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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 13 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,195 3,547 3,757
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.12% 10.21% 8.24%
As % of the General category 13.09% 15.81% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,576 1,458 2,674
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +7.30% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £61,949
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,648 £72,433
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

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 24,401 22,434 27,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.36% 64.57% 59.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,633 9,109 19,783
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,573
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.36% -9.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,568 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.30%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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
South East +7 875 £50,000 - 699
North of England -16 801 £44,500 -15.24% 343
Midlands -13 585 £44,000 -8.81% 335
North West -16 411 £42,500 -19.05% 189
West Midlands -13 349 £52,000 +4.00% 189
South West -1 334 £45,000 -11.76% 231
Yorkshire +3 289 £45,000 -10.00% 117
Scotland -8 261 £40,000 -38.46% 75
East of England -20 252 £40,000 -21.52% 226
East Midlands +6 234 £37,750 -11.18% 145
North East -2 101 £41,500 +3.75% 42
Wales +15 73 £42,500 -13.45% 70
Northern Ireland -6 43 £52,500 -11.66% 19
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -7 1 - -
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
1 135 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (1.82%) Confluence
3 43 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.59%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.50%) CMS
6 15 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.47%) IIS
7 12 (0.38%) SAS
8 11 (0.34%) Apache
8 11 (0.34%) WordPress
9 6 (0.19%) nginx
10 3 (0.094%) govService
11 2 (0.063%) FactoryTalk
11 2 (0.063%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.063%) WinCC
12 1 (0.031%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.031%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.031%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.031%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.031%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 523 (16.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 334 (10.45%) Chatbot
3 225 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
4 83 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 49 (1.53%) MS Visio
6 30 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 27 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
8 16 (0.50%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.22%) CATIA
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.063%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.063%) Revit
12 2 (0.063%) Trello
13 1 (0.031%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.031%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.031%) Simulink
13 1 (0.031%) Sketch
13 1 (0.031%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 94 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (2.00%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 27 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
5 25 (0.78%) NetSuite
6 20 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
6 20 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
7 17 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
7 17 (0.53%) Workday HCM
8 16 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
9 14 (0.44%) Shopify
10 13 (0.41%) SAP CO
11 12 (0.38%) Sage X3
12 10 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
13 8 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 6 (0.19%) SAP ERP
15 5 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
15 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 497 (15.56%) Azure
2 395 (12.36%) Power Platform
3 211 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
4 175 (5.48%) AWS
5 137 (4.29%) SaaS
6 118 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (1.94%) Entra ID
8 61 (1.91%) Snowflake
9 59 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (1.66%) GitHub
11 51 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
12 39 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 39 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
13 37 (1.16%) GCP
14 35 (1.10%) dbt
15 31 (0.97%) Power Automate
16 30 (0.94%) OCI
17 26 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
17 26 (0.81%) Serverless
18 23 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 143 (4.48%) DNS
2 121 (3.79%) DHCP
3 101 (3.16%) Firewall
4 43 (1.35%) WAN
5 42 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (1.25%) LAN
6 40 (1.25%) VPN
7 38 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
8 35 (1.10%) Wireless
9 30 (0.94%) Network Security
9 30 (0.94%) TCP/IP
10 28 (0.88%) VLAN
10 28 (0.88%) Wireshark
11 26 (0.81%) VoIP
12 20 (0.63%) SD-WAN
13 17 (0.53%) Broadband
14 16 (0.50%) 5G
15 14 (0.44%) NGFW
15 14 (0.44%) SAN
16 13 (0.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (11.46%) Power BI
2 225 (7.04%) Tableau
3 149 (4.66%) Data Mining
4 112 (3.51%) SQL Server
5 104 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
6 78 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 54 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 54 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 48 (1.50%) Relational Database
9 44 (1.38%) Metadata
10 37 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
11 35 (1.10%) GIS
12 34 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.03%) Looker
13 33 (1.03%) MySQL
14 29 (0.91%) SAP BW
15 26 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 23 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
17 21 (0.66%) Power Query
18 20 (0.63%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 137 (4.29%) JIRA
2 54 (1.69%) Git
3 25 (0.78%) Selenium
4 18 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 15 (0.47%) Robot Framework
6 13 (0.41%) ERwin
6 13 (0.41%) Snyk
7 12 (0.38%) ER Studio
8 9 (0.28%) GitLab
8 9 (0.28%) Jenkins
9 8 (0.25%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.22%) Postman
11 6 (0.19%) TestRail
12 5 (0.16%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.16%) Subversion
12 5 (0.16%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.13%) IDA Disassembler
13 4 (0.13%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.094%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.094%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1,600 (50.08%) Social Skills
2 908 (28.42%) Finance
3 227 (7.10%) Marketing
4 174 (5.45%) Retail
5 137 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
6 132 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 130 (4.07%) Legal
8 123 (3.85%) Manufacturing
9 115 (3.60%) Public Sector
10 110 (3.44%) Law
11 109 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
12 74 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
13 58 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
14 56 (1.75%) Banking
15 53 (1.66%) Telecoms
16 48 (1.50%) Electronics
17 46 (1.44%) Aerospace
18 37 (1.16%) Advertising
18 37 (1.16%) Aviation
19 31 (0.97%) German Language
Job Titles
1 796 (24.91%) Analyst
2 334 (10.45%) Trainer
3 311 (9.73%) Senior
4 241 (7.54%) Lead
5 221 (6.92%) Data Analyst
6 155 (4.85%) Architect
7 145 (4.54%) Developer
8 127 (3.97%) Support Analyst
9 123 (3.85%) Trainee
10 122 (3.82%) IT Support
11 120 (3.76%) Business Analyst
12 114 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
13 112 (3.51%) Trainee Analyst
13 112 (3.51%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 83 (2.60%) Business Manager
15 82 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
16 81 (2.54%) Support Engineer
17 80 (2.50%) Report Analyst
18 72 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
19 71 (2.22%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (2.25%) HTML
2 66 (2.07%) CSS
3 51 (1.60%) React
4 40 (1.25%) .NET
5 36 (1.13%) REST
6 34 (1.06%) JSON
7 28 (0.88%) SOAP
8 27 (0.85%) Middleware
9 24 (0.75%) Node.js
10 20 (0.63%) XML
11 17 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
12 14 (0.44%) EDI
13 13 (0.41%) Bootstrap
13 13 (0.41%) Flash
13 13 (0.41%) OAuth
13 13 (0.41%) PySpark
13 13 (0.41%) React Native
13 13 (0.41%) SAML
14 10 (0.31%) IBM Integration Bus
14 10 (0.31%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 339 (10.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 231 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
3 201 (6.29%) Onboarding
4 166 (5.20%) Management Information System
5 122 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
6 107 (3.35%) Product Ownership
7 79 (2.47%) Data Centre
8 59 (1.85%) FMCG
9 58 (1.82%) Driving Licence
10 52 (1.63%) Robotics
11 42 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 40 (1.25%) Cloud Native
13 38 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
14 34 (1.06%) Data Structures
15 30 (0.94%) Social Media
16 29 (0.91%) Virtual Team
17 27 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 26 (0.81%) Algorithms
18 26 (0.81%) Low-Code
19 23 (0.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 267 (8.36%) Windows
2 168 (5.26%) Linux
3 147 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 99 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (0.53%) Unix
6 13 (0.41%) Android
6 13 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.094%) VMS
9 3 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.031%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.031%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.031%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,394 (43.63%) Problem-Solving
2 742 (23.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 741 (23.19%) AI
4 631 (19.75%) Analytics
5 593 (18.56%) Decision-Making
6 541 (16.93%) Project Management
7 468 (14.65%) Agile
8 441 (13.80%) Business Intelligence
9 365 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
10 338 (10.58%) Customer Service
11 337 (10.55%) Chemistry
12 336 (10.52%) Data Analysis
13 334 (10.45%) Conversational UI
14 295 (9.23%) ERP
15 258 (8.08%) Customer Experience
16 250 (7.82%) Process Improvement
17 241 (7.54%) Analytical Thinking
18 235 (7.36%) Coaching
18 235 (7.36%) Mentoring
18 235 (7.36%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 665 (20.81%) SQL
2 401 (12.55%) Python
3 76 (2.38%) C#
4 73 (2.28%) JavaScript
5 69 (2.16%) PowerShell
6 64 (2.00%) Java
7 55 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 36 (1.13%) T-SQL
9 35 (1.10%) VBA
10 31 (0.97%) C++
11 25 (0.78%) R
12 17 (0.53%) Bash
13 15 (0.47%) C
13 15 (0.47%) MATLAB
14 14 (0.44%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.44%) Scala
15 7 (0.22%) ABAP
15 7 (0.22%) Go
15 7 (0.22%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,012 (31.67%) Degree
2 388 (12.14%) Master's Degree
3 335 (10.49%) PhD
4 287 (8.98%) Security Cleared
5 233 (7.29%) SC Cleared
6 115 (3.60%) ACCA
7 105 (3.29%) CIMA
8 71 (2.22%) DBS Check
9 68 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 59 (1.85%) PMI Certification
11 53 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 50 (1.56%) PMP
13 43 (1.35%) DV Cleared
14 41 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
15 35 (1.10%) CISSP
16 29 (0.91%) CISM
17 28 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
19 23 (0.72%) AAT
20 22 (0.69%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (5.73%) Data Quality
2 139 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 133 (4.16%) QA
4 114 (3.57%) PCI DSS
5 108 (3.38%) GDPR
5 108 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 73 (2.28%) NIST
7 58 (1.82%) PMO
8 47 (1.47%) Accessibility
9 28 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
10 26 (0.81%) SLA
11 15 (0.47%) GRC
12 13 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.34%) SOC 2
15 8 (0.25%) IEC 61131
15 8 (0.25%) IFRS
15 8 (0.25%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.25%) NCSC
16 7 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 206 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 113 (3.54%) Hyper-V
3 96 (3.00%) Terminal Server
4 20 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (0.53%) Docker
6 12 (0.38%) Firmware
7 9 (0.28%) vSphere
8 5 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.13%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.094%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.063%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 57 (1.78%) Terraform
2 34 (1.06%) Ansible
3 25 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (0.69%) Kubernetes
5 12 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.16%) Control-M
6 5 (0.16%) Grafana
6 5 (0.16%) SCCM
7 4 (0.13%) CASB
7 4 (0.13%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 4 (0.13%) Nessus
7 4 (0.13%) QRadar
8 3 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.094%) Nagios
8 3 (0.094%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.094%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.063%) AssetCenter
9 2 (0.063%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.063%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.063%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 772 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 334 (10.45%) PayPal
3 250 (7.82%) SAP
4 127 (3.97%) Oracle
5 118 (3.69%) SolarWinds
5 118 (3.69%) VMware
6 112 (3.51%) Splunk
7 99 (3.10%) Veeam
8 97 (3.04%) Tanium
9 96 (3.00%) Brocade
9 96 (3.00%) Nimble Storage
10 72 (2.25%) Salesforce
11 57 (1.78%) ServiceNow
12 55 (1.72%) Cisco
13 49 (1.53%) Google
14 37 (1.16%) OpenText
15 36 (1.13%) Databricks
16 30 (0.94%) Ariba
17 28 (0.88%) Workday
18 21 (0.66%) IBM