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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,218 3,943 6,437
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.51% 11.68% 8.78%
As % of the General category 10.09% 17.34% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,175 1,480 3,427
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,225 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,350 £48,500 £46,958
Median % change year-on-year -0.31% +3.28% -1.14%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,625 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,170 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.51% +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 31,887 22,739 40,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.69% 67.35% 55.05%
Number of salaries quoted 19,597 10,824 25,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 July 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 July 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 -20 964 £48,445 +3.07% 460
South East -8 816 £50,000 -5.62% 612
Midlands -10 579 £47,500 - 281
North West -19 567 £47,500 -1.67% 247
South West -23 391 £45,000 -7.22% 231
West Midlands -18 317 £50,000 +5.26% 158
Yorkshire -13 292 £50,000 +11.11% 160
East Midlands -6 261 £45,000 -5.26% 122
East of England -21 240 £45,025 -3.88% 156
Scotland -33 107 £42,068 -5.47% 84
North East -28 105 £55,000 +37.50% 59
Wales -13 91 £53,171 -3.33% 32
Northern Ireland -41 41 £41,250 -25.00% 43
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 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 39 (1.21%) Confluence
4 29 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.87%) CMS
6 27 (0.84%) Apache
7 21 (0.65%) IIS
8 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.28%) WordPress
9 8 (0.25%) SAS
9 8 (0.25%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.093%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.093%) JBoss
12 1 (0.031%) Moodle
12 1 (0.031%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.031%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.031%) Umbraco
Applications
1 401 (12.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 158 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.28%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.093%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.093%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.093%) Simulink
9 3 (0.093%) Trello
10 2 (0.062%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.062%) Lectora
10 2 (0.062%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 21 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 15 (0.47%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.25%) Magento
6 8 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.22%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
8 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
8 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.12%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 567 (17.62%) Azure
2 418 (12.99%) Power Platform
3 294 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
4 271 (8.42%) AWS
5 134 (4.16%) SaaS
6 119 (3.70%) GCP
7 93 (2.89%) Entra ID
8 87 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 78 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
10 58 (1.80%) Google Analytics
11 55 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
12 51 (1.58%) GitHub
13 44 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 38 (1.18%) Power Automate
15 35 (1.09%) Amazon S3
16 34 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (0.96%) dbt
18 27 (0.84%) Serverless
18 27 (0.84%) Snowflake
19 25 (0.78%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 140 (4.35%) DNS
2 137 (4.26%) Firewall
3 110 (3.42%) DHCP
4 81 (2.52%) VPN
5 61 (1.90%) WAN
6 58 (1.80%) TCP/IP
7 51 (1.58%) LAN
8 49 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (1.24%) Broadband
10 39 (1.21%) Wireless
11 28 (0.87%) Network Security
12 24 (0.75%) HTTP
13 23 (0.71%) BGP
14 22 (0.68%) SD-WAN
14 22 (0.68%) Wireshark
15 20 (0.62%) SAN
16 19 (0.59%) VLAN
16 19 (0.59%) VoIP
17 17 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
18 14 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 374 (11.62%) Power BI
2 183 (5.69%) Tableau
3 105 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 93 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
4 93 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
5 61 (1.90%) Data Mining
6 60 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 45 (1.40%) Power Query
8 40 (1.24%) MySQL
9 38 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 37 (1.15%) Looker
10 37 (1.15%) Metadata
11 34 (1.06%) Relational Database
12 33 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
13 30 (0.93%) Data Lake
14 28 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
15 26 (0.81%) Big Data
16 21 (0.65%) BigQuery
17 17 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
17 17 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 113 (3.51%) JIRA
2 76 (2.36%) Git
3 40 (1.24%) GitLab
4 36 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
5 23 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.40%) Selenium
8 12 (0.37%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.34%) MLflow
10 10 (0.31%) Eclipse
10 10 (0.31%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.28%) JMeter
11 9 (0.28%) LabVIEW
11 9 (0.28%) Postman
12 7 (0.22%) ERwin
12 7 (0.22%) Moq
12 7 (0.22%) Subversion
13 6 (0.19%) Burp Suite
13 6 (0.19%) Toad
14 5 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,563 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 945 (29.37%) Finance
3 262 (8.14%) Marketing
4 210 (6.53%) Organisational Skills
5 198 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 192 (5.97%) Retail
7 173 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 173 (5.38%) Manufacturing
8 162 (5.03%) Legal
9 146 (4.54%) Law
10 133 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
11 98 (3.05%) Telecoms
12 80 (2.49%) Aerospace
13 76 (2.36%) Electronics
14 63 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
15 60 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
16 46 (1.43%) Advertising
16 46 (1.43%) Banking
17 44 (1.37%) Military
18 35 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 855 (26.57%) Analyst
2 333 (10.35%) Senior
3 232 (7.21%) Lead
4 222 (6.90%) Data Analyst
5 176 (5.47%) Systems Engineer
6 165 (5.13%) Business Analyst
7 161 (5.00%) Developer
8 109 (3.39%) Support Engineer
9 106 (3.29%) Support Analyst
10 100 (3.11%) Architect
11 96 (2.98%) Consultant
11 96 (2.98%) IT Support
12 91 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
13 84 (2.61%) Data Engineer
14 82 (2.55%) Systems Analyst
15 75 (2.33%) Accountant
16 71 (2.21%) IT Engineer
17 67 (2.08%) IT Manager
18 66 (2.05%) Head of QA
19 64 (1.99%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (2.24%) .NET
1 72 (2.24%) HTML
2 66 (2.05%) Middleware
3 64 (1.99%) CSS
4 63 (1.96%) REST
5 61 (1.90%) XML
6 58 (1.80%) JSON
7 45 (1.40%) React
8 36 (1.12%) SOAP
9 31 (0.96%) Node.js
10 30 (0.93%) PyTorch
11 27 (0.84%) RESTful
12 24 (0.75%) PySpark
12 24 (0.75%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.68%) EDI
13 22 (0.68%) Kafka
14 21 (0.65%) scikit-learn
15 17 (0.53%) Pandas
16 16 (0.50%) OAuth
17 15 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 392 (12.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 165 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 124 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 123 (3.82%) Onboarding
5 119 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 108 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
7 90 (2.80%) Driving Licence
8 69 (2.14%) Data Centre
9 54 (1.68%) Cloud Native
10 48 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
11 43 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 41 (1.27%) Virtual Team
13 36 (1.12%) Algorithms
14 34 (1.06%) Social Media
15 32 (0.99%) Data Structures
15 32 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
16 30 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
17 27 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
17 27 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
18 26 (0.81%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 296 (9.20%) Windows
2 176 (5.47%) Linux
3 173 (5.38%) Windows Server
4 94 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 18 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (0.53%) Android
6 17 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (0.53%) Unix
7 14 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.28%) CentOS
10 8 (0.25%) VMS
11 6 (0.19%) Debian
12 5 (0.16%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.031%) AIX
13 1 (0.031%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.031%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.031%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,516 (47.11%) Problem-Solving
2 906 (28.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 743 (23.09%) Decision-Making
4 653 (20.29%) Analytics
5 450 (13.98%) Agile
6 427 (13.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 421 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
8 354 (11.00%) AI
9 341 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 329 (10.22%) Actionable Insight
11 296 (9.20%) Customer Service
12 290 (9.01%) Cybersecurity
13 289 (8.98%) ERP
14 288 (8.95%) Data Analysis
15 285 (8.86%) Customer Experience
16 281 (8.73%) Project Management
17 267 (8.30%) Mentoring
18 258 (8.02%) Roadmaps
19 255 (7.92%) CRM
20 250 (7.77%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 675 (20.98%) SQL
2 495 (15.38%) Python
3 113 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 103 (3.20%) Java
5 98 (3.05%) PowerShell
6 96 (2.98%) C#
7 60 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 51 (1.58%) C++
9 47 (1.46%) Bash
9 47 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.27%) R
11 34 (1.06%) MATLAB
12 23 (0.71%) TypeScript
13 22 (0.68%) VBA
14 21 (0.65%) PHP
15 19 (0.59%) Go
16 18 (0.56%) C
17 13 (0.40%) Perl
17 13 (0.40%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 541 (16.81%) Degree
2 334 (10.38%) Security Cleared
3 239 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 156 (4.85%) ACCA
5 150 (4.66%) CIMA
6 129 (4.01%) DBS Check
7 86 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 67 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.05%) IRCA
10 64 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
11 52 (1.62%) CISSP
12 51 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 49 (1.52%) DV Cleared
14 43 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.15%) CISM
16 34 (1.06%) CCNA
17 29 (0.90%) Master's Degree
18 25 (0.78%) HNC
18 25 (0.78%) PMI Certification
19 24 (0.75%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 255 (7.92%) GDPR
3 221 (6.87%) QA
4 167 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 164 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 121 (3.76%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.54%) ISO 9001
8 103 (3.20%) NIST
9 91 (2.83%) SLA
10 72 (2.24%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.43%) GRC
12 37 (1.15%) PMO
13 30 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.71%) ISO 14001
15 23 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 19 (0.59%) GMP
17 18 (0.56%) SOC 2
18 17 (0.53%) TickIT
19 16 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 232 (7.21%) Active Directory
2 93 (2.89%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.49%) Terminal Server
4 65 (2.02%) Docker
5 35 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.31%) vSphere
8 9 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.19%) Firmware
10 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.12%) XenApp
12 3 (0.093%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.031%) KVM
13 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.031%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 70 (2.18%) Terraform
2 49 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 41 (1.27%) Ansible
4 36 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (0.81%) Grafana
6 15 (0.47%) Kibana
7 14 (0.44%) QRadar
8 11 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.25%) Kubeflow
9 8 (0.25%) logstash
9 8 (0.25%) Nagios
10 6 (0.19%) Graylog
11 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.16%) Podman
11 5 (0.16%) SCCM
11 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Nmap
12 4 (0.12%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 790 (24.55%) Microsoft
2 140 (4.35%) Google
3 122 (3.79%) VMware
4 119 (3.70%) SAP
5 118 (3.67%) Splunk
6 100 (3.11%) SolarWinds
7 91 (2.83%) Veeam
8 86 (2.67%) Salesforce
9 81 (2.52%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.49%) Brocade
10 80 (2.49%) Tanium
11 70 (2.18%) Oracle
12 67 (2.08%) Workday
13 56 (1.74%) Cisco
13 56 (1.74%) Databricks
14 41 (1.27%) ServiceNow
15 37 (1.15%) IBM
16 30 (0.93%) Adobe
17 28 (0.87%) HubSpot
18 27 (0.84%) Dell