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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,060 3,742 6,628
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.53% 12.46% 8.35%
As % of the General category 10.17% 17.53% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,075 1,342 3,641
10th Percentile £31,175 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,875 £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 £62,631 £63,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,875 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 30,082 21,351 43,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.53% 71.08% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 18,374 9,657 27,755
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 £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
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 19 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 19 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 -19 948 £48,000 +1.05% 342
South East -7 766 £50,000 -9.09% 527
Midlands -9 560 £48,750 +2.63% 256
North West -17 556 £46,500 -7.00% 196
South West -25 331 £48,750 -2.50% 170
West Midlands -13 312 £51,250 +7.89% 140
Yorkshire -15 295 £50,000 +11.11% 99
East Midlands +1 247 £45,000 -5.26% 116
East of England -18 234 £45,050 -3.82% 125
Scotland -19 110 £40,000 -20.71% 70
North East -26 97 £52,500 +35.31% 56
Wales -7 83 £53,171 -3.33% 32
Northern Ireland -21 39 £40,000 -27.27% 51
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
1 156 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.21%) Confluence
4 31 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 30 (0.98%) Apache Spark
6 28 (0.92%) CMS
7 24 (0.78%) Apache
8 20 (0.65%) IIS
9 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.29%) WordPress
10 7 (0.23%) SAS
11 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.16%) WebLogic
11 5 (0.16%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.098%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.098%) govService
12 3 (0.098%) JBoss
13 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.033%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 394 (12.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 138 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 54 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.29%) 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 (0.065%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.065%) Lectora
10 2 (0.065%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.065%) Simulink
10 2 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 21 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.46%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.33%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
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
Cloud Services
1 541 (17.68%) Azure
2 402 (13.14%) Power Platform
3 284 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
4 270 (8.82%) AWS
5 122 (3.99%) SaaS
6 104 (3.40%) GCP
7 83 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 75 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
10 54 (1.76%) Google Analytics
11 53 (1.73%) GitHub
12 49 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
13 45 (1.47%) PowerApps
14 44 (1.44%) Amazon S3
14 44 (1.44%) Power Automate
15 37 (1.21%) Serverless
16 32 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (1.01%) dbt
18 29 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
19 26 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 134 (4.38%) DNS
2 132 (4.31%) Firewall
3 107 (3.50%) DHCP
4 73 (2.39%) VPN
5 64 (2.09%) WAN
6 51 (1.67%) LAN
7 50 (1.63%) TCP/IP
8 42 (1.37%) Broadband
9 41 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (1.24%) Wireless
11 26 (0.85%) Network Security
12 24 (0.78%) HTTP
13 23 (0.75%) BGP
13 23 (0.75%) SD-WAN
14 22 (0.72%) VLAN
14 22 (0.72%) Wireshark
15 21 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
16 20 (0.65%) SAN
17 15 (0.49%) VoIP
18 14 (0.46%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (11.86%) Power BI
2 193 (6.31%) Tableau
3 100 (3.27%) SQL Server
4 96 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
5 77 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
6 71 (2.32%) Data Mining
7 55 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 43 (1.41%) Power Query
9 40 (1.31%) Metadata
10 37 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 35 (1.14%) Looker
11 35 (1.14%) MySQL
11 35 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
12 33 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 33 (1.08%) Relational Database
13 28 (0.92%) Big Data
13 28 (0.92%) Data Lake
14 20 (0.65%) NoSQL
15 18 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
16 17 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 101 (3.30%) JIRA
2 72 (2.35%) Git
3 38 (1.24%) GitLab
4 33 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
5 18 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 12 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.39%) Selenium
7 11 (0.36%) MLflow
8 8 (0.26%) JMeter
8 8 (0.26%) Postman
8 8 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.23%) Moq
10 6 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.20%) ERwin
10 6 (0.20%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.20%) Toad
11 5 (0.16%) Maven
11 5 (0.16%) Subversion
11 5 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 1,433 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 913 (29.84%) Finance
3 264 (8.63%) Marketing
4 183 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 171 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 170 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 160 (5.23%) Retail
8 153 (5.00%) Manufacturing
9 152 (4.97%) Legal
10 144 (4.71%) Law
11 116 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
12 97 (3.17%) Telecoms
13 73 (2.39%) Aerospace
14 69 (2.25%) Electronics
15 65 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
16 57 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
17 44 (1.44%) Banking
18 40 (1.31%) Military
19 34 (1.11%) Advertising
19 34 (1.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 843 (27.55%) Analyst
2 309 (10.10%) Senior
3 227 (7.42%) Data Analyst
4 222 (7.25%) Lead
5 166 (5.42%) Business Analyst
6 163 (5.33%) Developer
7 161 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
8 105 (3.43%) Architect
9 89 (2.91%) Support Analyst
10 88 (2.88%) Consultant
11 87 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
11 87 (2.84%) Support Engineer
12 83 (2.71%) Systems Analyst
13 80 (2.61%) IT Support
14 73 (2.39%) Data Engineer
15 66 (2.16%) Head of QA
15 66 (2.16%) IT Manager
16 65 (2.12%) Trainee
16 65 (2.12%) Trainee Analyst
16 65 (2.12%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (2.55%) HTML
2 69 (2.25%) CSS
3 65 (2.12%) .NET
3 65 (2.12%) Middleware
4 64 (2.09%) REST
5 60 (1.96%) JSON
6 57 (1.86%) XML
7 55 (1.80%) React
8 39 (1.27%) Node.js
8 39 (1.27%) SOAP
9 32 (1.05%) PyTorch
10 26 (0.85%) TensorFlow
11 22 (0.72%) scikit-learn
12 21 (0.69%) RESTful
13 20 (0.65%) EDI
14 18 (0.59%) PySpark
15 17 (0.56%) OAuth
15 17 (0.56%) Pandas
16 15 (0.49%) Kafka
17 14 (0.46%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 384 (12.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 152 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 117 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 115 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
5 113 (3.69%) Product Ownership
6 105 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
7 73 (2.39%) Driving Licence
8 67 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 46 (1.50%) Cloud Native
10 43 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
11 37 (1.21%) Data Structures
11 37 (1.21%) Security Posture
12 36 (1.18%) Algorithms
13 34 (1.11%) Social Media
14 31 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 30 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
15 30 (0.98%) FMCG
16 29 (0.95%) Low-Code
17 27 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
18 26 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 269 (8.79%) Windows
2 168 (5.49%) Windows Server
3 164 (5.36%) Linux
4 94 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.65%) Unix
6 17 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (0.46%) Android
8 14 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.33%) Windows 10
11 9 (0.29%) CentOS
11 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 8 (0.26%) VMS
13 4 (0.13%) Debian
13 4 (0.13%) OpenVMS
14 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.033%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,435 (46.90%) Problem-Solving
2 848 (27.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 687 (22.45%) Decision-Making
4 619 (20.23%) Analytics
5 443 (14.48%) Agile
6 412 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
7 380 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 329 (10.75%) AI
9 319 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 313 (10.23%) Actionable Insight
11 286 (9.35%) Customer Service
12 283 (9.25%) Data Analysis
13 276 (9.02%) ERP
14 270 (8.82%) Project Management
15 263 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
16 259 (8.46%) Customer Experience
17 249 (8.14%) CRM
18 245 (8.01%) Mentoring
19 238 (7.78%) Data Modelling
20 234 (7.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 658 (21.50%) SQL
2 489 (15.98%) Python
3 108 (3.53%) JavaScript
4 97 (3.17%) Java
4 97 (3.17%) PowerShell
5 89 (2.91%) C#
6 58 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 44 (1.44%) C++
7 44 (1.44%) T-SQL
8 42 (1.37%) Bash
8 42 (1.37%) R
9 33 (1.08%) VBA
10 28 (0.92%) MATLAB
11 20 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 19 (0.62%) PHP
13 16 (0.52%) Go
14 14 (0.46%) PL/SQL
15 13 (0.42%) C
16 10 (0.33%) Perl
16 10 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 503 (16.44%) Degree
2 302 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 221 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 156 (5.10%) ACCA
5 150 (4.90%) CIMA
6 128 (4.18%) DBS Check
7 79 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 68 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.16%) IRCA
10 64 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 48 (1.57%) CISSP
12 47 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 44 (1.44%) DV Cleared
14 41 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 36 (1.18%) CISM
16 32 (1.05%) CCNA
17 31 (1.01%) PMI Certification
18 25 (0.82%) Azure Certification
18 25 (0.82%) PMP
19 24 (0.78%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 309 (10.10%) Data Quality
2 247 (8.07%) GDPR
3 200 (6.54%) QA
4 158 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 153 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 119 (3.89%) PCI DSS
7 107 (3.50%) ISO 9001
8 103 (3.37%) NIST
9 85 (2.78%) SLA
10 69 (2.25%) Accessibility
11 44 (1.44%) GRC
12 37 (1.21%) PMO
13 34 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 24 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 20 (0.65%) ISO 14001
15 20 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 17 (0.56%) GMP
16 17 (0.56%) TickIT
17 16 (0.52%) SOC 2
18 14 (0.46%) IFRS
System Software
1 215 (7.03%) Active Directory
2 91 (2.97%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.61%) Terminal Server
4 57 (1.86%) Docker
5 32 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 8 (0.26%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.098%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.098%) Firmware
12 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.033%) KVM
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.033%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 64 (2.09%) Terraform
2 44 (1.44%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.21%) Ansible
4 27 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (0.65%) Grafana
6 13 (0.42%) Kibana
6 13 (0.42%) QRadar
7 9 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.26%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.26%) Nagios
9 6 (0.20%) Graylog
9 6 (0.20%) logstash
10 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.16%) Podman
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%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 744 (24.31%) Microsoft
2 127 (4.15%) SAP
3 124 (4.05%) Google
4 117 (3.82%) VMware
5 114 (3.73%) Splunk
6 102 (3.33%) SolarWinds
7 99 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 91 (2.97%) Veeam
9 81 (2.65%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.61%) Brocade
10 80 (2.61%) Oracle
10 80 (2.61%) Tanium
11 66 (2.16%) Workday
12 54 (1.76%) Databricks
13 48 (1.57%) Cisco
14 36 (1.18%) IBM
15 31 (1.01%) ServiceNow
16 28 (0.92%) Adobe
16 28 (0.92%) HubSpot
17 25 (0.82%) Dell