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

6 months to
23 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 3,093 3,750 6,643
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.53% 12.36% 8.38%
As % of the General category 10.17% 17.46% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,113 1,361 3,630
10th Percentile £31,055 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £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 £80,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,241 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.38% +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 30,416 21,482 43,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.58% 70.79% 54.36%
Number of salaries quoted 18,631 9,787 27,724
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,625 £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 £83,750 £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 23 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 23 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 -18 958 £48,000 +1.05% 343
South East -8 780 £50,000 -9.09% 519
Midlands -9 566 £47,500 - 260
North West -17 560 £46,500 -7.00% 187
South West -24 333 £47,500 -2.08% 169
West Midlands -16 316 £50,000 +5.26% 149
Yorkshire -12 297 £50,000 +11.11% 116
East Midlands -2 249 £45,000 -5.26% 110
East of England -18 238 £45,050 -3.82% 133
Scotland -22 107 £40,000 -20.71% 72
North East -27 101 £55,000 +41.75% 48
Wales -7 83 £53,171 -3.33% 34
Northern Ireland -23 39 £40,000 -27.27% 60
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
1 150 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.20%) Confluence
4 31 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 30 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 28 (0.91%) CMS
7 25 (0.81%) Apache
8 20 (0.65%) IIS
9 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.29%) WordPress
10 8 (0.26%) SAS
11 6 (0.19%) WebLogic
11 6 (0.19%) WebSphere
12 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.097%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.097%) govService
13 3 (0.097%) JBoss
14 1 (0.032%) Moodle
14 1 (0.032%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.032%) Umbraco
Applications
1 394 (12.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 141 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (1.88%) MS Visio
4 53 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.29%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.097%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.097%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.097%) 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 (0.032%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.032%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 42 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.48%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.45%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.32%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
9 7 (0.23%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.19%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
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
Cloud Services
1 544 (17.59%) Azure
2 408 (13.19%) Power Platform
3 277 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
4 276 (8.92%) AWS
5 122 (3.94%) SaaS
6 110 (3.56%) GCP
7 84 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (2.72%) Entra ID
8 77 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
9 55 (1.78%) Google Analytics
10 52 (1.68%) GitHub
11 49 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 47 (1.52%) PowerApps
13 44 (1.42%) Power Automate
14 43 (1.39%) Amazon S3
15 35 (1.13%) Serverless
16 31 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
17 30 (0.97%) dbt
18 27 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
19 22 (0.71%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 139 (4.49%) Firewall
2 130 (4.20%) DNS
3 101 (3.27%) DHCP
4 74 (2.39%) VPN
5 67 (2.17%) WAN
6 54 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 53 (1.71%) LAN
8 42 (1.36%) Broadband
9 41 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (1.29%) Wireless
11 28 (0.91%) Network Security
12 25 (0.81%) SD-WAN
13 24 (0.78%) BGP
13 24 (0.78%) HTTP
14 22 (0.71%) VLAN
15 21 (0.68%) Wireshark
16 20 (0.65%) SAN
17 19 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
18 16 (0.52%) VoIP
19 14 (0.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 367 (11.87%) Power BI
2 192 (6.21%) Tableau
3 100 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 88 (2.85%) Amazon RDS
5 82 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
6 70 (2.26%) Data Mining
7 54 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 42 (1.36%) Power Query
9 41 (1.33%) Metadata
10 37 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 36 (1.16%) Looker
11 36 (1.16%) MySQL
11 36 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
12 32 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 32 (1.03%) Relational Database
13 30 (0.97%) Data Lake
14 28 (0.91%) Big Data
15 19 (0.61%) NoSQL
16 18 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
16 18 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 101 (3.27%) JIRA
2 77 (2.49%) Git
3 39 (1.26%) GitLab
4 33 (1.07%) Rational DOORS
5 18 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.39%) Selenium
8 11 (0.36%) MLflow
9 9 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 9 (0.29%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.26%) JMeter
10 8 (0.26%) Postman
11 7 (0.23%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.23%) Moq
11 7 (0.23%) Subversion
12 6 (0.19%) Toad
13 5 (0.16%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.16%) ERwin
13 5 (0.16%) Maven
General
1 1,457 (47.11%) Social Skills
2 929 (30.04%) Finance
3 259 (8.37%) Marketing
4 191 (6.18%) Public Sector
5 177 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
6 169 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 168 (5.43%) Retail
8 159 (5.14%) Manufacturing
9 154 (4.98%) Legal
10 142 (4.59%) Law
11 117 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
12 98 (3.17%) Telecoms
13 72 (2.33%) Aerospace
14 69 (2.23%) Electronics
15 64 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
16 59 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
17 45 (1.45%) Banking
18 41 (1.33%) Military
19 35 (1.13%) Advertising
20 34 (1.10%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 854 (27.61%) Analyst
2 314 (10.15%) Senior
3 229 (7.40%) Data Analyst
4 223 (7.21%) Lead
5 167 (5.40%) Business Analyst
6 164 (5.30%) Developer
7 156 (5.04%) Systems Engineer
8 105 (3.39%) Architect
9 94 (3.04%) Support Analyst
9 94 (3.04%) Support Engineer
10 90 (2.91%) Consultant
11 88 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
12 86 (2.78%) Systems Analyst
13 84 (2.72%) IT Support
14 80 (2.59%) Data Engineer
15 67 (2.17%) Accountant
16 66 (2.13%) Head of QA
16 66 (2.13%) IT Manager
17 65 (2.10%) Trainee Analyst
17 65 (2.10%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (2.42%) HTML
2 68 (2.20%) .NET
3 67 (2.17%) Middleware
4 66 (2.13%) CSS
5 64 (2.07%) REST
6 61 (1.97%) JSON
7 58 (1.88%) XML
8 53 (1.71%) React
9 38 (1.23%) SOAP
10 36 (1.16%) Node.js
11 32 (1.03%) PyTorch
12 26 (0.84%) TensorFlow
13 25 (0.81%) RESTful
14 23 (0.74%) scikit-learn
15 21 (0.68%) EDI
15 21 (0.68%) PySpark
16 19 (0.61%) Pandas
17 17 (0.55%) Kafka
17 17 (0.55%) OAuth
18 15 (0.48%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 383 (12.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 154 (4.98%) Management Information System
3 121 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 119 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 116 (3.75%) Product Ownership
6 97 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
7 77 (2.49%) Driving Licence
8 68 (2.20%) Data Centre
9 46 (1.49%) Cloud Native
10 43 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
11 39 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 38 (1.23%) Security Posture
13 36 (1.16%) Algorithms
14 34 (1.10%) Social Media
15 32 (1.03%) Virtual Team
16 30 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
16 30 (0.97%) FMCG
17 29 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
18 28 (0.91%) Low-Code
18 28 (0.91%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 267 (8.63%) Windows
2 163 (5.27%) Windows Server
3 158 (5.11%) Linux
4 86 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.68%) Unix
6 18 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (0.48%) Android
9 14 (0.45%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.39%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.36%) Ubuntu
12 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
13 9 (0.29%) CentOS
14 8 (0.26%) VMS
15 4 (0.13%) Debian
15 4 (0.13%) OpenVMS
16 3 (0.097%) Windows Server 2012
17 1 (0.032%) FreeRTOS
17 1 (0.032%) OpenBSD
17 1 (0.032%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,449 (46.85%) Problem-Solving
2 867 (28.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 709 (22.92%) Decision-Making
4 631 (20.40%) Analytics
5 447 (14.45%) Agile
6 417 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
7 390 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 331 (10.70%) AI
9 328 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 315 (10.18%) Actionable Insight
11 284 (9.18%) Data Analysis
12 282 (9.12%) Customer Service
13 278 (8.99%) ERP
14 273 (8.83%) Project Management
15 271 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
16 253 (8.18%) Customer Experience
16 253 (8.18%) Mentoring
17 251 (8.12%) CRM
18 241 (7.79%) Data Modelling
19 239 (7.73%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 668 (21.60%) SQL
2 495 (16.00%) Python
3 108 (3.49%) JavaScript
4 100 (3.23%) Java
5 96 (3.10%) PowerShell
6 92 (2.97%) C#
7 58 (1.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 48 (1.55%) C++
9 45 (1.45%) T-SQL
10 44 (1.42%) Bash
11 42 (1.36%) R
12 33 (1.07%) VBA
13 29 (0.94%) MATLAB
14 21 (0.68%) TypeScript
15 18 (0.58%) PHP
16 15 (0.48%) Go
17 14 (0.45%) C
17 14 (0.45%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.39%) Perl
19 10 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 516 (16.68%) Degree
2 306 (9.89%) Security Cleared
3 219 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 160 (5.17%) ACCA
5 154 (4.98%) CIMA
6 130 (4.20%) DBS Check
7 81 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 71 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.13%) IRCA
10 64 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
11 50 (1.62%) CISSP
12 49 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 47 (1.52%) DV Cleared
14 41 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.20%) CISM
16 33 (1.07%) CCNA
17 30 (0.97%) PMI Certification
18 26 (0.84%) Azure Certification
19 25 (0.81%) Master's Degree
20 24 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 314 (10.15%) Data Quality
2 248 (8.02%) GDPR
3 202 (6.53%) QA
4 161 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 147 (4.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 110 (3.56%) PCI DSS
7 108 (3.49%) ISO 9001
8 105 (3.39%) NIST
9 85 (2.75%) SLA
10 69 (2.23%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.49%) GRC
12 37 (1.20%) PMO
13 33 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
14 25 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 20 (0.65%) ISO 14001
15 20 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 17 (0.55%) GMP
16 17 (0.55%) TickIT
17 16 (0.52%) SOC 2
18 15 (0.48%) IFRS
System Software
1 212 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 83 (2.68%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.33%) Terminal Server
4 60 (1.94%) Docker
5 33 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.36%) vSphere
7 9 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.19%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.13%) XenApp
10 3 (0.097%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.097%) Firmware
11 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.032%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.032%) KVM
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.032%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 65 (2.10%) Terraform
2 44 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.23%) Ansible
4 27 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (0.71%) Grafana
6 14 (0.45%) Kibana
7 13 (0.42%) QRadar
8 10 (0.32%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.26%) Kubeflow
9 8 (0.26%) Nagios
10 7 (0.23%) logstash
11 6 (0.19%) Graylog
12 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.16%) Podman
13 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
13 4 (0.13%) Nmap
13 4 (0.13%) SCCM
13 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 749 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 128 (4.14%) Google
2 128 (4.14%) SAP
3 111 (3.59%) VMware
4 108 (3.49%) Splunk
5 97 (3.14%) Salesforce
6 94 (3.04%) SolarWinds
7 83 (2.68%) Veeam
8 78 (2.52%) Oracle
9 73 (2.36%) Nimble Storage
10 72 (2.33%) Brocade
10 72 (2.33%) Tanium
11 66 (2.13%) Workday
12 54 (1.75%) Databricks
13 51 (1.65%) Cisco
14 36 (1.16%) IBM
15 33 (1.07%) ServiceNow
16 29 (0.94%) Adobe
17 28 (0.91%) HubSpot
18 26 (0.84%) Dell