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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +12
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,575 4,031 5,305
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.73% 11.71% 8.83%
As % of the General category 10.66% 17.51% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,298 1,549 2,429
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,763 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £74,914
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -1.87% +4.39% -6.72%

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 33,547 23,023 32,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.35% 66.90% 53.87%
Number of salaries quoted 20,650 11,292 18,578
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,274
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.67% -6.14%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,082
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 1,022 £47,500 +5.56% 586
South East -9 873 £50,000 -4.76% 715
Midlands -10 636 £48,000 +6.67% 402
North West -17 620 £47,500 +1.06% 335
South West -15 487 £47,500 - 287
West Midlands -18 329 £50,000 +11.11% 235
East Midlands -1 305 £45,000 -0.43% 167
Yorkshire -11 283 £47,500 +6.26% 184
East of England -22 254 £45,025 +0.06% 211
North East -20 119 £55,000 +37.50% 72
Scotland -30 116 £43,668 -0.76% 117
Wales -14 115 £53,171 +1.28% 54
Northern Ireland -31 81 £42,500 -22.73% 83
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
1 163 (4.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.23%) Confluence
4 28 (0.78%) Apache
4 28 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 26 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.73%) IIS
6 24 (0.67%) CMS
7 9 (0.25%) SAS
7 9 (0.25%) WebLogic
7 9 (0.25%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.22%) WordPress
9 7 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.084%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.084%) JBoss
11 2 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.028%) Appian
12 1 (0.028%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 431 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 187 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 57 (1.59%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.20%) CATIA
7 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
8 3 (0.084%) LaTeX
8 3 (0.084%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.084%) Simulink
8 3 (0.084%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.084%) Trello
9 2 (0.056%) Lectora
9 2 (0.056%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.028%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.028%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 61 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 41 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (0.98%) Dynamics GP
4 26 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 20 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
6 19 (0.53%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.28%) Magento
9 8 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.22%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.14%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.14%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.14%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.14%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.11%) Academy Housing
11 4 (0.11%) JDE World
11 4 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 617 (17.26%) Azure
2 443 (12.39%) Power Platform
3 319 (8.92%) AWS
4 306 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
5 160 (4.48%) SaaS
6 138 (3.86%) GCP
7 94 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 85 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 84 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
10 61 (1.71%) Google Analytics
11 57 (1.59%) GitHub
12 51 (1.43%) Power Automate
12 51 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 42 (1.17%) Amazon S3
14 39 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
15 36 (1.01%) Snowflake
16 34 (0.95%) dbt
17 33 (0.92%) Google Ads
17 33 (0.92%) Serverless
18 32 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 153 (4.28%) DNS
2 120 (3.36%) DHCP
3 106 (2.97%) Firewall
4 90 (2.52%) VPN
5 71 (1.99%) TCP/IP
6 65 (1.82%) WAN
7 58 (1.62%) LAN
8 48 (1.34%) Wireless
9 37 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (0.95%) Network Security
11 33 (0.92%) Broadband
12 27 (0.76%) HTTP
13 22 (0.62%) VoIP
14 21 (0.59%) SAN
14 21 (0.59%) SD-WAN
15 20 (0.56%) BGP
16 17 (0.48%) VLAN
17 15 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (0.42%) Internet
17 15 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (10.97%) Power BI
2 179 (5.01%) Tableau
3 118 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 112 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 98 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
6 63 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 58 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 55 (1.54%) MySQL
9 53 (1.48%) Power Query
10 45 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 44 (1.23%) Looker
12 41 (1.15%) Data Mining
12 41 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
13 40 (1.12%) Metadata
14 36 (1.01%) Data Lake
15 29 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
15 29 (0.81%) Big Data
15 29 (0.81%) BigQuery
16 20 (0.56%) NoSQL
17 19 (0.53%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 140 (3.92%) JIRA
2 127 (3.55%) Git
3 41 (1.15%) GitLab
4 34 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
5 32 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.42%) Selenium
7 13 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 13 (0.36%) Eclipse
7 13 (0.36%) Postman
8 12 (0.34%) MLflow
9 11 (0.31%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
11 9 (0.25%) JMeter
11 9 (0.25%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.22%) LabVIEW
13 7 (0.20%) Moq
13 7 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 1,748 (48.90%) Social Skills
2 1,015 (28.39%) Finance
3 326 (9.12%) Marketing
4 257 (7.19%) Organisational Skills
5 231 (6.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 226 (6.32%) Retail
7 216 (6.04%) Manufacturing
8 215 (6.01%) Legal
9 201 (5.62%) Public Sector
10 172 (4.81%) Law
11 166 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
12 128 (3.58%) Aerospace
13 110 (3.08%) Telecoms
14 87 (2.43%) Electronics
15 69 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
16 68 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
17 62 (1.73%) Military
18 56 (1.57%) Banking
19 52 (1.45%) Advertising
20 35 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 878 (24.56%) Analyst
2 373 (10.43%) Senior
3 246 (6.88%) Lead
4 219 (6.13%) Data Analyst
5 187 (5.23%) Developer
6 182 (5.09%) Systems Engineer
7 167 (4.67%) Business Analyst
8 124 (3.47%) Architect
9 121 (3.38%) Support Analyst
10 117 (3.27%) Support Engineer
11 103 (2.88%) Consultant
12 100 (2.80%) IT Support
13 97 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
14 96 (2.69%) Data Engineer
15 80 (2.24%) Systems Analyst
16 78 (2.18%) IT Engineer
17 75 (2.10%) Accountant
18 68 (1.90%) IT Manager
19 67 (1.87%) Applications Support
20 66 (1.85%) Head of QA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (2.41%) .NET
2 73 (2.04%) HTML
2 73 (2.04%) REST
3 66 (1.85%) CSS
4 62 (1.73%) Middleware
5 55 (1.54%) JSON
5 55 (1.54%) XML
6 42 (1.17%) React
7 40 (1.12%) SOAP
8 38 (1.06%) RESTful
9 30 (0.84%) Kafka
10 28 (0.78%) PySpark
10 28 (0.78%) PyTorch
11 27 (0.76%) EDI
12 26 (0.73%) Node.js
13 25 (0.70%) OAuth
14 23 (0.64%) LDAP
15 22 (0.62%) TensorFlow
16 21 (0.59%) AngularJS
16 21 (0.59%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 395 (11.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 205 (5.73%) Management Information System
3 173 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 149 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 139 (3.89%) Product Ownership
6 125 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
7 121 (3.38%) Driving Licence
8 67 (1.87%) Social Media
9 65 (1.82%) Cloud Native
10 61 (1.71%) Virtual Team
11 60 (1.68%) Data Centre
12 58 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
13 56 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
14 48 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
15 47 (1.31%) Security Posture
16 43 (1.20%) Blog
17 36 (1.01%) Data Structures
18 30 (0.84%) AI Agents
18 30 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
19 29 (0.81%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 324 (9.06%) Windows
2 208 (5.82%) Linux
3 183 (5.12%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 25 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (0.62%) Windows 10
8 20 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (0.50%) Unix
10 16 (0.45%) Android
11 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 13 (0.36%) CentOS
12 11 (0.31%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.20%) Debian
14 6 (0.17%) VMS
15 5 (0.14%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.11%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.056%) Solaris
18 1 (0.028%) AIX
18 1 (0.028%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,724 (48.22%) Problem-Solving
2 1,093 (30.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 829 (23.19%) Decision-Making
4 709 (19.83%) Analytics
5 534 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 529 (14.80%) Agile
7 486 (13.59%) AI
8 457 (12.78%) Business Intelligence
9 388 (10.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 355 (9.93%) Actionable Insight
11 333 (9.31%) Customer Experience
12 331 (9.26%) ERP
13 327 (9.15%) Validation
14 315 (8.81%) Data Analysis
15 310 (8.67%) Project Management
16 307 (8.59%) Customer Service
17 301 (8.42%) CRM
18 300 (8.39%) Mentoring
19 286 (8.00%) Service Delivery
20 285 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 707 (19.78%) SQL
2 500 (13.99%) Python
3 138 (3.86%) JavaScript
4 108 (3.02%) C#
5 107 (2.99%) Java
6 102 (2.85%) PowerShell
7 63 (1.76%) C++
8 60 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 57 (1.59%) Bash
10 43 (1.20%) T-SQL
11 36 (1.01%) R
12 33 (0.92%) MATLAB
12 33 (0.92%) TypeScript
13 25 (0.70%) C
14 23 (0.64%) PHP
15 17 (0.48%) Go
16 15 (0.42%) VBA
17 14 (0.39%) Perl
18 13 (0.36%) PL/SQL
18 13 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 620 (17.34%) Degree
2 417 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 295 (8.25%) SC Cleared
4 153 (4.28%) ACCA
5 147 (4.11%) CIMA
6 127 (3.55%) DBS Check
7 106 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 96 (2.69%) DV Cleared
9 80 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 72 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
11 67 (1.87%) IRCA
12 62 (1.73%) CISSP
13 53 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
14 48 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 44 (1.23%) CISM
16 37 (1.03%) HNC
17 35 (0.98%) CCNA
18 32 (0.90%) Master's Degree
19 31 (0.87%) Azure Certification
19 31 (0.87%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 337 (9.43%) Data Quality
2 270 (7.55%) QA
3 251 (7.02%) GDPR
4 146 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 138 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 118 (3.30%) ISO 9001
7 116 (3.24%) PCI DSS
8 96 (2.69%) SLA
9 90 (2.52%) Accessibility
10 81 (2.27%) NIST
11 42 (1.17%) GRC
12 39 (1.09%) PMO
13 27 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
13 27 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.64%) ISO 14001
15 22 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 21 (0.59%) GMP
17 18 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.48%) TickIT
19 16 (0.45%) DO-254
System Software
1 248 (6.94%) Active Directory
2 100 (2.80%) Hyper-V
3 97 (2.71%) Docker
4 80 (2.24%) Terminal Server
5 37 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.50%) Firmware
7 12 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.20%) Ceph
10 6 (0.17%) vSphere
11 5 (0.14%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) ProxySG
12 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.11%) XenApp
13 3 (0.084%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.084%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.028%) IAG
14 1 (0.028%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 70 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 70 (1.96%) Terraform
2 46 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (1.17%) Ansible
4 27 (0.76%) Grafana
5 20 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.39%) Kibana
6 14 (0.39%) QRadar
7 12 (0.34%) Podman
8 10 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.25%) Nmap
10 7 (0.20%) Argo
10 7 (0.20%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.20%) Istio
10 7 (0.20%) logstash
10 7 (0.20%) Nagios
11 6 (0.17%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.14%) Functional Safety
12 5 (0.14%) Graylog
Vendors
1 843 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 166 (4.64%) Google
3 131 (3.66%) SAP
4 127 (3.55%) VMware
5 124 (3.47%) Splunk
6 98 (2.74%) SolarWinds
7 92 (2.57%) Oracle
8 88 (2.46%) Veeam
9 85 (2.38%) Salesforce
10 81 (2.27%) Brocade
10 81 (2.27%) Nimble Storage
11 80 (2.24%) Tanium
12 63 (1.76%) Cisco
12 63 (1.76%) Workday
13 59 (1.65%) Databricks
13 59 (1.65%) ServiceNow
14 38 (1.06%) Red Hat
15 35 (0.98%) IBM
16 31 (0.87%) Dell
17 29 (0.81%) Adobe