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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -21 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,998 3,666 6,349
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.44% 12.55% 8.62%
As % of the General category 9.47% 17.48% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,026 1,343 3,592
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £26,275
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £62,500 £59,500
90th Percentile £77,869 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £53,200 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.27% +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 31,658 20,968 41,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.92% 71.80% 55.95%
Number of salaries quoted 17,580 9,240 26,991
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 2 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 2 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 -29 932 £48,000 -0.63% 422
South East -4 759 £50,000 -4.76% 627
Midlands -22 549 £48,250 +1.58% 275
North West -30 546 £46,500 -7.00% 239
West Midlands -28 316 £51,275 +7.95% 169
South West -25 298 £47,500 -5.00% 213
Yorkshire -14 293 £50,000 +11.11% 131
East of England -21 239 £45,000 -11.71% 194
East Midlands 0 231 £45,000 -5.26% 106
Scotland -29 112 £40,000 -20.35% 126
North East -27 93 £48,445 +24.86% 59
Wales -2 80 £51,709 -5.98% 43
Northern Ireland -25 40 £46,250 -15.91% 80
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 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.93%) CMS
5 28 (0.93%) Confluence
6 22 (0.73%) IIS
7 21 (0.70%) Apache
8 9 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.30%) WordPress
9 7 (0.23%) SAS
10 5 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.13%) nginx
12 3 (0.10%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.10%) govService
12 3 (0.10%) JBoss
13 1 (0.033%) Appian
13 1 (0.033%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.033%) Tomcat
Applications
1 405 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 147 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (2.03%) MS Visio
4 51 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.33%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.10%) Trello
10 2 (0.067%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.067%) Lectora
10 2 (0.067%) Simulink
10 2 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.033%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 44 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.73%) NetSuite
4 15 (0.50%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 13 (0.43%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
7 7 (0.23%) Magento
7 7 (0.23%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.20%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
9 5 (0.17%) SAP GTS
10 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.13%) JDE World
10 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.10%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 496 (16.54%) Azure
2 417 (13.91%) Power Platform
3 264 (8.81%) AWS
4 252 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
5 120 (4.00%) SaaS
6 93 (3.10%) GCP
7 88 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 76 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
8 76 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 55 (1.83%) GitHub
10 51 (1.70%) Google Analytics
11 49 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
12 48 (1.60%) Power Automate
13 45 (1.50%) PowerApps
14 42 (1.40%) Amazon S3
15 36 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
16 35 (1.17%) Serverless
17 34 (1.13%) dbt
17 34 (1.13%) Snowflake
18 27 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 129 (4.30%) Firewall
2 108 (3.60%) DNS
3 81 (2.70%) DHCP
4 79 (2.64%) VPN
5 62 (2.07%) WAN
6 46 (1.53%) LAN
7 42 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 42 (1.40%) Wireless
8 37 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (1.20%) Broadband
10 32 (1.07%) Network Security
11 27 (0.90%) VLAN
12 26 (0.87%) SD-WAN
13 25 (0.83%) BGP
14 23 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
14 23 (0.77%) Wireshark
15 22 (0.73%) SAN
16 17 (0.57%) HTTP
16 17 (0.57%) OSPF
17 15 (0.50%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 373 (12.44%) Power BI
2 223 (7.44%) Tableau
3 100 (3.34%) Data Mining
4 99 (3.30%) SQL Server
5 77 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
6 70 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
7 59 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 43 (1.43%) Power Query
9 39 (1.30%) Metadata
10 36 (1.20%) Looker
11 34 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 33 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 33 (1.10%) Data Lake
12 33 (1.10%) MySQL
13 32 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
14 29 (0.97%) Big Data
15 26 (0.87%) Relational Database
16 25 (0.83%) NoSQL
17 17 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
17 17 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 89 (2.97%) JIRA
2 64 (2.13%) Git
3 35 (1.17%) GitLab
4 32 (1.07%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.40%) MLflow
7 11 (0.37%) Selenium
8 10 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.23%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.23%) Moq
9 7 (0.23%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.23%) Subversion
10 6 (0.20%) Toad
11 5 (0.17%) JMeter
11 5 (0.17%) Maven
11 5 (0.17%) Postman
12 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
12 4 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 1,366 (45.56%) Social Skills
2 908 (30.29%) Finance
3 266 (8.87%) Marketing
4 173 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 172 (5.74%) Public Sector
6 152 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
7 149 (4.97%) Retail
8 143 (4.77%) Manufacturing
9 142 (4.74%) Law
10 138 (4.60%) Legal
11 110 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
12 89 (2.97%) Telecoms
13 74 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
14 71 (2.37%) Electronics
15 67 (2.23%) Aerospace
16 64 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
17 42 (1.40%) Banking
18 41 (1.37%) Games
19 39 (1.30%) Military
20 30 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 836 (27.89%) Analyst
2 326 (10.87%) Senior
3 232 (7.74%) Data Analyst
4 200 (6.67%) Lead
5 165 (5.50%) Business Analyst
6 160 (5.34%) Developer
7 139 (4.64%) Systems Engineer
8 119 (3.97%) Architect
9 89 (2.97%) Support Analyst
10 84 (2.80%) Trainee
11 83 (2.77%) Trainee Analyst
11 83 (2.77%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 81 (2.70%) Consultant
12 81 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
12 81 (2.70%) Support Engineer
13 79 (2.64%) Systems Analyst
14 78 (2.60%) IT Support
15 73 (2.43%) Data Engineer
16 68 (2.27%) Senior Manager
17 67 (2.23%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (2.67%) HTML
2 71 (2.37%) CSS
3 62 (2.07%) .NET
4 60 (2.00%) Middleware
4 60 (2.00%) REST
5 56 (1.87%) JSON
6 53 (1.77%) React
6 53 (1.77%) XML
7 39 (1.30%) SOAP
8 36 (1.20%) Node.js
9 31 (1.03%) PyTorch
10 25 (0.83%) TensorFlow
11 22 (0.73%) scikit-learn
12 21 (0.70%) PySpark
13 20 (0.67%) EDI
14 17 (0.57%) OAuth
14 17 (0.57%) Pandas
15 16 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
15 16 (0.53%) RESTful
16 15 (0.50%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 372 (12.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 146 (4.87%) Management Information System
3 118 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 113 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 110 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 77 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 74 (2.47%) Data Centre
8 65 (2.17%) Driving Licence
9 42 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 36 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 34 (1.13%) Data Structures
11 34 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 33 (1.10%) FMCG
13 32 (1.07%) Security Posture
14 31 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
14 31 (1.03%) Virtual Team
15 29 (0.97%) Social Media
16 28 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
17 25 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
17 25 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 240 (8.01%) Windows
2 140 (4.67%) Windows Server
3 131 (4.37%) Linux
4 69 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.67%) Unix
6 15 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.47%) Android
8 13 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.30%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.27%) CentOS
11 8 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.27%) VMS
12 6 (0.20%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.10%) Debian
13 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.033%) AIX
14 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.033%) Solaris
14 1 (0.033%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,382 (46.10%) Problem-Solving
2 817 (27.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 648 (21.61%) Decision-Making
4 624 (20.81%) Analytics
5 442 (14.74%) Agile
6 424 (14.14%) Business Intelligence
7 372 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 326 (10.87%) AI
9 305 (10.17%) Project Management
10 297 (9.91%) Actionable Insight
11 292 (9.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 278 (9.27%) Data Analysis
13 262 (8.74%) ERP
14 258 (8.61%) Customer Service
15 246 (8.21%) CRM
15 246 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
16 237 (7.91%) Data Modelling
16 237 (7.91%) Mentoring
17 231 (7.71%) Customer Experience
18 225 (7.51%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 657 (21.91%) SQL
2 505 (16.84%) Python
3 106 (3.54%) JavaScript
4 100 (3.34%) PowerShell
5 98 (3.27%) Java
6 88 (2.94%) C#
7 61 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 44 (1.47%) R
9 42 (1.40%) C++
9 42 (1.40%) T-SQL
10 40 (1.33%) Bash
11 36 (1.20%) VBA
12 30 (1.00%) MATLAB
13 18 (0.60%) PHP
14 15 (0.50%) Go
15 14 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.47%) TypeScript
16 13 (0.43%) Scala
17 12 (0.40%) C
18 9 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 512 (17.08%) Degree
2 257 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 183 (6.10%) SC Cleared
4 139 (4.64%) ACCA
5 133 (4.44%) CIMA
6 131 (4.37%) DBS Check
7 73 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 69 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
9 66 (2.20%) IRCA
10 55 (1.83%) PMI Certification
11 49 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 48 (1.60%) PMP
13 45 (1.50%) DV Cleared
14 44 (1.47%) CISSP
15 37 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
16 34 (1.13%) CCNA
17 32 (1.07%) CISM
18 27 (0.90%) CCNP
19 25 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (10.14%) Data Quality
2 234 (7.81%) GDPR
3 177 (5.90%) QA
4 147 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 116 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 106 (3.54%) NIST
7 100 (3.34%) ISO 9001
8 94 (3.14%) PCI DSS
9 75 (2.50%) SLA
10 51 (1.70%) Accessibility
11 44 (1.47%) GRC
12 39 (1.30%) PMO
13 36 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (0.60%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (0.57%) TickIT
16 16 (0.53%) GMP
17 15 (0.50%) ISO 14001
17 15 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 13 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 182 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 67 (2.23%) Hyper-V
3 56 (1.87%) Terminal Server
4 51 (1.70%) Docker
5 32 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.27%) ProxySG
9 8 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.13%) Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.10%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.033%) KVM
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.033%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 64 (2.13%) Terraform
2 43 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 36 (1.20%) Ansible
4 28 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.57%) Grafana
6 11 (0.37%) Kibana
6 11 (0.37%) QRadar
7 8 (0.27%) Nagios
7 8 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
9 6 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.17%) Graylog
10 5 (0.17%) logstash
11 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.13%) Control-M
11 4 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.13%) Podman
11 4 (0.13%) SCCM
11 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 732 (24.42%) Microsoft
2 129 (4.30%) SAP
3 115 (3.84%) Google
4 97 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 93 (3.10%) VMware
6 86 (2.87%) Splunk
7 84 (2.80%) Oracle
8 81 (2.70%) SolarWinds
9 66 (2.20%) Veeam
9 66 (2.20%) Workday
10 58 (1.93%) Databricks
11 57 (1.90%) Nimble Storage
12 56 (1.87%) Brocade
12 56 (1.87%) Tanium
13 53 (1.77%) ServiceNow
14 49 (1.63%) Cisco
15 37 (1.23%) IBM
16 29 (0.97%) Dell
17 28 (0.93%) HubSpot
18 27 (0.90%) Adobe