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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,056 3,741 6,629
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.53% 12.50% 8.37%
As % of the General category 10.18% 17.58% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,068 1,339 3,643
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,292 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.29% +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 30,017 21,280 43,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.52% 71.10% 54.45%
Number of salaries quoted 18,331 9,613 27,733
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £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 £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 18 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 18 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 -19 950 £48,000 +0.20% 319
South East -8 761 £50,000 -9.09% 506
North West -18 560 £46,500 -7.00% 182
Midlands -9 558 £48,000 +1.05% 238
South West -26 332 £47,500 -5.00% 165
West Midlands -14 314 £51,250 +7.89% 124
Yorkshire -15 294 £50,000 +11.11% 89
East Midlands +2 243 £45,000 -5.26% 114
East of England -20 232 £45,000 -3.93% 124
Scotland -22 112 £40,000 -20.71% 60
North East -31 96 £51,750 +33.38% 56
Wales -6 83 £53,171 -3.33% 29
Northern Ireland -23 39 £40,000 -27.27% 88
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
1 156 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 36 (1.18%) Confluence
4 31 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.92%) CMS
6 24 (0.79%) Apache
7 21 (0.69%) 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
1 397 (12.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 138 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (2.00%) MS Visio
4 54 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (0.79%) 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%) Siemens NX
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 41 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 21 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.46%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.33%) 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
1 539 (17.64%) Azure
2 401 (13.12%) Power Platform
3 282 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
4 270 (8.84%) AWS
5 122 (3.99%) SaaS
6 105 (3.44%) GCP
7 84 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (1.73%) GitHub
10 53 (1.73%) Google Analytics
11 50 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 45 (1.47%) PowerApps
13 44 (1.44%) Amazon S3
13 44 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 37 (1.21%) Serverless
15 33 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
16 32 (1.05%) dbt
17 29 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 134 (4.38%) DNS
2 130 (4.25%) Firewall
3 107 (3.50%) DHCP
4 73 (2.39%) VPN
5 63 (2.06%) WAN
6 50 (1.64%) LAN
7 49 (1.60%) TCP/IP
8 43 (1.41%) Broadband
9 41 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (1.24%) Wireless
11 27 (0.88%) Network Security
12 23 (0.75%) BGP
12 23 (0.75%) HTTP
12 23 (0.75%) SD-WAN
13 22 (0.72%) VLAN
13 22 (0.72%) Wireshark
14 21 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
15 20 (0.65%) SAN
16 15 (0.49%) VoIP
17 14 (0.46%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 361 (11.81%) Power BI
2 197 (6.45%) Tableau
3 102 (3.34%) SQL Server
4 96 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
5 76 (2.49%) Data Mining
5 76 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
6 54 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 42 (1.37%) Power Query
8 41 (1.34%) Metadata
9 37 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.15%) Looker
10 35 (1.15%) MySQL
10 35 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
11 33 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
11 33 (1.08%) Relational Database
12 29 (0.95%) Big Data
12 29 (0.95%) Data Lake
13 20 (0.65%) NoSQL
14 18 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 99 (3.24%) JIRA
2 72 (2.36%) Git
3 38 (1.24%) GitLab
4 33 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
5 18 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 12 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.39%) Selenium
7 11 (0.36%) MLflow
8 8 (0.26%) JMeter
8 8 (0.26%) Postman
8 8 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.23%) Moq
10 6 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.20%) ERwin
10 6 (0.20%) Toad
11 5 (0.16%) LabVIEW
11 5 (0.16%) Maven
11 5 (0.16%) Subversion
11 5 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 1,431 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 920 (30.10%) Finance
3 264 (8.64%) Marketing
4 183 (5.99%) Public Sector
5 171 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 167 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
7 158 (5.17%) Retail
8 150 (4.91%) Legal
9 148 (4.84%) Manufacturing
10 143 (4.68%) Law
11 115 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
12 97 (3.17%) Telecoms
13 73 (2.39%) Aerospace
14 68 (2.23%) Electronics
15 64 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
16 56 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
17 44 (1.44%) Banking
18 40 (1.31%) Military
19 34 (1.11%) Advertising
20 33 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 847 (27.72%) Analyst
2 309 (10.11%) Senior
3 229 (7.49%) Data Analyst
4 221 (7.23%) Lead
5 168 (5.50%) Business Analyst
6 160 (5.24%) Systems Engineer
7 159 (5.20%) Developer
8 105 (3.44%) Architect
9 91 (2.98%) Support Analyst
10 88 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
10 88 (2.88%) Support Engineer
11 86 (2.81%) Consultant
12 83 (2.72%) Systems Analyst
13 80 (2.62%) IT Support
14 74 (2.42%) Data Engineer
15 70 (2.29%) Trainee
15 70 (2.29%) Trainee Analyst
15 70 (2.29%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 66 (2.16%) Head of QA
17 65 (2.13%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (2.52%) HTML
2 68 (2.23%) CSS
3 65 (2.13%) .NET
4 64 (2.09%) REST
5 63 (2.06%) Middleware
6 59 (1.93%) JSON
7 56 (1.83%) XML
8 55 (1.80%) React
9 39 (1.28%) SOAP
10 38 (1.24%) Node.js
11 32 (1.05%) PyTorch
12 26 (0.85%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.72%) scikit-learn
14 21 (0.69%) RESTful
15 19 (0.62%) EDI
15 19 (0.62%) PySpark
16 17 (0.56%) OAuth
16 17 (0.56%) Pandas
17 15 (0.49%) Kafka
18 14 (0.46%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 385 (12.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 153 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 117 (3.83%) Onboarding
4 114 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
5 113 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 103 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
7 72 (2.36%) Driving Licence
8 67 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 45 (1.47%) Cloud Native
10 41 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
11 37 (1.21%) Data Structures
12 36 (1.18%) Algorithms
13 35 (1.15%) Security Posture
13 35 (1.15%) Social Media
14 31 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 30 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
15 30 (0.98%) FMCG
16 28 (0.92%) Low-Code
17 27 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
18 26 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 270 (8.84%) Windows
2 168 (5.50%) Windows Server
3 162 (5.30%) Linux
4 94 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.65%) Unix
6 17 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (0.46%) Android
7 14 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 9 (0.29%) CentOS
10 9 (0.29%) 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 1,431 (46.83%) Problem-Solving
2 842 (27.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 683 (22.35%) Decision-Making
4 622 (20.35%) Analytics
5 444 (14.53%) Agile
6 410 (13.42%) Business Intelligence
7 377 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 329 (10.77%) AI
9 317 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 311 (10.18%) Actionable Insight
11 288 (9.42%) Customer Service
12 287 (9.39%) Data Analysis
13 274 (8.97%) Project Management
14 268 (8.77%) ERP
15 259 (8.48%) Customer Experience
16 258 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
17 249 (8.15%) CRM
18 247 (8.08%) Mentoring
19 238 (7.79%) Data Modelling
20 233 (7.62%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 662 (21.66%) SQL
2 494 (16.16%) Python
3 107 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 98 (3.21%) Java
5 96 (3.14%) PowerShell
6 89 (2.91%) C#
7 58 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 44 (1.44%) C++
8 44 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 42 (1.37%) Bash
9 42 (1.37%) R
10 33 (1.08%) VBA
11 27 (0.88%) MATLAB
12 20 (0.65%) TypeScript
13 19 (0.62%) PHP
14 16 (0.52%) Go
15 14 (0.46%) PL/SQL
16 13 (0.43%) C
17 11 (0.36%) Scala
18 10 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 499 (16.33%) Degree
2 299 (9.78%) Security Cleared
3 218 (7.13%) SC Cleared
4 154 (5.04%) ACCA
5 148 (4.84%) CIMA
6 129 (4.22%) DBS Check
7 79 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 69 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.16%) IRCA
10 64 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 47 (1.54%) CISSP
11 47 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (1.41%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
14 35 (1.15%) CISM
15 32 (1.05%) CCNA
16 31 (1.01%) PMI Certification
17 25 (0.82%) Azure Certification
17 25 (0.82%) PMP
18 24 (0.79%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 307 (10.05%) Data Quality
2 246 (8.05%) GDPR
3 198 (6.48%) QA
4 154 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 149 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 118 (3.86%) PCI DSS
7 107 (3.50%) ISO 9001
8 102 (3.34%) NIST
9 85 (2.78%) SLA
10 69 (2.26%) Accessibility
11 44 (1.44%) GRC
12 37 (1.21%) PMO
13 34 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 23 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 20 (0.65%) ISO 14001
15 20 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 17 (0.56%) GMP
16 17 (0.56%) TickIT
17 16 (0.52%) SOC 2
18 14 (0.46%) IFRS
System Software
1 215 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 91 (2.98%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.62%) Terminal Server
4 57 (1.87%) Docker
5 32 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 8 (0.26%) 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 65 (2.13%) Terraform
2 43 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.21%) Ansible
4 26 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (0.65%) Grafana
6 13 (0.43%) Kibana
6 13 (0.43%) QRadar
7 9 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.26%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.26%) Nagios
9 6 (0.20%) Graylog
9 6 (0.20%) logstash
10 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.16%) Podman
11 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.13%) Control-M
11 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 743 (24.31%) Microsoft
2 125 (4.09%) SAP
3 122 (3.99%) Google
4 117 (3.83%) VMware
5 113 (3.70%) Splunk
6 101 (3.30%) SolarWinds
7 99 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 91 (2.98%) Veeam
9 81 (2.65%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.62%) Brocade
10 80 (2.62%) Oracle
10 80 (2.62%) Tanium
11 65 (2.13%) Workday
12 55 (1.80%) Databricks
13 48 (1.57%) Cisco
14 36 (1.18%) IBM
15 31 (1.01%) ServiceNow
16 28 (0.92%) Adobe
16 28 (0.92%) HubSpot
17 26 (0.85%) Dell