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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,047 3,677 6,561
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.58% 12.47% 8.46%
As % of the General category 10.30% 17.44% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,054 1,320 3,625
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,475 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,885 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,808 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.35% +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 29,578 21,085 42,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.46% 71.48% 54.98%
Number of salaries quoted 18,001 9,442 27,485
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £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 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 12 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 12 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 -18 945 £48,000 -0.63% 389
South East -6 766 £50,000 -8.36% 518
North West -16 557 £46,500 -7.00% 220
Midlands -9 555 £49,000 +3.16% 246
South West -25 320 £47,500 -5.00% 173
West Midlands -15 311 £51,275 +7.95% 147
Yorkshire -11 291 £50,000 +11.11% 116
East Midlands +2 243 £45,000 -5.26% 99
East of England -9 233 £45,025 +0.06% 141
Scotland -20 117 £40,000 -20.71% 57
North East -26 97 £51,000 +30.43% 60
Wales -1 81 £53,171 -3.33% 28
Northern Ireland -20 41 £40,000 -27.27% 39
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
1 145 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 82 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.12%) Confluence
4 31 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (1.02%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.92%) CMS
6 23 (0.75%) Apache
7 21 (0.69%) IIS
8 9 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.30%) WordPress
9 7 (0.23%) SAS
10 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.098%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.098%) govService
11 3 (0.098%) JBoss
11 3 (0.098%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.098%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.033%) Moodle
12 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 398 (13.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 143 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (2.07%) MS Visio
4 55 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.30%) 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 (0.066%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.066%) Lectora
10 2 (0.066%) Simulink
10 2 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 42 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.72%) 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
1 524 (17.20%) Azure
2 405 (13.29%) Power Platform
3 270 (8.86%) AWS
4 267 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
5 121 (3.97%) SaaS
6 100 (3.28%) GCP
7 83 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
8 79 (2.59%) Entra ID
9 77 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (1.74%) GitHub
11 52 (1.71%) Google Analytics
12 49 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
13 44 (1.44%) Amazon S3
13 44 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 43 (1.41%) PowerApps
15 37 (1.21%) Serverless
16 33 (1.08%) dbt
17 32 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
18 31 (1.02%) Snowflake
19 29 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 133 (4.36%) Firewall
2 125 (4.10%) DNS
3 96 (3.15%) DHCP
4 74 (2.43%) VPN
5 62 (2.03%) WAN
6 48 (1.58%) LAN
7 45 (1.48%) TCP/IP
8 42 (1.38%) Broadband
9 40 (1.31%) Wireless
10 39 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (0.95%) Network Security
12 24 (0.79%) BGP
12 24 (0.79%) SD-WAN
12 24 (0.79%) VLAN
13 22 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
13 22 (0.72%) SAN
13 22 (0.72%) Wireshark
14 19 (0.62%) HTTP
15 15 (0.49%) OSPF
16 14 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 364 (11.95%) Power BI
2 208 (6.83%) Tableau
3 96 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 87 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
5 82 (2.69%) Data Mining
6 75 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
7 57 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 44 (1.44%) Power Query
9 41 (1.35%) Metadata
10 36 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 35 (1.15%) Looker
12 33 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 33 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
13 32 (1.05%) MySQL
14 29 (0.95%) Big Data
14 29 (0.95%) Relational Database
15 28 (0.92%) Data Lake
16 22 (0.72%) NoSQL
17 17 (0.56%) BigQuery
17 17 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 98 (3.22%) JIRA
2 67 (2.20%) Git
3 37 (1.21%) GitLab
4 32 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.39%) Selenium
7 11 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.36%) MLflow
8 7 (0.23%) JMeter
8 7 (0.23%) Moq
8 7 (0.23%) Postman
8 7 (0.23%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.20%) LabVIEW
9 6 (0.20%) Subversion
9 6 (0.20%) Toad
10 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.16%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.16%) ERwin
10 5 (0.16%) Maven
General
1 1,414 (46.41%) Social Skills
2 914 (30.00%) Finance
3 267 (8.76%) Marketing
4 181 (5.94%) Public Sector
5 176 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 158 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
7 151 (4.96%) Retail
8 148 (4.86%) Law
9 144 (4.73%) Legal
10 141 (4.63%) Manufacturing
11 114 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
12 96 (3.15%) Telecoms
13 72 (2.36%) Aerospace
14 70 (2.30%) Electronics
15 67 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
16 63 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
17 43 (1.41%) Banking
18 41 (1.35%) Military
19 37 (1.21%) Games
20 32 (1.05%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 850 (27.90%) Analyst
2 324 (10.63%) Senior
3 228 (7.48%) Data Analyst
4 210 (6.89%) Lead
5 171 (5.61%) Business Analyst
6 160 (5.25%) Developer
7 153 (5.02%) Systems Engineer
8 115 (3.77%) Architect
9 88 (2.89%) Support Analyst
10 87 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
11 84 (2.76%) Consultant
12 82 (2.69%) Support Engineer
12 82 (2.69%) Systems Analyst
13 77 (2.53%) IT Support
14 72 (2.36%) Trainee
14 72 (2.36%) Trainee Analyst
14 72 (2.36%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 71 (2.33%) Data Engineer
16 68 (2.23%) IT Manager
17 66 (2.17%) Head of QA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (2.56%) HTML
2 69 (2.26%) CSS
3 65 (2.13%) .NET
4 62 (2.03%) REST
5 60 (1.97%) Middleware
6 58 (1.90%) JSON
7 55 (1.81%) React
7 55 (1.81%) XML
8 39 (1.28%) Node.js
8 39 (1.28%) SOAP
9 30 (0.98%) PyTorch
10 24 (0.79%) TensorFlow
11 21 (0.69%) scikit-learn
12 20 (0.66%) RESTful
13 19 (0.62%) EDI
13 19 (0.62%) PySpark
14 17 (0.56%) OAuth
14 17 (0.56%) Pandas
15 14 (0.46%) AngularJS
15 14 (0.46%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 375 (12.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 146 (4.79%) Management Information System
3 115 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 115 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 109 (3.58%) Product Ownership
5 95 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
6 72 (2.36%) Data Centre
7 68 (2.23%) Driving Licence
8 43 (1.41%) Cloud Native
9 39 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 36 (1.18%) Algorithms
10 36 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 35 (1.15%) Social Media
12 33 (1.08%) Security Posture
13 31 (1.02%) FMCG
14 30 (0.98%) Low-Code
14 30 (0.98%) Virtual Team
15 29 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
16 28 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
17 26 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 256 (8.40%) Windows
2 156 (5.12%) Windows Server
3 151 (4.96%) Linux
4 86 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.66%) Unix
6 16 (0.53%) 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 (0.30%) CentOS
10 9 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.30%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.26%) VMS
12 4 (0.13%) Debian
13 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.066%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.033%) AIX
15 1 (0.033%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.033%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,423 (46.70%) Problem-Solving
2 832 (27.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 680 (22.32%) Decision-Making
4 624 (20.48%) Analytics
5 446 (14.64%) Agile
6 416 (13.65%) Business Intelligence
7 375 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 328 (10.76%) AI
9 312 (10.24%) Actionable Insight
10 311 (10.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 286 (9.39%) Data Analysis
12 284 (9.32%) Project Management
13 277 (9.09%) Customer Service
14 267 (8.76%) ERP
15 255 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
16 250 (8.20%) CRM
17 249 (8.17%) Customer Experience
18 242 (7.94%) Mentoring
19 238 (7.81%) Data Modelling
20 232 (7.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 658 (21.60%) SQL
2 499 (16.38%) Python
3 107 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 101 (3.31%) Java
5 100 (3.28%) PowerShell
6 88 (2.89%) C#
7 60 (1.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 44 (1.44%) R
8 44 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 41 (1.35%) C++
10 40 (1.31%) Bash
11 34 (1.12%) VBA
12 28 (0.92%) MATLAB
13 18 (0.59%) PHP
13 18 (0.59%) TypeScript
14 15 (0.49%) Go
14 15 (0.49%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.46%) Scala
16 13 (0.43%) C
17 9 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 510 (16.74%) Degree
2 284 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 207 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 149 (4.89%) ACCA
5 143 (4.69%) CIMA
6 128 (4.20%) DBS Check
7 78 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 70 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
9 66 (2.17%) IRCA
10 49 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 46 (1.51%) CISSP
12 45 (1.48%) DV Cleared
13 41 (1.35%) PMI Certification
14 39 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
15 34 (1.12%) CCNA
15 34 (1.12%) CISM
15 34 (1.12%) PMP
16 25 (0.82%) CCNP
16 25 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 305 (10.01%) Data Quality
2 246 (8.07%) GDPR
3 190 (6.24%) QA
4 153 (5.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 139 (4.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 111 (3.64%) PCI DSS
7 105 (3.45%) ISO 9001
8 104 (3.41%) NIST
9 79 (2.59%) SLA
10 60 (1.97%) Accessibility
11 44 (1.44%) GRC
12 38 (1.25%) PMO
13 36 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
14 21 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 18 (0.59%) ISO 14001
15 18 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 17 (0.56%) GMP
16 17 (0.56%) SOC 2
16 17 (0.56%) TickIT
17 13 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 201 (6.60%) Active Directory
2 83 (2.72%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.36%) Terminal Server
4 53 (1.74%) Docker
5 33 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.23%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.13%) XenApp
12 3 (0.098%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.098%) Firmware
13 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.033%) KVM
14 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.033%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 65 (2.13%) Terraform
2 42 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 36 (1.18%) Ansible
4 27 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.59%) Grafana
6 12 (0.39%) Kibana
6 12 (0.39%) QRadar
7 8 (0.26%) Nagios
7 8 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
9 6 (0.20%) Graylog
10 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.16%) logstash
10 5 (0.16%) Podman
10 5 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.13%) Control-M
11 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 733 (24.06%) Microsoft
2 123 (4.04%) SAP
3 119 (3.91%) Google
4 110 (3.61%) VMware
5 105 (3.45%) Splunk
6 99 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 94 (3.09%) SolarWinds
8 83 (2.72%) Veeam
9 81 (2.66%) Oracle
10 73 (2.40%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (2.36%) Brocade
11 72 (2.36%) Tanium
12 65 (2.13%) Workday
13 58 (1.90%) Databricks
14 49 (1.61%) Cisco
15 43 (1.41%) ServiceNow
16 36 (1.18%) IBM
17 29 (0.95%) Dell
18 28 (0.92%) Adobe
18 28 (0.92%) HubSpot