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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 13 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,204 3,636 2,831
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.56% 10.12% 8.20%
As % of the General category 13.54% 15.85% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,550 1,502 1,909
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,467
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +4.01% -2.00%
75th Percentile £60,188 £66,067 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 23,663 22,940 20,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.80% 63.86% 59.59%
Number of salaries quoted 12,230 9,402 14,568
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% -6.07%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +7 849 £50,000 - 782
North of England -16 774 £42,500 -18.66% 440
Midlands -11 585 £42,500 -11.46% 309
North West -14 407 £42,500 -19.05% 219
South West +3 364 £45,000 -11.76% 269
West Midlands -14 343 £50,750 +1.50% 158
Scotland 0 277 £40,000 -34.29% 86
Yorkshire +2 266 £40,000 -20.00% 169
East of England -19 262 £40,000 -21.52% 288
East Midlands +4 240 £37,500 -11.76% 149
North East +4 101 £41,500 -5.68% 61
Wales +19 79 £42,500 -13.45% 89
Northern Ireland -3 44 £52,500 -11.66% 46
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -6 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
1 133 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (1.75%) Confluence
3 45 (1.40%) SharePoint
4 18 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.50%) CMS
5 16 (0.50%) IIS
6 13 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.41%) WordPress
7 12 (0.37%) Apache
7 12 (0.37%) SAS
8 6 (0.19%) nginx
9 4 (0.12%) Camunda
10 3 (0.094%) govService
10 3 (0.094%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.094%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
11 2 (0.062%) WinCC
12 1 (0.031%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.031%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.031%) OpenStack
Applications
1 541 (16.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 344 (10.74%) Chatbot
3 233 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
4 79 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (1.44%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
7 28 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
8 17 (0.53%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.16%) CATIA
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
12 3 (0.094%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.062%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.062%) Revit
13 2 (0.062%) Sketch
13 2 (0.062%) Trello
14 1 (0.031%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.031%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.031%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 92 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (2.00%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 29 (0.91%) NetSuite
5 28 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
6 20 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
7 18 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
7 18 (0.56%) Shopify
8 16 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
9 15 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
10 12 (0.37%) Sage X3
10 12 (0.37%) SAP CO
11 10 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
11 10 (0.31%) Workday HCM
12 8 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
12 8 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
13 6 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 6 (0.19%) SAP ERP
14 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
14 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 462 (14.42%) Azure
2 382 (11.92%) Power Platform
3 205 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
4 160 (4.99%) AWS
5 147 (4.59%) SaaS
6 110 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (1.97%) Snowflake
8 61 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
9 53 (1.65%) GitHub
10 48 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
11 39 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 38 (1.19%) Entra ID
13 37 (1.15%) dbt
14 31 (0.97%) GCP
14 31 (0.97%) Power Automate
15 26 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
16 25 (0.78%) Serverless
17 24 (0.75%) Google Analytics
18 23 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
18 23 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 136 (4.24%) DNS
2 116 (3.62%) DHCP
3 65 (2.03%) Firewall
4 43 (1.34%) WAN
5 42 (1.31%) LAN
5 42 (1.31%) Network Security
5 42 (1.31%) Remote Desktop
6 40 (1.25%) VPN
7 36 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
8 33 (1.03%) Wireless
9 26 (0.81%) VoIP
10 25 (0.78%) SMS
10 25 (0.78%) TCP/IP
11 23 (0.72%) VLAN
12 18 (0.56%) SD-WAN
13 16 (0.50%) Wireshark
14 15 (0.47%) 5G
15 13 (0.41%) OSPF
15 13 (0.41%) SAN
16 12 (0.37%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 354 (11.05%) Power BI
2 217 (6.77%) Tableau
3 142 (4.43%) Data Mining
4 102 (3.18%) SQL Server
5 101 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
6 76 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
7 54 (1.69%) Data Lake
8 51 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 48 (1.50%) Relational Database
10 45 (1.40%) Metadata
11 37 (1.15%) GIS
12 34 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 34 (1.06%) MySQL
13 33 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
14 32 (1.00%) Looker
15 28 (0.87%) SAP BW
16 27 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 22 (0.69%) Power Query
18 21 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
19 20 (0.62%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 135 (4.21%) JIRA
2 55 (1.72%) Git
3 29 (0.91%) Selenium
4 18 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 15 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.47%) Robot Framework
6 13 (0.41%) Snyk
7 12 (0.37%) ER Studio
7 12 (0.37%) ERwin
8 11 (0.34%) GitLab
9 8 (0.25%) Postman
9 8 (0.25%) TestRail
10 7 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.22%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.19%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.16%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.16%) Subversion
13 4 (0.12%) LoadRunner
General
1 1,575 (49.16%) Social Skills
2 917 (28.62%) Finance
3 254 (7.93%) Marketing
4 184 (5.74%) Retail
5 138 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
6 136 (4.24%) Manufacturing
7 129 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 127 (3.96%) Legal
9 110 (3.43%) Law
10 108 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
10 108 (3.37%) Public Sector
11 70 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
12 60 (1.87%) Telecoms
13 59 (1.84%) Electronics
14 54 (1.69%) Banking
15 51 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
16 46 (1.44%) Aerospace
17 39 (1.22%) Aviation
18 34 (1.06%) Advertising
19 29 (0.91%) German Language
Job Titles
1 771 (24.06%) Analyst
2 344 (10.74%) Trainer
3 325 (10.14%) Senior
4 214 (6.68%) Lead
5 210 (6.55%) Data Analyst
6 159 (4.96%) Architect
7 145 (4.53%) Developer
8 126 (3.93%) Support Analyst
9 121 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
10 117 (3.65%) IT Support
11 116 (3.62%) Trainee
12 111 (3.46%) Business Analyst
13 105 (3.28%) Trainee Analyst
13 105 (3.28%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 85 (2.65%) Support Engineer
15 82 (2.56%) Business Manager
16 79 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
17 75 (2.34%) Report Analyst
18 74 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
19 73 (2.28%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (2.03%) HTML
2 55 (1.72%) CSS
3 50 (1.56%) React
4 43 (1.34%) REST
5 34 (1.06%) JSON
6 33 (1.03%) .NET
7 31 (0.97%) SOAP
8 24 (0.75%) Middleware
9 20 (0.62%) Node.js
10 19 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
10 19 (0.59%) XML
11 16 (0.50%) OAuth
11 16 (0.50%) SAML
12 15 (0.47%) EDI
12 15 (0.47%) Flash
13 12 (0.37%) Playwright
14 11 (0.34%) Bootstrap
14 11 (0.34%) JMS
14 11 (0.34%) PySpark
14 11 (0.34%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 354 (11.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 237 (7.40%) Self-Motivation
3 228 (7.12%) Onboarding
4 169 (5.27%) Management Information System
5 121 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
6 101 (3.15%) Product Ownership
7 61 (1.90%) Data Centre
7 61 (1.90%) Driving Licence
8 58 (1.81%) FMCG
9 52 (1.62%) Robotics
10 44 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (1.15%) Cloud Native
12 30 (0.94%) Data Structures
13 28 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 28 (0.87%) Virtual Team
14 25 (0.78%) e-Learning
14 25 (0.78%) Social Media
15 23 (0.72%) Low-Code
16 21 (0.66%) Mobile App
16 21 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 259 (8.08%) Windows
2 166 (5.18%) Linux
3 144 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 97 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.56%) Unix
6 12 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.31%) Android
8 6 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.094%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.031%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.031%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.031%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,377 (42.98%) Problem-Solving
2 755 (23.56%) AI
3 733 (22.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 646 (20.16%) Analytics
5 589 (18.38%) Decision-Making
6 534 (16.67%) Project Management
7 461 (14.39%) Agile
8 437 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
9 354 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 347 (10.83%) Chemistry
11 344 (10.74%) Conversational UI
12 343 (10.71%) Customer Service
13 329 (10.27%) Data Analysis
14 299 (9.33%) ERP
15 271 (8.46%) Customer Experience
16 251 (7.83%) Process Improvement
17 248 (7.74%) Analytical Thinking
18 245 (7.65%) CRM
19 231 (7.21%) Migration
20 220 (6.87%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 663 (20.69%) SQL
2 364 (11.36%) Python
3 74 (2.31%) C#
4 69 (2.15%) Java
5 67 (2.09%) JavaScript
6 63 (1.97%) PowerShell
7 50 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 33 (1.03%) T-SQL
9 31 (0.97%) VBA
10 28 (0.87%) C++
10 28 (0.87%) R
11 16 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.44%) C
12 14 (0.44%) Scala
13 13 (0.41%) Bash
14 12 (0.37%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.28%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
17 6 (0.19%) Go
17 6 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,028 (32.08%) Degree
2 398 (12.42%) Master's Degree
3 346 (10.80%) PhD
4 305 (9.52%) Security Cleared
5 241 (7.52%) SC Cleared
6 113 (3.53%) ACCA
7 103 (3.21%) CIMA
8 87 (2.72%) DBS Check
9 67 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 55 (1.72%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
12 49 (1.53%) DV Cleared
13 48 (1.50%) CISSP
14 47 (1.47%) PMP
15 42 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
16 32 (1.00%) CISM
17 27 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
18 26 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
19 24 (0.75%) CEH
20 23 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (5.34%) Data Quality
2 139 (4.34%) QA
3 123 (3.84%) PCI DSS
4 119 (3.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 103 (3.21%) GDPR
6 93 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 64 (2.00%) NIST
8 58 (1.81%) PMO
9 48 (1.50%) Accessibility
10 28 (0.87%) SLA
11 24 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.41%) GRC
13 12 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.28%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.25%) IEC 61131
16 8 (0.25%) IFRS
17 7 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 6 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 198 (6.18%) Active Directory
2 112 (3.50%) Hyper-V
3 96 (3.00%) Terminal Server
4 19 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (0.53%) Docker
6 12 (0.37%) Firmware
7 6 (0.19%) vSphere
8 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
8 4 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.031%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.031%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.031%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.031%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 44 (1.37%) Terraform
2 26 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 21 (0.66%) Ansible
5 13 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.16%) Control-M
7 4 (0.12%) Nessus
7 4 (0.12%) SCCM
8 3 (0.094%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.094%) QRadar
9 2 (0.062%) AssetCenter
9 2 (0.062%) CASB
9 2 (0.062%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.062%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.062%) Grafana
9 2 (0.062%) Nagios
9 2 (0.062%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.031%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.031%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.031%) SCOM
Vendors
1 751 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 344 (10.74%) PayPal
3 264 (8.24%) SAP
4 128 (4.00%) Oracle
5 119 (3.71%) VMware
6 115 (3.59%) SolarWinds
7 111 (3.46%) Splunk
8 97 (3.03%) Tanium
8 97 (3.03%) Veeam
9 96 (3.00%) Brocade
9 96 (3.00%) Nimble Storage
10 89 (2.78%) Salesforce
11 57 (1.78%) ServiceNow
12 53 (1.65%) Cisco
13 51 (1.59%) Google
14 37 (1.15%) OpenText
15 36 (1.12%) Databricks
16 30 (0.94%) Ariba
17 26 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
18 25 (0.78%) Workday