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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,788 4,008 5,287
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.78% 11.51% 8.82%
As % of the General category 10.93% 17.43% 16.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,350 1,543 2,306
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,777 £75,525
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 34,657 23,001 32,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.78% 66.08% 53.54%
Number of salaries quoted 21,452 11,372 17,496
10th Percentile £28,602 £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% -3.85%
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 24 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 24 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 1,045 £47,500 +5.56% 523
South East -7 903 £50,000 -4.76% 677
Midlands -8 659 £47,500 +5.56% 346
North West -16 646 £46,500 +3.33% 284
South West -8 528 £47,500 +5.56% 342
West Midlands -16 341 £50,000 +11.11% 197
East Midlands -4 315 £46,113 +2.47% 150
Yorkshire -11 280 £47,000 +17.50% 184
East of England -18 257 £47,500 +5.56% 193
Wales -11 153 £51,709 +2.61% 51
Scotland -20 133 £45,000 +10.43% 77
North East -19 119 £55,000 +17.65% 60
Northern Ireland -8 118 £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
1 164 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 130 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 50 (1.32%) 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%) JBoss
15 1 (0.026%) Tomcat
Applications
1 442 (11.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 200 (5.28%) 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 10 (0.26%) 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 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 14 (0.37%) Shopify
8 13 (0.34%) SAP ERP
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 6 (0.16%) Infor M3
13 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 5 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
13 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
13 5 (0.13%) SAP PP
14 4 (0.11%) Academy Housing
14 4 (0.11%) JDE OneWorld
Cloud Services
1 628 (16.58%) Azure
2 446 (11.77%) Power Platform
3 323 (8.53%) AWS
4 315 (8.32%) Microsoft 365
5 187 (4.94%) SaaS
6 144 (3.80%) GCP
7 95 (2.51%) Entra ID
8 94 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
10 80 (2.11%) Google Analytics
11 72 (1.90%) Google Ads
12 62 (1.64%) Power Automate
13 59 (1.56%) GitHub
14 58 (1.53%) PowerApps
15 51 (1.35%) Meta Ads
16 47 (1.24%) Amazon S3
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 28 (0.74%) 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
17 17 (0.45%) SMS
18 15 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (10.35%) Power BI
2 145 (3.83%) Tableau
3 123 (3.25%) SQL Server
4 117 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 104 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
6 69 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 63 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 57 (1.50%) MySQL
9 49 (1.29%) Looker
9 49 (1.29%) Power Query
10 44 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 43 (1.14%) Metadata
12 42 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
13 40 (1.06%) Data Lake
14 35 (0.92%) BigQuery
15 32 (0.84%) Big Data
16 29 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
17 23 (0.61%) NoSQL
18 20 (0.53%) MongoDB
19 19 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 155 (4.09%) JIRA
2 135 (3.56%) Git
3 31 (0.82%) GitLab
3 31 (0.82%) Jenkins
3 31 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.42%) Eclipse
5 14 (0.37%) Postman
5 14 (0.37%) Selenium
6 13 (0.34%) Burp Suite
6 13 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.32%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (0.29%) LabVIEW
8 11 (0.29%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.29%) MLflow
9 10 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.24%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.24%) JMeter
11 8 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.18%) Moq
General
1 1,892 (49.95%) Social Skills
2 1,057 (27.90%) Finance
3 411 (10.85%) Marketing
4 273 (7.21%) Organisational Skills
5 271 (7.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 252 (6.65%) Manufacturing
7 242 (6.39%) Legal
8 241 (6.36%) Retail
9 208 (5.49%) Public Sector
10 202 (5.33%) Law
11 195 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
12 164 (4.33%) Aerospace
13 111 (2.93%) Electronics
14 109 (2.88%) Telecoms
15 96 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
16 70 (1.85%) Military
17 68 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
18 59 (1.56%) Banking
19 55 (1.45%) Advertising
20 39 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 890 (23.50%) Analyst
2 425 (11.22%) Senior
3 252 (6.65%) Lead
4 204 (5.39%) Developer
5 196 (5.17%) Data Analyst
6 179 (4.73%) Systems Engineer
7 177 (4.67%) Business Analyst
8 136 (3.59%) Support Analyst
9 133 (3.51%) Architect
10 115 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
10 115 (3.04%) Support Engineer
11 102 (2.69%) Consultant
12 101 (2.67%) Data Engineer
13 99 (2.61%) IT Support
14 84 (2.22%) Systems Analyst
15 83 (2.19%) IT Engineer
16 76 (2.01%) Accountant
16 76 (2.01%) Marketing Manager
17 67 (1.77%) Applications Support
18 65 (1.72%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (2.48%) .NET
2 78 (2.06%) HTML
2 78 (2.06%) REST
3 71 (1.87%) CSS
4 70 (1.85%) 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%) PySpark
15 28 (0.74%) ModSecurity
16 27 (0.71%) OAuth
17 26 (0.69%) ASP.NET
17 26 (0.69%) PyTorch
18 25 (0.66%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 377 (9.95%) Analytical Mindset
2 234 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 193 (5.10%) Onboarding
4 190 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
5 147 (3.88%) Product Ownership
6 129 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
7 126 (3.33%) Driving Licence
8 87 (2.30%) Social Media
9 81 (2.14%) Marketing Technology
10 72 (1.90%) Cloud Native
11 70 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
12 68 (1.80%) Data Centre
13 67 (1.77%) Blog
14 64 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
15 63 (1.66%) Virtual Team
16 48 (1.27%) Security Posture
17 37 (0.98%) Data Structures
18 34 (0.90%) AI Agents
18 34 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
19 31 (0.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 333 (8.79%) Windows
2 204 (5.39%) Linux
3 185 (4.88%) 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 16 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.37%) Android
11 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.24%) CentOS
13 7 (0.18%) 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 1,859 (49.08%) Problem-Solving
2 1,189 (31.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 918 (24.23%) Decision-Making
4 715 (18.88%) Analytics
5 620 (16.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 584 (15.42%) AI
7 583 (15.39%) Agile
8 480 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
9 410 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 374 (9.87%) Actionable Insight
11 367 (9.69%) Validation
12 352 (9.29%) ERP
13 340 (8.98%) CRM
14 339 (8.95%) Customer Service
15 323 (8.53%) Data Analysis
16 321 (8.47%) Mentoring
17 317 (8.37%) Customer Experience
18 309 (8.16%) Project Management
19 300 (7.92%) Cybersecurity
20 298 (7.87%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 719 (18.98%) SQL
2 465 (12.28%) Python
3 141 (3.72%) JavaScript
4 112 (2.96%) Java
5 110 (2.90%) C#
6 103 (2.72%) PowerShell
7 65 (1.72%) C++
8 59 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 57 (1.50%) Bash
10 40 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 39 (1.03%) TypeScript
12 37 (0.98%) MATLAB
13 32 (0.84%) R
14 29 (0.77%) 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
1 684 (18.06%) Degree
2 473 (12.49%) Security Cleared
3 327 (8.63%) SC Cleared
4 143 (3.78%) ACCA
5 136 (3.59%) CIMA
6 122 (3.22%) DBS Check
7 118 (3.12%) 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 59 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 52 (1.37%) CISM
14 50 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 45 (1.19%) IRCA
16 44 (1.16%) HND
17 40 (1.06%) CCNA
18 39 (1.03%) Azure Certification
19 36 (0.95%) HNC
19 36 (0.95%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 350 (9.24%) Data Quality
2 276 (7.29%) QA
3 233 (6.15%) GDPR
4 147 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 139 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 112 (2.96%) PCI DSS
7 101 (2.67%) ISO 9001
8 96 (2.53%) Accessibility
9 92 (2.43%) SLA
10 85 (2.24%) NIST
11 41 (1.08%) GRC
12 38 (1.00%) PMO
13 28 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
14 23 (0.61%) ISO 14001
14 23 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 20 (0.53%) DO-254
16 18 (0.48%) Good Clinical Practice
16 18 (0.48%) IFRS
17 17 (0.45%) TickIT
System Software
1 259 (6.84%) Active Directory
2 99 (2.61%) Docker
2 99 (2.61%) Hyper-V
3 80 (2.11%) Terminal Server
4 38 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 29 (0.77%) Firmware
6 12 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.18%) Ceph
9 7 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.16%) vSphere
11 4 (0.11%) KVM
11 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.079%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.053%) ProxySG
13 2 (0.053%) XenApp
14 1 (0.026%) IAG
14 1 (0.026%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 65 (1.72%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.03%) Ansible
4 23 (0.61%) Grafana
5 21 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.48%) 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%) SCCM
13 4 (0.11%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 904 (23.86%) Microsoft
2 217 (5.73%) Google
3 132 (3.48%) VMware
4 130 (3.43%) SAP
5 124 (3.27%) Splunk
6 102 (2.69%) 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 78 (2.06%) Salesforce
12 65 (1.72%) ServiceNow
13 62 (1.64%) Cisco
14 60 (1.58%) Databricks
15 59 (1.56%) Workday
16 36 (0.95%) Adobe
17 32 (0.84%) Dell
17 32 (0.84%) IBM
18 30 (0.79%) Red Hat