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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,346 3,981 5,928
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.60% 11.75% 8.88%
As % of the General category 10.38% 17.51% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,200 1,507 2,971
10th Percentile £30,725 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £34,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,306 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +1.70% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 32,224 22,735 36,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.33% 67.12% 54.52%
Number of salaries quoted 19,807 10,987 22,323
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,857
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,697
% change year-on-year - +4.37% -12.17%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -19 972 £48,000 +6.67% 481
South East -9 828 £50,000 -8.26% 547
Midlands -11 596 £47,500 - 259
North West -18 577 £47,500 +1.06% 271
South West -20 447 £47,000 -6.00% 219
West Midlands -19 319 £50,000 +11.11% 141
Yorkshire -10 288 £48,000 +6.67% 156
East Midlands -6 276 £45,000 -5.26% 118
East of England -22 236 £45,000 -3.93% 163
North East -26 107 £55,000 +37.50% 59
Wales -13 106 £53,171 -3.33% 27
Scotland -35 105 £43,335 -1.51% 74
Northern Ireland -36 66 £41,250 -25.00% 29
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
1 177 (5.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.11%) Confluence
4 28 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 27 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (0.81%) CMS
6 26 (0.78%) Apache
7 23 (0.69%) IIS
8 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.27%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.24%) WordPress
10 3 (0.090%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.090%) JBoss
11 1 (0.030%) Appian
11 1 (0.030%) Moodle
11 1 (0.030%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.030%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 416 (12.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 66 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.58%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.27%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.090%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.090%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.090%) Simulink
9 3 (0.090%) Trello
10 2 (0.060%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.060%) Lectora
10 2 (0.060%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 51 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 41 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (1.05%) Dynamics GP
4 25 (0.75%) NetSuite
5 19 (0.57%) SAP PM
6 16 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 14 (0.42%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.30%) Magento
9 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.18%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
10 5 (0.15%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.15%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.15%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.12%) JDE OneWorld
11 4 (0.12%) JDE World
11 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 583 (17.42%) Azure
2 427 (12.76%) Power Platform
3 312 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
4 281 (8.40%) AWS
5 146 (4.36%) SaaS
6 129 (3.86%) GCP
7 86 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (2.51%) Entra ID
9 80 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
10 62 (1.85%) Google Analytics
11 50 (1.49%) GitHub
12 48 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 47 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
14 40 (1.20%) Power Automate
15 37 (1.11%) Amazon S3
16 34 (1.02%) Snowflake
17 33 (0.99%) dbt
18 31 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
19 28 (0.84%) Serverless
20 25 (0.75%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 157 (4.69%) DNS
2 127 (3.80%) DHCP
3 114 (3.41%) Firewall
4 80 (2.39%) VPN
5 61 (1.82%) TCP/IP
6 58 (1.73%) WAN
7 51 (1.52%) LAN
8 41 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (1.23%) Wireless
9 37 (1.11%) Broadband
10 25 (0.75%) HTTP
10 25 (0.75%) Network Security
11 20 (0.60%) BGP
11 20 (0.60%) SAN
11 20 (0.60%) VoIP
12 19 (0.57%) SD-WAN
13 16 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (0.48%) VLAN
14 15 (0.45%) Internet
15 14 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (11.36%) Power BI
2 188 (5.62%) Tableau
3 111 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
4 110 (3.29%) SQL Server
5 99 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
6 62 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.76%) Data Mining
8 49 (1.46%) MySQL
9 48 (1.43%) Power Query
10 42 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.23%) Relational Database
12 39 (1.17%) Looker
12 39 (1.17%) Metadata
13 38 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
14 32 (0.96%) Data Lake
15 28 (0.84%) Big Data
16 27 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
17 23 (0.69%) BigQuery
18 18 (0.54%) MongoDB
18 18 (0.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 116 (3.47%) JIRA
2 92 (2.75%) Git
3 41 (1.23%) GitLab
4 36 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
5 30 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.42%) Selenium
8 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.36%) Eclipse
9 11 (0.33%) MLflow
9 11 (0.33%) Postman
10 9 (0.27%) JMeter
10 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.24%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.24%) LabVIEW
12 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.21%) Moq
12 7 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
12 7 (0.21%) Subversion
13 6 (0.18%) ERwin
General
1 1,633 (48.80%) Social Skills
2 973 (29.08%) Finance
3 294 (8.79%) Marketing
4 219 (6.55%) Retail
5 218 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
6 196 (5.86%) Legal
7 189 (5.65%) Public Sector
8 184 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 177 (5.29%) Manufacturing
10 154 (4.60%) Law
11 152 (4.54%) Influencing Skills
12 108 (3.23%) Telecoms
13 88 (2.63%) Aerospace
14 81 (2.42%) Electronics
15 63 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
16 61 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
17 51 (1.52%) Military
18 49 (1.46%) Banking
19 46 (1.37%) Advertising
20 36 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 860 (25.70%) Analyst
2 335 (10.01%) Senior
3 228 (6.81%) Lead
4 224 (6.69%) Data Analyst
5 194 (5.80%) Systems Engineer
6 166 (4.96%) Developer
7 160 (4.78%) Business Analyst
8 109 (3.26%) Support Engineer
9 107 (3.20%) Support Analyst
10 104 (3.11%) Architect
11 98 (2.93%) Consultant
12 93 (2.78%) IT Support
13 91 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
14 88 (2.63%) Data Engineer
15 79 (2.36%) Systems Analyst
16 77 (2.30%) Accountant
17 69 (2.06%) IT Engineer
18 66 (1.97%) Head of QA
19 65 (1.94%) Applications Support
19 65 (1.94%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.18%) .NET
2 67 (2.00%) REST
3 65 (1.94%) HTML
4 62 (1.85%) Middleware
5 60 (1.79%) XML
6 57 (1.70%) CSS
6 57 (1.70%) JSON
7 44 (1.32%) React
8 38 (1.14%) SOAP
9 34 (1.02%) RESTful
10 29 (0.87%) Kafka
10 29 (0.87%) PyTorch
11 28 (0.84%) Node.js
12 24 (0.72%) PySpark
12 24 (0.72%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.66%) EDI
14 21 (0.63%) scikit-learn
15 19 (0.57%) OAuth
15 19 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
16 17 (0.51%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 392 (11.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 188 (5.62%) Management Information System
3 137 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
4 132 (3.95%) Product Ownership
5 127 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
6 126 (3.77%) Onboarding
7 95 (2.84%) Driving Licence
8 61 (1.82%) Virtual Team
9 58 (1.73%) Cloud Native
10 55 (1.64%) Data Centre
11 51 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
12 49 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
13 44 (1.32%) Security Posture
14 38 (1.14%) Social Media
15 37 (1.11%) Blog
16 36 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
17 34 (1.02%) Algorithms
17 34 (1.02%) Data Structures
18 28 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
19 27 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 320 (9.56%) Windows
2 206 (6.16%) Linux
3 189 (5.65%) Windows Server
4 109 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.60%) Mac OS
6 19 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (0.51%) Android
9 16 (0.48%) Unix
9 16 (0.48%) Windows 10
10 13 (0.39%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.33%) Ubuntu
12 10 (0.30%) CentOS
13 7 (0.21%) VMS
14 6 (0.18%) Debian
15 5 (0.15%) OpenVMS
16 1 (0.030%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.030%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.030%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.030%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,574 (47.04%) Problem-Solving
2 986 (29.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 787 (23.52%) Decision-Making
4 689 (20.59%) Analytics
5 468 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 467 (13.96%) Agile
7 432 (12.91%) Business Intelligence
8 412 (12.31%) AI
9 354 (10.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 344 (10.28%) Actionable Insight
11 328 (9.80%) Customer Experience
12 311 (9.29%) Customer Service
13 301 (9.00%) Data Analysis
14 300 (8.97%) Project Management
15 294 (8.79%) ERP
16 276 (8.25%) CRM
16 276 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
17 268 (8.01%) Service Delivery
18 267 (7.98%) Validation
19 266 (7.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 680 (20.32%) SQL
2 490 (14.64%) Python
3 117 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 106 (3.17%) Java
5 98 (2.93%) C#
6 97 (2.90%) PowerShell
7 60 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 56 (1.67%) C++
9 51 (1.52%) Bash
10 45 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 42 (1.26%) R
12 33 (0.99%) MATLAB
13 25 (0.75%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.63%) PHP
15 20 (0.60%) C
16 18 (0.54%) Go
17 17 (0.51%) VBA
18 14 (0.42%) PL/SQL
19 13 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
19 13 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 550 (16.44%) Degree
2 363 (10.85%) Security Cleared
3 262 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 157 (4.69%) ACCA
5 151 (4.51%) CIMA
6 123 (3.68%) DBS Check
7 89 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 72 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (1.97%) IRCA
10 65 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
11 57 (1.70%) DV Cleared
12 51 (1.52%) CISSP
13 50 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
14 44 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.11%) CISM
16 34 (1.02%) CCNA
17 30 (0.90%) Master's Degree
18 27 (0.81%) HNC
19 25 (0.75%) PMI Certification
20 24 (0.72%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 321 (9.59%) Data Quality
2 246 (7.35%) GDPR
3 232 (6.93%) QA
4 169 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 151 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 133 (3.97%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.41%) ISO 9001
8 96 (2.87%) SLA
9 88 (2.63%) NIST
10 78 (2.33%) Accessibility
11 44 (1.32%) GRC
12 38 (1.14%) PMO
13 29 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
14 28 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.69%) ISO 14001
16 21 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 20 (0.60%) GMP
18 18 (0.54%) SOC 2
19 17 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
19 17 (0.51%) TickIT
System Software
1 251 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 109 (3.26%) Hyper-V
3 96 (2.87%) Terminal Server
4 81 (2.42%) Docker
5 32 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.27%) VMware NSX
8 8 (0.24%) Firmware
8 8 (0.24%) vSphere
9 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.12%) XenApp
11 3 (0.090%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.090%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.030%) Ceph
12 1 (0.030%) KVM
12 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.030%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 66 (1.97%) Terraform
2 56 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 40 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (1.05%) Ansible
5 28 (0.84%) Grafana
6 14 (0.42%) Kibana
6 14 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.39%) QRadar
8 8 (0.24%) Nagios
9 7 (0.21%) Kubeflow
9 7 (0.21%) logstash
10 6 (0.18%) Graylog
10 6 (0.18%) Nmap
10 6 (0.18%) Podman
11 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.15%) SCCM
11 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
13 3 (0.090%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 813 (24.30%) Microsoft
2 150 (4.48%) Google
3 137 (4.09%) Splunk
4 136 (4.06%) VMware
5 120 (3.59%) SAP
6 113 (3.38%) SolarWinds
7 106 (3.17%) Veeam
8 97 (2.90%) Brocade
8 97 (2.90%) Nimble Storage
9 96 (2.87%) Tanium
10 83 (2.48%) Salesforce
11 75 (2.24%) Oracle
12 62 (1.85%) Workday
13 57 (1.70%) Cisco
14 56 (1.67%) Databricks
15 45 (1.34%) ServiceNow
16 37 (1.11%) IBM
17 31 (0.93%) Adobe
18 29 (0.87%) Red Hat
19 28 (0.84%) HubSpot