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 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 12 18
Rank change year-on-year -23 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,036 2,822 5,590
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.05% 10.93% 8.57%
As % of the General category 10.19% 16.12% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,881 1,428 3,573
10th Percentile £30,165 £30,175 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,890 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +13.09% -4.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% -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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29,794 17,506 38,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.57% 67.81% 58.39%
Number of salaries quoted 15,631 9,276 26,032
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,967 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +7.30% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,772
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -23 827 £45,497 -9.01% 400
South East -1 811 £50,000 -4.76% 595
Midlands -21 569 £47,500 -1.04% 298
North West -20 469 £45,000 -10.10% 220
West Midlands -22 345 £51,250 +2.50% 175
South West -21 273 £50,000 -2.76% 178
Yorkshire -10 266 £51,750 +15.00% 136
East of England -33 258 £43,500 -14.65% 161
East Midlands -10 222 £43,500 -3.33% 123
Scotland -17 177 £40,000 -23.81% 92
North East -15 92 £50,000 +29.87% 50
Wales +6 83 £42,500 -15.21% 59
Northern Ireland -19 49 £40,000 -27.27% 22
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +68.92%
Channel Islands -7 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
1 137 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.45%) Confluence
4 32 (1.05%) CMS
5 28 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.56%) IIS
7 14 (0.46%) Apache
8 11 (0.36%) WordPress
9 9 (0.30%) SAS
10 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.13%) nginx
11 3 (0.099%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.099%) govService
11 3 (0.099%) JBoss
12 1 (0.033%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.033%) Appian
12 1 (0.033%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 504 (16.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 204 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 63 (2.08%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.33%) CATIA
9 5 (0.16%) Trello
10 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.066%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.066%) Revit
11 2 (0.066%) Simulink
12 1 (0.033%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.033%) Lectora
12 1 (0.033%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.033%) Sketch
12 1 (0.033%) SmartSuite
12 1 (0.033%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 41 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (1.12%) NetSuite
3 31 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
4 25 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 16 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 15 (0.49%) SAP PM
7 10 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.33%) Sage X3
7 10 (0.33%) SAP ERP
8 9 (0.30%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.23%) Magento
9 7 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
11 4 (0.13%) Markit EDM
11 4 (0.13%) SAP GTS
11 4 (0.13%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 509 (16.77%) Azure
2 418 (13.77%) Power Platform
3 242 (7.97%) AWS
4 240 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
5 130 (4.28%) SaaS
6 119 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 74 (2.44%) GCP
9 69 (2.27%) GitHub
10 65 (2.14%) Entra ID
11 61 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 52 (1.71%) Power Automate
13 48 (1.58%) dbt
13 48 (1.58%) Snowflake
14 45 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 42 (1.38%) Google Analytics
15 42 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
16 37 (1.22%) Amazon S3
17 35 (1.15%) Serverless
18 34 (1.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 127 (4.18%) DNS
2 111 (3.66%) Firewall
3 105 (3.46%) DHCP
4 65 (2.14%) VPN
5 56 (1.84%) WAN
6 50 (1.65%) Wireless
7 46 (1.52%) LAN
8 39 (1.28%) TCP/IP
9 38 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (1.12%) Network Security
11 31 (1.02%) VLAN
12 29 (0.96%) Wireshark
13 24 (0.79%) SD-WAN
14 23 (0.76%) BGP
15 22 (0.72%) Broadband
15 22 (0.72%) SAN
16 19 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
17 18 (0.59%) EIGRP
17 18 (0.59%) OSPF
17 18 (0.59%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 386 (12.71%) Power BI
2 271 (8.93%) Tableau
3 154 (5.07%) Data Mining
4 126 (4.15%) SQL Server
5 84 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
6 78 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
7 66 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 50 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 46 (1.52%) Metadata
10 41 (1.35%) Looker
11 40 (1.32%) MySQL
12 39 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
13 37 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 33 (1.09%) Power Query
15 32 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 31 (1.02%) Data Lake
17 29 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
18 25 (0.82%) GIS
19 23 (0.76%) NoSQL
20 17 (0.56%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 121 (3.99%) JIRA
2 71 (2.34%) Git
3 28 (0.92%) GitLab
4 22 (0.72%) Selenium
5 21 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.36%) MLflow
8 10 (0.33%) Robot Framework
9 9 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.26%) LabVIEW
10 8 (0.26%) Snyk
11 6 (0.20%) Postman
11 6 (0.20%) Subversion
11 6 (0.20%) TestRail
12 5 (0.16%) ERwin
12 5 (0.16%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.16%) Maven
12 5 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 1,526 (50.26%) Social Skills
2 965 (31.79%) Finance
3 246 (8.10%) Marketing
4 162 (5.34%) Retail
5 148 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 146 (4.81%) Public Sector
7 144 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
8 131 (4.31%) Legal
8 131 (4.31%) Manufacturing
9 130 (4.28%) Law
10 108 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
11 89 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
12 86 (2.83%) Telecoms
13 66 (2.17%) Banking
14 54 (1.78%) Electronics
15 51 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
16 42 (1.38%) Aerospace
17 40 (1.32%) Military
18 35 (1.15%) Advertising
19 34 (1.12%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 883 (29.08%) Analyst
2 342 (11.26%) Senior
3 262 (8.63%) Data Analyst
4 182 (5.99%) Lead
5 156 (5.14%) Developer
6 147 (4.84%) Business Analyst
7 133 (4.38%) Trainee
8 128 (4.22%) Trainee Analyst
8 128 (4.22%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 126 (4.15%) Support Analyst
10 125 (4.12%) Systems Engineer
11 107 (3.52%) Architect
12 100 (3.29%) IT Support
13 86 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
14 81 (2.67%) Support Engineer
15 77 (2.54%) Financial Analyst
16 73 (2.40%) Senior Manager
17 71 (2.34%) Consultant
17 71 (2.34%) Systems Manager
18 68 (2.24%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (2.77%) HTML
2 73 (2.40%) CSS
3 60 (1.98%) React
4 57 (1.88%) .NET
5 46 (1.52%) JSON
6 45 (1.48%) REST
7 37 (1.22%) XML
8 36 (1.19%) Middleware
8 36 (1.19%) Node.js
9 29 (0.96%) SOAP
10 26 (0.86%) PyTorch
11 22 (0.72%) scikit-learn
12 20 (0.66%) TensorFlow
13 19 (0.63%) Pandas
14 18 (0.59%) PySpark
15 17 (0.56%) React Native
16 16 (0.53%) Bootstrap
17 15 (0.49%) OAuth
18 13 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
19 11 (0.36%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 352 (11.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 175 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
3 148 (4.87%) Management Information System
4 134 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 108 (3.56%) Product Ownership
6 97 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
7 64 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 55 (1.81%) Driving Licence
9 50 (1.65%) Cloud Native
10 37 (1.22%) Algorithms
11 35 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (1.12%) Data Structures
12 34 (1.12%) Low-Code
12 34 (1.12%) Security Posture
13 33 (1.09%) Social Media
14 31 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
15 30 (0.99%) Robotics
16 29 (0.96%) Virtual Team
17 27 (0.89%) FMCG
17 27 (0.89%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 256 (8.43%) Windows
2 146 (4.81%) Linux
3 140 (4.61%) Windows Server
4 78 (2.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 22 (0.72%) Unix
6 17 (0.56%) Android
7 14 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.13%) CentOS
11 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.066%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.033%) Debian
14 1 (0.033%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.033%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,397 (46.01%) Problem-Solving
2 846 (27.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 687 (22.63%) Analytics
4 660 (21.74%) Decision-Making
5 466 (15.35%) Agile
6 461 (15.18%) Business Intelligence
7 401 (13.21%) Project Management
8 395 (13.01%) AI
9 376 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 356 (11.73%) Data Analysis
11 299 (9.85%) Actionable Insight
12 273 (8.99%) Customer Experience
12 273 (8.99%) ERP
13 265 (8.73%) Customer Service
14 245 (8.07%) Process Improvement
15 243 (8.00%) Business Analysis
16 239 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 226 (7.44%) Mentoring
17 226 (7.44%) Visualisation
18 225 (7.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 685 (22.56%) SQL
2 499 (16.44%) Python
3 105 (3.46%) JavaScript
4 92 (3.03%) PowerShell
5 83 (2.73%) Java
6 82 (2.70%) C#
7 75 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 45 (1.48%) T-SQL
9 40 (1.32%) R
10 38 (1.25%) VBA
11 30 (0.99%) Bash
12 25 (0.82%) C++
13 23 (0.76%) MATLAB
14 12 (0.40%) C
14 12 (0.40%) Go
14 12 (0.40%) TypeScript
15 11 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.30%) PHP
17 9 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 581 (19.14%) Degree
2 263 (8.66%) Security Cleared
3 191 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 168 (5.53%) ACCA
5 157 (5.17%) CIMA
6 112 (3.69%) DBS Check
7 70 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 67 (2.21%) PMI Certification
9 66 (2.17%) IRCA
10 65 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 57 (1.88%) Master's Degree
12 56 (1.84%) PMP
13 54 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
14 50 (1.65%) DV Cleared
15 49 (1.61%) CISSP
16 41 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
17 36 (1.19%) CISM
18 27 (0.89%) CCNA
19 26 (0.86%) AAT
19 26 (0.86%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 269 (8.86%) Data Quality
2 217 (7.15%) GDPR
3 170 (5.60%) QA
4 135 (4.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 123 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 104 (3.43%) NIST
7 101 (3.33%) PCI DSS
8 83 (2.73%) ISO 9001
9 58 (1.91%) PMO
10 46 (1.52%) SLA
11 43 (1.42%) Accessibility
12 42 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 29 (0.96%) GRC
14 21 (0.69%) SOC 2
15 18 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 17 (0.56%) GMP
17 14 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 12 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 12 (0.40%) NCSC
19 11 (0.36%) TickIT
System Software
1 203 (6.69%) Active Directory
2 85 (2.80%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.37%) Terminal Server
4 39 (1.28%) Docker
5 34 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.30%) vSphere
7 8 (0.26%) ProxySG
7 8 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.13%) XenApp
10 3 (0.099%) Firmware
10 3 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.033%) KVM
12 1 (0.033%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 81 (2.67%) Terraform
2 43 (1.42%) Ansible
3 39 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 25 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.59%) Grafana
6 10 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.20%) Nagios
7 6 (0.20%) SCCM
8 5 (0.16%) Control-M
8 5 (0.16%) QRadar
9 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.13%) CASB
9 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.13%) Kibana
9 4 (0.13%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
9 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.099%) Nessus
Vendors
1 797 (26.25%) Microsoft
2 139 (4.58%) SAP
3 107 (3.52%) VMware
4 103 (3.39%) Oracle
5 98 (3.23%) SolarWinds
6 92 (3.03%) Splunk
7 90 (2.96%) Google
8 78 (2.57%) Salesforce
9 77 (2.54%) Veeam
10 73 (2.40%) Tanium
11 72 (2.37%) Brocade
11 72 (2.37%) Nimble Storage
12 61 (2.01%) Databricks
13 60 (1.98%) Workday
14 58 (1.91%) ServiceNow
15 45 (1.48%) Cisco
16 29 (0.96%) IBM
17 27 (0.89%) Dell
18 22 (0.72%) Adobe
19 20 (0.66%) Red Hat