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 4 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,394 4,280 4,711
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.07% 12.32% 8.99%
As % of the General category 11.48% 18.69% 16.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,491 1,517 1,671
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,134 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,356 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.71% -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 38,259 22,897 28,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.17% 65.88% 54.06%
Number of salaries quoted 23,620 11,114 12,828
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,120
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% -1.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 1,182 £47,500 +5.56% 1,297
South East -12 995 £48,000 +1.01% 1,458
Midlands -9 771 £45,000 +2.27% 836
North West -15 716 £46,250 +2.78% 680
South West -9 614 £47,000 +4.44% 615
West Midlands -18 391 £47,500 +5.56% 500
East Midlands -4 378 £42,500 +6.47% 336
Yorkshire -10 317 £47,000 +17.50% 466
East of England -13 284 £47,500 +21.79% 541
Northern Ireland +8 211 £43,750 -20.45% 289
Wales -3 208 £45,000 -10.40% 324
North East -22 158 £52,231 +30.58% 161
Scotland -23 149 £47,500 +39.17% 637
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
1 159 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 54 (1.23%) Confluence
4 31 (0.71%) Apache
5 30 (0.68%) IIS
6 25 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 18 (0.41%) CMS
8 17 (0.39%) WordPress
9 16 (0.36%) SAS
10 15 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
11 13 (0.30%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.20%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.20%) WebSphere
13 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 4 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
16 3 (0.068%) nginx
17 2 (0.046%) Office Communications Server
17 2 (0.046%) Oracle Application Server
17 2 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 574 (13.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 279 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 88 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 47 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 26 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 19 (0.43%) Simulink
8 11 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
10 8 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.14%) EPLAN
11 6 (0.14%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.11%) Chatbot
12 5 (0.11%) Notion
12 5 (0.11%) Photoshop
13 3 (0.068%) CANalyzer
13 3 (0.068%) CATIA
13 3 (0.068%) LaTeX
14 2 (0.046%) Revit
14 2 (0.046%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 89 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.73%) Dynamics GP
3 29 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 22 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 21 (0.48%) Shopify
6 13 (0.30%) Magento
7 11 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 10 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
10 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
10 8 (0.18%) SAP ERP
11 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
11 7 (0.16%) Workday HCM
12 6 (0.14%) Exchequer
12 6 (0.14%) Odoo
12 6 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
13 5 (0.11%) Elite 3E
13 5 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
14 4 (0.091%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 677 (15.41%) Azure
2 481 (10.95%) Power Platform
3 374 (8.51%) AWS
4 327 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
5 221 (5.03%) SaaS
6 171 (3.89%) GCP
7 149 (3.39%) Entra ID
8 114 (2.59%) Google Ads
9 97 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
11 89 (2.03%) Google Analytics
12 83 (1.89%) Meta Ads
13 62 (1.41%) GitHub
14 58 (1.32%) PowerApps
15 57 (1.30%) Power Automate
16 54 (1.23%) Serverless
17 48 (1.09%) Amazon S3
18 47 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
19 44 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
20 43 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 166 (3.78%) DNS
2 130 (2.96%) DHCP
3 106 (2.41%) Firewall
4 95 (2.16%) VPN
5 83 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 68 (1.55%) WAN
7 59 (1.34%) LAN
8 56 (1.27%) Internet
9 52 (1.18%) Wireless
10 44 (1.00%) Network Security
11 38 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (0.66%) VLAN
13 26 (0.59%) Broadband
13 26 (0.59%) HTTP
14 22 (0.50%) SD-WAN
14 22 (0.50%) VoIP
15 21 (0.48%) SAN
16 20 (0.46%) BGP
17 18 (0.41%) SMS
17 18 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 429 (9.76%) Power BI
2 123 (2.80%) SQL Server
3 115 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
5 95 (2.16%) Tableau
6 85 (1.93%) Relational Database
7 67 (1.52%) MySQL
8 65 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 61 (1.39%) Power Query
10 57 (1.30%) Metadata
11 52 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
12 43 (0.98%) Looker
13 42 (0.96%) Data Lake
14 40 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 33 (0.75%) BigQuery
16 31 (0.71%) NoSQL
17 30 (0.68%) Big Data
18 28 (0.64%) MongoDB
19 26 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
20 24 (0.55%) GIS
Development Applications
1 192 (4.37%) Git
2 151 (3.44%) JIRA
3 38 (0.86%) GitLab
4 34 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 24 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
6 21 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 20 (0.46%) LabVIEW
8 18 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
8 18 (0.41%) Selenium
9 17 (0.39%) Claude Code
10 15 (0.34%) Burp Suite
10 15 (0.34%) Postman
11 14 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
12 12 (0.27%) Metasploit
13 11 (0.25%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.20%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.20%) JMeter
15 8 (0.18%) Moq
16 7 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 2,289 (52.09%) Social Skills
2 1,236 (28.13%) Finance
3 510 (11.61%) Marketing
4 411 (9.35%) Organisational Skills
5 358 (8.15%) Manufacturing
6 324 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 301 (6.85%) Legal
8 294 (6.69%) Retail
9 270 (6.14%) Public Sector
10 231 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
11 220 (5.01%) Presentation Skills
12 219 (4.98%) Law
13 204 (4.64%) Aerospace
14 163 (3.71%) Electronics
15 120 (2.73%) Telecoms
16 77 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
17 71 (1.62%) Advertising
18 70 (1.59%) Automotive
19 63 (1.43%) Banking
20 61 (1.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,029 (23.42%) Analyst
2 533 (12.13%) Senior
3 280 (6.37%) Lead
4 235 (5.35%) Developer
5 199 (4.53%) Data Analyst
6 195 (4.44%) Support Analyst
7 174 (3.96%) Business Analyst
8 173 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
9 152 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
10 142 (3.23%) Architect
11 115 (2.62%) Data Engineer
12 113 (2.57%) Consultant
12 113 (2.57%) Support Engineer
13 107 (2.44%) ITSM Analyst
14 101 (2.30%) IT Support
15 98 (2.23%) Administrator
16 92 (2.09%) Applications Support
17 89 (2.03%) Marketing Manager
18 85 (1.93%) Systems Analyst
19 83 (1.89%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (2.50%) .NET
2 80 (1.82%) REST
3 79 (1.80%) Terraform
4 76 (1.73%) HTML
5 70 (1.59%) CSS
6 57 (1.30%) XML
7 55 (1.25%) Middleware
8 52 (1.18%) PySpark
9 51 (1.16%) JSON
9 51 (1.16%) RESTful
10 48 (1.09%) SOAP
11 40 (0.91%) EDI
12 37 (0.84%) React
13 36 (0.82%) Kafka
14 35 (0.80%) LDAP
15 32 (0.73%) Spring
16 31 (0.71%) Spring Boot
17 29 (0.66%) ASP.NET
17 29 (0.66%) ModSecurity
18 24 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 353 (8.03%) Management Information System
2 312 (7.10%) Analytical Mindset
3 259 (5.89%) Onboarding
4 225 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
5 168 (3.82%) Product Ownership
6 161 (3.66%) Driving Licence
7 116 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
8 103 (2.34%) Social Media
9 101 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
10 79 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 79 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
11 74 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
12 73 (1.66%) Data Centre
13 72 (1.64%) Virtual Team
14 69 (1.57%) Blog
15 52 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
16 47 (1.07%) Data Structures
16 47 (1.07%) Security Posture
17 41 (0.93%) SCADA
18 39 (0.89%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 331 (7.53%) Windows
2 236 (5.37%) Linux
3 184 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 30 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 25 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (0.50%) Unix
9 15 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.32%) Android
11 9 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.20%) CentOS
12 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.14%) Debian
13 6 (0.14%) VMS
14 5 (0.11%) OpenVMS
15 4 (0.091%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.046%) Solaris
17 1 (0.023%) FreeRTOS
17 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,204 (50.16%) Problem-Solving
2 1,464 (33.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,129 (25.69%) Decision-Making
4 852 (19.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 734 (16.70%) Analytics
6 714 (16.25%) AI
7 649 (14.77%) Agile
8 572 (13.02%) Business Intelligence
9 505 (11.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 444 (10.10%) Validation
11 438 (9.97%) Customer Service
12 431 (9.81%) CRM
13 425 (9.67%) Mentoring
14 420 (9.56%) ERP
15 388 (8.83%) Data Analysis
16 382 (8.69%) Actionable Insight
17 374 (8.51%) ITIL
18 367 (8.35%) Project Delivery
19 351 (7.99%) Collaborative Working
20 350 (7.97%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 789 (17.96%) SQL
2 455 (10.36%) Python
3 155 (3.53%) JavaScript
4 133 (3.03%) Java
5 121 (2.75%) C#
6 104 (2.37%) PowerShell
7 77 (1.75%) C++
8 65 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 58 (1.32%) Bash
10 46 (1.05%) TypeScript
11 43 (0.98%) MATLAB
12 42 (0.96%) Shell Script
13 37 (0.84%) T-SQL
14 36 (0.82%) R
15 35 (0.80%) C
16 21 (0.48%) PL/SQL
16 21 (0.48%) VB.NET
17 19 (0.43%) PHP
18 17 (0.39%) Scala
19 16 (0.36%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 922 (20.98%) Degree
2 533 (12.13%) Security Cleared
3 372 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 169 (3.85%) ACCA
5 162 (3.69%) CIMA
6 125 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 117 (2.66%) DV Cleared
8 113 (2.57%) DBS Check
9 97 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 80 (1.82%) HND
11 69 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
12 64 (1.46%) CISSP
13 63 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
14 58 (1.32%) HNC
15 49 (1.12%) CISM
15 49 (1.12%) Master's Degree
16 47 (1.07%) Azure Certification
17 45 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
18 39 (0.89%) CCNA
19 31 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 414 (9.42%) Data Quality
2 264 (6.01%) QA
3 209 (4.76%) GDPR
4 137 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 128 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 123 (2.80%) Accessibility
7 102 (2.32%) PCI DSS
8 86 (1.96%) SLA
9 65 (1.48%) NIST
10 49 (1.12%) ISO 9001
11 38 (0.86%) PMO
12 37 (0.84%) GRC
13 28 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
13 28 (0.64%) DO-254
14 26 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 26 (0.59%) IFRS
15 19 (0.43%) ISO 14001
16 18 (0.41%) Good Clinical Practice
17 17 (0.39%) GMP
18 16 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 285 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 139 (3.16%) Docker
3 99 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.64%) Terminal Server
5 42 (0.96%) Firmware
6 37 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
7 14 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.16%) Ceph
11 6 (0.14%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.11%) vSphere
13 4 (0.091%) KVM
13 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.068%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.023%) IAG
15 1 (0.023%) ISA Server
15 1 (0.023%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.023%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 49 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (0.89%) Ansible
4 32 (0.73%) Grafana
5 27 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 26 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.34%) Kibana
8 14 (0.32%) QRadar
9 12 (0.27%) Nmap
10 11 (0.25%) Podman
11 9 (0.20%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.16%) Argo
12 7 (0.16%) Check_MK
12 7 (0.16%) Istio
12 7 (0.16%) logstash
13 6 (0.14%) Graylog
13 6 (0.14%) Nagios
14 5 (0.11%) SCCM
15 4 (0.091%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.091%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1,155 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 298 (6.78%) Google
3 133 (3.03%) SAP
4 129 (2.94%) VMware
5 127 (2.89%) Splunk
6 118 (2.69%) Oracle
7 93 (2.12%) Salesforce
8 85 (1.93%) SolarWinds
9 79 (1.80%) Veeam
10 76 (1.73%) ServiceNow
11 73 (1.66%) Brocade
11 73 (1.66%) Nimble Storage
12 72 (1.64%) Tanium
13 64 (1.46%) YouTube
14 63 (1.43%) Cisco
15 45 (1.02%) Databricks
16 42 (0.96%) HubSpot
17 39 (0.89%) Adobe
18 36 (0.82%) Workday
19 28 (0.64%) Dell