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 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,067 3,705 6,591
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.58% 12.47% 8.40%
As % of the General category 10.28% 17.49% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,074 1,334 3,627
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,075 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,885 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £59,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 29,838 21,180 42,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.53% 71.31% 54.74%
Number of salaries quoted 18,200 9,540 27,585
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,697 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £84,190 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.42% +6.27% -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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -19 944 £48,000 +1.05% 428
South East -7 775 £50,000 -9.09% 594
Midlands -9 562 £48,000 +1.05% 305
North West -18 556 £46,500 -7.00% 248
South West -25 326 £47,500 -5.00% 199
West Midlands -13 316 £51,250 +7.89% 176
Yorkshire -13 294 £49,942 +10.98% 126
East Midlands +5 245 £45,000 -5.26% 129
East of England -12 235 £45,000 - 165
Scotland -16 114 £40,000 -20.71% 99
North East -33 94 £51,000 +31.44% 61
Wales -8 83 £53,171 -3.33% 37
Northern Ireland -22 39 £40,000 -27.27% 68
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
1 147 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 34 (1.11%) Confluence
4 31 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.91%) CMS
6 23 (0.75%) Apache
7 21 (0.68%) IIS
8 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.29%) WordPress
9 7 (0.23%) SAS
10 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.098%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.098%) govService
12 3 (0.098%) JBoss
13 1 (0.033%) Appian
13 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.033%) Tomcat
Applications
1 401 (13.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 55 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.29%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.098%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.098%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.098%) Trello
10 2 (0.065%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.065%) Lectora
10 2 (0.065%) Simulink
10 2 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 42 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
3 21 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.46%) SAP ERP
7 11 (0.36%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
9 7 (0.23%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.20%) Magento
11 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
11 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
12 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
12 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
12 4 (0.13%) JDE World
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
13 3 (0.098%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 529 (17.25%) Azure
2 404 (13.17%) Power Platform
3 275 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 274 (8.93%) AWS
5 122 (3.98%) SaaS
6 103 (3.36%) GCP
7 84 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
8 80 (2.61%) Entra ID
9 77 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (1.73%) GitHub
11 52 (1.70%) Google Analytics
12 49 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
13 45 (1.47%) PowerApps
14 44 (1.43%) Amazon S3
14 44 (1.43%) Power Automate
15 37 (1.21%) Serverless
16 32 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
16 32 (1.04%) dbt
17 29 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
18 28 (0.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 134 (4.37%) Firewall
2 127 (4.14%) DNS
3 98 (3.20%) DHCP
4 74 (2.41%) VPN
5 63 (2.05%) WAN
6 49 (1.60%) LAN
6 49 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 42 (1.37%) Broadband
8 40 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
8 40 (1.30%) Wireless
9 29 (0.95%) Network Security
10 25 (0.82%) SD-WAN
11 24 (0.78%) BGP
11 24 (0.78%) VLAN
12 22 (0.72%) Wireshark
13 21 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
13 21 (0.68%) HTTP
13 21 (0.68%) SAN
14 14 (0.46%) OSPF
14 14 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 362 (11.80%) Power BI
2 199 (6.49%) Tableau
3 98 (3.20%) SQL Server
4 87 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
5 81 (2.64%) Data Mining
6 76 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
7 57 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 44 (1.43%) Power Query
9 41 (1.34%) Metadata
10 36 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 35 (1.14%) Looker
12 34 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
13 33 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.08%) MySQL
14 30 (0.98%) Data Lake
15 29 (0.95%) Relational Database
16 28 (0.91%) Big Data
17 22 (0.72%) NoSQL
18 17 (0.55%) BigQuery
18 17 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 96 (3.13%) JIRA
2 70 (2.28%) Git
3 37 (1.21%) GitLab
4 33 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.39%) Selenium
7 11 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.36%) MLflow
8 8 (0.26%) Postman
9 7 (0.23%) JMeter
9 7 (0.23%) Moq
9 7 (0.23%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.20%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.20%) Subversion
10 6 (0.20%) Toad
11 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.16%) Maven
12 4 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,430 (46.63%) Social Skills
2 922 (30.06%) Finance
3 265 (8.64%) Marketing
4 182 (5.93%) Public Sector
5 179 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 167 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
7 156 (5.09%) Retail
8 148 (4.83%) Legal
9 147 (4.79%) Law
9 147 (4.79%) Manufacturing
10 116 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
11 96 (3.13%) Telecoms
12 74 (2.41%) Aerospace
13 70 (2.28%) Electronics
14 66 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
15 57 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
16 44 (1.43%) Banking
17 41 (1.34%) Military
18 34 (1.11%) Advertising
19 33 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 853 (27.81%) Analyst
2 315 (10.27%) Senior
3 232 (7.56%) Data Analyst
4 219 (7.14%) Lead
5 168 (5.48%) Business Analyst
6 163 (5.31%) Developer
7 153 (4.99%) Systems Engineer
8 107 (3.49%) Architect
9 90 (2.93%) Support Analyst
10 88 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
11 86 (2.80%) Consultant
12 84 (2.74%) Support Engineer
13 83 (2.71%) Systems Analyst
14 79 (2.58%) IT Support
15 72 (2.35%) Data Engineer
15 72 (2.35%) Trainee
15 72 (2.35%) Trainee Analyst
15 72 (2.35%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 68 (2.22%) IT Manager
17 66 (2.15%) Head of QA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (2.51%) HTML
2 68 (2.22%) CSS
3 64 (2.09%) .NET
4 63 (2.05%) Middleware
5 62 (2.02%) REST
6 59 (1.92%) JSON
7 56 (1.83%) React
8 55 (1.79%) XML
9 39 (1.27%) Node.js
9 39 (1.27%) SOAP
10 30 (0.98%) PyTorch
11 24 (0.78%) TensorFlow
12 22 (0.72%) RESTful
13 21 (0.68%) scikit-learn
14 20 (0.65%) EDI
15 19 (0.62%) PySpark
16 17 (0.55%) OAuth
16 17 (0.55%) Pandas
17 15 (0.49%) AngularJS
17 15 (0.49%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 383 (12.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 152 (4.96%) Management Information System
3 119 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
4 118 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 110 (3.59%) Product Ownership
6 95 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
7 71 (2.31%) Data Centre
8 70 (2.28%) Driving Licence
9 43 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 41 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
11 36 (1.17%) Data Structures
11 36 (1.17%) Security Posture
12 35 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 35 (1.14%) Social Media
13 31 (1.01%) FMCG
13 31 (1.01%) Virtual Team
14 30 (0.98%) Low-Code
15 29 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
15 29 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
16 27 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 257 (8.38%) Windows
2 158 (5.15%) Windows Server
3 153 (4.99%) Linux
4 86 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.68%) Unix
6 17 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.46%) Android
8 14 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.29%) CentOS
10 9 (0.29%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.26%) VMS
12 4 (0.13%) Debian
13 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.065%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.033%) AIX
15 1 (0.033%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.033%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,435 (46.79%) Problem-Solving
2 845 (27.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 686 (22.37%) Decision-Making
4 625 (20.38%) Analytics
5 442 (14.41%) Agile
6 413 (13.47%) Business Intelligence
7 370 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 332 (10.82%) AI
9 320 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 314 (10.24%) Actionable Insight
11 288 (9.39%) Data Analysis
12 278 (9.06%) Customer Service
13 277 (9.03%) Project Management
14 269 (8.77%) ERP
15 260 (8.48%) Cybersecurity
16 252 (8.22%) Customer Experience
17 248 (8.09%) CRM
18 245 (7.99%) Mentoring
19 238 (7.76%) Data Modelling
20 233 (7.60%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 659 (21.49%) SQL
2 497 (16.20%) Python
3 108 (3.52%) JavaScript
4 102 (3.33%) Java
5 97 (3.16%) PowerShell
6 89 (2.90%) C#
7 60 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 45 (1.47%) T-SQL
9 43 (1.40%) C++
9 43 (1.40%) R
10 41 (1.34%) Bash
11 33 (1.08%) VBA
12 28 (0.91%) MATLAB
13 18 (0.59%) PHP
13 18 (0.59%) TypeScript
14 15 (0.49%) Go
14 15 (0.49%) PL/SQL
15 13 (0.42%) C
15 13 (0.42%) Scala
16 10 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 509 (16.60%) Degree
2 288 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 209 (6.81%) SC Cleared
4 154 (5.02%) ACCA
5 148 (4.83%) CIMA
6 129 (4.21%) DBS Check
7 78 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 71 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
9 66 (2.15%) IRCA
10 48 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 47 (1.53%) CISSP
12 45 (1.47%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
14 35 (1.14%) CISM
15 33 (1.08%) CCNA
15 33 (1.08%) PMI Certification
16 26 (0.85%) PMP
17 25 (0.82%) Azure Certification
17 25 (0.82%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 306 (9.98%) Data Quality
2 246 (8.02%) GDPR
3 196 (6.39%) QA
4 156 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 141 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 111 (3.62%) PCI DSS
7 105 (3.42%) ISO 9001
7 105 (3.42%) NIST
8 82 (2.67%) SLA
9 67 (2.18%) Accessibility
10 45 (1.47%) GRC
11 37 (1.21%) PMO
12 36 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 22 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 18 (0.59%) ISO 14001
14 18 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 17 (0.55%) GMP
15 17 (0.55%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.55%) TickIT
16 14 (0.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 203 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 83 (2.71%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.35%) Terminal Server
4 55 (1.79%) Docker
5 33 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 9 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.20%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.098%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.098%) Firmware
12 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.033%) KVM
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.033%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 66 (2.15%) Terraform
2 44 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 36 (1.17%) Ansible
4 27 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.62%) Grafana
6 13 (0.42%) QRadar
7 12 (0.39%) Kibana
8 9 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.26%) Nagios
10 7 (0.23%) Kubeflow
11 6 (0.20%) Graylog
12 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.16%) logstash
12 5 (0.16%) Podman
12 5 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.13%) Control-M
13 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
13 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 745 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.04%) SAP
3 120 (3.91%) Google
4 110 (3.59%) VMware
5 107 (3.49%) Splunk
6 101 (3.29%) Salesforce
7 93 (3.03%) SolarWinds
8 83 (2.71%) Veeam
9 81 (2.64%) Oracle
10 73 (2.38%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (2.35%) Brocade
11 72 (2.35%) Tanium
12 65 (2.12%) Workday
13 57 (1.86%) Databricks
14 50 (1.63%) Cisco
15 36 (1.17%) IBM
16 34 (1.11%) ServiceNow
17 28 (0.91%) Adobe
17 28 (0.91%) Dell
17 28 (0.91%) HubSpot