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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,241 3,466 4,015
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.06% 10.24% 8.28%
As % of the General category 13.06% 15.79% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,598 1,432 2,855
10th Percentile £28,955 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,188 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £46,799
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +8.91% -6.40%
75th Percentile £61,198 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 24,811 21,944 28,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.07% 64.84% 59.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,838 8,952 21,160
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,750 £25,960
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.29%

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 February 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 February 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
South East +8 889 £50,000 - 594
North of England -18 814 £43,500 -17.14% 371
Midlands -13 593 £44,543 -10.91% 330
North West -15 417 £42,500 -19.05% 228
West Midlands -13 354 £52,500 +5.00% 219
South West -2 343 £45,000 -11.76% 200
Yorkshire +1 294 £45,000 -10.00% 114
Scotland -5 265 £40,000 -38.46% 69
East of England -18 253 £40,000 -21.52% 151
East Midlands +5 237 £39,000 -8.24% 111
North East -3 103 £40,000 - 33
Wales +16 71 £41,000 -16.50% 44
Northern Ireland -8 43 £52,500 -11.66% 13
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -7 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
1 155 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (1.79%) Confluence
3 44 (1.36%) SharePoint
4 20 (0.62%) CMS
5 19 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.43%) IIS
8 12 (0.37%) SAS
9 11 (0.34%) Apache
10 10 (0.31%) WordPress
11 6 (0.19%) nginx
12 3 (0.093%) govService
13 2 (0.062%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
13 2 (0.062%) WinCC
14 1 (0.031%) Apache Superset
14 1 (0.031%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.031%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.031%) Kinematics
14 1 (0.031%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 537 (16.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 334 (10.31%) Chatbot
3 222 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
4 82 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 50 (1.54%) MS Visio
6 30 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 27 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
8 16 (0.49%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.22%) CATIA
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.062%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.062%) Revit
12 2 (0.062%) Trello
13 1 (0.031%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.031%) OrCAD
13 1 (0.031%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.031%) Simulink
13 1 (0.031%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 93 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (1.97%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.14%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 27 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
5 25 (0.77%) NetSuite
6 22 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
7 21 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
8 17 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
8 17 (0.52%) Workday HCM
9 16 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (0.43%) SAP CO
10 14 (0.43%) Shopify
11 12 (0.37%) Sage X3
12 10 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 6 (0.19%) SAP ERP
15 5 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
15 5 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 519 (16.01%) Azure
2 402 (12.40%) Power Platform
3 236 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
4 176 (5.43%) AWS
5 134 (4.13%) SaaS
6 121 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (2.01%) Entra ID
8 62 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
9 60 (1.85%) Snowflake
10 55 (1.70%) GitHub
11 52 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
12 39 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 39 (1.20%) GCP
13 38 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
14 36 (1.11%) dbt
15 32 (0.99%) Power Automate
16 30 (0.93%) OCI
17 26 (0.80%) GitHub Copilot
17 26 (0.80%) Serverless
18 25 (0.77%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 162 (5.00%) DNS
2 140 (4.32%) DHCP
3 103 (3.18%) Firewall
4 45 (1.39%) WAN
4 45 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 44 (1.36%) VPN
6 41 (1.27%) LAN
7 38 (1.17%) Wireless
8 37 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
9 33 (1.02%) TCP/IP
10 30 (0.93%) Network Security
10 30 (0.93%) VLAN
11 29 (0.89%) Wireshark
12 26 (0.80%) VoIP
13 21 (0.65%) SD-WAN
14 16 (0.49%) 5G
14 16 (0.49%) Broadband
15 15 (0.46%) SAN
16 14 (0.43%) BGP
16 14 (0.43%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (11.45%) Power BI
2 232 (7.16%) Tableau
3 156 (4.81%) Data Mining
4 121 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
5 114 (3.52%) SQL Server
6 79 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 55 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 53 (1.64%) Data Lake
9 48 (1.48%) Metadata
9 48 (1.48%) Relational Database
10 37 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 35 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 34 (1.05%) Looker
12 34 (1.05%) MySQL
13 32 (0.99%) GIS
14 29 (0.89%) SAP BW
15 25 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 24 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
17 22 (0.68%) Power Query
18 20 (0.62%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 136 (4.20%) JIRA
2 54 (1.67%) Git
3 25 (0.77%) Selenium
4 18 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 15 (0.46%) Robot Framework
6 13 (0.40%) ERwin
6 13 (0.40%) Snyk
7 12 (0.37%) ER Studio
8 10 (0.31%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.28%) GitLab
10 8 (0.25%) LabVIEW
10 8 (0.25%) Postman
11 6 (0.19%) TestRail
12 5 (0.15%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.15%) Subversion
12 5 (0.15%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
13 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.093%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.093%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1,630 (50.29%) Social Skills
2 918 (28.32%) Finance
3 238 (7.34%) Marketing
4 178 (5.49%) Retail
5 137 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
6 133 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 126 (3.89%) Legal
8 123 (3.80%) Manufacturing
9 118 (3.64%) Public Sector
10 111 (3.42%) Law
11 110 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
12 78 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
14 57 (1.76%) Banking
15 56 (1.73%) Telecoms
16 49 (1.51%) Electronics
17 45 (1.39%) Aerospace
18 36 (1.11%) Advertising
18 36 (1.11%) Aviation
19 31 (0.96%) German Language
Job Titles
1 811 (25.02%) Analyst
2 334 (10.31%) Trainer
3 315 (9.72%) Senior
4 242 (7.47%) Lead
5 233 (7.19%) Data Analyst
6 155 (4.78%) Architect
7 149 (4.60%) Developer
8 132 (4.07%) Trainee
9 127 (3.92%) Support Analyst
9 127 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
10 124 (3.83%) IT Support
11 122 (3.76%) Business Analyst
12 121 (3.73%) Trainee Analyst
12 121 (3.73%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 83 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
14 82 (2.53%) Report Analyst
15 81 (2.50%) Business Manager
16 80 (2.47%) Support Engineer
17 72 (2.22%) Financial Analyst
17 72 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (2.28%) HTML
2 69 (2.13%) CSS
3 54 (1.67%) React
4 40 (1.23%) .NET
5 35 (1.08%) REST
6 34 (1.05%) JSON
7 27 (0.83%) Middleware
7 27 (0.83%) SOAP
8 26 (0.80%) Node.js
9 22 (0.68%) XML
10 17 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
11 14 (0.43%) Bootstrap
11 14 (0.43%) EDI
11 14 (0.43%) React Native
12 13 (0.40%) Flash
12 13 (0.40%) PySpark
13 11 (0.34%) OAuth
13 11 (0.34%) SAML
14 10 (0.31%) Playwright
15 9 (0.28%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 333 (10.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 226 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
3 202 (6.23%) Onboarding
4 162 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 138 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
6 107 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 80 (2.47%) Data Centre
8 57 (1.76%) FMCG
9 56 (1.73%) Driving Licence
10 52 (1.60%) Robotics
11 42 (1.30%) Cloud Native
11 42 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
13 35 (1.08%) Data Structures
14 32 (0.99%) Social Media
15 30 (0.93%) Algorithms
16 29 (0.89%) Virtual Team
17 28 (0.86%) Low-Code
18 27 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 23 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 287 (8.86%) Windows
2 182 (5.62%) Linux
3 164 (5.06%) Windows Server
4 116 (3.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (0.52%) Unix
6 14 (0.43%) Android
7 13 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.12%) VMS
11 3 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.031%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.031%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,416 (43.69%) Problem-Solving
2 761 (23.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 747 (23.05%) AI
4 645 (19.90%) Analytics
5 596 (18.39%) Decision-Making
6 552 (17.03%) Project Management
7 471 (14.53%) Agile
8 450 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
9 370 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
10 356 (10.98%) Customer Service
11 345 (10.64%) Data Analysis
12 337 (10.40%) Chemistry
13 334 (10.31%) Conversational UI
14 296 (9.13%) ERP
15 280 (8.64%) Customer Experience
16 254 (7.84%) Process Improvement
17 249 (7.68%) Migration
18 240 (7.41%) Analytical Thinking
19 239 (7.37%) Coaching
20 237 (7.31%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 677 (20.89%) SQL
2 420 (12.96%) Python
3 79 (2.44%) C#
4 77 (2.38%) JavaScript
5 70 (2.16%) PowerShell
6 64 (1.97%) Java
7 58 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 36 (1.11%) T-SQL
9 35 (1.08%) VBA
10 30 (0.93%) C++
11 28 (0.86%) R
12 17 (0.52%) Bash
13 16 (0.49%) C
14 15 (0.46%) MATLAB
15 14 (0.43%) Scala
16 13 (0.40%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.28%) Go
18 7 (0.22%) ABAP
18 7 (0.22%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,010 (31.16%) Degree
2 391 (12.06%) Master's Degree
3 335 (10.34%) PhD
4 302 (9.32%) Security Cleared
5 248 (7.65%) SC Cleared
6 120 (3.70%) ACCA
7 110 (3.39%) CIMA
8 68 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 68 (2.10%) DBS Check
9 56 (1.73%) PMI Certification
10 55 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 47 (1.45%) PMP
12 43 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
13 42 (1.30%) DV Cleared
14 35 (1.08%) CISSP
15 30 (0.93%) CISM
15 30 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
17 24 (0.74%) AAT
18 23 (0.71%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 157 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 133 (4.10%) QA
4 130 (4.01%) PCI DSS
5 111 (3.42%) GDPR
6 110 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 73 (2.25%) NIST
8 59 (1.82%) PMO
9 47 (1.45%) Accessibility
10 30 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
11 21 (0.65%) SLA
12 15 (0.46%) GRC
13 14 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.37%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.28%) NCSC
17 8 (0.25%) IEC 61131
17 8 (0.25%) IFRS
17 8 (0.25%) ISO 9001
18 7 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 227 (7.00%) Active Directory
2 130 (4.01%) Hyper-V
3 112 (3.46%) Terminal Server
4 20 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (0.52%) Docker
6 11 (0.34%) Firmware
7 10 (0.31%) vSphere
8 6 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.093%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.062%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 58 (1.79%) Terraform
2 34 (1.05%) Ansible
3 25 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (0.68%) Kubernetes
5 12 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.15%) Control-M
6 5 (0.15%) Grafana
6 5 (0.15%) SCCM
7 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.12%) CASB
7 4 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 4 (0.12%) Nessus
7 4 (0.12%) QRadar
7 4 (0.12%) SolarWinds Orion
7 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.093%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.093%) Nagios
9 2 (0.062%) AssetCenter
9 2 (0.062%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.062%) Kibana
Vendors
1 800 (24.68%) Microsoft
2 334 (10.31%) PayPal
3 249 (7.68%) SAP
4 136 (4.20%) SolarWinds
5 134 (4.13%) VMware
6 128 (3.95%) Splunk
7 124 (3.83%) Oracle
8 116 (3.58%) Veeam
9 113 (3.49%) Tanium
10 112 (3.46%) Brocade
10 112 (3.46%) Nimble Storage
11 74 (2.28%) Salesforce
12 56 (1.73%) Cisco
12 56 (1.73%) ServiceNow
13 54 (1.67%) Google
14 37 (1.14%) OpenText
15 36 (1.11%) Databricks
16 30 (0.93%) Ariba
17 29 (0.89%) Workday
18 20 (0.62%) Anaplan