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 3 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -28 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,931 3,332 6,218
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.47% 12.13% 9.13%
As % of the General category 9.26% 17.60% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,893 1,470 3,592
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,063 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +11.11% -3.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £53,185 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.30% +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 31,646 18,930 39,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.29% 68.93% 58.03%
Number of salaries quoted 16,331 9,470 26,344
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,739 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,885 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,750
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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -30 853 £46,500 -7.00% 422
South East -4 774 £50,000 -6.47% 533
Midlands -28 554 £47,500 - 316
North West -30 481 £45,000 -10.00% 244
West Midlands -26 331 £50,000 +5.26% 198
Yorkshire -12 282 £51,000 +13.33% 135
East of England -35 257 £45,000 -11.71% 166
South West -27 253 £47,500 -6.79% 161
East Midlands -8 221 £45,000 - 118
Scotland -27 139 £40,000 -23.81% 60
North East -23 90 £49,222 +26.86% 49
Wales 0 81 £42,500 -15.44% 37
Northern Ireland -32 33 £47,500 -13.64% 16
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92%
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
1 118 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 32 (1.09%) Confluence
4 30 (1.02%) CMS
5 27 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 25 (0.85%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.61%) IIS
8 14 (0.48%) Apache
9 12 (0.41%) WordPress
10 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.14%) nginx
11 3 (0.10%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.10%) govService
11 3 (0.10%) JBoss
11 3 (0.10%) SAS
12 1 (0.034%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.034%) Appian
12 1 (0.034%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.034%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 438 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 194 (6.62%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (2.18%) MS Visio
4 53 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.55%) Chatbot
7 14 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.34%) CATIA
9 4 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.14%) Trello
10 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.068%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.068%) Lectora
11 2 (0.068%) Simulink
12 1 (0.034%) Sketch
12 1 (0.034%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 48 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
3 25 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 21 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.51%) SAP CO
5 15 (0.51%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.48%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.24%) Magento
7 7 (0.24%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.20%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
9 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
9 5 (0.17%) SAP GTS
10 4 (0.14%) Markit EDM
11 3 (0.10%) Infor M3
11 3 (0.10%) JDE World
11 3 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 470 (16.04%) Azure
2 389 (13.27%) Power Platform
3 238 (8.12%) AWS
4 235 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 115 (3.92%) SaaS
6 108 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
7 95 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
8 80 (2.73%) GCP
9 71 (2.42%) Entra ID
10 67 (2.29%) GitHub
11 50 (1.71%) Power Automate
12 48 (1.64%) Google Analytics
13 47 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
13 47 (1.60%) Snowflake
14 46 (1.57%) dbt
15 36 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
15 36 (1.23%) PowerApps
16 35 (1.19%) Amazon S3
17 34 (1.16%) Serverless
18 27 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 118 (4.03%) Firewall
2 103 (3.51%) DNS
3 76 (2.59%) DHCP
4 71 (2.42%) VPN
5 61 (2.08%) WAN
6 47 (1.60%) Wireless
7 43 (1.47%) LAN
8 39 (1.33%) TCP/IP
9 32 (1.09%) Network Security
10 30 (1.02%) Broadband
10 30 (1.02%) VLAN
11 28 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (0.92%) Wireshark
13 25 (0.85%) BGP
14 24 (0.82%) SD-WAN
15 23 (0.78%) SAN
16 19 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
16 19 (0.65%) EIGRP
16 19 (0.65%) OSPF
17 14 (0.48%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 353 (12.04%) Power BI
2 241 (8.22%) Tableau
3 133 (4.54%) Data Mining
4 99 (3.38%) SQL Server
5 70 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
7 49 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 45 (1.54%) Looker
9 42 (1.43%) Relational Database
10 41 (1.40%) Metadata
11 36 (1.23%) MySQL
12 35 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 32 (1.09%) Power Query
14 31 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 30 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
16 28 (0.96%) Data Lake
17 24 (0.82%) GIS
17 24 (0.82%) NoSQL
18 18 (0.61%) Big Data
19 17 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 108 (3.68%) JIRA
2 65 (2.22%) Git
3 27 (0.92%) GitLab
4 26 (0.89%) Rational DOORS
5 20 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 14 (0.48%) Selenium
7 11 (0.38%) MLflow
8 10 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.27%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.24%) Moq
11 7 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.20%) Maven
12 6 (0.20%) Postman
12 6 (0.20%) Subversion
13 5 (0.17%) ERwin
13 5 (0.17%) JMeter
13 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.17%) TestRail
14 4 (0.14%) ER Studio
General
1 1,388 (47.36%) Social Skills
2 917 (31.29%) Finance
3 255 (8.70%) Marketing
4 157 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 147 (5.02%) Public Sector
6 145 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
7 144 (4.91%) Retail
8 141 (4.81%) Manufacturing
9 127 (4.33%) Law
10 114 (3.89%) Legal
11 85 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
12 84 (2.87%) Telecoms
13 78 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
14 63 (2.15%) Electronics
15 53 (1.81%) Aerospace
16 52 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
17 46 (1.57%) Banking
18 41 (1.40%) Military
19 39 (1.33%) Games
20 38 (1.30%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 885 (30.19%) Analyst
2 336 (11.46%) Senior
3 254 (8.67%) Data Analyst
4 183 (6.24%) Lead
5 161 (5.49%) Business Analyst
6 157 (5.36%) Developer
7 114 (3.89%) Trainee
8 112 (3.82%) Trainee Analyst
8 112 (3.82%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 110 (3.75%) Systems Engineer
10 108 (3.68%) Support Analyst
11 106 (3.62%) Architect
12 83 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
13 77 (2.63%) Support Engineer
14 76 (2.59%) IT Support
15 73 (2.49%) Systems Analyst
16 71 (2.42%) Financial Analyst
17 70 (2.39%) Consultant
18 66 (2.25%) Head of QA
18 66 (2.25%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (2.87%) HTML
2 72 (2.46%) CSS
3 65 (2.22%) .NET
4 59 (2.01%) REST
5 57 (1.94%) JSON
6 55 (1.88%) Middleware
6 55 (1.88%) React
7 51 (1.74%) XML
8 39 (1.33%) SOAP
9 34 (1.16%) Node.js
10 27 (0.92%) PyTorch
11 22 (0.75%) scikit-learn
12 21 (0.72%) TensorFlow
13 18 (0.61%) OAuth
13 18 (0.61%) Pandas
13 18 (0.61%) PySpark
13 18 (0.61%) React Native
14 17 (0.58%) EDI
15 16 (0.55%) RabbitMQ
16 15 (0.51%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 347 (11.84%) Analytical Mindset
2 141 (4.81%) Management Information System
3 135 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
4 128 (4.37%) Onboarding
5 111 (3.79%) Product Ownership
6 74 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
7 66 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 58 (1.98%) Driving Licence
9 49 (1.67%) Cloud Native
10 36 (1.23%) Algorithms
11 33 (1.13%) Low-Code
11 33 (1.13%) Social Media
12 32 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
13 30 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
14 29 (0.99%) Data Structures
14 29 (0.99%) FMCG
14 29 (0.99%) Security Posture
15 28 (0.96%) Mobile App
15 28 (0.96%) Virtual Team
16 25 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 232 (7.92%) Windows
2 125 (4.26%) Windows Server
3 119 (4.06%) Linux
4 54 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (0.65%) Unix
6 16 (0.55%) Android
7 15 (0.51%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.24%) VMS
10 6 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.17%) CentOS
11 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.068%) Debian
14 2 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.034%) AIX
15 1 (0.034%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.034%) Solaris
15 1 (0.034%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,306 (44.56%) Problem-Solving
2 791 (26.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 628 (21.43%) Analytics
4 612 (20.88%) Decision-Making
5 442 (15.08%) Agile
6 413 (14.09%) Business Intelligence
7 363 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 351 (11.98%) AI
9 345 (11.77%) Project Management
10 300 (10.24%) Data Analysis
11 276 (9.42%) Actionable Insight
12 270 (9.21%) ERP
13 253 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 234 (7.98%) Customer Service
15 233 (7.95%) CRM
16 231 (7.88%) Customer Experience
17 226 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
18 223 (7.61%) Business Analysis
19 218 (7.44%) Mentoring
20 215 (7.34%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 657 (22.42%) SQL
2 480 (16.38%) Python
3 106 (3.62%) JavaScript
4 94 (3.21%) PowerShell
5 89 (3.04%) Java
6 85 (2.90%) C#
7 52 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 44 (1.50%) T-SQL
9 39 (1.33%) R
10 37 (1.26%) VBA
11 33 (1.13%) Bash
12 32 (1.09%) C++
13 25 (0.85%) MATLAB
14 16 (0.55%) PL/SQL
15 15 (0.51%) Go
16 12 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (0.41%) PHP
16 12 (0.41%) TypeScript
17 11 (0.38%) Scala
18 8 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 542 (18.49%) Degree
2 215 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 165 (5.63%) ACCA
4 157 (5.36%) CIMA
5 152 (5.19%) SC Cleared
6 125 (4.26%) DBS Check
7 69 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 69 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 66 (2.25%) IRCA
9 59 (2.01%) PMI Certification
10 52 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
11 49 (1.67%) Master's Degree
11 49 (1.67%) PMP
12 44 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 41 (1.40%) CISSP
14 36 (1.23%) DV Cleared
15 32 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
16 30 (1.02%) CISM
17 27 (0.92%) CCNA
17 27 (0.92%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 275 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 221 (7.54%) GDPR
3 173 (5.90%) QA
4 140 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 100 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 100 (3.41%) NIST
6 87 (2.97%) ISO 9001
7 81 (2.76%) PCI DSS
8 57 (1.94%) SLA
9 49 (1.67%) PMO
10 37 (1.26%) Accessibility
11 36 (1.23%) GRC
12 33 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 22 (0.75%) SOC 2
14 18 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 17 (0.58%) GMP
15 17 (0.58%) TickIT
16 14 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 14 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 11 (0.38%) COBIT
System Software
1 179 (6.11%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.01%) Hyper-V
3 48 (1.64%) Terminal Server
4 39 (1.33%) Docker
5 33 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.34%) vSphere
8 9 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.27%) ProxySG
10 7 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.14%) Firmware
11 4 (0.14%) XenApp
12 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.034%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.034%) KVM
14 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.034%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 71 (2.42%) Terraform
2 40 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.26%) Ansible
4 28 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.61%) Grafana
6 10 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.31%) Kibana
7 9 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.20%) QRadar
9 5 (0.17%) Control-M
9 5 (0.17%) Kubeflow
9 5 (0.17%) logstash
9 5 (0.17%) Nagios
9 5 (0.17%) SCCM
10 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.14%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.14%) CASB
10 4 (0.14%) Graylog
10 4 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
10 4 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 769 (26.24%) Microsoft
2 131 (4.47%) SAP
3 104 (3.55%) Google
4 90 (3.07%) Oracle
5 86 (2.93%) Salesforce
6 83 (2.83%) VMware
7 73 (2.49%) SolarWinds
8 70 (2.39%) Splunk
9 68 (2.32%) Workday
10 57 (1.94%) Databricks
11 54 (1.84%) Veeam
12 53 (1.81%) ServiceNow
13 49 (1.67%) Tanium
14 48 (1.64%) Brocade
14 48 (1.64%) Nimble Storage
15 44 (1.50%) Cisco
16 33 (1.13%) IBM
17 29 (0.99%) Dell
18 22 (0.75%) Adobe
19 21 (0.72%) Red Hat