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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,283 3,948 6,257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.57% 11.68% 8.84%
As % of the General category 10.26% 17.40% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,185 1,488 3,254
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,938 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +2.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% +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 31,993 22,693 38,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.50% 67.16% 54.82%
Number of salaries quoted 19,687 10,863 24,279
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £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 18 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 18 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 -18 971 £48,000 +6.67% 362
South East -9 821 £50,000 -5.62% 449
Midlands -9 589 £47,500 - 213
North West -18 579 £47,500 - 199
South West -22 419 £45,000 -8.63% 167
West Midlands -18 319 £49,000 +3.16% 119
Yorkshire -12 287 £48,445 +8.38% 119
East Midlands -3 269 £45,000 -5.26% 92
East of England -22 237 £45,025 -3.88% 135
Scotland -36 106 £44,000 -0.56% 58
North East -26 105 £55,000 +37.50% 48
Wales -15 99 £53,171 -3.33% 24
Northern Ireland -38 52 £41,250 -25.00% 18
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
1 170 (5.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.16%) Confluence
4 28 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 28 (0.85%) CMS
5 27 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
6 26 (0.79%) Apache
7 21 (0.64%) IIS
8 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.27%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.27%) WordPress
9 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.091%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.091%) JBoss
11 1 (0.030%) Moodle
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.030%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.030%) Umbraco
Applications
1 414 (12.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (1.64%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.27%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.091%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.091%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.091%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.091%) Simulink
9 3 (0.091%) Trello
10 2 (0.061%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.061%) Lectora
10 2 (0.061%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (0.76%) NetSuite
4 21 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
5 19 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 19 (0.58%) SAP PM
6 14 (0.43%) SAP ERP
7 9 (0.27%) Magento
8 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.21%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
9 5 (0.15%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.15%) SAP GTS
9 5 (0.15%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
10 4 (0.12%) JDE OneWorld
10 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 573 (17.45%) Azure
2 420 (12.79%) Power Platform
3 303 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
4 273 (8.32%) AWS
5 137 (4.17%) SaaS
6 122 (3.72%) GCP
7 90 (2.74%) Entra ID
8 85 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
10 60 (1.83%) Google Analytics
11 50 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
12 49 (1.49%) GitHub
13 47 (1.43%) PowerApps
14 39 (1.19%) Power Automate
15 36 (1.10%) Amazon S3
16 32 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
17 30 (0.91%) dbt
18 29 (0.88%) Snowflake
19 27 (0.82%) Serverless
20 25 (0.76%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 148 (4.51%) DNS
2 124 (3.78%) Firewall
3 118 (3.59%) DHCP
4 80 (2.44%) VPN
5 59 (1.80%) TCP/IP
5 59 (1.80%) WAN
6 51 (1.55%) LAN
7 43 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (1.19%) Broadband
9 38 (1.16%) Wireless
10 25 (0.76%) Network Security
11 24 (0.73%) HTTP
12 20 (0.61%) BGP
12 20 (0.61%) SD-WAN
13 19 (0.58%) SAN
13 19 (0.58%) VoIP
14 17 (0.52%) VLAN
15 16 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (0.46%) Wireshark
17 14 (0.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (11.42%) Power BI
2 186 (5.67%) Tableau
3 107 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 103 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
5 93 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
6 62 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.80%) Data Mining
8 47 (1.43%) Power Query
9 44 (1.34%) MySQL
10 40 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 38 (1.16%) Looker
11 38 (1.16%) Metadata
12 36 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
13 35 (1.07%) Relational Database
14 31 (0.94%) Data Lake
15 27 (0.82%) Big Data
16 25 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (0.61%) BigQuery
18 16 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
18 16 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 117 (3.56%) JIRA
2 82 (2.50%) Git
3 41 (1.25%) GitLab
4 36 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
5 24 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.43%) Selenium
8 12 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.37%) Eclipse
9 11 (0.34%) MLflow
9 11 (0.34%) Postman
10 9 (0.27%) JMeter
10 9 (0.27%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.24%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.21%) Moq
12 7 (0.21%) Subversion
13 6 (0.18%) ERwin
13 6 (0.18%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 1,601 (48.77%) Social Skills
2 958 (29.18%) Finance
3 279 (8.50%) Marketing
4 220 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
5 206 (6.27%) Retail
6 187 (5.70%) Public Sector
7 181 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 180 (5.48%) Manufacturing
9 179 (5.45%) Legal
10 153 (4.66%) Law
11 146 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
12 107 (3.26%) Telecoms
13 82 (2.50%) Aerospace
14 77 (2.35%) Electronics
15 62 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
16 60 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
17 50 (1.52%) Military
18 48 (1.46%) Banking
19 47 (1.43%) Advertising
20 35 (1.07%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 856 (26.07%) Analyst
2 327 (9.96%) Senior
3 234 (7.13%) Lead
4 223 (6.79%) Data Analyst
5 185 (5.64%) Systems Engineer
6 163 (4.96%) Developer
7 160 (4.87%) Business Analyst
8 110 (3.35%) Support Engineer
9 107 (3.26%) Support Analyst
10 102 (3.11%) Architect
11 97 (2.95%) Consultant
12 95 (2.89%) IT Support
13 91 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
14 85 (2.59%) Data Engineer
15 84 (2.56%) Systems Analyst
16 77 (2.35%) Accountant
17 70 (2.13%) IT Engineer
18 66 (2.01%) Head of QA
18 66 (2.01%) IT Manager
19 65 (1.98%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (2.25%) .NET
2 67 (2.04%) HTML
3 65 (1.98%) Middleware
4 64 (1.95%) REST
5 61 (1.86%) XML
6 59 (1.80%) CSS
7 58 (1.77%) JSON
8 43 (1.31%) React
9 37 (1.13%) SOAP
10 31 (0.94%) RESTful
11 30 (0.91%) PyTorch
12 29 (0.88%) Node.js
13 26 (0.79%) Kafka
14 25 (0.76%) TensorFlow
15 24 (0.73%) PySpark
16 23 (0.70%) EDI
17 21 (0.64%) scikit-learn
18 17 (0.52%) OAuth
18 17 (0.52%) Pandas
18 17 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 394 (12.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 178 (5.42%) Management Information System
3 130 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 126 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
5 124 (3.78%) Onboarding
6 117 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
7 93 (2.83%) Driving Licence
8 60 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 56 (1.71%) Cloud Native
10 52 (1.58%) Virtual Team
11 49 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
12 45 (1.37%) Security Posture
13 36 (1.10%) Algorithms
14 35 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 35 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
15 34 (1.04%) Social Media
16 33 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
17 27 (0.82%) Cyber Defence
17 27 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
17 27 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 307 (9.35%) Windows
2 189 (5.76%) Linux
3 181 (5.51%) Windows Server
4 101 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 18 (0.55%) Android
6 18 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (0.52%) Unix
8 15 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.34%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.27%) CentOS
12 8 (0.24%) VMS
13 6 (0.18%) Debian
14 5 (0.15%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.030%) AIX
15 1 (0.030%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.030%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,546 (47.09%) Problem-Solving
2 952 (29.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 764 (23.27%) Decision-Making
4 665 (20.26%) Analytics
5 459 (13.98%) Agile
6 450 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 426 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
8 386 (11.76%) AI
9 343 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 339 (10.33%) Actionable Insight
11 306 (9.32%) Customer Experience
12 302 (9.20%) Customer Service
13 295 (8.99%) ERP
14 293 (8.92%) Data Analysis
15 289 (8.80%) Project Management
16 286 (8.71%) Cybersecurity
17 268 (8.16%) CRM
18 263 (8.01%) Mentoring
19 260 (7.92%) Roadmaps
20 257 (7.83%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 673 (20.50%) SQL
2 490 (14.93%) Python
3 112 (3.41%) JavaScript
4 105 (3.20%) Java
5 99 (3.02%) C#
6 98 (2.99%) PowerShell
7 60 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 54 (1.64%) C++
9 48 (1.46%) Bash
10 47 (1.43%) T-SQL
11 41 (1.25%) R
12 34 (1.04%) MATLAB
13 22 (0.67%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.64%) PHP
15 19 (0.58%) C
15 19 (0.58%) VBA
16 18 (0.55%) Go
17 14 (0.43%) PL/SQL
18 13 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
18 13 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 553 (16.84%) Degree
2 351 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 253 (7.71%) SC Cleared
4 159 (4.84%) ACCA
5 153 (4.66%) CIMA
6 131 (3.99%) DBS Check
7 84 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 70 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.01%) IRCA
10 64 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
11 53 (1.61%) DV Cleared
12 51 (1.55%) CISSP
13 50 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 43 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.13%) CISM
16 34 (1.04%) CCNA
17 31 (0.94%) Master's Degree
18 26 (0.79%) HNC
19 25 (0.76%) AAT
20 24 (0.73%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 317 (9.66%) Data Quality
2 252 (7.68%) GDPR
3 228 (6.94%) QA
4 169 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 159 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 128 (3.90%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.47%) ISO 9001
8 95 (2.89%) NIST
9 93 (2.83%) SLA
10 77 (2.35%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.40%) GRC
12 38 (1.16%) PMO
13 30 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.70%) ISO 14001
16 20 (0.61%) GMP
16 20 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 18 (0.55%) SOC 2
18 17 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.52%) TickIT
System Software
1 241 (7.34%) Active Directory
2 100 (3.05%) Hyper-V
3 88 (2.68%) Terminal Server
4 72 (2.19%) Docker
5 33 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.27%) vSphere
8 6 (0.18%) Firmware
9 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.12%) XenApp
10 3 (0.091%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.091%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.030%) KVM
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.030%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 67 (2.04%) Terraform
2 53 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.10%) Ansible
5 27 (0.82%) Grafana
6 14 (0.43%) Kibana
6 14 (0.43%) QRadar
7 12 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.24%) Nagios
9 7 (0.21%) logstash
10 6 (0.18%) Graylog
10 6 (0.18%) Nmap
11 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.15%) Podman
11 5 (0.15%) SCCM
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
12 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 800 (24.37%) Microsoft
2 145 (4.42%) Google
3 129 (3.93%) Splunk
4 128 (3.90%) VMware
5 123 (3.75%) SAP
6 106 (3.23%) SolarWinds
7 98 (2.99%) Veeam
8 89 (2.71%) Nimble Storage
9 88 (2.68%) Brocade
9 88 (2.68%) Salesforce
9 88 (2.68%) Tanium
10 72 (2.19%) Oracle
11 68 (2.07%) Workday
12 54 (1.64%) Cisco
12 54 (1.64%) Databricks
13 44 (1.34%) ServiceNow
14 37 (1.13%) IBM
15 31 (0.94%) Adobe
16 28 (0.85%) HubSpot
17 27 (0.82%) Red Hat