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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,449 4,208 4,541
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.14% 12.18% 8.91%
As % of the General category 11.58% 18.51% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,459 1,519 1,590
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,588
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 £75,000 £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 38,430 22,737 27,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.36% 65.82% 54.46%
Number of salaries quoted 23,679 11,186 12,267
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% -0.28%
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 11 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 11 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 1,178 £47,500 +5.56% 1,089
South East -11 1,000 £48,000 +1.05% 1,200
Midlands -9 783 £45,000 +4.40% 700
North West -15 697 £46,500 +3.33% 588
South West -7 629 £46,743 +3.87% 465
West Midlands -17 401 £47,500 +5.56% 417
East Midlands -4 380 £42,500 +11.11% 283
Yorkshire -9 324 £47,000 +17.50% 386
East of England -9 297 £47,500 +21.79% 471
Northern Ireland +14 225 £43,750 -16.67% 212
Wales -4 211 £45,000 -10.00% 143
North East -20 166 £51,962 +29.91% 122
Scotland -20 149 £50,000 +47.93% 371
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 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 143 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 55 (1.24%) Confluence
4 34 (0.76%) Apache
5 30 (0.67%) IIS
6 28 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.38%) SAS
7 17 (0.38%) WordPress
8 16 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 15 (0.34%) CMS
10 14 (0.31%) Jupyter
11 9 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.20%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
14 5 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.067%) nginx
15 3 (0.067%) Office Communications Server
16 2 (0.045%) Oracle Application Server
16 2 (0.045%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 594 (13.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 295 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
3 88 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 47 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 47 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 25 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 20 (0.45%) Simulink
7 11 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 10 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
9 8 (0.18%) EPLAN
10 7 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (0.16%) Notion
11 6 (0.13%) Chatbot
11 6 (0.13%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.11%) Photoshop
13 3 (0.067%) CANalyzer
13 3 (0.067%) CATIA
13 3 (0.067%) LaTeX
14 2 (0.045%) Adobe XD
14 2 (0.045%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 87 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.72%) Dynamics GP
3 24 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (0.47%) Shopify
5 16 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.25%) Magento
7 10 (0.22%) Infor M3
7 10 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Odoo
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 7 (0.16%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.13%) Exchequer
11 6 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.11%) Elite 3E
12 5 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
13 4 (0.090%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 691 (15.53%) Azure
2 484 (10.88%) Power Platform
3 382 (8.59%) AWS
4 336 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
5 226 (5.08%) SaaS
6 176 (3.96%) GCP
7 175 (3.93%) Entra ID
8 118 (2.65%) Google Ads
9 93 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
10 88 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
11 87 (1.96%) Google Analytics
12 84 (1.89%) Meta Ads
13 61 (1.37%) GitHub
14 58 (1.30%) PowerApps
15 55 (1.24%) Serverless
16 54 (1.21%) Power Automate
17 51 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
18 48 (1.08%) Amazon S3
19 43 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
20 42 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 173 (3.89%) DNS
2 136 (3.06%) DHCP
3 113 (2.54%) Firewall
4 99 (2.23%) VPN
5 87 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 68 (1.53%) WAN
7 63 (1.42%) Internet
8 59 (1.33%) LAN
9 51 (1.15%) Wireless
10 46 (1.03%) Network Security
11 37 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (0.72%) VLAN
13 28 (0.63%) Broadband
14 26 (0.58%) HTTP
15 24 (0.54%) SAN
16 23 (0.52%) VoIP
17 21 (0.47%) SD-WAN
18 20 (0.45%) BGP
18 20 (0.45%) SSL
19 18 (0.40%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 431 (9.69%) Power BI
2 121 (2.72%) SQL Server
3 118 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
5 89 (2.00%) Tableau
6 87 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 69 (1.55%) MySQL
8 65 (1.46%) Power Query
9 60 (1.35%) Metadata
10 59 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 53 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
12 44 (0.99%) Data Lake
13 41 (0.92%) Looker
14 37 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 36 (0.81%) BigQuery
16 33 (0.74%) Big Data
17 32 (0.72%) NoSQL
18 29 (0.65%) MongoDB
19 28 (0.63%) GIS
20 26 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 199 (4.47%) Git
2 149 (3.35%) JIRA
3 42 (0.94%) GitLab
4 36 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.49%) LabVIEW
6 21 (0.47%) Eclipse
7 19 (0.43%) Selenium
8 18 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
8 18 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
9 17 (0.38%) Claude Code
9 17 (0.38%) Postman
10 16 (0.36%) Burp Suite
11 14 (0.31%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
12 13 (0.29%) Metasploit
13 11 (0.25%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.18%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.18%) JMeter
14 8 (0.18%) Moq
15 7 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 2,330 (52.37%) Social Skills
2 1,238 (27.83%) Finance
3 508 (11.42%) Marketing
4 432 (9.71%) Organisational Skills
5 380 (8.54%) Manufacturing
6 329 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 306 (6.88%) Legal
8 295 (6.63%) Retail
9 275 (6.18%) Public Sector
10 238 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
11 231 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
12 221 (4.97%) Law
13 198 (4.45%) Aerospace
14 165 (3.71%) Electronics
15 117 (2.63%) Telecoms
16 82 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
17 75 (1.69%) Automotive
18 71 (1.60%) Advertising
19 63 (1.42%) Banking
20 57 (1.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,027 (23.08%) Analyst
2 531 (11.94%) Senior
3 287 (6.45%) Lead
4 234 (5.26%) Developer
5 195 (4.38%) Support Analyst
6 187 (4.20%) Data Analyst
7 171 (3.84%) Senior Analyst
8 170 (3.82%) Business Analyst
9 145 (3.26%) Systems Engineer
10 141 (3.17%) Architect
11 126 (2.83%) Data Engineer
12 113 (2.54%) Support Engineer
13 110 (2.47%) Consultant
14 107 (2.41%) ITSM Analyst
15 103 (2.32%) IT Support
16 95 (2.14%) Administrator
17 93 (2.09%) Applications Support
18 89 (2.00%) Marketing Manager
19 83 (1.87%) IT Engineer
20 81 (1.82%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (2.47%) .NET
2 87 (1.96%) Terraform
3 76 (1.71%) HTML
4 74 (1.66%) REST
5 71 (1.60%) CSS
6 56 (1.26%) PySpark
7 55 (1.24%) RESTful
8 54 (1.21%) XML
9 46 (1.03%) JSON
9 46 (1.03%) Middleware
10 42 (0.94%) SOAP
11 38 (0.85%) Kafka
11 38 (0.85%) React
12 35 (0.79%) EDI
12 35 (0.79%) LDAP
13 34 (0.76%) Spring
14 33 (0.74%) Spring Boot
15 29 (0.65%) ASP.NET
15 29 (0.65%) ModSecurity
16 25 (0.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 367 (8.25%) Management Information System
2 293 (6.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 266 (5.98%) Onboarding
4 238 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
5 176 (3.96%) Driving Licence
6 167 (3.75%) Product Ownership
7 117 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
8 112 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 110 (2.47%) Social Media
10 83 (1.87%) Cloud Native
11 77 (1.73%) Data Centre
11 77 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
12 73 (1.64%) Virtual Team
13 72 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
14 69 (1.55%) Blog
15 52 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
16 50 (1.12%) Data Structures
17 47 (1.06%) SCADA
18 44 (0.99%) Security Posture
19 43 (0.97%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 337 (7.57%) Windows
2 242 (5.44%) Linux
3 191 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 90 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (0.70%) macOS
6 30 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 27 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.47%) Unix
9 15 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.29%) Android
11 9 (0.20%) CentOS
12 7 (0.16%) Apple iOS
12 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.13%) Debian
13 6 (0.13%) VMS
14 5 (0.11%) OpenVMS
15 4 (0.090%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.045%) Solaris
17 1 (0.022%) ThreadX
17 1 (0.022%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,267 (50.96%) Problem-Solving
2 1,482 (33.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,135 (25.51%) Decision-Making
4 878 (19.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 750 (16.86%) Analytics
6 744 (16.72%) AI
7 653 (14.68%) Agile
8 576 (12.95%) Business Intelligence
9 508 (11.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 462 (10.38%) Validation
11 460 (10.34%) Customer Service
12 427 (9.60%) CRM
13 426 (9.58%) Mentoring
14 413 (9.28%) ERP
15 392 (8.81%) Actionable Insight
16 388 (8.72%) Data Analysis
17 380 (8.54%) ITIL
18 373 (8.38%) Project Delivery
19 364 (8.18%) Process Improvement
20 359 (8.07%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 797 (17.91%) SQL
2 468 (10.52%) Python
3 157 (3.53%) JavaScript
4 133 (2.99%) Java
5 118 (2.65%) C#
6 111 (2.49%) PowerShell
7 78 (1.75%) C++
8 67 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 61 (1.37%) Bash
10 47 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 42 (0.94%) MATLAB
11 42 (0.94%) Shell Script
12 41 (0.92%) R
13 36 (0.81%) T-SQL
14 34 (0.76%) C
15 21 (0.47%) VB.NET
16 20 (0.45%) PHP
16 20 (0.45%) PL/SQL
17 17 (0.38%) Perl
17 17 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 947 (21.29%) Degree
2 550 (12.36%) Security Cleared
3 383 (8.61%) SC Cleared
4 161 (3.62%) ACCA
5 154 (3.46%) CIMA
6 121 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 118 (2.65%) DV Cleared
8 106 (2.38%) DBS Check
9 92 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 81 (1.82%) HND
11 68 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
11 68 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 63 (1.42%) CISSP
13 61 (1.37%) HNC
14 56 (1.26%) Master's Degree
15 54 (1.21%) Azure Certification
16 49 (1.10%) CISM
17 42 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
18 40 (0.90%) CCNA
19 29 (0.65%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 419 (9.42%) Data Quality
2 269 (6.05%) QA
3 205 (4.61%) GDPR
4 137 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 135 (3.03%) Accessibility
6 119 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 100 (2.25%) PCI DSS
8 82 (1.84%) SLA
9 61 (1.37%) NIST
10 49 (1.10%) ISO 9001
11 42 (0.94%) PMO
12 34 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
13 31 (0.70%) GRC
14 27 (0.61%) DO-254
15 26 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 25 (0.56%) IFRS
17 20 (0.45%) ISO 14001
18 19 (0.43%) GMP
19 18 (0.40%) Good Clinical Practice
20 15 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 303 (6.81%) Active Directory
2 142 (3.19%) Docker
3 106 (2.38%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.62%) Terminal Server
5 42 (0.94%) Firmware
6 37 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
7 15 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.16%) Ceph
11 6 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.11%) vSphere
13 4 (0.090%) DFS Replication
13 4 (0.090%) ISA Server
13 4 (0.090%) KVM
13 4 (0.090%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.022%) IAG
14 1 (0.022%) NFS
14 1 (0.022%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 71 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 54 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (0.94%) Ansible
4 33 (0.74%) Grafana
5 28 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 28 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.36%) Kibana
7 14 (0.31%) QRadar
8 13 (0.29%) Nmap
9 11 (0.25%) Podman
10 10 (0.22%) Functional Safety
10 10 (0.22%) SCCM
11 7 (0.16%) Argo
11 7 (0.16%) Check_MK
11 7 (0.16%) Istio
11 7 (0.16%) logstash
11 7 (0.16%) SCVMM
12 6 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.13%) Graylog
12 6 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,200 (26.97%) Microsoft
2 306 (6.88%) Google
3 132 (2.97%) SAP
4 131 (2.94%) Splunk
5 129 (2.90%) VMware
6 121 (2.72%) Oracle
7 94 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 90 (2.02%) SolarWinds
9 79 (1.78%) Veeam
10 77 (1.73%) ServiceNow
11 73 (1.64%) Brocade
11 73 (1.64%) Nimble Storage
12 72 (1.62%) Tanium
13 68 (1.53%) Cisco
13 68 (1.53%) YouTube
14 44 (0.99%) Databricks
15 40 (0.90%) HubSpot
16 38 (0.85%) Adobe
17 33 (0.74%) TikTok
18 29 (0.65%) Dell