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 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,790 4,008 5,244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.82% 11.56% 8.80%
As % of the General category 10.95% 17.48% 16.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,353 1,534 2,317
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,563 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -4.08% -2.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 34,609 22,929 31,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.99% 66.13% 53.54%
Number of salaries quoted 21,362 11,284 17,599
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -19 1,049 £47,500 +5.56% 534
South East -8 906 £50,000 -4.76% 682
Midlands -8 656 £47,500 +5.56% 345
North West -16 646 £46,500 +3.33% 290
South West -8 525 £47,500 +5.56% 341
West Midlands -16 337 £50,000 +11.11% 200
East Midlands -3 316 £46,113 +2.47% 146
Yorkshire -12 282 £47,000 +17.50% 188
East of England -19 257 £47,500 +5.56% 193
Wales -10 151 £51,709 +2.61% 48
Scotland -22 134 £45,000 +10.43% 79
North East -14 121 £55,000 +17.65% 62
Northern Ireland -13 120 £42,500 -22.73% 27
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
1 165 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 130 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 49 (1.29%) Confluence
4 30 (0.79%) Apache
4 30 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 28 (0.74%) IIS
6 26 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 21 (0.55%) CMS
8 11 (0.29%) SAS
9 10 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.26%) WordPress
10 9 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.21%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.079%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.026%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.026%) Umbraco
Applications
1 439 (11.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 199 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 26 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.21%) Simulink
8 5 (0.13%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) CATIA
9 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.079%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.079%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.079%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.079%) Trello
11 2 (0.053%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.053%) Lectora
11 2 (0.053%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.026%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 87 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 36 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 33 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
4 27 (0.71%) NetSuite
5 19 (0.50%) SAP PM
6 18 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 13 (0.34%) SAP ERP
8 12 (0.32%) Shopify
9 10 (0.26%) Magento
9 10 (0.26%) SAP Business One
10 8 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
11 7 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
11 7 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.13%) Infor M3
12 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
12 5 (0.13%) SAP PP
13 4 (0.11%) Academy Housing
13 4 (0.11%) JDE OneWorld
13 4 (0.11%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 631 (16.65%) Azure
2 446 (11.77%) Power Platform
3 323 (8.52%) AWS
4 313 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
5 184 (4.85%) SaaS
6 144 (3.80%) GCP
7 96 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
8 95 (2.51%) Entra ID
9 87 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
10 77 (2.03%) Google Analytics
11 68 (1.79%) Google Ads
12 62 (1.64%) Power Automate
13 61 (1.61%) GitHub
14 58 (1.53%) PowerApps
15 47 (1.24%) Amazon S3
16 46 (1.21%) Meta Ads
17 41 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
18 39 (1.03%) Snowflake
19 37 (0.98%) Serverless
20 36 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 160 (4.22%) DNS
2 127 (3.35%) DHCP
3 105 (2.77%) Firewall
4 89 (2.35%) VPN
5 75 (1.98%) TCP/IP
6 65 (1.72%) WAN
7 60 (1.58%) LAN
8 47 (1.24%) Wireless
9 39 (1.03%) Network Security
10 36 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (0.77%) Broadband
12 27 (0.71%) HTTP
13 25 (0.66%) VoIP
14 22 (0.58%) SAN
15 21 (0.55%) VLAN
16 19 (0.50%) Internet
16 19 (0.50%) SD-WAN
17 17 (0.45%) BGP
18 16 (0.42%) SMS
19 15 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (10.34%) Power BI
2 147 (3.88%) Tableau
3 125 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 117 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 104 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
6 68 (1.79%) Relational Database
7 63 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 59 (1.56%) MySQL
9 50 (1.32%) Power Query
10 48 (1.27%) Looker
11 44 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 43 (1.13%) Metadata
13 42 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
14 40 (1.06%) Data Lake
15 35 (0.92%) BigQuery
16 32 (0.84%) Big Data
17 29 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
18 23 (0.61%) NoSQL
19 20 (0.53%) Data Mining
19 20 (0.53%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 155 (4.09%) JIRA
2 138 (3.64%) Git
3 34 (0.90%) GitLab
4 31 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
5 15 (0.40%) Eclipse
6 14 (0.37%) Postman
6 14 (0.37%) Selenium
7 13 (0.34%) Burp Suite
7 13 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 12 (0.32%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (0.29%) LabVIEW
9 11 (0.29%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.29%) MLflow
10 10 (0.26%) Claude Code
11 9 (0.24%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.24%) JMeter
12 8 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (0.18%) Moq
General
1 1,899 (50.11%) Social Skills
2 1,059 (27.94%) Finance
3 405 (10.69%) Marketing
4 272 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 272 (7.18%) Organisational Skills
5 245 (6.46%) Manufacturing
6 240 (6.33%) Legal
7 235 (6.20%) Retail
8 208 (5.49%) Public Sector
9 199 (5.25%) Law
10 194 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
11 163 (4.30%) Aerospace
12 110 (2.90%) Telecoms
13 108 (2.85%) Electronics
14 96 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
15 70 (1.85%) Military
16 69 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
17 58 (1.53%) Banking
18 53 (1.40%) Advertising
19 39 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 892 (23.54%) Analyst
2 422 (11.13%) Senior
3 251 (6.62%) Lead
4 204 (5.38%) Developer
5 197 (5.20%) Data Analyst
6 179 (4.72%) Systems Engineer
7 177 (4.67%) Business Analyst
8 136 (3.59%) Support Analyst
9 133 (3.51%) Architect
10 117 (3.09%) Support Engineer
11 115 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
12 101 (2.66%) Consultant
12 101 (2.66%) Data Engineer
13 98 (2.59%) IT Support
14 84 (2.22%) Systems Analyst
15 83 (2.19%) IT Engineer
16 76 (2.01%) Marketing Manager
17 75 (1.98%) Accountant
18 69 (1.82%) Applications Support
19 65 (1.72%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (2.53%) .NET
2 80 (2.11%) HTML
3 78 (2.06%) REST
4 73 (1.93%) CSS
4 73 (1.93%) Terraform
5 62 (1.64%) Middleware
6 53 (1.40%) XML
7 51 (1.35%) JSON
8 45 (1.19%) SOAP
9 42 (1.11%) RESTful
10 41 (1.08%) React
11 37 (0.98%) EDI
12 34 (0.90%) LDAP
13 32 (0.84%) Kafka
14 29 (0.77%) OAuth
14 29 (0.77%) PySpark
15 28 (0.74%) ModSecurity
16 26 (0.69%) ASP.NET
16 26 (0.69%) PyTorch
17 25 (0.66%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 386 (10.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 233 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 188 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
4 187 (4.93%) Onboarding
5 146 (3.85%) Product Ownership
6 129 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
7 126 (3.32%) Driving Licence
8 87 (2.30%) Social Media
9 80 (2.11%) Marketing Technology
10 72 (1.90%) Cloud Native
11 69 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
12 68 (1.79%) Data Centre
13 67 (1.77%) Blog
14 64 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
15 63 (1.66%) Virtual Team
16 49 (1.29%) Security Posture
17 36 (0.95%) Data Structures
18 35 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
19 34 (0.90%) AI Agents
20 31 (0.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 333 (8.79%) Windows
2 205 (5.41%) Linux
3 186 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.61%) Windows 10
7 22 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (0.53%) Unix
9 17 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.37%) Android
11 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 10 (0.26%) CentOS
13 8 (0.21%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.16%) Debian
14 6 (0.16%) VMS
15 5 (0.13%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.11%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.053%) Solaris
18 1 (0.026%) FreeRTOS
18 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,857 (49.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1,197 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 915 (24.14%) Decision-Making
4 724 (19.10%) Analytics
5 610 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 580 (15.30%) Agile
7 576 (15.20%) AI
8 477 (12.59%) Business Intelligence
9 422 (11.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 381 (10.05%) Actionable Insight
11 365 (9.63%) Validation
12 348 (9.18%) ERP
13 338 (8.92%) CRM
14 334 (8.81%) Customer Service
15 324 (8.55%) Customer Experience
15 324 (8.55%) Mentoring
16 323 (8.52%) Data Analysis
17 310 (8.18%) Project Management
18 309 (8.15%) Service Delivery
19 299 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 715 (18.87%) SQL
2 468 (12.35%) Python
3 143 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 112 (2.96%) C#
5 111 (2.93%) Java
6 106 (2.80%) PowerShell
7 65 (1.72%) C++
8 60 (1.58%) Bash
9 59 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 40 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 39 (1.03%) TypeScript
12 35 (0.92%) MATLAB
13 32 (0.84%) R
14 28 (0.74%) C
15 23 (0.61%) PHP
16 16 (0.42%) Go
16 16 (0.42%) Scala
17 15 (0.40%) Perl
17 15 (0.40%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 678 (17.89%) Degree
2 472 (12.45%) Security Cleared
3 326 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 141 (3.72%) ACCA
5 135 (3.56%) CIMA
6 122 (3.22%) DBS Check
7 118 (3.11%) DV Cleared
8 117 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 81 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 73 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
11 71 (1.87%) CISSP
12 60 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 56 (1.48%) IRCA
14 52 (1.37%) CISM
15 50 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
16 44 (1.16%) HND
17 40 (1.06%) CCNA
18 39 (1.03%) Azure Certification
19 37 (0.98%) HNC
20 35 (0.92%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 348 (9.18%) Data Quality
2 284 (7.49%) QA
3 244 (6.44%) GDPR
4 147 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 139 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 112 (2.96%) PCI DSS
7 110 (2.90%) ISO 9001
8 95 (2.51%) Accessibility
9 94 (2.48%) SLA
10 85 (2.24%) NIST
11 41 (1.08%) GRC
12 38 (1.00%) PMO
13 28 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 24 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.61%) ISO 14001
15 23 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 20 (0.53%) DO-254
17 18 (0.47%) GMP
17 18 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
17 18 (0.47%) IFRS
System Software
1 259 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 102 (2.69%) Docker
3 99 (2.61%) Hyper-V
4 80 (2.11%) Terminal Server
5 38 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 28 (0.74%) Firmware
7 12 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.18%) Ceph
11 6 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.16%) vSphere
12 4 (0.11%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.079%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.079%) XenApp
14 2 (0.053%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.026%) IAG
15 1 (0.026%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 68 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.06%) Ansible
4 25 (0.66%) Grafana
5 21 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.40%) QRadar
8 14 (0.37%) Kibana
9 11 (0.29%) Nmap
9 11 (0.29%) Podman
10 7 (0.18%) Argo
10 7 (0.18%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.18%) Istio
10 7 (0.18%) logstash
11 6 (0.16%) Functional Safety
11 6 (0.16%) Graylog
11 6 (0.16%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.13%) Nagios
12 5 (0.13%) SCCM
13 4 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 901 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 211 (5.57%) Google
3 132 (3.48%) VMware
4 130 (3.43%) SAP
5 125 (3.30%) Splunk
6 101 (2.66%) Oracle
7 94 (2.48%) SolarWinds
8 87 (2.30%) Veeam
9 81 (2.14%) Brocade
9 81 (2.14%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.11%) Tanium
11 76 (2.01%) Salesforce
12 65 (1.72%) ServiceNow
13 62 (1.64%) Cisco
14 60 (1.58%) Databricks
15 59 (1.56%) Workday
16 35 (0.92%) Adobe
17 32 (0.84%) Dell
17 32 (0.84%) IBM
17 32 (0.84%) Red Hat