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 29 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,341 4,190 4,796
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.04% 12.23% 9.02%
As % of the General category 11.39% 18.55% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,493 1,475 1,716
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,350 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,064 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -

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 38,126 22,582 28,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.23% 65.91% 53.95%
Number of salaries quoted 23,456 10,894 13,023
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,970 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.72% -12.06% -1.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -18 1,177 £47,500 +5.56% 1,016
South East -10 989 £49,425 +1.91% 1,100
Midlands -12 755 £46,743 +4.94% 682
North West -15 715 £46,500 +3.33% 576
South West -8 613 £47,500 +5.56% 506
West Midlands -19 385 £47,500 +5.56% 416
East Midlands -5 368 £43,173 +8.04% 266
Yorkshire -10 319 £47,000 +17.50% 345
East of England -15 281 £47,500 +21.79% 414
Wales -4 207 £45,000 -10.20% 114
Northern Ireland +7 189 £43,750 -20.45% 206
Scotland -18 149 £49,250 +26.28% 340
North East -20 149 £50,500 +26.25% 99
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
1 163 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 54 (1.24%) Confluence
4 31 (0.71%) IIS
5 30 (0.69%) Apache
6 23 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 17 (0.39%) CMS
8 15 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.35%) SAS
9 14 (0.32%) WordPress
10 12 (0.28%) Jupyter
11 9 (0.21%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.21%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.18%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.046%) nginx
14 2 (0.046%) Office Communications Server
14 2 (0.046%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.046%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 564 (12.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 270 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
3 84 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 43 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 27 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 18 (0.41%) Simulink
8 11 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 9 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.14%) EPLAN
11 6 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 6 (0.14%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.12%) Chatbot
13 3 (0.069%) CANalyzer
13 3 (0.069%) CATIA
13 3 (0.069%) LaTeX
14 2 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.046%) InDesign
14 2 (0.046%) Revit
Business Applications
1 91 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.74%) Dynamics GP
3 31 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 23 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 21 (0.48%) Shopify
6 12 (0.28%) Magento
7 11 (0.25%) Infor M3
7 11 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.21%) SAP Business One
9 8 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 7 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.16%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.14%) Exchequer
11 6 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
12 5 (0.12%) Elite 3E
12 5 (0.12%) JDE EnterpriseOne
12 5 (0.12%) Odoo
12 5 (0.12%) Sage 50
13 4 (0.092%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 678 (15.62%) Azure
2 497 (11.45%) Power Platform
3 375 (8.64%) AWS
4 326 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
5 212 (4.88%) SaaS
6 171 (3.94%) GCP
7 142 (3.27%) Entra ID
8 111 (2.56%) Google Ads
9 98 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
10 97 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (2.10%) Google Analytics
12 82 (1.89%) Meta Ads
13 64 (1.47%) GitHub
13 64 (1.47%) Power Automate
14 63 (1.45%) PowerApps
15 54 (1.24%) Serverless
16 47 (1.08%) Amazon S3
17 46 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
18 45 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
18 45 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 165 (3.80%) DNS
2 129 (2.97%) DHCP
3 106 (2.44%) Firewall
4 97 (2.23%) VPN
5 83 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 68 (1.57%) WAN
7 60 (1.38%) LAN
8 57 (1.31%) Internet
9 51 (1.17%) Wireless
10 43 (0.99%) Network Security
11 36 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (0.67%) VLAN
13 27 (0.62%) HTTP
14 25 (0.58%) Broadband
15 23 (0.53%) VoIP
16 22 (0.51%) SD-WAN
17 21 (0.48%) BGP
17 21 (0.48%) SAN
18 18 (0.41%) SMS
18 18 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 443 (10.21%) Power BI
2 124 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 119 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 103 (2.37%) Tableau
5 97 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
6 81 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 70 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 66 (1.52%) MySQL
9 63 (1.45%) Power Query
10 53 (1.22%) Metadata
11 50 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
12 45 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 44 (1.01%) Looker
14 42 (0.97%) Data Lake
15 32 (0.74%) BigQuery
16 31 (0.71%) Big Data
17 30 (0.69%) NoSQL
18 27 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
18 27 (0.62%) MongoDB
19 23 (0.53%) GIS
Development Applications
1 187 (4.31%) Git
2 155 (3.57%) JIRA
3 35 (0.81%) GitLab
4 34 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
6 21 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 19 (0.44%) LabVIEW
8 18 (0.41%) Selenium
9 17 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
10 16 (0.37%) Claude Code
11 15 (0.35%) Cucumber
11 15 (0.35%) Postman
12 14 (0.32%) Burp Suite
13 13 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
14 12 (0.28%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.25%) Metasploit
16 9 (0.21%) Cypress.io
16 9 (0.21%) JMeter
17 8 (0.18%) Moq
18 7 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 2,245 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 1,227 (28.27%) Finance
3 501 (11.54%) Marketing
4 397 (9.15%) Organisational Skills
5 344 (7.92%) Manufacturing
6 306 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 293 (6.75%) Retail
8 285 (6.57%) Legal
9 265 (6.10%) Public Sector
10 232 (5.34%) Influencing Skills
11 223 (5.14%) Law
12 200 (4.61%) Aerospace
13 190 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
14 152 (3.50%) Electronics
15 121 (2.79%) Telecoms
16 77 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
17 69 (1.59%) Automotive
18 67 (1.54%) Advertising
19 66 (1.52%) Military
20 63 (1.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1,026 (23.64%) Analyst
2 520 (11.98%) Senior
3 278 (6.40%) Lead
4 232 (5.34%) Developer
5 204 (4.70%) Data Analyst
6 186 (4.28%) Business Analyst
7 182 (4.19%) Support Analyst
8 161 (3.71%) Senior Analyst
9 156 (3.59%) Systems Engineer
10 144 (3.32%) Architect
11 117 (2.70%) Data Engineer
12 115 (2.65%) Consultant
13 114 (2.63%) Support Engineer
14 102 (2.35%) IT Support
15 95 (2.19%) Administrator
16 89 (2.05%) Applications Support
16 89 (2.05%) Marketing Manager
17 88 (2.03%) ITSM Analyst
18 87 (2.00%) Accountant
19 85 (1.96%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (2.46%) .NET
2 86 (1.98%) REST
3 77 (1.77%) HTML
4 75 (1.73%) Terraform
5 71 (1.64%) CSS
6 63 (1.45%) Middleware
7 60 (1.38%) XML
8 58 (1.34%) JSON
9 52 (1.20%) PySpark
10 51 (1.17%) SOAP
11 50 (1.15%) RESTful
12 43 (0.99%) EDI
13 37 (0.85%) React
14 36 (0.83%) LDAP
15 34 (0.78%) Kafka
16 30 (0.69%) ModSecurity
16 30 (0.69%) Spring
17 29 (0.67%) Spring Boot
18 28 (0.65%) ASP.NET
19 24 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 343 (7.90%) Management Information System
2 324 (7.46%) Analytical Mindset
3 246 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 224 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
5 166 (3.82%) Product Ownership
6 157 (3.62%) Driving Licence
7 116 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
8 102 (2.35%) Social Media
9 95 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
10 81 (1.87%) Marketing Technology
11 77 (1.77%) Cloud Native
12 75 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
13 72 (1.66%) Data Centre
13 72 (1.66%) Virtual Team
14 68 (1.57%) Blog
15 51 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
16 47 (1.08%) Data Structures
17 46 (1.06%) Security Posture
18 39 (0.90%) SCADA
19 38 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 333 (7.67%) Windows
2 233 (5.37%) Linux
3 185 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 30 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 24 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (0.51%) Unix
9 15 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.32%) Android
11 11 (0.25%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.21%) CentOS
13 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.14%) Debian
14 6 (0.14%) VMS
15 5 (0.12%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.092%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.046%) Solaris
18 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2012
18 1 (0.023%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,167 (49.92%) Problem-Solving
2 1,424 (32.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,105 (25.45%) Decision-Making
4 843 (19.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 740 (17.05%) Analytics
6 693 (15.96%) AI
7 651 (15.00%) Agile
8 576 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
9 484 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 443 (10.21%) Validation
11 431 (9.93%) Customer Service
12 424 (9.77%) ERP
13 419 (9.65%) CRM
14 416 (9.58%) Mentoring
15 388 (8.94%) Data Analysis
16 387 (8.91%) Actionable Insight
17 357 (8.22%) ITIL
18 350 (8.06%) Project Delivery
19 348 (8.02%) Collaborative Working
19 348 (8.02%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 799 (18.41%) SQL
2 449 (10.34%) Python
3 156 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 135 (3.11%) Java
5 121 (2.79%) C#
6 106 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 76 (1.75%) C++
8 66 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 57 (1.31%) Bash
10 45 (1.04%) TypeScript
11 42 (0.97%) MATLAB
11 42 (0.97%) Shell Script
12 40 (0.92%) T-SQL
13 33 (0.76%) C
13 33 (0.76%) R
14 21 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 20 (0.46%) PHP
15 20 (0.46%) VB.NET
16 17 (0.39%) Scala
17 16 (0.37%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 885 (20.39%) Degree
2 526 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 364 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 172 (3.96%) ACCA
5 164 (3.78%) CIMA
6 123 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 119 (2.74%) DV Cleared
8 110 (2.53%) DBS Check
9 95 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 75 (1.73%) HND
11 70 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
12 65 (1.50%) CISSP
13 63 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 54 (1.24%) HNC
15 50 (1.15%) CISM
16 46 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
17 45 (1.04%) Azure Certification
18 39 (0.90%) CCNA
18 39 (0.90%) Master's Degree
19 35 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 413 (9.51%) Data Quality
2 262 (6.04%) QA
3 210 (4.84%) GDPR
4 139 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 131 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 124 (2.86%) Accessibility
7 102 (2.35%) PCI DSS
8 88 (2.03%) SLA
9 68 (1.57%) NIST
10 50 (1.15%) ISO 9001
11 41 (0.94%) PMO
12 37 (0.85%) GRC
13 28 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
13 28 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 26 (0.60%) DO-254
14 26 (0.60%) IFRS
15 21 (0.48%) ISO 14001
16 19 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 18 (0.41%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.39%) GMP
System Software
1 281 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 136 (3.13%) Docker
3 100 (2.30%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.66%) Terminal Server
5 40 (0.92%) Firmware
5 40 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.16%) Ceph
9 7 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.12%) vSphere
11 4 (0.092%) KVM
11 4 (0.092%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.069%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.023%) IAG
13 1 (0.023%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.023%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.023%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 67 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 49 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (0.92%) Ansible
4 30 (0.69%) Grafana
5 25 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.37%) Kibana
8 15 (0.35%) QRadar
9 11 (0.25%) Nmap
9 11 (0.25%) Podman
10 9 (0.21%) Functional Safety
11 8 (0.18%) logstash
12 7 (0.16%) Argo
12 7 (0.16%) Check_MK
12 7 (0.16%) Istio
13 6 (0.14%) Graylog
14 5 (0.12%) Nagios
15 4 (0.092%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.092%) SCCM
15 4 (0.092%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1,147 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 299 (6.89%) Google
3 135 (3.11%) SAP
4 131 (3.02%) VMware
5 127 (2.93%) Splunk
6 114 (2.63%) Oracle
7 91 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 85 (1.96%) SolarWinds
9 79 (1.82%) Veeam
10 73 (1.68%) Brocade
10 73 (1.68%) Nimble Storage
10 73 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 72 (1.66%) Tanium
12 63 (1.45%) Cisco
13 61 (1.41%) YouTube
14 49 (1.13%) Databricks
15 42 (0.97%) HubSpot
16 39 (0.90%) Adobe
17 36 (0.83%) Workday
18 29 (0.67%) IBM