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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,812 4,014 5,315
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.77% 11.51% 8.86%
As % of the General category 10.92% 17.45% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,358 1,535 2,292
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,525
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £36,912
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 34,911 22,999 32,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.67% 65.94% 53.42%
Number of salaries quoted 21,635 11,413 17,393
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 1,050 £47,500 +5.56% 412
South East -7 907 £49,768 -5.20% 377
Midlands -8 665 £48,000 +6.67% 277
North West -16 645 £46,500 +3.33% 221
South West -9 531 £47,500 +5.56% 354
West Midlands -16 343 £50,000 +11.11% 158
East Midlands -3 319 £46,743 +5.63% 120
Yorkshire -14 285 £47,000 +17.50% 149
East of England -17 259 £47,500 +5.56% 140
Wales -13 159 £48,750 -3.09% 36
Scotland -22 131 £45,000 +5.88% 76
North East -17 120 £55,000 +4.76% 49
Northern Ireland -9 118 £42,500 -22.73% 22
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
1 169 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 49 (1.29%) Confluence
4 30 (0.79%) IIS
5 26 (0.68%) Apache
5 26 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 21 (0.55%) CMS
8 11 (0.29%) SAS
9 10 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.26%) WordPress
10 9 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.21%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.079%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.052%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.026%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.026%) Umbraco
Applications
1 443 (11.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 201 (5.27%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 26 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.29%) Simulink
8 5 (0.13%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.10%) CATIA
9 4 (0.10%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.079%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.079%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.079%) Trello
11 2 (0.052%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.052%) Lectora
11 2 (0.052%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.026%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 85 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
2 33 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 27 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 17 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 16 (0.42%) Shopify
6 14 (0.37%) SAP PM
7 11 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.26%) Magento
8 10 (0.26%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.18%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.16%) Infor M3
12 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
13 4 (0.10%) Academy Housing
13 4 (0.10%) JDE World
13 4 (0.10%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 634 (16.63%) Azure
2 441 (11.57%) Power Platform
3 329 (8.63%) AWS
4 316 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
5 188 (4.93%) SaaS
6 146 (3.83%) GCP
7 100 (2.62%) Entra ID
8 95 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
9 86 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
10 81 (2.12%) Google Analytics
11 73 (1.92%) Google Ads
12 60 (1.57%) GitHub
12 60 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 58 (1.52%) PowerApps
14 50 (1.31%) Meta Ads
15 44 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 41 (1.08%) Serverless
17 40 (1.05%) Amazon S3
18 39 (1.02%) Snowflake
19 36 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 163 (4.28%) DNS
2 130 (3.41%) DHCP
3 108 (2.83%) Firewall
4 92 (2.41%) VPN
5 79 (2.07%) TCP/IP
6 65 (1.71%) WAN
7 60 (1.57%) LAN
8 48 (1.26%) Wireless
9 42 (1.10%) Network Security
10 36 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (0.73%) Broadband
12 27 (0.71%) HTTP
12 27 (0.71%) VoIP
13 24 (0.63%) VLAN
14 20 (0.52%) Internet
14 20 (0.52%) SAN
15 19 (0.50%) BGP
15 19 (0.50%) SD-WAN
16 17 (0.45%) SMS
17 16 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 387 (10.15%) Power BI
2 132 (3.46%) Tableau
3 125 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 118 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
5 104 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
6 70 (1.84%) Relational Database
7 62 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 61 (1.60%) MySQL
9 49 (1.29%) Looker
9 49 (1.29%) Power Query
10 44 (1.15%) Metadata
10 44 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
10 44 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 39 (1.02%) Data Lake
12 35 (0.92%) BigQuery
13 32 (0.84%) Big Data
14 29 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
15 25 (0.66%) NoSQL
16 22 (0.58%) MongoDB
17 20 (0.52%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 155 (4.07%) JIRA
2 132 (3.46%) Git
3 31 (0.81%) GitLab
3 31 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 31 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.42%) Eclipse
5 15 (0.39%) Cucumber
5 15 (0.39%) Selenium
6 14 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
6 14 (0.37%) Postman
7 13 (0.34%) Burp Suite
7 13 (0.34%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.31%) Claude Code
8 12 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.29%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.29%) MLflow
10 10 (0.26%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.24%) JMeter
12 7 (0.18%) Moq
General
1 1,905 (49.97%) Social Skills
2 1,057 (27.73%) Finance
3 411 (10.78%) Marketing
4 279 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
5 276 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 253 (6.64%) Manufacturing
7 244 (6.40%) Legal
7 244 (6.40%) Retail
8 212 (5.56%) Public Sector
9 200 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
9 200 (5.25%) Law
10 166 (4.35%) Aerospace
11 115 (3.02%) Electronics
12 106 (2.78%) Telecoms
13 99 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
14 68 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
15 67 (1.76%) Military
16 57 (1.50%) Banking
17 54 (1.42%) Advertising
18 40 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 877 (23.01%) Analyst
2 428 (11.23%) Senior
3 253 (6.64%) Lead
4 208 (5.46%) Developer
5 196 (5.14%) Data Analyst
6 179 (4.70%) Systems Engineer
7 172 (4.51%) Business Analyst
8 137 (3.59%) Support Analyst
9 135 (3.54%) Architect
10 118 (3.10%) Support Engineer
11 113 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
12 106 (2.78%) Data Engineer
13 105 (2.75%) Consultant
14 101 (2.65%) IT Support
15 82 (2.15%) IT Engineer
15 82 (2.15%) Systems Analyst
16 77 (2.02%) Accountant
16 77 (2.02%) Marketing Manager
17 67 (1.76%) Applications Support
18 66 (1.73%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (2.70%) .NET
2 80 (2.10%) HTML
3 79 (2.07%) REST
4 73 (1.92%) CSS
5 71 (1.86%) Terraform
6 63 (1.65%) Middleware
7 56 (1.47%) XML
8 52 (1.36%) JSON
9 46 (1.21%) SOAP
10 44 (1.15%) RESTful
11 41 (1.08%) React
12 39 (1.02%) EDI
13 34 (0.89%) Kafka
13 34 (0.89%) LDAP
14 30 (0.79%) ModSecurity
14 30 (0.79%) PySpark
15 28 (0.73%) ASP.NET
16 27 (0.71%) OAuth
17 26 (0.68%) PyTorch
18 25 (0.66%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 372 (9.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 235 (6.16%) Management Information System
3 197 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 195 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
5 154 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 129 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
7 126 (3.31%) Driving Licence
8 89 (2.33%) Social Media
9 81 (2.12%) Marketing Technology
10 74 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
11 71 (1.86%) Cloud Native
12 67 (1.76%) Blog
12 67 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
13 66 (1.73%) Data Centre
14 65 (1.71%) Virtual Team
15 47 (1.23%) Security Posture
16 37 (0.97%) Data Structures
17 36 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
18 35 (0.92%) AI Agents
19 33 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 333 (8.74%) Windows
2 206 (5.40%) Linux
3 187 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 24 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 22 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.55%) Unix
9 16 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.37%) Android
11 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.24%) CentOS
13 7 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.16%) Debian
14 6 (0.16%) VMS
15 5 (0.13%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.10%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.052%) Solaris
18 1 (0.026%) ThreadX
18 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,876 (49.21%) Problem-Solving
2 1,193 (31.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 928 (24.34%) Decision-Making
4 720 (18.89%) Analytics
5 626 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 591 (15.50%) Agile
7 586 (15.37%) AI
8 480 (12.59%) Business Intelligence
9 414 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 376 (9.86%) Actionable Insight
11 374 (9.81%) Validation
12 351 (9.21%) ERP
13 348 (9.13%) Customer Service
14 339 (8.89%) CRM
15 337 (8.84%) Mentoring
16 323 (8.47%) Data Analysis
17 319 (8.37%) Customer Experience
18 306 (8.03%) Project Management
19 304 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
20 299 (7.84%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 719 (18.86%) SQL
2 461 (12.09%) Python
3 149 (3.91%) JavaScript
4 122 (3.20%) Java
5 119 (3.12%) C#
6 106 (2.78%) PowerShell
7 71 (1.86%) C++
8 57 (1.50%) Bash
8 57 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 42 (1.10%) TypeScript
10 38 (1.00%) MATLAB
10 38 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 33 (0.87%) R
12 28 (0.73%) C
13 23 (0.60%) PHP
14 16 (0.42%) Go
14 16 (0.42%) Perl
14 16 (0.42%) PL/SQL
14 16 (0.42%) Scala
14 16 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 697 (18.28%) Degree
2 480 (12.59%) Security Cleared
3 333 (8.74%) SC Cleared
4 142 (3.73%) ACCA
5 135 (3.54%) CIMA
6 123 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 121 (3.17%) DV Cleared
8 114 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 82 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 75 (1.97%) CISSP
11 71 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
12 58 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 55 (1.44%) CISM
14 50 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
15 45 (1.18%) HND
15 45 (1.18%) IRCA
16 41 (1.08%) Azure Certification
17 38 (1.00%) CCNA
18 35 (0.92%) HNC
18 35 (0.92%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 348 (9.13%) Data Quality
2 282 (7.40%) QA
3 234 (6.14%) GDPR
4 146 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 141 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 111 (2.91%) PCI DSS
7 102 (2.68%) ISO 9001
8 99 (2.60%) Accessibility
9 91 (2.39%) SLA
10 86 (2.26%) NIST
11 40 (1.05%) GRC
12 36 (0.94%) PMO
13 27 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 23 (0.60%) ISO 14001
14 23 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 20 (0.52%) DO-254
16 19 (0.50%) IFRS
17 18 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.45%) TickIT
System Software
1 258 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 101 (2.65%) Hyper-V
3 99 (2.60%) Docker
4 80 (2.10%) Terminal Server
5 38 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 30 (0.79%) Firmware
7 13 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.18%) Ceph
10 7 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.16%) vSphere
12 4 (0.10%) KVM
12 4 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.079%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.052%) ProxySG
14 2 (0.052%) XenApp
15 1 (0.026%) NFS
15 1 (0.026%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 66 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.02%) Ansible
4 25 (0.66%) Grafana
5 23 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.39%) QRadar
8 14 (0.37%) Kibana
9 11 (0.29%) Nmap
9 11 (0.29%) Podman
10 7 (0.18%) Argo
10 7 (0.18%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.18%) Istio
10 7 (0.18%) logstash
11 6 (0.16%) Functional Safety
11 6 (0.16%) Graylog
11 6 (0.16%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.10%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.10%) Puppet
Vendors
1 908 (23.82%) Microsoft
2 219 (5.75%) Google
3 132 (3.46%) VMware
4 126 (3.31%) SAP
4 126 (3.31%) Splunk
5 101 (2.65%) Oracle
6 94 (2.47%) SolarWinds
7 87 (2.28%) Veeam
8 81 (2.12%) Brocade
8 81 (2.12%) Nimble Storage
9 80 (2.10%) Tanium
10 77 (2.02%) Salesforce
11 65 (1.71%) ServiceNow
12 62 (1.63%) Cisco
13 60 (1.57%) Databricks
14 59 (1.55%) Workday
15 38 (1.00%) YouTube
16 36 (0.94%) Adobe
17 32 (0.84%) IBM
18 31 (0.81%) HubSpot