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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,414 4,254 4,777
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.10% 12.29% 9.01%
As % of the General category 11.55% 18.69% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,511 1,489 1,711
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,450 £28,000
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 £77,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,375 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.24% -6.36% -

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 38,204 22,761 28,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.18% 65.77% 53.98%
Number of salaries quoted 23,628 10,971 13,013
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% -1.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,000 £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 2 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 2 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 -18 1,192 £47,500 +5.56% 1,226
South East -12 999 £48,963 +3.04% 1,495
Midlands -9 767 £45,483 +3.96% 804
North West -15 725 £46,500 +2.23% 683
South West -8 618 £47,000 +4.44% 638
West Midlands -18 391 £47,500 +5.56% 491
East Midlands -6 374 £42,500 +6.47% 313
Yorkshire -6 320 £47,000 +17.50% 430
East of England -14 289 £47,500 +21.79% 555
Northern Ireland +6 211 £43,750 -20.45% 198
Wales -3 208 £45,000 -10.40% 186
North East -19 156 £53,750 +34.38% 120
Scotland -22 149 £47,500 +23.50% 487
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
1 161 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 54 (1.22%) Confluence
4 32 (0.72%) Apache
5 31 (0.70%) IIS
6 25 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.41%) CMS
8 16 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
8 16 (0.36%) SAS
8 16 (0.36%) WordPress
9 13 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 9 (0.20%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.20%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 5 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.068%) nginx
14 2 (0.045%) Office Communications Server
14 2 (0.045%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.045%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 576 (13.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 279 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 88 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 47 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 26 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 19 (0.43%) Simulink
8 11 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
10 8 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.14%) EPLAN
11 6 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.14%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.11%) Chatbot
13 4 (0.091%) Notion
14 3 (0.068%) CANalyzer
14 3 (0.068%) CATIA
14 3 (0.068%) LaTeX
15 2 (0.045%) Revit
15 2 (0.045%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 90 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.72%) Dynamics GP
3 31 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 23 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 21 (0.48%) Shopify
6 13 (0.29%) Magento
7 11 (0.25%) Infor M3
7 11 (0.25%) 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%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.14%) Exchequer
11 6 (0.14%) Odoo
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%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 683 (15.47%) Azure
2 491 (11.12%) Power Platform
3 382 (8.65%) AWS
4 327 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 221 (5.01%) SaaS
6 172 (3.90%) GCP
7 148 (3.35%) Entra ID
8 113 (2.56%) Google Ads
9 99 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
10 94 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
11 89 (2.02%) Google Analytics
12 83 (1.88%) Meta Ads
13 64 (1.45%) GitHub
14 60 (1.36%) PowerApps
15 59 (1.34%) Power Automate
16 54 (1.22%) Serverless
17 48 (1.09%) Amazon S3
18 46 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
19 45 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
19 45 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 165 (3.74%) DNS
2 129 (2.92%) DHCP
3 105 (2.38%) Firewall
4 95 (2.15%) VPN
5 83 (1.88%) TCP/IP
6 68 (1.54%) WAN
7 59 (1.34%) LAN
8 57 (1.29%) Internet
9 51 (1.16%) Wireless
10 44 (1.00%) Network Security
11 37 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (0.66%) VLAN
13 27 (0.61%) HTTP
14 25 (0.57%) Broadband
15 22 (0.50%) SAN
15 22 (0.50%) VoIP
16 21 (0.48%) SD-WAN
17 20 (0.45%) BGP
18 18 (0.41%) SMS
18 18 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 438 (9.92%) Power BI
2 123 (2.79%) SQL Server
3 118 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
4 102 (2.31%) Tableau
5 97 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
6 83 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 68 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 66 (1.50%) MySQL
9 62 (1.40%) Power Query
10 55 (1.25%) Metadata
11 51 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
12 44 (1.00%) Looker
13 43 (0.97%) Data Lake
14 41 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 32 (0.72%) BigQuery
16 31 (0.70%) Big Data
17 30 (0.68%) NoSQL
18 27 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
18 27 (0.61%) MongoDB
19 24 (0.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 192 (4.35%) Git
2 155 (3.51%) JIRA
3 39 (0.88%) GitLab
4 35 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 24 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
6 21 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 20 (0.45%) LabVIEW
8 18 (0.41%) Selenium
9 17 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
10 16 (0.36%) Claude Code
11 15 (0.34%) Burp Suite
11 15 (0.34%) Cucumber
11 15 (0.34%) Postman
12 13 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.27%) Metasploit
14 11 (0.25%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.20%) Cypress.io
15 9 (0.20%) JMeter
16 8 (0.18%) Moq
17 7 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 2,300 (52.11%) Social Skills
2 1,246 (28.23%) Finance
3 512 (11.60%) Marketing
4 408 (9.24%) Organisational Skills
5 356 (8.07%) Manufacturing
6 320 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 299 (6.77%) Legal
7 299 (6.77%) Retail
8 269 (6.09%) Public Sector
9 232 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
10 224 (5.07%) Law
11 220 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
12 202 (4.58%) Aerospace
13 160 (3.62%) Electronics
14 125 (2.83%) Telecoms
15 76 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
16 70 (1.59%) Automotive
17 69 (1.56%) Advertising
18 66 (1.50%) Military
19 62 (1.40%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1,048 (23.74%) Analyst
2 535 (12.12%) Senior
3 281 (6.37%) Lead
4 232 (5.26%) Developer
5 204 (4.62%) Data Analyst
6 197 (4.46%) Support Analyst
7 180 (4.08%) Business Analyst
8 173 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
9 152 (3.44%) Systems Engineer
10 142 (3.22%) Architect
11 120 (2.72%) Data Engineer
12 114 (2.58%) Consultant
12 114 (2.58%) Support Engineer
13 107 (2.42%) ITSM Analyst
14 101 (2.29%) IT Support
15 97 (2.20%) Administrator
16 92 (2.08%) Applications Support
17 89 (2.02%) Marketing Manager
18 84 (1.90%) Systems Analyst
19 83 (1.88%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (2.47%) .NET
2 84 (1.90%) REST
3 80 (1.81%) Terraform
4 75 (1.70%) HTML
5 69 (1.56%) CSS
6 60 (1.36%) Middleware
6 60 (1.36%) XML
7 56 (1.27%) JSON
8 53 (1.20%) PySpark
9 50 (1.13%) RESTful
9 50 (1.13%) SOAP
10 42 (0.95%) EDI
11 37 (0.84%) React
12 36 (0.82%) LDAP
13 35 (0.79%) Kafka
14 31 (0.70%) Spring
15 30 (0.68%) Spring Boot
16 29 (0.66%) ModSecurity
17 28 (0.63%) ASP.NET
18 24 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 351 (7.95%) Management Information System
2 318 (7.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 259 (5.87%) Onboarding
4 223 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 167 (3.78%) Product Ownership
6 160 (3.62%) Driving Licence
7 116 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
8 104 (2.36%) Social Media
9 100 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 80 (1.81%) Marketing Technology
11 78 (1.77%) Cloud Native
12 75 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
12 75 (1.70%) Data Centre
13 71 (1.61%) Virtual Team
14 69 (1.56%) Blog
15 52 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
16 48 (1.09%) Security Posture
17 47 (1.06%) Data Structures
18 41 (0.93%) SCADA
19 38 (0.86%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 333 (7.54%) Windows
2 235 (5.32%) Linux
3 185 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 90 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 25 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (0.50%) Unix
9 15 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.32%) Android
11 9 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.20%) CentOS
12 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.14%) Debian
13 6 (0.14%) VMS
14 5 (0.11%) OpenVMS
15 4 (0.091%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.045%) Solaris
17 1 (0.023%) AIX
17 1 (0.023%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,211 (50.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1,461 (33.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,132 (25.65%) Decision-Making
4 851 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 743 (16.83%) Analytics
6 712 (16.13%) AI
7 651 (14.75%) Agile
8 575 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
9 505 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 447 (10.13%) Validation
11 438 (9.92%) Customer Service
12 432 (9.79%) CRM
13 423 (9.58%) ERP
14 422 (9.56%) Mentoring
15 391 (8.86%) Data Analysis
16 388 (8.79%) Actionable Insight
17 376 (8.52%) ITIL
18 369 (8.36%) Project Delivery
19 354 (8.02%) Process Improvement
20 353 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 799 (18.10%) SQL
2 461 (10.44%) Python
3 155 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 135 (3.06%) Java
5 121 (2.74%) C#
6 105 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 78 (1.77%) C++
8 66 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 59 (1.34%) Bash
10 46 (1.04%) TypeScript
11 43 (0.97%) MATLAB
12 42 (0.95%) Shell Script
13 37 (0.84%) T-SQL
14 36 (0.82%) R
15 35 (0.79%) C
16 21 (0.48%) PL/SQL
17 20 (0.45%) PHP
17 20 (0.45%) VB.NET
18 17 (0.39%) Scala
19 16 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 926 (20.98%) Degree
2 532 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 369 (8.36%) SC Cleared
4 169 (3.83%) ACCA
5 162 (3.67%) CIMA
6 125 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 118 (2.67%) DV Cleared
8 110 (2.49%) DBS Check
9 97 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 79 (1.79%) HND
11 70 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
12 65 (1.47%) CISSP
13 63 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
14 57 (1.29%) HNC
15 50 (1.13%) CISM
16 49 (1.11%) Master's Degree
17 47 (1.06%) Azure Certification
18 46 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
19 40 (0.91%) CCNA
20 33 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 418 (9.47%) Data Quality
2 262 (5.94%) QA
3 212 (4.80%) GDPR
4 138 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 130 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 123 (2.79%) Accessibility
7 102 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 87 (1.97%) SLA
9 67 (1.52%) NIST
10 49 (1.11%) ISO 9001
11 40 (0.91%) PMO
12 37 (0.84%) GRC
13 29 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
14 28 (0.63%) DO-254
15 27 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 26 (0.59%) IFRS
17 20 (0.45%) ISO 14001
18 18 (0.41%) Good Clinical Practice
18 18 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
19 17 (0.39%) GMP
System Software
1 284 (6.43%) Active Directory
2 138 (3.13%) Docker
3 99 (2.24%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.63%) Terminal Server
5 41 (0.93%) Firmware
6 38 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
7 14 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.16%) Ceph
11 6 (0.14%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.11%) vSphere
13 4 (0.091%) KVM
13 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.068%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.023%) IAG
15 1 (0.023%) ISA Server
15 1 (0.023%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.023%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 50 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (0.91%) Ansible
4 32 (0.72%) Grafana
5 26 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 26 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.36%) Kibana
7 15 (0.34%) QRadar
8 12 (0.27%) Nmap
9 11 (0.25%) Podman
10 9 (0.20%) Functional Safety
11 8 (0.18%) logstash
12 7 (0.16%) Argo
12 7 (0.16%) Check_MK
12 7 (0.16%) Istio
13 6 (0.14%) Graylog
13 6 (0.14%) Nagios
14 4 (0.091%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.091%) SCCM
14 4 (0.091%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1,159 (26.26%) Microsoft
2 299 (6.77%) Google
3 135 (3.06%) SAP
4 130 (2.95%) VMware
5 127 (2.88%) Splunk
6 115 (2.61%) Oracle
7 93 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 85 (1.93%) SolarWinds
9 79 (1.79%) Veeam
10 74 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 73 (1.65%) Brocade
11 73 (1.65%) Nimble Storage
12 72 (1.63%) Tanium
13 64 (1.45%) YouTube
14 62 (1.40%) Cisco
15 49 (1.11%) Databricks
16 42 (0.95%) HubSpot
17 39 (0.88%) Adobe
18 36 (0.82%) Workday
19 29 (0.66%) Dell