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 18 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,645 4,033 2,772
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 10.00% 8.54% 9.12%
As % of the General category 16.62% 15.44% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 1,510 1,967
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £37,260
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,625 £73,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,900
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.34% +3.45%

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 21,937 26,125 19,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 60.18% 55.35% 63.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,341 11,103 13,955
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £51,009 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.72% +2.02% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,875 £67,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% - -

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +5 914 £45,500 -9.00% 1,082
North of England +6 909 £45,000 -14.29% 667
Midlands +7 647 £44,000 -12.00% 541
North West -9 461 £45,000 -14.29% 387
South West +9 408 £45,000 -16.67% 280
West Midlands +7 382 £52,500 +5.00% 350
Scotland +1 367 £33,500 -39.09% 159
Yorkshire +9 332 £40,000 -27.27% 201
East of England +4 311 £40,000 -27.27% 326
East Midlands +5 263 £37,500 -11.76% 187
North East +16 116 £45,000 +7.14% 83
Wales +17 80 £48,122 +6.94% 84
Northern Ireland +1 39 £52,500 -28.54% 61
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 2
Channel Islands -4 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
1 121 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (1.81%) Confluence
3 45 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 36 (0.99%) CMS
5 17 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.44%) WordPress
7 12 (0.33%) Camunda
8 10 (0.27%) SAS
9 9 (0.25%) Apache
9 9 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 7 (0.19%) IIS
11 5 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.082%) HCL Notes
13 3 (0.082%) Kentico
13 3 (0.082%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.082%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.055%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.055%) nginx
14 2 (0.055%) WinCC
Applications
1 534 (14.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 532 (14.60%) Chatbot
3 241 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
4 95 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 32 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
7 30 (0.82%) MS Visio
8 20 (0.55%) AutoCAD
9 11 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
10 6 (0.16%) Simulink
11 4 (0.11%) CATIA
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.055%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.055%) Revit
12 2 (0.055%) Trello
13 1 (0.027%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.027%) InVision
13 1 (0.027%) Sketch
13 1 (0.027%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 102 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (1.76%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.02%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 33 (0.91%) NetSuite
5 29 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
6 28 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
7 23 (0.63%) Shopify
8 19 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
9 16 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
10 13 (0.36%) SAP CO
10 13 (0.36%) SAP FI
10 13 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
11 12 (0.33%) Sage X3
11 12 (0.33%) Sprinklr
12 10 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
12 10 (0.27%) Workday HCM
13 9 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
14 8 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
15 6 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
15 6 (0.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 470 (12.89%) Azure
2 371 (10.18%) Power Platform
3 201 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
4 160 (4.39%) AWS
5 157 (4.31%) SaaS
6 84 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
7 53 (1.45%) Google Analytics
8 43 (1.18%) Snowflake
9 40 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 40 (1.10%) GCP
10 39 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
11 34 (0.93%) GitHub
12 32 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 30 (0.82%) Google Ads
14 27 (0.74%) OCI
15 24 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
15 24 (0.66%) Serverless
16 22 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
16 22 (0.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 136 (3.73%) DNS
2 119 (3.26%) DHCP
3 76 (2.09%) Firewall
4 52 (1.43%) Network Security
5 44 (1.21%) LAN
6 41 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
7 39 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
8 37 (1.02%) VPN
9 34 (0.93%) WAN
10 31 (0.85%) TCP/IP
11 29 (0.80%) VoIP
12 25 (0.69%) SMS
13 22 (0.60%) VLAN
14 19 (0.52%) Internet
15 17 (0.47%) Wireless
16 14 (0.38%) Wireshark
17 12 (0.33%) Broadband
18 11 (0.30%) SD-WAN
19 10 (0.27%) Ethernet
19 10 (0.27%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 347 (9.52%) Power BI
2 170 (4.66%) Tableau
3 109 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 102 (2.80%) Data Mining
5 94 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
6 73 (2.00%) Data Lake
7 71 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
8 51 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 47 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 45 (1.23%) Metadata
11 39 (1.07%) MySQL
12 38 (1.04%) Looker
13 37 (1.02%) SAP BW
14 31 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
15 30 (0.82%) Power Query
16 26 (0.71%) GIS
17 22 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
17 22 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 21 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
18 21 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 142 (3.90%) JIRA
2 55 (1.51%) Git
3 32 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 30 (0.82%) Selenium
5 21 (0.58%) GitLab
6 19 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
7 17 (0.47%) Maven
8 14 (0.38%) JUnit
9 13 (0.36%) Robot Framework
10 11 (0.30%) Snyk
11 9 (0.25%) ERwin
12 8 (0.22%) ER Studio
12 8 (0.22%) Postman
13 6 (0.16%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.16%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.16%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (0.14%) Gradle
14 5 (0.14%) Subversion
14 5 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 1,816 (49.82%) Social Skills
2 963 (26.42%) Finance
3 374 (10.26%) Marketing
4 257 (7.05%) Retail
5 185 (5.08%) Law
6 172 (4.72%) Manufacturing
7 164 (4.50%) Legal
8 146 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 146 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
9 122 (3.35%) Public Sector
10 108 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
11 98 (2.69%) Banking
12 96 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
13 83 (2.28%) Telecoms
14 66 (1.81%) Electronics
15 56 (1.54%) Aerospace
16 52 (1.43%) Aviation
17 48 (1.32%) Advertising
18 41 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
19 33 (0.91%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 751 (20.60%) Analyst
2 529 (14.51%) Trainer
3 329 (9.03%) Senior
4 265 (7.27%) Lead
5 163 (4.47%) Data Analyst
6 151 (4.14%) Architect
7 140 (3.84%) Developer
8 133 (3.65%) Support Analyst
9 127 (3.48%) Systems Engineer
10 115 (3.16%) IT Support
11 96 (2.63%) Business Analyst
11 96 (2.63%) Innovation Manager
12 95 (2.61%) Trainee
13 87 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
13 87 (2.39%) Support Engineer
14 81 (2.22%) Business Manager
15 78 (2.14%) Technical Support
16 76 (2.09%) Consultant
17 73 (2.00%) Applications Support
18 71 (1.95%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (2.25%) HTML
2 59 (1.62%) CSS
3 53 (1.45%) REST
4 46 (1.26%) React
5 37 (1.02%) JSON
6 35 (0.96%) Spring
7 29 (0.80%) .NET
8 28 (0.77%) SOAP
9 22 (0.60%) XML
10 20 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
10 20 (0.55%) Spring Boot
11 19 (0.52%) Middleware
11 19 (0.52%) OAuth
11 19 (0.52%) SAML
12 17 (0.47%) Flash
12 17 (0.47%) JMS
12 17 (0.47%) Web Services
13 16 (0.44%) EDI
14 14 (0.38%) BAPI
14 14 (0.38%) IBM Integration Bus
Miscellaneous
1 413 (11.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 271 (7.43%) Onboarding
3 249 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
4 185 (5.08%) Management Information System
5 116 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 85 (2.33%) Driving Licence
7 81 (2.22%) Product Ownership
8 56 (1.54%) Algorithms
9 51 (1.40%) Robotics
10 50 (1.37%) Data Centre
11 48 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
12 46 (1.26%) FMCG
13 43 (1.18%) Cyberattack
14 41 (1.12%) e-Learning
14 41 (1.12%) Social Media
15 39 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
16 33 (0.91%) Cloud Native
17 30 (0.82%) Security Posture
18 29 (0.80%) Data Structures
19 28 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 249 (6.83%) Windows
2 156 (4.28%) Linux
3 131 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (0.33%) Android
5 12 (0.33%) Unix
6 10 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.14%) Mac OS X
8 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.082%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.027%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.027%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.027%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.027%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,568 (43.02%) Problem-Solving
2 981 (26.91%) AI
3 777 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 702 (19.26%) Analytics
5 652 (17.89%) Decision-Making
6 543 (14.90%) Project Management
7 534 (14.65%) Chemistry
8 532 (14.60%) Conversational UI
9 521 (14.29%) Agile
10 451 (12.37%) Business Intelligence
11 412 (11.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 387 (10.62%) Customer Service
13 341 (9.36%) Customer Experience
14 340 (9.33%) ERP
15 303 (8.31%) Data Analysis
16 292 (8.01%) Mentoring
17 287 (7.87%) CRM
18 258 (7.08%) Process Improvement
19 249 (6.83%) Actionable Insight
20 248 (6.80%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 639 (17.53%) SQL
2 318 (8.72%) Python
3 85 (2.33%) Java
4 83 (2.28%) JavaScript
5 72 (1.98%) C#
6 52 (1.43%) PowerShell
7 45 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 43 (1.18%) R
9 33 (0.91%) T-SQL
10 30 (0.82%) C++
11 26 (0.71%) VBA
12 25 (0.69%) PL/SQL
13 22 (0.60%) C
14 18 (0.49%) Bash
15 11 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.22%) Scala
16 8 (0.22%) TypeScript
17 7 (0.19%) ABAP
18 6 (0.16%) MATLAB
19 5 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,294 (35.50%) Degree
2 624 (17.12%) Master's Degree
3 538 (14.76%) PhD
4 329 (9.03%) Security Cleared
5 247 (6.78%) SC Cleared
6 99 (2.72%) ACCA
7 92 (2.52%) CIMA
8 78 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 73 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 70 (1.92%) CISSP
11 68 (1.87%) DV Cleared
12 46 (1.26%) CEH
13 45 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
13 45 (1.23%) HND
14 38 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
15 36 (0.99%) CISM
16 34 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
17 30 (0.82%) PMI Certification
18 29 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
19 25 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (4.20%) QA
2 129 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 121 (3.32%) PCI DSS
4 106 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 105 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 102 (2.80%) GDPR
7 70 (1.92%) NIST
8 63 (1.73%) PMO
9 53 (1.45%) Accessibility
10 36 (0.99%) SLA
11 17 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.38%) ISO 9001
12 14 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.33%) GRC
14 9 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 8 (0.22%) IEC 61131
15 8 (0.22%) IFRS
16 6 (0.16%) ISO 14001
16 6 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 195 (5.35%) Active Directory
2 110 (3.02%) Hyper-V
3 88 (2.41%) Terminal Server
4 23 (0.63%) Docker
5 20 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.41%) Firmware
7 8 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.14%) HDFS
9 4 (0.11%) vSphere
10 2 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.027%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.027%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.027%) Postfix
11 1 (0.027%) RACF
11 1 (0.027%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 40 (1.10%) Kubernetes
2 36 (0.99%) Terraform
3 18 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.44%) Ansible
5 7 (0.19%) Grafana
5 7 (0.19%) QRadar
6 6 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.11%) Nessus
7 4 (0.11%) SCCM
8 3 (0.082%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.082%) Kibana
9 2 (0.055%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.055%) AssetCenter
9 2 (0.055%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.027%) Control-M
10 1 (0.027%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.027%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.027%) Nagios
10 1 (0.027%) SCOM
Vendors
1 761 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 529 (14.51%) PayPal
3 292 (8.01%) SAP
4 140 (3.84%) Oracle
5 124 (3.40%) Google
6 118 (3.24%) Splunk
7 114 (3.13%) VMware
8 97 (2.66%) SolarWinds
9 93 (2.55%) Veeam
10 88 (2.41%) Brocade
10 88 (2.41%) Nimble Storage
10 88 (2.41%) Tanium
11 80 (2.19%) Salesforce
12 49 (1.34%) Cisco
13 48 (1.32%) ServiceNow
14 44 (1.21%) Databricks
15 37 (1.02%) OpenText
16 35 (0.96%) Workday
17 30 (0.82%) Ariba
18 26 (0.71%) Adobe