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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 4,023 4,078 4,954
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.84% 11.79% 8.86%
As % of the General category 11.03% 17.91% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,454 1,526 1,915
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,663 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £62,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 36,464 22,773 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.85% 65.84% 53.14%
Number of salaries quoted 22,677 11,130 14,496
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 11 September 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 11 September 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 1,108 £47,500 +6.74% 534
South East -9 964 £49,536 -0.93% 790
Midlands -10 691 £47,500 +5.56% 417
North West -16 676 £46,500 +3.33% 302
South West -9 575 £47,500 +5.56% 359
West Midlands -17 353 £48,000 +6.67% 250
East Midlands -3 335 £45,000 +3.45% 169
Yorkshire -9 299 £47,250 +18.13% 187
East of England -18 252 £48,000 +20.00% 224
Wales -8 192 £45,000 -10.31% 68
Scotland -18 136 £44,500 +14.10% 149
North East -11 133 £50,500 +26.25% 51
Northern Ireland -12 115 £42,500 -22.73% 61
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
1 164 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 137 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 52 (1.29%) Confluence
4 31 (0.77%) IIS
5 28 (0.70%) Apache
6 26 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 20 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
8 18 (0.45%) CMS
9 14 (0.35%) SAS
10 10 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 10 (0.25%) WordPress
11 9 (0.22%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.22%) WebSphere
12 8 (0.20%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 3 (0.075%) Anypoint
15 2 (0.050%) Oracle Application Server
15 2 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.025%) Tomcat
16 1 (0.025%) Umbraco
Applications
1 492 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 229 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 31 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 27 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.37%) Simulink
8 8 (0.20%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
10 6 (0.15%) CATIA
11 5 (0.12%) EPLAN
11 5 (0.12%) Siemens NX
12 4 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (0.099%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.099%) Photoshop
13 3 (0.075%) CANalyzer
13 3 (0.075%) LaTeX
14 2 (0.050%) Adobe XD
14 2 (0.050%) Lectora
14 2 (0.050%) Trello
Business Applications
1 86 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
3 31 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 26 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 20 (0.50%) Shopify
6 15 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 12 (0.30%) Magento
8 10 (0.25%) SAP Business One
9 9 (0.22%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.22%) SAP PM
10 8 (0.20%) Infor M3
10 8 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
11 7 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
11 7 (0.17%) Workday HCM
12 6 (0.15%) Exchequer
12 6 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
13 5 (0.12%) JDE EnterpriseOne
13 5 (0.12%) Sage 50
13 5 (0.12%) SAP GTS
14 4 (0.099%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 643 (15.98%) Azure
2 473 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 351 (8.72%) AWS
4 322 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 215 (5.34%) SaaS
6 146 (3.63%) GCP
7 106 (2.63%) Entra ID
8 100 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 96 (2.39%) Google Ads
10 88 (2.19%) Google Analytics
11 73 (1.81%) Meta Ads
12 62 (1.54%) GitHub
13 61 (1.52%) Power Automate
13 61 (1.52%) PowerApps
14 55 (1.37%) Serverless
15 49 (1.22%) Amazon S3
16 47 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
17 42 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
18 41 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 161 (4.00%) DNS
2 127 (3.16%) DHCP
3 111 (2.76%) Firewall
4 97 (2.41%) VPN
5 80 (1.99%) TCP/IP
6 68 (1.69%) WAN
7 63 (1.57%) LAN
8 52 (1.29%) Wireless
9 45 (1.12%) Network Security
10 36 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (0.70%) Broadband
12 27 (0.67%) HTTP
12 27 (0.67%) VoIP
13 26 (0.65%) VLAN
14 22 (0.55%) SD-WAN
15 20 (0.50%) BGP
15 20 (0.50%) Internet
15 20 (0.50%) SAN
16 19 (0.47%) SMS
17 16 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 419 (10.42%) Power BI
2 124 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 121 (3.01%) Tableau
4 119 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
5 98 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
6 76 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 67 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 61 (1.52%) MySQL
9 54 (1.34%) Power Query
10 50 (1.24%) Looker
11 49 (1.22%) Metadata
12 45 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 44 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
14 43 (1.07%) Data Lake
15 34 (0.85%) BigQuery
16 33 (0.82%) Big Data
17 31 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
18 26 (0.65%) NoSQL
19 24 (0.60%) MongoDB
20 20 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 155 (3.85%) JIRA
2 135 (3.36%) Git
3 34 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
5 29 (0.72%) GitLab
6 19 (0.47%) Eclipse
7 16 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 16 (0.40%) LabVIEW
8 15 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 15 (0.37%) Selenium
9 13 (0.32%) Burp Suite
9 13 (0.32%) Claude Code
10 12 (0.30%) Postman
11 11 (0.27%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.27%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.27%) Metasploit
11 11 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (0.22%) JMeter
12 9 (0.22%) MLflow
13 8 (0.20%) Moq
General
1 2,009 (49.94%) Social Skills
2 1,159 (28.81%) Finance
3 460 (11.43%) Marketing
4 334 (8.30%) Organisational Skills
5 299 (7.43%) Manufacturing
6 292 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 265 (6.59%) Retail
8 264 (6.56%) Legal
9 227 (5.64%) Public Sector
10 218 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
11 217 (5.39%) Law
12 183 (4.55%) Aerospace
13 136 (3.38%) Electronics
14 113 (2.81%) Telecoms
15 111 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
16 70 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
17 63 (1.57%) Military
18 61 (1.52%) Advertising
18 61 (1.52%) Banking
19 56 (1.39%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 893 (22.20%) Analyst
2 452 (11.24%) Senior
3 267 (6.64%) Lead
4 209 (5.20%) Developer
5 203 (5.05%) Data Analyst
6 173 (4.30%) Business Analyst
7 172 (4.28%) Systems Engineer
8 148 (3.68%) Support Analyst
9 139 (3.46%) Architect
10 116 (2.88%) Data Engineer
11 115 (2.86%) Support Engineer
12 108 (2.68%) Consultant
13 105 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
14 104 (2.59%) IT Support
15 84 (2.09%) Accountant
16 83 (2.06%) IT Engineer
17 81 (2.01%) Applications Support
17 81 (2.01%) Systems Analyst
18 79 (1.96%) Marketing Manager
19 78 (1.94%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (2.59%) .NET
2 82 (2.04%) REST
3 76 (1.89%) HTML
4 74 (1.84%) Terraform
5 69 (1.72%) CSS
6 63 (1.57%) Middleware
7 60 (1.49%) XML
8 56 (1.39%) JSON
9 51 (1.27%) SOAP
10 45 (1.12%) RESTful
11 44 (1.09%) PySpark
12 42 (1.04%) EDI
13 35 (0.87%) Kafka
13 35 (0.87%) LDAP
13 35 (0.87%) React
14 32 (0.80%) ModSecurity
15 29 (0.72%) ASP.NET
16 25 (0.62%) Spring
16 25 (0.62%) Spring Boot
16 25 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 348 (8.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 285 (7.08%) Management Information System
3 229 (5.69%) Onboarding
4 214 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
5 162 (4.03%) Product Ownership
6 137 (3.41%) Driving Licence
7 120 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
8 92 (2.29%) Social Media
9 82 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
9 82 (2.04%) Marketing Technology
10 76 (1.89%) Cloud Native
11 72 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
12 70 (1.74%) Data Centre
13 67 (1.67%) Blog
13 67 (1.67%) Virtual Team
14 47 (1.17%) Security Posture
15 41 (1.02%) Data Structures
16 37 (0.92%) SCADA
17 36 (0.89%) AI Agents
18 33 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 336 (8.35%) Windows
2 196 (4.87%) Linux
3 183 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 89 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 27 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 24 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.52%) Unix
9 15 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.32%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.30%) Android
12 9 (0.22%) CentOS
13 7 (0.17%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.15%) Debian
14 6 (0.15%) VMS
15 5 (0.12%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.099%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.050%) Solaris
18 1 (0.025%) AIX
18 1 (0.025%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,995 (49.59%) Problem-Solving
2 1,277 (31.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 989 (24.58%) Decision-Making
4 748 (18.59%) Analytics
5 728 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 651 (16.18%) AI
7 610 (15.16%) Agile
8 535 (13.30%) Business Intelligence
9 412 (10.24%) Validation
10 410 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 394 (9.79%) ERP
12 391 (9.72%) Customer Service
13 387 (9.62%) Actionable Insight
14 375 (9.32%) CRM
15 365 (9.07%) Data Analysis
16 352 (8.75%) Mentoring
17 321 (7.98%) Project Management
18 311 (7.73%) Collaborative Working
19 309 (7.68%) Customer Experience
20 306 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 769 (19.12%) SQL
2 461 (11.46%) Python
3 151 (3.75%) JavaScript
4 137 (3.41%) Java
5 119 (2.96%) C#
6 105 (2.61%) PowerShell
7 78 (1.94%) C++
8 62 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 58 (1.44%) Bash
10 43 (1.07%) MATLAB
10 43 (1.07%) TypeScript
11 39 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 33 (0.82%) R
13 32 (0.80%) C
14 23 (0.57%) PHP
15 18 (0.45%) PL/SQL
16 17 (0.42%) Scala
16 17 (0.42%) VB.NET
17 16 (0.40%) Perl
18 15 (0.37%) Go
Qualifications
1 761 (18.92%) Degree
2 496 (12.33%) Security Cleared
3 341 (8.48%) SC Cleared
4 164 (4.08%) ACCA
5 155 (3.85%) CIMA
6 121 (3.01%) DBS Check
7 120 (2.98%) DV Cleared
8 117 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 86 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 75 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
11 72 (1.79%) CISSP
12 65 (1.62%) HND
13 61 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 59 (1.47%) CISM
15 48 (1.19%) HNC
16 46 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
17 44 (1.09%) Azure Certification
18 41 (1.02%) CCNA
19 37 (0.92%) PMI Certification
20 34 (0.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 386 (9.59%) Data Quality
2 268 (6.66%) QA
3 225 (5.59%) GDPR
4 143 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 137 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 116 (2.88%) Accessibility
7 103 (2.56%) PCI DSS
8 92 (2.29%) SLA
9 78 (1.94%) NIST
10 77 (1.91%) ISO 9001
11 38 (0.94%) GRC
12 35 (0.87%) PMO
13 25 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 24 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
15 23 (0.57%) DO-254
15 23 (0.57%) IFRS
16 21 (0.52%) ISO 14001
17 20 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 18 (0.45%) Good Clinical Practice
19 17 (0.42%) TickIT
System Software
1 258 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 98 (2.44%) Docker
3 97 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 72 (1.79%) Terminal Server
5 40 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 35 (0.87%) Firmware
7 15 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
10 8 (0.20%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.17%) Ceph
12 6 (0.15%) vSphere
13 4 (0.099%) KVM
13 4 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.075%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.025%) IAG
15 1 (0.025%) VirtualBox
15 1 (0.025%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.025%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 66 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 47 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (1.02%) Ansible
4 25 (0.62%) Grafana
4 25 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 15 (0.37%) Kibana
6 15 (0.37%) QRadar
7 11 (0.27%) Nmap
7 11 (0.27%) Podman
8 8 (0.20%) logstash
9 7 (0.17%) Argo
9 7 (0.17%) Check_MK
9 7 (0.17%) Istio
10 6 (0.15%) Functional Safety
10 6 (0.15%) Graylog
10 6 (0.15%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.099%) McAfee ePO
11 4 (0.099%) Puppet
11 4 (0.099%) SCCM
Vendors
1 995 (24.73%) Microsoft
2 250 (6.21%) Google
3 130 (3.23%) SAP
4 129 (3.21%) VMware
5 121 (3.01%) Splunk
6 99 (2.46%) Oracle
7 86 (2.14%) SolarWinds
8 81 (2.01%) Salesforce
9 79 (1.96%) Veeam
10 73 (1.81%) Brocade
10 73 (1.81%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (1.79%) Tanium
12 66 (1.64%) Cisco
13 64 (1.59%) ServiceNow
14 60 (1.49%) Databricks
15 54 (1.34%) YouTube
16 47 (1.17%) Workday
17 38 (0.94%) Adobe
18 36 (0.89%) HubSpot
19 33 (0.82%) IBM