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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,212 3,608 2,855
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 7.50% 10.07% 8.21%
As % of the General category 13.49% 15.75% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 1,497 1,926
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,335
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,967 £48,608
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +4.85% -2.78%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,775 £63,688
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 23,819 22,913 20,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.62% 63.96% 59.67%
Number of salaries quoted 12,362 9,390 14,690
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,546 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.51% -6.64%

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 16 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 16 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 +7 854 £50,000 - 797
North of England -16 777 £42,500 -19.05% 439
Midlands -11 591 £42,735 -10.97% 326
North West -14 407 £42,500 -19.05% 221
South West +1 359 £45,000 -10.00% 268
West Midlands -14 347 £52,500 +5.00% 162
Scotland -4 274 £40,000 -34.29% 86
Yorkshire +4 270 £42,500 -15.00% 167
East of England -20 262 £40,000 -21.52% 302
East Midlands +7 242 £37,500 -11.76% 162
North East +1 100 £43,500 -1.14% 59
Wales +16 79 £42,500 -13.45% 96
Northern Ireland -4 44 £52,500 -11.66% 47
Isle of Man -2 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -6 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
1 134 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (1.74%) Confluence
3 45 (1.40%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.59%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.50%) CMS
5 16 (0.50%) IIS
6 14 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (0.40%) Apache
7 13 (0.40%) WordPress
8 12 (0.37%) SAS
9 6 (0.19%) nginx
10 4 (0.12%) Camunda
11 3 (0.093%) govService
11 3 (0.093%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.062%) FactoryTalk
12 2 (0.062%) WinCC
13 1 (0.031%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.031%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.031%) OpenStack
Applications
1 542 (16.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 334 (10.40%) Chatbot
3 231 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
4 79 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (1.43%) MS Visio
6 32 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
7 28 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
8 17 (0.53%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.16%) CATIA
11 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
12 3 (0.093%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.062%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.062%) Revit
13 2 (0.062%) Sketch
13 2 (0.062%) Trello
14 1 (0.031%) InVision
14 1 (0.031%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.031%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.031%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 92 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (1.99%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 29 (0.90%) NetSuite
5 27 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
6 19 (0.59%) Shopify
7 18 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
8 17 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
9 16 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
10 15 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
11 12 (0.37%) Sage X3
11 12 (0.37%) SAP CO
12 10 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
12 10 (0.31%) Workday HCM
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%) SAP FI
15 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 470 (14.63%) Azure
2 386 (12.02%) Power Platform
3 206 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
4 168 (5.23%) AWS
5 145 (4.51%) SaaS
6 110 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (1.96%) Snowflake
8 59 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
9 53 (1.65%) GitHub
10 49 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
11 41 (1.28%) Entra ID
12 39 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 37 (1.15%) dbt
14 32 (1.00%) GCP
15 31 (0.97%) Power Automate
16 26 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
16 26 (0.81%) Serverless
17 25 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
17 25 (0.78%) OCI
18 24 (0.75%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 138 (4.30%) DNS
2 117 (3.64%) DHCP
3 74 (2.30%) Firewall
4 42 (1.31%) WAN
5 41 (1.28%) LAN
5 41 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
6 40 (1.25%) VPN
6 40 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
7 39 (1.21%) Network Security
8 33 (1.03%) Wireless
9 26 (0.81%) TCP/IP
9 26 (0.81%) VoIP
10 25 (0.78%) SMS
11 24 (0.75%) VLAN
12 21 (0.65%) Wireshark
13 18 (0.56%) SD-WAN
14 15 (0.47%) 5G
15 13 (0.40%) OSPF
15 13 (0.40%) SAN
16 12 (0.37%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 358 (11.15%) Power BI
2 218 (6.79%) Tableau
3 142 (4.42%) Data Mining
4 104 (3.24%) SQL Server
5 102 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
6 77 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
7 54 (1.68%) Data Lake
8 51 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 48 (1.49%) Relational Database
10 45 (1.40%) Metadata
11 37 (1.15%) GIS
12 35 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
12 35 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
13 34 (1.06%) MySQL
14 32 (1.00%) Looker
15 28 (0.87%) SAP BW
16 27 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 22 (0.68%) Power Query
18 21 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
19 19 (0.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 135 (4.20%) JIRA
2 55 (1.71%) Git
3 28 (0.87%) Selenium
4 18 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 16 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.47%) Robot Framework
7 13 (0.40%) Snyk
8 12 (0.37%) ER Studio
8 12 (0.37%) ERwin
8 12 (0.37%) GitLab
9 8 (0.25%) Postman
9 8 (0.25%) TestRail
10 7 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.22%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.19%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.16%) Subversion
12 5 (0.16%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.12%) LoadRunner
General
1 1,591 (49.53%) Social Skills
2 919 (28.61%) Finance
3 252 (7.85%) Marketing
4 183 (5.70%) Retail
5 137 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
6 135 (4.20%) Manufacturing
7 131 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 128 (3.99%) Legal
9 118 (3.67%) Public Sector
10 110 (3.42%) Law
11 107 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
12 69 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (1.84%) Telecoms
14 57 (1.77%) Electronics
15 54 (1.68%) Banking
16 53 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
17 47 (1.46%) Aerospace
18 39 (1.21%) Aviation
19 34 (1.06%) Advertising
20 29 (0.90%) German Language
Job Titles
1 777 (24.19%) Analyst
2 337 (10.49%) Senior
3 334 (10.40%) Trainer
4 216 (6.72%) Lead
5 210 (6.54%) Data Analyst
6 158 (4.92%) Architect
7 146 (4.55%) Developer
8 127 (3.95%) Support Analyst
9 120 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
10 118 (3.67%) IT Support
11 116 (3.61%) Trainee
12 112 (3.49%) Business Analyst
13 105 (3.27%) Trainee Analyst
13 105 (3.27%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 87 (2.71%) Support Engineer
15 82 (2.55%) Business Manager
16 81 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
17 77 (2.40%) Report Analyst
18 73 (2.27%) Financial Analyst
18 73 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (2.12%) HTML
2 59 (1.84%) CSS
3 51 (1.59%) React
4 42 (1.31%) REST
5 33 (1.03%) .NET
6 32 (1.00%) JSON
7 30 (0.93%) SOAP
8 25 (0.78%) Middleware
9 21 (0.65%) Node.js
10 19 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (0.56%) XML
12 15 (0.47%) EDI
12 15 (0.47%) Flash
12 15 (0.47%) OAuth
12 15 (0.47%) SAML
13 12 (0.37%) PySpark
14 11 (0.34%) Bootstrap
14 11 (0.34%) IBM Integration Bus
14 11 (0.34%) Playwright
14 11 (0.34%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 353 (10.99%) Analytical Mindset
2 236 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 228 (7.10%) Onboarding
4 167 (5.20%) Management Information System
5 121 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
6 103 (3.21%) Product Ownership
7 66 (2.05%) Data Centre
8 61 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 58 (1.81%) FMCG
10 52 (1.62%) Robotics
11 44 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.15%) Cloud Native
13 30 (0.93%) Data Structures
14 28 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 28 (0.87%) Virtual Team
15 24 (0.75%) e-Learning
15 24 (0.75%) Social Media
16 23 (0.72%) Low-Code
17 21 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
17 21 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 260 (8.09%) Windows
2 168 (5.23%) Linux
3 143 (4.45%) Windows Server
4 98 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (0.56%) Unix
6 12 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.31%) Android
8 6 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.093%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.031%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.031%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.031%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.031%) VMS
12 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,394 (43.40%) Problem-Solving
2 746 (23.23%) AI
3 737 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 655 (20.39%) Analytics
5 594 (18.49%) Decision-Making
6 535 (16.66%) Project Management
7 465 (14.48%) Agile
8 440 (13.70%) Business Intelligence
9 356 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 341 (10.62%) Customer Service
11 337 (10.49%) Chemistry
12 334 (10.40%) Conversational UI
13 327 (10.18%) Data Analysis
14 301 (9.37%) ERP
15 270 (8.41%) Customer Experience
16 253 (7.88%) Process Improvement
17 246 (7.66%) Analytical Thinking
18 243 (7.57%) CRM
19 232 (7.22%) Migration
20 229 (7.13%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 666 (20.73%) SQL
2 375 (11.67%) Python
3 74 (2.30%) C#
4 70 (2.18%) JavaScript
5 69 (2.15%) Java
6 64 (1.99%) PowerShell
7 50 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 34 (1.06%) VBA
9 33 (1.03%) T-SQL
10 30 (0.93%) C++
11 26 (0.81%) R
12 15 (0.47%) Bash
12 15 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 14 (0.44%) C
13 14 (0.44%) Scala
14 12 (0.37%) MATLAB
15 8 (0.25%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.22%) Go
17 6 (0.19%) PHP
17 6 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,019 (31.72%) Degree
2 388 (12.08%) Master's Degree
3 336 (10.46%) PhD
4 304 (9.46%) Security Cleared
5 238 (7.41%) SC Cleared
6 115 (3.58%) ACCA
7 105 (3.27%) CIMA
8 86 (2.68%) DBS Check
9 69 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 56 (1.74%) PMI Certification
11 50 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 50 (1.56%) DV Cleared
12 48 (1.49%) PMP
13 45 (1.40%) CISSP
14 42 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
15 31 (0.97%) CISM
16 28 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
17 24 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
17 24 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
18 21 (0.65%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 138 (4.30%) QA
3 121 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 121 (3.77%) PCI DSS
4 104 (3.24%) GDPR
5 94 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (1.99%) NIST
7 58 (1.81%) PMO
8 48 (1.49%) Accessibility
9 28 (0.87%) SLA
10 24 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (0.37%) GRC
12 11 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.28%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.25%) IEC 61131
14 8 (0.25%) IFRS
15 7 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 6 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 200 (6.23%) Active Directory
2 111 (3.46%) Hyper-V
3 96 (2.99%) Terminal Server
4 20 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (0.53%) Docker
6 12 (0.37%) Firmware
7 7 (0.22%) vSphere
8 4 (0.12%) ProxySG
8 4 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.062%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.062%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.031%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.031%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 50 (1.56%) Terraform
2 27 (0.84%) Ansible
3 26 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (0.72%) Kubernetes
5 12 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.16%) Control-M
7 4 (0.12%) Nessus
7 4 (0.12%) SCCM
8 3 (0.093%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.093%) Grafana
8 3 (0.093%) QRadar
9 2 (0.062%) AssetCenter
9 2 (0.062%) CASB
9 2 (0.062%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.062%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.062%) Kibana
9 2 (0.062%) Nagios
9 2 (0.062%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.031%) SCOM
10 1 (0.031%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 752 (23.41%) Microsoft
2 334 (10.40%) PayPal
3 263 (8.19%) SAP
4 127 (3.95%) Oracle
5 120 (3.74%) VMware
6 116 (3.61%) SolarWinds
7 111 (3.46%) Splunk
8 97 (3.02%) Tanium
8 97 (3.02%) Veeam
9 96 (2.99%) Brocade
9 96 (2.99%) Nimble Storage
10 89 (2.77%) Salesforce
11 58 (1.81%) ServiceNow
12 53 (1.65%) Cisco
13 51 (1.59%) Google
14 37 (1.15%) Databricks
14 37 (1.15%) OpenText
15 30 (0.93%) Ariba
16 26 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 25 (0.78%) Workday