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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,542 4,113 4,230
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.22% 11.96% 8.44%
As % of the General category 11.80% 18.18% 15.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,505 1,516 1,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,789
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% -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 requiring general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 38,490 22,621 27,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.26% 65.77% 54.28%
Number of salaries quoted 24,086 11,194 12,060
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,085 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.05% -13.83% -0.99%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% -3.33%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -18 1,193 £47,500 +5.56% 232
South East -11 1,024 £48,000 +1.05% 302
Midlands -9 809 £45,000 +4.85% 171
North West -15 702 £46,500 +3.33% 119
South West -6 642 £46,743 +3.87% 163
West Midlands -14 420 £47,500 +5.56% 102
East Midlands -5 387 £42,500 +10.39% 69
Yorkshire -7 334 £47,000 +17.50% 85
East of England -10 303 £47,500 +21.79% 84
Northern Ireland +14 226 £43,750 -16.67% 17
Wales -4 218 £45,000 -10.00% 22
North East -20 166 £51,962 +29.91% 31
Scotland -23 151 £50,000 +47.93% 36
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
1 163 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 146 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 55 (1.21%) Confluence
4 34 (0.75%) Apache
5 29 (0.64%) IIS
6 28 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 19 (0.42%) SAS
8 17 (0.37%) WordPress
9 16 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 15 (0.33%) CMS
11 14 (0.31%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.20%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.20%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
14 7 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
15 5 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
16 3 (0.066%) nginx
16 3 (0.066%) Office Communications Server
17 2 (0.044%) Oracle Application Server
17 2 (0.044%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 607 (13.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 305 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 91 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 48 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 26 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.44%) Simulink
7 12 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 10 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
9 8 (0.18%) EPLAN
9 8 (0.18%) Notion
10 7 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 6 (0.13%) Siemens NX
12 4 (0.088%) CATIA
12 4 (0.088%) Photoshop
13 3 (0.066%) CANalyzer
13 3 (0.066%) LaTeX
13 3 (0.066%) Revit
14 2 (0.044%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 87 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.70%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (0.46%) Shopify
5 17 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.24%) Magento
7 10 (0.22%) Infor M3
8 9 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Odoo
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.15%) SAP ERP
10 7 (0.15%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.13%) Exchequer
11 6 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.11%) Elite 3E
12 5 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
13 4 (0.088%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 709 (15.61%) Azure
2 501 (11.03%) Power Platform
3 386 (8.50%) AWS
4 347 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
5 232 (5.11%) SaaS
6 181 (3.99%) Entra ID
7 179 (3.94%) GCP
8 121 (2.66%) Google Ads
9 96 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
10 90 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
11 87 (1.92%) Google Analytics
12 86 (1.89%) Meta Ads
13 62 (1.37%) GitHub
14 59 (1.30%) PowerApps
15 55 (1.21%) Power Automate
15 55 (1.21%) Serverless
16 53 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
17 48 (1.06%) Amazon S3
18 44 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
18 44 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 175 (3.85%) DNS
2 138 (3.04%) DHCP
3 115 (2.53%) Firewall
4 100 (2.20%) VPN
5 88 (1.94%) TCP/IP
6 68 (1.50%) WAN
7 63 (1.39%) Internet
8 58 (1.28%) LAN
9 51 (1.12%) Wireless
10 46 (1.01%) Network Security
11 38 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (0.70%) VLAN
13 28 (0.62%) Broadband
14 26 (0.57%) HTTP
15 24 (0.53%) SAN
16 23 (0.51%) VoIP
17 22 (0.48%) SD-WAN
18 20 (0.44%) BGP
18 20 (0.44%) SSL
19 18 (0.40%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 445 (9.80%) Power BI
2 122 (2.69%) SQL Server
3 120 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
5 93 (2.05%) Tableau
6 91 (2.00%) Relational Database
7 68 (1.50%) MySQL
8 66 (1.45%) Power Query
9 62 (1.37%) Metadata
10 59 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 52 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
12 45 (0.99%) Data Lake
13 42 (0.92%) Looker
14 37 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 36 (0.79%) BigQuery
16 35 (0.77%) Big Data
17 32 (0.70%) NoSQL
18 29 (0.64%) GIS
18 29 (0.64%) MongoDB
19 26 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 205 (4.51%) Git
2 150 (3.30%) JIRA
3 43 (0.95%) GitLab
4 36 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.48%) LabVIEW
6 20 (0.44%) Eclipse
6 20 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.42%) Selenium
8 18 (0.40%) Burp Suite
8 18 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
9 17 (0.37%) Claude Code
9 17 (0.37%) Postman
10 15 (0.33%) Metasploit
11 14 (0.31%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.22%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.18%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.18%) JMeter
13 8 (0.18%) Moq
14 7 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,365 (52.07%) Social Skills
2 1,258 (27.70%) Finance
3 517 (11.38%) Marketing
4 445 (9.80%) Organisational Skills
5 397 (8.74%) Manufacturing
6 334 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 315 (6.94%) Legal
8 301 (6.63%) Retail
9 280 (6.16%) Public Sector
10 243 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
11 236 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
12 224 (4.93%) Law
13 202 (4.45%) Aerospace
14 172 (3.79%) Electronics
15 122 (2.69%) Telecoms
16 85 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
17 79 (1.74%) Automotive
18 72 (1.59%) Advertising
19 64 (1.41%) Banking
20 58 (1.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,033 (22.74%) Analyst
2 547 (12.04%) Senior
3 291 (6.41%) Lead
4 239 (5.26%) Developer
5 195 (4.29%) Support Analyst
6 188 (4.14%) Data Analyst
7 173 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
8 172 (3.79%) Business Analyst
9 149 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
10 148 (3.26%) Architect
11 132 (2.91%) Data Engineer
12 116 (2.55%) Support Engineer
13 111 (2.44%) Consultant
14 107 (2.36%) ITSM Analyst
15 103 (2.27%) IT Support
16 98 (2.16%) Administrator
17 93 (2.05%) Applications Support
18 92 (2.03%) Marketing Manager
19 84 (1.85%) IT Engineer
20 83 (1.83%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (2.47%) .NET
2 87 (1.92%) Terraform
3 77 (1.70%) HTML
4 75 (1.65%) REST
5 72 (1.59%) CSS
6 58 (1.28%) PySpark
7 56 (1.23%) XML
8 55 (1.21%) RESTful
9 45 (0.99%) JSON
10 44 (0.97%) Middleware
11 42 (0.92%) SOAP
12 38 (0.84%) Kafka
12 38 (0.84%) React
13 36 (0.79%) EDI
14 35 (0.77%) LDAP
15 34 (0.75%) Spring
16 33 (0.73%) Spring Boot
17 29 (0.64%) ASP.NET
17 29 (0.64%) ModSecurity
18 25 (0.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 375 (8.26%) Management Information System
2 293 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 271 (5.97%) Onboarding
4 247 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
5 183 (4.03%) Driving Licence
6 167 (3.68%) Product Ownership
7 118 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
8 113 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
9 110 (2.42%) Social Media
10 84 (1.85%) Cloud Native
11 79 (1.74%) Data Centre
12 77 (1.70%) Marketing Technology
13 74 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
14 73 (1.61%) Virtual Team
15 69 (1.52%) Blog
16 53 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
17 50 (1.10%) Data Structures
18 49 (1.08%) SCADA
19 44 (0.97%) FMCG
20 43 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 340 (7.49%) Windows
2 244 (5.37%) Linux
3 192 (4.23%) Windows Server
4 91 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.68%) macOS
6 30 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 28 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.46%) Unix
9 14 (0.31%) Android
9 14 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.20%) CentOS
11 7 (0.15%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.15%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.13%) Debian
12 6 (0.13%) VMS
13 5 (0.11%) OpenVMS
14 4 (0.088%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.022%) Solaris
15 1 (0.022%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,321 (51.10%) Problem-Solving
2 1,506 (33.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,152 (25.36%) Decision-Making
4 910 (20.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 774 (17.04%) Analytics
6 765 (16.84%) AI
7 664 (14.62%) Agile
8 594 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
9 512 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 475 (10.46%) Validation
11 468 (10.30%) Customer Service
12 437 (9.62%) Mentoring
13 434 (9.56%) CRM
14 418 (9.20%) ERP
15 410 (9.03%) Actionable Insight
16 398 (8.76%) Data Analysis
17 386 (8.50%) ITIL
18 379 (8.34%) Process Improvement
19 375 (8.26%) Project Delivery
20 367 (8.08%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 815 (17.94%) SQL
2 478 (10.52%) Python
3 159 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 132 (2.91%) Java
5 121 (2.66%) C#
6 113 (2.49%) PowerShell
7 78 (1.72%) C++
8 68 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 60 (1.32%) Bash
10 48 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 46 (1.01%) R
12 44 (0.97%) MATLAB
13 42 (0.92%) Shell Script
14 37 (0.81%) T-SQL
15 35 (0.77%) C
16 21 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 20 (0.44%) PHP
17 20 (0.44%) PL/SQL
18 17 (0.37%) Perl
18 17 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 966 (21.27%) Degree
2 552 (12.15%) Security Cleared
3 383 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 165 (3.63%) ACCA
5 158 (3.48%) CIMA
6 122 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 117 (2.58%) DV Cleared
8 109 (2.40%) DBS Check
9 90 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 85 (1.87%) HND
11 70 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 68 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
13 66 (1.45%) HNC
14 63 (1.39%) CISSP
15 59 (1.30%) Azure Certification
16 57 (1.25%) Master's Degree
17 49 (1.08%) CISM
18 42 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
19 40 (0.88%) CCNA
20 32 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 432 (9.51%) Data Quality
2 278 (6.12%) QA
3 210 (4.62%) GDPR
4 140 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 138 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 120 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 100 (2.20%) PCI DSS
8 83 (1.83%) SLA
9 62 (1.37%) NIST
10 49 (1.08%) ISO 9001
11 43 (0.95%) PMO
12 39 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 31 (0.68%) GRC
14 27 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 27 (0.59%) DO-254
15 26 (0.57%) IFRS
16 20 (0.44%) GMP
16 20 (0.44%) ISO 14001
17 18 (0.40%) Good Clinical Practice
18 15 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 310 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 143 (3.15%) Docker
3 108 (2.38%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.59%) Terminal Server
5 43 (0.95%) Firmware
6 39 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
7 16 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.15%) Ceph
11 6 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.11%) DFS Replication
12 5 (0.11%) ISA Server
12 5 (0.11%) vSphere
13 4 (0.088%) KVM
13 4 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.088%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.022%) IAG
14 1 (0.022%) NFS
14 1 (0.022%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 71 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 58 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (0.92%) Ansible
4 34 (0.75%) Grafana
5 31 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.35%) Kibana
8 15 (0.33%) Nmap
9 14 (0.31%) QRadar
10 11 (0.24%) Podman
10 11 (0.24%) SCCM
11 10 (0.22%) Functional Safety
12 8 (0.18%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.15%) Argo
13 7 (0.15%) Check_MK
13 7 (0.15%) Istio
13 7 (0.15%) logstash
13 7 (0.15%) Nagios
13 7 (0.15%) SCVMM
14 6 (0.13%) Autotask
Vendors
1 1,228 (27.04%) Microsoft
2 310 (6.83%) Google
3 135 (2.97%) SAP
4 131 (2.88%) Splunk
4 131 (2.88%) VMware
5 121 (2.66%) Oracle
6 93 (2.05%) Salesforce
7 91 (2.00%) SolarWinds
8 80 (1.76%) ServiceNow
9 79 (1.74%) Veeam
10 73 (1.61%) Brocade
10 73 (1.61%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (1.59%) Tanium
12 71 (1.56%) Cisco
13 69 (1.52%) YouTube
14 49 (1.08%) Databricks
15 41 (0.90%) HubSpot
16 37 (0.81%) Adobe
17 33 (0.73%) TikTok
18 30 (0.66%) Sage