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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,034 3,657 6,526
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.59% 12.41% 8.54%
As % of the General category 10.28% 17.37% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,038 1,314 3,610
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -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 29,524 21,058 42,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.69% 71.48% 55.26%
Number of salaries quoted 17,827 9,397 27,284
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -18 934 £47,750 -1.15% 377
South East -6 762 £50,000 -9.09% 536
Midlands -9 553 £48,750 +2.63% 238
North West -18 549 £46,500 -7.00% 205
South West -26 320 £47,500 -5.00% 166
West Midlands -13 310 £51,300 +8.00% 139
Yorkshire -13 290 £50,000 +11.11% 124
East Midlands +2 242 £45,000 -5.26% 99
East of England -8 235 £45,025 +0.06% 146
Scotland -25 118 £40,000 -20.71% 72
North East -29 95 £50,500 +29.16% 54
Wales -2 82 £53,171 -3.33% 28
Northern Ireland -22 41 £40,000 -27.27% 41
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
1 144 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (1.02%) Confluence
4 30 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.92%) CMS
6 23 (0.76%) IIS
7 22 (0.73%) Apache
8 9 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.30%) WordPress
9 6 (0.20%) SAS
10 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.13%) nginx
12 3 (0.099%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.099%) govService
12 3 (0.099%) JBoss
13 2 (0.066%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.066%) WebSphere
14 1 (0.033%) Moodle
14 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 401 (13.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 55 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.33%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.099%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.099%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.099%) Trello
10 2 (0.066%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.066%) Lectora
10 2 (0.066%) Simulink
10 2 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.033%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 43 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (0.63%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.46%) SAP ERP
7 11 (0.36%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
9 7 (0.23%) Magento
9 7 (0.23%) Workday HCM
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
10 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
11 4 (0.13%) JDE World
11 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
12 3 (0.099%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 519 (17.11%) Azure
2 400 (13.18%) Power Platform
3 268 (8.83%) Microsoft 365
4 267 (8.80%) AWS
5 123 (4.05%) SaaS
6 99 (3.26%) GCP
7 83 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
8 79 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 76 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
10 55 (1.81%) GitHub
11 52 (1.71%) Google Analytics
12 51 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
13 45 (1.48%) Power Automate
14 44 (1.45%) PowerApps
15 43 (1.42%) Amazon S3
16 36 (1.19%) Serverless
17 33 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
17 33 (1.09%) dbt
18 32 (1.05%) Snowflake
19 28 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 131 (4.32%) Firewall
2 124 (4.09%) DNS
3 96 (3.16%) DHCP
4 78 (2.57%) VPN
5 61 (2.01%) WAN
6 46 (1.52%) LAN
7 45 (1.48%) TCP/IP
8 42 (1.38%) Broadband
9 38 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
9 38 (1.25%) Wireless
10 27 (0.89%) Network Security
11 25 (0.82%) SD-WAN
12 24 (0.79%) BGP
12 24 (0.79%) VLAN
13 22 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
13 22 (0.73%) SAN
13 22 (0.73%) Wireshark
14 19 (0.63%) HTTP
15 15 (0.49%) OSPF
16 13 (0.43%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 358 (11.80%) Power BI
2 211 (6.95%) Tableau
3 98 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 89 (2.93%) Data Mining
5 86 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
6 74 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 57 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 43 (1.42%) Power Query
9 42 (1.38%) Metadata
10 35 (1.15%) Looker
10 35 (1.15%) MySQL
10 35 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 33 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
11 33 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
12 30 (0.99%) Data Lake
13 29 (0.96%) Big Data
13 29 (0.96%) Relational Database
14 26 (0.86%) NoSQL
15 17 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 94 (3.10%) JIRA
2 66 (2.18%) Git
3 37 (1.22%) GitLab
4 32 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 11 (0.36%) MLflow
6 11 (0.36%) Selenium
7 7 (0.23%) LabVIEW
7 7 (0.23%) Moq
7 7 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.20%) Subversion
8 6 (0.20%) Toad
9 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.16%) ERwin
9 5 (0.16%) JMeter
9 5 (0.16%) Maven
9 5 (0.16%) Postman
10 4 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 1,403 (46.24%) Social Skills
2 910 (29.99%) Finance
3 266 (8.77%) Marketing
4 178 (5.87%) Public Sector
5 177 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 154 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
7 149 (4.91%) Retail
8 144 (4.75%) Law
8 144 (4.75%) Legal
9 139 (4.58%) Manufacturing
10 113 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
11 95 (3.13%) Telecoms
12 72 (2.37%) Aerospace
13 71 (2.34%) Electronics
14 66 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
15 63 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
16 42 (1.38%) Banking
17 41 (1.35%) Military
18 37 (1.22%) Games
19 31 (1.02%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 846 (27.88%) Analyst
2 321 (10.58%) Senior
3 232 (7.65%) Data Analyst
4 208 (6.86%) Lead
5 168 (5.54%) Business Analyst
6 158 (5.21%) Developer
7 153 (5.04%) Systems Engineer
8 114 (3.76%) Architect
9 88 (2.90%) Support Analyst
10 85 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
11 84 (2.77%) Consultant
12 82 (2.70%) Support Engineer
13 81 (2.67%) Systems Analyst
14 77 (2.54%) IT Support
14 77 (2.54%) Trainee
14 77 (2.54%) Trainee Analyst
14 77 (2.54%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 71 (2.34%) Data Engineer
16 68 (2.24%) IT Manager
17 66 (2.18%) Head of QA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (2.64%) HTML
2 71 (2.34%) CSS
3 62 (2.04%) .NET
4 61 (2.01%) Middleware
4 61 (2.01%) REST
5 56 (1.85%) JSON
6 55 (1.81%) React
7 53 (1.75%) XML
8 39 (1.29%) SOAP
9 38 (1.25%) Node.js
10 30 (0.99%) PyTorch
11 24 (0.79%) TensorFlow
12 21 (0.69%) scikit-learn
13 20 (0.66%) EDI
13 20 (0.66%) PySpark
14 17 (0.56%) OAuth
14 17 (0.56%) Pandas
14 17 (0.56%) RESTful
15 16 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
16 15 (0.49%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 375 (12.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 144 (4.75%) Management Information System
3 119 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 113 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
5 109 (3.59%) Product Ownership
6 95 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
7 74 (2.44%) Data Centre
8 67 (2.21%) Driving Licence
9 42 (1.38%) Cloud Native
10 38 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
11 36 (1.19%) Algorithms
12 35 (1.15%) Data Structures
12 35 (1.15%) Social Media
13 32 (1.05%) FMCG
13 32 (1.05%) Security Posture
14 31 (1.02%) Virtual Team
15 30 (0.99%) Low-Code
16 28 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
17 26 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
18 25 (0.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 258 (8.50%) Windows
2 158 (5.21%) Windows Server
3 152 (5.01%) Linux
4 86 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.69%) Unix
6 16 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (0.43%) Android
10 11 (0.36%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.30%) CentOS
12 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
12 8 (0.26%) VMS
12 8 (0.26%) Windows 10
13 4 (0.13%) Debian
14 3 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.033%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.033%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,415 (46.64%) Problem-Solving
2 825 (27.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 669 (22.05%) Decision-Making
4 625 (20.60%) Analytics
5 443 (14.60%) Agile
6 409 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
7 371 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 322 (10.61%) AI
9 309 (10.18%) Actionable Insight
10 307 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 292 (9.62%) Project Management
12 287 (9.46%) Data Analysis
13 277 (9.13%) Customer Service
14 263 (8.67%) ERP
15 253 (8.34%) Cybersecurity
16 249 (8.21%) Customer Experience
17 245 (8.08%) CRM
18 241 (7.94%) Mentoring
19 235 (7.75%) Data Modelling
20 234 (7.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 654 (21.56%) SQL
2 504 (16.61%) Python
3 105 (3.46%) JavaScript
4 101 (3.33%) PowerShell
5 99 (3.26%) Java
6 84 (2.77%) C#
7 59 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 45 (1.48%) R
9 43 (1.42%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.35%) Bash
10 41 (1.35%) C++
11 34 (1.12%) VBA
12 30 (0.99%) MATLAB
13 20 (0.66%) PHP
14 16 (0.53%) TypeScript
15 15 (0.49%) Go
15 15 (0.49%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.46%) Scala
17 12 (0.40%) C
18 9 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 505 (16.64%) Degree
2 279 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 205 (6.76%) SC Cleared
4 148 (4.88%) ACCA
5 142 (4.68%) CIMA
6 130 (4.28%) DBS Check
7 78 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 69 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
9 66 (2.18%) IRCA
10 49 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 46 (1.52%) CISSP
12 45 (1.48%) DV Cleared
13 42 (1.38%) PMI Certification
14 38 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
15 35 (1.15%) PMP
16 34 (1.12%) CCNA
16 34 (1.12%) CISM
17 25 (0.82%) CCNP
17 25 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 302 (9.95%) Data Quality
2 244 (8.04%) GDPR
3 185 (6.10%) QA
4 153 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 138 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 109 (3.59%) PCI DSS
7 105 (3.46%) NIST
8 104 (3.43%) ISO 9001
9 78 (2.57%) SLA
10 58 (1.91%) Accessibility
11 44 (1.45%) GRC
12 38 (1.25%) PMO
13 37 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 20 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 18 (0.59%) ISO 14001
15 18 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 17 (0.56%) GMP
16 17 (0.56%) SOC 2
16 17 (0.56%) TickIT
17 13 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 200 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 83 (2.74%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.37%) Terminal Server
4 53 (1.75%) Docker
5 32 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.23%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.13%) XenApp
12 3 (0.099%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.099%) Firmware
13 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.033%) KVM
14 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.033%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 65 (2.14%) Terraform
2 45 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 36 (1.19%) Ansible
4 28 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.56%) Grafana
6 12 (0.40%) Kibana
6 12 (0.40%) QRadar
7 9 (0.30%) Nagios
8 8 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
10 6 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.16%) Graylog
11 5 (0.16%) logstash
11 5 (0.16%) Podman
12 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.13%) Control-M
12 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 737 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 125 (4.12%) SAP
3 119 (3.92%) Google
4 109 (3.59%) VMware
5 106 (3.49%) Splunk
6 98 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 95 (3.13%) SolarWinds
8 83 (2.74%) Veeam
9 81 (2.67%) Oracle
10 73 (2.41%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (2.37%) Brocade
11 72 (2.37%) Tanium
12 66 (2.18%) Workday
13 59 (1.94%) Databricks
14 47 (1.55%) Cisco
15 42 (1.38%) ServiceNow
16 36 (1.19%) IBM
17 29 (0.96%) Dell
18 28 (0.92%) HubSpot
19 27 (0.89%) Adobe