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 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,260 3,952 6,283
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.55% 11.69% 8.84%
As % of the General category 10.22% 17.42% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,168 1,484 3,280
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £34,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +2.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,525
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% +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 31,898 22,692 38,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.53% 67.13% 54.86%
Number of salaries quoted 19,616 10,848 24,444
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £75,772
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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -18 966 £48,000 +2.13% 373
South East -9 814 £50,000 -5.62% 486
Midlands -10 589 £47,500 - 245
North West -18 576 £47,050 -1.78% 213
South West -21 410 £46,000 -6.60% 179
West Midlands -16 319 £49,000 +3.16% 142
Yorkshire -12 286 £49,884 +11.60% 120
East Midlands -3 269 £45,000 -5.26% 100
East of England -22 237 £45,025 -3.88% 144
Scotland -38 105 £43,668 -1.32% 67
North East -29 104 £55,000 +37.50% 44
Wales -13 98 £53,171 -3.33% 28
Northern Ireland -34 52 £41,250 -25.00% 39
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
1 168 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.17%) Confluence
4 28 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 28 (0.86%) CMS
5 27 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 26 (0.80%) Apache
7 21 (0.64%) IIS
8 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.28%) SAS
8 9 (0.28%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.28%) WordPress
9 8 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.25%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.092%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.092%) JBoss
11 1 (0.031%) Moodle
11 1 (0.031%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.031%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.031%) Umbraco
Applications
1 411 (12.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 161 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.28%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.092%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.092%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.092%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.092%) Simulink
9 3 (0.092%) Trello
10 2 (0.061%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.061%) Lectora
10 2 (0.061%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 21 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
5 20 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
6 19 (0.58%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.43%) SAP ERP
8 9 (0.28%) Magento
9 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.21%) Workday HCM
10 5 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
10 5 (0.15%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.15%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.15%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.12%) JDE OneWorld
11 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 567 (17.39%) Azure
2 419 (12.85%) Power Platform
3 302 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
4 267 (8.19%) AWS
5 137 (4.20%) SaaS
6 121 (3.71%) GCP
7 90 (2.76%) Entra ID
8 84 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
10 60 (1.84%) Google Analytics
11 51 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
12 49 (1.50%) GitHub
13 47 (1.44%) PowerApps
14 39 (1.20%) Power Automate
15 34 (1.04%) Amazon S3
16 32 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
17 30 (0.92%) dbt
18 29 (0.89%) Snowflake
19 25 (0.77%) Google Ads
19 25 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 147 (4.51%) DNS
2 125 (3.83%) Firewall
3 117 (3.59%) DHCP
4 79 (2.42%) VPN
5 59 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 59 (1.81%) WAN
6 51 (1.56%) LAN
7 42 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (1.20%) Broadband
9 38 (1.17%) Wireless
10 25 (0.77%) Network Security
11 24 (0.74%) HTTP
12 20 (0.61%) BGP
12 20 (0.61%) SD-WAN
13 19 (0.58%) SAN
13 19 (0.58%) VoIP
14 17 (0.52%) VLAN
15 16 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (0.46%) Wireshark
17 14 (0.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 374 (11.47%) Power BI
2 186 (5.71%) Tableau
3 107 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 101 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
5 93 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
6 62 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.81%) Data Mining
8 47 (1.44%) Power Query
9 44 (1.35%) MySQL
10 40 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 38 (1.17%) Looker
11 38 (1.17%) Metadata
12 36 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
13 35 (1.07%) Relational Database
14 31 (0.95%) Data Lake
15 27 (0.83%) Big Data
16 25 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (0.61%) BigQuery
18 16 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
18 16 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 115 (3.53%) JIRA
2 81 (2.48%) Git
3 41 (1.26%) GitLab
4 36 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
5 24 (0.74%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.40%) Selenium
8 12 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.37%) Eclipse
9 11 (0.34%) MLflow
10 10 (0.31%) Postman
11 9 (0.28%) JMeter
11 9 (0.28%) LabVIEW
11 9 (0.28%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.21%) Moq
12 7 (0.21%) Subversion
13 6 (0.18%) Burp Suite
13 6 (0.18%) ERwin
13 6 (0.18%) Toad
14 5 (0.15%) Bitbucket
General
1 1,586 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 951 (29.17%) Finance
3 280 (8.59%) Marketing
4 217 (6.66%) Organisational Skills
5 206 (6.32%) Retail
6 184 (5.64%) Public Sector
7 180 (5.52%) Manufacturing
8 178 (5.46%) Legal
9 176 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 151 (4.63%) Law
11 144 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
12 103 (3.16%) Telecoms
13 80 (2.45%) Aerospace
14 77 (2.36%) Electronics
15 61 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
16 58 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
17 49 (1.50%) Military
18 48 (1.47%) Banking
19 46 (1.41%) Advertising
20 35 (1.07%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 854 (26.20%) Analyst
2 324 (9.94%) Senior
3 233 (7.15%) Lead
4 223 (6.84%) Data Analyst
5 185 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
6 162 (4.97%) Developer
7 160 (4.91%) Business Analyst
8 109 (3.34%) Support Engineer
9 107 (3.28%) Support Analyst
10 101 (3.10%) Architect
11 94 (2.88%) Consultant
11 94 (2.88%) IT Support
12 90 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
13 85 (2.61%) Data Engineer
14 83 (2.55%) Systems Analyst
15 77 (2.36%) Accountant
16 69 (2.12%) IT Engineer
17 66 (2.02%) Head of QA
17 66 (2.02%) IT Manager
18 65 (1.99%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (2.24%) .NET
2 67 (2.06%) HTML
3 65 (1.99%) Middleware
4 64 (1.96%) REST
5 61 (1.87%) XML
6 59 (1.81%) CSS
7 58 (1.78%) JSON
8 43 (1.32%) React
9 37 (1.13%) SOAP
10 31 (0.95%) RESTful
11 30 (0.92%) PyTorch
12 29 (0.89%) Node.js
13 25 (0.77%) Kafka
13 25 (0.77%) TensorFlow
14 24 (0.74%) PySpark
15 23 (0.71%) EDI
16 21 (0.64%) scikit-learn
17 17 (0.52%) OAuth
17 17 (0.52%) Pandas
17 17 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 392 (12.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 175 (5.37%) Management Information System
3 129 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 124 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 123 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 117 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
7 92 (2.82%) Driving Licence
8 60 (1.84%) Data Centre
9 56 (1.72%) Cloud Native
10 52 (1.60%) Virtual Team
11 49 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
12 43 (1.32%) Security Posture
13 36 (1.10%) Algorithms
14 34 (1.04%) Data Structures
14 34 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
14 34 (1.04%) Social Media
15 33 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
16 27 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
16 27 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
16 27 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 306 (9.39%) Windows
2 188 (5.77%) Linux
3 181 (5.55%) Windows Server
4 101 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.55%) Android
5 18 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 18 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.49%) Unix
8 15 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.34%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.28%) CentOS
12 8 (0.25%) VMS
13 6 (0.18%) Debian
14 5 (0.15%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.031%) AIX
15 1 (0.031%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.031%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.031%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,530 (46.93%) Problem-Solving
2 940 (28.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 762 (23.37%) Decision-Making
4 664 (20.37%) Analytics
5 451 (13.83%) Agile
6 444 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 424 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
8 381 (11.69%) AI
9 342 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 339 (10.40%) Actionable Insight
11 304 (9.33%) Customer Experience
12 302 (9.26%) Customer Service
13 295 (9.05%) ERP
14 291 (8.93%) Data Analysis
15 287 (8.80%) Project Management
16 283 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
17 269 (8.25%) CRM
18 258 (7.91%) Mentoring
18 258 (7.91%) Roadmaps
19 252 (7.73%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 670 (20.55%) SQL
2 485 (14.88%) Python
3 110 (3.37%) JavaScript
4 104 (3.19%) Java
5 98 (3.01%) C#
5 98 (3.01%) PowerShell
6 60 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 53 (1.63%) C++
8 47 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.41%) Bash
10 41 (1.26%) R
11 34 (1.04%) MATLAB
12 22 (0.67%) TypeScript
13 21 (0.64%) PHP
14 19 (0.58%) C
14 19 (0.58%) VBA
15 18 (0.55%) Go
16 14 (0.43%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
17 13 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 548 (16.81%) Degree
2 342 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 248 (7.61%) SC Cleared
4 159 (4.88%) ACCA
5 153 (4.69%) CIMA
6 131 (4.02%) DBS Check
7 85 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 68 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.02%) IRCA
10 64 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
11 51 (1.56%) CISSP
12 50 (1.53%) DV Cleared
13 49 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 43 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.13%) CISM
16 34 (1.04%) CCNA
17 30 (0.92%) Master's Degree
18 26 (0.80%) HNC
19 24 (0.74%) AAT
19 24 (0.74%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 317 (9.72%) Data Quality
2 253 (7.76%) GDPR
3 224 (6.87%) QA
4 169 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 158 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 128 (3.93%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.50%) ISO 9001
8 96 (2.94%) NIST
9 93 (2.85%) SLA
10 77 (2.36%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.41%) GRC
12 38 (1.17%) PMO
13 30 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.71%) ISO 14001
16 20 (0.61%) GMP
16 20 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 18 (0.55%) SOC 2
18 17 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.52%) TickIT
System Software
1 239 (7.33%) Active Directory
2 100 (3.07%) Hyper-V
3 88 (2.70%) Terminal Server
4 70 (2.15%) Docker
5 33 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.28%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.28%) vSphere
8 6 (0.18%) Firmware
9 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.12%) XenApp
10 3 (0.092%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.092%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.031%) KVM
11 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.031%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 64 (1.96%) Terraform
2 53 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (1.07%) Ansible
5 27 (0.83%) Grafana
6 14 (0.43%) Kibana
6 14 (0.43%) QRadar
7 12 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.25%) Nagios
9 7 (0.21%) logstash
10 6 (0.18%) Graylog
11 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.15%) Podman
11 5 (0.15%) SCCM
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Nmap
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
12 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 797 (24.45%) Microsoft
2 145 (4.45%) Google
3 129 (3.96%) Splunk
4 128 (3.93%) VMware
5 123 (3.77%) SAP
6 106 (3.25%) SolarWinds
7 98 (3.01%) Veeam
8 89 (2.73%) Nimble Storage
9 88 (2.70%) Brocade
9 88 (2.70%) Salesforce
9 88 (2.70%) Tanium
10 70 (2.15%) Oracle
11 68 (2.09%) Workday
12 54 (1.66%) Cisco
12 54 (1.66%) Databricks
13 44 (1.35%) ServiceNow
14 37 (1.13%) IBM
15 30 (0.92%) Adobe
16 28 (0.86%) HubSpot
17 27 (0.83%) Red Hat