Accessibility
11 45 (1.47%) GRC
12 37 (1.21%) PMO
13 35 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 23 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 19 (0.62%) ISO 14001
15 19 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 17 (0.56%) GMP
16 17 (0.56%) SOC 2
16 17 (0.56%) TickIT
17 14 (0.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 212 (6.93%) Active Directory
2 91 (2.97%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.62%) Terminal Server
4 56 (1.83%) Docker
5 33 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 9 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.098%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.098%) Firmware
12 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.033%) KVM
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.033%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 66 (2.16%) Terraform
2 44 (1.44%) Kubernetes
3 36 (1.18%) Ansible
4 28 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.62%) Grafana
6 13 (0.42%) QRadar
7 12 (0.39%) Kibana
8 9 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.26%) Kubeflow
9 8 (0.26%) Nagios
10 6 (0.20%) Graylog
11 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.16%) logstash
11 5 (0.16%) Podman
11 5 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.13%) Control-M
12 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 745 (24.35%) Microsoft
2 123 (4.02%) SAP
3 121 (3.96%) Google
4 118 (3.86%) VMware
5 115 (3.76%) Splunk
6 101 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 101 (3.30%) SolarWinds
7 91 (2.97%) Veeam
8 81 (2.65%) Nimble Storage
9 80 (2.62%) Brocade
9 80 (2.62%) Tanium
10 79 (2.58%) Oracle
11 65 (2.12%) Workday
12 56 (1.83%) Databricks
13 50 (1.63%) Cisco
14 36 (1.18%) IBM
15 31 (1.01%) ServiceNow
16 28 (0.92%) Adobe
16 28 (0.92%) Dell
16 28 (0.92%) HubSpot