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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +12
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,598 4,030 5,293
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.74% 11.72% 8.83%
As % of the General category 10.70% 17.52% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,315 1,547 2,415
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,900 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.44%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +2.88% -5.25%

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 33,629 23,008 32,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 44.32% 66.89% 53.83%
Number of salaries quoted 20,768 11,278 18,506
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -18 1,029 £47,500 +5.56% 572
South East -9 879 £50,000 -4.76% 706
Midlands -10 639 £48,000 +6.67% 362
North West -16 624 £47,500 +2.15% 310
South West -15 492 £47,500 +2.93% 297
West Midlands -16 331 £50,149 +11.44% 216
East Midlands -1 306 £45,000 - 146
Yorkshire -9 284 £47,500 +6.26% 195
East of England -23 253 £45,050 -3.82% 217
North East -17 121 £55,000 +37.50% 71
Scotland -25 119 £44,000 - 115
Wales -17 114 £53,171 +1.28% 51
Northern Ireland -31 81 £42,500 -22.73% 46
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
1 162 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.22%) Confluence
4 28 (0.78%) Apache
4 28 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 26 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.72%) IIS
6 25 (0.69%) CMS
7 9 (0.25%) SAS
7 9 (0.25%) WebLogic
7 9 (0.25%) WebSphere
7 9 (0.25%) WordPress
8 8 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.083%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.083%) JBoss
11 2 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.028%) Moodle
12 1 (0.028%) Umbraco
Applications
1 434 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 187 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 57 (1.58%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.19%) CATIA
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
9 3 (0.083%) LaTeX
9 3 (0.083%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.083%) Simulink
9 3 (0.083%) SOLIDWORKS
9 3 (0.083%) Trello
10 2 (0.056%) Lectora
10 2 (0.056%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.028%) Mathcad
11 1 (0.028%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 61 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 41 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (0.97%) Dynamics GP
4 26 (0.72%) NetSuite
5 20 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
6 19 (0.53%) SAP PM
7 14 (0.39%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.28%) Magento
9 8 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.22%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.14%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.14%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.14%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.14%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.11%) Academy Housing
11 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.11%) JDE OneWorld
Cloud Services
1 618 (17.18%) Azure
2 442 (12.28%) Power Platform
3 319 (8.87%) AWS
4 305 (8.48%) Microsoft 365
5 160 (4.45%) SaaS
6 138 (3.84%) GCP
7 96 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
8 84 (2.33%) Entra ID
9 62 (1.72%) Google Analytics
10 57 (1.58%) GitHub
11 51 (1.42%) Power Automate
11 51 (1.42%) PowerApps
12 42 (1.17%) Amazon S3
13 39 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
14 36 (1.00%) Snowflake
15 34 (0.94%) dbt
15 34 (0.94%) Google Ads
15 34 (0.94%) Serverless
16 32 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 153 (4.25%) DNS
2 120 (3.34%) DHCP
3 106 (2.95%) Firewall
4 90 (2.50%) VPN
5 71 (1.97%) TCP/IP
6 65 (1.81%) WAN
7 58 (1.61%) LAN
8 48 (1.33%) Wireless
9 37 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (0.94%) Network Security
11 33 (0.92%) Broadband
12 27 (0.75%) HTTP
13 22 (0.61%) VoIP
14 21 (0.58%) SAN
14 21 (0.58%) SD-WAN
15 20 (0.56%) BGP
16 17 (0.47%) VLAN
17 15 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (0.42%) Internet
17 15 (0.42%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (10.87%) Power BI
2 180 (5.00%) Tableau
3 117 (3.25%) SQL Server
4 112 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
5 98 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
6 62 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.64%) Relational Database
8 54 (1.50%) MySQL
9 53 (1.47%) Power Query
10 45 (1.25%) Looker
10 45 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.14%) Data Mining
12 40 (1.11%) Metadata
12 40 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
13 36 (1.00%) Data Lake
14 29 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 29 (0.81%) Big Data
14 29 (0.81%) BigQuery
15 20 (0.56%) NoSQL
16 19 (0.53%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 141 (3.92%) JIRA
2 128 (3.56%) Git
3 41 (1.14%) GitLab
4 34 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
5 32 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 15 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.42%) Selenium
7 13 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 13 (0.36%) Eclipse
7 13 (0.36%) Postman
8 12 (0.33%) MLflow
9 11 (0.31%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
11 9 (0.25%) JMeter
11 9 (0.25%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.22%) Claude Code
12 8 (0.22%) LabVIEW
13 7 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 1,755 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 1,018 (28.29%) Finance
3 333 (9.26%) Marketing
4 262 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
5 231 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 230 (6.39%) Retail
7 218 (6.06%) Manufacturing
8 215 (5.98%) Legal
9 201 (5.59%) Public Sector
10 172 (4.78%) Law
11 171 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
12 129 (3.59%) Aerospace
13 109 (3.03%) Telecoms
14 89 (2.47%) Electronics
15 72 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
16 68 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
17 62 (1.72%) Military
18 57 (1.58%) Banking
19 52 (1.45%) Advertising
20 36 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 879 (24.43%) Analyst
2 374 (10.39%) Senior
3 248 (6.89%) Lead
4 218 (6.06%) Data Analyst
5 188 (5.23%) Developer
6 182 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
7 168 (4.67%) Business Analyst
8 124 (3.45%) Architect
9 121 (3.36%) Support Analyst
10 115 (3.20%) Support Engineer
11 103 (2.86%) Consultant
12 100 (2.78%) IT Support
13 97 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
14 96 (2.67%) Data Engineer
15 80 (2.22%) Systems Analyst
16 78 (2.17%) IT Engineer
17 75 (2.08%) Accountant
18 68 (1.89%) IT Manager
19 66 (1.83%) Administrator
19 66 (1.83%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (2.42%) .NET
2 73 (2.03%) HTML
2 73 (2.03%) REST
3 66 (1.83%) CSS
4 62 (1.72%) Middleware
5 54 (1.50%) XML
6 53 (1.47%) JSON
7 42 (1.17%) React
8 40 (1.11%) SOAP
9 38 (1.06%) RESTful
10 30 (0.83%) Kafka
11 28 (0.78%) PyTorch
12 27 (0.75%) EDI
12 27 (0.75%) PySpark
13 26 (0.72%) Node.js
14 25 (0.69%) OAuth
15 23 (0.64%) LDAP
16 22 (0.61%) TensorFlow
17 21 (0.58%) AngularJS
17 21 (0.58%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 394 (10.95%) Analytical Mindset
2 207 (5.75%) Management Information System
3 173 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
4 150 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 140 (3.89%) Product Ownership
6 126 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
7 121 (3.36%) Driving Licence
8 66 (1.83%) Social Media
9 65 (1.81%) Cloud Native
10 61 (1.70%) Virtual Team
11 60 (1.67%) Data Centre
12 58 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
13 56 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
14 48 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
15 47 (1.31%) Security Posture
16 43 (1.20%) Blog
17 34 (0.94%) Data Structures
18 30 (0.83%) AI Agents
18 30 (0.83%) Algorithms
18 30 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 324 (9.01%) Windows
2 208 (5.78%) Linux
3 183 (5.09%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 25 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 20 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (0.50%) Unix
10 16 (0.44%) Android
11 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 13 (0.36%) CentOS
12 11 (0.31%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.19%) Debian
14 6 (0.17%) VMS
15 5 (0.14%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.11%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.056%) Solaris
18 1 (0.028%) AIX
18 1 (0.028%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,739 (48.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1,106 (30.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 839 (23.32%) Decision-Making
4 710 (19.73%) Analytics
5 542 (15.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 534 (14.84%) Agile
7 492 (13.67%) AI
8 457 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
9 391 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 358 (9.95%) Actionable Insight
11 337 (9.37%) Customer Experience
12 332 (9.23%) ERP
13 328 (9.12%) Validation
14 315 (8.75%) Data Analysis
15 314 (8.73%) Project Management
16 308 (8.56%) Customer Service
17 307 (8.53%) CRM
18 303 (8.42%) Mentoring
19 288 (8.00%) Service Delivery
20 285 (7.92%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 706 (19.62%) SQL
2 497 (13.81%) Python
3 137 (3.81%) JavaScript
4 109 (3.03%) C#
5 107 (2.97%) Java
6 101 (2.81%) PowerShell
7 63 (1.75%) C++
8 60 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 57 (1.58%) Bash
10 42 (1.17%) T-SQL
11 35 (0.97%) R
12 33 (0.92%) MATLAB
12 33 (0.92%) TypeScript
13 25 (0.69%) C
14 23 (0.64%) PHP
15 17 (0.47%) Go
16 15 (0.42%) VBA
17 14 (0.39%) Perl
18 13 (0.36%) PL/SQL
18 13 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 624 (17.34%) Degree
2 417 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 295 (8.20%) SC Cleared
4 154 (4.28%) ACCA
5 148 (4.11%) CIMA
6 126 (3.50%) DBS Check
7 106 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 97 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 81 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 72 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
11 67 (1.86%) IRCA
12 63 (1.75%) CISSP
13 53 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
14 48 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
15 45 (1.25%) CISM
16 37 (1.03%) HNC
17 35 (0.97%) CCNA
18 31 (0.86%) Azure Certification
18 31 (0.86%) HND
18 31 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 338 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 273 (7.59%) QA
3 253 (7.03%) GDPR
4 146 (4.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 137 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 118 (3.28%) ISO 9001
7 116 (3.22%) PCI DSS
8 95 (2.64%) SLA
9 90 (2.50%) Accessibility
10 82 (2.28%) NIST
11 42 (1.17%) GRC
12 39 (1.08%) PMO
13 28 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
14 27 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 23 (0.64%) ISO 14001
15 23 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 22 (0.61%) GMP
17 18 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
18 17 (0.47%) TickIT
19 16 (0.44%) DO-254
System Software
1 247 (6.86%) Active Directory
2 100 (2.78%) Hyper-V
3 98 (2.72%) Docker
4 80 (2.22%) Terminal Server
5 37 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.50%) Firmware
7 12 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.19%) Ceph
10 6 (0.17%) vSphere
11 5 (0.14%) KVM
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) ProxySG
12 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.11%) XenApp
13 3 (0.083%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.028%) IAG
14 1 (0.028%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 70 (1.95%) Kubernetes
1 70 (1.95%) Terraform
2 46 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (1.17%) Ansible
4 27 (0.75%) Grafana
5 20 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.39%) Kibana
6 14 (0.39%) QRadar
7 12 (0.33%) Podman
8 10 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.25%) Nmap
10 7 (0.19%) Argo
10 7 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.19%) Istio
10 7 (0.19%) logstash
10 7 (0.19%) Nagios
11 6 (0.17%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.14%) Functional Safety
12 5 (0.14%) Graylog
12 5 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 844 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 168 (4.67%) Google
3 131 (3.64%) SAP
4 127 (3.53%) VMware
5 124 (3.45%) Splunk
6 98 (2.72%) SolarWinds
7 92 (2.56%) Oracle
8 88 (2.45%) Veeam
9 85 (2.36%) Salesforce
10 81 (2.25%) Brocade
10 81 (2.25%) Nimble Storage
11 80 (2.22%) Tanium
12 63 (1.75%) Cisco
12 63 (1.75%) Workday
13 59 (1.64%) Databricks
13 59 (1.64%) ServiceNow
14 38 (1.06%) Red Hat
15 35 (0.97%) IBM
16 31 (0.86%) Dell
17 29 (0.81%) Adobe