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

6 months to
22 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 3,335 3,978 5,992
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.59% 11.73% 8.88%
As % of the General category 10.36% 17.47% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,202 1,503 3,015
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,875 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,306 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% +1.70% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 32,198 22,773 36,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.34% 67.13% 54.58%
Number of salaries quoted 19,821 10,945 22,676
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,390 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -4.44% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,000 £76,000
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 22 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 22 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 -19 964 £48,000 +6.67% 474
South East -9 828 £50,000 -4.76% 567
Midlands -10 598 £47,500 - 258
North West -19 575 £47,500 +1.06% 264
South West -20 443 £46,000 -8.00% 209
West Midlands -16 322 £50,000 +11.11% 142
Yorkshire -13 282 £48,445 +7.65% 156
East Midlands -6 275 £45,000 -5.26% 114
East of England -21 237 £45,000 -2.01% 162
North East -28 107 £55,000 +37.50% 58
Wales -14 105 £53,171 -3.33% 32
Scotland -33 104 £43,335 -1.51% 83
Northern Ireland -34 66 £41,250 -25.00% 31
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
1 178 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.11%) Confluence
4 28 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 27 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (0.81%) CMS
6 26 (0.78%) Apache
7 22 (0.66%) IIS
8 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.27%) SAS
8 9 (0.27%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.24%) WordPress
10 3 (0.090%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.090%) JBoss
11 1 (0.030%) Moodle
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.030%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.030%) Umbraco
Applications
1 415 (12.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 66 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.27%) CATIA
8 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.090%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.090%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.090%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.090%) Simulink
9 3 (0.090%) Trello
10 2 (0.060%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.060%) Lectora
10 2 (0.060%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 51 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 41 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (1.05%) Dynamics GP
4 25 (0.75%) NetSuite
5 19 (0.57%) SAP PM
6 16 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 14 (0.42%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.30%) Magento
9 7 (0.21%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.15%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 5 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
11 5 (0.15%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.15%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.15%) SAP PP
12 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
12 4 (0.12%) JDE OneWorld
12 4 (0.12%) JDE World
12 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 584 (17.51%) Azure
2 429 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 315 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
4 278 (8.34%) AWS
5 144 (4.32%) SaaS
6 126 (3.78%) GCP
7 87 (2.61%) Entra ID
8 86 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
9 80 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
10 62 (1.86%) Google Analytics
11 50 (1.50%) GitHub
12 49 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
13 48 (1.44%) PowerApps
14 40 (1.20%) Power Automate
15 37 (1.11%) Amazon S3
16 32 (0.96%) Snowflake
17 31 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (0.93%) dbt
18 28 (0.84%) Serverless
19 25 (0.75%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 156 (4.68%) DNS
2 126 (3.78%) DHCP
3 119 (3.57%) Firewall
4 80 (2.40%) VPN
5 58 (1.74%) TCP/IP
6 57 (1.71%) WAN
7 50 (1.50%) LAN
8 44 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
9 41 (1.23%) Wireless
10 37 (1.11%) Broadband
11 25 (0.75%) Network Security
12 24 (0.72%) HTTP
13 20 (0.60%) BGP
13 20 (0.60%) VoIP
14 19 (0.57%) SAN
14 19 (0.57%) SD-WAN
15 16 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (0.48%) VLAN
16 15 (0.45%) Wireshark
17 14 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 382 (11.45%) Power BI
2 187 (5.61%) Tableau
3 110 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
4 108 (3.24%) SQL Server
5 99 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
6 63 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.77%) Data Mining
8 48 (1.44%) MySQL
8 48 (1.44%) Power Query
9 42 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 40 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 39 (1.17%) Looker
12 38 (1.14%) Metadata
12 38 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
13 32 (0.96%) Data Lake
14 27 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 27 (0.81%) Big Data
15 22 (0.66%) BigQuery
16 16 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
16 16 (0.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 116 (3.48%) JIRA
2 87 (2.61%) Git
3 41 (1.23%) GitLab
4 36 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
5 29 (0.87%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.42%) Selenium
8 12 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.36%) Eclipse
9 11 (0.33%) MLflow
9 11 (0.33%) Postman
10 9 (0.27%) JMeter
10 9 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.24%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.24%) LabVIEW
12 7 (0.21%) Moq
12 7 (0.21%) Subversion
13 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.18%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 1,628 (48.82%) Social Skills
2 969 (29.06%) Finance
3 292 (8.76%) Marketing
4 217 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
4 217 (6.51%) Retail
5 194 (5.82%) Legal
6 191 (5.73%) Public Sector
7 183 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 179 (5.37%) Manufacturing
9 153 (4.59%) Law
10 151 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
11 108 (3.24%) Telecoms
12 87 (2.61%) Aerospace
13 81 (2.43%) Electronics
14 63 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
15 60 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
16 50 (1.50%) Military
17 47 (1.41%) Banking
18 46 (1.38%) Advertising
19 36 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 857 (25.70%) Analyst
2 333 (9.99%) Senior
3 231 (6.93%) Lead
4 223 (6.69%) Data Analyst
5 194 (5.82%) Systems Engineer
6 167 (5.01%) Developer
7 157 (4.71%) Business Analyst
8 110 (3.30%) Support Engineer
9 108 (3.24%) Support Analyst
10 102 (3.06%) Architect
11 98 (2.94%) Consultant
12 96 (2.88%) IT Support
13 89 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
14 86 (2.58%) Data Engineer
15 79 (2.37%) Systems Analyst
16 77 (2.31%) Accountant
17 70 (2.10%) IT Engineer
18 66 (1.98%) Head of QA
18 66 (1.98%) IT Manager
19 65 (1.95%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (2.16%) .NET
2 66 (1.98%) REST
3 65 (1.95%) HTML
4 63 (1.89%) Middleware
5 61 (1.83%) XML
6 58 (1.74%) JSON
7 57 (1.71%) CSS
8 45 (1.35%) React
9 38 (1.14%) SOAP
10 33 (0.99%) RESTful
11 29 (0.87%) Node.js
11 29 (0.87%) PyTorch
12 27 (0.81%) Kafka
13 24 (0.72%) PySpark
13 24 (0.72%) TensorFlow
14 22 (0.66%) EDI
15 21 (0.63%) scikit-learn
16 19 (0.57%) OAuth
17 18 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
18 17 (0.51%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 392 (11.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 185 (5.55%) Management Information System
3 133 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
4 132 (3.96%) Product Ownership
5 127 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 126 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
7 95 (2.85%) Driving Licence
8 60 (1.80%) Virtual Team
9 58 (1.74%) Data Centre
10 57 (1.71%) Cloud Native
11 51 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
12 49 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
13 45 (1.35%) Security Posture
14 37 (1.11%) Blog
15 36 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
16 35 (1.05%) Data Structures
17 34 (1.02%) Social Media
18 33 (0.99%) Algorithms
19 27 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
19 27 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 320 (9.60%) Windows
2 204 (6.12%) Linux
3 188 (5.64%) Windows Server
4 108 (3.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (0.63%) Mac OS
6 18 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (0.51%) Android
7 17 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.48%) Unix
8 16 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 13 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.27%) CentOS
12 7 (0.21%) VMS
13 6 (0.18%) Debian
14 5 (0.15%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.030%) AIX
15 1 (0.030%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.030%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,572 (47.14%) Problem-Solving
2 980 (29.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 781 (23.42%) Decision-Making
4 689 (20.66%) Analytics
5 463 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 458 (13.73%) Agile
7 433 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
8 405 (12.14%) AI
9 350 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 344 (10.31%) Actionable Insight
11 326 (9.78%) Customer Experience
12 309 (9.27%) Customer Service
13 300 (9.00%) Data Analysis
14 298 (8.94%) Project Management
15 294 (8.82%) ERP
16 279 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
17 276 (8.28%) CRM
18 268 (8.04%) Service Delivery
19 266 (7.98%) Mentoring
20 264 (7.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 678 (20.33%) SQL
2 491 (14.72%) Python
3 116 (3.48%) JavaScript
4 105 (3.15%) Java
5 98 (2.94%) C#
6 97 (2.91%) PowerShell
7 61 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 56 (1.68%) C++
9 48 (1.44%) Bash
10 46 (1.38%) T-SQL
11 42 (1.26%) R
12 33 (0.99%) MATLAB
13 24 (0.72%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.63%) PHP
15 20 (0.60%) C
16 18 (0.54%) Go
17 17 (0.51%) VBA
18 14 (0.42%) PL/SQL
19 13 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
19 13 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 552 (16.55%) Degree
2 362 (10.85%) Security Cleared
3 261 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 157 (4.71%) ACCA
5 151 (4.53%) CIMA
6 123 (3.69%) DBS Check
7 88 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 72 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 66 (1.98%) IRCA
10 65 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
11 57 (1.71%) DV Cleared
12 51 (1.53%) CISSP
13 50 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 44 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 37 (1.11%) CISM
16 34 (1.02%) CCNA
17 30 (0.90%) Master's Degree
18 27 (0.81%) HNC
19 25 (0.75%) PMI Certification
20 24 (0.72%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (9.72%) Data Quality
2 247 (7.41%) GDPR
3 231 (6.93%) QA
4 171 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 153 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 133 (3.99%) PCI DSS
7 114 (3.42%) ISO 9001
8 96 (2.88%) SLA
9 89 (2.67%) NIST
10 77 (2.31%) Accessibility
11 44 (1.32%) GRC
12 37 (1.11%) PMO
13 29 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
14 28 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.69%) ISO 14001
16 20 (0.60%) GMP
16 20 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 18 (0.54%) SOC 2
18 17 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.51%) TickIT
System Software
1 252 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 108 (3.24%) Hyper-V
3 96 (2.88%) Terminal Server
4 77 (2.31%) Docker
5 32 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.27%) VMware NSX
8 8 (0.24%) vSphere
9 7 (0.21%) Firmware
10 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.12%) XenApp
12 3 (0.090%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.090%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.030%) KVM
13 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.030%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 67 (2.01%) Terraform
2 54 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 40 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (1.11%) Ansible
5 27 (0.81%) Grafana
6 14 (0.42%) Kibana
6 14 (0.42%) QRadar
7 12 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.24%) Nagios
9 7 (0.21%) Kubeflow
9 7 (0.21%) logstash
10 6 (0.18%) Graylog
10 6 (0.18%) Nmap
11 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.15%) Podman
11 5 (0.15%) SCCM
11 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
13 3 (0.090%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 811 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 149 (4.47%) Google
3 137 (4.11%) Splunk
4 136 (4.08%) VMware
5 122 (3.66%) SAP
6 113 (3.39%) SolarWinds
7 106 (3.18%) Veeam
8 97 (2.91%) Nimble Storage
9 96 (2.88%) Brocade
9 96 (2.88%) Tanium
10 83 (2.49%) Salesforce
11 74 (2.22%) Oracle
12 62 (1.86%) Workday
13 56 (1.68%) Cisco
14 55 (1.65%) Databricks
15 45 (1.35%) ServiceNow
16 37 (1.11%) IBM
17 31 (0.93%) Adobe
18 28 (0.84%) HubSpot
19 27 (0.81%) Red Hat