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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	21	9	14
Rank change year-on-year	-12	+5	+8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	4,566	3,904	4,203
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	5.23%	11.45%	8.45%
As % of the General category	11.79%	17.48%	15.56%
Number of salaries quoted	2,509	1,518	1,551
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,500	£29,750
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,500	£38,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.56%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£60,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£77,500
UK median annual salary	£51,375	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+2.75%	-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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	38,720	22,329	27,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	44.37%	65.48%	54.32%
Number of salaries quoted	24,178	11,226	11,939
10^th Percentile	£28,558	£26,250	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£37,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£43,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+16.28%	-14.00%	-1.38%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£77,500	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£58,500
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-10.26%	-2.50%

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 October 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 October 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	-16	1,192	£47,500	+5.56%	600
South East	-10	1,037	£48,000	+2.13%	680
Midlands	-8	809	£45,000	+3.92%	399
North West	-13	700	£46,500	+3.33%	322
South West	-6	642	£46,743	+3.87%	282
West Midlands	-14	421	£47,500	+5.56%	240
East Midlands	-4	386	£42,500	+10.39%	159
Yorkshire	-7	334	£47,000	+17.50%	212
East of England	-8	304	£47,500	+21.79%	261
Northern Ireland	+14	228	£45,000	-14.29%	110
Wales	-5	220	£45,000	-8.28%	83
North East	-23	167	£52,231	+30.58%	69
Scotland	-23	157	£52,960	+56.69%	196
Isle of Man	-	1	£42,500	-	6
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Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	51.2%	2,340
2	Continuous Improvement	33.1%	1,513
3	Microsoft	27.4%	1,249
4	Decision-Making	25.3%	1,155
5	Degree	21.2%	966
6	Stakeholder Management	20.2%	922
7	SQL	18.2%	830
8	AI	17.1%	781
8	Analytics	17.1%	781
10	Azure	15.7%	717
11	Agile	14.8%	674
12	Microsoft Excel	13.6%	623
13	Business Intelligence	13.2%	604
14	Security Cleared	12.3%	560
15	Stakeholder Engagement	11.3%	516
16	Power Platform	11.1%	506
17	Python	10.6%	483
18	Validation	10.4%	477
19	Customer Service	10.3%	471
20	Power BI	9.9%	450
21	Mentoring	9.6%	439
22	CRM	9.5%	432
22	Data Quality	9.5%	432
24	ERP	9.2%	422
25	Actionable Insight	9.1%	415
26	Data Analysis	8.9%	407
27	SC Cleared	8.6%	393
28	AWS	8.5%	387
28	ITIL	8.5%	387
30	Process Improvement	8.4%	382

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	52.1%	2,377
2	Finance	27.8%	1,268
3	Marketing	11.4%	522
4	Organisational Skills	9.9%	450
5	Manufacturing	8.8%	403
6	Inclusion and Diversity	7.3%	334
7	Legal	6.9%	317
8	Retail	6.5%	298
9	Public Sector	6.3%	286
10	Influencing Skills	5.3%	243
11	Presentation Skills	5.1%	235
12	Law	4.9%	224
13	Aerospace	4.4%	200
14	Electronics	3.8%	174
15	Telecoms	2.7%	122
16	Documentation Skills	1.9%	85
17	Automotive	1.8%	80
18	Advertising	1.6%	72
19	Banking	1.4%	64
20	Military	1.3%	58