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 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,662 4,015 5,257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.79% 11.60% 8.86%
As % of the General category 10.75% 17.36% 16.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,338 1,555 2,443
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £48,734
Median % change year-on-year - -2.53% -2.53%
75th Percentile £61,844 £62,421 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 34,053 23,133 31,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.53% 66.84% 53.87%
Number of salaries quoted 20,993 11,387 18,259
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 1,043 £47,500 +5.56% 575
South East -9 886 £50,000 -4.76% 712
Midlands -9 645 £48,000 +6.67% 368
North West -16 631 £47,500 +4.40% 312
South West -12 503 £47,500 +4.92% 296
West Midlands -17 338 £50,000 +11.11% 222
East Midlands -1 305 £45,000 -0.43% 146
Yorkshire -12 290 £47,000 +5.15% 203
East of England -21 259 £45,050 +0.11% 218
Wales -12 130 £53,171 +1.28% 59
Scotland -24 124 £44,000 - 116
North East -20 122 £55,000 +37.50% 64
Northern Ireland -27 81 £42,500 -22.73% 46
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
1 163 (4.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 118 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.20%) Confluence
4 29 (0.79%) Apache
4 29 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 27 (0.74%) IIS
6 26 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 26 (0.71%) CMS
7 10 (0.27%) SAS
7 10 (0.27%) WordPress
8 9 (0.25%) WebLogic
8 9 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.22%) OpenStack
10 7 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.082%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.082%) JBoss
12 2 (0.055%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.027%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.027%) Umbraco
Applications
1 452 (12.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 192 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 57 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.19%) CATIA
8 6 (0.16%) Simulink
9 5 (0.14%) EPLAN
10 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.082%) LaTeX
11 3 (0.082%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.082%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.082%) Trello
12 2 (0.055%) Lectora
12 2 (0.055%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.027%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.027%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 62 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 40 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
4 27 (0.74%) NetSuite
5 20 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 19 (0.52%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.38%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.27%) Magento
9 8 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.22%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.14%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.14%) SAP PP
10 5 (0.14%) Shopify
10 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.11%) JDE World
11 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 621 (16.96%) Azure
2 441 (12.04%) Power Platform
3 324 (8.85%) AWS
4 306 (8.36%) Microsoft 365
5 171 (4.67%) SaaS
6 144 (3.93%) GCP
7 95 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
8 87 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 83 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
10 68 (1.86%) Google Analytics
11 57 (1.56%) GitHub
12 54 (1.47%) Power Automate
13 53 (1.45%) PowerApps
14 49 (1.34%) Google Ads
15 45 (1.23%) Amazon S3
16 40 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
17 37 (1.01%) Serverless
17 37 (1.01%) Snowflake
18 35 (0.96%) dbt
19 33 (0.90%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 153 (4.18%) DNS
2 120 (3.28%) DHCP
3 104 (2.84%) Firewall
4 88 (2.40%) VPN
5 71 (1.94%) TCP/IP
6 63 (1.72%) WAN
7 57 (1.56%) LAN
8 46 (1.26%) Wireless
9 37 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (0.93%) Broadband
11 33 (0.90%) Network Security
12 27 (0.74%) HTTP
13 23 (0.63%) VoIP
14 21 (0.57%) SAN
15 20 (0.55%) SD-WAN
16 18 (0.49%) BGP
17 16 (0.44%) Internet
17 16 (0.44%) SMS
17 16 (0.44%) VLAN
18 15 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 390 (10.65%) Power BI
2 179 (4.89%) Tableau
3 120 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 113 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 100 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
6 63 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 61 (1.67%) Relational Database
8 56 (1.53%) MySQL
9 50 (1.37%) Power Query
10 48 (1.31%) Looker
11 45 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 43 (1.17%) Metadata
13 42 (1.15%) Data Mining
14 41 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
15 37 (1.01%) Data Lake
16 32 (0.87%) BigQuery
17 30 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
17 30 (0.82%) Big Data
18 22 (0.60%) NoSQL
19 20 (0.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 142 (3.88%) JIRA
2 131 (3.58%) Git
3 41 (1.12%) GitLab
4 34 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
5 31 (0.85%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.41%) Selenium
7 14 (0.38%) Eclipse
7 14 (0.38%) Postman
8 13 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.33%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.33%) MLflow
10 11 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
11 10 (0.27%) Metasploit
12 9 (0.25%) Claude Code
12 9 (0.25%) JMeter
12 9 (0.25%) LabVIEW
12 9 (0.25%) SonarQube
13 8 (0.22%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,796 (49.04%) Social Skills
2 1,040 (28.40%) Finance
3 353 (9.64%) Marketing
4 268 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
5 247 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 232 (6.34%) Retail
7 228 (6.23%) Manufacturing
8 216 (5.90%) Legal
9 206 (5.63%) Public Sector
10 176 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
11 175 (4.78%) Law
12 136 (3.71%) Aerospace
13 114 (3.11%) Telecoms
14 95 (2.59%) Electronics
15 76 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
16 69 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
17 63 (1.72%) Military
18 60 (1.64%) Banking
19 52 (1.42%) Advertising
20 37 (1.01%) Games
Job Titles
1 881 (24.06%) Analyst
2 395 (10.79%) Senior
3 252 (6.88%) Lead
4 217 (5.93%) Data Analyst
5 194 (5.30%) Developer
6 182 (4.97%) Systems Engineer
7 171 (4.67%) Business Analyst
8 127 (3.47%) Architect
9 119 (3.25%) Support Analyst
10 117 (3.19%) Support Engineer
11 100 (2.73%) Consultant
12 99 (2.70%) IT Support
13 98 (2.68%) Data Engineer
13 98 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
14 79 (2.16%) IT Engineer
14 79 (2.16%) Systems Analyst
15 75 (2.05%) Accountant
16 66 (1.80%) Head of QA
16 66 (1.80%) Security Analyst
17 65 (1.77%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (2.43%) .NET
2 76 (2.08%) HTML
3 75 (2.05%) REST
4 69 (1.88%) CSS
5 61 (1.67%) Middleware
6 53 (1.45%) XML
7 51 (1.39%) JSON
8 43 (1.17%) React
9 42 (1.15%) SOAP
10 41 (1.12%) RESTful
11 31 (0.85%) Kafka
12 30 (0.82%) EDI
13 28 (0.76%) PyTorch
14 27 (0.74%) LDAP
14 27 (0.74%) OAuth
14 27 (0.74%) PySpark
15 26 (0.71%) Node.js
16 23 (0.63%) ASP.NET
17 22 (0.60%) AngularJS
17 22 (0.60%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 395 (10.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 212 (5.79%) Management Information System
3 178 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
4 165 (4.51%) Onboarding
5 144 (3.93%) Product Ownership
6 128 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
7 125 (3.41%) Driving Licence
8 75 (2.05%) Social Media
9 68 (1.86%) Cloud Native
10 62 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 61 (1.67%) Data Centre
12 59 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
13 57 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
14 52 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
15 48 (1.31%) Security Posture
16 43 (1.17%) Blog
17 34 (0.93%) Data Structures
18 31 (0.85%) AI Agents
19 30 (0.82%) Algorithms
19 30 (0.82%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 327 (8.93%) Windows
2 210 (5.73%) Linux
3 184 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 26 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 23 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (0.49%) Unix
9 16 (0.44%) Android
10 13 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.35%) CentOS
11 11 (0.30%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.19%) Debian
13 6 (0.16%) VMS
14 5 (0.14%) OpenVMS
15 4 (0.11%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.055%) Solaris
17 1 (0.027%) AIX
17 1 (0.027%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,770 (48.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1,123 (30.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 855 (23.35%) Decision-Making
4 725 (19.80%) Analytics
5 579 (15.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 548 (14.96%) Agile
7 521 (14.23%) AI
8 466 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
9 398 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 378 (10.32%) Actionable Insight
11 340 (9.28%) Customer Experience
12 339 (9.26%) Validation
13 333 (9.09%) Data Analysis
14 331 (9.04%) ERP
15 320 (8.74%) Project Management
16 310 (8.47%) Mentoring
17 307 (8.38%) Customer Service
18 305 (8.33%) CRM
19 294 (8.03%) Cybersecurity
20 289 (7.89%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 718 (19.61%) SQL
2 495 (13.52%) Python
3 140 (3.82%) JavaScript
4 109 (2.98%) C#
4 109 (2.98%) Java
5 103 (2.81%) PowerShell
6 62 (1.69%) C++
7 60 (1.64%) Bash
8 59 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 40 (1.09%) T-SQL
10 36 (0.98%) MATLAB
11 35 (0.96%) R
11 35 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 25 (0.68%) C
13 23 (0.63%) PHP
14 16 (0.44%) Go
15 14 (0.38%) Perl
15 14 (0.38%) Scala
16 13 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 13 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 638 (17.42%) Degree
2 432 (11.80%) Security Cleared
3 302 (8.25%) SC Cleared
4 149 (4.07%) ACCA
5 143 (3.90%) CIMA
6 128 (3.50%) DBS Check
7 111 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 104 (2.84%) DV Cleared
9 81 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 71 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
11 67 (1.83%) IRCA
12 66 (1.80%) CISSP
13 53 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 48 (1.31%) CISM
14 48 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
15 39 (1.06%) HNC
16 35 (0.96%) CCNA
16 35 (0.96%) HND
17 33 (0.90%) Azure Certification
18 32 (0.87%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 342 (9.34%) Data Quality
2 279 (7.62%) QA
3 258 (7.05%) GDPR
4 146 (3.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 139 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 119 (3.25%) ISO 9001
7 116 (3.17%) PCI DSS
8 95 (2.59%) SLA
9 91 (2.48%) Accessibility
10 83 (2.27%) NIST
11 43 (1.17%) GRC
12 38 (1.04%) PMO
13 27 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
13 27 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.63%) ISO 14001
14 23 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 22 (0.60%) GMP
16 18 (0.49%) Good Clinical Practice
17 17 (0.46%) DO-254
17 17 (0.46%) TickIT
System Software
1 250 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 103 (2.81%) Docker
3 99 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 80 (2.18%) Terminal Server
5 37 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 21 (0.57%) Firmware
7 12 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.19%) Ceph
10 6 (0.16%) vSphere
11 5 (0.14%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.11%) XenApp
13 3 (0.082%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.082%) ProxySG
14 1 (0.027%) NFS
14 1 (0.027%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 73 (1.99%) Terraform
2 72 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 47 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (1.15%) Ansible
5 28 (0.76%) Grafana
6 21 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.38%) Kibana
7 14 (0.38%) QRadar
7 14 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.33%) Podman
9 10 (0.27%) Nmap
10 7 (0.19%) Argo
10 7 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.19%) Istio
10 7 (0.19%) logstash
10 7 (0.19%) Nagios
11 6 (0.16%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.14%) Functional Safety
12 5 (0.14%) Graylog
Vendors
1 868 (23.70%) Microsoft
2 192 (5.24%) Google
3 131 (3.58%) SAP
4 128 (3.50%) VMware
5 125 (3.41%) Splunk
6 97 (2.65%) SolarWinds
7 96 (2.62%) Oracle
8 87 (2.38%) Veeam
9 81 (2.21%) Brocade
9 81 (2.21%) Nimble Storage
9 81 (2.21%) Salesforce
10 80 (2.18%) Tanium
11 64 (1.75%) Workday
12 61 (1.67%) Cisco
13 60 (1.64%) ServiceNow
14 59 (1.61%) Databricks
15 38 (1.04%) Red Hat
16 35 (0.96%) IBM
17 32 (0.87%) Adobe
18 31 (0.85%) Dell