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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,098 3,767 6,617
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.53% 12.37% 8.50%
As % of the General category 10.15% 17.48% 15.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,123 1,358 3,618
10th Percentile £30,990 £28,425 £26,425
25th Percentile £36,775 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £59,967
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,292 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.29% +10.00% -8.90%

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 30,522 21,556 42,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.62% 70.76% 54.71%
Number of salaries quoted 18,738 9,839 27,416
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,689 £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 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 25 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 25 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 -18 956 £48,000 +1.05% 302
South East -7 786 £50,000 -9.09% 500
Midlands -10 565 £47,500 - 254
North West -18 560 £46,775 -6.45% 160
South West -25 335 £47,500 -2.07% 161
West Midlands -16 316 £49,000 +3.16% 142
Yorkshire -12 294 £50,000 +11.11% 103
East Midlands -3 248 £45,000 -5.76% 111
East of England -19 238 £45,050 -4.50% 125
Scotland -23 107 £40,000 -21.05% 62
North East -26 102 £55,000 +41.75% 47
Wales -8 83 £53,171 -3.33% 27
Northern Ireland -22 39 £40,000 -27.27% 52
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
1 148 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.23%) Confluence
4 30 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.90%) CMS
6 25 (0.81%) Apache
7 20 (0.65%) IIS
8 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.29%) WordPress
9 8 (0.26%) SAS
10 6 (0.19%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.097%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.097%) JBoss
13 2 (0.065%) govService
14 1 (0.032%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.032%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.032%) Umbraco
Applications
1 395 (12.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 141 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.87%) MS Visio
4 54 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.29%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.097%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.097%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.097%) Trello
10 2 (0.065%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.065%) Lectora
10 2 (0.065%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.065%) Simulink
10 2 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.032%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.032%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.48%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.45%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.32%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
9 7 (0.23%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.19%) Magento
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
11 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
12 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
12 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
12 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
12 4 (0.13%) JDE World
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 544 (17.56%) Azure
2 412 (13.30%) Power Platform
3 279 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
4 270 (8.72%) AWS
5 123 (3.97%) SaaS
6 112 (3.62%) GCP
7 85 (2.74%) Entra ID
8 83 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
9 78 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
10 55 (1.78%) Google Analytics
11 52 (1.68%) GitHub
12 50 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
13 48 (1.55%) PowerApps
14 44 (1.42%) Power Automate
15 43 (1.39%) Amazon S3
16 35 (1.13%) Serverless
17 32 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
18 30 (0.97%) dbt
19 27 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
20 23 (0.74%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 138 (4.45%) Firewall
2 130 (4.20%) DNS
3 101 (3.26%) DHCP
4 74 (2.39%) VPN
5 66 (2.13%) WAN
6 54 (1.74%) TCP/IP
7 53 (1.71%) LAN
8 42 (1.36%) Broadband
9 41 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (1.29%) Wireless
11 28 (0.90%) Network Security
12 24 (0.77%) BGP
12 24 (0.77%) HTTP
12 24 (0.77%) SD-WAN
13 22 (0.71%) VLAN
14 21 (0.68%) Wireshark
15 20 (0.65%) SAN
16 19 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
17 17 (0.55%) VoIP
18 14 (0.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (11.94%) Power BI
2 192 (6.20%) Tableau
3 100 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 88 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
5 85 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
6 70 (2.26%) Data Mining
7 54 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 42 (1.36%) Power Query
9 38 (1.23%) Metadata
10 37 (1.19%) MySQL
10 37 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
10 37 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 36 (1.16%) Looker
12 33 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
12 33 (1.07%) Relational Database
13 30 (0.97%) Data Lake
14 27 (0.87%) Big Data
15 19 (0.61%) BigQuery
16 18 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
16 18 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 102 (3.29%) JIRA
2 76 (2.45%) Git
3 39 (1.26%) GitLab
4 35 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
5 19 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.39%) Selenium
8 11 (0.36%) MLflow
9 9 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 9 (0.29%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.26%) JMeter
10 8 (0.26%) Postman
11 7 (0.23%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.23%) Moq
11 7 (0.23%) Subversion
12 6 (0.19%) Toad
13 5 (0.16%) ERwin
13 5 (0.16%) Maven
13 5 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 1,465 (47.29%) Social Skills
2 934 (30.15%) Finance
3 259 (8.36%) Marketing
4 191 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 181 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
6 168 (5.42%) Retail
7 166 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 159 (5.13%) Manufacturing
9 154 (4.97%) Legal
10 142 (4.58%) Law
11 116 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
12 98 (3.16%) Telecoms
13 74 (2.39%) Aerospace
14 70 (2.26%) Electronics
15 64 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
16 58 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
17 45 (1.45%) Banking
18 41 (1.32%) Military
19 36 (1.16%) Advertising
20 34 (1.10%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 855 (27.60%) Analyst
2 317 (10.23%) Senior
3 229 (7.39%) Data Analyst
4 224 (7.23%) Lead
5 167 (5.39%) Business Analyst
6 160 (5.16%) Developer
7 159 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
8 102 (3.29%) Architect
9 98 (3.16%) Support Engineer
10 95 (3.07%) Support Analyst
11 90 (2.91%) Consultant
12 89 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
13 86 (2.78%) IT Support
14 85 (2.74%) Systems Analyst
15 80 (2.58%) Data Engineer
16 68 (2.19%) Accountant
17 66 (2.13%) Head of QA
17 66 (2.13%) IT Manager
18 65 (2.10%) Trainee
18 65 (2.10%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.36%) HTML
2 67 (2.16%) .NET
3 66 (2.13%) Middleware
4 65 (2.10%) CSS
5 63 (2.03%) REST
6 60 (1.94%) JSON
7 58 (1.87%) XML
8 53 (1.71%) React
9 37 (1.19%) SOAP
10 36 (1.16%) Node.js
11 31 (1.00%) PyTorch
12 25 (0.81%) RESTful
12 25 (0.81%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.71%) scikit-learn
14 21 (0.68%) EDI
14 21 (0.68%) PySpark
15 18 (0.58%) Pandas
16 17 (0.55%) Kafka
17 16 (0.52%) OAuth
18 15 (0.48%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 388 (12.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 151 (4.87%) Management Information System
3 122 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 117 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
5 115 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 97 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
7 80 (2.58%) Driving Licence
8 68 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 46 (1.48%) Cloud Native
10 43 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
11 39 (1.26%) Security Posture
12 36 (1.16%) Algorithms
12 36 (1.16%) Data Structures
13 34 (1.10%) Social Media
14 32 (1.03%) Virtual Team
15 30 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
15 30 (0.97%) FMCG
16 28 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
16 28 (0.90%) PKI
17 27 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 268 (8.65%) Windows
2 163 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 157 (5.07%) Linux
4 86 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.65%) Unix
6 18 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (0.48%) Android
9 14 (0.45%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.42%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.36%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.36%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.29%) CentOS
13 8 (0.26%) VMS
14 4 (0.13%) Debian
14 4 (0.13%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.032%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.032%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.032%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,450 (46.80%) Problem-Solving
2 866 (27.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 716 (23.11%) Decision-Making
4 636 (20.53%) Analytics
5 443 (14.30%) Agile
6 420 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
7 391 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 331 (10.68%) AI
9 327 (10.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 318 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
11 284 (9.17%) Customer Service
11 284 (9.17%) Data Analysis
12 279 (9.01%) ERP
13 274 (8.84%) Project Management
14 271 (8.75%) Cybersecurity
15 255 (8.23%) Customer Experience
15 255 (8.23%) Mentoring
16 252 (8.13%) CRM
17 241 (7.78%) Data Modelling
18 240 (7.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 673 (21.72%) SQL
2 496 (16.01%) Python
3 109 (3.52%) JavaScript
4 101 (3.26%) Java
5 96 (3.10%) PowerShell
6 93 (3.00%) C#
7 59 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 48 (1.55%) C++
9 45 (1.45%) T-SQL
10 44 (1.42%) Bash
11 41 (1.32%) R
12 33 (1.07%) VBA
13 30 (0.97%) MATLAB
14 22 (0.71%) TypeScript
15 18 (0.58%) PHP
16 15 (0.48%) Go
17 14 (0.45%) C
18 13 (0.42%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.39%) Perl
20 10 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 518 (16.72%) Degree
2 307 (9.91%) Security Cleared
3 219 (7.07%) SC Cleared
4 161 (5.20%) ACCA
5 155 (5.00%) CIMA
6 130 (4.20%) DBS Check
7 83 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 70 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.13%) IRCA
10 65 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
11 51 (1.65%) CISSP
12 49 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 47 (1.52%) DV Cleared
14 42 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.19%) CISM
16 33 (1.07%) CCNA
17 27 (0.87%) PMI Certification
18 26 (0.84%) Azure Certification
19 24 (0.77%) Master's Degree
20 23 (0.74%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 313 (10.10%) Data Quality
2 248 (8.01%) GDPR
3 204 (6.58%) QA
4 163 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 148 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 110 (3.55%) ISO 9001
6 110 (3.55%) PCI DSS
7 105 (3.39%) NIST
8 85 (2.74%) SLA
9 68 (2.19%) Accessibility
10 46 (1.48%) GRC
11 38 (1.23%) PMO
12 33 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
13 27 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 22 (0.71%) ISO 14001
14 22 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 17 (0.55%) GMP
15 17 (0.55%) TickIT
16 16 (0.52%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.48%) IFRS
System Software
1 212 (6.84%) Active Directory
2 83 (2.68%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.32%) Terminal Server
4 61 (1.97%) Docker
5 32 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.32%) vSphere
8 9 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.19%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.097%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.097%) Firmware
12 1 (0.032%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.032%) KVM
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.032%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 65 (2.10%) Terraform
2 44 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.23%) Ansible
4 27 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (0.71%) Grafana
6 14 (0.45%) Kibana
7 13 (0.42%) QRadar
8 10 (0.32%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.26%) Kubeflow
9 8 (0.26%) Nagios
10 7 (0.23%) logstash
11 6 (0.19%) Graylog
12 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.16%) Podman
13 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
13 4 (0.13%) SCCM
13 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
13 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 753 (24.31%) Microsoft
2 130 (4.20%) Google
3 126 (4.07%) SAP
4 110 (3.55%) VMware
5 108 (3.49%) Splunk
6 95 (3.07%) Salesforce
7 94 (3.03%) SolarWinds
8 83 (2.68%) Veeam
9 75 (2.42%) Oracle
10 73 (2.36%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (2.32%) Brocade
11 72 (2.32%) Tanium
12 66 (2.13%) Workday
13 54 (1.74%) Databricks
14 51 (1.65%) Cisco
15 37 (1.19%) IBM
16 33 (1.07%) ServiceNow
17 29 (0.94%) Adobe
18 28 (0.90%) HubSpot
19 26 (0.84%) Dell