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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,925 3,999 4,865
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.80% 11.68% 8.76%
As % of the General category 11.04% 17.81% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,406 1,486 1,927
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £61,188 £60,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
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 35,565 22,455 29,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.47% 65.57% 52.68%
Number of salaries quoted 22,071 10,955 14,622
10th Percentile £28,875 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
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 8 September 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 8 September 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 -19 1,081 £47,500 +5.56% 886
South East -8 932 £49,536 -3.81% 1,073
Midlands -8 681 £47,500 +5.56% 575
North West -17 665 £46,500 +3.33% 548
South West -8 557 £47,500 +5.56% 555
West Midlands -17 348 £48,750 +8.33% 342
East Midlands -3 330 £45,483 +2.79% 234
Yorkshire -11 287 £47,500 +18.75% 268
East of England -11 251 £47,500 +7.34% 393
Wales -8 182 £47,500 -5.33% 79
Scotland -24 132 £44,000 +11.39% 353
North East -17 129 £50,500 +24.69% 78
Northern Ireland -11 117 £42,500 -22.73% 202
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
1 171 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 50 (1.27%) Confluence
4 31 (0.79%) IIS
5 27 (0.69%) Apache
6 25 (0.64%) Apache Spark
7 20 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
8 18 (0.46%) CMS
9 14 (0.36%) SAS
10 10 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 10 (0.25%) WordPress
11 9 (0.23%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.23%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.20%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 3 (0.076%) Anypoint
15 2 (0.051%) Oracle Application Server
15 2 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.025%) Moodle
16 1 (0.025%) Umbraco
Applications
1 464 (11.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 211 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 27 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 24 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.36%) Simulink
8 5 (0.13%) CATIA
8 5 (0.13%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.10%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.076%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.076%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.076%) Siemens NX
10 3 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.051%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.051%) CANalyzer
11 2 (0.051%) Lectora
11 2 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 84 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.82%) Dynamics GP
3 31 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 27 (0.69%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.46%) Shopify
6 16 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
7 14 (0.36%) SAP PM
8 11 (0.28%) Magento
9 10 (0.25%) SAP Business One
10 9 (0.23%) SAP ERP
11 8 (0.20%) Infor M3
11 8 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
12 7 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
12 7 (0.18%) Workday HCM
13 6 (0.15%) Exchequer
13 6 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
14 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 5 (0.13%) Sage 50
14 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
15 4 (0.10%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 640 (16.31%) Azure
2 465 (11.85%) Power Platform
3 342 (8.71%) AWS
4 324 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
5 207 (5.27%) SaaS
6 143 (3.64%) GCP
7 105 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 98 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 94 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
10 87 (2.22%) Google Ads
11 85 (2.17%) Google Analytics
12 65 (1.66%) Meta Ads
13 62 (1.58%) GitHub
14 61 (1.55%) Power Automate
15 60 (1.53%) PowerApps
16 50 (1.27%) Serverless
17 47 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
18 45 (1.15%) Amazon S3
19 37 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
19 37 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 169 (4.31%) DNS
2 135 (3.44%) DHCP
3 109 (2.78%) Firewall
4 96 (2.45%) VPN
5 80 (2.04%) TCP/IP
6 67 (1.71%) WAN
7 62 (1.58%) LAN
8 52 (1.32%) Wireless
9 43 (1.10%) Network Security
10 36 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (0.71%) Broadband
12 27 (0.69%) HTTP
12 27 (0.69%) VLAN
12 27 (0.69%) VoIP
13 21 (0.54%) BGP
13 21 (0.54%) SD-WAN
14 20 (0.51%) Internet
15 19 (0.48%) SAN
15 19 (0.48%) SMS
16 16 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 411 (10.47%) Power BI
2 131 (3.34%) Tableau
3 123 (3.13%) SQL Server
4 119 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 106 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
6 74 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 67 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 59 (1.50%) MySQL
9 53 (1.35%) Power Query
10 51 (1.30%) Looker
11 47 (1.20%) Metadata
12 45 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 42 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
14 38 (0.97%) Data Lake
15 34 (0.87%) BigQuery
16 32 (0.82%) Big Data
17 27 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
18 24 (0.61%) NoSQL
19 22 (0.56%) MongoDB
20 20 (0.51%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 156 (3.97%) JIRA
2 131 (3.34%) Git
3 33 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.79%) GitLab
4 31 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
5 18 (0.46%) Eclipse
6 15 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
6 15 (0.38%) Selenium
7 14 (0.36%) LabVIEW
7 14 (0.36%) Postman
8 13 (0.33%) Burp Suite
8 13 (0.33%) Claude Code
9 12 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.28%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.28%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.23%) JMeter
11 9 (0.23%) MLflow
12 7 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 1,958 (49.89%) Social Skills
2 1,113 (28.36%) Finance
3 440 (11.21%) Marketing
4 301 (7.67%) Organisational Skills
5 283 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 268 (6.83%) Manufacturing
7 251 (6.39%) Legal
7 251 (6.39%) Retail
8 226 (5.76%) Public Sector
9 216 (5.50%) Law
10 209 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
11 174 (4.43%) Aerospace
12 125 (3.18%) Electronics
13 108 (2.75%) Telecoms
14 106 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
15 69 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
16 66 (1.68%) Military
17 57 (1.45%) Advertising
18 56 (1.43%) Banking
19 49 (1.25%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 891 (22.70%) Analyst
2 436 (11.11%) Senior
3 265 (6.75%) Lead
4 205 (5.22%) Data Analyst
4 205 (5.22%) Developer
5 179 (4.56%) Systems Engineer
6 172 (4.38%) Business Analyst
7 145 (3.69%) Support Analyst
8 136 (3.46%) Architect
9 115 (2.93%) Support Engineer
10 112 (2.85%) Data Engineer
11 107 (2.73%) Consultant
11 107 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
12 103 (2.62%) IT Support
13 82 (2.09%) IT Engineer
14 81 (2.06%) Accountant
14 81 (2.06%) Systems Analyst
15 79 (2.01%) Applications Support
15 79 (2.01%) Marketing Manager
16 68 (1.73%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (2.62%) .NET
2 80 (2.04%) REST
3 76 (1.94%) HTML
4 73 (1.86%) Terraform
5 69 (1.76%) CSS
6 63 (1.61%) Middleware
7 59 (1.50%) XML
8 51 (1.30%) JSON
9 49 (1.25%) SOAP
10 43 (1.10%) RESTful
11 41 (1.04%) EDI
12 38 (0.97%) PySpark
13 35 (0.89%) LDAP
14 34 (0.87%) React
15 33 (0.84%) Kafka
16 30 (0.76%) ModSecurity
17 29 (0.74%) ASP.NET
18 26 (0.66%) OAuth
19 24 (0.61%) PyTorch
19 24 (0.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 359 (9.15%) Analytical Mindset
2 257 (6.55%) Management Information System
3 220 (5.61%) Onboarding
4 204 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
5 159 (4.05%) Product Ownership
6 134 (3.41%) Driving Licence
7 128 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
8 90 (2.29%) Social Media
9 82 (2.09%) Marketing Technology
10 81 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
11 70 (1.78%) Cloud Native
11 70 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
12 69 (1.76%) Data Centre
13 67 (1.71%) Blog
14 65 (1.66%) Virtual Team
15 47 (1.20%) Security Posture
16 40 (1.02%) Data Structures
17 36 (0.92%) SCADA
18 35 (0.89%) AI Agents
19 33 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 341 (8.69%) Windows
2 204 (5.20%) Linux
3 191 (4.87%) Windows Server
4 97 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 26 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 24 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.54%) Unix
9 15 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.33%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.31%) Android
12 9 (0.23%) CentOS
13 7 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.15%) Debian
14 6 (0.15%) VMS
15 5 (0.13%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.10%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.051%) Solaris
18 1 (0.025%) FreeRTOS
18 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,937 (49.35%) Problem-Solving
2 1,244 (31.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 965 (24.59%) Decision-Making
4 737 (18.78%) Analytics
5 680 (17.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 621 (15.82%) AI
7 601 (15.31%) Agile
8 522 (13.30%) Business Intelligence
9 419 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 396 (10.09%) Validation
11 390 (9.94%) Actionable Insight
12 383 (9.76%) Customer Service
13 375 (9.55%) ERP
14 357 (9.10%) CRM
15 347 (8.84%) Data Analysis
16 341 (8.69%) Mentoring
17 321 (8.18%) Customer Experience
18 312 (7.95%) Project Management
19 305 (7.77%) Collaborative Working
20 303 (7.72%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 755 (19.24%) SQL
2 463 (11.80%) Python
3 150 (3.82%) JavaScript
4 130 (3.31%) Java
5 118 (3.01%) C#
6 107 (2.73%) PowerShell
7 76 (1.94%) C++
8 61 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 58 (1.48%) Bash
10 42 (1.07%) TypeScript
11 41 (1.04%) MATLAB
12 38 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 34 (0.87%) R
14 30 (0.76%) C
15 23 (0.59%) PHP
16 18 (0.46%) PL/SQL
17 17 (0.43%) Scala
17 17 (0.43%) VB.NET
18 16 (0.41%) Perl
19 14 (0.36%) Go
Qualifications
1 725 (18.47%) Degree
2 489 (12.46%) Security Cleared
3 339 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 149 (3.80%) ACCA
5 141 (3.59%) CIMA
6 120 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 118 (3.01%) DBS Check
8 116 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 84 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 73 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
11 70 (1.78%) CISSP
12 59 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 57 (1.45%) HND
14 55 (1.40%) CISM
15 45 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
16 42 (1.07%) Azure Certification
17 41 (1.04%) HNC
18 38 (0.97%) CCNA
18 38 (0.97%) PMI Certification
19 34 (0.87%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 377 (9.61%) Data Quality
2 276 (7.03%) QA
3 231 (5.89%) GDPR
4 147 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 140 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 111 (2.83%) PCI DSS
7 103 (2.62%) Accessibility
8 89 (2.27%) SLA
9 88 (2.24%) ISO 9001
10 77 (1.96%) NIST
11 39 (0.99%) GRC
12 36 (0.92%) PMO
13 27 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 24 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.59%) DO-254
16 22 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 21 (0.54%) ISO 14001
18 20 (0.51%) IFRS
19 18 (0.46%) Good Clinical Practice
20 17 (0.43%) TickIT
System Software
1 265 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 104 (2.65%) Hyper-V
3 99 (2.52%) Docker
4 80 (2.04%) Terminal Server
5 40 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 33 (0.84%) Firmware
7 15 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
10 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.18%) Ceph
12 6 (0.15%) vSphere
13 4 (0.10%) KVM
13 4 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.076%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.051%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.025%) NFS
16 1 (0.025%) Oracle RAC
16 1 (0.025%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 66 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 47 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.02%) Ansible
4 25 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (0.61%) Grafana
6 19 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.38%) QRadar
8 14 (0.36%) Kibana
9 11 (0.28%) Nmap
9 11 (0.28%) Podman
10 7 (0.18%) Argo
10 7 (0.18%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.18%) Istio
10 7 (0.18%) logstash
11 6 (0.15%) Functional Safety
11 6 (0.15%) Graylog
11 6 (0.15%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.10%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.10%) Nagios
Vendors
1 960 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 237 (6.04%) Google
3 137 (3.49%) VMware
4 131 (3.34%) SAP
5 126 (3.21%) Splunk
6 100 (2.55%) Oracle
7 95 (2.42%) SolarWinds
8 87 (2.22%) Veeam
9 81 (2.06%) Brocade
9 81 (2.06%) Nimble Storage
9 81 (2.06%) Salesforce
10 80 (2.04%) Tanium
11 66 (1.68%) ServiceNow
12 65 (1.66%) Cisco
13 60 (1.53%) Databricks
14 53 (1.35%) Workday
15 49 (1.25%) YouTube
16 38 (0.97%) Adobe
17 34 (0.87%) HubSpot
18 33 (0.84%) IBM