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

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	9	13
Rank change year-on-year	-14	+4	+8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	4,801	3,901	3,946
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	5.30%	11.11%	8.23%
As % of the General category	11.84%	17.45%	15.03%
Number of salaries quoted	2,576	1,578	1,500
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£28,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£36,017	£32,563	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,938	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£77,500
UK median annual salary	£51,402	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+2.80%	-9.09%	-

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 citing general skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	40,551	22,349	26,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.75%	63.63%	54.75%
Number of salaries quoted	25,085	11,807	11,423
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,309
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.52%	+0.62%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£66,000
90^th Percentile	£82,500	£77,500	£81,250
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+5.77%	-13.33%	-

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 1 November 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 1 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North of England	-15	1,218	£47,500	+5.56%	446
South East	-11	1,115	£50,000	+5.26%	613
Midlands	-8	864	£45,000	+3.45%	329
North West	-13	702	£46,500	+3.33%	251
South West	-5	669	£47,000	+4.44%	285
West Midlands	-11	453	£46,401	-7.20%	187
East Midlands	-6	409	£42,500	+13.33%	142
Yorkshire	-8	341	£47,000	+17.50%	134
East of England	-20	325	£47,500	+18.75%	201
Northern Ireland	+10	231	£43,750	-16.67%	54
Wales	-4	231	£45,000	-6.49%	50
North East	-22	184	£53,213	+31.39%	67
Scotland	-23	172	£52,500	+56.72%	109
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	2
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Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	51.8%	2,486
2	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1,598
3	Microsoft	27.2%	1,304
4	Decision-Making	24.9%	1,197
5	Degree	21.5%	1,031
6	Stakeholder Management	21.0%	1,007
7	AI	17.9%	860
8	SQL	17.7%	849
9	Analytics	17.2%	825
10	Azure	15.4%	740
11	Agile	14.7%	705
12	Microsoft Excel	14.1%	677
13	Business Intelligence	13.7%	660
14	Security Cleared	12.3%	589
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.1%	535
16	Power Platform	11.1%	531
17	Validation	11.0%	526
18	Python	10.7%	512
19	Customer Service	10.1%	483
20	Power BI	9.9%	474
21	Mentoring	9.8%	471
22	Data Quality	9.6%	461
23	Actionable Insight	9.4%	452
23	CRM	9.4%	452
25	Data Analysis	9.2%	441
26	ERP	8.9%	426
27	Process Improvement	8.7%	416
28	SC Cleared	8.6%	415
29	AWS	8.3%	400
29	Collaborative Working	8.3%	400

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.4%	2,470
2	Finance	27.6%	1,324
3	Marketing	12.1%	580
4	Organisational Skills	10.5%	503
5	Manufacturing	9.4%	452
6	Inclusion and Diversity	7.3%	351
7	Legal	6.9%	329
8	Retail	6.7%	323
9	Public Sector	6.2%	296
10	Influencing Skills	5.5%	263
11	Presentation Skills	5.4%	259
12	Law	4.7%	224
13	Aerospace	4.4%	209
14	Electronics	4.2%	204
15	Telecoms	2.7%	131
16	Documentation Skills	1.9%	91
17	Automotive	1.7%	84
18	Advertising	1.6%	78
19	Pharmaceutical	1.6%	76
20	Banking	1.4%	69