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

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	21	9	14
Rank change year-on-year	-12	+5	+8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	4,613	3,792	4,066
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	5.23%	11.14%	8.33%
As % of the General category	11.74%	17.07%	15.31%
Number of salaries quoted	2,527	1,523	1,517
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,550	£29,750
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,500	£38,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£77,500
UK median annual salary	£51,500	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+3.00%	-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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	39,299	22,218	26,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.55%	65.27%	54.39%
Number of salaries quoted	24,452	11,266	11,676
10^th Percentile	£28,618	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.00%	-0.99%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£59,430
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-11.66%	-0.95%

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 20 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 20 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	-15	1,193	£47,500	+5.56%	703
South East	-10	1,050	£48,000	+3.78%	774
Midlands	-9	820	£45,000	+4.85%	461
North West	-11	699	£46,500	+3.33%	372
South West	-7	650	£47,250	+5.00%	323
West Midlands	-15	432	£47,500	+5.56%	282
East Midlands	-5	386	£42,500	+13.33%	179
Yorkshire	-7	330	£47,000	+17.50%	230
East of England	-5	311	£47,500	+18.75%	321
Northern Ireland	+19	228	£45,000	-14.29%	121
Wales	-5	220	£45,000	-6.49%	105
North East	-22	173	£54,500	+36.25%	103
Scotland	-19	165	£52,845	+57.75%	245
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	6
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Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	51.4%	2,370
2	Continuous Improvement	33.2%	1,533
3	Microsoft	27.2%	1,256
4	Decision-Making	25.4%	1,172
5	Degree	21.1%	975
6	Stakeholder Management	20.2%	931
7	SQL	18.3%	842
8	AI	17.5%	805
9	Analytics	17.3%	800
10	Azure	15.6%	721
11	Agile	14.7%	676
12	Microsoft Excel	13.7%	632
13	Business Intelligence	13.4%	617
14	Security Cleared	12.4%	572
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.3%	520
16	Power Platform	11.1%	511
17	Python	10.7%	495
18	Validation	10.7%	492
19	Customer Service	10.2%	471
20	Power BI	9.9%	456
21	Mentoring	9.7%	448
22	Data Quality	9.7%	447
23	Actionable Insight	9.3%	429
24	CRM	9.2%	425
25	ERP	9.0%	417
26	Data Analysis	8.9%	411
27	SC Cleared	8.8%	404
28	AWS	8.5%	390
29	Process Improvement	8.3%	384
30	ITIL	8.3%	383

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.8%	2,389
2	Finance	27.6%	1,275
3	Marketing	11.4%	528
4	Organisational Skills	10.0%	462
5	Manufacturing	9.1%	418
6	Inclusion and Diversity	7.4%	341
7	Legal	6.8%	314
8	Retail	6.5%	300
9	Public Sector	6.3%	291
10	Influencing Skills	5.5%	252
11	Presentation Skills	5.1%	237
12	Law	4.8%	221
13	Aerospace	4.4%	201
14	Electronics	4.0%	183
15	Telecoms	2.7%	124
16	Documentation Skills	1.9%	87
17	Automotive	1.8%	83
18	Advertising	1.6%	74
19	Banking	1.4%	66
20	Military	1.3%	58