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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,335 4,167 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.04% 12.06% 9.00%
As % of the General category 11.38% 18.36% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 1,497 1,781
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,424 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £54,772
% change year-on-year - -4.15% -0.42%

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 38,103 22,700 29,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.29% 65.72% 53.95%
Number of salaries quoted 23,501 11,058 13,418
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,720 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -10.56% -1.93%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -4.17%

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 September 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 September 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 -18 1,166 £47,500 +6.74% 1,133
South East -11 989 £49,425 +0.87% 1,369
Midlands -11 753 £46,743 +4.94% 781
North West -16 708 £46,500 +3.33% 655
South West -8 615 £47,500 +5.56% 588
West Midlands -19 386 £47,500 +5.56% 483
East Midlands -5 365 £44,621 +11.55% 297
Yorkshire -10 317 £47,000 +17.50% 374
East of England -15 281 £47,500 +18.75% 493
Wales -2 207 £45,000 -10.40% 136
Northern Ireland +4 189 £43,750 -20.45% 256
Scotland -20 151 £48,000 +21.52% 403
North East -22 147 £51,500 +28.75% 108
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
1 162 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 54 (1.25%) Confluence
4 32 (0.74%) IIS
5 30 (0.69%) Apache
6 22 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.42%) CMS
8 16 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
9 15 (0.35%) SAS
10 14 (0.32%) WordPress
11 12 (0.28%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.21%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.21%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 2 (0.046%) nginx
15 2 (0.046%) Office Communications Server
15 2 (0.046%) Oracle Application Server
15 2 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.023%) Moodle
Applications
1 556 (12.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 271 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 83 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 43 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 27 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 18 (0.42%) Simulink
8 12 (0.28%) AutoCAD
9 9 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.14%) EPLAN
11 6 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.14%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.12%) Chatbot
13 3 (0.069%) CANalyzer
13 3 (0.069%) CATIA
13 3 (0.069%) LaTeX
14 2 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.046%) InDesign
14 2 (0.046%) Revit
Business Applications
1 92 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.74%) Dynamics GP
3 31 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 24 (0.55%) NetSuite
5 21 (0.48%) Shopify
6 13 (0.30%) Magento
7 11 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 10 (0.23%) Infor M3
8 10 (0.23%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.16%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.14%) Exchequer
11 6 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.12%) Elite 3E
12 5 (0.12%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.12%) Odoo
12 5 (0.12%) Sage 50
13 4 (0.092%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 676 (15.59%) Azure
2 490 (11.30%) Power Platform
3 375 (8.65%) AWS
4 326 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
5 214 (4.94%) SaaS
6 170 (3.92%) GCP
7 140 (3.23%) Entra ID
8 110 (2.54%) Google Ads
9 99 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
10 98 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (2.10%) Google Analytics
12 81 (1.87%) Meta Ads
13 64 (1.48%) GitHub
14 63 (1.45%) Power Automate
15 62 (1.43%) PowerApps
16 55 (1.27%) Serverless
17 49 (1.13%) Amazon S3
18 46 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
19 45 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
19 45 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 163 (3.76%) DNS
2 127 (2.93%) DHCP
3 107 (2.47%) Firewall
4 96 (2.21%) VPN
5 82 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 68 (1.57%) WAN
7 61 (1.41%) LAN
8 58 (1.34%) Internet
9 51 (1.18%) Wireless
10 43 (0.99%) Network Security
11 35 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (0.65%) VLAN
13 27 (0.62%) HTTP
14 25 (0.58%) Broadband
15 23 (0.53%) VoIP
16 22 (0.51%) SD-WAN
17 21 (0.48%) BGP
17 21 (0.48%) SAN
18 18 (0.42%) SMS
19 17 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 436 (10.06%) Power BI
2 125 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 119 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
4 103 (2.38%) Tableau
5 98 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
6 79 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 69 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 67 (1.55%) MySQL
9 62 (1.43%) Power Query
10 52 (1.20%) Metadata
11 49 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
12 47 (1.08%) Looker
13 46 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 42 (0.97%) Data Lake
15 32 (0.74%) BigQuery
16 31 (0.72%) Big Data
17 29 (0.67%) NoSQL
18 27 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
18 27 (0.62%) MongoDB
19 22 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 184 (4.24%) Git
2 155 (3.58%) JIRA
3 34 (0.78%) GitLab
4 33 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 26 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
6 21 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 18 (0.42%) LabVIEW
7 18 (0.42%) Selenium
8 17 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
9 16 (0.37%) Claude Code
10 15 (0.35%) Cucumber
10 15 (0.35%) Postman
11 14 (0.32%) Burp Suite
12 13 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.28%) Bitbucket
14 11 (0.25%) Metasploit
15 9 (0.21%) Cypress.io
15 9 (0.21%) JMeter
16 8 (0.18%) Moq
17 7 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 2,239 (51.65%) Social Skills
2 1,228 (28.33%) Finance
3 502 (11.58%) Marketing
4 396 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
5 342 (7.89%) Manufacturing
6 308 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 293 (6.76%) Retail
8 285 (6.57%) Legal
9 263 (6.07%) Public Sector
10 232 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
11 223 (5.14%) Law
12 200 (4.61%) Aerospace
13 189 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
14 151 (3.48%) Electronics
15 121 (2.79%) Telecoms
16 76 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
17 68 (1.57%) Automotive
18 67 (1.55%) Advertising
19 66 (1.52%) Military
20 65 (1.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1,023 (23.60%) Analyst
2 523 (12.06%) Senior
3 277 (6.39%) Lead
4 230 (5.31%) Developer
5 201 (4.64%) Data Analyst
6 187 (4.31%) Business Analyst
7 180 (4.15%) Support Analyst
8 160 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
8 160 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
9 145 (3.34%) Architect
10 116 (2.68%) Data Engineer
11 114 (2.63%) Consultant
11 114 (2.63%) Support Engineer
12 102 (2.35%) IT Support
13 94 (2.17%) Administrator
14 89 (2.05%) Accountant
14 89 (2.05%) Marketing Manager
15 88 (2.03%) Applications Support
15 88 (2.03%) ITSM Analyst
16 86 (1.98%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (2.47%) .NET
2 86 (1.98%) REST
3 77 (1.78%) HTML
4 75 (1.73%) Terraform
5 71 (1.64%) CSS
6 63 (1.45%) Middleware
7 59 (1.36%) XML
8 57 (1.31%) JSON
9 52 (1.20%) PySpark
10 51 (1.18%) SOAP
11 50 (1.15%) RESTful
12 43 (0.99%) EDI
13 37 (0.85%) React
14 36 (0.83%) LDAP
15 34 (0.78%) Kafka
16 30 (0.69%) ModSecurity
17 29 (0.67%) Spring
18 28 (0.65%) ASP.NET
18 28 (0.65%) Spring Boot
19 23 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 341 (7.87%) Management Information System
2 325 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 246 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 224 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
5 167 (3.85%) Product Ownership
6 156 (3.60%) Driving Licence
7 116 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
8 102 (2.35%) Social Media
9 94 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
10 82 (1.89%) Marketing Technology
11 76 (1.75%) Cloud Native
12 73 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
13 72 (1.66%) Virtual Team
14 71 (1.64%) Data Centre
15 68 (1.57%) Blog
16 50 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
17 47 (1.08%) Security Posture
18 46 (1.06%) Data Structures
19 39 (0.90%) SCADA
20 37 (0.85%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 334 (7.70%) Windows
2 233 (5.37%) Linux
3 184 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 24 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (0.51%) Unix
9 15 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.32%) Android
11 11 (0.25%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.21%) CentOS
13 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.14%) Debian
14 6 (0.14%) VMS
15 5 (0.12%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.092%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.046%) Solaris
18 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2012
18 1 (0.023%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,172 (50.10%) Problem-Solving
2 1,415 (32.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,102 (25.42%) Decision-Making
4 835 (19.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 738 (17.02%) Analytics
6 688 (15.87%) AI
7 648 (14.95%) Agile
8 570 (13.15%) Business Intelligence
9 485 (11.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 440 (10.15%) Validation
11 427 (9.85%) Customer Service
12 424 (9.78%) ERP
13 419 (9.67%) CRM
14 413 (9.53%) Mentoring
15 386 (8.90%) Actionable Insight
16 384 (8.86%) Data Analysis
17 356 (8.21%) ITIL
18 349 (8.05%) Collaborative Working
18 349 (8.05%) Project Delivery
19 345 (7.96%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 793 (18.29%) SQL
2 449 (10.36%) Python
3 156 (3.60%) JavaScript
4 134 (3.09%) Java
5 121 (2.79%) C#
6 106 (2.45%) PowerShell
7 76 (1.75%) C++
8 66 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 57 (1.31%) Bash
10 45 (1.04%) TypeScript
11 42 (0.97%) MATLAB
11 42 (0.97%) Shell Script
12 41 (0.95%) T-SQL
13 33 (0.76%) C
14 32 (0.74%) R
15 21 (0.48%) PL/SQL
16 20 (0.46%) PHP
16 20 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 17 (0.39%) Scala
18 16 (0.37%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 881 (20.32%) Degree
2 520 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 360 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 174 (4.01%) ACCA
5 166 (3.83%) CIMA
6 122 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 118 (2.72%) DV Cleared
8 108 (2.49%) DBS Check
9 94 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 74 (1.71%) HND
11 72 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
12 66 (1.52%) CISSP
13 63 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 53 (1.22%) HNC
15 51 (1.18%) CISM
16 47 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
17 45 (1.04%) Azure Certification
18 41 (0.95%) CCNA
19 38 (0.88%) Master's Degree
20 35 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 411 (9.48%) Data Quality
2 263 (6.07%) QA
3 209 (4.82%) GDPR
4 137 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 133 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 124 (2.86%) Accessibility
7 102 (2.35%) PCI DSS
8 86 (1.98%) SLA
9 67 (1.55%) NIST
10 52 (1.20%) ISO 9001
11 42 (0.97%) PMO
12 38 (0.88%) GRC
13 28 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
14 27 (0.62%) IFRS
15 26 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 26 (0.60%) DO-254
16 21 (0.48%) ISO 14001
17 19 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 18 (0.42%) Good Clinical Practice
19 17 (0.39%) GMP
System Software
1 282 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 135 (3.11%) Docker
3 100 (2.31%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.66%) Terminal Server
5 41 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 40 (0.92%) Firmware
7 14 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.16%) Ceph
10 7 (0.16%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.12%) vSphere
12 4 (0.092%) KVM
12 4 (0.092%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.069%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.023%) IAG
14 1 (0.023%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.023%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.023%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 66 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 49 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (0.90%) Ansible
4 29 (0.67%) Grafana
5 25 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.37%) Kibana
8 15 (0.35%) QRadar
9 11 (0.25%) Nmap
9 11 (0.25%) Podman
10 9 (0.21%) Functional Safety
11 8 (0.18%) logstash
12 7 (0.16%) Argo
12 7 (0.16%) Check_MK
12 7 (0.16%) Istio
13 6 (0.14%) Graylog
14 5 (0.12%) Nagios
15 4 (0.092%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.092%) McAfee ePO
15 4 (0.092%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,145 (26.41%) Microsoft
2 300 (6.92%) Google
3 135 (3.11%) SAP
4 131 (3.02%) VMware
5 127 (2.93%) Splunk
6 112 (2.58%) Oracle
7 91 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 85 (1.96%) SolarWinds
9 79 (1.82%) Veeam
10 73 (1.68%) Brocade
10 73 (1.68%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (1.66%) Tanium
12 71 (1.64%) ServiceNow
13 64 (1.48%) Cisco
14 58 (1.34%) YouTube
15 50 (1.15%) Databricks
16 42 (0.97%) HubSpot
17 40 (0.92%) Adobe
18 36 (0.83%) Workday
19 29 (0.67%) IBM