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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,403 4,264 4,659
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.11% 12.28% 8.99%
As % of the General category 11.57% 18.69% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,468 1,513 1,638
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,134 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,300 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.60% -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 general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 38,049 22,820 28,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.14% 65.72% 54.17%
Number of salaries quoted 23,606 11,073 12,556
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,087
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 1,174 £47,500 +5.56% 1,109
South East -12 998 £48,000 +1.03% 1,207
Midlands -9 767 £45,000 +1.03% 722
North West -15 702 £46,500 +1.14% 595
South West -8 618 £47,500 +5.56% 497
West Midlands -18 391 £47,500 +5.56% 449
East Midlands -4 374 £42,500 +6.47% 273
Yorkshire -10 321 £47,000 +17.50% 401
East of England -13 290 £47,500 +21.79% 467
Northern Ireland +11 224 £43,750 -18.60% 214
Wales -4 207 £45,000 -10.40% 148
North East -21 160 £51,962 +29.91% 120
Scotland -22 148 £50,000 +46.50% 390
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
1 159 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 54 (1.23%) Confluence
4 33 (0.75%) Apache
5 31 (0.70%) IIS
6 27 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.39%) CMS
7 17 (0.39%) SAS
8 16 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 15 (0.34%) WordPress
10 14 (0.32%) Jupyter
11 9 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.20%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
14 5 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.068%) nginx
16 2 (0.045%) Office Communications Server
16 2 (0.045%) Oracle Application Server
16 2 (0.045%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 580 (13.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 285 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 47 (1.07%) MS Visio
6 26 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 19 (0.43%) Simulink
8 11 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (0.16%) EPLAN
11 6 (0.14%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.11%) Chatbot
12 5 (0.11%) Notion
12 5 (0.11%) Photoshop
13 3 (0.068%) CANalyzer
13 3 (0.068%) CATIA
13 3 (0.068%) LaTeX
14 2 (0.045%) Revit
14 2 (0.045%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 87 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.73%) Dynamics GP
3 27 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.45%) Shopify
5 19 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.25%) Magento
7 10 (0.23%) Infor M3
7 10 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.16%) Odoo
10 7 (0.16%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.14%) Exchequer
11 6 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.11%) Elite 3E
12 5 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
13 4 (0.091%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 676 (15.35%) Azure
2 477 (10.83%) Power Platform
3 375 (8.52%) AWS
4 327 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
5 219 (4.97%) SaaS
6 170 (3.86%) GCP
7 169 (3.84%) Entra ID
8 113 (2.57%) Google Ads
9 94 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
11 84 (1.91%) Google Analytics
12 82 (1.86%) Meta Ads
13 59 (1.34%) GitHub
14 56 (1.27%) PowerApps
15 54 (1.23%) Serverless
16 53 (1.20%) Power Automate
17 50 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
18 48 (1.09%) Amazon S3
19 43 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
19 43 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 168 (3.82%) DNS
2 132 (3.00%) DHCP
3 106 (2.41%) Firewall
4 95 (2.16%) VPN
5 84 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 67 (1.52%) WAN
7 62 (1.41%) Internet
8 58 (1.32%) LAN
9 51 (1.16%) Wireless
10 45 (1.02%) Network Security
11 37 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 30 (0.68%) VLAN
13 26 (0.59%) Broadband
13 26 (0.59%) HTTP
14 22 (0.50%) SAN
15 21 (0.48%) SD-WAN
15 21 (0.48%) VoIP
16 19 (0.43%) BGP
16 19 (0.43%) SSL
17 18 (0.41%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 425 (9.65%) Power BI
2 122 (2.77%) SQL Server
3 114 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
4 97 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
5 95 (2.16%) Tableau
6 83 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 67 (1.52%) MySQL
8 62 (1.41%) Power Query
8 62 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 59 (1.34%) Metadata
10 51 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
11 42 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 42 (0.95%) Looker
12 39 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 33 (0.75%) BigQuery
14 32 (0.73%) NoSQL
15 30 (0.68%) Big Data
16 28 (0.64%) MongoDB
17 26 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
18 24 (0.55%) GIS
Development Applications
1 192 (4.36%) Git
2 149 (3.38%) JIRA
3 40 (0.91%) GitLab
4 34 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.48%) Eclipse
5 21 (0.48%) LabVIEW
5 21 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
6 18 (0.41%) Selenium
7 17 (0.39%) Claude Code
8 16 (0.36%) Burp Suite
9 15 (0.34%) Postman
10 14 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.30%) Metasploit
12 11 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.18%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.18%) JMeter
13 8 (0.18%) Moq
14 7 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 2,303 (52.31%) Social Skills
2 1,232 (27.98%) Finance
3 507 (11.51%) Marketing
4 412 (9.36%) Organisational Skills
5 369 (8.38%) Manufacturing
6 323 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 305 (6.93%) Legal
8 292 (6.63%) Retail
9 269 (6.11%) Public Sector
10 231 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
11 227 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
12 219 (4.97%) Law
13 200 (4.54%) Aerospace
14 163 (3.70%) Electronics
15 118 (2.68%) Telecoms
16 80 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
17 72 (1.64%) Automotive
18 70 (1.59%) Advertising
19 63 (1.43%) Banking
20 62 (1.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,025 (23.28%) Analyst
2 525 (11.92%) Senior
3 282 (6.40%) Lead
4 232 (5.27%) Developer
5 193 (4.38%) Support Analyst
6 191 (4.34%) Data Analyst
7 170 (3.86%) Senior Analyst
8 169 (3.84%) Business Analyst
9 148 (3.36%) Systems Engineer
10 140 (3.18%) Architect
11 119 (2.70%) Data Engineer
12 114 (2.59%) Support Engineer
13 112 (2.54%) Consultant
14 107 (2.43%) ITSM Analyst
15 101 (2.29%) IT Support
16 95 (2.16%) Administrator
17 91 (2.07%) Applications Support
18 89 (2.02%) Marketing Manager
19 82 (1.86%) IT Engineer
20 80 (1.82%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (2.45%) .NET
2 81 (1.84%) Terraform
3 76 (1.73%) HTML
3 76 (1.73%) REST
4 70 (1.59%) CSS
5 55 (1.25%) PySpark
5 55 (1.25%) XML
6 50 (1.14%) RESTful
7 49 (1.11%) Middleware
8 48 (1.09%) JSON
9 45 (1.02%) SOAP
10 37 (0.84%) EDI
10 37 (0.84%) React
11 36 (0.82%) Kafka
12 35 (0.79%) LDAP
13 32 (0.73%) Spring
14 31 (0.70%) Spring Boot
15 29 (0.66%) ASP.NET
16 28 (0.64%) ModSecurity
17 24 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 354 (8.04%) Management Information System
2 303 (6.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 266 (6.04%) Onboarding
4 229 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
5 169 (3.84%) Driving Licence
6 166 (3.77%) Product Ownership
7 116 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
8 107 (2.43%) Social Media
9 102 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
10 81 (1.84%) Cloud Native
11 79 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
12 77 (1.75%) Data Centre
13 73 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
14 72 (1.64%) Virtual Team
15 68 (1.54%) Blog
16 52 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
17 49 (1.11%) Data Structures
18 47 (1.07%) SCADA
19 45 (1.02%) Security Posture
20 40 (0.91%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 333 (7.56%) Windows
2 238 (5.41%) Linux
3 185 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 91 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 30 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 27 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.48%) Unix
9 15 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.32%) Android
11 9 (0.20%) CentOS
12 8 (0.18%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.14%) Debian
14 6 (0.14%) VMS
15 5 (0.11%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.091%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.045%) Solaris
18 1 (0.023%) AIX
18 1 (0.023%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,226 (50.56%) Problem-Solving
2 1,461 (33.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,129 (25.64%) Decision-Making
4 854 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 732 (16.63%) Analytics
6 722 (16.40%) AI
7 644 (14.63%) Agile
8 567 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
9 501 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 451 (10.24%) Validation
11 443 (10.06%) Customer Service
12 432 (9.81%) CRM
13 421 (9.56%) Mentoring
14 414 (9.40%) ERP
15 384 (8.72%) Data Analysis
16 376 (8.54%) Actionable Insight
17 373 (8.47%) ITIL
18 368 (8.36%) Project Delivery
19 353 (8.02%) Process Improvement
20 350 (7.95%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 781 (17.74%) SQL
2 460 (10.45%) Python
3 154 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 131 (2.98%) Java
5 118 (2.68%) C#
6 106 (2.41%) PowerShell
7 77 (1.75%) C++
8 65 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 58 (1.32%) Bash
10 46 (1.04%) TypeScript
11 43 (0.98%) MATLAB
12 42 (0.95%) Shell Script
13 37 (0.84%) R
13 37 (0.84%) T-SQL
14 34 (0.77%) C
15 21 (0.48%) VB.NET
16 20 (0.45%) PL/SQL
17 19 (0.43%) PHP
18 17 (0.39%) Scala
19 16 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 935 (21.24%) Degree
2 536 (12.17%) Security Cleared
3 375 (8.52%) SC Cleared
4 164 (3.72%) ACCA
5 157 (3.57%) CIMA
6 122 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 117 (2.66%) DV Cleared
8 109 (2.48%) DBS Check
9 93 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 80 (1.82%) HND
11 67 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
12 66 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 64 (1.45%) CISSP
14 60 (1.36%) HNC
15 56 (1.27%) Master's Degree
16 51 (1.16%) Azure Certification
17 49 (1.11%) CISM
18 44 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
19 39 (0.89%) CCNA
20 29 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 415 (9.43%) Data Quality
2 262 (5.95%) QA
3 205 (4.66%) GDPR
4 138 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 124 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 121 (2.75%) Accessibility
7 100 (2.27%) PCI DSS
8 84 (1.91%) SLA
9 63 (1.43%) NIST
10 49 (1.11%) ISO 9001
11 36 (0.82%) GRC
12 35 (0.79%) PMO
13 29 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
14 28 (0.64%) DO-254
15 26 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 25 (0.57%) IFRS
17 20 (0.45%) ISO 14001
18 18 (0.41%) GMP
18 18 (0.41%) Good Clinical Practice
19 16 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 300 (6.81%) Active Directory
2 140 (3.18%) Docker
3 103 (2.34%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.64%) Terminal Server
5 42 (0.95%) Firmware
6 36 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
7 15 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.16%) Ceph
11 5 (0.11%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.11%) vSphere
12 4 (0.091%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.091%) ISA Server
12 4 (0.091%) KVM
12 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.023%) IAG
13 1 (0.023%) NFS
13 1 (0.023%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 69 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 53 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (0.91%) Ansible
4 31 (0.70%) Grafana
5 28 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 27 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.32%) Kibana
7 14 (0.32%) QRadar
8 13 (0.30%) Nmap
9 11 (0.25%) Podman
10 10 (0.23%) Functional Safety
11 7 (0.16%) Argo
11 7 (0.16%) Check_MK
11 7 (0.16%) Istio
11 7 (0.16%) SCCM
12 6 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.14%) Graylog
12 6 (0.14%) logstash
12 6 (0.14%) Nagios
13 5 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1,168 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 297 (6.75%) Google
3 133 (3.02%) SAP
4 128 (2.91%) VMware
5 127 (2.88%) Splunk
6 117 (2.66%) Oracle
7 97 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 88 (2.00%) SolarWinds
9 79 (1.79%) Veeam
10 76 (1.73%) ServiceNow
11 73 (1.66%) Brocade
11 73 (1.66%) Nimble Storage
12 72 (1.64%) Tanium
13 64 (1.45%) Cisco
13 64 (1.45%) YouTube
14 45 (1.02%) Databricks
15 41 (0.93%) HubSpot
16 37 (0.84%) Adobe
17 32 (0.73%) TikTok
18 31 (0.70%) Workday