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

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	8	13
Rank change year-on-year	-15	+5	+7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	4,936	3,930	3,978
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	5.40%	11.03%	8.35%
As % of the General category	12.01%	17.87%	15.18%
Number of salaries quoted	2,614	1,616	1,499
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£28,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£36,070	£32,750	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£74,850	£73,750	£77,500
UK median annual salary	£51,356	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+2.71%	-9.09%	-0.45%

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 citing general skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	41,111	21,987	26,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.97%	61.71%	54.99%
Number of salaries quoted	25,112	12,200	11,271
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,309
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.52%	+0.62%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£66,050
90^th Percentile	£82,500	£77,500	£81,250
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£51,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+6.80%	-14.17%	-

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 November 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 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North of England	-14	1,243	£47,500	+5.56%	679
South East	-11	1,148	£50,000	+11.11%	778
Midlands	-12	873	£45,000	+3.45%	447
North West	-13	704	£46,735	+3.86%	396
South West	-6	696	£46,743	+3.87%	313
West Midlands	-12	458	£45,000	-14.29%	276
East Midlands	-9	413	£42,500	+13.33%	171
Yorkshire	-4	355	£47,000	+17.50%	194
East of England	-19	343	£47,500	+18.75%	339
Wales	-5	232	£45,000	-6.49%	90
Northern Ireland	+3	231	£42,500	-19.05%	151
Scotland	-17	194	£55,000	+64.18%	256
North East	-20	193	£53,350	+27.02%	93
Isle of Man	-2	1	£42,500	-32.00%	9
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Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	52.4%	2,584
2	Continuous Improvement	33.6%	1,659
3	Microsoft	27.4%	1,351
4	Decision-Making	25.2%	1,244
5	Degree	22.0%	1,084
6	Stakeholder Management	21.2%	1,045
7	AI	17.5%	864
7	SQL	17.5%	864
9	Analytics	16.6%	817
10	Azure	15.4%	758
11	Agile	14.4%	712
12	Microsoft Excel	14.2%	702
13	Business Intelligence	13.8%	681
14	Security Cleared	12.4%	613
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.3%	556
16	Power Platform	11.0%	542
17	Validation	10.9%	536
18	Python	10.7%	526
19	Mentoring	10.4%	512
20	Customer Service	10.0%	492
21	Power BI	9.8%	485
22	Data Quality	9.4%	465
23	Actionable Insight	9.2%	456
24	CRM	9.2%	454
25	Data Analysis	9.2%	452
26	Process Improvement	9.0%	445
27	ERP	8.9%	438
28	SC Cleared	8.7%	429
29	Project Delivery	8.6%	425
30	AWS	8.3%	411

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.7%	2,554
2	Finance	26.9%	1,329
3	Marketing	11.9%	587
4	Organisational Skills	10.6%	522
5	Manufacturing	9.7%	477
6	Inclusion and Diversity	7.2%	353
7	Retail	6.9%	341
8	Legal	6.7%	329
9	Influencing Skills	5.6%	274
10	Public Sector	5.5%	273
11	Presentation Skills	5.3%	260
12	Law	4.7%	232
13	Aerospace	4.5%	223
14	Electronics	4.3%	213
15	Telecoms	2.7%	132
16	Pharmaceutical	1.8%	88
17	Automotive	1.8%	87
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	86
19	Advertising	1.6%	78
20	Banking	1.6%	77