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

6 months to
26 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 3,807 4,004 5,317
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.78% 11.50% 8.87%
As % of the General category 10.93% 17.43% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,352 1,532 2,304
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £36,750
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 £60,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,872 £75,735
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 34,835 22,970 32,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.77% 65.97% 53.46%
Number of salaries quoted 21,533 11,381 17,460
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 26 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 26 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 1,048 £47,500 +5.56% 438
South East -7 909 £49,536 -5.65% 402
Midlands -7 667 £48,000 +6.67% 279
North West -16 644 £46,500 +3.33% 228
South West -9 528 £47,500 +5.56% 359
West Midlands -16 345 £50,000 +11.11% 160
East Midlands -4 319 £46,743 +3.87% 120
Yorkshire -11 284 £47,000 +17.50% 164
East of England -19 256 £47,500 +5.56% 155
Wales -9 157 £50,000 -0.78% 37
Scotland -22 132 £45,788 +7.74% 83
North East -18 120 £55,000 +17.65% 54
Northern Ireland -10 118 £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
1 167 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 131 (3.44%) SharePoint
3 49 (1.29%) Confluence
4 29 (0.76%) IIS
5 26 (0.68%) Apache
5 26 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 22 (0.58%) CMS
7 11 (0.29%) SAS
8 10 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 10 (0.26%) WordPress
9 9 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 8 (0.21%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.079%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.026%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.026%) Umbraco
Applications
1 443 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 204 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 26 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.26%) Simulink
8 5 (0.13%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) CATIA
9 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.079%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.079%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.079%) Trello
11 2 (0.053%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.053%) Lectora
11 2 (0.053%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.026%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 86 (2.26%) 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 (0.11%) Academy Housing
13 4 (0.11%) JDE OneWorld
13 4 (0.11%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 630 (16.55%) Azure
2 442 (11.61%) Power Platform
3 326 (8.56%) AWS
4 315 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
5 187 (4.91%) SaaS
6 146 (3.84%) GCP
7 97 (2.55%) Entra ID
8 95 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 86 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
10 82 (2.15%) Google Analytics
11 73 (1.92%) Google Ads
12 60 (1.58%) GitHub
12 60 (1.58%) Power Automate
13 58 (1.52%) PowerApps
14 50 (1.31%) Meta Ads
15 43 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
16 42 (1.10%) Serverless
17 41 (1.08%) Amazon S3
18 39 (1.02%) Snowflake
19 36 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 162 (4.26%) DNS
2 129 (3.39%) DHCP
3 105 (2.76%) Firewall
4 91 (2.39%) VPN
5 78 (2.05%) TCP/IP
6 65 (1.71%) WAN
7 60 (1.58%) LAN
8 47 (1.23%) Wireless
9 40 (1.05%) Network Security
10 36 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (0.74%) Broadband
12 27 (0.71%) HTTP
13 26 (0.68%) VoIP
14 23 (0.60%) VLAN
15 20 (0.53%) Internet
15 20 (0.53%) SAN
16 19 (0.50%) BGP
16 19 (0.50%) SD-WAN
17 17 (0.45%) SMS
18 16 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 388 (10.19%) Power BI
2 133 (3.49%) Tableau
3 124 (3.26%) 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 60 (1.58%) MySQL
9 49 (1.29%) Looker
9 49 (1.29%) Power Query
10 44 (1.16%) Metadata
10 44 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
10 44 (1.16%) 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 (0.53%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 155 (4.07%) JIRA
2 132 (3.47%) Git
3 32 (0.84%) GitLab
3 32 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.42%) Eclipse
6 15 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.39%) Selenium
7 14 (0.37%) Postman
8 13 (0.34%) Burp Suite
8 13 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
9 12 (0.32%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.32%) LabVIEW
10 11 (0.29%) Claude Code
10 11 (0.29%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.29%) MLflow
11 10 (0.26%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.24%) JMeter
12 9 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (0.18%) Moq
General
1 1,904 (50.01%) Social Skills
2 1,058 (27.79%) Finance
3 412 (10.82%) Marketing
4 280 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
5 276 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 249 (6.54%) Manufacturing
7 245 (6.44%) Legal
8 244 (6.41%) Retail
9 211 (5.54%) Public Sector
10 201 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
11 200 (5.25%) Law
12 164 (4.31%) Aerospace
13 113 (2.97%) Electronics
14 106 (2.78%) Telecoms
15 99 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
16 69 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
17 65 (1.71%) Military
18 57 (1.50%) Banking
19 54 (1.42%) Advertising
20 39 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 879 (23.09%) Analyst
2 427 (11.22%) Senior
3 256 (6.72%) Lead
4 206 (5.41%) Developer
5 195 (5.12%) Data Analyst
6 179 (4.70%) Systems Engineer
7 172 (4.52%) Business Analyst
8 137 (3.60%) Support Analyst
9 133 (3.49%) Architect
10 118 (3.10%) Support Engineer
11 114 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
12 106 (2.78%) Data Engineer
13 104 (2.73%) Consultant
14 100 (2.63%) IT Support
15 83 (2.18%) Systems Analyst
16 82 (2.15%) IT Engineer
17 77 (2.02%) Accountant
17 77 (2.02%) Marketing Manager
18 68 (1.79%) Applications Support
19 66 (1.73%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (2.68%) .NET
2 79 (2.08%) HTML
2 79 (2.08%) REST
3 72 (1.89%) CSS
3 72 (1.89%) Terraform
4 63 (1.65%) Middleware
5 56 (1.47%) XML
6 52 (1.37%) JSON
7 46 (1.21%) SOAP
8 44 (1.16%) RESTful
9 41 (1.08%) React
10 39 (1.02%) EDI
11 34 (0.89%) Kafka
11 34 (0.89%) LDAP
12 30 (0.79%) PySpark
13 28 (0.74%) ModSecurity
14 27 (0.71%) ASP.NET
14 27 (0.71%) OAuth
15 26 (0.68%) PyTorch
16 25 (0.66%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 373 (9.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 237 (6.23%) Management Information System
3 196 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 193 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
5 154 (4.05%) Product Ownership
6 129 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
7 125 (3.28%) Driving Licence
8 88 (2.31%) Social Media
9 81 (2.13%) Marketing Technology
10 74 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
11 71 (1.86%) Cloud Native
12 67 (1.76%) Blog
13 66 (1.73%) Data Centre
14 65 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
14 65 (1.71%) Virtual Team
15 49 (1.29%) Security Posture
16 37 (0.97%) Data Structures
17 35 (0.92%) AI Agents
18 34 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
19 33 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 332 (8.72%) Windows
2 205 (5.38%) Linux
3 185 (4.86%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (0.74%) 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 (0.11%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.053%) Solaris
18 1 (0.026%) AIX
18 1 (0.026%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,868 (49.07%) Problem-Solving
2 1,191 (31.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 928 (24.38%) Decision-Making
4 720 (18.91%) Analytics
5 627 (16.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 593 (15.58%) Agile
7 587 (15.42%) AI
8 481 (12.63%) Business Intelligence
9 412 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 376 (9.88%) Actionable Insight
11 370 (9.72%) Validation
12 351 (9.22%) ERP
13 348 (9.14%) Customer Service
14 341 (8.96%) CRM
15 333 (8.75%) Mentoring
16 321 (8.43%) Data Analysis
17 319 (8.38%) Customer Experience
18 311 (8.17%) Project Management
19 303 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
20 300 (7.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 719 (18.89%) SQL
2 461 (12.11%) Python
3 148 (3.89%) JavaScript
4 121 (3.18%) Java
5 117 (3.07%) C#
6 105 (2.76%) PowerShell
7 70 (1.84%) C++
8 57 (1.50%) Bash
8 57 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 41 (1.08%) TypeScript
10 39 (1.02%) T-SQL
11 37 (0.97%) MATLAB
12 33 (0.87%) R
13 29 (0.76%) C
14 23 (0.60%) PHP
15 16 (0.42%) Go
15 16 (0.42%) Perl
15 16 (0.42%) PL/SQL
15 16 (0.42%) Scala
16 15 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 695 (18.26%) Degree
2 479 (12.58%) Security Cleared
3 333 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 142 (3.73%) ACCA
5 135 (3.55%) CIMA
6 124 (3.26%) DBS Check
7 119 (3.13%) DV Cleared
8 114 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 82 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 73 (1.92%) CISSP
11 71 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
12 57 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 53 (1.39%) CISM
14 49 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
15 45 (1.18%) IRCA
16 44 (1.16%) HND
17 39 (1.02%) Azure Certification
18 38 (1.00%) CCNA
19 36 (0.95%) PMI Certification
20 34 (0.89%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 349 (9.17%) Data Quality
2 283 (7.43%) QA
3 236 (6.20%) GDPR
4 147 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 139 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 112 (2.94%) PCI DSS
7 102 (2.68%) ISO 9001
8 99 (2.60%) Accessibility
9 93 (2.44%) SLA
10 85 (2.23%) NIST
11 41 (1.08%) GRC
12 38 (1.00%) PMO
13 28 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 23 (0.60%) ISO 14001
14 23 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 20 (0.53%) DO-254
16 19 (0.50%) IFRS
17 18 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.45%) TickIT
System Software
1 257 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 100 (2.63%) Docker
3 99 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 80 (2.10%) Terminal Server
5 37 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 29 (0.76%) Firmware
7 12 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.24%) 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 (0.11%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.079%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.053%) ProxySG
14 2 (0.053%) XenApp
15 1 (0.026%) NFS
15 1 (0.026%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 66 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 45 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.02%) Ansible
4 25 (0.66%) Grafana
5 22 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (0.53%) 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 5 (0.13%) SCCM
13 4 (0.11%) Nagios
13 4 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 908 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 219 (5.75%) Google
3 131 (3.44%) VMware
4 126 (3.31%) Splunk
5 124 (3.26%) SAP
6 100 (2.63%) Oracle
7 94 (2.47%) SolarWinds
8 87 (2.29%) Veeam
9 81 (2.13%) Brocade
9 81 (2.13%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.10%) Tanium
11 77 (2.02%) Salesforce
12 65 (1.71%) ServiceNow
13 62 (1.63%) Cisco
14 60 (1.58%) Databricks
15 59 (1.55%) Workday
16 38 (1.00%) YouTube
17 36 (0.95%) Adobe
18 32 (0.84%) IBM
19 31 (0.81%) HubSpot