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 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -27 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,016 3,312 6,164
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.71% 12.40% 9.13%
As % of the General category 9.61% 18.16% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,895 1,474 3,600
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,890 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +13.09% -3.07%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.09% +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 31,370 18,234 39,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.03% 68.29% 58.06%
Number of salaries quoted 16,059 9,466 26,281
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -31 857 £45,000 -10.00% 323
South East -4 794 £50,000 -4.96% 501
Midlands -26 572 £48,000 - 273
North West -27 483 £45,000 -10.00% 188
West Midlands -27 344 £51,250 +4.59% 162
Yorkshire -11 281 £50,000 +11.11% 91
South West -25 260 £48,750 -5.20% 161
East of England -38 254 £42,879 -15.87% 158
East Midlands -13 226 £45,000 -2.70% 110
Scotland -24 159 £40,000 -23.81% 98
North East -19 93 £48,445 +25.83% 51
Wales -2 81 £42,500 -15.66% 41
Northern Ireland -21 51 £40,000 -27.27% 34
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92% 1
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
1 126 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.26%) Confluence
4 31 (1.03%) CMS
5 27 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 26 (0.86%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.60%) IIS
8 13 (0.43%) Apache
9 12 (0.40%) WordPress
10 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.13%) nginx
11 3 (0.099%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.099%) govService
11 3 (0.099%) JBoss
11 3 (0.099%) SAS
12 1 (0.033%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.033%) Appian
12 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 483 (16.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 204 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (2.09%) MS Visio
4 58 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.33%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Trello
9 3 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.099%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.099%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.066%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.066%) Simulink
11 1 (0.033%) Lectora
11 1 (0.033%) Revit
11 1 (0.033%) Sketch
11 1 (0.033%) SmartSuite
11 1 (0.033%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 44 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
3 28 (0.93%) NetSuite
4 23 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 16 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.50%) SAP PM
7 13 (0.43%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.33%) Sage X3
9 8 (0.27%) Workday HCM
10 7 (0.23%) Magento
10 7 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 7 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
11 5 (0.17%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.17%) SAP PP
12 4 (0.13%) Markit EDM
13 3 (0.099%) Infor M3
13 3 (0.099%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 498 (16.51%) Azure
2 411 (13.63%) Power Platform
3 243 (8.06%) AWS
4 235 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
5 119 (3.95%) SaaS
6 114 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
7 93 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
8 80 (2.65%) GCP
9 70 (2.32%) GitHub
10 69 (2.29%) Entra ID
11 59 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
12 50 (1.66%) Power Automate
13 48 (1.59%) dbt
13 48 (1.59%) Snowflake
14 45 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 45 (1.49%) Google Analytics
15 43 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
16 36 (1.19%) Amazon S3
17 35 (1.16%) Serverless
18 34 (1.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 119 (3.95%) Firewall
2 111 (3.68%) DNS
3 87 (2.88%) DHCP
4 71 (2.35%) VPN
5 61 (2.02%) WAN
6 50 (1.66%) Wireless
7 44 (1.46%) LAN
8 39 (1.29%) TCP/IP
9 34 (1.13%) Network Security
10 30 (0.99%) VLAN
11 29 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (0.90%) Wireshark
13 25 (0.83%) BGP
14 23 (0.76%) Broadband
14 23 (0.76%) SD-WAN
15 22 (0.73%) SAN
16 19 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
16 19 (0.63%) EIGRP
16 19 (0.63%) OSPF
17 14 (0.46%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 376 (12.47%) Power BI
2 257 (8.52%) Tableau
3 147 (4.87%) Data Mining
4 122 (4.05%) SQL Server
5 73 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
6 69 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 67 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
8 48 (1.59%) Relational Database
9 45 (1.49%) Looker
10 44 (1.46%) Metadata
11 37 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 37 (1.23%) MySQL
12 36 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 32 (1.06%) Power Query
14 30 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
14 30 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 28 (0.93%) Data Lake
16 25 (0.83%) GIS
17 23 (0.76%) NoSQL
18 17 (0.56%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 117 (3.88%) JIRA
2 67 (2.22%) Git
3 28 (0.93%) GitLab
4 25 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
5 20 (0.66%) Jenkins
6 17 (0.56%) Selenium
7 11 (0.36%) MLflow
8 10 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.27%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.23%) Postman
11 7 (0.23%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.20%) Maven
12 6 (0.20%) Subversion
13 5 (0.17%) ERwin
13 5 (0.17%) JMeter
13 5 (0.17%) LoadRunner
13 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.17%) Robot Framework
13 5 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 1,491 (49.44%) Social Skills
2 962 (31.90%) Finance
3 255 (8.45%) Marketing
4 158 (5.24%) Retail
5 146 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
5 146 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 141 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 131 (4.34%) Manufacturing
8 123 (4.08%) Law
9 121 (4.01%) Legal
10 103 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
11 85 (2.82%) Telecoms
12 76 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
13 58 (1.92%) Electronics
14 55 (1.82%) Banking
15 49 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
16 47 (1.56%) Aerospace
17 41 (1.36%) Military
18 35 (1.16%) Advertising
19 33 (1.09%) Games
Job Titles
1 905 (30.01%) Analyst
2 340 (11.27%) Senior
3 270 (8.95%) Data Analyst
4 181 (6.00%) Lead
5 162 (5.37%) Business Analyst
6 155 (5.14%) Developer
7 128 (4.24%) Trainee
8 125 (4.14%) Trainee Analyst
8 125 (4.14%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 119 (3.95%) Support Analyst
10 115 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
11 107 (3.55%) Architect
12 82 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
13 81 (2.69%) IT Support
14 79 (2.62%) Support Engineer
15 75 (2.49%) Systems Manager
16 74 (2.45%) Financial Analyst
17 73 (2.42%) Systems Analyst
18 72 (2.39%) Consultant
19 69 (2.29%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (2.85%) HTML
2 74 (2.45%) CSS
3 59 (1.96%) .NET
3 59 (1.96%) React
4 54 (1.79%) JSON
4 54 (1.79%) REST
5 50 (1.66%) Middleware
6 42 (1.39%) XML
7 36 (1.19%) SOAP
8 35 (1.16%) Node.js
9 26 (0.86%) PyTorch
10 22 (0.73%) scikit-learn
11 20 (0.66%) TensorFlow
12 19 (0.63%) Pandas
13 18 (0.60%) PySpark
13 18 (0.60%) React Native
14 16 (0.53%) Bootstrap
14 16 (0.53%) OAuth
15 15 (0.50%) EDI
16 14 (0.46%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 373 (12.37%) Analytical Mindset
2 163 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
3 148 (4.91%) Management Information System
4 127 (4.21%) Onboarding
5 112 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 82 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 64 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 57 (1.89%) Driving Licence
9 50 (1.66%) Cloud Native
10 36 (1.19%) Algorithms
11 34 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 33 (1.09%) Social Media
13 31 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 31 (1.03%) Security Posture
14 30 (0.99%) Data Structures
14 30 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
15 29 (0.96%) Robotics
15 29 (0.96%) Virtual Team
16 28 (0.93%) FMCG
16 28 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 241 (7.99%) Windows
2 133 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 125 (4.14%) Linux
4 62 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (0.63%) Unix
6 18 (0.60%) Android
7 15 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.20%) VMS
11 5 (0.17%) CentOS
11 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.066%) Debian
14 2 (0.066%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.033%) AIX
15 1 (0.033%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.033%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,355 (44.93%) Problem-Solving
2 847 (28.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 669 (22.18%) Analytics
4 656 (21.75%) Decision-Making
5 454 (15.05%) Agile
6 446 (14.79%) Business Intelligence
7 390 (12.93%) Project Management
8 385 (12.77%) AI
9 382 (12.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 344 (11.41%) Data Analysis
11 295 (9.78%) Actionable Insight
12 279 (9.25%) ERP
13 254 (8.42%) Customer Experience
14 246 (8.16%) Customer Service
15 242 (8.02%) Process Improvement
16 240 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 237 (7.86%) Business Analysis
18 227 (7.53%) Analytical Thinking
18 227 (7.53%) CRM
19 223 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 687 (22.78%) SQL
2 491 (16.28%) Python
3 107 (3.55%) JavaScript
4 94 (3.12%) PowerShell
5 87 (2.88%) Java
6 80 (2.65%) C#
7 75 (2.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 44 (1.46%) T-SQL
9 39 (1.29%) R
10 38 (1.26%) VBA
11 33 (1.09%) Bash
12 25 (0.83%) MATLAB
13 24 (0.80%) C++
14 14 (0.46%) Go
14 14 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (0.46%) TypeScript
15 13 (0.43%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.36%) PHP
17 10 (0.33%) Scala
18 8 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 567 (18.80%) Degree
2 237 (7.86%) Security Cleared
3 173 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 165 (5.47%) ACCA
5 157 (5.21%) CIMA
6 120 (3.98%) DBS Check
7 71 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 66 (2.19%) IRCA
8 66 (2.19%) PMI Certification
9 65 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 56 (1.86%) PMP
11 53 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
12 52 (1.72%) Master's Degree
13 45 (1.49%) CISSP
14 42 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
15 39 (1.29%) DV Cleared
16 33 (1.09%) CISM
17 28 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
18 27 (0.90%) CCNA
18 27 (0.90%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (9.42%) Data Quality
2 214 (7.10%) GDPR
3 176 (5.84%) QA
4 137 (4.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 107 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 100 (3.32%) NIST
7 88 (2.92%) PCI DSS
8 85 (2.82%) ISO 9001
9 57 (1.89%) PMO
10 53 (1.76%) SLA
11 43 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
12 37 (1.23%) Accessibility
13 35 (1.16%) GRC
14 23 (0.76%) SOC 2
15 18 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 17 (0.56%) GMP
17 16 (0.53%) TickIT
18 14 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 13 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
20 11 (0.36%) COBIT
System Software
1 187 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 67 (2.22%) Hyper-V
3 56 (1.86%) Terminal Server
4 38 (1.26%) Docker
5 34 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.33%) vSphere
7 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 8 (0.27%) ProxySG
9 7 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.099%) Firmware
11 3 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.066%) 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 76 (2.52%) Terraform
2 40 (1.33%) Ansible
2 40 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 27 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.60%) Grafana
5 10 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.27%) Kibana
8 6 (0.20%) Nagios
8 6 (0.20%) QRadar
9 5 (0.17%) Control-M
9 5 (0.17%) logstash
9 5 (0.17%) SCCM
10 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.13%) CASB
10 4 (0.13%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
10 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.099%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 793 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 133 (4.41%) SAP
3 100 (3.32%) Google
4 92 (3.05%) Oracle
4 92 (3.05%) VMware
5 85 (2.82%) Salesforce
6 81 (2.69%) SolarWinds
7 79 (2.62%) Splunk
8 70 (2.32%) Workday
9 62 (2.06%) Veeam
10 57 (1.89%) Databricks
10 57 (1.89%) ServiceNow
10 57 (1.89%) Tanium
11 56 (1.86%) Brocade
11 56 (1.86%) Nimble Storage
12 45 (1.49%) Cisco
13 32 (1.06%) IBM
14 28 (0.93%) Dell
15 21 (0.70%) Red Hat
16 20 (0.66%) Adobe