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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,076 3,750 6,657
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.54% 12.47% 8.37%
As % of the General category 10.19% 17.55% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,090 1,344 3,640
10th Percentile £31,055 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,472 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,625 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 30,185 21,366 43,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.55% 71.04% 54.28%
Number of salaries quoted 18,467 9,690 27,769
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,958 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 20 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 20 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 -19 953 £48,000 +1.05% 324
South East -8 769 £50,000 -9.09% 507
Midlands -9 564 £48,000 +1.05% 247
North West -17 558 £46,500 -7.00% 182
South West -26 334 £47,500 -5.00% 157
West Midlands -15 313 £50,000 +5.26% 133
Yorkshire -15 295 £49,942 +10.98% 99
East Midlands +1 250 £45,872 -3.43% 113
East of England -17 237 £45,050 -3.82% 121
Scotland -25 107 £40,000 -20.71% 63
North East -30 100 £53,750 +38.53% 51
Wales -6 84 £53,171 -3.33% 27
Northern Ireland -20 39 £40,000 -27.27% 103
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
1 155 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.20%) Confluence
4 30 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.91%) CMS
6 23 (0.75%) Apache
7 20 (0.65%) IIS
8 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.29%) WordPress
9 7 (0.23%) SAS
10 6 (0.20%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.20%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.098%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.098%) govService
12 3 (0.098%) JBoss
13 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.033%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 395 (12.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 141 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (1.95%) MS Visio
4 54 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.29%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.098%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.098%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.098%) Trello
10 2 (0.065%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.065%) Lectora
10 2 (0.065%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.065%) Simulink
10 2 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.46%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.33%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
9 7 (0.23%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.20%) Magento
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
11 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
12 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
12 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
12 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
12 4 (0.13%) JDE World
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 545 (17.72%) Azure
2 403 (13.10%) Power Platform
3 284 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
4 273 (8.88%) AWS
5 120 (3.90%) SaaS
6 106 (3.45%) GCP
7 82 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (2.67%) Entra ID
8 76 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
9 55 (1.79%) Google Analytics
10 52 (1.69%) GitHub
11 49 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
12 46 (1.50%) PowerApps
13 44 (1.43%) Amazon S3
13 44 (1.43%) Power Automate
14 37 (1.20%) Serverless
15 31 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (1.01%) dbt
16 29 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
17 24 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 136 (4.42%) DNS
2 133 (4.32%) Firewall
3 108 (3.51%) DHCP
4 74 (2.41%) VPN
5 64 (2.08%) WAN
6 51 (1.66%) LAN
6 51 (1.66%) TCP/IP
7 42 (1.37%) Broadband
8 40 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
9 37 (1.20%) Wireless
10 27 (0.88%) Network Security
11 24 (0.78%) HTTP
12 23 (0.75%) BGP
12 23 (0.75%) SD-WAN
13 22 (0.72%) VLAN
14 20 (0.65%) SAN
14 20 (0.65%) Wireshark
15 19 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
16 16 (0.52%) VoIP
17 14 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (11.80%) Power BI
2 193 (6.27%) Tableau
3 100 (3.25%) SQL Server
4 95 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
5 78 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
6 71 (2.31%) Data Mining
7 54 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 43 (1.40%) Power Query
9 41 (1.33%) Metadata
10 36 (1.17%) Looker
10 36 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.11%) MySQL
11 34 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
12 33 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
12 33 (1.07%) Relational Database
13 29 (0.94%) Big Data
13 29 (0.94%) Data Lake
14 19 (0.62%) NoSQL
15 18 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
15 18 (0.59%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 100 (3.25%) JIRA
2 73 (2.37%) Git
3 38 (1.24%) GitLab
4 33 (1.07%) Rational DOORS
5 17 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 12 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.39%) Selenium
7 11 (0.36%) MLflow
8 8 (0.26%) Eclipse
8 8 (0.26%) JMeter
8 8 (0.26%) Postman
8 8 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.23%) Moq
10 6 (0.20%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.20%) Subversion
10 6 (0.20%) Toad
11 5 (0.16%) ERwin
11 5 (0.16%) Maven
11 5 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 1,452 (47.20%) Social Skills
2 919 (29.88%) Finance
3 262 (8.52%) Marketing
4 187 (6.08%) Public Sector
5 173 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
6 168 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 166 (5.40%) Retail
8 158 (5.14%) Manufacturing
9 152 (4.94%) Legal
10 141 (4.58%) Law
11 116 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
12 97 (3.15%) Telecoms
13 73 (2.37%) Aerospace
14 69 (2.24%) Electronics
15 64 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
16 58 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
17 45 (1.46%) Banking
18 40 (1.30%) Military
19 34 (1.11%) Advertising
19 34 (1.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 849 (27.60%) Analyst
2 312 (10.14%) Senior
3 227 (7.38%) Data Analyst
4 222 (7.22%) Lead
5 167 (5.43%) Business Analyst
6 163 (5.30%) Systems Engineer
7 162 (5.27%) Developer
8 105 (3.41%) Architect
9 92 (2.99%) Support Analyst
10 91 (2.96%) Consultant
11 88 (2.86%) Support Engineer
12 87 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
13 84 (2.73%) Systems Analyst
14 81 (2.63%) IT Support
15 75 (2.44%) Data Engineer
16 66 (2.15%) Head of QA
16 66 (2.15%) IT Manager
17 65 (2.11%) Trainee
17 65 (2.11%) Trainee Analyst
17 65 (2.11%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (2.54%) HTML
2 69 (2.24%) CSS
3 67 (2.18%) .NET
4 66 (2.15%) Middleware
5 63 (2.05%) REST
6 60 (1.95%) JSON
7 57 (1.85%) XML
8 54 (1.76%) React
9 38 (1.24%) Node.js
9 38 (1.24%) SOAP
10 32 (1.04%) PyTorch
11 26 (0.85%) TensorFlow
12 22 (0.72%) RESTful
12 22 (0.72%) scikit-learn
13 20 (0.65%) EDI
14 19 (0.62%) PySpark
15 17 (0.55%) OAuth
15 17 (0.55%) Pandas
16 16 (0.52%) Kafka
17 14 (0.46%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 382 (12.42%) Analytical Mindset
2 154 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 118 (3.84%) Onboarding
4 117 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 113 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 106 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
7 74 (2.41%) Driving Licence
8 68 (2.21%) Data Centre
9 44 (1.43%) Cloud Native
10 43 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
11 38 (1.24%) Security Posture
12 37 (1.20%) Data Structures
13 36 (1.17%) Algorithms
14 34 (1.11%) Social Media
15 31 (1.01%) Virtual Team
16 30 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
16 30 (0.98%) FMCG
17 29 (0.94%) Low-Code
18 27 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
18 27 (0.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 271 (8.81%) Windows
2 168 (5.46%) Windows Server
3 165 (5.36%) Linux
4 94 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.65%) Unix
6 17 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (0.49%) Android
9 14 (0.46%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.36%) Windows 10
11 10 (0.33%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.29%) CentOS
13 8 (0.26%) VMS
14 4 (0.13%) Debian
14 4 (0.13%) OpenVMS
15 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.033%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,447 (47.04%) Problem-Solving
2 856 (27.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 701 (22.79%) Decision-Making
4 626 (20.35%) Analytics
5 445 (14.47%) Agile
6 413 (13.43%) Business Intelligence
7 383 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 331 (10.76%) AI
9 321 (10.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 315 (10.24%) Actionable Insight
11 288 (9.36%) Customer Service
12 282 (9.17%) Data Analysis
13 276 (8.97%) ERP
14 274 (8.91%) Project Management
15 267 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
16 259 (8.42%) Customer Experience
17 250 (8.13%) CRM
18 249 (8.09%) Mentoring
19 237 (7.70%) Data Modelling
19 237 (7.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 662 (21.52%) SQL
2 491 (15.96%) Python
3 108 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 98 (3.19%) Java
5 95 (3.09%) PowerShell
6 90 (2.93%) C#
7 58 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 46 (1.50%) C++
9 45 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 43 (1.40%) R
11 42 (1.37%) Bash
12 33 (1.07%) VBA
13 28 (0.91%) MATLAB
14 20 (0.65%) TypeScript
15 18 (0.59%) PHP
16 14 (0.46%) C
16 14 (0.46%) Go
16 14 (0.46%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.36%) Perl
18 10 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 515 (16.74%) Degree
2 309 (10.05%) Security Cleared
3 226 (7.35%) SC Cleared
4 157 (5.10%) ACCA
5 151 (4.91%) CIMA
6 129 (4.19%) DBS Check
7 80 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 72 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.15%) IRCA
10 63 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
11 49 (1.59%) CISSP
12 48 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 47 (1.53%) DV Cleared
14 41 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.20%) CISM
16 32 (1.04%) CCNA
17 31 (1.01%) PMI Certification
18 25 (0.81%) Azure Certification
18 25 (0.81%) Master's Degree
18 25 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 312 (10.14%) Data Quality
2 248 (8.06%) GDPR
3 200 (6.50%) QA
4 159 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 154 (5.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 119 (3.87%) PCI DSS
7 108 (3.51%) ISO 9001
8 105 (3.41%) NIST
9 85 (2.76%) SLA
10 69 (2.24%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.50%) GRC
12 37 (1.20%) PMO
13 34 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 25 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 20 (0.65%) ISO 14001
15 20 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 17 (0.55%) GMP
16 17 (0.55%) TickIT
17 16 (0.52%) SOC 2
18 15 (0.49%) IFRS
System Software
1 216 (7.02%) Active Directory
2 91 (2.96%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.60%) Terminal Server
4 58 (1.89%) Docker
5 33 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 9 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.098%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.098%) Firmware
12 2 (0.065%) 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 62 (2.02%) Terraform
2 43 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.20%) Ansible
4 27 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (0.65%) Grafana
6 13 (0.42%) Kibana
6 13 (0.42%) QRadar
7 9 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.26%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.26%) Nagios
9 6 (0.20%) Graylog
9 6 (0.20%) logstash
10 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.16%) Podman
11 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.13%) SCCM
11 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 750 (24.38%) Microsoft
2 128 (4.16%) SAP
3 126 (4.10%) Google
4 118 (3.84%) VMware
5 114 (3.71%) Splunk
6 102 (3.32%) SolarWinds
7 98 (3.19%) Salesforce
8 91 (2.96%) Veeam
9 81 (2.63%) Nimble Storage
9 81 (2.63%) Oracle
10 80 (2.60%) Brocade
10 80 (2.60%) Tanium
11 66 (2.15%) Workday
12 55 (1.79%) Databricks
13 48 (1.56%) Cisco
14 35 (1.14%) IBM
15 32 (1.04%) ServiceNow
16 29 (0.94%) Adobe
17 28 (0.91%) HubSpot
18 26 (0.85%) Dell