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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,518 4,160 2,694
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 9.37% 8.99% 9.13%
As % of the General category 16.17% 15.63% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,608 1,651 1,934
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,638 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,759 26,613 18,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.98% 57.53% 63.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,362 11,562 13,600
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,852 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.21% +3.70% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +4 891 £47,520 -4.96% 925
North of England +1 838 £45,000 -10.00% 456
Midlands +6 642 £45,000 -6.25% 394
North West -9 422 £45,000 -14.29% 264
South West +6 392 £45,000 -15.09% 230
West Midlands +6 383 £52,500 +5.00% 244
Scotland +2 355 £33,500 -44.17% 82
East of England +3 313 £40,000 -27.27% 208
Yorkshire +5 301 £40,000 -23.81% 133
East Midlands +5 257 £37,500 -11.76% 147
North East +16 115 £42,000 +2.44% 65
Wales +12 79 £48,122 -2.00% 58
Northern Ireland -3 40 £52,500 -28.54% 31
Isle of Man 0 1 £62,500 +150.00%
Channel Islands -5 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
1 124 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (1.76%) Confluence
3 45 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 36 (1.02%) CMS
5 17 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.45%) WordPress
7 10 (0.28%) Apache
7 10 (0.28%) Camunda
8 9 (0.26%) SAS
9 8 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.20%) IIS
10 7 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.085%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.085%) Kentico
12 3 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.085%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.057%) nginx
13 2 (0.057%) WinCC
Applications
1 539 (15.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 471 (13.39%) Chatbot
3 254 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
4 91 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 32 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
7 31 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
8 19 (0.54%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
10 6 (0.17%) Simulink
11 4 (0.11%) CATIA
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.057%) Revit
13 2 (0.057%) Trello
14 1 (0.028%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.028%) Sketch
14 1 (0.028%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 100 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (1.82%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.05%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 34 (0.97%) NetSuite
5 28 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
6 26 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
7 22 (0.63%) Shopify
8 19 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
9 16 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
10 13 (0.37%) SAP CO
10 13 (0.37%) SAP FI
10 13 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
11 12 (0.34%) Sage X3
11 12 (0.34%) Sprinklr
12 10 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
12 10 (0.28%) Workday HCM
13 8 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
13 8 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 6 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 473 (13.45%) Azure
2 370 (10.52%) Power Platform
3 202 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
4 158 (4.49%) AWS
5 154 (4.38%) SaaS
6 90 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
8 53 (1.51%) Snowflake
9 49 (1.39%) Google Analytics
10 44 (1.25%) GCP
11 42 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
11 42 (1.19%) Entra ID
12 40 (1.14%) GitHub
13 34 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 29 (0.82%) dbt
15 28 (0.80%) Google Ads
16 27 (0.77%) OCI
17 26 (0.74%) GitHub Copilot
18 24 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
19 23 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 137 (3.89%) DNS
2 119 (3.38%) DHCP
3 73 (2.08%) Firewall
4 53 (1.51%) Network Security
5 44 (1.25%) LAN
6 41 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
7 38 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 35 (0.99%) VPN
8 35 (0.99%) WAN
9 32 (0.91%) TCP/IP
10 29 (0.82%) VoIP
11 25 (0.71%) SMS
12 24 (0.68%) VLAN
13 21 (0.60%) Wireless
14 16 (0.45%) Internet
14 16 (0.45%) Wireshark
15 13 (0.37%) SAN
16 12 (0.34%) Broadband
16 12 (0.34%) Intranet
16 12 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 344 (9.78%) Power BI
2 172 (4.89%) Tableau
3 111 (3.16%) Data Mining
4 99 (2.81%) SQL Server
5 91 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
6 75 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
7 59 (1.68%) Data Lake
8 54 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 46 (1.31%) Metadata
9 46 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 42 (1.19%) MySQL
11 37 (1.05%) Looker
11 37 (1.05%) SAP BW
12 32 (0.91%) GIS
13 31 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
14 24 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
14 24 (0.68%) Power Query
15 22 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
15 22 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 21 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 145 (4.12%) JIRA
2 56 (1.59%) Git
3 30 (0.85%) Selenium
4 29 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.57%) GitLab
6 19 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
7 13 (0.37%) Robot Framework
8 11 (0.31%) JUnit
8 11 (0.31%) Maven
8 11 (0.31%) Snyk
9 10 (0.28%) ERwin
10 9 (0.26%) ER Studio
11 8 (0.23%) Postman
12 7 (0.20%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.17%) TestRail
14 5 (0.14%) Locust
14 5 (0.14%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 1,751 (49.77%) Social Skills
2 957 (27.20%) Finance
3 359 (10.20%) Marketing
4 245 (6.96%) Retail
5 160 (4.55%) Law
6 158 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 156 (4.43%) Legal
8 149 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 139 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 127 (3.61%) Public Sector
11 105 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
12 84 (2.39%) Banking
13 82 (2.33%) Telecoms
14 80 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
15 69 (1.96%) Electronics
16 54 (1.53%) Aerospace
17 50 (1.42%) Aviation
18 46 (1.31%) Advertising
19 42 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
20 31 (0.88%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 733 (20.84%) Analyst
2 470 (13.36%) Trainer
3 330 (9.38%) Senior
4 262 (7.45%) Lead
5 171 (4.86%) Data Analyst
6 151 (4.29%) Architect
7 134 (3.81%) Developer
8 130 (3.70%) Support Analyst
9 122 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
10 111 (3.16%) IT Support
11 102 (2.90%) Trainee
12 96 (2.73%) Innovation Manager
13 95 (2.70%) Business Analyst
14 86 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
15 85 (2.42%) Support Engineer
16 83 (2.36%) Business Manager
17 76 (2.16%) Senior Analyst
17 76 (2.16%) Technical Support
18 73 (2.08%) Consultant
19 72 (2.05%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (2.30%) HTML
2 60 (1.71%) CSS
3 49 (1.39%) REST
4 45 (1.28%) React
5 38 (1.08%) JSON
6 28 (0.80%) .NET
7 27 (0.77%) SOAP
8 25 (0.71%) Spring
9 22 (0.63%) XML
10 20 (0.57%) Middleware
10 20 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (0.51%) Flash
11 18 (0.51%) OAuth
11 18 (0.51%) SAML
12 15 (0.43%) EDI
12 15 (0.43%) JMS
12 15 (0.43%) Web Services
13 14 (0.40%) Spring Boot
14 13 (0.37%) BAPI
14 13 (0.37%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 399 (11.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 274 (7.79%) Onboarding
3 242 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
4 178 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 118 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
6 86 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 84 (2.39%) Driving Licence
8 54 (1.53%) Data Centre
9 52 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 51 (1.45%) Robotics
11 48 (1.36%) FMCG
12 41 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 39 (1.11%) Social Media
14 38 (1.08%) Cloud Native
15 33 (0.94%) e-Learning
16 30 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 30 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 28 (0.80%) Virtual Team
18 27 (0.77%) Security Posture
19 26 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 241 (6.85%) Windows
2 153 (4.35%) Linux
3 131 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (0.28%) Unix
6 9 (0.26%) Android
6 9 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.17%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.14%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.085%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.028%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.028%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,489 (42.33%) Problem-Solving
2 933 (26.52%) AI
3 780 (22.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 692 (19.67%) Analytics
5 639 (18.16%) Decision-Making
6 541 (15.38%) Project Management
7 508 (14.44%) Agile
8 474 (13.47%) Chemistry
9 471 (13.39%) Conversational UI
10 451 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
11 408 (11.60%) Stakeholder Management
12 370 (10.52%) Customer Service
13 338 (9.61%) ERP
14 336 (9.55%) Customer Experience
15 311 (8.84%) Data Analysis
16 281 (7.99%) Mentoring
17 275 (7.82%) CRM
18 256 (7.28%) Process Improvement
19 254 (7.22%) Analytical Thinking
20 244 (6.94%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 638 (18.14%) SQL
2 322 (9.15%) Python
3 81 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 75 (2.13%) Java
5 70 (1.99%) C#
6 57 (1.62%) PowerShell
7 41 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 40 (1.14%) R
9 32 (0.91%) C++
9 32 (0.91%) T-SQL
10 26 (0.74%) VBA
11 24 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 22 (0.63%) C
13 18 (0.51%) Bash
14 10 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.23%) Scala
16 7 (0.20%) ABAP
16 7 (0.20%) TypeScript
17 6 (0.17%) MATLAB
18 5 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,223 (34.76%) Degree
2 562 (15.97%) Master's Degree
3 477 (13.56%) PhD
4 319 (9.07%) Security Cleared
5 239 (6.79%) SC Cleared
6 113 (3.21%) ACCA
7 104 (2.96%) CIMA
8 79 (2.25%) DBS Check
9 69 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 68 (1.93%) CISSP
11 60 (1.71%) DV Cleared
12 44 (1.25%) CEH
12 44 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
13 43 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 42 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
15 35 (0.99%) CISM
16 32 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
17 29 (0.82%) PMI Certification
18 24 (0.68%) HND
18 24 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (4.09%) Data Quality
1 144 (4.09%) QA
2 122 (3.47%) PCI DSS
3 106 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 104 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 100 (2.84%) GDPR
6 67 (1.90%) NIST
7 65 (1.85%) PMO
8 53 (1.51%) Accessibility
9 32 (0.91%) SLA
10 18 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.31%) GRC
14 10 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.23%) IEC 61131
15 8 (0.23%) IFRS
16 7 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 6 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 6 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 195 (5.54%) Active Directory
2 109 (3.10%) Hyper-V
3 88 (2.50%) Terminal Server
4 20 (0.57%) Docker
4 20 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.43%) Firmware
6 7 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.11%) vSphere
8 3 (0.085%) HDFS
9 2 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.028%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.028%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 39 (1.11%) Terraform
2 36 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 22 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.51%) Ansible
5 8 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.17%) QRadar
7 5 (0.14%) Grafana
8 4 (0.11%) Nessus
8 4 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.11%) SCCM
9 3 (0.085%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.057%) AssetCenter
10 2 (0.057%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.057%) Kibana
11 1 (0.028%) Control-M
11 1 (0.028%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.028%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.028%) Nagios
11 1 (0.028%) SCOM
Vendors
1 773 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 470 (13.36%) PayPal
3 291 (8.27%) SAP
4 134 (3.81%) Oracle
5 115 (3.27%) Google
6 113 (3.21%) VMware
7 112 (3.18%) Splunk
8 99 (2.81%) SolarWinds
9 92 (2.62%) Veeam
10 89 (2.53%) Tanium
11 88 (2.50%) Brocade
11 88 (2.50%) Nimble Storage
12 76 (2.16%) Salesforce
13 50 (1.42%) Cisco
14 44 (1.25%) ServiceNow
15 42 (1.19%) Databricks
16 37 (1.05%) OpenText
17 35 (0.99%) Workday
18 30 (0.85%) Ariba
19 27 (0.77%) Adobe