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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,208 3,940 6,448
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.49% 11.66% 8.80%
As % of the General category 10.06% 17.32% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,166 1,479 3,431
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,200 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,350 £48,500 £46,958
Median % change year-on-year -0.31% +3.28% -1.14%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,150 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.55% +10.00% -8.90%

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 31,891 22,746 40,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.66% 67.31% 55.06%
Number of salaries quoted 19,591 10,838 25,589
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,437 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -2.24% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -19 960 £48,445 +3.07% 456
South East -8 816 £50,000 -5.62% 606
Midlands -10 577 £47,500 - 272
North West -20 564 £47,500 -1.67% 247
South West -21 391 £45,000 -7.22% 388
West Midlands -20 315 £50,000 +5.26% 152
Yorkshire -13 291 £50,000 +11.11% 158
East Midlands -6 261 £45,000 -5.26% 118
East of England -24 237 £45,050 -3.82% 161
Scotland -36 106 £43,335 -2.62% 90
North East -25 105 £55,000 +37.50% 55
Wales -15 91 £53,171 -3.33% 34
Northern Ireland -42 41 £41,250 -25.00% 47
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
1 162 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.18%) Confluence
4 28 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 28 (0.87%) CMS
5 26 (0.81%) Apache
6 21 (0.65%) IIS
7 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (0.28%) WordPress
8 8 (0.25%) SAS
8 8 (0.25%) WebLogic
8 8 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.094%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.094%) JBoss
11 1 (0.031%) Appian
11 1 (0.031%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.031%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.031%) Tomcat
Applications
1 399 (12.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 159 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.28%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.094%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.094%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.094%) Simulink
9 3 (0.094%) Trello
10 2 (0.062%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.062%) Lectora
10 2 (0.062%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 40 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 20 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 15 (0.47%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.25%) Magento
6 8 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.22%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
8 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
8 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.12%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.12%) JDE World
9 4 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 563 (17.55%) Azure
2 416 (12.97%) Power Platform
3 293 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
4 270 (8.42%) AWS
5 135 (4.21%) SaaS
6 118 (3.68%) GCP
7 93 (2.90%) Entra ID
8 86 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
9 78 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
10 58 (1.81%) Google Analytics
11 55 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
12 50 (1.56%) GitHub
13 44 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 38 (1.18%) Power Automate
15 35 (1.09%) Amazon S3
16 33 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
17 30 (0.94%) dbt
18 27 (0.84%) Serverless
18 27 (0.84%) Snowflake
19 25 (0.78%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 140 (4.36%) DNS
2 137 (4.27%) Firewall
3 110 (3.43%) DHCP
4 81 (2.52%) VPN
5 61 (1.90%) WAN
6 59 (1.84%) TCP/IP
7 51 (1.59%) LAN
8 49 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (1.25%) Broadband
10 39 (1.22%) Wireless
11 27 (0.84%) Network Security
12 24 (0.75%) HTTP
13 23 (0.72%) BGP
14 22 (0.69%) SD-WAN
14 22 (0.69%) Wireshark
15 19 (0.59%) SAN
15 19 (0.59%) VLAN
15 19 (0.59%) VoIP
16 17 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
17 14 (0.44%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 372 (11.60%) Power BI
2 180 (5.61%) Tableau
3 105 (3.27%) SQL Server
4 93 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
5 92 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.84%) Data Mining
8 45 (1.40%) Power Query
9 40 (1.25%) MySQL
10 38 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 37 (1.15%) Looker
11 37 (1.15%) Metadata
12 34 (1.06%) Relational Database
13 33 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
14 29 (0.90%) Data Lake
15 27 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
16 26 (0.81%) Big Data
17 20 (0.62%) BigQuery
18 17 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
18 17 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 111 (3.46%) JIRA
2 76 (2.37%) Git
3 40 (1.25%) GitLab
4 36 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
5 23 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.41%) Selenium
8 12 (0.37%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.34%) MLflow
10 10 (0.31%) Eclipse
10 10 (0.31%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.28%) JMeter
11 9 (0.28%) LabVIEW
11 9 (0.28%) Postman
12 7 (0.22%) ERwin
12 7 (0.22%) Moq
12 7 (0.22%) Subversion
13 6 (0.19%) Burp Suite
13 6 (0.19%) Toad
14 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
General
1 1,562 (48.69%) Social Skills
2 941 (29.33%) Finance
3 262 (8.17%) Marketing
4 211 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
5 196 (6.11%) Public Sector
6 192 (5.99%) Retail
7 173 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 173 (5.39%) Manufacturing
8 160 (4.99%) Legal
9 145 (4.52%) Law
10 133 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
11 97 (3.02%) Telecoms
12 80 (2.49%) Aerospace
13 77 (2.40%) Electronics
14 64 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
15 60 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
16 46 (1.43%) Advertising
16 46 (1.43%) Banking
17 44 (1.37%) Military
18 35 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 851 (26.53%) Analyst
2 330 (10.29%) Senior
3 233 (7.26%) Lead
4 220 (6.86%) Data Analyst
5 176 (5.49%) Systems Engineer
6 162 (5.05%) Business Analyst
7 160 (4.99%) Developer
8 108 (3.37%) Support Engineer
9 107 (3.34%) Support Analyst
10 99 (3.09%) Architect
11 96 (2.99%) Consultant
12 95 (2.96%) IT Support
13 89 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
14 83 (2.59%) Data Engineer
15 82 (2.56%) Systems Analyst
16 75 (2.34%) Accountant
17 69 (2.15%) IT Engineer
18 67 (2.09%) IT Manager
19 66 (2.06%) Head of QA
20 64 (2.00%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (2.21%) .NET
1 71 (2.21%) HTML
2 65 (2.03%) Middleware
3 63 (1.96%) CSS
4 62 (1.93%) REST
5 61 (1.90%) XML
6 57 (1.78%) JSON
7 44 (1.37%) React
8 35 (1.09%) SOAP
9 31 (0.97%) Node.js
10 30 (0.94%) PyTorch
11 27 (0.84%) RESTful
12 24 (0.75%) PySpark
12 24 (0.75%) TensorFlow
13 22 (0.69%) EDI
13 22 (0.69%) Kafka
14 21 (0.65%) scikit-learn
15 17 (0.53%) Pandas
16 16 (0.50%) OAuth
17 15 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 390 (12.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 165 (5.14%) Management Information System
3 124 (3.87%) Product Ownership
4 123 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 117 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
6 108 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
7 91 (2.84%) Driving Licence
8 68 (2.12%) Data Centre
9 54 (1.68%) Cloud Native
10 48 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
11 43 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 41 (1.28%) Virtual Team
13 36 (1.12%) Algorithms
14 34 (1.06%) Social Media
15 32 (1.00%) Data Structures
15 32 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
16 30 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
17 27 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
17 27 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
18 26 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 296 (9.23%) Windows
2 176 (5.49%) Linux
3 173 (5.39%) Windows Server
4 94 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 18 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (0.53%) Android
6 17 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (0.53%) Unix
7 14 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.28%) CentOS
10 8 (0.25%) VMS
11 6 (0.19%) Debian
12 5 (0.16%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.031%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.031%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.031%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.031%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,510 (47.07%) Problem-Solving
2 904 (28.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 741 (23.10%) Decision-Making
4 649 (20.23%) Analytics
5 446 (13.90%) Agile
6 426 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 419 (13.06%) Business Intelligence
8 354 (11.03%) AI
9 340 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 328 (10.22%) Actionable Insight
11 295 (9.20%) Customer Service
12 289 (9.01%) Cybersecurity
13 288 (8.98%) ERP
14 286 (8.92%) Data Analysis
15 285 (8.88%) Customer Experience
16 278 (8.67%) Project Management
17 268 (8.35%) Mentoring
18 257 (8.01%) Roadmaps
19 254 (7.92%) CRM
20 248 (7.73%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 669 (20.85%) SQL
2 492 (15.34%) Python
3 113 (3.52%) JavaScript
4 101 (3.15%) Java
5 98 (3.05%) PowerShell
6 96 (2.99%) C#
7 60 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 51 (1.59%) C++
9 47 (1.47%) Bash
9 47 (1.47%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.28%) R
11 34 (1.06%) MATLAB
12 23 (0.72%) TypeScript
13 22 (0.69%) VBA
14 21 (0.65%) PHP
15 19 (0.59%) Go
16 18 (0.56%) C
17 13 (0.41%) Perl
17 13 (0.41%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 541 (16.86%) Degree
2 333 (10.38%) Security Cleared
3 239 (7.45%) SC Cleared
4 156 (4.86%) ACCA
5 150 (4.68%) CIMA
6 129 (4.02%) DBS Check
7 85 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 66 (2.06%) IRCA
9 65 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 63 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
11 51 (1.59%) CISSP
12 50 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 49 (1.53%) DV Cleared
14 43 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.15%) CISM
16 33 (1.03%) CCNA
17 29 (0.90%) Master's Degree
18 25 (0.78%) HNC
19 24 (0.75%) AAT
19 24 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 318 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 255 (7.95%) GDPR
3 219 (6.83%) QA
4 166 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 164 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 121 (3.77%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.55%) ISO 9001
8 102 (3.18%) NIST
9 91 (2.84%) SLA
10 72 (2.24%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.43%) GRC
12 37 (1.15%) PMO
13 30 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.72%) ISO 14001
16 22 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 19 (0.59%) GMP
18 18 (0.56%) SOC 2
19 17 (0.53%) TickIT
20 16 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 231 (7.20%) Active Directory
2 93 (2.90%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.49%) Terminal Server
4 65 (2.03%) Docker
5 35 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.31%) vSphere
8 9 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.19%) Firmware
10 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.12%) XenApp
12 3 (0.094%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.031%) KVM
13 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.031%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 70 (2.18%) Terraform
2 49 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 41 (1.28%) Ansible
4 36 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (0.81%) Grafana
6 15 (0.47%) Kibana
7 14 (0.44%) QRadar
8 11 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.25%) Kubeflow
9 8 (0.25%) logstash
9 8 (0.25%) Nagios
10 6 (0.19%) Graylog
11 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.16%) Podman
11 5 (0.16%) SCCM
11 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
12 4 (0.12%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 788 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 139 (4.33%) Google
3 122 (3.80%) VMware
4 118 (3.68%) SAP
4 118 (3.68%) Splunk
5 100 (3.12%) SolarWinds
6 91 (2.84%) Veeam
7 85 (2.65%) Salesforce
8 81 (2.52%) Nimble Storage
9 80 (2.49%) Brocade
9 80 (2.49%) Tanium
10 70 (2.18%) Oracle
11 67 (2.09%) Workday
12 56 (1.75%) Cisco
13 55 (1.71%) Databricks
14 41 (1.28%) ServiceNow
15 37 (1.15%) IBM
16 30 (0.94%) Adobe
17 28 (0.87%) HubSpot
18 27 (0.84%) Red Hat