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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,223 3,280 4,361
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 6.55% 10.43% 8.57%
As % of the General category 12.36% 15.78% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,672 1,359 3,024
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £45,543
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +11.91% -4.12%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,500 £61,155
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £51,058 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.17% +4.76% -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 26,085 20,781 30,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.01% 66.05% 59.81%
Number of salaries quoted 13,612 8,701 21,974
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,845 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -9.84%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 +13 894 £50,000 - 579
North of England -18 835 £45,000 -14.29% 336
Midlands -12 590 £44,000 -8.33% 290
North West -18 420 £42,500 -19.05% 203
West Midlands -17 343 £52,500 +5.00% 185
South West -6 324 £45,000 -14.29% 155
Yorkshire -1 305 £45,000 -7.69% 99
East of England -17 262 £40,000 -21.52% 147
East Midlands +6 245 £39,750 -6.47% 105
Scotland -11 231 £40,000 -33.74% 68
North East -4 110 £40,000 +0.34% 38
Wales +22 71 £40,000 -18.54% 37
Northern Ireland -19 44 £52,500 -4.55% 17
Isle of Man -4 1 £62,500 +150.00% 4
Channel Islands -8 1 - - 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
1 162 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (1.71%) Confluence
3 45 (1.40%) SharePoint
4 25 (0.78%) CMS
5 18 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.43%) IIS
8 11 (0.34%) Apache
9 10 (0.31%) SAS
10 9 (0.28%) WordPress
11 6 (0.19%) nginx
12 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.093%) govService
14 2 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
14 2 (0.062%) JBoss
14 2 (0.062%) WinCC
15 1 (0.031%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.031%) BizTalk Server
15 1 (0.031%) Kinematics
15 1 (0.031%) OpenStack
Applications
1 546 (16.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 291 (9.03%) Chatbot
3 219 (6.79%) Microsoft Office
4 83 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 52 (1.61%) MS Visio
6 30 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 22 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
8 13 (0.40%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.31%) CATIA
10 8 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.062%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
11 2 (0.062%) Revit
11 2 (0.062%) Simulink
11 2 (0.062%) Trello
12 1 (0.031%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.031%) OrCAD
12 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.031%) Sketch
12 1 (0.031%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 81 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 50 (1.55%) SAP MDG
3 25 (0.78%) NetSuite
4 23 (0.71%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 22 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
6 20 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
6 20 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
7 17 (0.53%) SAP CO
8 15 (0.47%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 10 (0.31%) Sage X3
9 10 (0.31%) Shopify
10 9 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
11 8 (0.25%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
12 7 (0.22%) SAP ERP
13 6 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
14 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
14 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
14 5 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 515 (15.98%) Azure
2 391 (12.13%) Power Platform
3 251 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
4 189 (5.86%) AWS
5 134 (4.16%) SaaS
6 122 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
7 70 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
8 66 (2.05%) Entra ID
9 56 (1.74%) GitHub
10 54 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
11 52 (1.61%) Snowflake
12 45 (1.40%) GCP
13 39 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 38 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
15 37 (1.15%) dbt
16 34 (1.05%) Power Automate
17 32 (0.99%) Google Analytics
18 30 (0.93%) Serverless
19 28 (0.87%) OCI
20 27 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 164 (5.09%) DNS
2 141 (4.37%) DHCP
3 106 (3.29%) Firewall
4 50 (1.55%) VPN
5 48 (1.49%) WAN
5 48 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (1.37%) Wireless
7 43 (1.33%) LAN
8 36 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 34 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
10 33 (1.02%) VLAN
11 30 (0.93%) Network Security
11 30 (0.93%) Wireshark
12 26 (0.81%) VoIP
13 22 (0.68%) SD-WAN
14 19 (0.59%) Broadband
15 17 (0.53%) BGP
16 16 (0.50%) 5G
16 16 (0.50%) EIGRP
16 16 (0.50%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 357 (11.08%) Power BI
2 260 (8.07%) Tableau
3 176 (5.46%) Data Mining
4 121 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
5 116 (3.60%) SQL Server
6 75 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
7 58 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 51 (1.58%) Metadata
9 47 (1.46%) Relational Database
10 38 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 37 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 36 (1.12%) Looker
13 33 (1.02%) MySQL
14 32 (0.99%) Data Lake
15 28 (0.87%) GIS
16 27 (0.84%) Power Query
17 26 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
18 24 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 20 (0.62%) NoSQL
20 17 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 127 (3.94%) JIRA
2 58 (1.80%) Git
3 25 (0.78%) Selenium
4 17 (0.53%) GitLab
5 15 (0.47%) Robot Framework
6 13 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.40%) Snyk
7 12 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (0.34%) ERwin
9 10 (0.31%) ER Studio
10 8 (0.25%) LabVIEW
10 8 (0.25%) Postman
11 6 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
11 6 (0.19%) Subversion
11 6 (0.19%) TestRail
12 4 (0.12%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
12 4 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 1,628 (50.51%) Social Skills
2 943 (29.26%) Finance
3 234 (7.26%) Marketing
4 185 (5.74%) Retail
5 149 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
6 135 (4.19%) Legal
7 133 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 123 (3.82%) Public Sector
9 115 (3.57%) Law
10 111 (3.44%) Manufacturing
10 111 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
11 75 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
12 63 (1.95%) Banking
13 61 (1.89%) Telecoms
14 58 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
15 48 (1.49%) Electronics
16 42 (1.30%) Aerospace
17 36 (1.12%) Advertising
17 36 (1.12%) Automotive
18 35 (1.09%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 823 (25.54%) Analyst
2 321 (9.96%) Senior
3 291 (9.03%) Trainer
4 267 (8.28%) Data Analyst
5 239 (7.42%) Lead
6 156 (4.84%) Trainee
7 150 (4.65%) Developer
8 145 (4.50%) Trainee Analyst
8 145 (4.50%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 142 (4.41%) Architect
10 128 (3.97%) Support Analyst
11 127 (3.94%) IT Support
11 127 (3.94%) Systems Engineer
12 117 (3.63%) Business Analyst
13 82 (2.54%) Business Manager
14 81 (2.51%) Support Engineer
15 77 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
16 73 (2.26%) Financial Analyst
17 66 (2.05%) Report Analyst
17 66 (2.05%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (2.33%) HTML
2 72 (2.23%) CSS
3 56 (1.74%) React
4 42 (1.30%) .NET
5 38 (1.18%) JSON
6 34 (1.05%) REST
7 30 (0.93%) Node.js
8 28 (0.87%) XML
9 25 (0.78%) Middleware
10 24 (0.74%) SOAP
11 16 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
12 14 (0.43%) Bootstrap
12 14 (0.43%) React Native
13 13 (0.40%) Flash
14 12 (0.37%) PySpark
15 11 (0.34%) PyTorch
15 11 (0.34%) TensorFlow
16 10 (0.31%) EDI
17 9 (0.28%) OAuth
17 9 (0.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 328 (10.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 221 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
3 183 (5.68%) Onboarding
4 161 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 140 (4.34%) Legacy Systems
6 106 (3.29%) Product Ownership
7 80 (2.48%) Data Centre
8 55 (1.71%) Driving Licence
9 54 (1.68%) FMCG
10 52 (1.61%) Robotics
11 43 (1.33%) Cloud Native
12 40 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (1.15%) Data Structures
14 35 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 35 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
14 35 (1.09%) Social Media
15 33 (1.02%) Low-Code
16 29 (0.90%) Virtual Team
17 27 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 23 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 289 (8.97%) Windows
2 188 (5.83%) Linux
3 167 (5.18%) Windows Server
4 116 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.56%) Unix
6 15 (0.47%) Android
7 13 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.22%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.12%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.12%) VMS
10 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.093%) CentOS
11 3 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.031%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.031%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.031%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,414 (43.87%) Problem-Solving
2 765 (23.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 689 (21.38%) AI
4 656 (20.35%) Analytics
5 586 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 553 (17.16%) Project Management
7 467 (14.49%) Agile
8 446 (13.84%) Business Intelligence
9 375 (11.64%) Data Analysis
10 363 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 349 (10.83%) Customer Service
12 295 (9.15%) ERP
13 294 (9.12%) Chemistry
14 291 (9.03%) Conversational UI
15 275 (8.53%) Customer Experience
16 262 (8.13%) Process Improvement
17 244 (7.57%) Migration
18 242 (7.51%) Analytical Thinking
19 240 (7.45%) Business Analysis
20 239 (7.42%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 693 (21.50%) SQL
2 469 (14.55%) Python
3 86 (2.67%) JavaScript
4 83 (2.58%) C#
5 74 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 67 (2.08%) Java
7 62 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 41 (1.27%) T-SQL
9 36 (1.12%) VBA
10 35 (1.09%) R
11 31 (0.96%) C++
12 25 (0.78%) Bash
13 18 (0.56%) MATLAB
14 17 (0.53%) C
15 11 (0.34%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.34%) Scala
16 9 (0.28%) TypeScript
17 8 (0.25%) Go
17 8 (0.25%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 932 (28.92%) Degree
2 349 (10.83%) Master's Degree
3 309 (9.59%) Security Cleared
4 295 (9.15%) PhD
5 246 (7.63%) SC Cleared
6 132 (4.10%) ACCA
7 122 (3.79%) CIMA
8 69 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 67 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 59 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 56 (1.74%) PMI Certification
12 47 (1.46%) PMP
13 45 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
14 44 (1.37%) DV Cleared
15 38 (1.18%) CISSP
16 33 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
17 30 (0.93%) CISM
18 26 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
19 25 (0.78%) AAT
20 24 (0.74%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 158 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 136 (4.22%) QA
4 134 (4.16%) PCI DSS
5 130 (4.03%) GDPR
6 113 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 76 (2.36%) NIST
8 57 (1.77%) PMO
9 41 (1.27%) Accessibility
10 36 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 19 (0.59%) GRC
11 19 (0.59%) SLA
12 18 (0.56%) ISO 9001
13 15 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.40%) GMP
15 12 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.37%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.31%) NCSC
17 8 (0.25%) IEC 61131
17 8 (0.25%) IFRS
System Software
1 231 (7.17%) Active Directory
2 131 (4.06%) Hyper-V
3 112 (3.48%) Terminal Server
4 25 (0.78%) Docker
5 23 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.34%) vSphere
7 8 (0.25%) Firmware
8 6 (0.19%) ProxySG
8 6 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.093%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.093%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.062%) XenApp
12 1 (0.031%) KVM
Systems Management
1 67 (2.08%) Terraform
2 37 (1.15%) Ansible
3 27 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 23 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.28%) Grafana
7 5 (0.16%) Control-M
7 5 (0.16%) Nagios
7 5 (0.16%) SCCM
8 4 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.12%) Backup Exec
8 4 (0.12%) CASB
8 4 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 4 (0.12%) Nessus
8 4 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.12%) QRadar
8 4 (0.12%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.12%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.062%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.062%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 835 (25.91%) Microsoft
2 291 (9.03%) PayPal
3 204 (6.33%) SAP
4 140 (4.34%) SolarWinds
5 137 (4.25%) VMware
6 129 (4.00%) Splunk
7 117 (3.63%) Veeam
8 113 (3.51%) Oracle
8 113 (3.51%) Tanium
9 112 (3.48%) Brocade
9 112 (3.48%) Nimble Storage
10 79 (2.45%) Salesforce
11 65 (2.02%) Google
12 56 (1.74%) Cisco
12 56 (1.74%) ServiceNow
13 33 (1.02%) Databricks
13 33 (1.02%) Workday
14 28 (0.87%) Ariba
15 23 (0.71%) OpenText
16 22 (0.68%) Adobe