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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,723 4,049 5,186
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.81% 11.68% 8.72%
As % of the General category 10.87% 17.54% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,350 1,547 2,381
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,763 £32,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 34,256 23,081 32,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.23% 66.58% 53.84%
Number of salaries quoted 21,152 11,321 18,031
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £27,000
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% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 15 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 15 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 1,055 £47,500 +5.56% 880
South East -9 894 £50,000 -4.76% 979
Midlands -9 651 £47,500 +5.56% 503
North West -16 640 £47,000 +4.44% 520
South West -13 517 £47,500 +5.56% 462
West Midlands -18 336 £50,000 +11.11% 298
East Midlands 0 313 £45,000 - 206
Yorkshire -12 292 £47,000 +16.05% 274
East of England -16 258 £47,500 +5.56% 334
Wales -11 140 £51,709 +0.51% 89
Scotland -24 134 £44,000 +3.53% 295
North East -20 123 £55,000 +35.80% 93
Northern Ireland -27 83 £42,500 -22.73% 150
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
1 162 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 123 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 47 (1.26%) Confluence
4 30 (0.81%) Apache
4 30 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 27 (0.73%) IIS
6 26 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
7 24 (0.64%) CMS
8 10 (0.27%) SAS
8 10 (0.27%) WordPress
9 9 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 8 (0.21%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.081%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.081%) JBoss
13 2 (0.054%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.054%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.027%) Tomcat
Applications
1 445 (11.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
3 75 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (1.58%) MS Visio
5 25 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.16%) 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 (0.081%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.081%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.081%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.081%) Trello
11 2 (0.054%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.054%) Lectora
11 2 (0.054%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.027%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 63 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 34 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
4 27 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 19 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 19 (0.51%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.27%) Magento
8 9 (0.24%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.21%) Shopify
10 7 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.16%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
12 5 (0.13%) SAP PP
13 4 (0.11%) Academy Housing
13 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
13 4 (0.11%) JDE OneWorld
13 4 (0.11%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 631 (16.95%) Azure
2 440 (11.82%) Power Platform
3 328 (8.81%) AWS
4 311 (8.35%) Microsoft 365
5 176 (4.73%) SaaS
6 144 (3.87%) GCP
7 96 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
8 90 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 85 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
10 72 (1.93%) Google Analytics
11 59 (1.58%) GitHub
11 59 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 57 (1.53%) Google Ads
13 55 (1.48%) PowerApps
14 48 (1.29%) Amazon S3
15 40 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
16 39 (1.05%) Serverless
17 38 (1.02%) Snowflake
18 37 (0.99%) Meta Ads
19 34 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 157 (4.22%) DNS
2 124 (3.33%) DHCP
3 103 (2.77%) Firewall
4 89 (2.39%) VPN
5 72 (1.93%) TCP/IP
6 63 (1.69%) WAN
7 57 (1.53%) LAN
8 46 (1.24%) Wireless
9 35 (0.94%) Network Security
9 35 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (0.86%) Broadband
11 27 (0.73%) HTTP
12 23 (0.62%) SAN
12 23 (0.62%) VoIP
13 20 (0.54%) SD-WAN
14 18 (0.48%) BGP
15 17 (0.46%) Internet
15 17 (0.46%) VLAN
16 16 (0.43%) SMS
17 15 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 387 (10.39%) Power BI
2 165 (4.43%) Tableau
3 124 (3.33%) SQL Server
4 115 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 102 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
6 67 (1.80%) Relational Database
7 62 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 57 (1.53%) MySQL
9 50 (1.34%) Power Query
10 46 (1.24%) Looker
11 45 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 43 (1.15%) Metadata
12 43 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
13 39 (1.05%) Data Lake
14 34 (0.91%) Data Mining
15 32 (0.86%) Big Data
15 32 (0.86%) BigQuery
16 29 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
17 23 (0.62%) NoSQL
18 21 (0.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 150 (4.03%) JIRA
2 137 (3.68%) Git
3 39 (1.05%) GitLab
4 32 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 31 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (0.40%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.40%) Selenium
7 14 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 14 (0.38%) Eclipse
7 14 (0.38%) Postman
8 13 (0.35%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.32%) MLflow
10 11 (0.30%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
11 9 (0.24%) Claude Code
11 9 (0.24%) JMeter
11 9 (0.24%) LabVIEW
11 9 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.19%) Moq
General
1 1,835 (49.29%) Social Skills
2 1,041 (27.96%) Finance
3 364 (9.78%) Marketing
4 267 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
5 257 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 239 (6.42%) Manufacturing
7 232 (6.23%) Retail
8 217 (5.83%) Legal
9 208 (5.59%) Public Sector
10 184 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
11 180 (4.83%) Law
12 151 (4.06%) Aerospace
13 109 (2.93%) Telecoms
14 100 (2.69%) Electronics
15 80 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
16 70 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
17 67 (1.80%) Military
18 60 (1.61%) Banking
19 52 (1.40%) Advertising
20 38 (1.02%) Games
Job Titles
1 880 (23.64%) Analyst
2 403 (10.82%) Senior
3 250 (6.72%) Lead
4 209 (5.61%) Data Analyst
5 199 (5.35%) Developer
6 179 (4.81%) Systems Engineer
7 175 (4.70%) Business Analyst
8 131 (3.52%) Architect
9 121 (3.25%) Support Analyst
10 117 (3.14%) Support Engineer
11 102 (2.74%) IT Support
12 100 (2.69%) Data Engineer
13 99 (2.66%) Consultant
13 99 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
14 83 (2.23%) IT Engineer
15 80 (2.15%) Systems Analyst
16 74 (1.99%) Accountant
17 68 (1.83%) IT Manager
18 67 (1.80%) Applications Support
19 66 (1.77%) Head of QA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (2.52%) .NET
2 79 (2.12%) HTML
3 77 (2.07%) REST
4 72 (1.93%) CSS
5 63 (1.69%) Middleware
6 52 (1.40%) XML
7 51 (1.37%) JSON
8 43 (1.15%) React
8 43 (1.15%) SOAP
9 42 (1.13%) RESTful
10 32 (0.86%) Kafka
11 31 (0.83%) EDI
12 30 (0.81%) LDAP
12 30 (0.81%) OAuth
13 28 (0.75%) PyTorch
14 27 (0.73%) Node.js
15 26 (0.70%) ModSecurity
15 26 (0.70%) PySpark
16 24 (0.64%) AngularJS
16 24 (0.64%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 397 (10.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 215 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 187 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
4 173 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 148 (3.98%) Product Ownership
6 129 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
7 126 (3.38%) Driving Licence
8 83 (2.23%) Social Media
9 74 (1.99%) Cloud Native
10 69 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 63 (1.69%) Virtual Team
12 61 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
13 59 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
14 56 (1.50%) Marketing Technology
15 49 (1.32%) Security Posture
16 43 (1.15%) Blog
17 33 (0.89%) AI Agents
17 33 (0.89%) Data Structures
18 31 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
19 30 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 333 (8.94%) Windows
2 211 (5.67%) Linux
3 185 (4.97%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 26 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 22 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.56%) Unix
9 19 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.40%) Android
11 13 (0.35%) Apple iOS
12 12 (0.32%) CentOS
13 10 (0.27%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.19%) Debian
15 6 (0.16%) VMS
16 5 (0.13%) OpenVMS
17 4 (0.11%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.054%) Solaris
19 1 (0.027%) ThreadX
19 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,822 (48.94%) Problem-Solving
2 1,161 (31.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 876 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 721 (19.37%) Analytics
5 598 (16.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 568 (15.26%) Agile
7 541 (14.53%) AI
8 469 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
9 406 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 386 (10.37%) Actionable Insight
11 355 (9.54%) Validation
12 338 (9.08%) ERP
13 336 (9.02%) Customer Experience
14 329 (8.84%) Data Analysis
15 321 (8.62%) Mentoring
16 320 (8.60%) Customer Service
17 316 (8.49%) Project Management
18 308 (8.27%) CRM
19 296 (7.95%) Service Delivery
20 294 (7.90%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 719 (19.31%) SQL
2 485 (13.03%) Python
3 143 (3.84%) JavaScript
4 114 (3.06%) Java
5 109 (2.93%) C#
6 102 (2.74%) PowerShell
7 63 (1.69%) Bash
8 62 (1.67%) C++
9 58 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 39 (1.05%) T-SQL
11 37 (0.99%) TypeScript
12 33 (0.89%) MATLAB
13 30 (0.81%) R
14 26 (0.70%) C
15 22 (0.59%) PHP
16 16 (0.43%) Go
16 16 (0.43%) Scala
17 14 (0.38%) Perl
17 14 (0.38%) PL/SQL
18 13 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 651 (17.49%) Degree
2 456 (12.25%) Security Cleared
3 315 (8.46%) SC Cleared
4 145 (3.89%) ACCA
5 139 (3.73%) CIMA
6 128 (3.44%) DBS Check
7 116 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 115 (3.09%) DV Cleared
9 83 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 73 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
11 69 (1.85%) CISSP
12 67 (1.80%) IRCA
13 56 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 51 (1.37%) CISM
15 48 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
16 38 (1.02%) CCNA
16 38 (1.02%) HNC
16 38 (1.02%) HND
17 36 (0.97%) Azure Certification
18 33 (0.89%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 347 (9.32%) Data Quality
2 288 (7.74%) QA
3 257 (6.90%) GDPR
4 147 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 137 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 119 (3.20%) ISO 9001
7 113 (3.04%) PCI DSS
8 95 (2.55%) SLA
9 94 (2.52%) Accessibility
10 83 (2.23%) NIST
11 41 (1.10%) GRC
12 38 (1.02%) PMO
13 28 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 27 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.62%) ISO 14001
15 23 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 22 (0.59%) GMP
17 18 (0.48%) DO-254
17 18 (0.48%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.46%) TickIT
System Software
1 257 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 107 (2.87%) Docker
3 100 (2.69%) Hyper-V
4 80 (2.15%) Terminal Server
5 39 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (0.67%) Firmware
7 12 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.19%) Ceph
9 7 (0.19%) vSphere
10 5 (0.13%) KVM
11 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
11 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.081%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.081%) ProxySG
12 3 (0.081%) XenApp
13 1 (0.027%) NFS
13 1 (0.027%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 77 (2.07%) Terraform
2 72 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (1.15%) Ansible
5 26 (0.70%) Grafana
6 21 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (0.38%) Kibana
8 14 (0.38%) QRadar
9 11 (0.30%) Nmap
9 11 (0.30%) Podman
10 7 (0.19%) Argo
10 7 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.19%) Istio
10 7 (0.19%) logstash
11 6 (0.16%) Kubeflow
11 6 (0.16%) Nagios
12 5 (0.13%) Functional Safety
12 5 (0.13%) Puppet
12 5 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 885 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 198 (5.32%) Google
3 132 (3.55%) VMware
4 130 (3.49%) SAP
5 125 (3.36%) Splunk
6 102 (2.74%) Oracle
7 96 (2.58%) SolarWinds
8 87 (2.34%) Veeam
9 81 (2.18%) Brocade
9 81 (2.18%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.15%) Tanium
11 79 (2.12%) Salesforce
12 64 (1.72%) ServiceNow
12 64 (1.72%) Workday
13 62 (1.67%) Cisco
14 60 (1.61%) Databricks
15 36 (0.97%) Red Hat
16 33 (0.89%) Dell
17 32 (0.86%) Adobe
17 32 (0.86%) IBM