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 20 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,288 3,984 6,177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.54% 11.72% 8.89%
As % of the General category 10.24% 17.44% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,190 1,512 3,173
10th Percentile £30,725 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,850 £33,938 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £48,153 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% +1.37% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,332
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +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 32,096 22,843 38,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.36% 67.19% 54.78%
Number of salaries quoted 19,765 10,970 23,702
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,608 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.63% -3.98% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £75,772
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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -20 970 £48,000 +6.67% 390
South East -9 818 £50,000 -4.76% 468
Midlands -10 593 £47,500 - 231
North West -18 580 £47,500 +1.06% 221
South West -21 423 £45,000 -10.00% 176
West Midlands -16 319 £49,000 +5.95% 129
Yorkshire -9 285 £48,445 +7.65% 123
East Midlands -5 273 £45,000 -5.26% 100
East of England -22 239 £45,000 -2.01% 135
North East -21 105 £55,000 +37.50% 50
Scotland -36 104 £43,668 -1.32% 65
Wales -15 100 £53,171 -3.33% 24
Northern Ireland -37 52 £41,250 -25.00% 27
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
1 170 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.13%) Confluence
4 28 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 28 (0.85%) CMS
5 27 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
6 26 (0.79%) Apache
7 22 (0.67%) IIS
8 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.27%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.27%) WordPress
9 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.091%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.091%) JBoss
11 1 (0.030%) Appian
11 1 (0.030%) Moodle
11 1 (0.030%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.030%) Tomcat
Applications
1 419 (12.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (1.58%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.27%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.091%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.091%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.091%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.091%) Simulink
9 3 (0.091%) Trello
10 2 (0.061%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.061%) Lectora
10 2 (0.061%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (0.76%) NetSuite
4 21 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
5 19 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 19 (0.58%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.43%) SAP ERP
7 9 (0.27%) Magento
8 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.21%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
10 5 (0.15%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.15%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.15%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.12%) JDE OneWorld
11 4 (0.12%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 569 (17.31%) Azure
2 423 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 305 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
4 272 (8.27%) AWS
5 137 (4.17%) SaaS
6 121 (3.68%) GCP
7 89 (2.71%) Entra ID
8 85 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
9 80 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
10 60 (1.82%) Google Analytics
11 49 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
12 48 (1.46%) GitHub
13 47 (1.43%) PowerApps
14 39 (1.19%) Power Automate
15 36 (1.09%) Amazon S3
16 31 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
16 31 (0.94%) dbt
17 30 (0.91%) Snowflake
18 27 (0.82%) Serverless
19 25 (0.76%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 148 (4.50%) DNS
2 122 (3.71%) Firewall
3 118 (3.59%) DHCP
4 80 (2.43%) VPN
5 59 (1.79%) TCP/IP
5 59 (1.79%) WAN
6 51 (1.55%) LAN
7 44 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
8 38 (1.16%) Broadband
8 38 (1.16%) Wireless
9 25 (0.76%) Network Security
10 24 (0.73%) HTTP
11 20 (0.61%) BGP
11 20 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 20 (0.61%) VoIP
12 19 (0.58%) SAN
13 17 (0.52%) VLAN
14 16 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
15 15 (0.46%) Wireshark
16 14 (0.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (11.47%) Power BI
2 185 (5.63%) Tableau
3 108 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 103 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
5 95 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
6 62 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.79%) Data Mining
8 47 (1.43%) Power Query
9 45 (1.37%) MySQL
10 40 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 38 (1.16%) Looker
11 38 (1.16%) Metadata
12 37 (1.13%) Relational Database
13 35 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
14 31 (0.94%) Data Lake
15 27 (0.82%) Big Data
16 26 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
17 21 (0.64%) BigQuery
18 16 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
18 16 (0.49%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 116 (3.53%) JIRA
2 84 (2.55%) Git
3 40 (1.22%) GitLab
4 36 (1.09%) Rational DOORS
5 26 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.43%) Selenium
8 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.36%) Eclipse
9 11 (0.33%) MLflow
9 11 (0.33%) Postman
10 9 (0.27%) JMeter
10 9 (0.27%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.24%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.21%) Moq
12 7 (0.21%) Subversion
13 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.18%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1,603 (48.75%) Social Skills
2 959 (29.17%) Finance
3 279 (8.49%) Marketing
4 219 (6.66%) Organisational Skills
5 208 (6.33%) Retail
6 188 (5.72%) Public Sector
7 182 (5.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 179 (5.44%) Legal
8 179 (5.44%) Manufacturing
9 153 (4.65%) Law
10 145 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
11 107 (3.25%) Telecoms
12 82 (2.49%) Aerospace
13 77 (2.34%) Electronics
14 62 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
15 61 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
16 50 (1.52%) Military
17 47 (1.43%) Advertising
17 47 (1.43%) Banking
18 35 (1.06%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 859 (26.13%) Analyst
2 324 (9.85%) Senior
3 229 (6.96%) Lead
4 228 (6.93%) Data Analyst
5 185 (5.63%) Systems Engineer
6 164 (4.99%) Developer
7 157 (4.77%) Business Analyst
8 111 (3.38%) Support Engineer
9 109 (3.32%) Support Analyst
10 101 (3.07%) Architect
11 98 (2.98%) Consultant
12 96 (2.92%) IT Support
13 88 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
14 85 (2.59%) Data Engineer
14 85 (2.59%) Systems Analyst
15 77 (2.34%) Accountant
16 71 (2.16%) IT Engineer
17 66 (2.01%) Head of QA
17 66 (2.01%) IT Manager
18 65 (1.98%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (2.19%) .NET
2 66 (2.01%) HTML
3 64 (1.95%) Middleware
3 64 (1.95%) REST
4 61 (1.86%) XML
5 58 (1.76%) CSS
6 57 (1.73%) JSON
7 42 (1.28%) React
8 37 (1.13%) SOAP
9 31 (0.94%) RESTful
10 30 (0.91%) PyTorch
11 29 (0.88%) Node.js
12 26 (0.79%) Kafka
13 25 (0.76%) TensorFlow
14 24 (0.73%) PySpark
15 22 (0.67%) EDI
16 21 (0.64%) scikit-learn
17 17 (0.52%) OAuth
17 17 (0.52%) Pandas
17 17 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 393 (11.95%) Analytical Mindset
2 181 (5.50%) Management Information System
3 131 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
4 129 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 123 (3.74%) Onboarding
6 117 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
7 93 (2.83%) Driving Licence
8 59 (1.79%) Data Centre
9 55 (1.67%) Cloud Native
10 51 (1.55%) Virtual Team
11 49 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
12 44 (1.34%) Security Posture
13 35 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 35 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
14 34 (1.03%) Data Structures
15 33 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
16 32 (0.97%) Social Media
17 27 (0.82%) Cyber Defence
17 27 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
18 26 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 310 (9.43%) Windows
2 190 (5.78%) Linux
3 181 (5.50%) Windows Server
4 101 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 18 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (0.52%) Android
7 17 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (0.52%) Unix
7 17 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 13 (0.40%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.27%) CentOS
11 8 (0.24%) VMS
12 6 (0.18%) Debian
13 5 (0.15%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.030%) AIX
14 1 (0.030%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.030%) Solaris
14 1 (0.030%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,546 (47.02%) Problem-Solving
2 952 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 765 (23.27%) Decision-Making
4 667 (20.29%) Analytics
5 455 (13.84%) Agile
6 447 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 430 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
8 386 (11.74%) AI
9 343 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 337 (10.25%) Actionable Insight
11 308 (9.37%) Customer Experience
12 304 (9.25%) Customer Service
13 296 (9.00%) Data Analysis
13 296 (9.00%) ERP
14 288 (8.76%) Project Management
15 281 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
16 268 (8.15%) CRM
17 262 (7.97%) Mentoring
18 261 (7.94%) Validation
19 258 (7.85%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 674 (20.50%) SQL
2 488 (14.84%) Python
3 114 (3.47%) JavaScript
4 103 (3.13%) Java
5 98 (2.98%) C#
5 98 (2.98%) PowerShell
6 60 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 54 (1.64%) C++
8 48 (1.46%) Bash
9 47 (1.43%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.25%) R
11 34 (1.03%) MATLAB
12 23 (0.70%) TypeScript
13 21 (0.64%) PHP
14 19 (0.58%) VBA
15 18 (0.55%) C
15 18 (0.55%) Go
16 14 (0.43%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
17 13 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 549 (16.70%) Degree
2 352 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 253 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 159 (4.84%) ACCA
5 153 (4.65%) CIMA
6 130 (3.95%) DBS Check
7 84 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 70 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.01%) IRCA
10 64 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
11 54 (1.64%) DV Cleared
12 51 (1.55%) CISSP
13 50 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 43 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.13%) CISM
16 34 (1.03%) CCNA
17 30 (0.91%) Master's Degree
18 26 (0.79%) HNC
19 25 (0.76%) AAT
20 24 (0.73%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 320 (9.73%) Data Quality
2 248 (7.54%) GDPR
3 227 (6.90%) QA
4 166 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 156 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 127 (3.86%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.47%) ISO 9001
8 95 (2.89%) SLA
9 92 (2.80%) NIST
10 78 (2.37%) Accessibility
11 45 (1.37%) GRC
12 37 (1.13%) PMO
13 30 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
14 28 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.70%) ISO 14001
16 20 (0.61%) GMP
16 20 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 17 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
17 17 (0.52%) SOC 2
17 17 (0.52%) TickIT
System Software
1 243 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 100 (3.04%) Hyper-V
3 88 (2.68%) Terminal Server
4 74 (2.25%) Docker
5 33 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.27%) vSphere
8 6 (0.18%) Firmware
9 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
10 4 (0.12%) XenApp
11 3 (0.091%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.091%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.030%) KVM
12 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.030%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 67 (2.04%) Terraform
2 53 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 39 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.09%) Ansible
5 27 (0.82%) Grafana
6 14 (0.43%) Kibana
6 14 (0.43%) QRadar
7 12 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.24%) Nagios
9 7 (0.21%) logstash
10 6 (0.18%) Graylog
10 6 (0.18%) Nmap
11 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.15%) Podman
11 5 (0.15%) SCCM
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
12 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.091%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 802 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 144 (4.38%) Google
3 129 (3.92%) Splunk
4 128 (3.89%) VMware
5 123 (3.74%) SAP
6 106 (3.22%) SolarWinds
7 98 (2.98%) Veeam
8 89 (2.71%) Nimble Storage
9 88 (2.68%) Brocade
9 88 (2.68%) Salesforce
9 88 (2.68%) Tanium
10 72 (2.19%) Oracle
11 68 (2.07%) Workday
12 55 (1.67%) Cisco
13 54 (1.64%) Databricks
14 45 (1.37%) ServiceNow
15 37 (1.13%) IBM
16 31 (0.94%) Adobe
17 28 (0.85%) HubSpot
18 27 (0.82%) Red Hat