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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,542 4,177 2,680
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 9.46% 8.95% 9.12%
As % of the General category 16.25% 15.61% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 1,653 1,924
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £38,750 £37,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,795 26,755 18,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 58.23% 57.34% 63.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,396 11,615 13,577
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +1.98% -3.81%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 +5 899 £47,760 -4.48% 966
North of England +2 843 £45,000 -10.00% 534
Midlands +6 645 £45,000 -6.25% 438
North West -9 428 £45,000 -14.29% 309
South West +6 399 £45,000 -15.09% 239
West Midlands +7 386 £52,500 +5.00% 265
Scotland +2 350 £33,500 -44.17% 105
East of England +2 318 £40,000 -27.27% 222
Yorkshire +6 300 £40,000 -23.81% 167
East Midlands +6 257 £37,500 -11.76% 169
North East +16 115 £42,000 +2.44% 64
Wales +12 79 £48,122 -2.00% 58
Northern Ireland -2 40 £52,500 -28.54% 38
Isle of Man -1 1 £62,500 +150.00% 2
Channel Islands -5 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
1 124 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (1.78%) Confluence
3 46 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 36 (1.02%) CMS
5 17 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.45%) WordPress
7 10 (0.28%) Apache
7 10 (0.28%) Camunda
8 9 (0.25%) SAS
9 8 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.20%) IIS
10 7 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.085%) HCL Notes
12 3 (0.085%) Kentico
12 3 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.085%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.056%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.056%) nginx
13 2 (0.056%) WinCC
Applications
1 544 (15.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 480 (13.55%) Chatbot
3 256 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
4 92 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 33 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 32 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
8 19 (0.54%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
10 6 (0.17%) Simulink
11 4 (0.11%) CATIA
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
11 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.056%) Revit
13 2 (0.056%) Trello
14 1 (0.028%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.028%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.028%) Sketch
14 1 (0.028%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 101 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (1.81%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.04%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 34 (0.96%) NetSuite
5 28 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
6 26 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
7 22 (0.62%) Shopify
8 19 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
9 16 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
10 13 (0.37%) SAP CO
10 13 (0.37%) SAP FI
10 13 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
11 12 (0.34%) Sage X3
11 12 (0.34%) Sprinklr
12 10 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
12 10 (0.28%) Workday HCM
13 8 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
13 8 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 6 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 475 (13.41%) Azure
2 373 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 203 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
4 157 (4.43%) AWS
5 155 (4.38%) SaaS
6 89 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
8 50 (1.41%) Google Analytics
9 49 (1.38%) Snowflake
10 45 (1.27%) GCP
11 42 (1.19%) Entra ID
12 41 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
13 37 (1.04%) GitHub
14 35 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 29 (0.82%) Google Ads
16 27 (0.76%) OCI
17 26 (0.73%) dbt
18 23 (0.65%) GitHub Copilot
18 23 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
19 22 (0.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 137 (3.87%) DNS
2 119 (3.36%) DHCP
3 73 (2.06%) Firewall
4 53 (1.50%) Network Security
5 44 (1.24%) LAN
6 41 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
7 38 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
8 35 (0.99%) VPN
8 35 (0.99%) WAN
9 32 (0.90%) TCP/IP
10 29 (0.82%) VoIP
11 25 (0.71%) SMS
12 24 (0.68%) VLAN
13 20 (0.56%) Wireless
14 17 (0.48%) Internet
15 16 (0.45%) Wireshark
16 12 (0.34%) Broadband
16 12 (0.34%) Intranet
16 12 (0.34%) SAN
16 12 (0.34%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 346 (9.77%) Power BI
2 172 (4.86%) Tableau
3 111 (3.13%) Data Mining
4 104 (2.94%) SQL Server
5 92 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
6 73 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
7 62 (1.75%) Data Lake
8 54 (1.52%) Relational Database
9 48 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 46 (1.30%) Metadata
11 43 (1.21%) MySQL
12 37 (1.04%) Looker
12 37 (1.04%) SAP BW
13 32 (0.90%) GIS
14 31 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
15 24 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
15 24 (0.68%) Power Query
15 24 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 22 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
17 21 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 141 (3.98%) JIRA
2 56 (1.58%) Git
3 30 (0.85%) Selenium
4 29 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.56%) GitLab
6 19 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
7 13 (0.37%) Robot Framework
8 12 (0.34%) Maven
9 11 (0.31%) Snyk
10 10 (0.28%) JUnit
11 9 (0.25%) ERwin
12 8 (0.23%) ER Studio
12 8 (0.23%) Postman
13 7 (0.20%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
14 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.17%) TestRail
15 5 (0.14%) Locust
15 5 (0.14%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 1,763 (49.77%) Social Skills
2 955 (26.96%) Finance
3 359 (10.14%) Marketing
4 246 (6.95%) Retail
5 164 (4.63%) Law
6 159 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 157 (4.43%) Legal
8 149 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
9 140 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 127 (3.59%) Public Sector
11 103 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
12 87 (2.46%) Banking
13 84 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
14 82 (2.32%) Telecoms
15 68 (1.92%) Electronics
16 54 (1.52%) Aerospace
17 50 (1.41%) Aviation
18 48 (1.36%) Advertising
19 42 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
20 31 (0.88%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 745 (21.03%) Analyst
2 479 (13.52%) Trainer
3 332 (9.37%) Senior
4 262 (7.40%) Lead
5 174 (4.91%) Data Analyst
6 153 (4.32%) Architect
7 139 (3.92%) Developer
8 129 (3.64%) Support Analyst
9 121 (3.42%) Systems Engineer
10 112 (3.16%) IT Support
11 102 (2.88%) Trainee
12 96 (2.71%) Innovation Manager
13 94 (2.65%) Business Analyst
14 87 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
15 84 (2.37%) Support Engineer
16 83 (2.34%) Business Manager
17 76 (2.15%) Technical Support
18 75 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
19 73 (2.06%) Consultant
20 72 (2.03%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (2.34%) HTML
2 60 (1.69%) CSS
3 48 (1.36%) REST
4 45 (1.27%) React
5 38 (1.07%) JSON
6 31 (0.88%) .NET
7 27 (0.76%) SOAP
8 25 (0.71%) Spring
9 22 (0.62%) XML
10 21 (0.59%) Middleware
11 20 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
12 19 (0.54%) OAuth
12 19 (0.54%) SAML
13 18 (0.51%) Flash
14 16 (0.45%) EDI
14 16 (0.45%) JMS
15 15 (0.42%) Web Services
16 14 (0.40%) BAPI
16 14 (0.40%) IBM Integration Bus
16 14 (0.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 407 (11.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 274 (7.74%) Onboarding
3 243 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
4 181 (5.11%) Management Information System
5 118 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
6 86 (2.43%) Product Ownership
7 85 (2.40%) Driving Licence
8 54 (1.52%) Data Centre
9 52 (1.47%) Algorithms
10 51 (1.44%) Robotics
11 48 (1.36%) FMCG
12 42 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
13 39 (1.10%) Social Media
14 35 (0.99%) Cloud Native
15 33 (0.93%) e-Learning
16 30 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 30 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 28 (0.79%) Security Posture
17 28 (0.79%) Virtual Team
18 26 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 240 (6.78%) Windows
2 155 (4.38%) Linux
3 130 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (0.28%) Unix
6 9 (0.25%) Android
6 9 (0.25%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.17%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.14%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.085%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.028%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.028%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,495 (42.21%) Problem-Solving
2 939 (26.51%) AI
3 781 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 693 (19.57%) Analytics
5 640 (18.07%) Decision-Making
6 544 (15.36%) Project Management
7 506 (14.29%) Agile
8 483 (13.64%) Chemistry
9 480 (13.55%) Conversational UI
10 453 (12.79%) Business Intelligence
11 409 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 375 (10.59%) Customer Service
13 339 (9.57%) ERP
14 336 (9.49%) Customer Experience
15 310 (8.75%) Data Analysis
16 281 (7.93%) Mentoring
17 275 (7.76%) CRM
18 255 (7.20%) Process Improvement
19 252 (7.11%) Analytical Thinking
20 238 (6.72%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 636 (17.96%) SQL
2 325 (9.18%) Python
3 83 (2.34%) JavaScript
4 75 (2.12%) Java
5 73 (2.06%) C#
6 55 (1.55%) PowerShell
7 42 (1.19%) R
8 40 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 34 (0.96%) T-SQL
10 33 (0.93%) C++
11 26 (0.73%) VBA
12 24 (0.68%) PL/SQL
13 22 (0.62%) C
14 18 (0.51%) Bash
15 10 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.23%) Scala
16 8 (0.23%) TypeScript
17 7 (0.20%) ABAP
18 6 (0.17%) MATLAB
19 5 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,234 (34.84%) Degree
2 572 (16.15%) Master's Degree
3 487 (13.75%) PhD
4 321 (9.06%) Security Cleared
5 240 (6.78%) SC Cleared
6 113 (3.19%) ACCA
7 104 (2.94%) CIMA
8 80 (2.26%) DBS Check
9 70 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 68 (1.92%) CISSP
11 61 (1.72%) DV Cleared
12 44 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 44 (1.24%) CEH
12 44 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 42 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
14 35 (0.99%) CISM
15 32 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
16 29 (0.82%) PMI Certification
17 24 (0.68%) HND
17 24 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (4.12%) QA
2 143 (4.04%) Data Quality
3 122 (3.44%) PCI DSS
4 106 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 105 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 101 (2.85%) GDPR
7 67 (1.89%) NIST
7 67 (1.89%) PMO
8 53 (1.50%) Accessibility
9 32 (0.90%) SLA
10 18 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.31%) GRC
12 11 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.23%) IEC 61131
14 8 (0.23%) IFRS
15 7 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 6 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 6 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 195 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 110 (3.11%) Hyper-V
3 88 (2.48%) Terminal Server
4 20 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.54%) Docker
6 15 (0.42%) Firmware
7 7 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.11%) vSphere
9 3 (0.085%) HDFS
10 2 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.028%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.028%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 39 (1.10%) Terraform
2 35 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 22 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.51%) Ansible
5 8 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.17%) QRadar
7 5 (0.14%) Grafana
8 4 (0.11%) Nessus
8 4 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.11%) SCCM
9 3 (0.085%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.056%) AssetCenter
10 2 (0.056%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.056%) Kibana
11 1 (0.028%) Control-M
11 1 (0.028%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.028%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.028%) Nagios
11 1 (0.028%) SCOM
Vendors
1 775 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 479 (13.52%) PayPal
3 292 (8.24%) SAP
4 136 (3.84%) Oracle
5 119 (3.36%) Google
6 113 (3.19%) VMware
7 112 (3.16%) Splunk
8 99 (2.80%) SolarWinds
9 92 (2.60%) Veeam
10 88 (2.48%) Brocade
10 88 (2.48%) Nimble Storage
10 88 (2.48%) Tanium
11 77 (2.17%) Salesforce
12 50 (1.41%) Cisco
13 44 (1.24%) ServiceNow
14 43 (1.21%) Databricks
15 37 (1.04%) OpenText
16 35 (0.99%) Workday
17 30 (0.85%) Ariba
18 27 (0.76%) Adobe