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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,407 4,244 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.11% 12.30% 9.01%
As % of the General category 11.58% 18.69% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,515 1,480 1,699
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,475 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,300 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.96% -5.45% -

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 requiring general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 38,053 22,705 28,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.10% 65.79% 53.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,577 10,937 12,947
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% -1.93%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -18 1,186 £47,500 +5.56% 1,220
South East -10 998 £49,425 +2.44% 1,479
Midlands -9 767 £46,743 +4.94% 803
North West -15 722 £46,500 +2.23% 682
South West -8 620 £47,500 +5.56% 644
West Midlands -19 391 £47,500 +5.56% 491
East Midlands -4 374 £42,500 +6.25% 312
Yorkshire -7 319 £47,000 +17.50% 427
East of England -14 287 £47,500 +21.79% 555
Northern Ireland +5 211 £43,750 -20.45% 198
Wales -4 207 £45,000 -10.40% 186
North East -19 151 £50,500 +26.25% 120
Scotland -19 150 £47,500 +21.79% 453
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 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 55 (1.25%) Confluence
4 31 (0.70%) Apache
4 31 (0.70%) IIS
5 24 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.39%) CMS
7 16 (0.36%) SAS
8 15 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 14 (0.32%) WordPress
10 12 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 9 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.20%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 5 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
14 2 (0.045%) nginx
14 2 (0.045%) Office Communications Server
14 2 (0.045%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.045%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 578 (13.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 278 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
3 88 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 47 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 27 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
7 18 (0.41%) Simulink
8 11 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 9 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.14%) EPLAN
11 6 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.14%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.11%) Chatbot
13 4 (0.091%) Notion
14 3 (0.068%) CANalyzer
14 3 (0.068%) CATIA
14 3 (0.068%) LaTeX
15 2 (0.045%) Adobe Illustrator
15 2 (0.045%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 92 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.73%) Dynamics GP
3 31 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 23 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 21 (0.48%) Shopify
6 12 (0.27%) Magento
7 11 (0.25%) Infor M3
7 11 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.16%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.14%) Exchequer
11 6 (0.14%) Odoo
11 6 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.11%) Elite 3E
12 5 (0.11%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.11%) Sage 50
13 4 (0.091%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 687 (15.59%) Azure
2 504 (11.44%) Power Platform
3 381 (8.65%) AWS
4 326 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
5 213 (4.83%) SaaS
6 173 (3.93%) GCP
7 147 (3.34%) Entra ID
8 112 (2.54%) Google Ads
9 99 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
10 97 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
11 90 (2.04%) Google Analytics
12 82 (1.86%) Meta Ads
13 64 (1.45%) GitHub
13 64 (1.45%) Power Automate
14 63 (1.43%) PowerApps
15 54 (1.23%) Serverless
16 47 (1.07%) Amazon S3
17 46 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
17 46 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
17 46 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 164 (3.72%) DNS
2 128 (2.90%) DHCP
3 105 (2.38%) Firewall
4 96 (2.18%) VPN
5 83 (1.88%) TCP/IP
6 68 (1.54%) WAN
7 59 (1.34%) LAN
8 57 (1.29%) Internet
9 51 (1.16%) Wireless
10 44 (1.00%) Network Security
11 37 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (0.66%) VLAN
13 27 (0.61%) HTTP
14 25 (0.57%) Broadband
15 22 (0.50%) VoIP
16 21 (0.48%) SAN
16 21 (0.48%) SD-WAN
17 20 (0.45%) BGP
18 18 (0.41%) SMS
18 18 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 450 (10.21%) Power BI
2 124 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 119 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 104 (2.36%) Tableau
5 97 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
6 83 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 70 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 66 (1.50%) MySQL
9 65 (1.47%) Power Query
10 56 (1.27%) Metadata
11 51 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
12 45 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 44 (1.00%) Looker
14 42 (0.95%) Data Lake
15 32 (0.73%) BigQuery
16 31 (0.70%) Big Data
17 30 (0.68%) NoSQL
18 27 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
18 27 (0.61%) MongoDB
19 23 (0.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 192 (4.36%) Git
2 158 (3.59%) JIRA
3 36 (0.82%) GitLab
4 34 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
6 21 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 19 (0.43%) LabVIEW
8 18 (0.41%) Selenium
9 17 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
10 16 (0.36%) Claude Code
11 15 (0.34%) Burp Suite
11 15 (0.34%) Cucumber
11 15 (0.34%) Postman
12 13 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.27%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.27%) Metasploit
14 9 (0.20%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.20%) JMeter
15 8 (0.18%) Moq
16 7 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 2,292 (52.01%) Social Skills
2 1,245 (28.25%) Finance
3 507 (11.50%) Marketing
4 405 (9.19%) Organisational Skills
5 348 (7.90%) Manufacturing
6 311 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 298 (6.76%) Retail
8 290 (6.58%) Legal
9 266 (6.04%) Public Sector
10 234 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
11 224 (5.08%) Law
12 210 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
13 201 (4.56%) Aerospace
14 153 (3.47%) Electronics
15 123 (2.79%) Telecoms
16 77 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
17 69 (1.57%) Automotive
18 68 (1.54%) Advertising
19 66 (1.50%) Military
20 63 (1.43%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1,058 (24.01%) Analyst
2 535 (12.14%) Senior
3 279 (6.33%) Lead
4 232 (5.26%) Developer
5 206 (4.67%) Data Analyst
6 197 (4.47%) Support Analyst
7 187 (4.24%) Business Analyst
8 173 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
9 155 (3.52%) Systems Engineer
10 143 (3.24%) Architect
11 122 (2.77%) Data Engineer
12 115 (2.61%) Consultant
13 114 (2.59%) Support Engineer
14 107 (2.43%) ITSM Analyst
15 102 (2.31%) IT Support
16 97 (2.20%) Administrator
17 90 (2.04%) Applications Support
18 89 (2.02%) Marketing Manager
19 87 (1.97%) Accountant
20 84 (1.91%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (2.45%) .NET
2 87 (1.97%) REST
3 77 (1.75%) HTML
3 77 (1.75%) Terraform
4 71 (1.61%) CSS
5 63 (1.43%) Middleware
6 61 (1.38%) XML
7 58 (1.32%) JSON
8 53 (1.20%) PySpark
9 51 (1.16%) SOAP
10 50 (1.13%) RESTful
11 43 (0.98%) EDI
12 37 (0.84%) React
13 36 (0.82%) LDAP
14 34 (0.77%) Kafka
15 30 (0.68%) Spring
16 29 (0.66%) ModSecurity
16 29 (0.66%) Spring Boot
17 28 (0.64%) ASP.NET
18 24 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 350 (7.94%) Management Information System
2 323 (7.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 249 (5.65%) Onboarding
4 224 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
5 167 (3.79%) Product Ownership
6 160 (3.63%) Driving Licence
7 116 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
8 103 (2.34%) Social Media
9 98 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
10 81 (1.84%) Marketing Technology
11 78 (1.77%) Cloud Native
12 75 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
13 73 (1.66%) Data Centre
14 71 (1.61%) Virtual Team
15 68 (1.54%) Blog
16 51 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
17 48 (1.09%) Security Posture
18 47 (1.07%) Data Structures
19 39 (0.88%) SCADA
20 38 (0.86%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 332 (7.53%) Windows
2 234 (5.31%) Linux
3 185 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 24 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (0.50%) Unix
9 15 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.32%) Android
11 10 (0.23%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.20%) CentOS
13 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.14%) Debian
14 6 (0.14%) VMS
15 5 (0.11%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.091%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.045%) Solaris
18 1 (0.023%) ThreadX
18 1 (0.023%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,194 (49.78%) Problem-Solving
2 1,454 (32.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,138 (25.82%) Decision-Making
4 850 (19.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 749 (17.00%) Analytics
6 703 (15.95%) AI
7 653 (14.82%) Agile
8 585 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
9 503 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 452 (10.26%) Validation
11 439 (9.96%) Customer Service
12 426 (9.67%) CRM
13 425 (9.64%) ERP
14 423 (9.60%) Mentoring
15 394 (8.94%) Actionable Insight
16 392 (8.89%) Data Analysis
17 377 (8.55%) ITIL
18 370 (8.40%) Project Delivery
19 356 (8.08%) Collaborative Working
20 355 (8.06%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 810 (18.38%) SQL
2 460 (10.44%) Python
3 157 (3.56%) JavaScript
4 134 (3.04%) Java
5 121 (2.75%) C#
6 104 (2.36%) PowerShell
7 76 (1.72%) C++
8 69 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 58 (1.32%) Bash
10 46 (1.04%) TypeScript
11 42 (0.95%) MATLAB
11 42 (0.95%) Shell Script
12 40 (0.91%) T-SQL
13 36 (0.82%) R
14 33 (0.75%) C
15 21 (0.48%) PL/SQL
16 20 (0.45%) PHP
16 20 (0.45%) VB.NET
17 17 (0.39%) Scala
18 16 (0.36%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 916 (20.79%) Degree
2 528 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 365 (8.28%) SC Cleared
4 174 (3.95%) ACCA
5 166 (3.77%) CIMA
6 123 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 118 (2.68%) DV Cleared
8 111 (2.52%) DBS Check
9 97 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 75 (1.70%) HND
11 69 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
12 65 (1.47%) CISSP
13 62 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 54 (1.23%) HNC
15 50 (1.13%) CISM
16 46 (1.04%) Azure Certification
16 46 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
17 39 (0.88%) CCNA
17 39 (0.88%) Master's Degree
18 34 (0.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 422 (9.58%) Data Quality
2 264 (5.99%) QA
3 213 (4.83%) GDPR
4 139 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 131 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 125 (2.84%) Accessibility
7 102 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 88 (2.00%) SLA
9 67 (1.52%) NIST
10 50 (1.13%) ISO 9001
11 42 (0.95%) PMO
12 37 (0.84%) GRC
13 30 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
14 28 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 26 (0.59%) DO-254
15 26 (0.59%) IFRS
16 21 (0.48%) ISO 14001
17 19 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 18 (0.41%) Good Clinical Practice
19 17 (0.39%) GMP
System Software
1 285 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 137 (3.11%) Docker
3 99 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.63%) Terminal Server
5 40 (0.91%) Firmware
6 38 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
7 14 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.16%) Ceph
11 6 (0.14%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.11%) vSphere
13 4 (0.091%) KVM
13 4 (0.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.068%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.023%) IAG
15 1 (0.023%) ISA Server
15 1 (0.023%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.023%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 49 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (0.88%) Ansible
4 30 (0.68%) Grafana
5 26 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.36%) Kibana
8 15 (0.34%) QRadar
9 12 (0.27%) Nmap
10 11 (0.25%) Podman
11 9 (0.20%) Functional Safety
12 8 (0.18%) logstash
13 7 (0.16%) Argo
13 7 (0.16%) Check_MK
13 7 (0.16%) Istio
14 6 (0.14%) Graylog
15 5 (0.11%) Nagios
16 4 (0.091%) FortiGate
16 4 (0.091%) McAfee ePO
16 4 (0.091%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1,164 (26.41%) Microsoft
2 301 (6.83%) Google
3 135 (3.06%) SAP
4 129 (2.93%) VMware
5 127 (2.88%) Splunk
6 115 (2.61%) Oracle
7 94 (2.13%) Salesforce
8 85 (1.93%) SolarWinds
9 79 (1.79%) Veeam
10 74 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 73 (1.66%) Brocade
11 73 (1.66%) Nimble Storage
12 72 (1.63%) Tanium
13 64 (1.45%) YouTube
14 62 (1.41%) Cisco
15 51 (1.16%) Databricks
16 42 (0.95%) HubSpot
17 39 (0.88%) Adobe
18 36 (0.82%) Workday
19 29 (0.66%) IBM