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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,334 3,780 2,651
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.93% 10.13% 8.60%
As % of the General category 13.91% 16.09% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,566 1,566 1,813
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,591 £39,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

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 23,960 23,497 18,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 56.98% 63.00% 61.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12,347 9,903 13,413
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,188 £40,000 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -1.93%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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 +5 858 £50,000 - 1,738
North of England -14 788 £42,500 -19.05% 1,421
Midlands -12 607 £43,750 -9.33% 1,174
North West -12 416 £43,000 -18.10% 767
South West +3 387 £45,000 -14.29% 726
West Midlands -13 359 £52,500 +5.00% 621
Scotland +1 322 £40,000 -33.33% 285
East of England -19 281 £40,000 -21.52% 927
Yorkshire +1 267 £40,000 -20.00% 562
East Midlands +5 246 £37,500 -11.76% 488
North East +9 105 £41,000 -2.38% 97
Wales +13 79 £48,122 -2.00% 180
Northern Ireland -2 44 £52,500 +0.55% 80
Isle of Man -1 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -6 1 - - 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
1 135 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (1.68%) Confluence
3 49 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.57%) CMS
5 16 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.48%) IIS
6 14 (0.42%) WordPress
7 12 (0.36%) SAS
8 11 (0.33%) Apache
9 10 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.18%) nginx
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 3 (0.090%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.090%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.060%) FactoryTalk
13 2 (0.060%) WinCC
14 1 (0.030%) Apache Superset
14 1 (0.030%) Kinematics
14 1 (0.030%) OpenStack
Applications
1 552 (16.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 370 (11.10%) Chatbot
3 243 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
4 86 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 42 (1.26%) MS Visio
6 32 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 29 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
8 17 (0.51%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.15%) CATIA
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.12%) Simulink
12 3 (0.090%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.060%) Revit
13 2 (0.060%) Sketch
13 2 (0.060%) Trello
14 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.030%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 92 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (1.92%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.11%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 36 (1.08%) NetSuite
5 29 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
6 23 (0.69%) Shopify
7 20 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
8 19 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
9 16 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
10 12 (0.36%) Sage X3
10 12 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
11 10 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
11 10 (0.30%) Workday HCM
12 9 (0.27%) SAP CO
13 8 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
13 8 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (0.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 6 (0.18%) SAP ERP
15 5 (0.15%) SAP FI
15 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 458 (13.74%) Azure
2 377 (11.31%) Power Platform
3 206 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
4 155 (4.65%) AWS
5 145 (4.35%) SaaS
6 104 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (1.89%) Snowflake
8 58 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 47 (1.41%) GitHub
10 43 (1.29%) Entra ID
11 37 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 35 (1.05%) dbt
13 34 (1.02%) GCP
14 31 (0.93%) Google Analytics
15 26 (0.78%) GitHub Copilot
15 26 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
15 26 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
16 24 (0.72%) Power Automate
17 21 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 142 (4.26%) DNS
2 122 (3.66%) DHCP
3 69 (2.07%) Firewall
4 54 (1.62%) Network Security
5 44 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
6 42 (1.26%) LAN
6 42 (1.26%) VPN
7 38 (1.14%) WAN
8 37 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
9 31 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 31 (0.93%) Wireless
10 29 (0.87%) VoIP
11 25 (0.75%) SMS
11 25 (0.75%) VLAN
12 19 (0.57%) Wireshark
13 16 (0.48%) SD-WAN
14 14 (0.42%) Internet
15 12 (0.36%) 5G
15 12 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
15 12 (0.36%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 348 (10.44%) Power BI
2 214 (6.42%) Tableau
3 136 (4.08%) Data Mining
4 100 (3.00%) SQL Server
5 99 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
6 77 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
7 53 (1.59%) Data Lake
8 51 (1.53%) Relational Database
8 51 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 45 (1.35%) Metadata
10 38 (1.14%) MySQL
11 36 (1.08%) GIS
12 33 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
13 32 (0.96%) Looker
14 29 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
15 28 (0.84%) SAP BW
16 26 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
17 25 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 23 (0.69%) Power Query
19 21 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 139 (4.17%) JIRA
2 52 (1.56%) Git
3 29 (0.87%) Selenium
4 18 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
5 17 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.45%) Robot Framework
7 13 (0.39%) ERwin
7 13 (0.39%) GitLab
7 13 (0.39%) Snyk
8 12 (0.36%) ER Studio
9 8 (0.24%) Postman
10 7 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.21%) TestRail
11 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.18%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.15%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.15%) Subversion
13 4 (0.12%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.12%) LoadRunner
General
1 1,640 (49.19%) Social Skills
2 938 (28.13%) Finance
3 295 (8.85%) Marketing
4 199 (5.97%) Retail
5 149 (4.47%) Manufacturing
6 137 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
7 136 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 127 (3.81%) Legal
9 119 (3.57%) Public Sector
10 115 (3.45%) Law
11 106 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
12 76 (2.28%) Telecoms
13 69 (2.07%) Electronics
13 69 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
14 58 (1.74%) Banking
15 52 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
16 49 (1.47%) Aerospace
17 43 (1.29%) Aviation
18 38 (1.14%) Advertising
19 31 (0.93%) German Language
Job Titles
1 750 (22.50%) Analyst
2 370 (11.10%) Trainer
3 325 (9.75%) Senior
4 230 (6.90%) Lead
5 200 (6.00%) Data Analyst
6 161 (4.83%) Architect
7 138 (4.14%) Developer
8 127 (3.81%) Support Analyst
9 126 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
10 117 (3.51%) Trainee
11 113 (3.39%) IT Support
12 99 (2.97%) Business Analyst
12 99 (2.97%) Trainee Analyst
12 99 (2.97%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 96 (2.88%) Innovation Manager
14 87 (2.61%) Support Engineer
15 81 (2.43%) Business Manager
16 77 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
16 77 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
17 72 (2.16%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (1.98%) HTML
2 51 (1.53%) CSS
3 45 (1.35%) React
4 40 (1.20%) REST
5 34 (1.02%) JSON
6 31 (0.93%) .NET
7 28 (0.84%) SOAP
8 23 (0.69%) Middleware
9 20 (0.60%) Node.js
9 20 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
10 19 (0.57%) XML
11 17 (0.51%) EDI
11 17 (0.51%) Flash
11 17 (0.51%) OAuth
11 17 (0.51%) SAML
12 12 (0.36%) BAPI
12 12 (0.36%) IBM Integration Bus
12 12 (0.36%) JMS
13 11 (0.33%) Playwright
13 11 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 363 (10.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 258 (7.74%) Onboarding
3 238 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 177 (5.31%) Management Information System
5 121 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
6 100 (3.00%) Product Ownership
7 64 (1.92%) Driving Licence
8 59 (1.77%) Data Centre
9 52 (1.56%) FMCG
9 52 (1.56%) Robotics
10 45 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (1.14%) Cloud Native
12 29 (0.87%) Social Media
13 28 (0.84%) Data Structures
13 28 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 28 (0.84%) Virtual Team
14 27 (0.81%) e-Learning
15 25 (0.75%) Security Posture
16 20 (0.60%) Algorithms
16 20 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 260 (7.80%) Windows
2 169 (5.07%) Linux
3 143 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 97 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (0.39%) Unix
6 11 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.27%) Android
8 6 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.030%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.030%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.030%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.030%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,411 (42.32%) Problem-Solving
2 830 (24.90%) AI
3 773 (23.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 672 (20.16%) Analytics
5 629 (18.87%) Decision-Making
6 539 (16.17%) Project Management
7 458 (13.74%) Agile
8 442 (13.26%) Business Intelligence
9 403 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 374 (11.22%) Chemistry
11 370 (11.10%) Conversational UI
12 343 (10.29%) Customer Service
13 333 (9.99%) Data Analysis
14 325 (9.75%) Customer Experience
15 311 (9.33%) ERP
16 262 (7.86%) Process Improvement
17 258 (7.74%) CRM
18 252 (7.56%) Analytical Thinking
19 241 (7.23%) Mentoring
20 237 (7.11%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 652 (19.56%) SQL
2 355 (10.65%) Python
3 75 (2.25%) C#
4 67 (2.01%) Java
5 65 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 65 (1.95%) PowerShell
6 46 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 36 (1.08%) R
8 33 (0.99%) T-SQL
9 31 (0.93%) C++
10 28 (0.84%) VBA
11 17 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 16 (0.48%) Bash
12 16 (0.48%) C
13 14 (0.42%) Scala
14 11 (0.33%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.24%) TypeScript
17 7 (0.21%) ABAP
18 6 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,095 (32.84%) Degree
2 438 (13.14%) Master's Degree
3 372 (11.16%) PhD
4 320 (9.60%) Security Cleared
5 242 (7.26%) SC Cleared
6 120 (3.60%) ACCA
7 110 (3.30%) CIMA
8 85 (2.55%) DBS Check
9 68 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 62 (1.86%) CISSP
11 52 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 52 (1.56%) PMI Certification
12 47 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 47 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
13 45 (1.35%) PMP
14 41 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
15 39 (1.17%) CEH
16 35 (1.05%) CISM
17 31 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
18 24 (0.72%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (4.92%) Data Quality
2 138 (4.14%) QA
3 135 (4.05%) PCI DSS
4 119 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 104 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 100 (3.00%) GDPR
7 76 (2.28%) NIST
8 56 (1.68%) PMO
9 51 (1.53%) Accessibility
10 31 (0.93%) SLA
11 23 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.39%) GRC
13 12 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.30%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.27%) IFRS
16 9 (0.27%) SOC 2
17 8 (0.24%) IEC 61131
18 7 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 6 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 195 (5.85%) Active Directory
2 112 (3.36%) Hyper-V
3 96 (2.88%) Terminal Server
4 20 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (0.54%) Docker
6 15 (0.45%) Firmware
7 5 (0.15%) vSphere
8 3 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.060%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.030%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.030%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.030%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.030%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 42 (1.26%) Terraform
2 26 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (0.75%) Kubernetes
4 20 (0.60%) Ansible
5 13 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.12%) Nessus
6 4 (0.12%) QRadar
6 4 (0.12%) SCCM
7 3 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (0.090%) Control-M
7 3 (0.090%) Grafana
7 3 (0.090%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.060%) AssetCenter
8 2 (0.060%) CASB
8 2 (0.060%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.060%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.060%) Kibana
8 2 (0.060%) Nagios
9 1 (0.030%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.030%) SCOM
Vendors
1 772 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 370 (11.10%) PayPal
3 278 (8.34%) SAP
4 134 (4.02%) Oracle
5 120 (3.60%) VMware
6 113 (3.39%) Splunk
7 111 (3.33%) SolarWinds
8 97 (2.91%) Tanium
8 97 (2.91%) Veeam
9 96 (2.88%) Brocade
9 96 (2.88%) Nimble Storage
10 83 (2.49%) Salesforce
11 68 (2.04%) Google
12 61 (1.83%) ServiceNow
13 53 (1.59%) Cisco
14 37 (1.11%) Databricks
14 37 (1.11%) OpenText
15 36 (1.08%) Workday
16 30 (0.90%) Ariba
17 26 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud