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 12 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	8	13
Rank change year-on-year	-15	+5	+7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	5,002	3,886	3,986
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	5.46%	10.68%	8.39%
As % of the General category	12.12%	17.22%	15.26%
Number of salaries quoted	2,647	1,632	1,503
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£28,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£36,104	£32,750	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£77,500
UK median annual salary	£51,356	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+2.71%	-9.09%	-2.06%

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 citing general skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	41,258	22,567	26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	45.01%	62.00%	55.01%
Number of salaries quoted	25,105	12,324	11,199
10^th Percentile	£28,533	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,500	£50,309
Median % change year-on-year	+17.65%	-15.52%	+0.62%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£66,058
90^th Percentile	£82,500	£77,500	£81,250
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£51,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+6.80%	-14.17%	-

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 12 November 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 12 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North of England	-11	1,265	£47,500	+5.56%	780
South East	-12	1,167	£50,000	+11.11%	951
Midlands	-11	884	£45,000	+2.86%	525
North West	-5	715	£46,735	+3.86%	450
South West	-4	704	£46,743	+3.87%	355
West Midlands	-12	463	£45,000	-14.29%	327
East Midlands	-9	419	£42,500	+13.33%	198
Yorkshire	-2	362	£47,500	+18.75%	237
East of England	-16	342	£47,500	+18.75%	370
Wales	-4	235	£45,000	-6.49%	105
Northern Ireland	+2	232	£42,500	-19.05%	174
Scotland	-17	198	£55,000	+64.18%	292
North East	-19	197	£53,213	+22.33%	98
Isle of Man	0	1	£42,500	-32.00%	10
Analytical Skills UK

Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	52.4%	2,622
2	Continuous Improvement	33.4%	1,671
3	Microsoft	27.2%	1,362
4	Decision-Making	25.5%	1,275
5	Degree	22.2%	1,111
6	Stakeholder Management	21.1%	1,053
7	AI	17.8%	888
8	SQL	17.6%	882
9	Analytics	16.7%	836
10	Azure	15.0%	752
11	Agile	14.4%	720
12	Microsoft Excel	14.2%	712
13	Business Intelligence	13.9%	695
14	Security Cleared	12.5%	624
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.4%	568
16	Power Platform	10.9%	547
17	Validation	10.9%	545
18	Python	10.8%	542
19	Mentoring	10.5%	525
20	Customer Service	9.8%	491
20	Power BI	9.8%	491
22	Data Quality	9.6%	479
23	Actionable Insight	9.3%	464
24	Data Analysis	9.2%	462
25	CRM	9.1%	456
26	Process Improvement	9.0%	449
27	ERP	8.8%	442
28	Project Delivery	8.6%	432
29	SC Cleared	8.6%	429
30	Collaborative Working	8.4%	421

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	51.7%	2,588
2	Finance	27.3%	1,367
3	Marketing	11.8%	589
4	Organisational Skills	10.6%	528
5	Manufacturing	9.6%	482
6	Inclusion and Diversity	7.3%	364
7	Retail	6.9%	344
8	Legal	6.7%	333
9	Influencing Skills	5.5%	277
10	Public Sector	5.5%	273
11	Presentation Skills	5.2%	258
12	Law	4.7%	235
13	Aerospace	4.6%	232
14	Electronics	4.4%	219
15	Telecoms	2.7%	135
16	Pharmaceutical	1.8%	89
17	Automotive	1.8%	88
17	Documentation Skills	1.8%	88
19	Banking	1.6%	78
20	Advertising	1.5%	76