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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	21	9	14
Rank change year-on-year	-12	+5	+7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	4,594	3,908	4,125
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	5.24%	11.44%	8.38%
As % of the General category	11.76%	17.49%	15.44%
Number of salaries quoted	2,521	1,525	1,536
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,750	£29,875
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,500	£38,688
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£77,500
UK median annual salary	£51,500	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+3.00%	-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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	39,081	22,344	26,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.57%	65.41%	54.30%
Number of salaries quoted	24,343	11,276	11,776
10^th Percentile	£28,618	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,735	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.00%	-14.53%	-0.28%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£59,000
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-11.02%	-1.67%

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 18 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 18 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	-16	1,194	£47,500	+5.56%	693
South East	-10	1,046	£48,000	+2.13%	773
Midlands	-10	817	£45,000	+3.92%	451
North West	-13	704	£46,500	+3.33%	372
South West	-7	641	£47,000	+4.44%	309
West Midlands	-15	429	£47,500	+5.56%	266
East Midlands	-5	386	£42,500	+11.11%	185
Yorkshire	-5	329	£47,000	+17.50%	235
East of England	-9	308	£47,500	+20.25%	323
Northern Ireland	+13	229	£45,000	-14.29%	123
Wales	-5	219	£45,000	-6.49%	102
North East	-25	170	£54,750	+36.88%	88
Scotland	-19	163	£52,960	+55.31%	238
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	6
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Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	51.3%	2,356
2	Continuous Improvement	33.2%	1,523
3	Microsoft	27.2%	1,251
4	Decision-Making	25.4%	1,167
5	Degree	21.1%	970
6	Stakeholder Management	20.1%	924
7	SQL	18.3%	841
8	AI	17.4%	801
9	Analytics	17.3%	795
10	Azure	15.6%	718
11	Agile	14.7%	674
12	Microsoft Excel	13.7%	631
13	Business Intelligence	13.3%	611
14	Security Cleared	12.4%	568
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.2%	516
16	Power Platform	11.1%	508
17	Python	10.7%	493
18	Validation	10.5%	483
19	Customer Service	10.2%	470
20	Power BI	9.9%	453
21	Mentoring	9.6%	442
22	Data Quality	9.5%	437
23	Actionable Insight	9.2%	424
24	CRM	9.2%	423
25	ERP	9.1%	418
26	Data Analysis	8.9%	411
27	SC Cleared	8.7%	401
28	AWS	8.4%	388
29	ITIL	8.4%	384
30	Process Improvement	8.3%	383

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.9%	2,386
2	Finance	27.6%	1,270
3	Marketing	11.4%	524
4	Organisational Skills	9.9%	457
5	Manufacturing	9.0%	412
6	Inclusion and Diversity	7.4%	339
7	Legal	6.9%	315
8	Retail	6.5%	299
9	Public Sector	6.3%	290
10	Influencing Skills	5.4%	249
11	Presentation Skills	5.1%	236
12	Law	4.8%	222
13	Aerospace	4.4%	201
14	Electronics	3.9%	180
15	Telecoms	2.7%	122
16	Documentation Skills	1.9%	85
17	Automotive	1.8%	82
18	Advertising	1.6%	74
19	Banking	1.4%	66
20	Military	1.3%	58