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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,230 3,230 4,309
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 6.50% 10.43% 8.51%
As % of the General category 12.28% 15.72% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 1,369 2,988
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £33,250
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 £65,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -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 general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 26,293 20,543 30,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 52.94% 66.33% 59.80%
Number of salaries quoted 13,719 8,717 21,799
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,250 £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 £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -9.84%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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
South East +12 892 £50,000 - 398
North of England -19 846 £45,000 -14.29% 298
Midlands -13 590 £44,543 -8.16% 238
North West -18 431 £42,500 -19.05% 186
West Midlands -17 345 £52,500 +5.00% 156
South West -4 315 £45,000 -14.29% 144
Yorkshire -1 302 £45,000 -10.00% 84
East of England -18 264 £40,000 -21.52% 120
East Midlands +4 243 £40,000 -5.88% 82
Scotland -11 234 £40,000 -33.33% 53
North East -3 113 £40,000 +3.40% 33
Wales +18 71 £40,000 -18.54% 31
Northern Ireland -16 46 £52,500 -4.55% 14
Isle of Man -4 1 £62,500 +150.00% 4
Channel Islands -8 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
1 147 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (1.73%) Confluence
3 46 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 25 (0.77%) CMS
5 22 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 20 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 15 (0.46%) Apache
8 14 (0.43%) IIS
9 10 (0.31%) SAS
9 10 (0.31%) WordPress
10 5 (0.15%) nginx
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.093%) govService
13 2 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
13 2 (0.062%) JBoss
13 2 (0.062%) WinCC
14 1 (0.031%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.031%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.031%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.031%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 547 (16.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 291 (9.01%) Chatbot
3 213 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
4 82 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 53 (1.64%) MS Visio
6 29 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 22 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.31%) CATIA
9 9 (0.28%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.062%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
11 2 (0.062%) Revit
11 2 (0.062%) Simulink
11 2 (0.062%) Trello
12 1 (0.031%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.031%) OrCAD
12 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.031%) Sketch
12 1 (0.031%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 78 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (1.36%) SAP MDG
3 25 (0.77%) NetSuite
4 23 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
5 21 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
6 20 (0.62%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 20 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
7 17 (0.53%) SAP CO
8 15 (0.46%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 10 (0.31%) Sage X3
9 10 (0.31%) Shopify
10 9 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
10 9 (0.28%) SAP ERP
11 8 (0.25%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
12 6 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
13 5 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
13 5 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
13 5 (0.15%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 500 (15.48%) Azure
2 398 (12.32%) Power Platform
3 237 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
4 194 (6.01%) AWS
5 135 (4.18%) SaaS
6 124 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
7 72 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
8 65 (2.01%) Entra ID
9 58 (1.80%) GitHub
10 54 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
11 52 (1.61%) Snowflake
12 45 (1.39%) GCP
13 39 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 38 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
15 37 (1.15%) dbt
16 36 (1.11%) Power Automate
17 33 (1.02%) Google Analytics
18 31 (0.96%) Amazon S3
19 30 (0.93%) Serverless
20 28 (0.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 149 (4.61%) DNS
2 126 (3.90%) DHCP
3 106 (3.28%) Firewall
4 51 (1.58%) VPN
5 49 (1.52%) WAN
6 48 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (1.39%) Wireless
8 43 (1.33%) LAN
9 37 (1.15%) TCP/IP
10 33 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
10 33 (1.02%) VLAN
11 30 (0.93%) Network Security
11 30 (0.93%) Wireshark
12 26 (0.80%) VoIP
13 23 (0.71%) SD-WAN
14 20 (0.62%) Broadband
15 17 (0.53%) BGP
16 16 (0.50%) EIGRP
16 16 (0.50%) OSPF
16 16 (0.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 364 (11.27%) Power BI
2 270 (8.36%) Tableau
3 174 (5.39%) Data Mining
4 117 (3.62%) SQL Server
5 105 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
6 75 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
7 59 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 51 (1.58%) Metadata
9 48 (1.49%) Relational Database
10 38 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 37 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 36 (1.11%) Looker
13 33 (1.02%) MySQL
14 30 (0.93%) Data Lake
15 29 (0.90%) Power Query
16 28 (0.87%) GIS
17 26 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
18 24 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 20 (0.62%) NoSQL
20 17 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 128 (3.96%) JIRA
2 66 (2.04%) Git
3 25 (0.77%) Selenium
4 20 (0.62%) GitLab
5 15 (0.46%) Robot Framework
6 13 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.40%) Snyk
7 12 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (0.34%) ERwin
9 10 (0.31%) ER Studio
10 8 (0.25%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.22%) Postman
12 6 (0.19%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
12 6 (0.19%) Subversion
12 6 (0.19%) TestRail
13 5 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
14 4 (0.12%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 1,625 (50.31%) Social Skills
2 956 (29.60%) Finance
3 239 (7.40%) Marketing
4 184 (5.70%) Retail
5 151 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
6 137 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 136 (4.21%) Legal
8 127 (3.93%) Public Sector
9 119 (3.68%) Law
10 115 (3.56%) Manufacturing
11 111 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
12 75 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
13 69 (2.14%) Banking
14 66 (2.04%) Telecoms
15 59 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
16 48 (1.49%) Electronics
17 40 (1.24%) Aerospace
18 37 (1.15%) Advertising
18 37 (1.15%) Automotive
19 33 (1.02%) German Language
Job Titles
1 833 (25.79%) Analyst
2 321 (9.94%) Senior
3 291 (9.01%) Trainer
4 268 (8.30%) Data Analyst
5 232 (7.18%) Lead
6 154 (4.77%) Trainee
7 149 (4.61%) Developer
8 145 (4.49%) Trainee Analyst
8 145 (4.49%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 136 (4.21%) Architect
10 124 (3.84%) Business Analyst
10 124 (3.84%) Support Analyst
11 122 (3.78%) IT Support
12 111 (3.44%) Systems Engineer
13 81 (2.51%) Business Manager
13 81 (2.51%) Support Engineer
14 79 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
15 73 (2.26%) Financial Analyst
16 66 (2.04%) Report Analyst
17 65 (2.01%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (2.35%) HTML
2 69 (2.14%) CSS
3 53 (1.64%) React
4 44 (1.36%) .NET
5 38 (1.18%) JSON
6 32 (0.99%) REST
7 30 (0.93%) Node.js
8 28 (0.87%) XML
9 25 (0.77%) Middleware
10 23 (0.71%) SOAP
11 16 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (0.50%) PySpark
12 14 (0.43%) Bootstrap
12 14 (0.43%) React Native
13 13 (0.40%) Flash
14 11 (0.34%) OAuth
14 11 (0.34%) Pandas
14 11 (0.34%) PyTorch
14 11 (0.34%) SAML
14 11 (0.34%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 337 (10.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 222 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
3 179 (5.54%) Onboarding
4 158 (4.89%) Management Information System
5 123 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
6 107 (3.31%) Product Ownership
7 79 (2.45%) Data Centre
8 54 (1.67%) Driving Licence
9 52 (1.61%) FMCG
10 51 (1.58%) Robotics
11 45 (1.39%) Cloud Native
12 41 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (1.15%) Data Structures
13 37 (1.15%) Social Media
14 35 (1.08%) Algorithms
15 34 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
16 33 (1.02%) Low-Code
17 29 (0.90%) Virtual Team
18 27 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 24 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 276 (8.54%) Windows
2 173 (5.36%) Linux
3 153 (4.74%) Windows Server
4 100 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.56%) Unix
6 15 (0.46%) Android
7 13 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.12%) CentOS
10 4 (0.12%) VMS
10 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.031%) Debian
13 1 (0.031%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.031%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.031%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,404 (43.47%) Problem-Solving
2 782 (24.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 691 (21.39%) AI
4 669 (20.71%) Analytics
5 595 (18.42%) Decision-Making
6 540 (16.72%) Project Management
7 475 (14.71%) Agile
8 451 (13.96%) Business Intelligence
9 379 (11.73%) Data Analysis
10 365 (11.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 331 (10.25%) Customer Service
12 294 (9.10%) Chemistry
13 291 (9.01%) Conversational UI
14 290 (8.98%) ERP
15 270 (8.36%) Customer Experience
16 258 (7.99%) Process Improvement
17 243 (7.52%) Analytical Thinking
17 243 (7.52%) Data Analytics
18 242 (7.49%) Business Analysis
19 239 (7.40%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 694 (21.49%) SQL
2 477 (14.77%) Python
3 87 (2.69%) JavaScript
4 84 (2.60%) C#
5 77 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 65 (2.01%) Java
7 64 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 42 (1.30%) T-SQL
9 37 (1.15%) VBA
10 36 (1.11%) R
11 31 (0.96%) C++
12 28 (0.87%) Bash
13 18 (0.56%) MATLAB
14 17 (0.53%) C
15 11 (0.34%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.28%) Scala
16 9 (0.28%) TypeScript
17 8 (0.25%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
19 6 (0.19%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 923 (28.58%) Degree
2 349 (10.80%) Master's Degree
3 296 (9.16%) Security Cleared
4 295 (9.13%) PhD
5 231 (7.15%) SC Cleared
6 135 (4.18%) ACCA
7 125 (3.87%) CIMA
8 69 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 63 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 62 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 56 (1.73%) PMI Certification
12 47 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
12 47 (1.46%) PMP
13 44 (1.36%) DV Cleared
14 38 (1.18%) CISSP
15 36 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
16 30 (0.93%) CISM
17 28 (0.87%) Network+ Certification
18 27 (0.84%) AAT
19 24 (0.74%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (5.85%) Data Quality
2 144 (4.46%) QA
3 142 (4.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 142 (4.40%) GDPR
4 118 (3.65%) PCI DSS
5 112 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (2.38%) NIST
7 57 (1.76%) PMO
8 41 (1.27%) Accessibility
9 37 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
10 29 (0.90%) ISO 9001
11 22 (0.68%) SLA
12 19 (0.59%) GRC
13 15 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 14 (0.43%) GMP
15 12 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.37%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.31%) NCSC
17 8 (0.25%) IFRS
18 6 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 213 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 114 (3.53%) Hyper-V
3 96 (2.97%) Terminal Server
4 28 (0.87%) Docker
5 24 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.34%) vSphere
7 7 (0.22%) Firmware
8 6 (0.19%) ProxySG
8 6 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.093%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.093%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.062%) XenApp
12 1 (0.031%) KVM
Systems Management
1 70 (2.17%) Terraform
2 39 (1.21%) Ansible
3 31 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 23 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.34%) Grafana
5 11 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.19%) Nagios
6 6 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.15%) Control-M
7 5 (0.15%) SCCM
8 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.12%) Backup Exec
8 4 (0.12%) CASB
8 4 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 4 (0.12%) Nessus
8 4 (0.12%) QRadar
8 4 (0.12%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.062%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.062%) Kibana
Vendors
1 817 (25.29%) Microsoft
2 291 (9.01%) PayPal
3 199 (6.16%) SAP
4 124 (3.84%) SolarWinds
5 122 (3.78%) VMware
6 118 (3.65%) Oracle
7 114 (3.53%) Splunk
8 101 (3.13%) Veeam
9 97 (3.00%) Tanium
10 96 (2.97%) Brocade
10 96 (2.97%) Nimble Storage
11 78 (2.41%) Salesforce
12 67 (2.07%) Google
13 56 (1.73%) ServiceNow
14 54 (1.67%) Cisco
15 33 (1.02%) Databricks
15 33 (1.02%) Workday
16 25 (0.77%) Ariba
17 22 (0.68%) Adobe
18 20 (0.62%) OpenText