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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 13 22
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,203 3,665 2,829
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.63% 10.14% 8.19%
As % of the General category 13.60% 15.91% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,535 1,506 1,920
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £48,900
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +4.23% -2.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,500 £78,125 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 23,559 23,034 20,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 56.12% 63.73% 59.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,173 9,485 14,579
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,375 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +1.69% -4.07%

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 January 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 January 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
South East +5 846 £50,000 - 905
North of England -15 773 £42,500 -19.05% 532
Midlands -11 591 £42,500 -11.46% 393
North West -13 408 £42,500 -19.05% 250
South West +3 366 £45,000 -12.13% 363
West Midlands -14 348 £50,000 - 174
Scotland 0 277 £40,000 -34.29% 92
Yorkshire +2 266 £40,000 -20.00% 218
East of England -18 259 £40,000 -21.52% 374
East Midlands +5 241 £37,500 -11.76% 211
North East +4 99 £41,000 -6.82% 72
Wales +12 78 £42,500 -13.45% 116
Northern Ireland -2 44 £52,500 -11.66% 61
Isle of Man -1 1 £62,500 +150.00%
Channel Islands -6 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
1 134 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (1.72%) Confluence
3 46 (1.44%) SharePoint
4 17 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.50%) CMS
5 16 (0.50%) IIS
6 13 (0.41%) WordPress
7 12 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.37%) SAS
8 11 (0.34%) Apache
9 6 (0.19%) nginx
10 4 (0.12%) Camunda
11 3 (0.094%) govService
11 3 (0.094%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.094%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
12 2 (0.062%) WinCC
13 1 (0.031%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.031%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.031%) Kinematics
Applications
1 540 (16.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 347 (10.83%) Chatbot
3 233 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
4 81 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 45 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
7 28 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
8 17 (0.53%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.16%) CATIA
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
12 3 (0.094%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.062%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.062%) Revit
13 2 (0.062%) Simulink
13 2 (0.062%) Sketch
13 2 (0.062%) Trello
14 1 (0.031%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.031%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 91 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (2.00%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 31 (0.97%) NetSuite
5 28 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
6 20 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
6 20 (0.62%) Shopify
7 18 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
8 16 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
9 14 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
10 12 (0.37%) Sage X3
11 11 (0.34%) SAP CO
12 10 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
12 10 (0.31%) Workday HCM
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 6 (0.19%) SAP ERP
15 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
15 5 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 452 (14.11%) Azure
2 378 (11.80%) Power Platform
3 204 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
4 156 (4.87%) AWS
5 146 (4.56%) SaaS
6 106 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (1.97%) Snowflake
8 60 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
9 50 (1.56%) GitHub
10 47 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 39 (1.22%) Entra ID
12 37 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 35 (1.09%) dbt
14 31 (0.97%) Power Automate
15 30 (0.94%) GCP
16 26 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
17 25 (0.78%) Google Analytics
17 25 (0.78%) Serverless
18 24 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
19 23 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 137 (4.28%) DNS
2 117 (3.65%) DHCP
3 66 (2.06%) Firewall
4 44 (1.37%) Network Security
5 42 (1.31%) Remote Desktop
6 41 (1.28%) LAN
7 40 (1.25%) WAN
8 39 (1.22%) VPN
9 36 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (0.97%) Wireless
11 26 (0.81%) TCP/IP
11 26 (0.81%) VoIP
12 24 (0.75%) SMS
13 22 (0.69%) VLAN
14 17 (0.53%) SD-WAN
15 14 (0.44%) 5G
15 14 (0.44%) Wireshark
16 12 (0.37%) Internet
16 12 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
16 12 (0.37%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 350 (10.93%) Power BI
2 214 (6.68%) Tableau
3 139 (4.34%) Data Mining
4 102 (3.18%) SQL Server
5 101 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
6 75 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
7 52 (1.62%) Data Lake
8 51 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 48 (1.50%) Relational Database
10 45 (1.40%) Metadata
11 36 (1.12%) GIS
12 34 (1.06%) MySQL
13 33 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
14 32 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
14 32 (1.00%) Looker
15 28 (0.87%) SAP BW
16 26 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 21 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
17 21 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
18 20 (0.62%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 134 (4.18%) JIRA
2 55 (1.72%) Git
3 29 (0.91%) Selenium
4 18 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 16 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.47%) Robot Framework
7 13 (0.41%) Snyk
8 12 (0.37%) ER Studio
8 12 (0.37%) ERwin
8 12 (0.37%) GitLab
9 8 (0.25%) Postman
10 7 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.22%) TestRail
11 6 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.19%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.19%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.16%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.16%) Subversion
13 4 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 1,576 (49.20%) Social Skills
2 913 (28.50%) Finance
3 264 (8.24%) Marketing
4 185 (5.78%) Retail
5 137 (4.28%) Manufacturing
5 137 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
6 129 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 125 (3.90%) Legal
8 108 (3.37%) Law
8 108 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 106 (3.31%) Public Sector
10 69 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 62 (1.94%) Telecoms
12 59 (1.84%) Electronics
13 55 (1.72%) Banking
14 51 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
15 46 (1.44%) Aerospace
16 39 (1.22%) Aviation
17 36 (1.12%) Advertising
18 29 (0.91%) German Language
Job Titles
1 763 (23.82%) Analyst
2 347 (10.83%) Trainer
3 320 (9.99%) Senior
4 218 (6.81%) Lead
5 205 (6.40%) Data Analyst
6 159 (4.96%) Architect
7 141 (4.40%) Developer
8 127 (3.97%) Support Analyst
9 121 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
10 116 (3.62%) IT Support
11 113 (3.53%) Trainee
12 106 (3.31%) Business Analyst
13 102 (3.18%) Trainee Analyst
13 102 (3.18%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 88 (2.75%) Support Engineer
15 81 (2.53%) Business Manager
16 76 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
17 75 (2.34%) Report Analyst
18 74 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
19 73 (2.28%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (2.00%) HTML
2 53 (1.65%) CSS
3 48 (1.50%) React
4 42 (1.31%) REST
5 33 (1.03%) JSON
6 31 (0.97%) .NET
7 30 (0.94%) SOAP
8 23 (0.72%) Middleware
9 20 (0.62%) Node.js
10 19 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (0.56%) XML
12 16 (0.50%) EDI
12 16 (0.50%) OAuth
12 16 (0.50%) SAML
13 15 (0.47%) Flash
14 11 (0.34%) BAPI
14 11 (0.34%) IBM Integration Bus
14 11 (0.34%) JMS
14 11 (0.34%) Playwright
15 10 (0.31%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 352 (10.99%) Analytical Mindset
2 238 (7.43%) Onboarding
3 234 (7.31%) Self-Motivation
4 169 (5.28%) Management Information System
5 120 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
6 101 (3.15%) Product Ownership
7 62 (1.94%) Driving Licence
8 58 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 55 (1.72%) FMCG
10 52 (1.62%) Robotics
11 44 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.16%) Cloud Native
13 30 (0.94%) Data Structures
14 28 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 28 (0.87%) Virtual Team
15 26 (0.81%) Social Media
16 25 (0.78%) e-Learning
17 23 (0.72%) Low-Code
18 22 (0.69%) Security Posture
19 21 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 259 (8.09%) Windows
2 166 (5.18%) Linux
3 144 (4.50%) Windows Server
4 97 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (0.53%) Unix
6 12 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.31%) Android
8 6 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.094%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.031%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.031%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.031%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,376 (42.96%) Problem-Solving
2 759 (23.70%) AI
3 736 (22.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 641 (20.01%) Analytics
5 589 (18.39%) Decision-Making
6 531 (16.58%) Project Management
7 459 (14.33%) Agile
8 434 (13.55%) Business Intelligence
9 362 (11.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 350 (10.93%) Chemistry
11 347 (10.83%) Conversational UI
12 343 (10.71%) Customer Service
13 329 (10.27%) Data Analysis
14 299 (9.33%) ERP
15 279 (8.71%) Customer Experience
16 256 (7.99%) Process Improvement
17 249 (7.77%) CRM
18 245 (7.65%) Analytical Thinking
19 231 (7.21%) Migration
20 222 (6.93%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 654 (20.42%) SQL
2 355 (11.08%) Python
3 74 (2.31%) C#
4 67 (2.09%) Java
4 67 (2.09%) JavaScript
5 63 (1.97%) PowerShell
6 48 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 33 (1.03%) T-SQL
7 33 (1.03%) VBA
8 29 (0.91%) C++
8 29 (0.91%) R
9 16 (0.50%) PL/SQL
10 15 (0.47%) C
11 14 (0.44%) Scala
12 13 (0.41%) Bash
13 12 (0.37%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.28%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.19%) ABAP
16 6 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,035 (32.31%) Degree
2 402 (12.55%) Master's Degree
3 349 (10.90%) PhD
4 306 (9.55%) Security Cleared
5 241 (7.52%) SC Cleared
6 115 (3.59%) ACCA
7 105 (3.28%) CIMA
8 86 (2.68%) DBS Check
9 65 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 55 (1.72%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.56%) DV Cleared
12 49 (1.53%) CISSP
13 48 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
14 47 (1.47%) PMP
15 41 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
16 33 (1.03%) CISM
17 28 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
18 25 (0.78%) CEH
18 25 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
19 22 (0.69%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (5.28%) Data Quality
2 135 (4.21%) QA
3 124 (3.87%) PCI DSS
4 119 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 101 (3.15%) GDPR
6 92 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 64 (2.00%) NIST
8 57 (1.78%) PMO
9 48 (1.50%) Accessibility
10 29 (0.91%) SLA
11 25 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.41%) GRC
13 12 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.28%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.25%) IEC 61131
16 8 (0.25%) IFRS
17 7 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 6 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 197 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 112 (3.50%) Hyper-V
3 96 (3.00%) Terminal Server
4 19 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (0.53%) Docker
6 12 (0.37%) Firmware
7 6 (0.19%) vSphere
8 4 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.094%) ProxySG
9 3 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.031%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.031%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.031%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.031%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 43 (1.34%) Terraform
2 26 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 20 (0.62%) Ansible
5 13 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.16%) Control-M
7 4 (0.12%) Nessus
7 4 (0.12%) SCCM
8 3 (0.094%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.094%) QRadar
9 2 (0.062%) AssetCenter
9 2 (0.062%) CASB
9 2 (0.062%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.062%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.062%) Grafana
9 2 (0.062%) Nagios
9 2 (0.062%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.031%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.031%) Kibana
10 1 (0.031%) SCOM
Vendors
1 748 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 347 (10.83%) PayPal
3 265 (8.27%) SAP
4 130 (4.06%) Oracle
5 119 (3.72%) VMware
6 113 (3.53%) SolarWinds
7 111 (3.47%) Splunk
8 97 (3.03%) Tanium
8 97 (3.03%) Veeam
9 96 (3.00%) Brocade
9 96 (3.00%) Nimble Storage
10 88 (2.75%) Salesforce
11 58 (1.81%) ServiceNow
12 53 (1.65%) Google
13 50 (1.56%) Cisco
14 37 (1.16%) OpenText
15 34 (1.06%) Databricks
16 30 (0.94%) Ariba
17 28 (0.87%) Workday
18 26 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud