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 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -20 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 2,991 3,540 6,234
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.45% 12.50% 8.79%
As % of the General category 9.53% 17.38% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,993 1,288 3,590
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £59,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,875 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,150 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.55% +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 31,371 20,367 40,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.72% 71.95% 56.85%
Number of salaries quoted 17,292 8,909 26,628
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -29 922 £48,000 -4.00% 403
South East -4 759 £50,000 -8.26% 499
Midlands -22 556 £48,000 - 266
North West -29 537 £46,500 -7.00% 238
West Midlands -27 324 £51,250 +6.77% 162
Yorkshire -13 294 £52,500 +16.67% 122
South West -26 294 £50,000 -1.21% 164
East of England -22 236 £45,000 -11.71% 151
East Midlands +3 230 £45,000 -6.25% 104
Scotland -30 117 £40,000 -17.54% 73
North East -27 91 £48,445 +25.83% 52
Wales 0 81 £47,105 -10.28% 35
Northern Ireland -26 39 £52,500 -4.55% 48
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
1 127 (4.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 29 (0.97%) Confluence
5 28 (0.94%) CMS
6 20 (0.67%) IIS
7 19 (0.64%) Apache
8 9 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.30%) WordPress
9 6 (0.20%) SAS
10 4 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.13%) nginx
11 3 (0.10%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.10%) govService
11 3 (0.10%) JBoss
12 1 (0.033%) Moodle
12 1 (0.033%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.033%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
Applications
1 411 (13.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 147 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (2.11%) MS Visio
4 46 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.33%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.10%) Trello
10 2 (0.067%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.067%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.067%) Lectora
10 2 (0.067%) Simulink
10 2 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.033%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 45 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 15 (0.50%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.47%) SAP CO
5 14 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.23%) Magento
6 7 (0.23%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 6 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
8 5 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.17%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.13%) JDE World
9 4 (0.13%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 488 (16.32%) Azure
2 412 (13.77%) Power Platform
3 260 (8.69%) AWS
4 246 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
5 115 (3.84%) SaaS
6 91 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (2.81%) GCP
8 75 (2.51%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
10 60 (2.01%) GitHub
11 49 (1.64%) Google Analytics
11 49 (1.64%) Power Automate
12 47 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
13 41 (1.37%) Amazon S3
13 41 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 39 (1.30%) Snowflake
15 38 (1.27%) dbt
16 37 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
17 35 (1.17%) Serverless
18 27 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 127 (4.25%) Firewall
2 110 (3.68%) DNS
3 82 (2.74%) DHCP
4 75 (2.51%) VPN
5 62 (2.07%) WAN
6 45 (1.50%) LAN
7 42 (1.40%) Wireless
8 41 (1.37%) TCP/IP
9 34 (1.14%) Broadband
9 34 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (1.07%) Network Security
11 26 (0.87%) VLAN
12 25 (0.84%) BGP
12 25 (0.84%) SD-WAN
13 24 (0.80%) Wireshark
14 23 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
14 23 (0.77%) SAN
15 16 (0.53%) EIGRP
15 16 (0.53%) HTTP
15 16 (0.53%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 372 (12.44%) Power BI
2 230 (7.69%) Tableau
3 108 (3.61%) Data Mining
4 96 (3.21%) SQL Server
5 74 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
6 70 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
7 59 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 41 (1.37%) Power Query
9 38 (1.27%) Metadata
10 37 (1.24%) Looker
11 35 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 33 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 32 (1.07%) MySQL
14 31 (1.04%) Data Lake
14 31 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
15 30 (1.00%) Relational Database
16 25 (0.84%) Big Data
17 24 (0.80%) NoSQL
18 17 (0.57%) BigQuery
18 17 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 99 (3.31%) JIRA
2 66 (2.21%) Git
3 32 (1.07%) GitLab
4 30 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
5 16 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.43%) Selenium
7 11 (0.37%) MLflow
8 10 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.27%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.23%) Moq
11 7 (0.23%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.20%) Subversion
13 5 (0.17%) ERwin
13 5 (0.17%) JMeter
13 5 (0.17%) Maven
13 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.17%) Postman
13 5 (0.17%) Toad
14 4 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 1,366 (45.67%) Social Skills
2 918 (30.69%) Finance
3 261 (8.73%) Marketing
4 182 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (5.55%) Public Sector
6 146 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 145 (4.85%) Manufacturing
7 145 (4.85%) Retail
8 137 (4.58%) Law
9 133 (4.45%) Legal
10 112 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
11 87 (2.91%) Telecoms
12 74 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
13 71 (2.37%) Electronics
14 66 (2.21%) Aerospace
15 65 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
16 41 (1.37%) Banking
17 40 (1.34%) Games
17 40 (1.34%) Military
18 33 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 840 (28.08%) Analyst
2 333 (11.13%) Senior
3 241 (8.06%) Data Analyst
4 200 (6.69%) Lead
5 164 (5.48%) Business Analyst
6 157 (5.25%) Developer
7 137 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
8 118 (3.95%) Architect
9 91 (3.04%) Trainee
10 89 (2.98%) Trainee Analyst
10 89 (2.98%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 87 (2.91%) Support Analyst
12 85 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
13 80 (2.67%) Support Engineer
14 79 (2.64%) Consultant
15 76 (2.54%) IT Support
16 75 (2.51%) Systems Analyst
17 67 (2.24%) Senior Manager
18 66 (2.21%) Head of QA
19 64 (2.14%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (2.61%) HTML
2 70 (2.34%) CSS
3 61 (2.04%) .NET
3 61 (2.04%) REST
4 60 (2.01%) Middleware
5 55 (1.84%) JSON
6 53 (1.77%) XML
7 52 (1.74%) React
8 40 (1.34%) SOAP
9 37 (1.24%) Node.js
10 29 (0.97%) PyTorch
11 23 (0.77%) TensorFlow
12 21 (0.70%) scikit-learn
13 20 (0.67%) PySpark
14 19 (0.64%) EDI
15 17 (0.57%) OAuth
15 17 (0.57%) Pandas
16 16 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
16 16 (0.53%) React Native
17 14 (0.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 362 (12.10%) Analytical Mindset
2 143 (4.78%) Management Information System
3 114 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 113 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
5 111 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 77 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 74 (2.47%) Data Centre
8 64 (2.14%) Driving Licence
9 44 (1.47%) Cloud Native
10 36 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 35 (1.17%) Low-Code
12 34 (1.14%) FMCG
13 33 (1.10%) Data Structures
14 32 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
14 32 (1.07%) Security Posture
14 32 (1.07%) Virtual Team
15 29 (0.97%) Social Media
16 28 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
17 26 (0.87%) Mobile App
18 25 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 240 (8.02%) Windows
2 138 (4.61%) Windows Server
3 132 (4.41%) Linux
4 68 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (0.64%) Unix
6 15 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.47%) Android
8 12 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.30%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.27%) CentOS
11 8 (0.27%) VMS
12 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
14 3 (0.10%) Debian
14 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.033%) AIX
15 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.033%) Solaris
15 1 (0.033%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,369 (45.77%) Problem-Solving
2 807 (26.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 639 (21.36%) Decision-Making
4 630 (21.06%) Analytics
5 447 (14.94%) Agile
6 425 (14.21%) Business Intelligence
7 370 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
8 334 (11.17%) AI
9 310 (10.36%) Project Management
10 297 (9.93%) Actionable Insight
11 284 (9.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 282 (9.43%) Data Analysis
13 259 (8.66%) ERP
14 247 (8.26%) Cybersecurity
15 246 (8.22%) Customer Service
16 240 (8.02%) CRM
17 235 (7.86%) Mentoring
18 232 (7.76%) Data Modelling
19 229 (7.66%) Customer Experience
20 228 (7.62%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 656 (21.93%) SQL
2 507 (16.95%) Python
3 101 (3.38%) JavaScript
3 101 (3.38%) PowerShell
4 94 (3.14%) Java
5 86 (2.88%) C#
6 61 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 43 (1.44%) R
8 42 (1.40%) C++
8 42 (1.40%) T-SQL
9 40 (1.34%) Bash
10 37 (1.24%) VBA
11 32 (1.07%) MATLAB
12 18 (0.60%) PHP
13 15 (0.50%) Go
14 14 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.40%) C
15 12 (0.40%) Scala
15 12 (0.40%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 520 (17.39%) Degree
2 251 (8.39%) Security Cleared
3 176 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 143 (4.78%) ACCA
5 137 (4.58%) CIMA
6 133 (4.45%) DBS Check
7 71 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 69 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (2.21%) IRCA
10 64 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
11 56 (1.87%) PMI Certification
12 48 (1.60%) PMP
13 47 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
14 46 (1.54%) CISSP
14 46 (1.54%) DV Cleared
15 37 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
16 34 (1.14%) CISM
17 32 (1.07%) CCNA
18 28 (0.94%) CCNP
19 27 (0.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 298 (9.96%) Data Quality
2 234 (7.82%) GDPR
3 177 (5.92%) QA
4 147 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 114 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 109 (3.64%) NIST
7 99 (3.31%) ISO 9001
8 95 (3.18%) PCI DSS
9 70 (2.34%) SLA
10 48 (1.60%) Accessibility
11 42 (1.40%) PMO
12 41 (1.37%) GRC
13 36 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 19 (0.64%) SOC 2
15 17 (0.57%) GMP
15 17 (0.57%) TickIT
16 16 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 15 (0.50%) ISO 14001
17 15 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 14 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 182 (6.08%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.21%) Hyper-V
3 56 (1.87%) Terminal Server
4 47 (1.57%) Docker
5 30 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.33%) vSphere
8 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.27%) ProxySG
9 8 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.13%) Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.10%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.033%) KVM
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.033%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 64 (2.14%) Terraform
2 42 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.24%) Ansible
4 27 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.57%) Grafana
6 11 (0.37%) QRadar
7 10 (0.33%) Kibana
8 8 (0.27%) Nagios
8 8 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.20%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.17%) Graylog
11 5 (0.17%) logstash
12 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.13%) CASB
12 4 (0.13%) Control-M
12 4 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.13%) SCCM
12 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 730 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 132 (4.41%) SAP
3 112 (3.74%) Google
4 97 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 91 (3.04%) VMware
6 86 (2.88%) Splunk
7 82 (2.74%) Oracle
8 81 (2.71%) SolarWinds
9 66 (2.21%) Workday
10 65 (2.17%) Veeam
11 59 (1.97%) Databricks
12 57 (1.91%) Tanium
13 56 (1.87%) Brocade
13 56 (1.87%) Nimble Storage
14 53 (1.77%) ServiceNow
15 47 (1.57%) Cisco
16 36 (1.20%) IBM
17 28 (0.94%) Dell
17 28 (0.94%) HubSpot
18 26 (0.87%) Adobe