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 4 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,138 3,828 6,532
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.49% 11.81% 8.56%
As % of the General category 10.06% 17.26% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,148 1,417 3,553
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £34,500 £32,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,000 £45,543
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +9.79% -4.12%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 31,189 22,181 41,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.65% 68.43% 54.77%
Number of salaries quoted 19,180 10,386 26,747
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -19 961 £48,000 +1.05% 421
South East -8 803 £50,000 -8.78% 607
Midlands -10 570 £48,000 +1.05% 313
North West -19 565 £47,500 -5.00% 247
South West -23 345 £47,500 -2.06% 197
West Midlands -17 314 £50,000 +5.26% 170
Yorkshire -10 293 £50,000 +11.11% 129
East Midlands -2 255 £45,872 -3.93% 142
East of England -22 241 £45,000 - 171
Scotland -28 105 £40,400 -11.47% 100
North East -28 103 £55,000 +41.75% 54
Wales -11 84 £53,171 -3.33% 33
Northern Ireland -34 40 £41,250 -25.00% 45
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
1 149 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.21%) Confluence
4 28 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (0.89%) Apache Spark
4 28 (0.89%) CMS
5 25 (0.80%) Apache
6 20 (0.64%) IIS
7 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (0.29%) WordPress
8 8 (0.25%) SAS
8 8 (0.25%) WebLogic
8 8 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.096%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.096%) JBoss
11 1 (0.032%) Appian
11 1 (0.032%) Moodle
11 1 (0.032%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.032%) Umbraco
Applications
1 396 (12.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 150 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 57 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.29%) CATIA
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.096%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.096%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.096%) Simulink
9 3 (0.096%) Trello
10 2 (0.064%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.064%) Lectora
10 2 (0.064%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.064%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.032%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.032%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 40 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
3 22 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 15 (0.48%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
7 8 (0.25%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.22%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.19%) Magento
10 5 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
10 5 (0.16%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.16%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.13%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.13%) JDE OneWorld
11 4 (0.13%) JDE World
11 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 549 (17.50%) Azure
2 412 (13.13%) Power Platform
3 277 (8.83%) Microsoft 365
4 270 (8.60%) AWS
5 127 (4.05%) SaaS
6 117 (3.73%) GCP
7 86 (2.74%) Entra ID
8 85 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
9 78 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
10 55 (1.75%) Google Analytics
11 52 (1.66%) GitHub
12 49 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
13 45 (1.43%) PowerApps
14 41 (1.31%) Power Automate
15 39 (1.24%) Amazon S3
16 32 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (0.99%) Serverless
18 30 (0.96%) dbt
19 25 (0.80%) Google Ads
20 23 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 139 (4.43%) Firewall
2 130 (4.14%) DNS
3 101 (3.22%) DHCP
4 76 (2.42%) VPN
5 65 (2.07%) WAN
6 55 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 54 (1.72%) LAN
8 42 (1.34%) Broadband
8 42 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
9 41 (1.31%) Wireless
10 30 (0.96%) Network Security
11 24 (0.76%) BGP
11 24 (0.76%) HTTP
12 23 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 22 (0.70%) Wireshark
14 21 (0.67%) VLAN
15 20 (0.64%) SAN
16 19 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
17 17 (0.54%) VoIP
18 14 (0.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (11.82%) Power BI
2 186 (5.93%) Tableau
3 103 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 88 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
5 86 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
6 64 (2.04%) Data Mining
7 57 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 45 (1.43%) Power Query
9 39 (1.24%) MySQL
10 37 (1.18%) Looker
10 37 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.08%) Metadata
11 34 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
12 33 (1.05%) Relational Database
13 30 (0.96%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
15 26 (0.83%) Big Data
16 20 (0.64%) BigQuery
17 18 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
18 16 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 105 (3.35%) JIRA
2 75 (2.39%) Git
3 39 (1.24%) GitLab
4 36 (1.15%) Rational DOORS
5 21 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 14 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.38%) Selenium
8 11 (0.35%) MLflow
9 10 (0.32%) Eclipse
10 9 (0.29%) JMeter
10 9 (0.29%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.29%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.25%) Postman
12 7 (0.22%) Moq
12 7 (0.22%) Subversion
13 6 (0.19%) Burp Suite
13 6 (0.19%) Toad
14 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 1,508 (48.06%) Social Skills
2 935 (29.80%) Finance
3 261 (8.32%) Marketing
4 200 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
5 193 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 175 (5.58%) Retail
7 169 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 164 (5.23%) Manufacturing
9 157 (5.00%) Legal
10 142 (4.53%) Law
11 115 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
12 100 (3.19%) Telecoms
13 76 (2.42%) Aerospace
14 74 (2.36%) Electronics
15 63 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
16 62 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
17 46 (1.47%) Banking
18 42 (1.34%) Military
19 39 (1.24%) Advertising
20 36 (1.15%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 860 (27.41%) Analyst
2 324 (10.33%) Senior
3 229 (7.30%) Lead
4 224 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 167 (5.32%) Business Analyst
6 165 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
7 158 (5.04%) Developer
8 104 (3.31%) Support Analyst
9 102 (3.25%) Support Engineer
10 97 (3.09%) Architect
11 94 (3.00%) Consultant
12 92 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
13 89 (2.84%) IT Support
14 83 (2.64%) Systems Analyst
15 82 (2.61%) Data Engineer
16 71 (2.26%) Accountant
17 66 (2.10%) Head of QA
17 66 (2.10%) IT Engineer
18 65 (2.07%) Applications Support
19 64 (2.04%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (2.29%) HTML
2 68 (2.17%) .NET
3 65 (2.07%) Middleware
4 64 (2.04%) CSS
5 60 (1.91%) REST
6 58 (1.85%) XML
7 57 (1.82%) JSON
8 48 (1.53%) React
9 34 (1.08%) SOAP
10 33 (1.05%) Node.js
11 30 (0.96%) PyTorch
12 27 (0.86%) RESTful
13 24 (0.76%) TensorFlow
14 22 (0.70%) PySpark
15 21 (0.67%) EDI
15 21 (0.67%) scikit-learn
16 19 (0.61%) Kafka
17 17 (0.54%) Pandas
18 16 (0.51%) OAuth
19 15 (0.48%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 394 (12.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 154 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 124 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 117 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
5 116 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 100 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
7 83 (2.64%) Driving Licence
8 69 (2.20%) Data Centre
9 53 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 46 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
11 42 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 36 (1.15%) Algorithms
13 34 (1.08%) Social Media
14 33 (1.05%) Virtual Team
15 32 (1.02%) Data Structures
16 30 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
17 29 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
18 28 (0.89%) FMCG
19 27 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
20 26 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 274 (8.73%) Windows
2 164 (5.23%) Windows Server
3 160 (5.10%) Linux
4 86 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.57%) Unix
5 18 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (0.51%) Android
8 14 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.41%) Windows 10
10 12 (0.38%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.35%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.29%) CentOS
13 8 (0.25%) VMS
14 5 (0.16%) Debian
14 5 (0.16%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.032%) AIX
15 1 (0.032%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.032%) Solaris
15 1 (0.032%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,475 (47.00%) Problem-Solving
2 875 (27.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 727 (23.17%) Decision-Making
4 638 (20.33%) Analytics
5 439 (13.99%) Agile
6 419 (13.35%) Business Intelligence
7 395 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 341 (10.87%) AI
9 335 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 320 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
11 285 (9.08%) Customer Service
12 282 (8.99%) Data Analysis
13 278 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
14 277 (8.83%) ERP
15 270 (8.60%) Project Management
16 259 (8.25%) Customer Experience
17 258 (8.22%) Mentoring
18 250 (7.97%) CRM
19 249 (7.93%) Roadmaps
20 243 (7.74%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 667 (21.26%) SQL
2 492 (15.68%) Python
3 110 (3.51%) JavaScript
4 99 (3.15%) PowerShell
5 98 (3.12%) Java
6 94 (3.00%) C#
7 60 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 49 (1.56%) C++
9 46 (1.47%) T-SQL
10 45 (1.43%) Bash
11 40 (1.27%) R
12 34 (1.08%) MATLAB
13 27 (0.86%) VBA
14 22 (0.70%) TypeScript
15 20 (0.64%) PHP
16 18 (0.57%) Go
17 17 (0.54%) C
18 12 (0.38%) Perl
18 12 (0.38%) PL/SQL
19 11 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 521 (16.60%) Degree
2 312 (9.94%) Security Cleared
3 221 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 156 (4.97%) ACCA
5 150 (4.78%) CIMA
6 130 (4.14%) DBS Check
7 84 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 66 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
8 66 (2.10%) IRCA
9 65 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 52 (1.66%) CISSP
11 49 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 47 (1.50%) DV Cleared
13 42 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 37 (1.18%) CISM
15 34 (1.08%) CCNA
16 27 (0.86%) Master's Degree
17 25 (0.80%) Azure Certification
18 24 (0.76%) CCNP
18 24 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 243 (7.74%) GDPR
3 212 (6.76%) QA
4 167 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 151 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 112 (3.57%) ISO 9001
7 111 (3.54%) PCI DSS
8 104 (3.31%) NIST
9 87 (2.77%) SLA
10 70 (2.23%) Accessibility
11 46 (1.47%) GRC
12 38 (1.21%) PMO
13 31 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
14 29 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.73%) ISO 14001
15 23 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 18 (0.57%) GMP
17 17 (0.54%) TickIT
18 16 (0.51%) SOC 2
19 15 (0.48%) IFRS
System Software
1 213 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 84 (2.68%) Hyper-V
3 72 (2.29%) Terminal Server
4 64 (2.04%) Docker
5 33 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.29%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.29%) vSphere
8 6 (0.19%) ProxySG
9 5 (0.16%) Firmware
10 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.096%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.096%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.032%) KVM
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.032%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 68 (2.17%) Terraform
2 50 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 40 (1.27%) Ansible
4 27 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (0.80%) Grafana
6 14 (0.45%) Kibana
6 14 (0.45%) QRadar
7 11 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.25%) Kubeflow
8 8 (0.25%) Nagios
9 7 (0.22%) logstash
10 6 (0.19%) Graylog
11 5 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.16%) Podman
12 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.13%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.13%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.13%) Nmap
12 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 759 (24.19%) Microsoft
2 134 (4.27%) Google
3 119 (3.79%) SAP
4 111 (3.54%) VMware
5 110 (3.51%) Splunk
6 94 (3.00%) SolarWinds
7 90 (2.87%) Salesforce
8 83 (2.64%) Veeam
9 73 (2.33%) Nimble Storage
10 72 (2.29%) Brocade
10 72 (2.29%) Tanium
11 70 (2.23%) Oracle
12 66 (2.10%) Workday
13 55 (1.75%) Databricks
14 52 (1.66%) Cisco
15 39 (1.24%) ServiceNow
16 37 (1.18%) IBM
17 30 (0.96%) Adobe
18 28 (0.89%) HubSpot
19 26 (0.83%) Dell