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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -23 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,949 2,784 5,463
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.12% 10.75% 8.57%
As % of the General category 10.22% 15.86% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,805 1,410 3,519
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £32,896
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,890 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +13.09% -3.23%
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,010 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,648 £72,446
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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 28,846 17,551 37,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.06% 67.79% 58.70%
Number of salaries quoted 15,153 9,158 25,630
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,929 £26,043
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +7.37% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -1 794 £50,000 -1.90% 595
North of England -23 774 £46,000 -8.00% 400
Midlands -16 564 £47,500 -1.55% 298
North West -21 425 £42,500 -15.80% 220
West Midlands -19 347 £51,250 +2.50% 175
South West -20 268 £45,000 -13.46% 178
Yorkshire -9 258 £52,500 +16.67% 136
East of England -29 257 £45,000 -11.71% 161
East Midlands -7 215 £42,500 -3.41% 123
Scotland -18 174 £40,000 -23.81% 92
North East -13 91 £48,445 +25.83% 50
Wales +5 80 £40,000 -20.20% 59
Northern Ireland -21 50 £46,250 -15.91% 22
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92%
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
1 134 (4.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 45 (1.53%) Confluence
4 31 (1.05%) CMS
5 28 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.54%) IIS
7 14 (0.47%) Apache
8 10 (0.34%) SAS
9 9 (0.31%) WordPress
10 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.14%) nginx
11 3 (0.10%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.10%) govService
11 3 (0.10%) JBoss
12 1 (0.034%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.034%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.034%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.034%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 502 (17.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 202 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
3 75 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.31%) CATIA
8 5 (0.17%) Trello
9 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.068%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.068%) Revit
10 2 (0.068%) Simulink
11 1 (0.034%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.034%) Sketch
11 1 (0.034%) SmartSuite
11 1 (0.034%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 40 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 30 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
4 22 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 16 (0.54%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.51%) SAP PM
7 10 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.34%) Sage X3
8 9 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 9 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.24%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
10 5 (0.17%) Magento
10 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
11 4 (0.14%) Markit EDM
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
12 3 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
12 3 (0.10%) ResourceLink
12 3 (0.10%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 497 (16.85%) Azure
2 396 (13.43%) Power Platform
3 235 (7.97%) AWS
4 233 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
5 130 (4.41%) SaaS
6 118 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
8 71 (2.41%) GCP
9 65 (2.20%) Entra ID
10 62 (2.10%) GitHub
11 60 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 47 (1.59%) dbt
12 47 (1.59%) Snowflake
13 46 (1.56%) Power Automate
14 45 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 40 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
16 37 (1.25%) Google Analytics
17 36 (1.22%) Amazon S3
18 34 (1.15%) Serverless
19 31 (1.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 127 (4.31%) DNS
2 107 (3.63%) Firewall
3 104 (3.53%) DHCP
4 62 (2.10%) VPN
5 55 (1.87%) WAN
6 50 (1.70%) Wireless
7 43 (1.46%) LAN
8 39 (1.32%) TCP/IP
8 39 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (1.15%) Network Security
10 31 (1.05%) VLAN
11 30 (1.02%) Wireshark
12 24 (0.81%) SD-WAN
13 23 (0.78%) Broadband
14 22 (0.75%) BGP
15 20 (0.68%) SAN
16 19 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
16 19 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
17 18 (0.61%) EIGRP
17 18 (0.61%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 365 (12.38%) Power BI
2 266 (9.02%) Tableau
3 157 (5.32%) Data Mining
4 122 (4.14%) SQL Server
5 83 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
6 76 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
7 60 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 47 (1.59%) Looker
9 46 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 44 (1.49%) Metadata
11 40 (1.36%) MySQL
12 39 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
13 36 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 32 (1.09%) Power Query
15 31 (1.05%) Data Lake
16 29 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 28 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
18 24 (0.81%) GIS
19 22 (0.75%) NoSQL
20 17 (0.58%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 120 (4.07%) JIRA
2 72 (2.44%) Git
3 28 (0.95%) GitLab
4 24 (0.81%) Selenium
5 17 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
6 13 (0.44%) Robot Framework
7 11 (0.37%) MLflow
7 11 (0.37%) Snyk
8 8 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.27%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.20%) Postman
10 6 (0.20%) Subversion
10 6 (0.20%) TestRail
11 5 (0.17%) ERwin
11 5 (0.17%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
11 5 (0.17%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.14%) Maven
General
1 1,490 (50.53%) Social Skills
2 935 (31.71%) Finance
3 238 (8.07%) Marketing
4 158 (5.36%) Retail
5 145 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
6 141 (4.78%) Public Sector
7 139 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 131 (4.44%) Legal
8 131 (4.44%) Manufacturing
9 128 (4.34%) Law
10 108 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
11 89 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
12 79 (2.68%) Telecoms
13 64 (2.17%) Banking
14 52 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
15 47 (1.59%) Electronics
16 34 (1.15%) Aerospace
16 34 (1.15%) Automotive
16 34 (1.15%) Military
17 33 (1.12%) Games
Job Titles
1 834 (28.28%) Analyst
2 323 (10.95%) Senior
3 249 (8.44%) Data Analyst
4 185 (6.27%) Lead
5 148 (5.02%) Developer
6 137 (4.65%) Business Analyst
7 136 (4.61%) Trainee
8 129 (4.37%) Trainee Analyst
8 129 (4.37%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 124 (4.20%) Support Analyst
10 116 (3.93%) Systems Engineer
11 104 (3.53%) Architect
12 102 (3.46%) IT Support
13 81 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
13 81 (2.75%) Support Engineer
14 76 (2.58%) Financial Analyst
15 70 (2.37%) Senior Manager
15 70 (2.37%) Systems Manager
16 68 (2.31%) Consultant
17 66 (2.24%) Head of QA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (2.78%) HTML
2 72 (2.44%) CSS
3 60 (2.03%) React
4 52 (1.76%) .NET
5 41 (1.39%) JSON
6 39 (1.32%) REST
7 36 (1.22%) Node.js
8 32 (1.09%) XML
9 27 (0.92%) Middleware
10 26 (0.88%) PyTorch
11 24 (0.81%) SOAP
12 21 (0.71%) scikit-learn
13 20 (0.68%) TensorFlow
14 18 (0.61%) Pandas
14 18 (0.61%) PySpark
15 16 (0.54%) Bootstrap
15 16 (0.54%) React Native
16 14 (0.47%) OAuth
17 12 (0.41%) Flash
17 12 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 345 (11.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 182 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
3 143 (4.85%) Onboarding
4 141 (4.78%) Management Information System
5 103 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 97 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
7 62 (2.10%) Data Centre
8 53 (1.80%) Driving Licence
9 49 (1.66%) Cloud Native
10 37 (1.25%) Algorithms
10 37 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 34 (1.15%) Data Structures
12 33 (1.12%) Low-Code
12 33 (1.12%) Social Media
13 32 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
14 30 (1.02%) Security Posture
15 29 (0.98%) Robotics
15 29 (0.98%) Virtual Team
16 27 (0.92%) FMCG
16 27 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 258 (8.75%) Windows
2 151 (5.12%) Linux
3 137 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 77 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.71%) Unix
6 16 (0.54%) Android
7 12 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.14%) CentOS
10 4 (0.14%) VMS
10 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.034%) Debian
13 1 (0.034%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.034%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.034%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,358 (46.05%) Problem-Solving
2 819 (27.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 678 (22.99%) Analytics
4 622 (21.09%) Decision-Making
5 458 (15.53%) Agile
6 439 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
7 405 (13.73%) Project Management
8 389 (13.19%) AI
9 360 (12.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 350 (11.87%) Data Analysis
11 287 (9.73%) Actionable Insight
12 275 (9.33%) Customer Experience
13 266 (9.02%) Customer Service
14 262 (8.88%) ERP
15 248 (8.41%) Process Improvement
16 242 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 238 (8.07%) Business Analysis
18 222 (7.53%) Analytical Thinking
18 222 (7.53%) Mentoring
19 219 (7.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 663 (22.48%) SQL
2 492 (16.68%) Python
3 102 (3.46%) JavaScript
4 87 (2.95%) PowerShell
5 78 (2.64%) C#
5 78 (2.64%) Java
6 72 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 42 (1.42%) R
7 42 (1.42%) T-SQL
8 38 (1.29%) VBA
9 29 (0.98%) Bash
10 26 (0.88%) C++
11 22 (0.75%) MATLAB
12 13 (0.44%) C
13 11 (0.37%) Go
13 11 (0.37%) TypeScript
14 9 (0.31%) PHP
14 9 (0.31%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.31%) Scala
15 8 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 575 (19.50%) Degree
2 261 (8.85%) Security Cleared
3 186 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 163 (5.53%) ACCA
5 150 (5.09%) CIMA
6 102 (3.46%) DBS Check
7 66 (2.24%) IRCA
8 65 (2.20%) PMI Certification
9 60 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 58 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 58 (1.97%) Master's Degree
11 54 (1.83%) PMP
12 52 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
13 51 (1.73%) DV Cleared
14 50 (1.70%) CISSP
15 41 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
16 37 (1.25%) CISM
17 27 (0.92%) AAT
17 27 (0.92%) CCNA
18 25 (0.85%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (8.34%) Data Quality
2 209 (7.09%) GDPR
3 167 (5.66%) QA
4 128 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 123 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 100 (3.39%) NIST
7 99 (3.36%) PCI DSS
8 81 (2.75%) ISO 9001
9 58 (1.97%) PMO
10 42 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 39 (1.32%) Accessibility
11 39 (1.32%) SLA
12 25 (0.85%) GRC
13 19 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 18 (0.61%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.58%) GMP
16 15 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 12 (0.41%) NCSC
18 11 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 198 (6.71%) Active Directory
2 85 (2.88%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.44%) Terminal Server
4 38 (1.29%) Docker
5 30 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.31%) vSphere
7 8 (0.27%) ProxySG
8 7 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.14%) Firmware
9 4 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.14%) XenApp
10 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.034%) KVM
12 1 (0.034%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 83 (2.81%) Terraform
2 45 (1.53%) Ansible
3 38 (1.29%) Kubernetes
4 24 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.58%) Grafana
6 10 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.20%) Nagios
7 6 (0.20%) SCCM
8 5 (0.17%) Control-M
8 5 (0.17%) QRadar
9 4 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.14%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.14%) CASB
9 4 (0.14%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.14%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
9 4 (0.14%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.10%) Kibana
10 3 (0.10%) Nessus
Vendors
1 776 (26.31%) Microsoft
2 139 (4.71%) SAP
3 103 (3.49%) VMware
4 100 (3.39%) Oracle
5 98 (3.32%) SolarWinds
6 92 (3.12%) Splunk
7 83 (2.81%) Google
8 77 (2.61%) Veeam
9 73 (2.48%) Tanium
10 72 (2.44%) Brocade
10 72 (2.44%) Nimble Storage
11 69 (2.34%) Salesforce
12 59 (2.00%) Databricks
13 57 (1.93%) ServiceNow
14 48 (1.63%) Workday
15 46 (1.56%) Cisco
16 27 (0.92%) Dell
17 21 (0.71%) IBM
18 20 (0.68%) Adobe
18 20 (0.68%) Red Hat