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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 12 18
Rank change year-on-year -21 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,992 2,784 5,357
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.34% 10.79% 8.58%
As % of the General category 10.58% 15.84% 14.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,790 1,399 3,478
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £26,945
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,967 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +13.26% -3.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 28,278 17,578 36,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.42% 68.11% 58.94%
Number of salaries quoted 14,866 9,159 25,383
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +8.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 28 March 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 28 March 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
South East 0 808 £50,000 -1.90% 595
North of England -23 777 £45,000 -10.00% 400
Midlands -16 576 £47,500 -1.55% 298
North West -21 421 £42,500 -17.39% 220
West Midlands -18 354 £51,300 +2.60% 175
South West -22 268 £45,000 -14.29% 178
East of England -28 259 £45,000 -11.71% 161
Yorkshire -5 258 £49,222 +9.38% 136
East Midlands -3 220 £42,500 -3.41% 123
Scotland -19 185 £40,000 -21.40% 92
North East -11 98 £48,445 +23.90% 50
Wales +10 80 £40,000 -20.20% 59
Northern Ireland -22 51 £52,500 -4.55% 22
Isle of Man -3 1 £62,500 +68.92%
Channel Islands -5 1 - -
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
1 128 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.54%) Confluence
4 34 (1.14%) CMS
5 28 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.47%) IIS
7 13 (0.43%) Apache
8 10 (0.33%) SAS
8 10 (0.33%) WordPress
9 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.13%) nginx
10 3 (0.10%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.10%) govService
10 3 (0.10%) JBoss
11 1 (0.033%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.033%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.033%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.033%) OpenStack
Applications
1 507 (16.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 205 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
3 79 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 66 (2.21%) Chatbot
5 56 (1.87%) MS Visio
6 23 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 21 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.33%) CATIA
9 5 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.17%) Trello
10 2 (0.067%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.067%) Revit
10 2 (0.067%) Simulink
11 1 (0.033%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.033%) Sketch
11 1 (0.033%) SmartSuite
11 1 (0.033%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 51 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (0.97%) NetSuite
2 29 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
3 20 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.53%) SAP CO
5 15 (0.50%) SAP MDG
5 15 (0.50%) SAP PM
6 10 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.33%) Sage X3
6 10 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.33%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
8 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
9 4 (0.13%) Magento
9 4 (0.13%) Markit EDM
9 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
9 4 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 496 (16.58%) Azure
2 379 (12.67%) Power Platform
3 231 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
4 229 (7.65%) AWS
5 133 (4.45%) SaaS
6 119 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
7 76 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
8 67 (2.24%) GCP
9 66 (2.21%) Entra ID
10 61 (2.04%) GitHub
11 56 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
12 46 (1.54%) dbt
13 45 (1.50%) Snowflake
14 44 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 40 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
15 40 (1.34%) Power Automate
16 36 (1.20%) Amazon S3
17 34 (1.14%) Serverless
18 32 (1.07%) Google Analytics
19 28 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 128 (4.28%) DNS
2 107 (3.58%) Firewall
3 103 (3.44%) DHCP
4 59 (1.97%) VPN
5 54 (1.80%) WAN
6 49 (1.64%) Wireless
7 45 (1.50%) LAN
8 44 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (1.30%) TCP/IP
10 34 (1.14%) Network Security
11 32 (1.07%) VLAN
12 31 (1.04%) Wireshark
13 24 (0.80%) SD-WAN
14 23 (0.77%) Broadband
14 23 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
15 21 (0.70%) BGP
15 21 (0.70%) VoIP
16 19 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
16 19 (0.64%) SAN
17 18 (0.60%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 348 (11.63%) Power BI
2 269 (8.99%) Tableau
3 167 (5.58%) Data Mining
4 120 (4.01%) SQL Server
5 82 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
6 76 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
7 55 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 49 (1.64%) Looker
9 47 (1.57%) Metadata
10 45 (1.50%) Relational Database
11 39 (1.30%) MySQL
12 38 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 35 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
14 30 (1.00%) Data Lake
15 29 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
15 29 (0.97%) Power Query
16 25 (0.84%) GIS
17 24 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 22 (0.74%) NoSQL
19 17 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 116 (3.88%) JIRA
2 74 (2.47%) Git
3 27 (0.90%) GitLab
3 27 (0.90%) Selenium
4 17 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.50%) Robot Framework
6 13 (0.43%) Snyk
7 11 (0.37%) MLflow
7 11 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
8 8 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.27%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.20%) ERwin
10 6 (0.20%) Postman
10 6 (0.20%) Subversion
10 6 (0.20%) TestRail
11 5 (0.17%) ER Studio
11 5 (0.17%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.13%) Maven
General
1 1,506 (50.33%) Social Skills
2 928 (31.02%) Finance
3 232 (7.75%) Marketing
4 152 (5.08%) Retail
5 149 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
6 140 (4.68%) Public Sector
7 138 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 133 (4.45%) Legal
9 124 (4.14%) Manufacturing
10 123 (4.11%) Law
11 110 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
12 84 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
13 72 (2.41%) Telecoms
14 62 (2.07%) Banking
15 53 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 48 (1.60%) Electronics
17 34 (1.14%) Aerospace
17 34 (1.14%) Games
18 33 (1.10%) Advertising
18 33 (1.10%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 821 (27.44%) Analyst
2 317 (10.59%) Senior
3 254 (8.49%) Data Analyst
4 200 (6.68%) Lead
5 148 (4.95%) Developer
6 146 (4.88%) Trainee
7 139 (4.65%) Trainee Analyst
7 139 (4.65%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 125 (4.18%) Business Analyst
9 121 (4.04%) Support Analyst
10 111 (3.71%) Systems Engineer
11 108 (3.61%) IT Support
12 103 (3.44%) Architect
13 82 (2.74%) Support Engineer
14 81 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
15 74 (2.47%) Financial Analyst
16 69 (2.31%) Senior Manager
17 68 (2.27%) Systems Manager
18 66 (2.21%) Head of QA
18 66 (2.21%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (2.71%) HTML
2 70 (2.34%) CSS
3 59 (1.97%) React
4 53 (1.77%) .NET
5 36 (1.20%) JSON
5 36 (1.20%) Node.js
6 33 (1.10%) REST
7 29 (0.97%) XML
8 23 (0.77%) PyTorch
9 20 (0.67%) SOAP
9 20 (0.67%) TensorFlow
10 19 (0.64%) Middleware
11 18 (0.60%) scikit-learn
12 17 (0.57%) PySpark
13 16 (0.53%) Bootstrap
13 16 (0.53%) React Native
14 15 (0.50%) Pandas
15 14 (0.47%) OAuth
16 12 (0.40%) Flash
16 12 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 338 (11.30%) Analytical Mindset
2 191 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 152 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 143 (4.78%) Management Information System
5 107 (3.58%) Product Ownership
6 100 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
7 60 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 54 (1.80%) Driving Licence
9 50 (1.67%) Cloud Native
10 38 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.20%) Algorithms
12 34 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
12 34 (1.14%) Data Structures
13 33 (1.10%) Social Media
14 32 (1.07%) Low-Code
15 30 (1.00%) Robotics
16 29 (0.97%) Security Posture
17 28 (0.94%) Virtual Team
18 27 (0.90%) FMCG
19 26 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 257 (8.59%) Windows
2 153 (5.11%) Linux
3 136 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 76 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.70%) Unix
6 16 (0.53%) Android
7 13 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.33%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.13%) CentOS
11 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.067%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.033%) Debian
14 1 (0.033%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.033%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,354 (45.25%) Problem-Solving
2 823 (27.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 673 (22.49%) Analytics
4 611 (20.42%) Decision-Making
5 460 (15.37%) Agile
6 432 (14.44%) AI
7 430 (14.37%) Business Intelligence
8 429 (14.34%) Project Management
9 358 (11.97%) Data Analysis
10 351 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 277 (9.26%) Customer Experience
12 276 (9.22%) Customer Service
13 275 (9.19%) Actionable Insight
14 253 (8.46%) ERP
15 242 (8.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 241 (8.05%) Business Analysis
17 239 (7.99%) Process Improvement
18 232 (7.75%) Analytical Thinking
19 228 (7.62%) Mentoring
20 224 (7.49%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 658 (21.99%) SQL
2 498 (16.64%) Python
3 99 (3.31%) JavaScript
4 87 (2.91%) PowerShell
5 81 (2.71%) C#
6 75 (2.51%) Java
7 68 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 42 (1.40%) R
9 39 (1.30%) T-SQL
10 38 (1.27%) VBA
11 28 (0.94%) Bash
12 26 (0.87%) C++
13 21 (0.70%) MATLAB
14 14 (0.47%) C
15 10 (0.33%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.30%) Go
16 9 (0.30%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.30%) Scala
17 8 (0.27%) PHP
17 8 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 635 (21.22%) Degree
2 259 (8.66%) Security Cleared
3 185 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 156 (5.21%) ACCA
5 144 (4.81%) CIMA
6 108 (3.61%) Master's Degree
7 102 (3.41%) DBS Check
8 71 (2.37%) PhD
9 66 (2.21%) IRCA
10 61 (2.04%) PMI Certification
11 59 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 58 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
13 51 (1.70%) CISSP
13 51 (1.70%) DV Cleared
13 51 (1.70%) PMP
14 50 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
15 39 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
16 37 (1.24%) CISM
17 27 (0.90%) AAT
18 26 (0.87%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 203 (6.78%) GDPR
3 170 (5.68%) QA
4 128 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 124 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 100 (3.34%) NIST
7 99 (3.31%) PCI DSS
8 79 (2.64%) ISO 9001
9 56 (1.87%) PMO
10 40 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 37 (1.24%) SLA
12 35 (1.17%) Accessibility
13 24 (0.80%) GRC
14 19 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (0.57%) GMP
15 17 (0.57%) SOC 2
16 14 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 13 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 12 (0.40%) NCSC
19 10 (0.33%) COBIT
System Software
1 194 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 85 (2.84%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.41%) Terminal Server
4 39 (1.30%) Docker
5 28 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.33%) vSphere
7 8 (0.27%) ProxySG
8 7 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.17%) Firmware
11 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.13%) XenApp
12 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.033%) KVM
Systems Management
1 83 (2.77%) Terraform
2 45 (1.50%) Ansible
3 38 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 23 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.53%) Grafana
6 10 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.20%) Nagios
7 6 (0.20%) SCCM
8 5 (0.17%) Control-M
9 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.13%) CASB
9 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.13%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.13%) QRadar
9 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
9 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.10%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.10%) Nessus
Vendors
1 776 (25.94%) Microsoft
2 152 (5.08%) SAP
3 105 (3.51%) Oracle
4 101 (3.38%) VMware
5 99 (3.31%) SolarWinds
6 91 (3.04%) Splunk
7 77 (2.57%) Veeam
8 74 (2.47%) Google
9 73 (2.44%) Tanium
10 72 (2.41%) Brocade
10 72 (2.41%) Nimble Storage
11 66 (2.21%) PayPal
11 66 (2.21%) Salesforce
12 59 (1.97%) ServiceNow
13 52 (1.74%) Databricks
14 50 (1.67%) Workday
15 46 (1.54%) Cisco
16 26 (0.87%) Dell
17 20 (0.67%) IBM
17 20 (0.67%) Red Hat