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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -21 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,956 3,556 6,233
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.41% 12.49% 8.83%
As % of the General category 9.46% 17.35% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,973 1,300 3,589
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,761 £62,672 £59,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,625 £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 31,255 20,495 40,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.60% 71.96% 57.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,223 8,967 26,590
10th Percentile £28,125 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -29 912 £47,500 -5.00% 404
South East -4 754 £50,000 -8.26% 502
Midlands -24 545 £48,500 +1.04% 254
North West -31 533 £46,500 -7.00% 241
West Midlands -27 321 £51,250 +6.77% 160
Yorkshire -12 290 £52,500 +16.67% 120
South West -28 286 £50,000 -0.99% 166
East of England -22 237 £45,000 -11.71% 150
East Midlands +2 222 £45,000 -7.22% 94
Scotland -31 117 £40,000 -17.54% 74
North East -27 89 £48,445 +25.83% 52
Wales -1 79 £47,105 -10.28% 36
Northern Ireland -25 39 £52,500 -4.55% 49
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
1 119 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 29 (0.98%) Confluence
6 28 (0.95%) CMS
7 20 (0.68%) Apache
8 19 (0.64%) IIS
9 9 (0.30%) WordPress
10 8 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 6 (0.20%) SAS
12 4 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.14%) nginx
13 3 (0.10%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.10%) govService
13 3 (0.10%) JBoss
14 1 (0.034%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.034%) Appian
14 1 (0.034%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.034%) Tomcat
Applications
1 413 (13.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 150 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (2.17%) MS Visio
4 46 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.34%) CATIA
8 4 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.10%) Trello
10 2 (0.068%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.068%) Lectora
10 2 (0.068%) Simulink
10 2 (0.068%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.034%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.034%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.034%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.034%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 45 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 15 (0.51%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.47%) SAP CO
5 14 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.24%) Magento
6 7 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 6 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
8 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.17%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.14%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.14%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.14%) JDE World
9 4 (0.14%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 483 (16.34%) Azure
2 411 (13.90%) Power Platform
3 259 (8.76%) AWS
4 238 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
5 114 (3.86%) SaaS
6 91 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
7 85 (2.88%) GCP
8 74 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
9 73 (2.47%) Entra ID
10 59 (2.00%) GitHub
11 50 (1.69%) Power Automate
12 49 (1.66%) Google Analytics
13 48 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
14 42 (1.42%) PowerApps
15 40 (1.35%) Amazon S3
15 40 (1.35%) Snowflake
16 38 (1.29%) dbt
17 37 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
18 34 (1.15%) Serverless
19 27 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 125 (4.23%) Firewall
2 101 (3.42%) DNS
3 75 (2.54%) VPN
4 72 (2.44%) DHCP
5 60 (2.03%) WAN
6 43 (1.45%) LAN
7 41 (1.39%) Wireless
8 39 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 34 (1.15%) Broadband
10 33 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
11 31 (1.05%) Network Security
12 26 (0.88%) VLAN
13 25 (0.85%) BGP
14 24 (0.81%) SD-WAN
14 24 (0.81%) Wireshark
15 23 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
15 23 (0.78%) SAN
16 17 (0.58%) HTTP
17 16 (0.54%) EIGRP
17 16 (0.54%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (12.55%) Power BI
2 230 (7.78%) Tableau
3 109 (3.69%) Data Mining
4 96 (3.25%) SQL Server
5 70 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
6 61 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
7 59 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 40 (1.35%) Power Query
9 38 (1.29%) Metadata
10 37 (1.25%) Looker
11 35 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 33 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
13 31 (1.05%) Data Lake
14 30 (1.01%) MySQL
14 30 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
15 29 (0.98%) Relational Database
16 25 (0.85%) NoSQL
17 21 (0.71%) Big Data
18 18 (0.61%) BigQuery
18 18 (0.61%) GIS
Development Applications
1 98 (3.32%) JIRA
2 68 (2.30%) Git
3 32 (1.08%) GitLab
4 30 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
5 18 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.44%) Selenium
7 11 (0.37%) MLflow
8 10 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.27%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.24%) Moq
10 7 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.20%) Maven
11 6 (0.20%) Subversion
12 5 (0.17%) ERwin
12 5 (0.17%) JMeter
12 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.17%) Postman
12 5 (0.17%) Toad
13 4 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 1,349 (45.64%) Social Skills
2 904 (30.58%) Finance
3 260 (8.80%) Marketing
4 181 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (5.62%) Public Sector
6 147 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
7 145 (4.91%) Manufacturing
7 145 (4.91%) Retail
8 134 (4.53%) Law
9 131 (4.43%) Legal
10 106 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
11 87 (2.94%) Telecoms
12 73 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
13 70 (2.37%) Electronics
14 66 (2.23%) Aerospace
15 64 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
16 41 (1.39%) Banking
17 40 (1.35%) Games
17 40 (1.35%) Military
18 33 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 834 (28.21%) Analyst
2 330 (11.16%) Senior
3 236 (7.98%) Data Analyst
4 198 (6.70%) Lead
5 163 (5.51%) Business Analyst
6 157 (5.31%) Developer
7 127 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
8 119 (4.03%) Architect
9 91 (3.08%) Trainee
10 89 (3.01%) Trainee Analyst
10 89 (3.01%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 86 (2.91%) Support Analyst
12 81 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
13 80 (2.71%) Consultant
14 79 (2.67%) Support Engineer
15 75 (2.54%) IT Support
16 74 (2.50%) Systems Analyst
17 67 (2.27%) Senior Manager
18 66 (2.23%) Head of QA
19 62 (2.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (2.64%) HTML
2 69 (2.33%) CSS
3 62 (2.10%) .NET
4 61 (2.06%) REST
5 59 (2.00%) Middleware
6 56 (1.89%) JSON
7 53 (1.79%) XML
8 51 (1.73%) React
9 41 (1.39%) SOAP
10 35 (1.18%) Node.js
11 29 (0.98%) PyTorch
12 23 (0.78%) TensorFlow
13 21 (0.71%) scikit-learn
14 20 (0.68%) PySpark
15 19 (0.64%) EDI
16 17 (0.58%) OAuth
16 17 (0.58%) Pandas
17 16 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
17 16 (0.54%) React Native
18 14 (0.47%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 360 (12.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 144 (4.87%) Management Information System
3 114 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
4 112 (3.79%) Onboarding
4 112 (3.79%) Product Ownership
5 73 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 71 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 65 (2.20%) Driving Licence
8 43 (1.45%) Cloud Native
9 35 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 35 (1.18%) Low-Code
10 34 (1.15%) FMCG
11 32 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 31 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
12 31 (1.05%) Data Structures
12 31 (1.05%) Security Posture
13 30 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
14 29 (0.98%) Social Media
15 25 (0.85%) Mobile App
15 25 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 231 (7.81%) Windows
2 128 (4.33%) Windows Server
3 125 (4.23%) Linux
4 59 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (0.64%) Unix
6 15 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.47%) Android
8 12 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.27%) CentOS
10 8 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.27%) VMS
11 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.068%) Debian
15 1 (0.034%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.034%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.034%) ThreadX
15 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,339 (45.30%) Problem-Solving
2 795 (26.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 626 (21.18%) Decision-Making
4 618 (20.91%) Analytics
5 438 (14.82%) Agile
6 425 (14.38%) Business Intelligence
7 366 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 326 (11.03%) AI
9 309 (10.45%) Project Management
10 290 (9.81%) Actionable Insight
11 278 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 277 (9.37%) Data Analysis
13 256 (8.66%) ERP
14 246 (8.32%) Cybersecurity
15 240 (8.12%) CRM
16 237 (8.02%) Mentoring
17 234 (7.92%) Customer Service
18 227 (7.68%) Data Modelling
19 218 (7.37%) Customer Experience
20 217 (7.34%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 642 (21.72%) SQL
2 494 (16.71%) Python
3 102 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 101 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 93 (3.15%) Java
6 87 (2.94%) C#
7 60 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 43 (1.45%) C++
8 43 (1.45%) R
9 41 (1.39%) T-SQL
10 40 (1.35%) Bash
11 37 (1.25%) VBA
12 32 (1.08%) MATLAB
13 17 (0.58%) PHP
14 15 (0.51%) Go
14 15 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.41%) C
15 12 (0.41%) Scala
15 12 (0.41%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 519 (17.56%) Degree
2 238 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 165 (5.58%) SC Cleared
4 140 (4.74%) ACCA
5 135 (4.57%) CIMA
6 132 (4.47%) DBS Check
7 70 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 70 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 66 (2.23%) IRCA
9 64 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
10 56 (1.89%) PMI Certification
11 48 (1.62%) PMP
12 47 (1.59%) CISSP
12 47 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 46 (1.56%) DV Cleared
14 37 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
15 35 (1.18%) CISM
16 32 (1.08%) CCNA
17 28 (0.95%) CCNP
18 27 (0.91%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (9.88%) Data Quality
2 234 (7.92%) GDPR
3 177 (5.99%) QA
4 145 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 108 (3.65%) NIST
6 104 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 98 (3.32%) ISO 9001
8 88 (2.98%) PCI DSS
9 69 (2.33%) SLA
10 48 (1.62%) Accessibility
11 42 (1.42%) PMO
12 41 (1.39%) GRC
13 36 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 19 (0.64%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.58%) GMP
15 17 (0.58%) TickIT
16 16 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 15 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 14 (0.47%) ISO 14001
18 14 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 171 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 58 (1.96%) Hyper-V
3 48 (1.62%) Terminal Server
4 47 (1.59%) Docker
5 30 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.34%) vSphere
8 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.27%) ProxySG
10 7 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.14%) Firmware
11 4 (0.14%) XenApp
12 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.068%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.034%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.034%) KVM
14 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.034%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 66 (2.23%) Terraform
2 42 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.25%) Ansible
4 28 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.58%) Grafana
6 11 (0.37%) QRadar
7 10 (0.34%) Kibana
8 8 (0.27%) Nagios
8 8 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.20%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.17%) Graylog
11 5 (0.17%) logstash
12 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.14%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.14%) CASB
12 4 (0.14%) Control-M
12 4 (0.14%) Podman
12 4 (0.14%) SCCM
12 4 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 725 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 131 (4.43%) SAP
3 112 (3.79%) Google
4 96 (3.25%) Salesforce
5 84 (2.84%) Oracle
6 82 (2.77%) VMware
7 78 (2.64%) Splunk
8 72 (2.44%) SolarWinds
9 66 (2.23%) Workday
10 60 (2.03%) Databricks
11 57 (1.93%) Veeam
12 53 (1.79%) ServiceNow
13 49 (1.66%) Tanium
14 48 (1.62%) Brocade
14 48 (1.62%) Nimble Storage
15 45 (1.52%) Cisco
16 36 (1.22%) IBM
17 28 (0.95%) Dell
17 28 (0.95%) HubSpot
18 25 (0.85%) Adobe