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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 3,840 4,020 5,134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.78% 11.53% 8.81%
As % of the General category 10.97% 17.55% 16.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,363 1,541 2,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £37,199
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 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £76,250
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 34,991 22,908 31,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.53% 65.71% 53.32%
Number of salaries quoted 21,713 11,379 16,330
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,500
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 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 1 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 1 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 -19 1,051 £47,500 +5.56% 912
South East -7 918 £49,536 -5.65% 1,039
Midlands -8 665 £47,500 +5.56% 532
North West -16 647 £46,500 +3.33% 553
South West -8 541 £48,188 +7.08% 552
West Midlands -16 342 £49,000 +8.89% 321
East Midlands -4 320 £45,483 +1.07% 211
Yorkshire -13 279 £47,000 +17.50% 277
East of England -15 251 £47,500 +5.56% 323
Wales -13 170 £47,500 -5.58% 83
Scotland -23 133 £44,000 +10.00% 344
North East -16 125 £55,000 +34.15% 91
Northern Ireland -11 117 £42,500 -22.73% 183
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
1 169 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 134 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 50 (1.30%) Confluence
4 30 (0.78%) IIS
5 26 (0.68%) Apache
5 26 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 22 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 18 (0.47%) CMS
8 12 (0.31%) SAS
9 10 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.26%) WordPress
10 9 (0.23%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.23%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.21%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.078%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.052%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.026%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.026%) Umbraco
Applications
1 449 (11.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 204 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 51 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 26 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.31%) Simulink
8 5 (0.13%) CATIA
8 5 (0.13%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
10 3 (0.078%) LaTeX
10 3 (0.078%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.078%) Siemens NX
10 3 (0.078%) Trello
11 2 (0.052%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.052%) Lectora
12 1 (0.026%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 85 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
2 32 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 27 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 17 (0.44%) Shopify
5 16 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 14 (0.36%) SAP PM
7 10 (0.26%) Magento
7 10 (0.26%) SAP Business One
7 10 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 8 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.18%) Infor M3
9 7 (0.18%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.16%) Exchequer
10 6 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.13%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 5 (0.13%) SAP GTS
12 4 (0.10%) JDE OneWorld
12 4 (0.10%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 631 (16.43%) Azure
2 454 (11.82%) Power Platform
3 334 (8.70%) AWS
4 319 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
5 199 (5.18%) SaaS
6 144 (3.75%) GCP
7 99 (2.58%) Entra ID
8 95 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 92 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
10 84 (2.19%) Google Analytics
11 81 (2.11%) Google Ads
12 61 (1.59%) Power Automate
13 60 (1.56%) GitHub
13 60 (1.56%) PowerApps
14 59 (1.54%) Meta Ads
15 45 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
16 44 (1.15%) Serverless
17 42 (1.09%) Amazon S3
18 38 (0.99%) Snowflake
19 36 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 164 (4.27%) DNS
2 131 (3.41%) DHCP
3 109 (2.84%) Firewall
4 94 (2.45%) VPN
5 79 (2.06%) TCP/IP
6 66 (1.72%) WAN
7 61 (1.59%) LAN
8 50 (1.30%) Wireless
9 43 (1.12%) Network Security
10 37 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (0.73%) Broadband
12 27 (0.70%) HTTP
12 27 (0.70%) VoIP
13 25 (0.65%) VLAN
14 20 (0.52%) BGP
14 20 (0.52%) Internet
14 20 (0.52%) SD-WAN
15 19 (0.49%) SAN
16 18 (0.47%) SMS
17 16 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (10.39%) Power BI
2 131 (3.41%) Tableau
3 122 (3.18%) SQL Server
4 120 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 106 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
6 70 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 65 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 59 (1.54%) MySQL
9 52 (1.35%) Looker
10 51 (1.33%) Power Query
11 45 (1.17%) Metadata
12 44 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 42 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
14 39 (1.02%) Data Lake
15 35 (0.91%) BigQuery
16 32 (0.83%) Big Data
17 29 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
18 25 (0.65%) NoSQL
19 22 (0.57%) MongoDB
20 20 (0.52%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 156 (4.06%) JIRA
2 130 (3.39%) Git
3 31 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 31 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
4 30 (0.78%) GitLab
5 17 (0.44%) Eclipse
6 15 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.39%) Selenium
7 14 (0.36%) LabVIEW
7 14 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (0.36%) Postman
8 13 (0.34%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.31%) Claude Code
9 12 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.29%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.29%) MLflow
11 10 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (0.23%) JMeter
13 7 (0.18%) Moq
General
1 1,920 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1,078 (28.07%) Finance
3 427 (11.12%) Marketing
4 289 (7.53%) Organisational Skills
5 279 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 257 (6.69%) Manufacturing
7 247 (6.43%) Retail
8 244 (6.35%) Legal
9 213 (5.55%) Public Sector
10 211 (5.49%) Law
11 207 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
12 168 (4.38%) Aerospace
13 117 (3.05%) Electronics
14 107 (2.79%) Telecoms
15 105 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
16 68 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
17 66 (1.72%) Military
18 56 (1.46%) Banking
19 55 (1.43%) Advertising
20 43 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 878 (22.86%) Analyst
2 432 (11.25%) Senior
3 258 (6.72%) Lead
4 206 (5.36%) Developer
5 197 (5.13%) Data Analyst
6 182 (4.74%) Systems Engineer
7 171 (4.45%) Business Analyst
8 138 (3.59%) Support Analyst
9 135 (3.52%) Architect
10 114 (2.97%) Support Engineer
11 112 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
12 105 (2.73%) Data Engineer
13 104 (2.71%) Consultant
14 101 (2.63%) IT Support
15 82 (2.14%) IT Engineer
16 81 (2.11%) Systems Analyst
17 79 (2.06%) Accountant
17 79 (2.06%) Marketing Manager
18 69 (1.80%) Applications Support
19 66 (1.72%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (2.58%) .NET
2 79 (2.06%) REST
3 76 (1.98%) HTML
4 72 (1.88%) Terraform
5 69 (1.80%) CSS
6 63 (1.64%) Middleware
7 57 (1.48%) XML
8 52 (1.35%) JSON
9 47 (1.22%) SOAP
10 43 (1.12%) RESTful
11 40 (1.04%) EDI
12 37 (0.96%) React
13 35 (0.91%) LDAP
14 34 (0.89%) Kafka
15 31 (0.81%) PySpark
16 30 (0.78%) ModSecurity
17 28 (0.73%) ASP.NET
18 26 (0.68%) OAuth
18 26 (0.68%) PyTorch
19 24 (0.63%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 360 (9.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 246 (6.41%) Management Information System
3 210 (5.47%) Onboarding
4 198 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
5 156 (4.06%) Product Ownership
6 130 (3.39%) Driving Licence
7 129 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
8 90 (2.34%) Social Media
9 82 (2.14%) Marketing Technology
10 77 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
11 72 (1.88%) Cloud Native
12 68 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
12 68 (1.77%) Data Centre
13 67 (1.74%) Blog
14 65 (1.69%) Virtual Team
15 48 (1.25%) Security Posture
16 39 (1.02%) Data Structures
17 35 (0.91%) AI Agents
17 35 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
17 35 (0.91%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 335 (8.72%) Windows
2 203 (5.29%) Linux
3 186 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 25 (0.65%) Windows 10
7 22 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (0.55%) Unix
9 15 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.31%) Android
12 9 (0.23%) CentOS
13 7 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.16%) Debian
14 6 (0.16%) VMS
15 5 (0.13%) OpenVMS
16 4 (0.10%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.052%) Solaris
18 1 (0.026%) AIX
18 1 (0.026%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,894 (49.32%) Problem-Solving
2 1,199 (31.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 937 (24.40%) Decision-Making
4 716 (18.65%) Analytics
5 648 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 604 (15.73%) AI
7 597 (15.55%) Agile
8 498 (12.97%) Business Intelligence
9 408 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 380 (9.90%) Validation
11 377 (9.82%) Actionable Insight
12 361 (9.40%) Customer Service
12 361 (9.40%) ERP
13 347 (9.04%) CRM
14 340 (8.85%) Mentoring
15 330 (8.59%) Data Analysis
16 317 (8.26%) Customer Experience
17 310 (8.07%) Project Management
18 306 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
19 300 (7.81%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 732 (19.06%) SQL
2 456 (11.88%) Python
3 144 (3.75%) JavaScript
4 122 (3.18%) Java
5 115 (2.99%) C#
6 104 (2.71%) PowerShell
7 71 (1.85%) C++
8 58 (1.51%) Bash
8 58 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 42 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 39 (1.02%) MATLAB
11 38 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 31 (0.81%) R
13 29 (0.76%) C
14 23 (0.60%) PHP
15 16 (0.42%) Perl
15 16 (0.42%) PL/SQL
15 16 (0.42%) Scala
15 16 (0.42%) VB.NET
16 15 (0.39%) Go
Qualifications
1 705 (18.36%) Degree
2 482 (12.55%) Security Cleared
3 334 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 144 (3.75%) ACCA
5 137 (3.57%) CIMA
6 119 (3.10%) DV Cleared
7 118 (3.07%) DBS Check
8 112 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 85 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 77 (2.01%) CISSP
11 72 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
12 59 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 56 (1.46%) CISM
14 50 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
15 47 (1.22%) HND
16 42 (1.09%) Azure Certification
17 38 (0.99%) CCNA
18 37 (0.96%) HNC
18 37 (0.96%) PMI Certification
19 34 (0.89%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 353 (9.19%) Data Quality
2 271 (7.06%) QA
3 226 (5.89%) GDPR
4 147 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 144 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 111 (2.89%) PCI DSS
7 101 (2.63%) Accessibility
8 90 (2.34%) ISO 9001
9 88 (2.29%) SLA
10 87 (2.27%) NIST
11 39 (1.02%) GRC
12 36 (0.94%) PMO
13 28 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 23 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 23 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 22 (0.57%) ISO 14001
16 20 (0.52%) DO-254
17 19 (0.49%) IFRS
18 18 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
19 17 (0.44%) TickIT
System Software
1 260 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 102 (2.66%) Hyper-V
3 98 (2.55%) Docker
4 80 (2.08%) Terminal Server
5 39 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 31 (0.81%) Firmware
7 13 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
9 8 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.18%) Ceph
11 6 (0.16%) vSphere
12 4 (0.10%) KVM
12 4 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.078%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.052%) ProxySG
14 2 (0.052%) XenApp
15 1 (0.026%) IAG
15 1 (0.026%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 65 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.04%) Ansible
4 24 (0.63%) Grafana
4 24 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 15 (0.39%) QRadar
7 14 (0.36%) Kibana
8 11 (0.29%) Nmap
8 11 (0.29%) Podman
9 7 (0.18%) Argo
9 7 (0.18%) Check_MK
9 7 (0.18%) Istio
9 7 (0.18%) logstash
10 6 (0.16%) Functional Safety
10 6 (0.16%) Graylog
10 6 (0.16%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.13%) SCCM
12 4 (0.10%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.10%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 930 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 229 (5.96%) Google
3 133 (3.46%) VMware
4 129 (3.36%) SAP
5 126 (3.28%) Splunk
6 98 (2.55%) Oracle
7 94 (2.45%) SolarWinds
8 87 (2.27%) Veeam
9 81 (2.11%) Brocade
9 81 (2.11%) Nimble Storage
10 80 (2.08%) Salesforce
10 80 (2.08%) Tanium
11 65 (1.69%) ServiceNow
12 64 (1.67%) Cisco
13 60 (1.56%) Databricks
14 53 (1.38%) Workday
15 43 (1.12%) YouTube
16 37 (0.96%) Adobe
17 34 (0.89%) HubSpot
18 32 (0.83%) IBM