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 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,361 3,815 2,654
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.87% 10.13% 8.53%
As % of the General category 13.88% 16.10% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,585 1,585 1,831
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,375
25th Percentile £33,250 £39,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,213 23,701 19,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 56.73% 62.94% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12,505 10,014 13,555
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,576
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -1.78%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 +3 863 £50,000 - 1,210
North of England -14 791 £42,500 -19.05% 1,011
Midlands -11 615 £44,000 -12.00% 741
North West -13 416 £45,000 -14.29% 564
South West +2 390 £45,000 -14.29% 495
West Midlands -13 367 £52,500 +5.00% 399
Scotland 0 330 £36,750 -38.75% 174
East of England -19 282 £40,000 -21.52% 558
Yorkshire +1 269 £40,000 -21.95% 389
East Midlands +3 246 £37,500 -13.29% 305
North East +13 106 £41,500 -1.19% 63
Wales +11 78 £48,122 -2.00% 120
Northern Ireland -2 44 £52,500 +0.55% 54
Isle of Man -1 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -6 1 - - 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
1 135 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (1.70%) Confluence
3 50 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.57%) CMS
5 16 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.48%) IIS
6 14 (0.42%) WordPress
7 12 (0.36%) SAS
8 11 (0.33%) Apache
9 10 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.18%) nginx
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 3 (0.089%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.089%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.089%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.060%) FactoryTalk
13 2 (0.060%) WinCC
14 1 (0.030%) Apache Superset
14 1 (0.030%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.030%) govService
Applications
1 551 (16.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 370 (11.01%) Chatbot
3 245 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
4 87 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 41 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 32 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
7 29 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
8 17 (0.51%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.15%) CATIA
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.12%) Simulink
12 3 (0.089%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.060%) Revit
13 2 (0.060%) Sketch
13 2 (0.060%) Trello
14 1 (0.030%) InVision
14 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 92 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (1.90%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.10%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 36 (1.07%) NetSuite
5 29 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
6 23 (0.68%) Shopify
7 20 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
8 19 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
9 16 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
10 12 (0.36%) Sage X3
11 11 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
12 10 (0.30%) Workday HCM
13 9 (0.27%) SAP CO
14 8 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
14 8 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
15 6 (0.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
15 6 (0.18%) SAP ERP
16 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
16 5 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 460 (13.69%) Azure
2 378 (11.25%) Power Platform
3 206 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
4 152 (4.52%) AWS
5 148 (4.40%) SaaS
6 103 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (1.87%) Snowflake
8 60 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 47 (1.40%) GitHub
10 43 (1.28%) Entra ID
11 37 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 35 (1.04%) dbt
13 34 (1.01%) GCP
14 31 (0.92%) Google Analytics
15 26 (0.77%) GitHub Copilot
15 26 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
15 26 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
16 24 (0.71%) Power Automate
17 21 (0.62%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 142 (4.22%) DNS
2 122 (3.63%) DHCP
3 69 (2.05%) Firewall
4 55 (1.64%) Network Security
5 44 (1.31%) Remote Desktop
6 43 (1.28%) LAN
7 42 (1.25%) VPN
8 39 (1.16%) WAN
9 38 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (0.92%) TCP/IP
10 31 (0.92%) Wireless
11 29 (0.86%) VoIP
12 25 (0.74%) SMS
12 25 (0.74%) VLAN
13 19 (0.57%) Wireshark
14 16 (0.48%) SD-WAN
15 14 (0.42%) Internet
16 12 (0.36%) 5G
16 12 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
16 12 (0.36%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 349 (10.38%) Power BI
2 211 (6.28%) Tableau
3 135 (4.02%) Data Mining
4 100 (2.98%) SQL Server
5 99 (2.95%) Amazon RDS
6 77 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
7 53 (1.58%) Data Lake
8 52 (1.55%) Relational Database
9 51 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 45 (1.34%) Metadata
11 40 (1.19%) MySQL
12 36 (1.07%) GIS
13 33 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
13 33 (0.98%) Looker
14 28 (0.83%) SAP BW
15 27 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
16 26 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
17 25 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 23 (0.68%) Power Query
19 21 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 140 (4.17%) JIRA
2 52 (1.55%) Git
3 29 (0.86%) Selenium
4 18 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
5 17 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.45%) Robot Framework
7 13 (0.39%) ERwin
7 13 (0.39%) GitLab
7 13 (0.39%) Snyk
8 12 (0.36%) ER Studio
9 8 (0.24%) Postman
10 7 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.21%) TestRail
11 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.18%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.15%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.15%) Subversion
13 4 (0.12%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,658 (49.33%) Social Skills
2 936 (27.85%) Finance
3 304 (9.04%) Marketing
4 200 (5.95%) Retail
5 150 (4.46%) Manufacturing
6 137 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 137 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
7 128 (3.81%) Legal
8 121 (3.60%) Public Sector
9 118 (3.51%) Law
10 107 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
11 77 (2.29%) Telecoms
12 70 (2.08%) Electronics
12 70 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
13 58 (1.73%) Banking
14 52 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
15 50 (1.49%) Aerospace
16 44 (1.31%) Aviation
17 39 (1.16%) Advertising
18 31 (0.92%) German Language
Job Titles
1 754 (22.43%) Analyst
2 370 (11.01%) Trainer
3 327 (9.73%) Senior
4 237 (7.05%) Lead
5 199 (5.92%) Data Analyst
6 161 (4.79%) Architect
7 135 (4.02%) Developer
8 128 (3.81%) Support Analyst
9 126 (3.75%) Systems Engineer
10 121 (3.60%) Trainee
11 113 (3.36%) IT Support
12 99 (2.95%) Business Analyst
13 96 (2.86%) Innovation Manager
13 96 (2.86%) Trainee Analyst
13 96 (2.86%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 88 (2.62%) Support Engineer
15 81 (2.41%) Business Manager
16 79 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
17 78 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
18 73 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (1.93%) HTML
2 50 (1.49%) CSS
3 44 (1.31%) React
4 40 (1.19%) REST
5 34 (1.01%) JSON
6 31 (0.92%) .NET
7 28 (0.83%) SOAP
8 23 (0.68%) Middleware
9 21 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
10 19 (0.57%) XML
11 18 (0.54%) Node.js
12 17 (0.51%) EDI
12 17 (0.51%) Flash
12 17 (0.51%) OAuth
12 17 (0.51%) SAML
13 12 (0.36%) BAPI
13 12 (0.36%) IBM Integration Bus
13 12 (0.36%) JMS
14 11 (0.33%) Playwright
14 11 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 367 (10.92%) Analytical Mindset
2 267 (7.94%) Onboarding
3 239 (7.11%) Self-Motivation
4 178 (5.30%) Management Information System
5 121 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
6 100 (2.98%) Product Ownership
7 64 (1.90%) Driving Licence
8 59 (1.76%) Data Centre
9 52 (1.55%) FMCG
9 52 (1.55%) Robotics
10 45 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (1.13%) Cloud Native
12 29 (0.86%) Social Media
13 28 (0.83%) Data Structures
13 28 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 28 (0.83%) Virtual Team
14 27 (0.80%) e-Learning
15 25 (0.74%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.65%) Algorithms
17 20 (0.60%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 261 (7.77%) Windows
2 169 (5.03%) Linux
3 143 (4.25%) Windows Server
4 97 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (0.39%) Unix
6 11 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.27%) Android
8 6 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.030%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.030%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.030%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,428 (42.49%) Problem-Solving
2 833 (24.78%) AI
3 781 (23.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 673 (20.02%) Analytics
5 634 (18.86%) Decision-Making
6 537 (15.98%) Project Management
7 462 (13.75%) Agile
8 445 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
9 410 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 374 (11.13%) Chemistry
11 370 (11.01%) Conversational UI
12 347 (10.32%) Customer Service
13 332 (9.88%) Customer Experience
13 332 (9.88%) Data Analysis
14 315 (9.37%) ERP
15 265 (7.88%) CRM
15 265 (7.88%) Process Improvement
16 252 (7.50%) Analytical Thinking
17 244 (7.26%) Coaching
17 244 (7.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 652 (19.40%) SQL
2 351 (10.44%) Python
3 74 (2.20%) C#
4 67 (1.99%) Java
5 65 (1.93%) PowerShell
6 63 (1.87%) JavaScript
7 46 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 36 (1.07%) R
9 33 (0.98%) T-SQL
10 31 (0.92%) C++
11 28 (0.83%) VBA
12 17 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 16 (0.48%) Bash
13 16 (0.48%) C
14 14 (0.42%) Scala
15 11 (0.33%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (0.24%) TypeScript
18 7 (0.21%) ABAP
19 6 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,108 (32.97%) Degree
2 446 (13.27%) Master's Degree
3 372 (11.07%) PhD
4 321 (9.55%) Security Cleared
5 242 (7.20%) SC Cleared
6 120 (3.57%) ACCA
7 110 (3.27%) CIMA
8 83 (2.47%) DBS Check
9 66 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 63 (1.87%) CISSP
11 53 (1.58%) PMI Certification
12 52 (1.55%) DV Cleared
13 47 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
14 46 (1.37%) PMP
15 45 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
16 42 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
17 40 (1.19%) CEH
18 35 (1.04%) CISM
19 31 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
20 24 (0.71%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (4.88%) Data Quality
2 140 (4.17%) QA
3 136 (4.05%) PCI DSS
4 119 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 105 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 101 (3.01%) GDPR
7 77 (2.29%) NIST
8 56 (1.67%) PMO
9 51 (1.52%) Accessibility
10 31 (0.92%) SLA
11 23 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.39%) GRC
13 12 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.30%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.27%) IFRS
16 9 (0.27%) SOC 2
17 8 (0.24%) IEC 61131
18 7 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 6 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 196 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 112 (3.33%) Hyper-V
3 96 (2.86%) Terminal Server
4 20 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (0.54%) Docker
6 15 (0.45%) Firmware
7 5 (0.15%) vSphere
8 3 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.060%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.030%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.030%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.030%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.030%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 42 (1.25%) Terraform
2 26 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 26 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (0.60%) Ansible
4 13 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.12%) Nessus
5 4 (0.12%) QRadar
5 4 (0.12%) SCCM
6 3 (0.089%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (0.089%) Control-M
6 3 (0.089%) Grafana
6 3 (0.089%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.060%) AssetCenter
7 2 (0.060%) CASB
7 2 (0.060%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.060%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.060%) Kibana
7 2 (0.060%) Nagios
8 1 (0.030%) Argo
8 1 (0.030%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 775 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 370 (11.01%) PayPal
3 281 (8.36%) SAP
4 135 (4.02%) Oracle
5 120 (3.57%) VMware
6 113 (3.36%) Splunk
7 111 (3.30%) SolarWinds
8 97 (2.89%) Tanium
8 97 (2.89%) Veeam
9 96 (2.86%) Brocade
9 96 (2.86%) Nimble Storage
10 82 (2.44%) Salesforce
11 71 (2.11%) Google
12 61 (1.81%) ServiceNow
13 53 (1.58%) Cisco
14 39 (1.16%) Databricks
15 37 (1.10%) OpenText
16 36 (1.07%) Workday
17 30 (0.89%) Ariba
18 26 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud