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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -20 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,859 3,556 6,205
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.39% 12.43% 9.05%
As % of the General category 9.37% 17.49% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,902 1,412 3,586
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -3.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% +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 30,526 20,328 39,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.91% 71.04% 57.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16,540 9,371 26,318
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,517 £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 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £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 13 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 13 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 -28 863 £47,500 -5.00% 395
South East -4 739 £50,000 -8.26% 542
Midlands -29 532 £48,000 +1.05% 272
North West -31 493 £45,000 -10.00% 231
West Midlands -29 319 £50,000 +5.26% 175
Yorkshire -13 285 £52,500 +16.67% 120
South West -28 258 £47,500 -5.00% 165
East of England -21 245 £45,000 -11.71% 164
East Midlands -2 211 £45,000 -5.26% 95
Scotland -29 128 £40,000 -20.71% 80
North East -24 85 £49,222 +27.85% 52
Wales -3 76 £47,105 -10.28% 46
Northern Ireland -31 33 £52,500 -4.55% 29
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
1 118 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 28 (0.98%) CMS
5 25 (0.87%) Confluence
6 18 (0.63%) IIS
7 16 (0.56%) Apache
8 9 (0.31%) WordPress
9 6 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.14%) nginx
10 4 (0.14%) SAS
11 3 (0.10%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.10%) govService
11 3 (0.10%) JBoss
12 2 (0.070%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.035%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.035%) Appian
13 1 (0.035%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.035%) OpenStack
Applications
1 404 (14.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 163 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (2.24%) MS Visio
4 43 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.35%) CATIA
8 4 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.14%) Trello
9 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.070%) Lectora
10 2 (0.070%) Simulink
11 1 (0.035%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.035%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.035%) Sketch
11 1 (0.035%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 46 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.12%) Salesforce CRM
3 23 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 22 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.52%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 14 (0.49%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.24%) Magento
7 7 (0.24%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.21%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
9 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
9 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.17%) SAP GTS
10 4 (0.14%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.14%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.14%) JDE World
10 4 (0.14%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 474 (16.58%) Azure
2 397 (13.89%) Power Platform
3 243 (8.50%) AWS
4 238 (8.32%) Microsoft 365
5 108 (3.78%) SaaS
6 102 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (2.87%) GCP
8 81 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
9 73 (2.55%) Entra ID
10 64 (2.24%) GitHub
11 51 (1.78%) Power Automate
12 49 (1.71%) Google Analytics
12 49 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
13 45 (1.57%) Snowflake
14 44 (1.54%) dbt
15 40 (1.40%) PowerApps
16 39 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
17 36 (1.26%) Amazon S3
18 34 (1.19%) Serverless
19 27 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 119 (4.16%) Firewall
2 100 (3.50%) DNS
3 72 (2.52%) VPN
4 71 (2.48%) DHCP
5 59 (2.06%) WAN
6 43 (1.50%) LAN
6 43 (1.50%) Wireless
7 38 (1.33%) TCP/IP
8 31 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (1.05%) Broadband
9 30 (1.05%) Network Security
10 27 (0.94%) VLAN
11 26 (0.91%) SAN
12 25 (0.87%) BGP
12 25 (0.87%) Wireshark
13 23 (0.80%) SD-WAN
14 21 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
15 17 (0.59%) EIGRP
15 17 (0.59%) OSPF
16 15 (0.52%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 357 (12.49%) Power BI
2 229 (8.01%) Tableau
3 115 (4.02%) Data Mining
4 98 (3.43%) SQL Server
5 72 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
7 56 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (1.33%) Looker
9 36 (1.26%) Metadata
10 35 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 35 (1.22%) MySQL
10 35 (1.22%) Relational Database
10 35 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.19%) Power Query
12 30 (1.05%) Data Lake
12 30 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (0.87%) NoSQL
14 19 (0.66%) Big Data
14 19 (0.66%) GIS
15 18 (0.63%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 96 (3.36%) JIRA
2 69 (2.41%) Git
3 28 (0.98%) GitLab
3 28 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
4 19 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.49%) Selenium
6 11 (0.38%) MLflow
7 10 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.28%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.24%) Moq
10 7 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.21%) Maven
11 6 (0.21%) Subversion
12 5 (0.17%) ERwin
12 5 (0.17%) JMeter
12 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.17%) Postman
13 4 (0.14%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 1,317 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 889 (31.09%) Finance
3 239 (8.36%) Marketing
4 169 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 155 (5.42%) Public Sector
6 140 (4.90%) Manufacturing
6 140 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
6 140 (4.90%) Retail
7 131 (4.58%) Law
8 117 (4.09%) Legal
9 87 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
10 84 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 71 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
12 67 (2.34%) Electronics
13 57 (1.99%) Aerospace
14 56 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
15 41 (1.43%) Banking
16 40 (1.40%) Games
16 40 (1.40%) Military
17 34 (1.19%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 836 (29.24%) Analyst
2 331 (11.58%) Senior
3 236 (8.25%) Data Analyst
4 181 (6.33%) Lead
5 160 (5.60%) Developer
6 159 (5.56%) Business Analyst
7 118 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
8 108 (3.78%) Architect
9 96 (3.36%) Trainee
10 94 (3.29%) Trainee Analyst
10 94 (3.29%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 90 (3.15%) Support Analyst
12 80 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
13 77 (2.69%) Support Engineer
14 74 (2.59%) IT Support
15 72 (2.52%) Consultant
16 71 (2.48%) Systems Analyst
17 66 (2.31%) Head of QA
18 64 (2.24%) Senior Manager
19 60 (2.10%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (2.76%) HTML
2 69 (2.41%) CSS
3 64 (2.24%) .NET
4 58 (2.03%) REST
5 57 (1.99%) Middleware
6 55 (1.92%) JSON
7 52 (1.82%) React
8 51 (1.78%) XML
9 39 (1.36%) SOAP
10 34 (1.19%) Node.js
11 25 (0.87%) PyTorch
12 20 (0.70%) scikit-learn
13 19 (0.66%) PySpark
13 19 (0.66%) TensorFlow
14 17 (0.59%) EDI
14 17 (0.59%) OAuth
14 17 (0.59%) Pandas
14 17 (0.59%) React Native
15 16 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
16 14 (0.49%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 355 (12.42%) Analytical Mindset
2 136 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 115 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 114 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 114 (3.99%) Product Ownership
5 74 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 70 (2.45%) Data Centre
7 60 (2.10%) Driving Licence
8 43 (1.50%) Cloud Native
9 34 (1.19%) Algorithms
9 34 (1.19%) Low-Code
10 30 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
10 30 (1.05%) Social Media
11 29 (1.01%) Data Structures
11 29 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 28 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
12 28 (0.98%) FMCG
12 28 (0.98%) Security Posture
13 26 (0.91%) Mobile App
14 24 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 226 (7.90%) Windows
2 123 (4.30%) Windows Server
3 122 (4.27%) Linux
4 56 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (0.66%) Unix
6 14 (0.49%) Android
6 14 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.28%) VMS
9 6 (0.21%) CentOS
9 6 (0.21%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.21%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.070%) Debian
13 1 (0.035%) AIX
13 1 (0.035%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.035%) Solaris
13 1 (0.035%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,300 (45.47%) Problem-Solving
2 767 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 616 (21.55%) Analytics
4 590 (20.64%) Decision-Making
5 434 (15.18%) Agile
6 412 (14.41%) Business Intelligence
7 354 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 322 (11.26%) AI
9 307 (10.74%) Project Management
10 279 (9.76%) Actionable Insight
11 276 (9.65%) Data Analysis
12 257 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 251 (8.78%) ERP
14 229 (8.01%) Customer Service
14 229 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
15 228 (7.97%) CRM
16 223 (7.80%) Data Modelling
17 221 (7.73%) Mentoring
18 213 (7.45%) Customer Experience
19 209 (7.31%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 635 (22.21%) SQL
2 479 (16.75%) Python
3 102 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 97 (3.39%) PowerShell
5 89 (3.11%) Java
6 85 (2.97%) C#
7 53 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 44 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 41 (1.43%) R
10 38 (1.33%) C++
11 36 (1.26%) Bash
11 36 (1.26%) VBA
12 28 (0.98%) MATLAB
13 15 (0.52%) Go
13 15 (0.52%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.49%) PHP
15 13 (0.45%) Scala
16 12 (0.42%) TypeScript
17 10 (0.35%) C
18 9 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 504 (17.63%) Degree
2 218 (7.63%) Security Cleared
3 151 (5.28%) SC Cleared
4 147 (5.14%) ACCA
5 140 (4.90%) CIMA
6 128 (4.48%) DBS Check
7 70 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 69 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.31%) IRCA
10 61 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
11 56 (1.96%) PMI Certification
12 49 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 48 (1.68%) PMP
14 41 (1.43%) CISSP
14 41 (1.43%) DV Cleared
15 36 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
16 33 (1.15%) CCNA
17 31 (1.08%) CISM
18 28 (0.98%) Master's Degree
19 27 (0.94%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 289 (10.11%) Data Quality
2 227 (7.94%) GDPR
3 172 (6.02%) QA
4 139 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 102 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 99 (3.46%) NIST
7 92 (3.22%) ISO 9001
8 85 (2.97%) PCI DSS
9 61 (2.13%) SLA
10 43 (1.50%) Accessibility
11 42 (1.47%) PMO
12 37 (1.29%) GRC
13 32 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
14 19 (0.66%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (0.59%) GMP
15 17 (0.59%) TickIT
16 15 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 13 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 12 (0.42%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 170 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 58 (2.03%) Hyper-V
3 48 (1.68%) Terminal Server
4 41 (1.43%) Docker
5 30 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.35%) vSphere
8 9 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.28%) 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 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.035%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.035%) KVM
14 1 (0.035%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.035%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 67 (2.34%) Terraform
2 40 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 36 (1.26%) Ansible
4 29 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.59%) Grafana
6 9 (0.31%) Kibana
6 9 (0.31%) QRadar
6 9 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.21%) Nagios
9 5 (0.17%) Graylog
9 5 (0.17%) Kubeflow
9 5 (0.17%) logstash
10 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.14%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.14%) CASB
10 4 (0.14%) Control-M
10 4 (0.14%) SCCM
10 4 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
10 4 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 726 (25.39%) Microsoft
2 128 (4.48%) SAP
3 110 (3.85%) Google
4 92 (3.22%) Salesforce
5 88 (3.08%) Oracle
6 80 (2.80%) VMware
7 74 (2.59%) Splunk
8 70 (2.45%) SolarWinds
9 67 (2.34%) Workday
10 60 (2.10%) Databricks
11 56 (1.96%) Veeam
12 51 (1.78%) ServiceNow
13 49 (1.71%) Tanium
14 48 (1.68%) Brocade
14 48 (1.68%) Nimble Storage
15 44 (1.54%) Cisco
16 34 (1.19%) IBM
17 31 (1.08%) Dell
18 25 (0.87%) Adobe
19 24 (0.84%) HubSpot